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A
I
do
ask
everyone
in
attendance.
Please
silence
your
cell
phones
if
you
would
and
I
will
now
recognize
lead
staff,
Mr,
Brandon,
white
Brandon.
Thank
you
for
two
years
of
service
now
going
on
three
and
committee
staff
assistant,
Brett,
Gillespie
Brett.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
our
effort.
A
C
D
Oversight,
Council
I'd
be
happy
chairman.
Thank
you
for
that
members.
I
appreciate
you
all
being
here
and
I'm
chairman
I
think
I.
Thank
you
all
for
being
willing
to
let
the
two
groups
meet
together,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
overlap
between
the
mission
of
these
two
groups
and
the
the
youth
that
are
a
focus
for
the
jgoc.
Racial
disparities
has
certainly
been
an
object
of
our
discussion
over
the
last
several
years,
so
I'm
thankful
for
the
time
we
get
to
spend
together
before
I.
D
Have
our
role
called
I
want
to
recognize
our
newest
member
Dr
Katie
Marks
who's.
The
commissioner
of
dbhdid,
all
of
the
commission
on
Race
members,
are
going
to
need
to
tell
us
what
that
acronym
is
it's
a
pop
quiz,
I'm
just
kidding
department
for
behavior
health,
Developmental
and
intellectual
disabilities.
Take
that
down
or
memorize
dbhdid
Dr
Mark
glad
to
have
you
yes,
ma'am
Mr
secretary
or
Madam
Secretary
mistress.
You
want
to
call
the
roll
who's,
calling
the
role
for
us
Brett.
Please.
E
A
A
D
C
D
You
know
we
we
do
our
business
up
here.
This
by
the
way,
has
nothing
to
do
with
Juvenile
Justice
or
the
commissional
race
at
all,
but
I
wanted
to
I
wanted
to
just
put
this
on
your
Radars.
You
know
we
do
our
business
up
here.
We
work.
We
look
at
legislation,
we
argue
and
bicker
about
it.
We
vote
we
override.
D
And
this
morning,
at
10
o'clock
there
was
a
change
of
command
at
with
101st
Airborne
Division
in
Fort
Campbell
at
10
o'clock
this
morning,
where
General
McGee
a
relinquish
command
to
Major,
General
Brett
Sylvia
I
just
wanted
to
recognize
that
and
remind
you
all
that
that
kind
of
stuff
goes
on
while
we're
doing
what
we
do
and
I'm
thankful
for
the
people
that
serve
where
they
serve
and
protect
us
at
Fort,
Campbell
at
Fort,
Knox
and
everywhere
else.
All
right,
that's
out
of
the
way
Mr
chairman.
A
Coach
here,
thank
you
and
I
want
to
take
just
a
moment
and
recognize.
We
do
have
a
new
member
on
the
commission
of
race
and
access
to
opportunity,
appreciative
of
O.J,
alaika
and
his
years
of
service,
but
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
and
offer
him
the
chance
to
speak
briefly,
because
I
know
his
passion
and
he
speaks
not
only
eloquently,
but
he
can
also
speak
at
length,
so
Jim
Coleman
honored,
to
have
you
on
board
turn
your
mic
on.
Introduce
yourself
to
the
group
and
thanks
for
joining
the
team.
F
Thank
you
very
much
Senator.
It
is
a
pleasure
being
here
and
thank
you
for
this
great
opportunity.
I've
got
a
little
farm
over
in
Lexington
Kentucky,
Coleman,
Crest
farm
and
I'm
passionate
about
Workforce
Development
and
making
sure
that
all
of
our
residents
in
the
state
of
Kentucky
are
prosperous
and
successful.
H
Really
excited
about
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done
really
excited
about.
The
conversations
we're
having
I
know
that
in
the
past
six
months,
we've
come
to
some
pretty
pretty
impactful
decisions
and
I
think
that
we're
going
to
need
to
continue
those
discussions,
critical
conversations
with
a
common
goal
of
ever
everyone
prospering
and
we're
going
to
make
we're
gonna
have
to
make
some
tough
decisions.
H
H
I
think
that
when
you're
talking
about
issues
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
in
both
of
these
committees
today,
there's
nothing
there's
not
could
be
any
easy
answers,
because
there's
no
easy
road
with
this,
it's
going
to
be
a
tough
path,
and
but
it's
critical
I
think
we're
to
the
point
when
right
now,
where
it
is
going
to
be
critical,
that
we
do
take
action,
so
I'm
very
excited
about
being
being
here,
I'm
very
excited
about.
Listening
to
the
committee
today
and
I'm
really
excited
about
some
of
the
work
that
we've
got
planned.
