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From YouTube: Waterloo Safe Neighborhood Commission- 10-25-22
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In 2022, the Waterloo City Council approved the creation of a Task Force on Gun violence in Waterloo. The goals of the committee/task force is to address gun violence and its causes with the aim of recommending policy for approval to the City Council.
They meet monthly.
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A
That
resolution
is
available
and
I
can
send
that
out
to
anyone
who
doesn't
have
it
or
need
to
access
to
it
again
because
I'm
sure,
like
me,
you
all
have
inboxes
that
are
full
of
things
that
are
all
very
important
and
then
they
get
lost
somewhere
I'm,
also
on
double
duty.
Today,
the
youngest
one
has
group,
so
I
have
the
oldest
one
with
me.
So
if
you
hear
a
little
voice,
that
is
just
my
assistant
for
the
day.
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Then
we
have
some
goal
settings
and
then
we
need
to
schedule
our
next
meeting,
because
the
fourth
Tuesday
of
next
month
is
the
Tuesday
right
before
Thanksgiving
and
I.
Don't
know
about
all
of
you,
but
we
are
planning
on
getting
out
of
town
that
evening,
so
that
probably
won't
be
a
great
time
for
for
us.
So
let's
we
have
six
out
of.
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So
we
have
enough
folks
that
we
can
that
we
can
make
a
decision.
So
is
there
anyone
who
would
like
to
to
make
a
motion
on
a
chair
or
vice
chair
I,
know
that
Reverend
funches
can't
be
here
and
I
know:
Dr
Dr,
nafisa
ebonye
has
a
step
away
so
that
reduces
our
number
a
little
bit
and
I
did
not
hear
from
Lisa
or
Ronald
or
Teresa,
but
I'm
willing
to
entertain
whatever
motion
there
might
be
on
on
chair
and
vice
chair,
and
this
is
again
just
purely
administrative.
A
As
long
as
I
have
a
vice
chair
that
I
can
be
in
communication
with,
it
seems,
like
my
kids,
have
gotten
every
illness
that
there
is
out
there,
so
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
vice
chair
that
can
that
can
step
in
in
case
I
have
to
deal
with
my
first
job,
which
is
a
dad
so
but
I'm
perfectly
fine
being
chair.
Yes,.
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B
B
D
A
So
if
I
would
like
this
to
sort
of
start
as
a
place
where
we
know
what
exists
so
that
as
we
set
our
goals,
we
can
look
at
what
recommendations
to
make
for
what
should
come
about
and
then
what
what
areas
we
can
enhance
or
further
further
support
if
that
makes
sense.
So
if
anyone
has
some
resources,
they
want
to
highlight.
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B
B
F
B
F
C
For
me,
when
I
think
about
sort
of
violence
prevention
at
its
very
base
level,
you
know
there
are
there's
some
place
like
the
hospitality
house,
which
gets
people
at
least
some
respite
from
being
on
the
streets.
During
the
day,
though,
certainly
there's
a
a
glut
of
opportunities
for
people
who
are
homeless
at
night,
which
is
when
things
get.
You
know,
super
dicey,
but.
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F
F
I
was
just
gonna
say
the
one
that
we
offer
is
just
strictly
for
work.
It's
called
to
work.
We
drive
people
to
employ
people,
but
we
don't
transport
people
like
a
taxi,
so
yeah
and
the
housing.
When
you
mentioned
housing,
that's
an
area,
that's
greatly
lacking.
We've
had
more
homeless.
People
come
through
the
momentum
program
than
ever
so.
C
We
Riverview
Center
at
the
end
of
last
year,
received
what
was
our
first
large
Federal
grant
we've
ever
applied
for
and
actually
received
for
our
transitional
housing
program
for
survivors
of
sa
and
sexual
assault,
social
violence.
And
it's
it's
it's
it's.
It's
been.
It's
been
a
learning
experience
for
us,
but
it's
been
a
very
shocking
to
see
it's
not
it's
not
so
I
mean
we
will
pay
People's
rent
for
you
know
six
to
24
months,
and
we
have
a.
C
We
have
a
an
mou
with
Iowa
Workforce
Development
for
them
to
get
any
kind
of
services
they
need
during
that
time
to
help
them
sort
of
get
sustainability
in
their
housing
and
it's
just
difficult
to
find
housing.
That's
the
that's
the
interesting
part.
