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From YouTube: FY2021 Budget Hearings June 9, 2020 (Public Testimony)
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Committee of the Whole hearing to consider the following items relating to the FY2021 Municipal Budget:
Bill Nos. 200285, 200286, 200287, 200288, 200289, 200290, 200291, and 200292 & Resolution No. 200307
Public Testimony
More details: www.phlcouncil.com/budget2021
A
Thank
you
very
much.
They
started.
We
will
now
reconvene
this
morning's
hearing
mr.
stead
before
we
start.
Can
you
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
and
members
that
are
in
attendance,
please
indicate
by
saying
present
and
where
the
to
to
make
sure
that
your
image
is
displayed
mr.
state,
its
member
bass?
I
am
president.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today,
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
House
member
Brooks
good
afternoon,
everyone,
council,
member
Dom,.
A
A
A
A
These
were
advertised
when
we
posted
on
councils
website
and
sent
out
in
a
press
release.
Speakers
interested
in
giving
testimony
were
asked
to
call
or
email
by
3:00
p.m.
yesterday,
so
they
can
take
the
technical
steps
necessary
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
public
comment.
In
a
virtual
environment,
we
received
an
unprecedented
number
of
requests:
success
afire
more
than
500.
In
fact,
that
was
more
than
we
could
accommodate,
especially
given
the
current
virtual
environment
that
the
club
with
19
pandemic
has
forced
council
to
use.
So
here's
what
we
have
done
that
be
as
fair
as
possible.
A
The
first
60
people
requested
to
testify
will
have
an
opportunity
to
do
so.
In
addition
to
many,
more
people
were
randomly
selected
by
lottery
from
everyone
else
who
submitted
a
request
to
testify
by
the
deadline.
We
also
going
to
encourage
everyone.
We
asked
to
testify
to
submit
written,
written
testimony
to
budget
hearings
and
Philip
go
to
ensure
that
their
voice
is
part
of
the
permanent
public
record,
and
any
testimony
submitted
that
way
will
be
added
to
the
record.
In
this
particular
hearings.
A
The
90
people,
who
will
have
an
opportunity
to
speak
today,
have
all
been
notified
ahead
of
time
to
ensure
that
is
an
opportunity
for
all
the
90
of
you
to
be
heard.
Certain
ground
rules
have
been
established
as
follows.
Your
testimony
should
be
about
2
C's,
proposed
operating
and
capital
budget
and
proposed
revenue.
A
And
I
am
a
little
late.
We
apologize.
You
will
be
asked
to
make
sure
that
your
phone
is
muted
until
there's
your
tireless
speech
to
eliminate
any
background
noise
that
may
impede
any
individual's
ability
to
be
heard.
Once
your
name
is
called.
Please
unmute
your
phone
by
pressing
star
six
on
your
phone.
You
will
then
have
to
two
men.
A
A
Once
you
as
to
begin
your
testimony,
you
will
hear
the
timer
as
I
referenced
earlier
once
for
a
lot
of
time
in
Spanish
you'll
be
asked
to
conclude
your
remarks
at
that
time.
Please
mute
your
phone
and
stay
online
until
all
20
people
in
your
group
have
testified
to
eliminate
the
side
of
you
getting
off
lines
after
each
group
of
twenty
individuals
has
testified.
We
will
take
a
short
break.
I.
Think
a
lot
of
the
next
group
and
the
final
group
will
consist
of
10
person.
I
would
fit.
A
A
A
A
Citizen
is
embracing
not
knowing
she
said,
but
not
knowing
isn't
ignorant.
It
involves
working
research.
Not
knowing
is
the
permissive
and
rigorous
willingness
to
trust,
leaving
knowing
insistent
and
trusting
impossibility
in
these
times
of
stupefying
claims
to
certainty
such
as
where
national
leaders
pronounce
that
military,
backed
domination
of
our
streets
is
a
required
response
to
long
overdue
protests
of
eons
of
police
brutality.
A
In
these
times,
our
capacity
to
embrace
the
stance
of
not
knowing
is
essential
to
addressing
the
increasingly
complex
challenges
we
face
are
experts
at
creating
new
possibilities
from
a
posture
of
not
knowing
artists
our
practice
and
embracing
the
surprises
and
innovations
that
emerge
from
interdependence
and
unpredictability.
Now
is
the
time
not
the
time
to
hobble
artistic
resources.
Now
is
the
time
to
engage
artists
and
the
artistic
process
as
never
before
and
helping
to
envision
and
shape
the
new
and
uncertain
civic
terrains
that
we
are
all
inescapable.
A
A
To
help
raise
the
measure
of
deep
listening
and
empathy,
invite
artists
into
government
agencies
to
shape
linear
approaches
to
policy
and
practice.
Artists
are
primed
to
be
the
stewards
of
our
public
spaces,
keeping
us
attune
to
the
collective
memory
specific
lessons
that
reside
there.
We
can't
afford
to
abandon
the
infrastructure
that
is
critical
to
making
Philadelphia's,
Arts
and
Culture
communities
to
rich
and
diversities,
talent,
creativity,
innovation
and
dedication
to
the
vitality
and
vibrancy
of
our
city.
A
A
B
Thank
You
council,
president
Clark
and
members
of
council
I'm,
Louis,
Grimaldi
and
I'm
here,
to
offer
testimony
specifically
against
the
closure
at
the
Office
of
the
Arts
to
the
funding
of
the
Adelphia
cultural
fund,
along
with
the
hundreds
of
neighborhood
organizations,
but
it
sustains,
but
it
is
a
road
map
of
our
priorities
as
people
and
as
a
city
mayor
Kenny's,
proposed
budget
does
not
describe
the
city
I
wish
to
live
in.
Not
only
is
it
inequitable,
especially
for
children
and
older
adults,
but
undercuts
the
resources
and
creative
thinking.
B
We
need
to
overcome
this
crisis
before
us.
I
moved
to
Philadelphia
from
Hong
Kong
in
1999
and
I've
come
to
the
city.
As
my
home
I've
been
executive
director,
three
cultural
organizations
in
neighborhoods
across
Philadelphia
in
Chinatown
north
at
the
village,
in
North
Philadelphia,
currently
in
bellavista
we're
in
the
director
Fleischer
Art
Memorial
a
community
anchor
bringing
access
to
art
to
over
20,000
people
each
year.
I
can
tell
you
about
Fleischer
in
its
history
as
the
oldest
community,
our
organization
in
the
country.
But
many
of
you
already
know
our
work.
B
B
I
could
tell
you
about
how
the
arts
contributes
to
recovery
and
public
confidence
for
national
case
studies
and
I'm,
counting
on
my
colleagues
to
tell
you
that
the
impact
of
the
arts
and
jobs
and
economy,
but
knowing
how
deeply
you
care
about
Philly,
I'm
speaking
from
the
heart
and
share
with
you.
What
keeps
me
up
at
night
concerns
and
solution
by
believes
matter
to
you.
First,
what
can
we
do
together
to
keep
children
engaged
in
learning?
B
Last
week,
the
Department
of
Human
Services
called
us
to
ask
our
help
with
the
3,000
children
in
the
150
summer
programs
and
rec
centers
across
the
city.
Right
now,
we're
teaching
artists
are
creating
241
recorder.
Lessons
were
distributing
4,000
summer
arts
care
kits
and
learning
materials
through
food
distribution
sites
through
art.
We
are
helping
children
to
be
resilient
and
to
stay,
engage
with
learning
like
flash.
B
Our
artisan
organizations
in
every
district
are
fighting
despite
little
or
no
resources
to
help
the
people
of
Philadelphia
recover
and
now
is
the
time
for
the
city
to
double
down
on
artists
and
teachers,
not
strip
them
of
funds
that
discredit
their
value.
Now
is
the
time
to
invest
in
children
in
our
elders
and
those
who
have
been.
B
And
who
are
hurting
the
most
now
is
not
the
time
to
disinvite
creative
thinkers
and
pull
the
rug
out
from
hundreds
of
art
groups
that
bring
vibrancy
and
hope
to
our
city
every
day
and
now
is
certainly
not
the
time
to
increase
funding
to
broken
systems
that
oppress
people.
We
have
allowed
the
criminal
justice
system
to
replace
and
displace
a
whole
host
of
public
institutions.
B
A
B
You
for
allowing
me
to
speak
in
reference
to
bill
numbers
to
zero
zero,
two
eight
seven
and
two
zero
zero
307
I
am
Elizabeth
Bunyan,
a
lifelong
Philadelphian
and
the
executive
director
of
the
Print
Center,
a
visual
arts
nonprofit
dedicated
to
the
democratic
media
of
photography
and
print
since
1915
we
have
served
the
city
and
have
prioritized
equity
and
access.
We
provide
exhibitions
as
well
as
long-term
residences
in
20
high
school
classrooms
each
year
in
districts
across
the
city.
The
Kovach
pandemic
has
had
a
devastating
impact
on
arts
and
culture.
B
The
arts
are
the
highest
expression
of
our
humanity
and
are
needed
now
more
than
ever
in
challenging
times.
They
bring
inspiration,
hope
and
solace.
Arts
and
culture
is
also
a
four
billion
dollar
economic
engine,
which
is
a
remarkable
return
for
the
city's
investment
of
four
million.
Our
community
does
extraordinary
work
and
brings
enormous
benefit
with
relatively
minor
financial
support.
The
proposed
cut
is
minimal
in
the
face
of
the
projected
deficit
and
is
not
logical.
Arts
and
culture
are
the
way
back
to
a
thriving
city.
B
People
returning
for
cultural
activity
will
engage
all
sectors
of
the
economy.
Crippling
arts
and
culture
will
significantly
delay
the
city's
recovery.
I
urge
you
to
restore
funding
to
the
Philadelphia
cultural
fund
and
the
office
for
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy,
despite
its
benefits,
arts
and
culture
are
always
the
first
on
the
chopping
block,
and
this
must
change
the
brilliant,
innovative
thinkers
that
lead.
Our
community
should
be
welcomed
at
the
governing
table.
Instead
of
eliminating
support,
Philadelphia
should
have
a
cabinet-level
arts
position.
The
Philadelphia
cultural
fund
is
the
lifeblood
of
the
city,
small
organizations.
B
Their
impact
is
felt
in
every
neighborhood.
Eliminating
PCF
will
devastate
organizations
like
the
Print
Center
that
rely
on
the
support
to
serve
audiences
and
create
equity
and
access
to
remain
the
world-class
City
that
National
Geographic
has
recognized.
We
must
maintain
PCF
and
the
OU
ACCE
Mayor
Kenny
himself
urged
support
for
the
Arts
and
a
letter
to
Congress
I
urge
you
to
start
at
home
by
rejecting
the
proposed
cuts.
Imagine
how
much
more
we
could
do
to
support
our
community
if
we
were
not
always
fighting
to
survive.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
B
You
I
am
Amy
pots,
experienced
City,
Hall
artistic
Advisory
Committee.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today,
I
implore
you
to
reconsider
the
proposed
budget,
which
suggests
eliminating
the
office
of
Arts
and
Culture
and
art
and
City
Hall
programs
in
the
wake
of
Kovach
19
and
the
events
in
our
city
over
the
past
two
weeks.
It
will
be
more
important
than
ever
to
fund
the
arts
programs
that
can
help
rebuild
our
city
and
build
relationships
that
could
sustain
us.
B
Philadelphians
value
the
arts,
because
they
make
our
city
strong,
unique
and
diverse,
show
them
that
you
do
to
the
art
and
city
hall
program
specifically,
is
one
of
the
most
far-reaching,
impactful
and
accessible
offerings
in
Philadelphia
with
over
a
hundred
thousand
audience
members,
1,700,
artists
and
87
community
partners
in
2019
from
every
region
of
the
city.
All
of
this
is
accomplished
by
one
exceptional
staff
member
to
win
and
a.
A
B
Five
thousand
dollar
operating
budget.
The
program
should
be
funded,
as
it
is
one
of
the
city's
creative
innovations
for
the
arts
and
culture
sector,
which
is
a
major
force
in
the
local
economy,
generating
four
billion
dollars
annually
and
providing
55,000
jobs.
I
urge
you
to
consider
the
positive
impact
of
the
arts,
and
especially
the
art
and
City
Hall
program,
eliminating
it
represents
a
short-term
fix
that
will
hinder
long-term
growth,
art
and
City.
Hall
value
and
impact
cannot
be
overstated.
B
B
B
Many
of
our
member
artists
Alliance,
have
benefited
from
these
programs,
but
I'm
here
today
to
appeal
to
the
city
sense
of
Commerce
and
common
sense.
When
we
eventually
return
to
the
vibrant
city,
Philadelphia
was
before
the
cove
at
nineteen
crisis.
What
will
be
the
draw
to
come
here
and
defend?
Our
city
has
built
a
reputation
on
being
a
vital
hub
of
the
east
coast
of
culture,
arts
and
creative
Commerce,
theater,
music,
museums
and
art,
or
what
you're
all
global
conferences
here.
People
and
businesses
need
a
real
reason
to
return
for
tourism
and
portrayed.
B
It's
a
known
fact
that
arts
creates
jobs,
drives
the
marketplace
and
contributes
to
quality
of
life.
Complete
elimination
will
make
it
impossible
for
these
important
programs
to
recover
when
the
budget
becomes
easier
to
manage
in
2017
Americans
for
the
Arts
conducted
your
fifth
study
of
the
impact
of
nonprofit
arts
and
culture
industry
on
the
economy.
The
study
showed
that
contributions
of
the
arts,
industry
and
diverse
communities
and
regions
across
the
country
generated
billions
of
dollars
of
economic
economic
activity.
B
Much
of
this
income
is
generated
in
events
related
expenditures,
while
supporting
millions
of
jobs,
along
with
the
revenue
generated
for
local
state
and
federal
government,
to
quote
the
Americans
for
the
Arts
by
every
measure.
These
rolls
these
results
are
impressive.
This
study
puts
to
rest
in
this
conception
that
community
support
arts
and
culture
at
the
expensive
local
economic
development.
In
fact,
communities
are
investing
in
an
industry
that
supports
job,
creates
government
revenue
and
is
the
cornerstone
of
tourism.
The
arts
and
economic
prosperity.
B
5
study
shows
conclusively
that
arts
nationally,
as
well
as
locally
means
that
arts
means
business.
Lastly,
we
applaud
those
city
council
members
who
recently
signed
the
letter
outlining
improved
independent
oversight
of
the
police
department,
including
decreases
in
police
funding.
We
encouraged
the
mayor
to
reallocate
some
of
those
savings
to
fund
the
arts
programs
that
are
set
for
elimination,
art
heels,
please
let
Philadelphia
remain
the
shining
beacon
that
has
become
by
continuing
to
support
this
important
economic
and
community
minded
sector.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
B
Okay,
sorry
I
was
supposed
to
testify.
I
was
supposed
to
testify
earlier.
Let
me
just
pull
up
my
thing,
so
thank
you
for
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
testify.