H
A
I
My
name
is
divine
Karama
I
am
the
director
of
one
Lexington.
This
is
Larry
Johnson
he's
our
community
outreach
coordinator.
This
is
Kenneth
Payne,
he's
heading
our
crisis
response.
Thank
you
to
the
commission
on
race
and
access
the
opportunity,
as
well
by
our
previous
mayor
back
in
2027
or
back
in
2017,
in
response
to
the
shooting
of
Tyson,
Gay's,
daughter
and
Tyson,
and
figure
out
what
are
ways
that
we
can
provide
wrap-around
services
for
the
families
and
support
those
families.
I
Another
thing
that
we
do
from
the
prevention
side
is
our
one
Lexington
grant
program,
which
is
putting
money
directly
into
the
hands
of
those
who
are
already
on
the
ground.
Doing
the
work.
Lord
knows
and
I
come
from
a
Grassroots
background,
literally
in
the
streets,
doing
the
work
and
we
don't
need
government
controlling
every
single
program.
We
have
amazing
organizations
in
Lexington
who
have
been
doing
this
work
for
years
well
vetted
already
connected
to
the
community,
and
so
our
job
is.
How
do
we
get
this
these
resources
into
their
hands?
I
So
they
can
continue
to
do
the
great
work,
but
then
also
amplify
them
right.
There's
a
lot
of
organizations
that
have
been
operating
for
two
decades
that
don't
even
know
what
a
501c3
is
right
but
they're
doing
great
work.
They
don't
know
how
to
access
resources.
So
how
do
we
help
them?
Build
their
capacity?
I
Help
them
to
get
their
501c3
help
them
to
build
their
board,
so
they
can
access
other
funding
opportunities,
and
so
that
is
something
that
one
Lexington
is
really
focused
on:
moving
from
a
programmatic
space,
more
into
a
a
facilitator,
amplifying
others,
and
so
unfortunately,
as
I
move
into
intervention.
This
is
where
the
majority
of
our
time
and
resources
have
been
spent.
I
The
thing
that
we
we
learned
early
on
was
our
weekly
violence
interview
and
a
lot
of
what
we
see
is
retaliatory,
so
I
don't
have
48
hours
to
Chase
my
tail,
so
these
violence,
intervention
team
meetings
consist
of
and
it's
a
running
meeting
every
week.
It
consists
of
the
police
department,
a
couple
of
non-profit
organizations
who
do
Street,
Outreach,
Fayette,
County,
Public
Schools,
and
a
couple
other
Community
Partners.
I
I
Gap
there
was
that
language
barrier
there
was
that
distrust
between
that
community
and
government,
and
so
there
were
a
lot
of
resources
that
we
wanted
to
give
to
this
community,
who
was
being
impacted
by
gun
violence,
but
we
couldn't
get
the
resources
to
them
because
of
that
disconnect
and
so
Nestor
who
lives
in
that
area
was
born
in
Mexico
now
Pastor
is
a
church
in
the
area.
Has
a
unique
understanding
of
that
to
one
thing,
because
I
think
it
is
important.
I
I
can
move
through
the
next
element
of
peer
pretty
quickly
because
we
don't
have
any
enforcement
capabilities,
but
the
E
is
for
enforcement,
and
that
is
for
for
our
partners
and
friends
in
public
safety.
Obviously,
but
one
thing
that
we
do
focus
on
through
one
Lexington
is:
how
do
we
bridge
the
gap
between
law
enforcement
and
underserved
communities
where
it
is
generational
distrust?
When
we
go
into
some
of
these
homes,
we
got
three-year-olds
that
are
scared
of
police.
How
is
that?
I
Because
it
is
generational
right
from
a
young
age,
maybe
some
of
the
things
they've
even
experienced
within
their
neighborhoods,
so
we
are
working
bringing
in
officers
into
our
mentoring
program,
so
our
kids
can
see
them
not
just
when
the
rest
are
being
made,
but
they
can
see
them
as
an
ally,
maybe
a
partner,
but
then
also
the
police
department.
They
have
a
onus
they.
They
have
some
a
part
to
play
in
this
and
I
believe
our
Mayors
have
done
a
great
job
in
providing
more
funding
for
neighborhood
resource
officers.
I
These
are
officers
with
a
unique
connection
to
a
specific
part
of
the
city,
so
they're
out
there
going
door
to
door
they're
engaging
with
these
young
people
so
that
these
commune
visuals
who
are
coming
home
from
incarceration
they
come
home.
They
can't
get
a
job,
they
get
minimal
re-entry
at
best
they
can't
vote,
and
so
a
lot
of
them
feel
hopeless
and
they
go
right
back
into
the
life
that
led
them
to
where
they
are
in
the
first
place.