It's
not
so
much
that
there's
housing
that
people
can't
pay
for
it's
how
little
there
is
in
terms
of
affordable,
safe,
clean
housing
options
for
people.
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F
C
Don't
I
know
that
they
do
something
in
conjunction,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
they
do
something
in
conjunction
with
the
child
protection
Center
as
well
in
terms
of
the
assessments
for
the
first
five
but
I,
don't
know
much
about
them,
and
Friends
of
the
family
can
be
a
good
option.
The
problem
is
their
shelter
is
in
Waverly
when
you
think
of
and
there's
they
do
not
provide
any
transportation
options.
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So,
even
if
we
have
a
Survivor
staying
in
the
shelter
and
the
Survivor
just
needs
to
go
to
the
drugstore
to
get
a
prescription,
we
have
to
drive
away
and
really
take
them,
take
them
back
and
whatnot.
So
it's
for
this.
So
it's
a
good
op
I
mean
it's
a
nice
option
to
have
a
shelter,
but
it's
just
not
a
great
option
for
the
Cedar
Valley.
In
terms
of
you
know,
people's
accessibility.
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C
B
Joe
and
Jonathan
I'm
wondering
from
another
level
whether
we
have
particular
ordinances
or
is
there
particular
from
the
legal
side,
potential
resources
that
are
unique
to
Waterloo.
That
could
be
called
upon
to
address
it.
Violence
in
the
community
that
could
be
more
maximized
or
are
there
things
that
other
communities
that
have
implemented
that
we
don't
haven't
really
approached
or
looked
at.
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Oh
there
there's
a
plethora
of
programs
out
there,
funding
Staffing
Resources
we're
doing
most
of
what
we
can.
There
are
some
things
out
there,
but
I
think
the
the
bigger
question
is
is
what
kind
of
violence
do
you
are
we
looking
at
here?
We
don't
have
a
huge
homeless
violence
problem.
Our
violence
problem
is
Young
gang
members,
shooting
other
gang
members
and
they're
not
looking
for
rides
they're,
not
looking
for
child
care.
None
of
those
are
issues
to
them
so
to
disrupt
that
there
are
groups
out
there
trying
to
do
it.
D
Oscar
Williams
comes
to
mind.
He's
got
a
group
of
a
half
dozen
young
African-American
males
that
are
trying
to
disrupt
that
and
work
within
the
community.
You
mentioned
TSN
PSN
was
big
a
few
years
ago.
It
kind
of
faded
off
through
covid
I,
know
they're,
trying
to
bring
it
back.
I
just
I
mean
when
I
started
going
to
the
meetings.
They
were
so
big.
We
moved
into
unique
and
then
the
last
meeting
the
guy
was
asking.
D
Most
of
it
is
deterrence
through
enforcement,
where
I
would
guess
on
record
Pace
for
federal
charges
from
the
Blackhawk
County
area
this
year,
just
on
gun
crimes
alone,
whether
it's
firearm
as
a
felon,
Farmers,
drug
user,
repeat
offenders,
that's
kind
of
our
you
know
and
PSN
had
four
prongs:
deterrence
and
education,
two
of
them.
Those
are
two
we
kind
of
focus
on,
but
you
know
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
Grassroots
organizations
out
there,
whether
it's
pastor
and
his
group
I
know.
D
David
Goodson
has
done
some
stuff
a
while
back
and
I'm
still
doing
it.
There's
a
lot
of
people
trying
to
reach
out
and
help
and
I
think
that's
probably
if
you're
going
to
Target
gun
gang
violence.
That's
probably
the
focus
is
some
of
those
more
Grassroots,
the
NAACP,
some
of
those
people
that
are
more
boots
on
the
ground
sort
of
thing
and
are
willing
to
work
in
the
communities.
The
problem
is:
some
of
them
have
found
out
these.
D
To
quote
after
these
kids
on
the
list,
so
they
just
in
Latonya
said
the
same
thing:
sometimes
they
put
my
hands
up
and
walk
away,
so
I
think
that's
part
of
it.
Is
we
gotta
I?
Think
that
probably
should
be?
You
know
a
primary,
both
Stars
try
to
I,
don't
know,
leverage
your
incentivize
or
get
that
Grassroots
thing
going.
I'd
love
to
have
a
gang
interventionist
La
has
them
all
the
you
know.