When
I
saw
the
mayor's
budget,
I
was
really
afraid
for
the
future
of
this
city,
so
this
pandemic
has
created
a
need
for
a
new
budget.
It
really
felt
like
a
betrayal
of
the
people
of
Philadelphia,
to
cut
the
art,
libraries,
Parks
and
Rec
and
similar
entities
that
serve
our
communities
instead
of
generating
needed
resources
from
the
people
in
corporations
who
really
have
a
lot
to.
B
B
I
learned
what
art
can
contribute
to
the
city
through
projects
I've
done
with
mural
arts
at
places
like
McKinley
Elementary,
School,
the
hard
trance
school
and
at
Rodriguez
library
and
I've,
learned
that
these
types
of
projects
eliminate
normalized,
negative
activities
and
communities
and
they
reclaim
important
sites
and
make
them
livable
again
for
residents.
Most
recently,
I've
been
the
percent
for
art
artists
for
the
Maplewood
mall
revitalization
in
Germantown,
but
the
mayor's
budget
has
erased
my
confidence
in
the
value
of
moving
forward
with
the
city
with
its
project.
B
Unless,
if
the
Office
of
arts
and
culture
in
the
creative
economy
is
restored
and
and
I
mean
fully
restored,
as
a
union
person
that
I
know
that
you
know,
there's
there's
a
plan
to
keep
one
person,
but
as
a
young
person,
I
know
that
when
one
person
is
being
asked
to
do
three
people's
jobs,
you
know
three
people
already
have
four
people's
jobs
on
that.
On
their.
B
City
is
a
partner
in
these
projects
and
you're
there
to
protect
all
of
our
interests
and
right
now
it
just
does
not
feel
safe.
So
I
am
emphatically
asking
you
to
reconsider
the
funding
of
the
Office
of
Arts
and
Culture,
and
the
creative
economy
to
Philadelphia
cultural
fund,
ural,
arts
and
the
african-american
Museum
in
this
budget
and
I
hope.
B
I
really
hope
that
the
past
nine
or
ten
days
has
helped
us
all
to
understand
the
urgent
need
for
all
of
our
citizens
to
feel
safe
and
to
feel
represented
in
public
places
and
in
institutions
of
the
city.
The
arts
are
not
frivolous
and
unnecessary,
they're
a
significant
part
to
Philadelphia
infrastructure,
and
they
are
deeply
woven
into
our
civic
spaces
and
our
lives
and
without
its
funding.
Your.
A
A
Carmen
fables
son
Miguel.
Yes,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
please
state
your
name
and
receive
with
your
testimony.
I'm
payable
to
retain
you
well
I,
fully
understand
the
city's
unprecedented
budget
challenges.
I
would
stress
that
since
I
came
to
Philadelphia
from
Puerto
Rico
in
1976,
I
have
seen
inner
city
grow,
our
city
grow
to
become
one
of
America's
greatest
and
most
diverse
cultural
hubs.
A
That
is
incomprehensible
to
those
of
us
who
have
fought
hard
over
50
years
to
establish
a
visible,
meaningful
presence
for
the
Arts
in
city
government
that
in
one
decision
there
will
be
no
art
office
or
art
presence
in
the
city
government.
The
relatively
small
short-term
budget,
saving
associated
with
the
elimination
of
the
office
of
Arts
and
Culture,
and
the
cultural
fund
is
more
of
a
reflection
of
how
art
is
so
undervalued
here,
rather
than
on
the
significance
of
those
modest
savings.
A
On
the
other
hand,
the
negative
impact
of
these
cuts
will
be
felt
in
every
community,
at
all
income
levels
and
ethnicities
by
every
citizen
and
every
child
for
years
to
come.
He's
gonna
make
impacts
of
the
Arts
in
Philadelphia,
well
documented
and
already
mentioned.
In
addition,
if
you
ask
a
culture
of
fund
grant
recipients
along
that,
we
sent
expenditures
over
seven
million
seven
hundred
million
dollars
the.
A
B
A
Would
be
ill-advised
that
this
amount
of
equitable
economic
activity
does,
which
is
every
community
in
Philadelphia
at
this
time
of
not
only
unprecedented
economic
downturn,
but
also
social
and
racial
on
is
eliminated.
The
arts
provide
a
powerful
transformative,
human,
constructive
and
unifying
force.
The
city
should
follow
the
forward
vision
of
President,
Roosevelt's,
federal
arts
project
of
the
WPA
during
the
Great
Depression,
the
artistic,
historical,
social
and
humanistic
effects
of
this
endeavors
that
influenced
American,
art
and
culture.
A
As
all
of
these
things,
impact
safety
communities
with
greater
access
to
the
arts,
experience,
fewer
acts
of
violence
and
fewer
incidents
of
ethnic
and
racial
harassment,
health,
high
cultural
engagement
in
low-income
neighborhoods
results
in
lower
rates
of
chronic
illness
and
reductions
in
poverty
without
displacement,
and
will
be
neighborhood.
Arts
trans
residents
connections
with
one
another
in
foster
pride
of
place.
The
impact
on
arts
education
has
already
been
mentioned.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
Testimony.
A
Mando
Clayton
good
afternoon
I'm
here.
Can
everyone
hear
me?
Yes,
you
can
the
stage
in
the
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony,
a
mando
s
Clayton
for
the
record,
Thank
You,
mr.
president
and
city
council,
for
giving
me
time
to
speak
today.
Our
first
like
that
thang
counts,
the
president
for
all
his
work
in
the
community
and
with
the
business
sector.
I'm
Amanda
as
Clayton
a
second
current
constituent
of
district
for
councilman
Curtiss
Jones
district
I
would
first
like
to
take
the
time
to
thank
mr.
A
mark
squeal
in
his
office
for
staying
in
constant
contact
with
me.
Even
though
I'm
not
a
constituent
of
his
district,
he
and
his
office
has
embraced
me.
I
personally
contacted
the
other
16
members
of
this
council
and
the
mayor
for
the
last
five
years.
I
have
been
unsuccessful
and
receive
a
return
phone
call
or
email
for
the
city
to
be
a
brotherly
love,
I,
still
relinquished
by
City
Council
as
a
whole.
Today,
I
will
be
talking
about
bill
numbers,
285,
286
to
91
and
292.
A
Regarding
bills,
285
and
286
I
would
like
to
stress
more
money
for
the
streets
department.
The
city
maintain
streets
are
hot
enough
and
in
need
of
some
attention,
I
have
been
in
contact
with
mr.
Stephen
Lorenz
and
other
city
agencies.
Without
proper
funding,
the
streets
department
was,
did
the
streets
will
still
decay
regarding
bill
number
291
I
do
not
support
any
tax
increases
on
the
residents
or
the
non-resident.
A
We
as
constituents
are
taxed
enough
of
other
local
taxes,
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia
doesn't
need
it
face
the
wave
tax
down
to
3%
at
a
lower
pace.
Finally,
regarding
bill
number
292
I
do
not
support
any
direct
property
tax
increases
on
residents
or
businesses.
In
fact,
I
support
a
further
increase
of
the
homestead
exemption.
Moreover,
I
do
not
support
an
elimination
of
the
discount
for
people
who
decide
to
pay
their
property
taxes
Erlin.
The
city
needs
to
increase
their
spending
with
the
rates
of
inflation
and
control
non-discretionary
spending
I.
A
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
hear
my
proposals
today.
I
hope
that
we
can
come
together
and
have
a
great
budget
for
the
2021
season
and
remember
to
do
what
is
in
the
best
interest
for
your
district
and
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
Please
do
continue
to
be
safe,
Thank
You,
testimony
you're,
welcome.
B
A
B
Great
I
am
testifying
today
regarding
the
proposed
elimination
of
the
office
of
adult
education,
unlike
workforce
development
in
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
This
time,
member
staff
has
been
completely
eliminating
from
the
city
eliminating
literacy,
eliminating
opportunity
for
people
with
a
criminal
record
for
people
who
have
dropped
out
of
high
school
for
people
living
in
homelessness
for
the
most
marginalized
and
vulnerable
in
our
city
to
receive
an
education.
B
As
you
know,
the
office
of
adult
education
has
been
functioning
since
1983,
and
only
under
the
Kenny
administration
was
it
put
under
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
I
know
demands
are
high
right
now,
and
solutions
are
few.
So
here's
my
modest
proposal
just
keep
one
or
two
staff
members.
That's
all
we
are
asking
for
make
this
an
independent
office
to
become
a
champion
of
adult
literacy
in
our
city.
I,
ask
you
insider'
what
would
happen
to
George
boy
if
he
was
not
arrested
at
all.
B
If,
instead,
police
were
defunded,
if
you
met
with
a
community
social
worker
that
talk
to
him
about
jobs,
I
understand
that
he
was
unemployed
as
a
result
of
the
coronavirus
crisis.
What
if
you
met
with
the
social
worker,
to
talk
about
adult
literacy
and
employment
opportunities
in
his
community?
What
kind
of
City
would
that
be?
We
can
make
that
city
right
now.
Did
you
know
that
the
average
reading
level
in
the
Philadelphia
Department
of
presence
is
third
grade?
It
is
third
grade.
B
Yet
most
of
our
education
conversations
are
about
those
cute
kids
in
the
school
that
the
mayor
left
has
photo
ops
with.
We
need
programs
and
support
adults
and
give
them
the
opportunity
to
receive
an
education
to
go
to
college,
to
build
visual
literacy.
We
will
talk
about
making
all
of
our
schools
into
vocational
institutions
and
I.
Don't
understand
why
workforce
is
the
same,
so
I
ask
you,
please
reinstate
the
office
of
adult
education
just
one
or
two
staff
member.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
Thank
you
good
afternoon
councilmembers
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
I
am
I'm
Barbara
Silva,
executive
director
of
the
Philadelphia
cultural
fund
and
the
cultural
fund
is
the
way
the
city
the
city,
supports
the
Arts
in
Philly
and
has
since
1994,
and
unfortunately,
the
proposed
budget
has
zeroed
out
its
funding
for
fiscal
year
2021.
B
While
my
voice
is
just
one
that
you're
hearing
on
the
telephone
I
want
you
to
imagine
hundreds
of
people
beside
me
representing
the
349
nonprofit
arts
organizations
349
throughout
the
city
that
went
through
a
rigorous
review
process
and
were
awarded
a
grant
2020
and
those
organizations
serve
over
12
million
people
a
year.
We
believe
that
total
elimination
of
funding
for
the
Philadelphia
cultural
fund
imperiled
the
essential
role
that
the
arts
play
in
the
fabric
of
our
city
and
does
not
reflect
our
city's
shared
values.
B
Economic
revitalization,
workforce
development,
environment,
health,
history
and
preservation,
racial
justice,
homelessness
and
housing,
insecurity,
LGBTQ
hunger
and
food
insecurity,
mental
health,
immigration,
refugee
settlement
and
incarcerated
populations
and
returning
citizens
eliminating
the
cultural
fund
will
devastate
organizations
that
are
already
struggling
to
survive
and
will
deprive
our
communities
of
the
services
the
artist
uniquely
provide.
When
this
pandemic
is
behind
us,
it
will
be
the
cultural
fund
grantees
that
provide
philadelphians
with
the
essential
outlets
and
tools
for
healing
creative
expression,
reflection,
activism,
celebration
and
community
building
necessary
for
thriving
metropolis
I
hope.
B
A
B
Hi,
my
name
is
Hannah
Shannon
and
I'm.
The
policy
director
at
the
movement
Alliance
project,
formerly
media,
mobilizing
project
and
I'm
grateful
for
a
chance
to
speak.
We've
been
working
for
over
15
years
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
build
a
movement
organizing
at
the
intersection
of
race,
inequality
and
technology.
B
We've
been
organizing
to
end
mass
incarceration
and
increase
digital
inclusion
and
Wendy
saw
that
the
police
department
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
was
leaving
an
increase
over
fiscal
year,
20
of
19
million
dollars,
while
programs,
as
the
previous
speaker
noted,
like
the
office
of
adult
education
parks
and
rec
libraries,
an
extraordinary
list
of
anti-violence
and
community
based
programs
were
all
receiving
cuts.
We
were
deeply
deeply
concerned.
B
We
are
grateful
that
the
City
Council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
the
mayor
have
taken
some
very
first
steps
with
committing
cannot
provide
the
police
department
with
that
increase.
But
we
can
be
even
braver
right
now
and
listen
both
to
the
people
who
have
testified
before
me
and
to
the
thousands
upon
thousands
of
comments
that
you
have
received.
That
say
that
we
have
one
shot
right
now
to
replace
overproducing
in
our
communities,
with
investment
in
the
truth
services
and
supports
that
really
keep
us
safe
here
in
my
neighborhood.
B
He
tears
up
a
little
bits
of
newspaper.
He
gets
angry
and
some
people
in
my
neighborhood
respond
to
him
by
trying
to
call
the
police.
This
is
a
gentleman
who
needs
help
who
needs
support.
We
need
to
divest
from
policing
to
do,
fund
policing
and
to
take
those
resources
and
put
them
in
community-based
programs
that
send
social
workers,
mental
health
support
and
resources,
rather
than
cops
I'm
here,
as
are
thousands
of
Philadelphia's
just
about
you
in
this.
A
A
Tonight,
executive,
director
CEO
Philadelphia
to
applaud
the
commitment
of
the
mayor
and
city
council
to
address
the
educational
inequities
of
our
school
system
and
all
the
best
ways
we
do
it.
We
believe,
is
to
come
to
the
earth
with
a
friend
a
seminar
grant
under
16
schools
this
year
and
serve
9,500
students
now
Cynthia.
A
Well,
because
about
the
vocation
to
25,
you
have
AmeriCorps
members
the
authentic
relationships
year-round
with
teachers,
students,
families
and
community,
many
of
our
panelists
around
become
teachers
in
the
district
and
when
our
students
have
been
faced
with
traumatic
experiences,
our
members
to
put
them
in
building
coping
skills
and
resilience
to
move
further,
the
recharging
time,
gjakova
financial
struggles
and
for
testing
the
emotions,
tides
back
at
men
and
women
by
fantasy.
This
gentleman
that
experienced
social
emotional
well-being
has
to
come.
First
before
academic
progress
can
occur.
A
Our
plan
is
approved
into
the
essential
engine
virtual
learning
environment
as
well,
so
much
so
that
the
video
was
named
and
we
run
up
to
nonprofit
partners
in
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia
virtual
learning
plan.
Our
members
provide
students
with
a
support,
make
tutorial
early
videos,
create
after-school
spaces,
and
you
will
hang
out
and
make
videos
and
phone
calls
to
parents
and
students
about
school
engagement.
A
Comparing
the
results.
We
know
that
Central
School
District
of
Philadelphia
began
tracking
ninth
grade
on
track
race
in
1600.
Philadelphia
High
School's
have
increased
its
on
track
rates
by
30
percentage
points,
sometimes
more
than
the
districts
increase
over
the
same
period
and
in
a
recent
Johns
Hopkins
study.