I
How
can
we
support
those
individuals?
More
and
I
believe
the
city
is
doing
great,
it
has
got
to
work,
there'll
be
a
little
bit
more
collaboration
and
I
think
the
city
is
leading
in
that
effort.
But
I
want
to
say
this
before
I
conclude,
because
I
think
this
is
another
part
of
that
different
way,
and
so
again
that
is
just
some
of
the
work
that
we
have
been
blessed
to
do
through
one
Lexington.
I
B
D
B
I
I
think
I
I
kind
of
touched
on
this
a
little
bit
earlier.
I
think
the
biggest
thing
is
trauma-informed
care
approaches
and
access
to
Affordable
mental
health.
Okay,
every
sector
that
we
get
into
even
through
my
own
non-profit
work
I,
do
a
lot
of
work
in
Eastern,
Kentucky
and,
and
they
dealing
with
some
of
the
same
issues
and
the
hollers
that
the
kids
that
we
work
with
every
day
in
the
hood
is
dealing
with
and
I
think
that
Mental
Health
Access
is
something
that
all
of
our
kids
need.
Thank.
D
I
We
need
what
was
the
tone
what
was
going
on
when
the
the
victim
came
into
the
hospital.
We
need
that
context
to
help
us
understand
this.
Retaliatory
violence,
imminent
UK,
trauma
center
and
their
team
is
usually
on
the
call
because
of
our
age
purview
13
to
29.
We
usually
get
incidences
that
involve
juveniles,
and
so
the
school
system
is
also
on
the
call
so
a
lot
of
times
they
send
out
support
of
their
own.
But
then
they
can
also
give
us
added
context.
What
we're
going
to
say.
Larry.
J
D
The
the
my
last
question
chairman
and
you
just
hit
on
it
again.
You
mentioned
that
a
lot
of
the
the
instances
and
by
the
way,
I
I'm
grateful
that
you're,
not
looking
at
only
the
fatalities,
I
think
you're,
absolutely
right.
The
cases
that
aren't
ended
up
in
the
news
there's
still
trauma
there,
there's
still
harm,
there's
still
fear.
There
are
still
things
that
need
to
be
responded
to.
You
said
that
and
I
don't
put
words
in
your
mouth
cool
off,
so
that
the
first
response
is
in
a
retaliatory
response
and.
I
And
that
is
where
a
lot
of
the
root
cause
has
come
into
play.
I
think
most
of
the
kids
that
we
work
with
I
would
say
about.
90
percent
have
already
been
directly
impacted
by
gun
violence,
and
so
mental
health
focusing
on
the
untreated
trauma
is
a
huge
part
of
it.
Mentoring
is
a
huge
part
of
it.
I
think
85
percent
of
our
in-school
mentoring
program
participants
this
year
didn't
have
a
father
in
the
home,
so
I
think
that
street
doing
this
work
on
a
weekly
basis.
I
The
amount
of
firearms
that
are
in
possession
of
juveniles,
like
their
access
app
with
themselves
right
I,
believe
we
are
at
a
unique
place
now
and
I.
Don't
know
what
that
conversation
looks
like
when
it
comes
to
Firearms
right,
it's
different.
What
we
are
seeing
in
the
streets
right
now
and
I
realize
it
may
be
different
depending
on
where
you
are
in
Kentucky,
but
in
Lexington.
What
we
are
seeing
is
you
wouldn't
believe
it?
I
It's
unfathomable
the
access
that
they
have
the
high
power
firearms
and
how
many
are
in
possession
I've
had
Firearms
going
off
as
I'm
out
doing
engagement,
walks,
I've,
seen
youth
on
a
regular
basis,
brandishing
open
carrying
firearms
and
so
I.
Don't
know
what
that
conversation
looks
like,
but
that
is
a
definitely
a
huge
reality.
J
If
I
may
add,
I
would
like
to
to
definitely
emphasize
the
value
of
building
relationships
with
communities
and
with
families
yeah
and
after
there's
a
shooting
and
Kenneth
can
talk
more
about
that.
We
have
a
crisis
response
team
that
actually
goes
into
that
Community,
not
just
to
to
the
house
that
may
have
been
involved
in
the
incident,
but
we
build
those
relationships
with
the
community.
J
We
go
up
and
down
the
streets
after
a
shooting
right
and
by
building
those
relationships
we
are
able
to
have
an
influence
as
well
so
I
just
wanted
to
mention
those
things.
Kenneth
can
talk
more
about
what
this
crisis
response
team
does,
but
I
think
it
is
important
that
we
build
relationships
with
communities
and
with
families,
because
those
we
can't
reach
they
can
that's
right.