Philly
major
cities
have
gang
intervention
teams,
they're
expensive,
they're
personnel,
and
quite
honestly
we
don't
have
them.
D
We
don't
afford
them.
We
we
just.
We
don't
have
that
that
piece
of
our
puzzle-
and
you
know
you're-
probably
looking
at
to
do
it
right-
a
half
million
dollars
to
do
gang
interventions,
gang
intervention
right
in
the
Waterloo
level.
I
mean
La.
Obviously
it's
a
lot
more
than
that,
but
we're
actually
probably
looking
at
five
people
to
go
out
and
talk
to
gang
members
to
go
talk
to
shooting
victims
because
some
not
retaliate,
you
know,
hey
I,
got
shot
on
us
talking
to
the
cops,
but
I'll
take
care
of
it.
D
And
now
we
have
the
second
shooting
and
now
you're
in
prison,
and
they
kind
of
go
through
that
edge
of
it
and
I.
Don't
know
how
much
success
LA's
had
with
it
I
think
a
little
Davenport's
got
a
program,
I
can't
think
of
the
name
of
it
right
now
that
I
reached
out
to
them
to
try
to
find
out
how
that
works
for
him.
But
I
haven't
heard
back
from
that
he's
a
fairly
new
Chief
down
there,
so
I
haven't
heard
back
from
him.
Yet.
B
They
have
a
grant
with
Des
Moines
that
utilizes
an
interrupters
model
representative
AKO
is
the
CEO
of
the
Creative
Visions
one
of
the
challenges
in
looking
at
some
grants.
Joe.
Do
you
think
if
we
were
to
try
and
pursue
funding
like
that?
Are
the
numbers
sadly,
and
are
the
numbers
high
enough
that
we
would
you
know
warrant?
You
know
consideration
on
that
or
because
we're
rules
relatively
small
City,
so
we're
having
violence.
D
If
I
want
to
be
honest,
somebody's
apolitical
as
a
person
gets
and
I
generally
stay
out
of
that
Arena.
However,
we've
done
very
well
in
our
request
for
federal
funding
in
the
Waterloo
blackout,
County
area
I
attribute
a
little
of
that
to
Grassley
seniority
down
there.
I
think
he
has
a
little
bit
of
weight
for
us
and
he's
familiar
with
Waterloo
I
mean
he's
from
you,
know,
kind
of
the
area
and
sees
the
news
so
I
think
that
helps
a
little
bit.
I,
don't
know
how
much,
but
we
always
do
fairly
well.
I.
D
Think
the
mayor's
connections
help
us
when
it
comes
to
that
kind
of
stuff
and
his
ability
to
reach
out
and
say,
hey,
here's,
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
we're
pretty
Innovative
I
know
people
don't
really
see
that.
But
you
know
from
from
a
police
department
at
a
city
standpoint,
we're
Innovative
and
we're
creative,
because
we
have
to
be
we
don't
have
you
know
thousands
of
cops
sitting
around.
D
We
can
say:
hey,
go
do
this,
you
know
so
we're
Innovative
and
creative,
so
I
think
they
like
that
I
think
you
know,
there's
some
grant
funding
if
we
can
find
it.
I
was
working
with
Dr
Gordon
trying
to
find
some
stuff
and
there's
just
nothing
out
there
right
now.
They
held
up
a
lot
of
it
in
a
political
battle
that
will
probably
sit
until
after
the
midterms.
Now.
D
Funding
but
there's
a
lot
of
money.
That's
just
kind
of
you
know:
I
can't
remember
the
numbers
like
15
billion
for
law
enforcement,
another
20
billion
for
mental
health.
It's
just
kind
of
floating
right
now
until
they
can
decide
and
I.
Think
they'll,
probably
wait
until
after
the
midterm,
because
everybody's
trying
to
use
things
for
leverage
which
is
unfortunate,
but
it's
the
reality
we
live
in
today,
so
yeah.
If
we
could
get
some
grant
money,
I
mean
we've
been
watching.
We
have
guys
look
every
day,
trying
to
find
something
that
we
can.
D
You
know,
use
or
utilize,
probably
our
our
biggest
champion
of
Grants,
the
vcat
unit.
We
wrote
that
grand
I
don't
know
10
years
ago
now
and
they
started
it.