We
found
that
our
games
made
insertion
of
social-emotional
learning
skills
as
similar
to
give
me
that
in
Paris,
New
York
academic
growth,
as
we
know
that
the
better
learning
law
to
our
students
don't
be
harder
to
recover
and
anxiety
will
be
higher,
so
we
can
be
there.
A
We
need
your
help
to
do
that.
We
know
that
there'll
be
lots
in
several
of
your
disability,
and
so
we
were
hoping
to
restore
them.
We
normally
receive
1500.
Students
are
projected
to
go
unserved
and
lose
our
services
this
year.
Please
help
us
keep
that
from
being
even
worth,
as
I
spoke,
the
equity
festoons
funding
for
Philadelphia.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
B
My
name
is
Donna
and
I'm
here
to
joining
the
director
of
education
at
Community,
Learning
Centre
am
I
close
campus
and
a
partner
of
the
office
of
adult
education
I'm.
Also
here,
as
a
Philadelphia
native
born
and
raised
by
a
19
year,
old
single
mom
of
two
I
grew
up
in
the
city's
black
bottom
and
now
reside
in
the
Germantown
section
of
the
city.
According
to
those
predictions,
I
should
be
receiving
services
of
Community
Learning
Center,
rather
than
directing
them.
B
I
realized
that
I'm
one
of
the
lucky
ones
and
I
know
that
most
are
not
so
lucky.
According
to
the
research
from
the
National
Center
for
Education
Statistics
of
one
one,
one
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
two
hundred
philadelphians
ages
16
to
74,
where
the
nation
hundred
thousand
struggled
to
read
or
warm
higher-level,
math
and
statistics
indicate
that
most
Philadelphian
adults
lack
the
skills
necessary
to
thrive
and
contribute
to
our
city's
workforce
under
normal
circumstances,
let
alone
post
kovat
research
clearly
shows
a
link
between
low
literacy,
poverty,
poor
health
and
the
likelihood
of
incarceration.
B
Research
also
shows
that
an
investment
in
adult
education
is
an
investment
in
the
health,
safety,
welfare
and
wealth
of
all
Philadelphia.
An
investment
in
changes
that
matter
that
increase
of
ten
thousand
dollars
per
year
for
the
GED
graduates
once
they've
earned
their
diploma
changes
like
the
2.5
billion
dollars
nationally
gained
in
tax
revenue
and
reduced
expenses
for
every
400,000
adults
who
earn
a
high
school
diploma.
In
the
face
of
such
extraordinary
data,
it
has
been
syncopal
that
the
city's
budget
would
completely
eliminate
the
office
of
adult
education.
B
The
only
office
for
the
citywide
reach
dedicated
to
creating
the
system
is
realigning
the
connection
2/3
of
the
adults,
to
much-needed
education
services
to
plan
strategically
and
to
ensure
the
quality
of
those
services.
Budgets
are
moral
documents
and
reflect
our
commitment
to
a
vision
beyond
the
immediate
bottom
line,
I
implore
you
to
refund
the
vision
and
the
office
of
the
adult
education.
B
A
B
A
B
Has
been
forwarded
to
an
automated
voice-messaging
system,
the
past
40
years
for
thinking
and
writing
for
films
and
cultural
organizations
to
address
important
and
timely
issues
of
cities,
including
justice
and
equity
work
and
labor,
public
and
environmental
health
and
other
urgent
long-term
issues
of
a
shared
public
realm.
There
is
spectacular
evidence
that
artists,
generally
with
the
support
of
essential
arts
and
civic
organizations,
promote
strong
communities
that
are
the
foundation
of
great
American
cities.
B
These
are
our
invaluable
and
indispensible
artists
in
context
who
frequently
with
a
logistical
and
financial
support
of
future
minded
arts
organizations
such
as
public
percent
for
art,
program,
office
of
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy,
and
other
civic
initiatives
embraced
and
engaged
the
dynamics,
diversity,
challenges
and
opportunities
of
urban
environment.
I.
Invite
you
to
imagine
what
New
York
City
would
be
like
without
its
Department
of
Cultural
Affairs,
as
well
as
the
other
city
organizations
that
provide
the
time
space,
research,
resources
and
opportunities
to
unite
artistic
vision
with
community
and
civic
aspirations.
B
I
continue
this
work
now
and
into
the
future,
and
now
here
in
Philadelphia,
because
I
have
witnessed
countless
times
how
artists,
uniquely
and
significantly
bring
purpose
and
impact
to
our
complex
and
often
challenging
contemporary
cities
and
their
diverse
environments,
contexts
and
communities.
I,
write
and
advocate
that,
because
of
artists
and
important
Civic
art
organizations,
change
happens
and
it
matters.
It
is
consequential
for
all
cities
and
for
all
citizens.
B
Now,
as
we
witness
and
mourn
the
death
of
innocent
black
citizens
in
the
hands
of
an
in-custody
of
police
officers,
art
and
artists
do
not
create
entertaining
accessories
for
cities.
Art
brings
us
to
the
difficult
truths
and
the
necessity
of
academic
transformation,
a
city
without
art
and
artists,
and
its
arts
organizations
becomes
just
a
location,
culturally
and
oates.
B
Ultimately,
economically
delicious
I
moved
to
Philadelphia
four
years
ago
excited
and
with
expectancy
for
the
opportunity
to
live
and
work
in
a
city
that
was
in
the
frontlines
of
cultural
innovation,
political
activism,
an
opportunity
to
mass
manifest
in
its
cultural
offer,
tuition
and
agency
for
many
artists.
There's
a
terrific
return
on
investment.
B
When
we
give
support
artists,
artists
and
our
arts
organizations
have
always
been
American
cities,
essential
workers,
they
are
ubiquitous
venturing
into
all
neighborhoods
and
communities
and
impactful
artists
and
our
arts
organizations
need
support
now
more
than
ever
and
fill
it
in
Philadelphia
and
beyond.
Thank
you.
A
A
Can
it
be
goes
if
you're
still
in
line
priest?
Yes,
yes,
okay!
Yes
thank
you,
council,
president
and
council
members
for
allowing
my
testimony
in
common
today.
My
name
is
campitos
I'm,
the
executor
of
the
affordable
housing
sentence
of
Pennsylvania,
where
HUD
approved
and
DHCD
funded
housing,
counseling
organization
that
performs
personal
buying
for
goods
and
services
here
to
present
my
testimony
in
terms
of
the
fiscal
year
budget
to
make
sure
that
positive
health
services
are
made
available,
which
includes
ensuring
that
funding
for
the
housing
trust
fund
to
provide
valuable
housing
services.
A
The
current
Markram
on
foreclosures
and
fiction's
by
the
governor
until
July
10th
2020,
has
allowed
us
to
get
bored
as
equation
for
the
avalanche
of
fictions
and
foreclosures
that
will
submerge
the
city's
courses,
the
house
cows
agencies.
We
serve
as
the
e'en
food
workers
for
how
both
the
undergo
financial
distress
with
their
home
during
the
Great
Recession,
we
were
called
upon
by
the
city
to
rescue
homeward
from
the
threat
of
more
foreclosure.
A
To
prevent
the
community
spread
main
people
consequently
had
to
undergo
financial
hardship
and
will
risk
losing
their
home
due
to
a
time
that
public
health
officials
have
urged
residents
to
remain
in
their
home
as
their
best
deterrent
to
stop
row
19,
it
will
be
irresponsible
for
them
to
not
dedicate
resources
like
how
the
cancer
resources,
which
focus
on
helping
the
resident
stay
financially
solvent
and
be
able
to
stay
in
their
house.
Meanwhile,
demand
for
for
several
bar
program
and
in
particularly
the
Philly
first
home
grant,
is
high.
A
Coppola
is
educating
more
than
200
households
per
month
on
the
aspects
of
forcing
their
home
through
our
zoom
virtual
homebuyer
classes,
and
many
potential
homebuyers
see
home.
Worship
has
the
opportunity
for
greater
living
space
to
stable
housing.
Payment
has
been
a
godsend
which
many
clients
who
are
a
decent
living
but
cannot
saved.
It
might
help
with
the
college,
dorm
worship,
but
the
resources
to
help
with
this
program.
So
there's
no
denial
that
housing
counseling
will
have
a
major
impact
that
civilization
Philadelphia's,
neighborhood,
family
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that.
A
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
submit
comments
on
behalf
of
you.
The
utility
Emergency
Services
fund
since
its
inception
in
1983
Yusuf's,
has
provided
countless
residents
with
financial
assistance
for
the
utility
of
riveters,
allowing
them
to
stay
in
their
homes.
However,
useless
overall
goal
is
to
empower
families
to
become
self-sufficient
through
housing
stabilization.
We
transform
to
a
model
that
leverages
the
utility
assistance,
with
assistance
provided
by
other
organizations,
some
funded
from
the
city's
operating
budget,
to
provide
even
more
of
a
societal
deterrent
to
the
city
and
its
residents.
A
In
the
last
five
years,
users
has
delivered
more
than
forty
million
dollars
in
direct
assistance
to
over
11,000
residents
in
every
city
council
district,
the
average
income
of
residents
useless
serves,
is
approximately
sixteen
thousand
dollars.
Today.
We
testified
that
if
funding
to
the
office
of
homeless
services
and
the
Philadelphia
water
department
were
to
be
cut
because
to
the
city
in
the
long
run
would
be
far
greater
than
the
money
save,
we
ask
that
the
funding
commitment
to
these
agencies
remain
and
previously
funded
levels,
as
the
funding
to
these
agencies
is
an
investment
not
a
course.
A
It
uses.
We
provide
utility
assistance
which
stops
the
immediate
housing
crisis
for
families,
but
the
real
goal
is
to
stop
the
long
term
crisis
of
poverty.
The
long
term,
housing
and
self-sufficiency
assistance
provided
by
uses
has
the
most
positive
financial
and
societal
impact
on
the
city
and
its
residents.
You
saw
theses
critical
funding
from
the
office
of
homeless
services
and
the
Philadelphia
water
department
to
enable
vulnerable
Philadelphia's
to
remain
in
their
homes.
A
We
are
asking
the
funding
commitment
to
these
agencies
to
remain
as
previously
thundered
levels
for
every
dollar
invested
in
the
program
funded
by
IHS
15
guys.
If
you
turn
to
the
city
and
reduce
shelter
cross,
we
have
grateful
to
the
mayor
and
members
of
City
Council
for
providing
funding
that
enables
uses
to
assist
our
residents
and
for
shepherding
Philadelphia's
duties,
unprecedented
events
with
the
goal
of
becoming
a
stronger,
more
United
City.
Together,
we
are
investing
in
a
future
of
shared
prosperity
and
equality.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
testify.
B
Good
afternoon
Thank
You
council,
president
Clark
and
the
entire
council
for
hearing
me
today
good
afternoon,
I'm
Shelley
power,
executive
director
of
Pennsylvania
Ballet,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today.
The
Arts
in
Philadelphia
are
a
source
of
inspiration
for
our
community
and
part
of
what
makes
our
cities
so
beautiful
and
vibrant
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
and
creative
economy
and
the
Philadelphia
fund
is
the
largest
way.
Philadelphia
supports
the
operations
and
programming
of
these
organizations.
B
The
proposed
closure
of
the
arts
office
and
the
elimination
of
this
budget
will
cut
the
city's
Court
of
the
Arts
in
a
time
of
need,
impacting
not
only
employees
but
our
communities
and
our
economic
stimulation.
We
are
at
a
record
high
for
unemployment
and
families
need
free
cultural
programming.
Now
more
than
ever,
at
Pennsylvania
Ballet.
We
serve
more
than
17,000
children
and
adults
yearly
with
free
arts
education
throughout
the
entire
year,
but
there
is
something
bigger
than
just
the
cost
of
these
programs
that
are
most.
B
Concerning
the
arts
provide
an
outlet
for
individuals
to
deal
with
the
challenges
of
life.
They
shared
cultural
experiences,
contribute
to
the
health
of
our
communities,
with
positive
impact
on
emotions,
attitudes
and
beliefs.
It
bridges
differences
and
connects
people
as
a
child.
I
grew
up
with
two
parents
that
were
alcoholics,
I
spent
so
much
in
survival
mode
that
it
forced
me
to
take
care
of
myself
at
a
young
age.
My
life
was
changed
at
7
years
old,
when
I
was
introduced
to
the
arts.
B
I'll,
never
forget
how
those
classes
effectively
mentally
and
emotionally
it
felt
like
freedom
and
that
I
finally
found
a
place
where
I
blonde
and
could
escape
my
troubles.
We
experience
many
stories
like
these
every
day
at
Pennsylvania
Ballet,
including
those
individuals
that
we
may
never
know.
The
extent
in
which
we
touched
their
lives
but
as
important
is
to
recognize
talent
and
our
very
own
City,
and
we
do
this
for
community
programs
ensuring
this
access
to
the
Arts
is
a
priority
for
Pennsylvania
Ballet.
The
most
rewarding
part
of
my
career
is
witnessing
children
making
that
progress.
B
A
B
B
Besides
unheard
of
in
most
exhibition
spaces
over
100
thousands
of
visit
each
year,
the
green
exhibition
in
City
Hall
in
2008
with
us
for
my
first
acceptance
into
a
juried
show
in
it
my
experiment
with
installation
art
a
display
case
filled
with
a
flower
bed
made
of
2091
bustles,
have
an
impact
on
thousands
of
visitors.
As
a
result,
I
was
invited
to
join
the
art
in
city
hall
committee.
It
was
always
exciting
to
work
with
two
human
and
the
committee.
An
exhibition
planning
in
conjunction
with
citywide
events.
B
The
decision
to
eliminate
art
in
City
Hall
is
hot.
Breaking
the
mayor's
budget,
completely
cut
funding
for
the
presenter
art
program.
The
city's
custodian
of
its
public
sculptures,
like
the
closing
that
make
up
our
city's
identity
and
placemaking
I,
was
deeply
moved
by
the
testimony
today
and
on
May
27th
about
the
outcomes
of
art
programs
funded
by
the
cultural
fund,
which
is
also
completely
cut.
You
Cal
in
my
West
Philly
neighborhood
is
one
of
these
programs.
You
Cal
provides
our
classes
and
under-resourced
schools
where
art
has
cut
from
the
curriculum.
B
450
public
school
children
receive
community
arts
programs
free
of
charge
from
you
Cal.
Please
honor
this
round
of
funding
coppice
through
the
cultural
fund
to
allow
these
grassroots
organizations
to
provide
their
much
needed
programs.
While
writing
my
letter
to
City
Council
to
support
art
in
City
Hall
I
learned
of
the
planned
increase
of
14
million
dollars.
B
A
B
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
You,
my
name
is
Leslie
grace
and
I'm
speaking
today
in
reference
to
build
number
two:
zero,
zero,
two
eight
nine
two,
eight
seven
and
307
I'm
speaking
today
to
say
no
to
a
zero
budget
for
arts
funding.
