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From YouTube: From City Hall - Ward 6
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Ward 6 Councilwoman Meg Salyer gets an update on helpful programs offered by the Latino Community Development Agency with Dr. Raul Font.
A
A
This
is
an
amazing
program,
amazing
series
of
programs
organization
in
Oklahoma
City
that
has
grown
so
much
over
the
years
and
I
wanted
to
tell
the
viewers
a
little
bit
about
what
else.
Eda
does
how
you
so
successfully
help
citizens
in
our
community
and
particularly
how
you're
working
with
young
people
today.
But
could
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
background
where
you're
from
and
how
you
got
to
Oklahoma,
City
sure,
I'm.
B
Was
born
in
Queens
and
from
there
we
moved
to
Puerto
Rico,
where
I
was
given
a
basketball
and
changed
my
life
forever.
So
I
know
about
poverty.
I
know
about
being
raised
in
in
different
parts
of
the
country
moved
to
Oklahoma
in
1981
thinking.
I
was
gonna,
be
here
a
couple
of
years,
and
on
and
off
I've
been
here
36
years.
This
is
home.
This
is
where
I
think
I'm
gonna
die.
B
B
B
And
we
hired
Pat
Finnell
and
those
that
know
Pat
Finnell.
She
was
a
social
worker,
and
so
she
converted
the
majority
of
our
programs
into
social
work
activities.
You
name
a
assistance
that
that
is
needed
for
our
families
and
youth,
and
we
have
it
in
our
building.
We
also
are
really
working
on
prevention
and
therefore
we
are
working
with
the
school
systems,
as
well
as
the
law
enforcement
organizations
to
make
this
country
in
this
state
and
this
city
a
better
place
to
live
in.
A
Right,
let's
talk
about
some
of
those
relationships
because
they're
really
important
to
all
of
us
I
think
our
viewers
probably
know
that
the
Hispanic
population
is
the
most
rapidly
growing
in
our
community.
Ward
six
is
incredibly
blessed
to
be
exactly
5050
in
Caucasian
and
Hispanic
and
reaches
deeply
into
the
neighborhoods
in
South
Oklahoma
City.
So
I've
been
involved
for
years.
Pat
was
a
dear
friend
of
mine,
but
let's
maybe
start
with
law
enforcement,
because
we
have
a
I
think
a
very
special
Police
Department
and
a
great
chief.
But
you
guys
work
really
closely
together
and.
B
Americas,
he
was
one
of
my
students
when
I
was
the
principal
at
u.s.
grant
and
so
to
see
this
young
man
develop
and
and
and
see
him
as
a
leader
now
in
our
community.
Thanks
to
the
leadership
in
our
Police
Department,
both
the
police
department
and
the
Sheriff's
Department
worked
very
closely
with
with
the
Latino
agency
and
making
sure
that
we
educate
our
our
constituents
and
our
community
about
law
enforcement
and
the
rights
that
they
have
to
be
here
and
and
the
rights
that
they
have
to
be
treated
in
a
certain
way.
B
Even
when
we
had
the
elections
in
November
as
everyone
started
being
rattled.
And
what
that
meant
and
and
and
what
are
we
going
to
be
doing?
Are
we
gonna
be
stereotyped?
Are
we
gonna
be
profiled
the
chief
and
then
the
acting
Sheriff
Taylor
met
with
me
and
assured
us
that
we
were
going
to
be
treated
as
as
we
were,
we're
supposed
to
be
treated
and
that
to
make
sure
that
we,
through
community
forums,
that
we
did
all
over
the
city,
had
our
families
relaxed
enough?
B
B
A
Area,
that's
a
very
special
thing
and
thank
you
for
participating
in
that
we're
grateful
Anna.
You
know:
Police
Athletic
League
works
with
young
kids
all
over
the
community
and
kind
of
draws
into
a
connection
with
the
schools,
Oklahoma
City
public
school
system.
The
I-89
district
is
now
fifty-three
percent
correct.
B
Primarily
I
want
to
have
the
audience
recall
that
three
years
ago,
when
the
city,
when
the
city
schools
were
having
issues
with
suspending
kids,
we
house
them
in
a
tell
CDA,
because
we
have
trained
professionals
that
are
therapists
and
counselors
that
work
with
families
and
kids,
that
for
some
reason
or
other,
they
don't
know
how
to
control
their
emotions.
And
so,
when
the
city
decided
to
in
the
city,
schools
decided
rather
than
suspending
the
kids,
should
we
be
helping
them
we
stepped
in
and
rather
than
criticize
in
the
school
system.