We
ran
it
for
four
years
and
then
we've
managed
to
keep
it
and
the
city's
supported
that
unit,
because
their
sole
focus
is
on
violent
crime.
That's
all
they
do,
guns
and
gangs,
that's
pretty
much
their
life
and
they're.
F
F
Now
at
momentum,
we've
graduated
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
have
graduated
we're
on
term
11.
Right
now
and
85
of
the
folks
have
84
have
criminal
backgrounds
and
85
percent
have
have
have
passed.
Addictions
are
in
you,
know,
they're
in
recovery
and
maintaining
their
maintaining
it
and
I
have
had
graduates
say
they
want
to
give
back.
F
Thinking
that,
maybe
you
know,
David
Goodson
would
be
one
24
7
black,
maybe
Sherman
wise
Elevate
pathways,
one
city
and
I'm
sure
there's
many
more
that
have
people
that
want
to
give
back
and
see
change,
but
I've
had
grads
that
have
expressed
that
that
they
want
to
help
people
to
acclimate
home.
They
want
to
help
people
to
not
get
back
in
I've
had
past
drug
dealers
come
to
me
and
apologize
for
dealing
to
somebody
that
lived
in
my
house
and
and
say
you
know
that
was
me.
F
F
C
Guess
that
is
that
that
question
that
that
Joe
asked
I
mean
because
that
is
the
question
of
is
this-
is
our
focus
on
gun
crime?
You
know
juvenile
crime,
gang-related
crime
I
mean
right
now.
For
example,
the
Community
Foundation
in
in
Cedar
Rapids
is
providing
grant
money
for
programs
some
kind
of
programming
initiatives
on
violence
prevention
and
when
we
went
to
them
to
meet
to
have
a
conversation
about
that
they
said
sorry
we're
specifically
targeting
production
of
gun
violence.
So
there
is
a
there
is
a
movement
in
Cedar
Rapids,
for
example.
C
So
there
is
money
being
made
available
by
the
city.
I,
don't
know
if
it's
in
conjunction
with
the
county
as
well,
but
I
know
there
is
they
are.
They
are
specifically
looking
for
programming
to
Target
gun
violence.
I
would
also
because
so
I
guess
the
question
is
I
would
I
would
disagree
with
Joe
in
the
sense
that
we
absolutely
have
a
violence
problem
in
the
homeless
community,
and
you
know
I
understand
when
someone
is
shot
when
there's
every
night,
you
open
the
paper
or
you
look
at
the
news,
and
you
see
it.
C
That,
of
course,
is
a
violence
issue,
but
you
know
we
deal
with
a
lot
of
people
who
have
become
victims
that
don't
become
known
to
the
police,
don't
become
known
in
the
paper.
There
is
a
lot
of
perpetuated.
Violence
on
the
streets,
people
being
assaulted,
sexually
assaulted,
a
lot
of
domestic
violence
in
the
homeless,
Community
in
the
shelters.
There's
a
there's
a
lot
of
violence:
that's
not
just
gun
and
gang-related
violence.
So
I,
guess
that's
a
question
too.
To
think
about
is
what
are
we?
What
are
we
thinking
about?
C
A
In
the
conversations
we
had
as
a
council,
a
lot
of
it
was
around
gun
violence
and
around
youth.
We,
we
we
passed
some
resolutions
looking
at
youth
opportunities
as
well
as
this
one
about
about
gun
violence
so
well.
That
is
not,
of
course,
to
dismiss
the
other
forms
of
violence
that
go
on
in
our
community.
A
The
the
big
focus
in
the
conversations
that
I've
had
in
the
conversation
that
Council
had
is
the
focus
on
gun
violence,
especially
with
a
particular
emphasis
on
the
fact.
You
know,
in
my
conversations
with
the
vcap
group
and
others
that
that
this
problem
is
becoming
a
younger
problem
than
it
used
to
be
and
and
major
lifehood
can
can
verify
that
that's
accurate,
but
I
mean
we
and-
and
we
know
that
the
last
couple
years
have
not
been
great.
A
You
know
we,
we
just
got
National
Education
data
that
says
the
last
couple
years,
weren't
great.
We
know
that,
but
there
is
there's
clearly
some
sort
of
Disconnect,
and
that
being
said,
none
of
this
was
born
out
of
the
last
two
years
either.