I
teach
art
at
Nevinger
Elementary,
which,
prior
to
my
arrival,
did
not
have
a
visual
arts
program.
Since
the
program
has
been
in
place,
we've
seen
growth
in
school
in
Romans
enrollment
and
an
academic
achievement
and
the
2015.
Every
student
succeeds
act.
The
arts
are
identified
as
essential
subject:
areas
within
a
well-rounded
education.
B
B
She
is
isolated
from
her
classmate
Madeline
has
said.
Art
brings
that
you
were
happy
place
right
now.
Madeline's
father
agrees
commenting
that
it's
one
of
the
few
things
to
explore
through
these
days
and
I
can't
think
what
we'd
do
without
it.
Fourth
grader
Gary
is
normally
Reserves
young
man,
but
through
art
he
can
find
the
strong
and
loud
voice.
He
believes
art
is
a
form
of
communication
and
expression
where
all
kids
can
use
their
imagination
and
develop
their
creativity.
B
Gary
has
discovered
that
she
feels
better
while
he
creates
art
demonstrating
that
art
no
chose
our
social,
emotional
well-being.
Full
funding
for
Philadelphia
schools,
including
arts,
ed
as
a
matter
of
racial
equity
communities,
deserve
increased
support
and
equitable
access
to
the
arts,
which
is
an
essential
human
service.
On
behalf
of
my
students
and
our
Philadelphia
communities
who
need
art
in
their
lives,
I
ask
council
members
to
take
a
stand
for
the
arts
and
art
ed
in
our
city
and
that
amid
dancing.
B
B
B
My
name
is
Judith
Tannenbaum.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
funding
for
the
Arts.
The
past
two
weeks
have
been
fraught
with
emotion
and
trauma
for
our
city
and
for
the
nation.
Instead
of
reducing
the
need
for
funding,
arts
and
culture,
the
protest
against
police
brutality
and
the
support
of
black
lives
underscore
the
necessity
for
the
continuation
of
the
city's
office
of
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy.
B
This
exemplary
department
oversees
the
public
art
program,
art
in
City,
Hall
and
other
vital
programs
that
reach
out
to
all
segments
of
our
community.
The
recent
removal
of
the
Rizzo
statue
illustrates
that
art
is
an
integral
part
of
society,
not
something
neutral
or
removed
from
it.
It
represents
who
we
are
and
what
we
value.
People
of
Philadelphia
black
brown,
white,
gay,
straight
trans,
young
and
old,
demanded
that
the
Rizzo
statue
be
removed,
the
arts
and
body
our
history
and
beliefs.
They
are
not
frivolous
or
arbitrary.
B
My
can
speak
briefly
about
the
city's
percent
for
art
program
established
in
1959.
It's
the
first
and
oldest
program
of
its
type
in
the
country,
a
model
for
other
cities
across
the
nation
in
its
50
years,
more
than
50
sculptures,
murals
and
memorials
and
Commission
for
every
that
is
the
artworks,
enhance
our
urban
communities
that
come
into
contact
with
them
every
day.
The
co-head
19
shutdown
and
current
racial
conflicts
require
immediate
attention.
Judith.
A
A
B
It
hello
campers,
my
name
is
Cristina
cross
now
myself,
iya
thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
be
heard
today,
I'm
here
to
strongly
oppose
the
proposed
budget
bill
I'm
here,
to
support
a
budget
which
invests
in
community
wealth
generation
and
includes
the
continuation
of
funding
of
the
Philadelphia
area,
cooperative
association
or
pekka
I'm,
a
volunteer
with
Packer,
because
I've
seen
the
wonderful
impact
that
cooperatives
can
make
in
communities,
cooperatives
in
their
very
nature,
build
community
wealth
and
resiliency.
A
few
years
ago,
I
had
the
great
opportunity
to
start
a
business
with
a
few
friends.
B
We
learned
to
start
a
co-ops
because
of
the
values
embedded
in
the
structure
itself.
One
number
one
vote
is
a
fundamental
shift
in
the
priorities
of
an
entity.
It
means
that
I
don't
get
an
extra
say
just
because
I
got
there
first
or
if
I
had
put
more
money
into
the
business
or,
if
I
had
my
position
was
more
prestigious
or
anything
like
that.
B
My
coop
would
not
have
gotten
off
the
ground
without
the
help
of
an
organization
like
pakka
starting,
the
coop
is
hard
and
it
brings
with
it
different
challenges
and
starting
a
traditional
business.
Setting
up
bylaws
and
membership
agreements,
financing
and
startup
cost
in
a
world
that
sees
egalitarianism
as
a
risk.
Those
challenges
pay
back
in
fair
compensation,
more
attention
to
equity
and
long-term
sustainable
business
practices.
Coops
are
structurally
just
incentivized
to
taking
buyouts
undercutting
their
employees
or
moving,
not
all
businesses.
B
Our
small
businesses
do
those
things,
but
any
means,
but
by
taking
these
incentives
into
making
these
incentives
in
the
very
fabric
of
their
organization,
it
means
that
we're
not
relying
on
the
good
goodwill
of
the
folks
at
the
top,
if
you
as
a
council,
to
invest
in
stable
community
focused
enterprises,
why
not
invest
into
the
vehicle
with
the
support
of
the
city
and
the
commerce
department?
Pekka
has
been
doing
the
good
work
of
helping
co-op
start
and
thrive.
B
A
lot
of
prioritizing
low
income
and
people
of
color
colas
has
not
had
a
long
rich
history
in
tandem
with
civil
rights
movements
and
I've.
Seen
firsthand
the
commitment
to
racial
justice
at
the
clock
community
strives
to
keep
at
the
center
of
all
of
our
work.
I,
don't
envy
you
the
hard
choices
that
you're
required
to
make
throughout
this
budget
process,
but
I
do
urge
you
to
continue
to
invest
in
inclusion,
proven
vehicles
for
community
support.
The
heads
clear
return
I
also
want
to
join
quickly
and
others
call
it
so.
A
B
A
A
The
arts
will
help
foster
this
change
in
a
meaningful
and
productive
manner,
and
for
that
reason,
I
offer
my
opposition
to
the
proposed
cuts
to
the
office
of
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy,
the
cultural
fund
and
the
African
American
Museum
in
Philadelphia,
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
and
the
cultural
fund
are
critical
to
supporting
our
city's
cultural
sector,
especially
our
small
and
neighborhood
based
organizations
and
independent
artists.
The
fund
funds,
nearly
350
organizations
and
utilizes,
a
funding
formula
benefits
small
organizations
over
larger
ones,
often
providing
up
to
30%
of
their
operating
budget
budget.
A
So
there
are
51%
of
the
grantees
are
led
by
women
and
58
percent
are
led
by
people
of
color.
As
we
plan
for
the
city's
recovery
following
the
pandemic,
this
source
of
funding
is
critical
to
continuing
to
build
equity
in
our
sector.
Further,
at
this
historic
moment
of
time
with
unified
calls
for
ending
systemic
racism.
A
Eliminating
funding
for
the
amp
is
antithetical
to
the
cries
for
racial
justice,
advocated
by
thousands
from
City
Hall's
pockets
of
the
art
museum
steps,
a
museum
to
not
rely
solely
on
city
funding,
the
city's
investment
in
our
arts
organizations
and
ableist
to
leverage
public
dollars
to
generate
private
donations
and
earned
revenues.
Campuses
city's
premier,
cultural
institution
celebrating
african-american,
history
and
culture
and
maintaining
public
funding
is
a
message
that
people
that
Philadelphians
want
to
hear.
Our
cultural
sector
is
vital.
A
The
fabric
of
the
city
improve
the
quality
of
life
of
our
residents
and
attracts
millions
of
visitors
every
year.
The
Art
Museum
is
the
city's
iconic
landmark.
It
is
the
entirety.
Thank
you
in
the
entirety
of
the
cultural
economic
system
which
diversify
our
our
institutions,
both
large
and
small,
that
benefit
Philadelphia.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
B
A
A
19
has
left
many
Philadelphians
hopeless
and
helpless.
The
research
that
of
George
boy
has
left
many
Philadelphia,
knowing
that
their
voices
are
not
heard.
We
cannot
afford
for
the
bridge
the
plasma
which
is
known
as
the
office
of
adult
education
to
collapse.
Therefore,
I
speak
for
those
who
wishes
have
been
hushed
and
whom
spirits
have
been
crushed.
I
speak
for
Anita
Hopkins
I,
see
for
Megan
Fisher
I
speak
for
more
acaba.
I
speak
for
Suleiman
Diallo
I
speak
for
Mandy
Congolese
I
understand
why.
B
B
Of
the
fiscal
year,
2021
operating
budget
is
the
Department
of
Police.
However,
if
we,
if
we
have
less
education
than
we
will
have
more
crime,
thank
you
for
giving
me
the
opportunity
to
voice
my
concerns
for
adult
education
and
I
trusted.
Adult
education
will
remain
a
priority
for
philadelphians.
We
are
the
city
that
loves
our.
A
Brothers
and
sister
Thank
You,
Cindy
I,
don't
know
how
you
did
that,
but
you
got
all
of
that
in
the
belt
city
the
ring,
so
thank
you
so
very
much
because
listen,
it's
important
for
councilor
everybody's
committed
to
making
sure
all
of
our
residents
get
an
opportunity
to
express
their
positions
relative
to
this
budget
process
and
that's
what
the
time
constraint
so
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
B
You
thank
you,
name
is
Sharon
moon.
My
name
is
Sharon
Marino
and
I
serve
as
the
proud
principal
of
McClure
Elementary
located
and
Councilwoman
Sanchez
district.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
today,
I'm
here,
to
testify
on
behalf
of
City
Year
Philadelphia,
whom
I
have
partnered
with
for
the
past
11
years,
I'd
like
to
share
how
our
partnership
with
City
Year
transformed
and
continues
to
positively
impact
our
hunting
park
community
in
2013,
City,
Year
and
Wells
Fargo
chose
McClure
for
their
annual
Day
of
Service
with
great
joy.
B
We
shared
the
news
with
our
school
community
and
began
to
dream
about
the
impact
that
they
would
have.
The
abyss
would
say
the
finished
product
exceeded
our
expectations,
brightly
painted
hallways
and
classrooms,
a
new
gym
floor,
playground,
picnic
tables
and
a
school
yard
space
that
provides
our
students
a
safe
space
to
play
and
learn,
and
to
learn
the
important
soft
skills
that
are
lacking
in
our
society.
B
City
Armada
forever
impact
on
Hunting
Park
that
day,
by
redefining
our
space
and
our
place
in
our
community
and
by
rising
above
the
systemic
racism
that
is
neglected
as
reflected
in
neglected
buildings
as
old
as
the
core
fast
forward
to
2019
the
mcore
staff
and
our
city
year.
Team
are
also
our
best
start
yet
energizing
morning,
meetings,
galle
mentoring
for
students,
data-driven
academic
groups,
after-school
programming,
but
on
December
16th
2019.
B
Our
world
came
crashing
down
imminent
hazards
of
asbestos,
forced
our
building
to
close
constructions
and
supports
disease
for
weeks
on
end
and
our
community
to
once
again
suffer
the
systemic
and
environmental
racism
that
exists
today,
particularly
in
black
and
brown
communities.
Once
again,
who
immediately
stepped
up
to
support
our
community
through
advocacy,
check-ins
and
much
more
yes,
our
city
year,
teen
now
because
of
the
support
of
key
partners
such
as
City
Year
book.
B
B
So,
given
the
current
challenges,
our
city
and
country
face
and
the
ever-present
and
now
more
urgent
need
to
continue
to
fight
against
the
stomach
racism,
how
can
we
even
consider
not
funding
city
year,
a
critical
topic
who
will
be
vital
to
supporting
our
students
and
our
families
emotionally
and
socially,
when
we
return
on
behalf
of
the
Hunting
Park
community
and
the
children
that
we
serve,
we
ask
for
your
financial
support
for
City
Year
Philadelphia,
so
that
our
future
doesn't
have
to
suffer
the
way
Philadelphia
is
suffering
now.
Thank.
B
A
This
is
Emily
whiner,
hi
Emily.
Listen,
thank
you!
So
very
much
state.
Your
name
Emily
for
the
record
feel
free
to
proceed
with
your
test.
Xander
Lucas
may
I
go
OK,
no
Andrew.
We
didn't
know
you
were
here.
We
didn't
hear
you
when
we
called
your
name
so
Andrew,
please
state
your
name
for
the
record.
You
can't
receive
with
your
testimony
when
you
hear
to
fail.
You'll
know
that
that's
the
time
to
wild
up.
So
thank
you
so
much.
A
My
name
is
Andrew
Liu
cough
good
afternoon
to
the
president
and
members
of
City
Council
I
am
the
principal
of
South
Ward
school,
located
on
1835
South,
9th
Street
and
Councilman
mark
schools.
District
I
want
to
begin
my
testimony
with
a
few
questions.
What
if
I
told
you
there
was
a
school
who,
this
past
year,
like
number
two
out
of
166
schools
in
Philadelphia,
with
the
Pennsylvania
State
average
growth
index
in
English
language
arts
and
ranked
number
one
out
of
a
hundred
sixty-six
schools
in
Philadelphia,
with
their
Pennsylvania
State
average
growth
index
in
math?
A
What
if
I
told
you
the
same
school
ranked
in
the
top
20
in
attendance
in
the
district
for
the
past
two
years?
What
if
I
told
you
there
was
a
support
within
our
buildings
ecosystem
that
the
positive
relationships
with
students?
Compliments
are
hardworking
and
talented
teachers
by
offering
instructional
support
and
reducing
the
adults,
a
student
ratio
in
our
classrooms
and
creates
a
positive
culture
in
our
building
that
makes
students
want
to
come
to
school
every
day.
Would
you
call
it
essential?
Would
you
defund
it?
The
school
that
I
am
talking
about
is
South
fork's
school?
A
The
support
that
I
am
referencing
is
City.
Year
City
Year
has
been
at
South
Park
for
the
past
four
years,
and
during
the
pandemic,
our
city
or
core
members
have
continued
to
support
our
students
virtually
I,
no
matter
what
model
we
implement
this
fall,
they
will
be
at
our
sides
assisting
our
students,
who
will
require
significant
instruction.
Detailed
attention
and
boundless
love
city
year
provides
that
and
so
much
more.
A
Let
me
share
with
you
one
last
piece
of
data
and
one
last
question:
are
you
willing
to
take
away
an
essential
service
from
19
schools
and
more
than
11,000
students?
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you
so
much
principal
Andrew.
Will
we
appreciate
your
testimony?
Emily?
Are
you
still
on?
Yes?
Can
you
hear
me
Councilwoman?
Yes,
ma'am
I
can
hear
you
now.
Please
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony.
B
My
name
is
Emily
whiner
and
good
afternoon.
Council
members
I'm
a
board
member
with
South
Philly
food,
co-op,
a
startup
community
owned
grocery
store
with
over
1,300
member
owner
households
and
I'm
on
staff,
with
the
Philadelphia
area,
cooperative
alliance
or
PACA
I'm.