B
We
were
part
of
the
solution
and
I
think
that's
that
the
key
I
think
and
my
my
message
to
the
organizations
that
are
out
there
sitting
and
criticizing
doesn't
help
anything.
We
need
to
be
part
of
that
solution,
and
so,
at
the
end
of
that
year,
over
300
young
men
and
women
came
through
our
agency.
Almost
80%
of
those
kids
never
got
into
any
problems
again
in
school.
It's.
B
A
They
were,
they
were
unable
to
take
advantage
of
the
counselors
on
a
slightly
different
subject.
I
know
you
work
very
closely
in
the
medical
community
and
you.
Breast
cancer
is
an
area
of
both
prevention
and
awareness,
and
treatment
is
something
that
you
help
the
women
of
your
community
with
that's
it.
Yes,.
B
B
We
have
actually
two
medical
doctors
that
are
in
that
program
and
then
one
of
them
is
the
actually
the
director
of
our
health
community,
and
one
of
the
most
popular
programs,
unfortunately,
is
that
breast
cancer
program,
which
we
have
connections
with
a
lot
of
our
hospitals
and
doctors
around
the
city
and
actually
abroad,
that
we
work
closely
in
navigating
the
the
young,
lady
or
because
it's
getting
younger
and
younger
I
mean
believe
it
or
not.
Age.
A
B
A
B
A
B
Are
the
ones
that
that
image
and
and
mayor
the
the
American
dream
they
did
the
right
thing
they
for
no
reason
other
than
their
parents
bringing
them
here
to
America,
believing
that
this
is
the
land
of
the
opportunity.
These
kids
stayed
out
of
trouble,
went
to
school,
graduated
from
school,
pursued,
college
degrees
and
many
of
them,
because
I
worked
with
the
system.
I
know
personally
to
be
shocked
last
spring
by
many
of
them,
realizing
that
they
may
not
be
renewed
after
they
have
been
working
for
the
last
four
years.
B
So
there
was
two
cycles
of
two
years
having
the
opportunity
to
go
to
college
and
now
finishing
their
degrees,
going
back
to
their
communities
and
working
and
providing
the
support
to
other
kids
and
now
being
questioned
should,
should
they
not
be,
citizens
should
or
should
not
be
involved
in
what
they
studied
and
helping
their
community.
It's
a
little
confusing
for
a
lot
of
these
kids,
which
are
now
adults
right.
A
B
Yeah
we
need,
and
everybody
knows,
that
it's
cheaper
to
educate
you,
man
in
a
young
woman,
then
to
incarcerate
them
so
that
that's
that's
that
that's
the
pill
that
I'm
trying
to
swallow
and
that's
the
type
of
message
that
we
want
to
get
to
our
to
our
young
people,
that
it's
that
it's
gonna
be
okay.
We
don't
know
how,
but
I
think
that
the
that
the
time
will
tell
if
this
is
going
to
be
something
that's
going
to
devastate
the
United
States
or
not.
A
B
So
we
have
a
web
page,
of
course,
and
we
have
a
website.
We
have
a
number
that
I
could
give
you,
and
so
we
we
actually
help
partners.
That
would
that
that
provide
us
with
assistance
and
they
actually
have
advertisement
on
our
web
page.
We,
we
actually
have
a
lot
of
pictures
that
we
do
and
and
ways
that
we
could
promote
them
and
on
our
partnership
last
week
we
had
a
luncheon
thank
you
for
attending
it.
B
Was
the
most
successful
one
that
we've
had
so
far
the
the
partners
there
learned
about
what
LCD
a
does?
We
show
them,
what
we
do,
partnerships
that
that
we've
had
showed
like
the
Teochew
II,
who
actually
gave
a
car
to
the
family
of
the
year,
changed
their
lives
forever,
because
that
transportation
now
helps
them
taking
kids
to
school
and
going
and
accessing
the
the
the
work
place
and
and
so
forth,
and
so
on.
So
we
have
about
25
different
programs,
so
we
have
the
the
choice
and
the
opportunity
for
any
of
them.
B
A
I
am
so
thankful
for
you
coming
today.
I
think
we
could
spend
three
hours
instead
of
30
minutes
talking
about
all,
but
the
difference
that
your
leadership
has
made
in
that
community.
We
all
know
that
Pat's
shoes
were
hard
to
fill.
She
was
an
amazing
catalyst
for
this
organization,
but
to
see
it
now
really
being
taken
to
a
new
level.
Your
location
is
great.
People
know
how
to
find
you.