We
know
that
that
there
are,
there
are
structural
things
in
place
that
that
lead
to
people
making
differing
choices,
so
I
think
we
want
to
focus
on
that
and
I
think,
at
least
from
a
fair
amount
of
folks.
A
The
conversation
was
particularly
devoted
around
helping
younger
individuals
either
not
reoffend
or
or
not
offend
at
all,
and
so
and
it
is
going
to
take
a
whole
Community
effort
and
I
and
I
and
I
know
that
there
are
lots
of
groups
and
and
and
we
want
them
and
need
them
to
be
at
the
table
for
this
discussion.
So
are
there
other
resources.
B
So,
as
we
think
about
these
things
and
and
our
outcomes
or
our
measures,
our
programming
or
whatever,
we
want
being
able
to
get
good
data
at
the
front
end
and
back
end.
I
think
we've
got
some
resources
there.
Does
it
again
doesn't
bring
people
necessarily
to
the
table
in
terms
of
grand
dollar
stuff
things
like
that,
but
I
think
that's
will
help
us
down
the
road
yeah.
A
And
speaking
to
to
Major
leifold's
Point
gang
interventionist
programs
are
something
that
I've
talked
with
some
of
my
colleagues
in
Chicago
in
the
Saint
Paul
Area
that
have
them,
but
one
of
the
other
things
is
having
a
violence
interrupter
model
which
aren't
necessarily
police
officers,
but
are
it
might
be
civilian?
So
that's
another
thing.
So
there
are
some
resources.
There's
a
an
organization
called
cure,
violence
which
is
based
out
of
Chicago.
A
A
This
is
the
start
of
that
and
and
like
we
had
talked
about
last
time,
policies
probably
will
need
to
change,
and
this
will
be
a
conversation
we
will
need
to
have
with
the
county
in
with
the
school
district
and
others,
because
it's
going
to
impact
impact
all
of
us
so
before
I
open
it
up
for
other
goal,
setting
I
think
one
of
the
for
me.
One
of
the
important
things
is
that
we.
A
A
A
A
F
To
your
point,
Jonathan
hi
team,
I'm,
Sheree
sortman-
this
is
probably
the
quietest
Jonathan
has
ever
seen
or
heard,
but
I'm
really
taking
it
all
in
and
learning
from
all
of
you
but
I'm.
The
secondary
curriculum
director
for
the
Waterloo
schools-
and
this
is
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
I'm
from
this
community
and
I'm
very
passionate
about
some
of
the
cyclical
things
that
are
happening
because
you're
absolutely
right
to
and
are
you
Chief
leipold
I,
don't
know
how
to
what
your
title
is:
Chief,
yes,
I'm.
D
F
F
A
kid
from
I
was
in
the
Waterloo
schools
in
the
late
80s
and
90s,
when
a
lot
of
this
was
starting
and
included
some
of
my
friends
who
ended
up
going
down
up
this
path
and
had
family
that
went
down
this
path
and
I
I
think
there's
a
couple
things
here.
Some
of
them
are
now
in
society
and
I
think
they
could
definitely
we
could
pull
them
into
the
schools
and
maybe
start
some
organizations
and
I
would
love
for
all
of
you
to
come
into
the
schools.
F
We
have
a
couple
buildings
in
particular
one
of
them
being
at
our
Middle
School,
where
a
lot
of
this
from
the
street
is
coming
into
the
schools
so
more
than
what
we've
seen
before
before
it
would
sort
of
stay
on
the
peripheral,
and
there
might
be
this
kind
of
feeling
that
was
happening,
but
it
would
happen
after
and
now
we're
seeing
a
lot
more
of
that
aggressive
behavior
with
with
some
of
them
being
gang
members.
Young
gang
members,
as
you
said,
really
bringing
it
into
our
buildings.
So
we
too
would
love
support.
F
We
would
love
for
anybody
on
this
Council
to
join
us
and
do
some
walkthroughs
in
the
schools.
My
husband's
an
assistant
principal
at
West,
High,
School
and
I
know
he's
talked
about
starting
like
a
group
Council
and
including
some
of
our
students,
who
are
maybe
some
of
the
kids
that
are
influencers
in
a
negative
way
and
turning
that
into
them.
F
You
know
the
the
social
cues
and
and
the
emotional
response,
and
know
that
maybe
we're
more
similar
than
different
and
try
to
bridge
some
of
that
from
an
academic
and
emotional
intelligence
standpoint
earlier
and
getting
kids
kind
of
in
a
collective
space
where
they
can
have
good
conversation
about.