Here
today
to
voice
my
strong
opposition
to
bill
number
two:
zero
zero,
two
eight
seven
cooperatives
or
coops
are
key
to
building
and
sustaining
a
resilient
local
economy,
especially
in
times
of
crisis
and
recovery.
B
We
can
think
of
coops
as
two
things
in
one:
an
association
of
people
with
a
common
purpose
and
the
legal
or
business
entity.
It
is
the
will
of
the
former
that
drives
the
success.
The
resilience
of
the
ladder
research
showed
that,
while
60
to
80
percent
of
traditionally
organized
businesses
fail
in
their
first
year
of
operations,
only
10%
of
cooperatively
organized
businesses
fail
on
that
same
timeline.
B
Kaká
provides
technical
assistance
to
existing
coops
and
groups,
looking
to
form
cooperatives
and,
as
a
member
of
the
business
technical
assistance
providers,
Network
convened
by
the
depart
of
commerce,
because
attackers
were
in
this
network
over
the
last
two
years,
we
are
seeing
a
sharp
increase
in
the
number
of
cooperatives
led
by
people
of
color
in
development
and/or
opening
in
our
city.
It
would
be
ludicrous
to
pass
a
budget
that
flashes
funding
from
the
general
fund
to
the
Department
of
Commerce
by
85
percent.
B
These
incremental
changes
are
not
enough:
a
25
million
dollar
reallocation
within
a
four
point:
nine
billion
dollar
general
fund
budget
is
a
drop
in
the
bucket
and
certainly
insufficient
to
address
the
root
causes
of
injustice
laid
bare
by
kovat
19
and
recent
murders
of
black
people
by
the
police.
Should
you
move
forward
with
a
new
normal
budget
act?
We
demand
that
you
write
into
the
text
of
the
amendment
a
process
for
community
engagement
in
directing
the
allocation
of
those
monies.
B
A
B
B
A
Brian
Gallagher
and
I'm
speaking
today
as
a
member
of
a
coalition
of
educators
for
transforming
trauma
and
violence
in
our
communities.
To
quote
one
of
our
members,
desperation
and
mania
is
always
the
symptom
of
trauma,
violence
and
pain
as
educators
and
urban
classrooms.
We
see
the
effects
of
trauma
on
our
students
daily.
They,
along
with
their
families
and
broader
communities,
are
confronted
with
violence
in
their
everyday
lives
because
they
live
in
poverty.
A
They
are
so
as
the
shootings
lack
of
food,
jobs
and
housing,
inadequate
health
care,
underfunded,
under-resourced
and
unsafe
schools
and
the
constant
threat
of
brutality
or
murder
by
police.
With
the
recent
uprisings,
we
have
seen
what
happens
when
the
root
causes
of
poverty,
exploitation
and
white
supremacy
are
not
meaningfully
addressed.
None
of
this
happens
by
accident.
These
are
all
consequences
of
decisions
made
by
politicians.
Just
like
you,
how
was
the
SIA
tea
your
government
spends?
A
Koga
has
caused
unexpected
financial
stress
to
the
system,
but
it
says
an
awful
lot
about
what
we
value
when
this
grant
was
one
of
the
first
things
to
be
defunded.
This
budget
also
calls
for
deep
cuts
to
vital
Human
Services,
while
hundreds
of
city
employees
have
lost
their
jobs
all
while
the
police
department
budget
is
increased
by
fourteen
million
dollars
absurd.
A
The
fact
is,
the
city
still
has
an
abundance
of
wealth
that
could
be
used
to
fully
fund
programs
that
benefit
poor
and
working-class
people
if
we
increase
taxes
on
the
rich
corporations
and
developers
and
require
nonprofit
universities
to
pay
pilots,
but
we
were
serious
about
stopping
or
slowing
the
rates
of
shootings
in
the
city,
we
would
be
making
serious
investment
into
community
programs
that
improve
quality
of
life.
We
were
serious
about
improving
safety.
We
wouldn't
be
taking
money
from
vital
Human
Services
in
favor
of
the
PPD.
A
Of
course,
that
has
been
the
explicit
calls
and
much
violence
and
suffering
I'm
demanding
that
you
reject
this
budget,
as
it
is
going
to
ring
that
you
recommit
to
the
1
million
dollar,
grant
to
fund
local
organizations,
reallocate
police
dollars
to
job
training,
programs
and
internships.
Police
performs
our
wholly
inadequate.
So
we
ask
that,
for
at
least
the
10%
decrease
in
the
police
budget.
A
B
Afternoon
my
name
is
Patricia
Wilson,
Aiden
and
I.
Am
the
president
of
the
African
American
Museum
in
Philadelphia,
the
African
American
Museum
occupies
a
unique
space
in
Philadelphia's
cultural
landscape
by
virtue
of
its
mission,
focusing
on
african-american
art,
history
and
culture
dedicated
to
bringing
diverse
communities
together
in
appreciation
of
the
black
experience.
The
museum
attracts
over
60,000
visitors
a
year.
Each
year
the
museum
delivers
enriching
educational
programming
to
nearly
20,000
students.
Many
who
attend
title
one
schools
and
who
benefit
from
inspiring
lessons
reflecting
their
own
culture.
B
For
these
reasons
and
more
I
urge
you
to
reconsider
the
proposed
elimination
of
the
African,
American
museums,
annual
funding,
eliminating
the
historic
legacies
and
contemporary
experiences
of
black
people
is
central
to
our
mission,
who
are
compelling
exhibits
and
thought-provoking
programs.
We
strive
to
raise
consciousness
and
inspire
a
and
activism
by
people
of
all
races.
Today,
71%
of
the
museum's
audience
is
African.
American
25%
of
our
visitors
are
senior
citizens
more
than
60%
of
our
audience
is
low-income.
No
other
Museum
in
Philadelphia
can
claim
the
same,
broad
outreach
and
deep
impact.
B
Over
the
past
several
years,
the
African
American
Museum
has
successfully
grown
its
budgets
by
diversifying
its
revenue
sources.
Today,
the
city's
annual
allocation
helps
cover
personnel
costs
that
are
not
usually
funded
through
corporate
sponsorships
and
foundation
grants,
elimination
of
the
African,
American
museums,
231
thousand
dollar
allocation
flies
in
the
face
of
the
clarion
call
for
racial
equity.
That
is
recent
throughout
our
city.
We
believe
that
our
dedication
to
educational
excellence
and
dynamic
programming
equip
us
to
address
the
corrosive
racial
injustice
that
continued
to
score
our
city.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
B
A
B
Please
restate
afternoon:
okay,
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
Jamie
Clark.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Council
president
council
members
for
this
opportunity
to
address
you
today.
I
am
a
proud
principal
assistant
principal
at
Kensington,
High
School.
Today,
I
will
be
sharing
remarks
on
behalf
of
our
school
and
our
school
principal
dr.,
Jose
LeBron
I
take
great
pride
in
sharing
a
few
quick
thoughts
about
City
Year
and
the
impact
it
has
had
on
a
lot
lives
of
our
students
and
our
staff
I
have
been
affiliated
with
City
Year
for
many
years.
B
My
comments
today
are
based
on
the
beneficial
experiences
that
our
students
have
enjoyed
since
I've,
been
at
Kensington.
City
Year
has
addressed
the
issues
of
racism
and
social
injustice.
Our
schools,
where
many
inequities
are
perpetuated
on
a
daily
basis.
Some
of
those
are
very
subtle
and
difficult
to
detect.
However,
City
Year
has
gone
a
long
way
to
eradicate
a
lot
of
that
silent
racism,
City
Year
levels,
the
playing
fields
by
providing
the
following
academic
support,
provides
one
on
one
and
one
on
small
group
instruction.
B
Social
and
emotional
supports
provides
an
outlet
for
our
students
to
share
their
personal
concerns.
With
someone
they
trust
being
available
to
students
at
all
times
before,
during
and
after
school,
after-school
programs
and
clubs
often
attract
some
of
the
most
disenfranchised
students
and
make
them
a
part
of
our
school
community.
Additional
supports
are
adults
in
the
classroom,
promotes
differentiation
to
enhance
teaching
and
learning
holistic
approach
to
student
care
support
students
in
all
aspects
of
school
life,
a
positive
school
culture
morning,
greetings
student
celebrations,
interactive
bulletin
boards,
etc
warm
demanders.
B
They
provide
tough
love,
they
promote
the
importance
of
attendance
grades
and
planning
for
the
future
tracking
of
student
progress
looping
from
classic
back
your
support
of
City
Year
is
crucial
to
the
continued
struggle
to
eradicate
racism
from
our
school.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
for.
A
B
B
A
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
A
A
We
just
want
to
remind
any
callers
who
are
on
the
line
that
you
have
to
met
as
it
star
six.
Yes
star.
Six,
you
have
to
press
star
six
to
unmute.
We
just
are
called
the
names
of
four
people
who
should
have
been
in
queue:
April
that
pronounced
the
next
one
sure
Luciana
Yolanda
and
Vanessa.
If
you're
on
the
line,
just
a
please
press
star,
six
to
unmute.
A
B
Okay,
good
afternoon,
council
members,
thanks
for
listening
to
me,
seat
for
bill
0:08
I'm,
actually
for
but
I'm
against
zero
zero.
Eight
seven
I'm
asking
you
to
decrease
police
funding
and
DHS
funding
in
the
last
few
weeks.
Our
city
and
nation
realized
that
the
change
is
necessary
for
the
good
of
your
constituents.
I
do
not
so
face
on
our
city
and
I
love.
It
1/6
of
the
city's
budget
is
stuck
on.
Please,
you
need
to
rethink
how
to
address
public
safety.
Let's
look
at
how
Camden
fixed
their
rate
by
50%.
B
Our
murder
rate
has
increased
every
year
and
I'm
deeply
saddened
by
the
number
of
high
school
students
who
I
saw
today
on
the
slideshow
that
have
died
this
year,
including
Jimmy
Mayo,
who
was
killed
by
another
foster
child
Renae,
Gillian
Foster
mother
was
also
still
by
this
same
child
DHS
continues
to
miss
foster
children
and
they
also
weaponized
the
poopies
and
removing
children.
This
last
night
police
were
called
to
a
home
involving
a
child
with
DHS.
The
child
is
safe
and
thankfully
the
police
did
not
interfere.
B
We
need
you
to
decrease
the
police
for
some
police
funding
and
DHS
funding.
Since
they
say
they
have
a
lower
number
of
children
and
placement.
Why
do
they
continue
to
still
meet
the
same?
A
model
funding
in
the
past
years?
Dhs
has
the
highest
and
we
were
children.
Th
I
should
be
helping.
Families
are
separating
siblings
or
refusing
to
play.
Some
enables
relatives.
Thank
you
for
listening
and
please
follow
up
with
your
actions
for
your
constituents
of
a
city,
I
love.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
The
for
Alvin,
can
you
hear
me?
Oh
yes,
Alvin!
We
can
hear
you
now
Alvin,
please
state
your
name
for
the
record.
When
you
begin
your
testimony
and
you're
gonna
hear
bell
signaling
the
end
of
your
time
at
the
end.
Okay,
okay,
thank
you.
Please
proceed.
Hi
I'm,
Bion,
Alvin
clay,
executive,
director
of
I
radio
in
Philly,
I'm,
testifying
on
bill
two
zero,
zero.
A
Two
eight
seven
in
response
to
the
mayor's
revised
budget,
I
created
a
petition
called
save
the
office
of
Arts
and
Culture,
and
the
creative
economy
today
did
I
have
sixteen
thousand
three
hundred
and
fourteen
supporters
of
the
petition
and
I'm
just
going.
To
paraphrase
it
for
you,
Philadelphia
Mayor
Jim
Kenny
released
the
revised
budget
in
response
to
the
corona
virus
coated
19th
pandemic.
We
understand
that
hard
decisions
needed
to
be
made
and
that
cutbacks
of
program
budget
reductions
were
inevitable.
A
However,
it's
a
completely
eliminate
an
office
that
supports
a
vital
industry
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
especially
one
that
has
been
hit
very
hard
during
this
crisis
is
short-sighted
and
should
be
reversed
and
the
new
budget,
the
office
of
Arts
and
Culture,
was
budgeted
$0
down
for
passionately,
4.4
million
effectively
closing
the
office.
Most
of
that
budgeted
money
goes
directly
to
the
philadelphia
cultural
fund,
which
gives
grants
to
hundreds
of
nonprofits
in
the
city.
According
to
the
Greater
Philadelphia
Cultural
Alliance
arts
and
cultural
sector
generates
4.1
billion
dollars
in
economic
impact
and
supports
55,000
jobs.
A
That
in
turn
leads
to
two
hundred
and
twenty
four
billion
dollars
in
state
and
local
taxes.
The
creative
economy
includes,
but
not
limited
to
artists,
musicians,
painters,
sculptors
dancers,
actors,
filmmakers
venues,
theaters
museums,
galleries,
bartenders,
waiters,
chefs
box
office
workers,
sound
engineers
and
more,
as
also
includes
art
and
dance
studios,
recording
Steve
years
and
after-school
programs
there's
also
besides
industries
like
accountants
and
where's,
hotels,
rideshare,
drivers,
parking
public
relations
and
marketing
you're,
simply
asking
that
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
Office
of
culture
and
the
creative
economy
office
not
be
eliminated.
Thank
you
so
much
Albin.
A
B
You,
my
name
is
Marjorie
Oh
Polly.
My
family
has
owned
and
operated
the
business
and
West
Park
site
for
over
30
years
I'm.
The
president
of
the
local
Business
Association,
my
husband,
Miller
Parker,
serves
on
the
board,
along
with
the
leadership
of
the
other
major
businesses
and
institutions
in
the
area.
Miller
is
also
on
the
board
of
the
man
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts
West
Parkside
is
a
vibrant,
residential
and
business
community,
which
now
needs
your
support.
B
Today,
we,
along
with
Lucinda
Hudson
president
of
the
Parkside
Association
of
Philadelphia,
our
testifying
in
support
of
the
man
Center.
The
man
is
one
of
the
cornerstones
of
this
community,
bringing
educational
and
economic
opportunity.
It
provides
top-notch
programming,
which
is
essential
to
enhance
the
out-of-school
time.
Experience
for
West
Parkside
young
people
with
city
operational
funding
upkeep.
It
will
allow
the
important
educational
program
to
continue
the
pandemic.
The
man
Center
is
a
city-owned
property
and
if
money
is
not
provided
for
basic
upkeep
snow
removal,
plumbing
structural
repairs,
what
will
become
of
it?
B
Council
can't
afford
to
repair
the
damage
that
could
be
occur.
Council
needs
to
commit
a
small
portion
of
funding
$300,000
to
maintain
the
facility
and
Teleca
next
year.
The
increased
funding
for
the
police
department
is
absurd
and
needs
to
be
used
in
these
vital
structures.