C
I
At
the
school
focuses
on
the
families
they
kind
of
talk
about,
what's
been
going
on.
Unfortunately,
a
lot
of
the
parents
that
are
part
of
the
mediations
we've
been
a
part
of
aren't
regularly
involved,
or
it's
tapped
in
as
far
as
what
their
kids
are
doing
in
school,
and
so
this
creates
an
opportunity
to
get
in
a
parent-teacher
conference
to
kind
of
give
them
the
full
scope
of
what's
going
going
on
with
their
child.
I
Usually
we
choose
a
community
partner
or
a
crisis
response
Advocate
that
has
a
unique
connection
either
to
that
child
or
the
neighborhood
that
that
child
lives
in
Mr
Larry
said
it
perfectly
it's
all
about
relationships,
especially
when
you
ask
how
do
we
get
in
their
minds
and
hearts?
How
do
we
mediate
and
stop
some
of
this
stuff
from
happening?
It's
all
about
relationships,
there's
a
lot
of
kids
that
I
can
reach,
but
there's
some
kids,
my
my
time
in
the
street
wasn't
long.
I
It
wasn't
extensive
I
put
in
a
little
work,
but
not
a
lot.
We
got
some
brothers
who
did
10
15
years
in
prison
where
ex-gang
members,
and
sometimes
you
need
somebody
with
that
level
of
lived
experience
to
come
in
and
speak
to
some
of
these
kids,
because
their
message
is
going
to
resonate.
Sometimes
you
need
somebody.
Who's
never
been
involved
in
anything
that
can
come
in
and
also
show
that
kid
that
there's
another
pathway
and
so
for
us,
it's
all
about
relationships.
Once
we
get
in
and
we've
been
very
successful
with
our.
G
G
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I
K
Right
thanks,
okay,
so
this
is
one
that
I.
This
is
a
graph
that
I
wanted
to
include
just
it's
a
broader
Equity
issue
and
I
just
think
it's
important
to
remember
the
experiences
of
some
of
the
kids
who
make
up
this
data.
So
this
graph
represents
more
than
3
500
kids,
I
believe
who
have
been
diagnosed
with
a
disability
of
some
kind
and
I
think
we
can
anecdotally.
K
K
So
kind
of
moving
on
to
recommendations
and
I've
kind
of
gone
through
some
of
these
a
little
bit
so
I'm
just
going
to
jump
ahead
and
I'll
still
do
the
the
recommendations,
but
I
think
the
first
thing
is
obviously
lifting
up
the
success
that
we've
seen
over
the
years
of
the
diversion
program.
We
see
a
decrease
in
public
and
Status
offenses
postcovid
and
the
diversion
success
rates
have
remained
mostly
steady
anywhere
in
the
80th
or
90th
percentile.
K
When
you
pull
out
data
for
young
children
again,
those
that
are
12
and
under
there's
a
very
similar
track
record
of
success
since
2016
the
rate
or
the
success
rate
for
diversion
among
children
in
that
age
group
has
been
over
90
percent.
The
most
recent
data
shows
that
they
had
a
94
success
rate
and
when
you
look
at
the
recidivism
rates,
also
for
that
so
again
to
clarify
that
is
the
percentage
image
of
kids
who
are
12
and
under
who
recidivate
recidivated
within
one
year
of
successfully
completing
their
diversion.
So
it
has
been
tremendously
successful.
K
A
K
Okay
and
the
last
slide
again
looking
kind
of
at
diversion,
so
expanding
diversion
as
one
of
the
recommendations
for
working
with
this
population.
Research
has
consistently
shown
that,
for
most
youth
diversion
is
actually
more
effective
than
going
through
a
formal
court
process.
It
reduces
their
recidivism
rates
and
it
also
improves
Public
Safety.
You
have
to
go
to
court.
They
are
more
likely
to
be
rearrested,
they're
more
likely
to
be
subsequently
incarcerated,
they're
more
likely
to
engage
in
violence
in
their
communities
and
also
to
be
associated
with
more
delinquent
peers.
K
And
again
it's
just.
It
is
very
pronounced
when
you
look
at
the
kids
who
don't
go
to
court
versus
those
who
do,
educational
attainment
is
another
thing
where
you'll
see
that
clear
disparity
where,
if
you
know
you're
not
going
to
court
versus
going
to
court,
the
kids
who
are
in
court
are
have
higher
rates
of
Dropout.
They
are
less
likely
to
go
to
college
there's
even
some
research
and
data
that
shows
that
in
adult
Vengeance
that
are
tailored
to
the.