You
know,
topics
that
are
that
are
painful.
What
is
hatred?
What
is
racism,
what
is
poverty
and
let
the
kids
solve
it,
so
we're
really
trying
to
be
academically
proactive,
but
I
would
love
it
if
we
could
get
some
feedback
from
this
team.
C
Theresa
I
think
you
bring
up
a
really
interesting
point
of
initiatives
or
curriculums
that
are
already
being
used
for
whether
whether
they're,
specifically
titled
violence,
prevention,
programming
or
other
types
of
socio-emotional
development
or
those
kind
of
things
that
are
led
to
you
know
greater
empathy
which
leads
to
you
know.
Whatever
that
looks
like
it
would
be
interesting,
I,
think
or
not
I
think
it'd
be
important,
maybe
for
us
to
have
a
good
listing
of
what
is
being
done
in
the
schools,
because
I
do
think.
C
There's
various
there's
various
organizations
in
various
pools
of
money
out
there
that
people
are
using
to
do
various
things
and
then
there's
the
school
district
itself.
That's
trying
to
do
things
and
I
think
you
know
you
know
my
non,
my
non-profit
brains
like
we.
We
don't
want
duplication
of
efforts,
but
more
than
that,
we
want
to
be
able
to
assess
if
something
is
working,
because
there
are
some
old
curriculums
that
I
know
are
being
used.
That
I,
don't
think
are
really
appropriate
anymore.
C
They
were
at
one
point,
but
I,
don't
know
if
they're
honors
inappropriate
anymore,
given
what
we're
talking
about
and
the
the
what
used
to
be
appropriate
in
a
middle
school,
maybe
isn't
appropriate.
Maybe
it's
what
was
used
to
be
in
a
high
school
is
maybe
more
appropriate
in
middle
school
or
something
like
that
we
did
violence,
prevention,
programming,
Michael
and
Michael
was
was
part
of
all
this
back
in
the
day
and,
unfortunately,
three
or
four
years
ago,
the
state
cut
all
of
our
violence,
prevention
and
education
funding.
C
We
were
doing
it
in
the
middle
and
high
schools
and
we
lost
all
of
our
funding.
So
you
know
we
pop
in
when
we
can
more
sort
of
the
one
and
done
sort
of
the
kind
of
the
arming
the
teachers
kind
of
with
with
some
things,
but
I
think
it'd
be
great.
If
we
could
get
a
good
listing
of
what's
already
being
done
out
there,
because
I
do
think
there
are
people
really
giving
it
their
best.
C
F
Sure
I
can
help
provide
that
and
I
I
agree
with
you.
I
think
programs
sometimes
become
sort
of
a
packaged.
Fix-All
and
I
would
love
it
to
be
more
organic
than
that.
You
know
right
now:
it's
not
really
a
program,
but
I
really
was
thoughtful
about
making
sure
we
were
looking
at
curriculum
for
core
like
for
reading
and
writing
that
includes
these
big
perspective
wonders
where
kids
really
do
sit
and
talk
about
these.
F
These
big
ideas
that
are
you
know,
as
my
son
said
one
day
when
he
came
home,
and
he
said
today
when
we
had
a
a
discussion
on
this
topic
and
it
was
about
I
believe
it
was
on.
It
might
have
been
on
racism,
and
he
said
it
helped
me
understand
everybody
else's
perspective
and
how
limited
some
some
kids
in
our
class,
what
their
experiences
are
even
being
in
a
very
diverse,
beautifully,
diverse
Community.
F
Their
experiences
might
be
very,
you
know,
very
narrow
and
just
not
understanding
other
people's
entry
points
so
really
trying
to
build
teacher
capacity,
and-
and
we
do
a
lot
with
just
some
of
those
things
that
we
still
see.
We
have
a
lot
of
white
teachers
who
are
doing
their
best,
but
there's
a
lot
of
different
ways
and
biases
out
there
of
how
we
can
turn
off
a
kid
instead
of
pulling
into
you
know
into
the
conversation,
so
I
think
it's
a
you
know.
It's
a
big
system.
F
The
big
system
work,
but
I
can
definitely
provide
at
both
Elementary
all
elementary
middle
and
high
school
level.