West
Hart
side
will
rebuild,
but
we
need
City
Council's
help.
Thank.
A
B
A
B
A
All
right,
please
just
state
your
name
for
the
record
Brent.
You
hear
the
bell
a
ring
when
you're
two
minutes
is
up.
Please
hi.
My
name
is
Brent
hi.
My
name
is
Brent
Wall
I'm,
a
visual
artist
and
a
faculty
member
at
the
Weitzman
School
of
Design
at
Penn
I'm,
a
recipient
of
a
public
art
Commission
for
the
Philadelphia
rail
park.
A
Aside
from
the
exceptional
talent
pool,
it
is
the
institutions
and
grassroots
organizations
that
are
the
backbone
of
Philadelphia's
cultural
prominence
in
the
United
States.
Everyone
in
this
community
is
guided
and
assisted
by
the
crucial
office
of
the
arts,
culture
and
the
creative
economy.
The
facts
speak
for
themselves.
In
2018
the
money
allocated
to
the
OU
ACCE
generated
over
37,000
jobs,
nine
hundred
and
thirty
million
dollars
for
household
incomes
and
157
million
dollars
in
tax
revenues.
These
incredible
numbers
should
give
you
pause
because
they
produce
value.
A
Since
the
budget
cut
was
proposed,
the
world
has
been
uprooted
again.
The
city
needs
healing,
and
one
thing
that
will
empower
communities
and
equity
and
urban
environments
is
tending
to
the
art
in
and
for
public
space
and
providing
programming
that
is
equitable
to
all,
not
only
to
agencies,
institutions
and
individuals
need
the
OU
ACCE
for
sustainability,
so
does
the
public?
The
public
art
program,
as
we
know,
is
the
oldest
in
the
country.
There
are
over
1,000
works
of
art
under
the
care
of
the
OU
ACCE.
A
What
this
means
for
residents
and
visitors
of
Philadelphia
is
that
the
care
of
the
and
conservation
of
this
work
will
be
tended
to
so
that
this
art
can
stay
in
the
public
sphere,
so
this
art
can
educate.
So
it
can
continue
to
bring
communities
together,
so
provide
joy,
and
so
it
can
nurture
economic
development.
The
city
cannot
continue
to
benefit
from
these
resources.
These
assets
without
the
hard
work,
the
office,
the
arts,
culture
in
the
creative
economy.
A
B
And
thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
Martha
Shaw
and
I'm,
testifying
today
on
bill
to
zero
zero.
Two
eight
seven
before
continuing
with
my
planned
testimony,
I
want
to
echo
the
assessments
of
so
many
other
people's
I
stand
in
full
support
and
solidarity
with
the
black
lives
matter
movement
and
urge
council
to
begin
now,
with
this
budget
to
redefine
Public
Health
and
Safety
shift
funds
away
from
police
presence
and
the
militarization
of
our
schools
and
generate
additional
funding
through
strategic
investments
in
new
revenue
sources.
B
As
a
resident
of
East
Falls
award,
38
Democratic
committee
person
and
a
founding
member
of
toxic-free
Philly
I
prevent
my
testimony
today
and
support
of
full
funding
for
the
Philadelphia
Parks
and
Recreation
operational
and
maintenance
budgets
and
I
urge
the
city
to
reimagine
pprs
as
a
vital
vehicle
for
launching
a
transformative,
green
New.
Deal
I
ask
City
Council
to
urgently
harness
increased
resources
to
such
mechanisms
as
a
public
bank
payments
in
lieu
of
taxes,
the
immediate
elimination
of
the
tax
abatements
and
investing
in
energy
efficiency
programs,
but
most
of
our
institutions.
B
Tpr
has
been
underfunded
for
decades
with
far
too
few
staff
and
paltry
support
for
equipment
and
maintenance
needs
it's
impossible
for
our
workforce
and
administrators
to
do
their
very
best.
Under
these
circumstances,
while
I
commend
the
city
for
fostering
a
broad
and
vibrant
network
of
volunteer
park,
stewards
and
recreational
groups,
the
over
reliance
on
volunteers
to
care
for
city
wide
in
does
not
lead
to
equal
and
equitable
park
conditions
throughout
the
city.
Despite
this,
and
often
heroic,
efforts
more
can
be
done
to
foster
real
community
control
and
direction.
B
We
can
revision
how
we
manage
our
public
parks
as
a
foundation
for
a
green
new
deal.
We
can
refashion
Park
based
community
groups
as
incubators
for
creating
a
professional
Green
Court.
The
steward
parks
lead
programs
and
tackles,
with
the
climate
change
impacts
at
the
neighborhood
level,
toxic-free
thoroughly
seeks
to
remove
toxic
chemicals.
A
A
B
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Mary
Mae
good
afternoon
and
thank
you
City
Council
I
am
writing.
I
am
here
as
a
testimony
in
support
of
the
coalition
of
educators,
transform
and
trauma
and
violence
on
the
bill.
Number
two:
zero:
zero,
two
eight
seven
transforming
trauma
and
violence
which
is
made
up
of
a
local
local
organizations
like
racial
justice,
organizing
and
parents,
and
teachers
and
mental
health
specialists.
As
a
collaborative
partner
in
education
and
behavioral
health,
it
is
instrument
to
provide
support
to
the
whole
child,
but
the
whole
operating
support
system.
B
This
would
include
leadership
to
shift
their
narratives
to
operationally
focus
on
being
inclusive,
to
manage
and
a
personal
trauma
that
impacts
learning
in
that
role.
They
are
facilitated
by
skilled
haver
health
professionals,
support
professionals,
teams
and
acknowledge
the
guidance
leaders
to
a
safe
place
to
check
in
their
emotional
barrier,
go
with
impact
learning
and
also
providing
mentoring,
supports
to
clear
distractions
from
them
successfully
being
able
to
support
the
children
in
their
reach
or
natural
relationships.
B
The
perspective
would
be
able
to
shift
the
burden
of
impact
of
one
child
and
creative
interventions
and
support
core
children's
voices
in
the
classroom.
The
presence
of
consistency
and
personnel
that
is
aware
and
able
to
support,
creates
more
success
in
policing,
more
success
in
education
than
policing,
behavior
all
children
bring
in
different
experiences
into
the
academic
day
and
in
their
daily
life
in
general.
The
impact
of
their
experiences
is
communicated
by
their
behavior
because
they
do
not
have
not
developed
a
safe
sort
of
narrative
to
communicate.
B
A
A
B
You
good
afternoon
Council
and
members
of
the
public.
My
name
is
Lynn
Robinson
I'm,
a
German
town
resident,
a
retired
school
teacher
and
an
environmental
activist
I
signed
up
to
testify
on
the
school
budget.
But
what
I
want
to
say
first,
is
what
keeps
coming
back
to
me
about
the
George
Floyd
murder,
the
police
officer.
As
a
kneeled
on
mr.
Floyd's
windpipe
said
just
relax.
Just
relax
is
what
mayor
Kenny
expects
us
to
do
as
he
cuts
services
to
the
poor,
the
most
vulnerable
and
essential
institutions
like
libraries
and
arts
programs.
B
Just
relax
is
what
we're
supposed
to
do
as
carcinogenic
benzene
still
leaks
from
tanks
at
the
defunct
p/es
refinery
and
just
relax
is
what
set
the
mayor,
Kenny
and
some
certain
other
politicians
expect
from
nice,
town,
Germantown
and
East
Falls,
except
the
plans
to
choke
us
with
a
gas
power
plant
and
a
plan
to
expand
five
times
the
size
figuring
it'll
get
a
major
permit
from
friends
and
high
places.
Please
do
not
even
consider
mayor
Kenny's
right-wing
budget
proposals,
which
will
literally
result
in
deaths
and
smother
any
remaining
trust
in
government.
B
My
topic
is
the
school
budget.
The
top
priority
for
the
school
budget
should
be
to
literally
rescue
this
generation
of
children
who
attend
public
schools,
clean
up,
LED,
asbestos
and
mold
in
all
contaminated
school
buildings,
keep
and
every
dangerous
school
shuttered
and
remediate
those
schools
over
the
next
year
to
18
months
by
hiring
five
times
the
workforce,
while
remediate
remediating,
weatherize
the
buildings
and
save
money
on
utility
bills
and
address
the
climate
crisis.
The
city
always
cries
poor
when
buying
stadiums
and
helping
Comcast
build
built
towers.
A
A
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
A
To
cut
120
million
from
the
Philadelphia
police
budget,
the
amount
the
police
budget
has
increased
since
mayor
Kenny
has
taken
office.
This
moment
calls
for
us
to
abolish
most
of
the
functions
of
the
police
and
substantially
shrink
the
footprint
of
policing.
We
should
create
an
on
police
first
responder,
of
course,
like
cahoots
of
Eugene.
A
B
A
A
We
could
create
a
new
city
agency
that
is
responsible
for
tracking
thefts.
Deaths
can
be
mapped
out
and
we
could
look
for
patterns
and
when
it
seems
like
there's
a
significant,
coordinated,
that's
happening
of
our
span
of
months.
That
is
not
a
crime
of
opportunity.
We
could
refer
those
cases
to
anomaly's
investigation.
Again,
we
don't
have
to
send
people
to
deal
with
those
cases.
We
should
remove
police
from
schools
immediately.
We
should
decriminalize
turnstile
jumping
with
drugs.
A
B
B
A
I'm
gonna
ask
you
wrap
up
your
you're
too
much
when
a
bell
rings.
It's
your
time.
If
you
just
wrap
it
up,
please
thank
you.
We
can
and
should
reduce
the
police
budget
by
a
hundred
and
twenty
million
calling
City
Council
to
do
that
today.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
testimony.
B
Hi,
my
name
is
Peggy
craft
and
I'm.
The
founder
and
chief
executive
officer
at
rocks
to
the
future
and
speaking
in
support
of
the
photovia
cultural
fund
lost
to
the
future,
provides
needed
programs
for
hundreds
of
Philadelphia
youth
each
year
directly
in
community
locations
and
under-resourced
schools
at
no
cost
to
participants,
durham
usik.
We
helped
us
achieve
their
fullest
potential.
Our
outer
school
program
has
a
100
percent,
so
secondary
education
grade
and
thousands
of
community
members
enjoy
free
performances
from
free
performances
from
our
students
annually.
B
Youth
grow
and
express
for
these
spaces
learn
teamwork
and
career
skills
and
by
positive
ways
of
self-expression
brought
to
the
future
is
one
of
hundreds
of
grassroots
organizations
that
rely
on
the
cultural
fund.
The
elimination
of
the
cultural
fund
will
devastate
community
arts
organizations
that
already
operate
on
shoestring
budgets
and
endless
passion.
Many
organizations
will
not
survive
without
this
funding
and
their
services
cannot
be
replaced.
Cultural
fund
grants
you
support
education,
safety
and
health
of
Philadelphia
and
keeps
those
citizens
here
in
our
city.
Those
are
key
goals
for
us
all.
B
The
organization's
interrupt
the
cycles
of
violence
advocate
for
the
welfare
and
race
of
immigrants,
preserve,
honor,
share
and
celebrate
artifacts
and
art
forms
pertaining
to
the
experiences
of
glass
and
brown
people
and
other
marginalized
communities
are
an
outlets
and
local
content
and
community
needs
to
mesm
heal
communities
and
make
unsuccessful
because
of
the
cultural
fund.
Thousands
of
children
in
the
city
have
asked
this
arts
programming
directly
in
their
school's
neighborhood.
Thousands
of
community
members
have
the
chance
to
discover,
appreciate
and
share
arts
and
culture
from
around
the
globe
because
of
the
cultural
fund.
B
Community
members
have
jobs
directly
in
their
communities,
and
communities
are
vibrant
and
thrive.
Despite
inequitable
funding
cuts
and
lack
of
resources,
our
communities
are
worth
the
investment
community.
Arts
organizations
are
essential.
The
cultural
fund
is
essential.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Interval
thank.
A
A
Okay,
nearly
yes,
your
name,
please
Chris
Henderson.
Mr.
Anderson,
please
proceed
with
your
testimony.
My
name
is
Chris
Anderson
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
almost
a
blog
project.
When
I
was
13
years
old
girl
faizon,
a
close
family
friend,
was
killed
by
cops.
A
cop
had
been
killed,
so
police
officers
from
all
over
north
of
New
Jersey,
where
I
grew
up,
we're
looking
for
the
person
who
had
killed
her
and
her
always
picked
up
that
by
not
matching
the
description
of
the
cops
killer.
A
I'll,
never
forget
girl's
father
talking
about
having
to
identify
early
polaroid,
because
the
cops
wouldn't
show
his
sons
through
the
live
body.
Black
lives
matter,
and
we
want
a
budget
that
reflects
that
as
police
across
the
country
killing
us
all
black
people
Philadelphians
have
taken
to
the
streets
to
demand
justice.
The
call
for
justice
has
moved
from
being
about
individual
bad
cop,
the
entire
vibe
that
system
of
policing
we
don't
just
want
police
officers
held
accountable
for
their
violence.
A
We
want
to
take
away
their
power
to
commit
violence
consistent
to
do
the
jobs
of
social
workers,
community
organizations
and
health
care
workers.
We
need
to
shrink
the
role
of
the
police
disband
to
reorganize
them
I
reassigned
most
of
their
current
roles
to
an
unarmed,
first
responder,
core
social
service
agencies
and
community
groups,
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department,
once
760
million
dollars
next
year.
The
19
million
dollar
increase
I
was
heartened
by
news
that
a
supermajority
of
council
and
mayor
Kinney
and
mayor
Kenney
want
to
reject
that
increase,
but
we
must
go
even
further.
A
Defund
the
police.
We
call
on
you
to
not
only
reject
any
budget
that
gives
the
police
more
money
but
to
take
away
some
with
their
over
700
million
dollar
budget.
Since
mayor
Kenny
was
elected,
the
PPD
budget
has
increased
120
million
dollars.
We
want
that
money
back.
We
want
the
PPD,
but
it
cut
by
a
hundred
twenty
million
outs.
We
want
that
money
invested
in
parks
and
rec
centers
and
libraries
and
young
people
and
public
transit
in
the
social
services
that
make
our
communities
safer.
Defunding.
The
police
is
only
radical
if
you
ignore
underfunded.
Schools.
A
A
B
B
B
We
should
be
looking
the
cities
like
Los
Angeles
and
making
cuts
on
the
scale
of
120
million
or
more
here
are
a
few
suggestions
to
start
make
cuts
patrolling
in
our
favor
hoods
and
lay
off
officers
or
go
on
longer
in
uniform,
so
the
tune
of
nearly
two
million
dollars
eliminate
the
Mounted
Police
I
went
to
the
same.
Thousands
on
Becca
reduce.
B
A
part
of
the
chemical
affordability
area,
great
weapon
to
them.
Civilians
like
tear
gas
between
those
three
million
dollars
to
conclude
now,
at
the
time
to
be
bold
and
user
imagination
across
this
country,
people
are
considering
and
discussing
what
it
means
that
keep
our
community
see
to
prevent
violence
without
the
police
and
institutions.