Some
of
the
things
that
are
already
in
place
and
and
how
we're
trying
to
open
up
spaces
for
all
kinds
of
kids
for
different
experiences
and
share
that
with
all
of
you
and-
and
maybe
that
would
be
a
good
for
you
good
perspective
to
know,
what's
already
happening,
Charice.
F
That
would
be
I'm
in
ed
services,
so
for
the
education
end
of
it,
but
student
services,
but
I'll
ask
we
have
a
new
student
services
director
this
year,
Sheena
and
that
might
be
one
that
she's
looked
into.
I
know
this
was
a
conversation
that
we
had
at
District
leadership
team
with
the
superintendent
just
recently.
So
hopefully
now
there's
there's
some
other
places
that
we're
looking.
B
We
have
had
a
grant
with
the
Department
of
Education
called
pro
project,
stop
Schools
teachers,
officers,
preventing
violence
and
that
Grant
was
Georgia
in
on
September
30th,
but
we've
received
a
six-month,
no
cost
extension.
So
we
are
inviting
schools
to
be
additional
schools
to
be
part
of
that
cohort,
and
so
you
know
Waterloo
may
you
know
and
that
they.
B
About
the
opportunity,
that's
an
opportunity,
I
also
have
in
that
project.
Stop
came
out
of
the
Parkland
shooting
you
know
so
there's
it's
federal
funds
and
I.
Think
I
read
today:
there's
been
40
some
odd
school
shootings
this
year
with
injury
or
fatality.
So
I
doubt
it's
gonna
go
away
so
that
that
in
this
last
round
it
was
specific.
When
we
received
here
at
the
department
of
vet,
it
was
for
the
state.
B
The
last
call
was
school
specific,
so
that
may
be
a
resource
down
the
road
and
then
the
one
that
I
referenced
here
that
I
just
saw
is
called
project
prevent
Grant
and
it's
grants
to
local
leas
and
schools
can
be
considered
that
impacted
by
Community
violence
and
expand
the
capacity
of
leas
to
implement
community
and
school-based
strategies
to
help
prevent
Community
violence
and
mitigate
the
impacts
of
exposure.
Community
violence,
so
that
may
be,
and
range
of
awards
was
250
to
800.
So.
A
E
E
My
brother
was
murdered
back
in
2018
and
murdered
in
his
home
with
his
children
there.
So
I
kind
of
started
this
non-profit
I'm
trying
to
get
it
up
and
running
off
the
ground
just
to
try
and
prevent
at-risk
youth
from
picking
up
guns
and
turning
to
gun
violence
and
to
prevent
families
from
going
through.
What
me
and
my
family
are
currently
still
going
through.
So
yeah
and
I
also
work
at
Waterloo
schools
as
well,
so
I
work.
E
A
C
A
So
ranel
just
to
catch
you
up,
we
did
choose
a
chair
and
vice
chair,
I'll,
be
serving
as
chair
and
Gwen
will
be
serving
as
Vice
chair.
Just
for,
like
the
administrative
type
stuff,
we
did
take
some
notes
on
resources
that
exist.
Obviously,
that
list
is
probably
not
exhaustive,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
resources
out
there,
but
I
will
send
that
list
out
when
I
send
notes
later
this
evening.
A
I
do
think,
based
on
this
conversation,
it
may
not
hurt
to
have
groups
visit
the
schools
and
sit
down
with
admin,
staff
and
students
in
in
some
capacity,
I,
think
and
I.
Don't
want
to
speak
for
for
the
the
groups
that
are
doing
this
work
but
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
Miss
Walker,
but
I
would
I
think
a
really
important
part
would
be
meeting
with
groups
like
yours.
A
What
Astor
Williams
is
doing
Corey,
Mohammed
and
other
groups
who
are
who
are
already
on
the
ground
because,
like
Gwen
said,
we
absolutely
do
not
want
to
reinvent
the
wheel
or
or
take
away
resources
that
could
be
going
to
do
things
so
I
think
that's
an
important
piece
and
I
think
I
think
we
do
have
to
meet
with
with
with
your
everyday
Waterloo
ium
and
and
see
where
they're
at
as
well.
So
that
seems
like
something
that
we
we
may
want
to
start
soon.
A
F
So
I
don't
know
how
you
want
to
set
it
up.