People
are
beginning
to
realize
does
not
work
for
cement
promise
black
people
in
the
poorest
big
city
in
the
US.
B
We
have
the
mole
obligation
to
make
our
committee
make
sure
our
communities,
our
affordable
housing,
healthy
food,
a
quality
education,
good-paying
jobs,
programming
for
our
youth,
excellent
public
transit
and
access
to
health
care.
A
better
Philadelphia
is
possible.
We
have
to
decide
to
make
it
so.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
B
A
A
Now
the
time
to
invest
in
the
arts,
we
need
more
art,
not
less.
If
you
want
our
city's
youth
to
be
better
educated,
invest
in
the
arts,
you'll
be
investing
in
better
academic
students
who
have
lower
dropout
rates
and
higher
SAT
scores,
and
we
need
more
art,
not
less,
because
if
we
want
our
cities
to
be
healthy,
we
need
to
invest
in
the
arts,
because,
after
battling
a
pandemic
in
fear
and
isolation,
people
will
need
the
arts
to
restore
their
emotional
well-being.
A
If
we
want
a
safe
city,
invest
in
the
arts,
because
the
arts
give
voice
to
the
voiceless,
a
new
generation
has
grown
impatient
with
our
institutions,
capacity
to
hear
them.
We
are
so
constructive,
medium
of
it
self-expression.
We
need
more
art,
not
less,
and
if
you
think
about
the
investment
in
the
arts,
consider
the
return
on
that
investment.
The
arts
have
a
4.1
billion
dollar
impact
in
the
Greater
Philadelphia
region,
touching
restaurants,
hospitality
tourism,
all
a
great
contributor
to
our
and
our
a
great
area.
A
Meanwhile,
other
cities
continue
to
invest
in
the
arts,
even
as
they
grapple
with
the
same
crises
and
shrinking
revenant,
Austin
Nashville,
San,
Antonio,
Atlanta
Houston
remain
committed
to
the
arts,
and
even
when
there
are
budget
cuts,
there
is
not
another
major
city
that
has
completely
defunded
its
arts
and
culture
office.
In
fact,
Boston
has
increased
this
arts
funding
by
11%.
We
need
more
art,
not
less.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
your
contribution
to
the
will
of
the
entertainment
scene.
Thank
you.
A
B
I
can't
okay
and
I'm
speaking
in
reference
to
bills,
200
287,
200
307,
a
fuller
statement
from
the
dance
community
has
been
sent
to
the
mayor
and
council.
It
has
been
said
that
budget
is
a
moral
document
and
we're
citizens.
That's
their
money,
speaks
to
their
values.
Today,
as
a
member
of
the
Philly
dance
community
I'm
asking
you
to
fully
fund
the.
B
Behalf
of
a
diverse
and
vital
dance
artists,
community
community,
hundreds
of
people
who
live
and
work
in
your
neighborhood,
we're
performance,
choreographers,
educators,
writers,
administrators
and
presenters.
We
understand
all
too
well
that
the
city
is
in
crisis.
We
teach
in
public
schools,
we
know
firsthand
the
difficulty
of.
B
Other
disparity
issues
of
urban
life,
so
we're
ready,
you
know
who
we
are
and
what
we
contribute
to
the
city.
We
collaborate
with
institutions.
We
perform
in
studios,
theaters
museums,
churches
on
the
streets
in
the
parks,
prisons
at
historic
sites,
community
and
senior,
senator
centers
and
online.
There's
a
lot
to
see.
There's
hip-hop,
ballet,
tap,
modern,
postmodern
praise,
dance,
capoeira,
flamenco,
African,
traditional
dance
from
Cambodia.
B
B
B
My
name
is
Briana
Morgan
I
am
an
organizer
with
reclaim
Philadelphia
prior
to
Kovac
19
pandemic
Philadelphia
was
experiencing
another
health
public
health
crisis
gun
violence
last
year
mayor.
Can
you
release
the
roadmap
to
safer
communities,
a
plan
to
address
gun
violence
that
includes
investments
in
community.
B
While
the
plan
is
very
comprehensive,
recent
developments
from
the
mayor's
office
give
us
reason
to
believe
healing
and
safety
are
no
longer
a
priority.
In
the
revised
budget
proposal
and
revised
five-year
plan,
there
is
an
emphasis
on
surveillance
technology
in
the
hiring
of
more
police
officers,
while
the
very
programs
mayor
Kenny
and
several
council
members
identify
as
real
solutions
to
disrupt
cycles
of
poverty
and
violence
are
being
defunded.
B
Giving
over
750
million
dollars
to
the
police
department
is
like
a
slap
in
the
face
to
all
the
organizers
who
have
been
doing
mutual
aid
work
in
response
to
Kovac
and
the
organizations
that
have
been
serving
our
communities
wrongly
for
kovat
19
too
many
people
do
not
have
enough
food
too
many
people
don't
know
about
the
eviction.
Moratorium
and
their
landlords
are
capitalizing
on
this
lack
of
information
and
carrying
out
illegal
evictions.
B
So
many
families
are
struggling
to
keep
their
children
connected
to
schools
and
educational
materials
because
they
don't
have
access
to
the
Internet
at
home
too
many
people
who
are
essential
workers
haven't
had
any
PPE
provided
to
them,
so
they
can
safely
do
their
jobs,
and
this
is
only
scratching
the
surface
of
the
news
we're
seeing
for
mutual
aid
work.
We
deserve
more.
B
We
are
asking
the
City
Council,
not
just
you
know,
stop
at
the
14
million
dollar
budget
increase
for
a
police
department,
but
actually
reduce
their
budget
and
we're
asking
that
you
take
120
million
dollars
back
from
the
police
budget
in
that
120
million
dollars
is
what
mayor
Kenney
have
put
into
the
police
department
since
he's
been
in
office.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
B
Name
is
akia
Sharif,
my
name
is
akia
Sharif
I
lived
in
the
12th
Police
District
I'm,
a
mother,
a
home
owner
and
a
taxpayer.
The
greatest
of
these
things
that
I
am
is
a
homeowner
in
South
West,
Philadelphia
I
am
North
Philadelphia
born
and
raised,
and
the
first
member
of
my
family
to
be
a
homeowner.
Today
we
are
here
to
discuss
budget
planning.
It
has
been
brought
to
my
attention.
I
was
considering
an
appropriate
and
the
funding
for
various
programs
that
are
vital
to
my
community
and
we're
considering
increasing
the
budget
for
law
enforcement.
B
This
angers
me
I,
do
not
understand
how
this
even
being
considered
while
I'm
going
to
see
that
council
and
the
mayor
have
decided
to
remove
the
proposal
for
an
increase
in
law
enforcement.
Budget.
I
really
would
love
to
see
council
fund
more
social
service
programs
in
my
community
and
for
the
city
to
define
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department.
It's
almost
council
has
a
plan
for
our
communities
to
sell
your
only
resource
of
help
for
a
citizen
of
Philadelphia.
Is
the
police's
I
can't
remember
a
time
when
I
myself
was
struggling
with
a
teenage
son
and.
A
B
Last
resource
was
to
dial
nine
one.
One,
a
young
white
officer
was
dispatched
to
my
home
and
after
listening
to
my
issues,
he
left
that
my
family's
pain
was
devastated
and
demolish
so
instead
of
prescribed.
So
I
was
like
this
year.
Three
instances
where
I
shall
Adelphia
police
department
has
told
us.
My
first
example
would
be
my
very
own
cousin
who
was
murdered
by
Philadelphia
police
in
1978,
while
being
handcuffed
on
the
ground
by
Officer
Peter
against.
B
B
Thank
you.
My
name
is
Jim
Mayola
medley
and
I.
Am
the
executive
director
of
the
Philadelphia
area,
cooperative
alliance,
otherwise
known
as
Packer
and
for
the
record
Pat
does
opposed
bill
number
202
87
PACA
aims
to
improve
the
lives
of
people
in
the
Philadelphia
region
by
growing
the
co-operative
economy.
We
do
this
work
to
repair
the
impact
of
centuries
of
racial
and
economic
injustice.
For
the
last
two
years,
each
year
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
allocated
75
thousand
dollars
in
support
of
cooperative
business
development.
B
These
initial
investments
have
produced
numerous
outcomes,
including
new
co-op
businesses
and
shared
learning,
believers
in
the
Commerce
Department
and
other
institutions
in
the
city
about
how
to
include
cooperative
business
development,
inevitable
and
resilient
economic
and
community
development
strategies.
Please
do
not
pass
a
budget
that
includes
funding
for
the
police
department,
while
cutting
funds
to
homeless
services
in
the
Commerce
Department,
providing
zero
dollars
to
arts
culture
and
making
cuts
to
public
health
while
being
dragged
Lobel
health
pandemic,
impacting
black
people
disproportionately.
This
is
a
formula
that
perpetuates
the
exploitation
and
decided
neglect
of
those
that
suffer.
B
The
most
pather
supports
caught
businesses
that
to
the
center
values
of
equity,
solidarity
and
care
all
over
the
city,
especially
since
the
pandemic
started.
Residents
have
participated
in
and
witnessed
radical
acts
of
community
care
through
mutual
aid
and
cooperative
economic
processes
there
without
being
used
to
leverage
this
moment
by
investing
in
growing
opportunities
for
community
control
and
ownership
of
assets
and
wealth,
generating
opportunities.
Only
good
sound
economic
justice
policies
and
investment
can
we
grapple
effectively
with
the
racial
injustice
plaguing
our
cities
and
the
garden
trust
in
our
cities.
Officials.
B
A
Our
cetera
things
like
that
we
felt
with
the
youth
now,
maybe
they
want
to
come
back
and
their
communities
years
later
and
keeps
us
back
to
God,
okay,
better
society
for
everybody,
I
call
our
Philadelphia
City
Council
to
reject
the
forty
million
dollars
increase
and
go
even
further
to
decrease
the
size
of
a
police
department
over
law.
Thank
you.
A
B
Hello
City
Council
members,
my
name
is
Annie
Fortenberry.
My
purpose
today
is
to
provide
public
comment:
referencing
bill
number
200
to
87
in
the
fourteen
million
dollar
police
budget
increase,
which
would
total
seven
hundred
and
sixty
million
dollars
for
the
fiscal
year
already
increased
by
one
hundred
and
ninety
million
in
the
past
decade.
I
would
like
to
note
the
proposed
school
budget
is
only
252
million.
This
means
the
police
budget
is
five
hundred
and
eight
million
dollars
more
than
the
proposed
school
budget.
That's
three
times
more.
B
Furthermore,
the
free
library
budget
is
proposed
to
decrease
by
6
million
office
of
homeless
services
is
proposed
to
decrease
by
almost
30
million
in
office
of
Children
and
Family
Services
is
proposed
to
decrease
by
almost
forty
five
million.
We
are
not
foolish
when
we
look
at
cities.
We
followed
the
dollar
and
it
is
clear
that,
with
this
budget,
the
city
does
not
value
us.
We
all
know
that
when
a
police
officer
murders
a
civilian,
it's
not
the
first
time
the
city
has
failed
to
protect
and
serve
that
person's
right
to
life.
B
The
school
system,
the
public
health
system
and
the
Office
of
Human
Services
has
already
failed
them.
The
Los
Angeles
mayor
announced
a
commitment
to
defend
police
city
council
in
Minneapolis
plans
to
disband
their
police
and
replace
it
with
proven
community
led
Public,
Safety
Philly
already
has
working
examples
of
this,
such
as
North
Philly,
Peace
Park.
Defending
the
police
budget
is
possible.
I,
respectfully
request
that
you
reflect
on
why
thousands
of
Philadelphians
have
taken
to
the
streets.
B
A
You
don't
like
the
correct
individuals
that
are
testifying,
but
I
must
correct.
With
respect
to
the
school
budget.
The
school
budget
is
more
than
three
billion
being
being
with
the
be
billion
dollar
budget,
so
it's
significantly
more
than
the
police
budget,
but
just
wanted
it
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
It's
cool
next
person,
Bridget
Powell,.
B
My
name
is
Amanda
Laura
I
grew
up
in
Philadelphia
I
left
to
go
to
college
into
work
in
San,
Francisco
and
I'm.
Now
back
in
Philadelphia
to
stay
currently
as
a
temple
law,
student
I
was
horrified
to
see
video
of
the
beating
of
a
fellow
temple
student
by
Philadelphia
police.
We
need
to
cut
the
police
budget
by
at
least
120
million
the
amount
the
budget
has
grown
during
the
Kennedy
administration.
We
should
allocate
those
resources
to
first
responders
who
were
trained
at
non
violent.
B
The
escalation
and
mental
health
intervention,
public
transit,
affordable
housing,
the
arts
homeless
and
addiction
services
and
relief
for
those
affected
by
Koba
19
I
want
to
remain
in
Philadelphia
to
live
and
work,
but
I
can't
make
my
future
here
at
Philadelphia
attempts
to
solve
a
problem
created
by
disinvestment
in
the
people
of
the
city
by
violent
policing
instead
of
care
and
support.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
for
your
testimony,
honor
Shahadah!
Yes
me!
Yes,
we
can
just
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony.
Hello,
everyone.
My
name
is
Omri
Shahadah
I'm,
testifying
today
regarding
bail,
287,
203
or
7:00
to
strongly
encourage
you
to
restore
200,000
for
Pennsylvania
immigrant
family
unit
project
or
Pai
FUP
in
the
series.
A
If
y21
budget
da
bai
fu
be
asserted,
Olivia's
program
that
provides
free
lawyer
for
people
in
immigration,
detention
I
am
from
Asia
by
came
to
United
States
when
I
was
19
to
study
with
high
hopes
of
providing
a
better
future
for
myself
and
my
family
I'm
here
today
to
tell
my
story
to
stress
how
important
it
is
that
detained
immigrants,
access
to
free
legal
representation.
My
first
years
in
this
country
were
very
difficult.
I
was
unable
to
find
employment
and
couldn't
afford
my
tuition.
I
felt
out.
A
Students
stories
was
arrested
by
ice
for
violation,
the
condition
of
my
stars
visa.
The
same
me
to
immigration.
Detention
in
York,
Pennsylvania
I
was
scared,
exhausted
and
desperate
for
help.
I
didn't
understand
the
system
after
finding
an
attorney
I
was
able
to
fight
my
assailant
case
with
an
advocate
at
my
side.
Now
I'm
home
in
Philadelphia
was
hope
for
the
future.
Everyone
deserves
to
have
a
lawyer
fighting
with
them
when
they
are
facing.
Deportation
I
met
many
other
immigrants
in
detention
who
were
deported
because
they
couldn't
afford
a
lawyer.
A
A
B
Doing
I
have
been
a
student
here:
I've
lived
in
I
learned
in
the
classroom,
I've
seen
access
disciplinary
action,
I've,
seen
poor
nutrition
options,
I've
seen
the
food
apartheid
I've,
seen
the
underfunding
of
teachers
I've
seen
how
low
they
paid
and
how
much
work
they
put
into
it.