I
know
three:
two
middle
and
one
of
our
high
schools,
where
we've
had
an
increase
in
fights
that
have
come.
You
know
that
have
come
out
of
some
of
the
things
that
are
happening
in
the
community,
so
I
could
set
up
a
visit
with
those
administrators
at
the
the
two
middle
and
the
one
High
School.
E
C
A
Thank
you,
I
I
do
think.
Communication
is
important,
so
if
there
is
an
email
or
a
phone
number
like
texting
for
me
is
is
something
that
I
can
do
a
little
bit
easier
during
the
day
than
than
an
email,
so
I
will.
We
can
send
out
that
information,
quite
if
you
want
to
be
in
charge
of
a
contact
list
so
Sharice
why
we
started
looking
at
at
meeting
with
the
schools-
and
this
obviously
is,
is
what
works
with
people's
schedules.
A
I
know
obviously
Miss
Walker,
but
if
there
are,
if
there's
someone
who
has
more
contact
with
those
groups,
it
wants
to
start
trying
to
put
up
a
meeting
with
them.
That
might
also
be
helpful
moving
forward.
If,
if
someone
has
contact
information
for
Aster
or
Corey
Muhammad,
obviously
we're
now,
you
will
want
you
to
be
there
as
well.
So
does.
D
A
A
D
Absolutely,
and
as
we're
sitting
here,
I
also
thought
the
Department
of
Corrections
can
cold
off
or
somebody
on
his
team.
They
have
a
lot
of
contact
with
a
lot
of
kind
of
between
offenders,
and
that's
really
the
group
you
can
get
people
to
listen
to
is
yeah.
You
know
I
I,
like
a
lot
of
the
efforts
out
there,
but
some
of
those
guys
coming
out
of
Doc.
They
keep
it
real
and
they'll
tell
them.
You.
D
A
A
So
we
have
sort
of
slated.
The
fourth
Tuesday,
however,
before
Tuesday
like
we
said,
is
before
Thanksgiving
next
month
so
and
we
can
send
out
a
doodle
poll.
I
know
those
are
everyone's.
Everyone's
favorites
I
was
thinking
either
the
the
Tuesday
before
or
the
Tuesday
after,
so
either
the
15th
or
the
29th.
A
B
That
fair
I
know
for
me:
I
will
be
out
of
town
the
the
15th
if
we're
able
to
get
some
of
these
meetings
set
up.
Maybe
you
know
the
first
three
weeks
in
November
or
so
trying
to
get
to
yeah,
get
spend
the
time
out
there
and
then
bring
that
information
back
or
or
maybe
it
will
take
that
long
to
to
get
some
of
these
meetings
set
up.
But
for
me
personally,
the
15th
is
I'll,
be
at
a
conference
so
fair
enough.
A
A
Let
us
aim
for
sort
of
our
next
commission
meeting
to
be
on
the
29th
at
four
o'clock
and
then
let's
work
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
before
Thanksgiving
to
have
this
meeting
with
folks
who
are
doing
the
work
on
the
ground
already
with
as
many
Commissioners
as
we
can
and
yes,
that
is.
That
is
a
super.
Thank
you
for
that
reminder.
Michelle
on
the
18th,
we
are
slated
to
be
the
morning
session
of
the
the
Uni's.
A
Yes,
thank
you.
I
was
absolutely
blanking
on
the
name,
so
we
are
the
morning
session.
So
you,
you
may
have
received
some
information
about
that
already.
If
not
I
can
resend
it
they
will.
They
will
cover
you
if
you
want
to
go
to
the
whole
day
conference,
but
we
are
The
Mooring
session
and
we'll
be
a
panel
talking
about
this
work
that
we're
doing
as
well
as,
of
course,
the
expertise
that
you
all
bring
from
outside
and
that
is
Friday
November
18th,
for
whoever
can
make
it.
B
Jonathan
and
Jenny
will
probably
hate
me
to
throw
this
out
there.
Jenny
Becker
is
the
point
person
on
this
from
the
Department
of
Social
Work,
but
that
may
be
a
opportunity
to
gather
input
from
participants
there
on
if
we're
having
people
there,
that
are
working
systems
to
support
and
the
theme
is
violence
being
able
to
collect
in
some
form,
thoughts,
feedback
from
them
on
what's
needed
or
the
resources
or
just
to
utilize.
That
opportunity
now.