I
think
Jenna
fication
happening
my
cut
in
my
city,
I've.
Seen
that
how
red
line
has
impacted
us
I've,
seen
the
working
coffee,
small
businesses,
job
I'm,
sorry
having
been
driven
out,
we
need
to
increase
long
anything
fun
for
small
businesses.
B
We
need
to
construct
urban
farms
and
not
just
for
photo
ops
increase
property
value.
The
police
do
not
need
to
be
as
big
and
less
funded
as
they
are.
We
have
essentially
given
social
workers
gun
and
they
are
not
enough
and
they
are
not
doing
their
job
successfully.
Please
consider
how
please
consider
this
because
of
this
proposal.
Thank
you.
A
My
name
is
Brandon
basher.
Thank
you
all
for
having
me
here
today,
I'd
like
to
speak
to
the
slated
19
point:
1
million
dollar
increase
for
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department,
amidst
massive
cuts
to
vital
city
services
and
a
middle
of
a
cold
pandemic,
an
economic
recession
I'd
like
to
advocate
for
defunding
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department
by
at
least
120
million.
At
a
time
when
we're
facing
an
unprecedented
health
crisis,
it
is
public
endangerment
to
propose
an
eight
point.
Two
six
million
dollar
decrease
of
Public
Health
Services
I
disagree
with
the
budget
proposals.
A
He
can
be
cut
the
city's
anti
violence
initiatives
by
21
percent.
How
can
we
expect
police
to
fill
that
gap
1
in
2019
they're
only
27
days
in
America,
where
police
didn't
kill
somebody
and
when
those
murder
rates
disproportionately
affect
communities
of
color?
If
we
want
to
reduce
crime
and
violence
in
our
communities,
we
need
to
be
investing
in
these
communities,
well-being
and
not
policing
them.
A
These
schools
and
their
students
are
our
future
Philadelphia's
culture
and
arts
are
part
of
what
makes
the
city
as
great
as
it
is,
and
yet,
in
spite
of
the
evidence
showing
that
participation,
arts
programs
reduces
crime
rates,
this
budget
is
seeking
to
cut
our
arts
and
culture
programs
by
a
hundred
percent.
That
is
a
disservice
to
the
city's
legacy
and
its
people.
The
budget
needs
to
be
revised
to
provide
financial
protection
for
essential
workers,
as
well
as
the
body
of
working
people
in
Philadelphia
that
make
this
city
possible.
A
This
includes
expanding
employment
opportunities
and
protections
for
our
risk
individuals.
We
cannot
expect
policing
to
resolve
complex
social
issues.
That
police
are
clearly
not
trained
to
address
must
immediately
implement
new
public
safety
measures.
We
cannot
arrest
our
way
out
of
problems.
A
study
by
USA
Today
show
that
increasing
Police
Department
size
does
not
effectively
reduce
crime,
so
we
need
to
utilize
city
funds
to
ensure
material
security,
education,
proper
mental
health
and
anti
violence,
resources
in
our
communities,
especially
those
most
affected
by
poverty.
A
B
My
name
is
Carolina
Downey
and
I
would
like
to
address
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Two
eighty
seven
I
was
at
the
protest
on
June
1st,
the
police,
tear
gas
protesters
and
then
lied
about
their
reasons
for
doing
so,
I
don't
see
any
officers
serving
or
protecting
that
day.
I
thought
militarized,
cowards,
violating
the
rights
of
unarmed
citizens.
The
police
force
is
historically
and
by
design
a
brutal
instrument
of
the
state.
It
is
not
meant
to
serve
or
protect,
but
to
hunt
down
and
punish.
B
Some
people
will
tell
you
that
the
system
is
broken,
but
the
system
is
operating
exactly
as
it
is
meant
to.
It
cannot
continue
and
needs
to
be
dismantled
because
policing
and
Public
Safety
are
mutually
exclusive.
Policing
cannot
solve
the
problem,
such
as
mental
illness,
drug
addiction
and
homelessness
that
stem
from
the
systemic
economic
disenfranchisement
of
black
Americans
and
people
who
do
think
those
issues
should
be
able
to
ask
for
help
to
stop
the
threat
of
incarceration
as
a
taxpayer.
It
makes
me
sick
that
my
money
is
directly
funding.
B
The
police
brutality
inflight
inflicted
on
my
neighbors.
We
need
to
find
resources
away
from
the
ppb
and
into
initiatives
that
directly
support
our
communities.
One
such
example
is
our
public
health
budget.
Well,
the
police
have
a
fully
outfitted
vice
squad.
Health
care
workers
have
been
using
makeshift
PPE
for
months
during
a
pandemic
that
disproportionately
affects
black
Americans
council
members.
I
read
your
letters
been
there.
So,
when
I
talk
about
investing
in
communities,
I
know
I
am
preaching
to
the
choir.
Please
reject
this
budget.
Defund
the
PPD
and
tax.
B
The
rich
I
urge
you
to
create
a
budget
that
shows
you
care
more
about
educating
our
youth
and
protecting
our
workers
and
arming
the
police
to
wage
war
against
us
create
a
five-year
plan
to
fully
divest
from
the
PPD.
It
then
divert
those
resources
to
community
led
organizations
and
allow
their
distribution
to
be
decided
by
citizens
directly
impacted
by
the
criminal
legal
system
as
Krista
black
filly,
radical
collectives
list
of
demands,
black
lives
matter
and
make
George
Floyd
and
all
victims
of
police
brutality
best
in
power.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
testify.
Thank.
A
A
Hello,
am
I
coming
through
clearly
now
you're
fine,
just
state
your
name
for
the
record
and
proceed
with
your
testimony
good
afternoon,
council
members
and
attendants
of
this
extremely
important
meeting.
My
name
is
Kempis
songster
I
am
a
formally
condemned
child
or
what
is
called
a
juvenile
lifer
who
was
on
parole
for
the
rest
of
my
life,
sentenced
to
life
without
parole
at
the
age
of
15.
I
am
here
now
as
a
result
of
recent
rulings
in
the
US
Supreme
Court
deck
for
bid,
the
sentencing
of
children
to
mandatory
life
without
parole,
I'm.
A
Now
the
heeling
justice
organizer
of
the
understand
law
project
and,
more
importantly,
on
the
husband
and
our
Father
in
my
30
years,
over
30
years
of
in
prison,
I
was
able
to
listen
to
and
give
analysis
to
the
roots
of
violence
in
our
city,
and
that
were
the
role
of
that
vestment
from
community
needs
plays
in
that
now,
at
40
years
old,
with
my
son
kurume
18
months
years,
18
months
old
a
day,
asleep
just
a
few
feet
away
from
me.
I
find
myself
concerned
about
things
that
I
was
not
concerned
about
it.
A
Unlike
anything,
any
of
us
has
experienced
in
our
lifetime.
This
budget,
which
aims
to
put
things
that
make
a
community
healthy,
strong
and
conducive
to
producing
peaceful
people,
while
boosting
the
capacity
of
the
police
to
corral,
cuffs,
caged
and
kill
is
potentially
putting
another
generation
of
young
people
on
an
assembly
line
to
prison
and/or
the
graveyard.
This
budget
is
an
eon.
A
The
necks
of
black
and
brown
communities
in
the
city
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
City
Council's
decision
to
say
no
to
me
in
Kenny's
proposal:
14
million
to
the
police
department,
but
I
implore,
the
City
Council
to
go
further
and
take
the
120
million,
which
is
the
cumulative
increase
to
the
police
department
since
mayor
Kenny's
elected
to
this
office
and
put
that
into
the
community
needs
necessarily
for
to
produce
and
healthy
and
peaceful
people
and
reducing
violent
tendencies
in
our
neighborhoods.
Thank
you.
If
I,
the
police
most
appreciate
you
yeah,
is
that
it
council
president.
A
A
Councilman
Jones,
we
are
now
live.
Thank
you,
everyone
for
your
patience.
We
will
begin
public
comment
on
proposed
bills
and
we
can
you,
please
I.
Think
mr.
Poole
I
read
the
first
group
of
witnesses
to
testify.
Mr.
chairman,
the
first
three
names
are
Claire
Evans,
Caroline,
Voight's,
burger
and
joy,
bull
Ardmore.
If
folks,
who
were
on
that
list
can
be
ready
to
after
the
testify.
B
A
B
Provide
the
city
needs
to
take
serious
steps
to
divest
from
police
and
work
towards
investing
in
community
and
culture.
I'd
like
to
ask
the
softest
budget
increase
and
put
the
money
back
into
departments
of
help.
The
people
like
the
department
of
house
homeless
services
using
Community,
Development,
carbon-13
relief
and
public
infrastructure
like
libraries,
community,
centers
and
shelters,
putting
this
kind
of
massive
funding
that
are
currently
being
given
to
the
PPD
into
mental
health
services,
affordable
housing,
etc
would
totally
transform
our
need
for
the
police,
I
encouraged
the
city
to
consider
moving
in
these
direction.
A
B
B
Roots
will
forever
remain
connected
down
south,
but
at
this
point
and
honestly,
for
quite
some
time
now,
I've
claimed
Philly
as
my
home,
so
I
live
in
Philly
I
work
in
Philly
go
to
school
in
Philly
and
I
volunteer
in
Philly,
most
recently
with
the
Medical
Reserve
Corps
zko
vat19
response
to
support
the
Department
of
Public
Health.
You
know
I
feel
very
involved
and
engaged
in
the
community
as
a
Philadelphian.
B
B
But
please
tell
me,
based
on
the
numbers
presented,
how
is
health
and
education
being
promoted
and
who
exactly
would
feel
safer
when
the
police
budget
is
being
increased
by
19
point
1
million
when
compared
to
the
precoded
fiscal
year,
2021
budget
proposal,
yet
we're
seeing
significant
cuts
to
the
free
library,
Parks
and
Recreation,
Public,
Health,
homeless
services,
streets
apartment
and
the
complete
elimination
of
arts
and
culture
who
would
feel
safer?
Not
this
Philadelphia
and
by
the
looks
of
things
especially
over
the
last
week
or
so
I'm,
not
alone.
B
When
you
look
at
the
numbers,
approximately
45%
of
the
staffing
budget
is
focused
on
the
credible
criminal
legal
system,
with
a
majority
32.4%
solely
for
policing
by
bolstering
the
staffing
budget
for
the
police.
The
message
is
clear
and
the
priorities
are
cleaner,
less
maintain
the
status
quo,
but
you
know
what
Philadelphians
deserve
better
Philadelphians
deserve
reform
over
policing,
negatively
impacts
marginalized
members
of
the
community,
and
it
contributes
asperities
that
compromise
our
very
health
and
wealth.
It's
silence
with
the
voices
that
need
to
be
amplified,
it
destroys
families
and
it
killed
us.
B
Present
real
life
or
death
consequences
for
many
of
us.
Please
hear
us
when
we
declare
that
black
lives
matter,
so
reform
needs
to
involve
defending
black
lives
by
funding
our
community
and
defunding
the
police.
Thankfully
at
least
14
out
of
17
City
Council
members
have
heard
our
cry,
but
of
course
this
is
only
the
beginning.
I
urge
you
to
please
take
action
to
redistribute
the
wealth
within
the
city
and
protect
the
very
services
that
actually
sustain
our
health
and
well-being.
B
A
B
My
name
is
Haley
foster
today,
I'm,
not
only
testifying
against
that
proposed
14
million
budget
increase
for
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department,
but
I
want
to
call
for
the
defunding
of
the
entire
Philadelphia
Police
Department.
The
addition
of
new
officers
and
equipment
is
only
making
officers
look
for
the
crime
that
they
want
to
see
they're
over
policing
and
arresting
people
for
crimes
that
are
not
violent
and
we
have
to
stop
the
crime
at
the
source.
If
you
give
someone
a
hammer,
all
they're
gonna
look
for
as
nails.
B
The
police
force
is
the
hammer,
and
the
people
of
Philadelphia
should
not
be
the
nails.
Why
do
people
commit
crime
because
their
needs
are
not
being
met?
People
all
over
Philadelphia-
and
this
is
disproportionately
affecting
black
philadelphians-
are
homeless,
specifically
in
in
Kensington,
were
over
a
thousand
people
are
homeless
and
another
5,000
people
are
simply
in
shelters
or
temporary
housing.
This
is
not
acceptable.
A
A
A
A
We
heard
widespread
brutality
on
the
part
of
the
police
department.
They
have
employed
military-grade
weapons
like
tear
gas
deployed
against
my
neighbor's
family,
friends
and
community,
but
as
they
had
audacity
to
the
band,
they
blackened
their
own
people
not
be
aware
Buddha's
life
and
killed
simply
for
existence.
We
have
been
able
to
see
the
wildly
documented
and
because
of
the
appalling
footage
has
devoted
or
cares
to
us
in
our
state,
our
country
and
even
around
our
world.
But
those
police,
violence
and
the
related
values
of
the
criminal
legal
system
is
not
widely
documented
and
involvement.
A
The
nightly
news
and
it
is
perpetrated
with
our
communities
of
color,
each
and
every
day
and
the
streets
and
the
clear
poems
of
the
schools
in
our
jail
and
prison.
When
police
stopped
at
our
Reyes
and
assault
black
people
for
simply
existing
or
process
No
or
have
good
reason
to
believe
he's
not
or
at
the
correctly
during
an
investigation
but
push
forward
to
secure
a
conviction
anyway,
and
when
collections
officers
brutalize
those
and
consoling
to
NIJ.
These
justices
do
not
default
view
for
all
of
that
sort.
A
A
Only
to
see
the
redirecting
that
money,
plus
to
the
defender
Association,
who
have
believed
no
way
to
do
most
of
the
work
with
the
least
amount
of
resources
and
try
to
protect
process
to
connect
with
folks
the
community
resource
creation
programs,
such
as
mothers
in
charge,
what
line
dance?
Why
not
possible
and
jitan
and
more
others
who
service
these
black
and
brown
communities
of
color,
the
same
same
communities
that
the
police
took
oath
to
protect?
A
A
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
could
all
right.
My
name
is
Yan
your
Chuck
I'm,
an
artist
in
South,
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
is
the
greatest
city
in
the
world
and
we
do
not
need
a
police
force.
The
police
cannot
be
reformed.
They
must
be
defunded
and
abolished
following
Minneapolis
as
lead.
The
police
budget
needs
to
be
immediately
redirected
into
community
control,
mutual
aid,
health
care,
fresh
food
and
education.
We
need
PPE
and
permanent
hazard
pay
for
sanitation
workers
where
I
am
in
South.
A
Philly
trash
has
been
picked
up
irregularly
since
coca
hit
our
sanitation
workers,
keep
the
city
going
and
she'd
be
making
much
more
money
than
the
pigs
who
do
nothing
to
keep
us
safe.
When
you'd,
rent
relief
for
Philadelphia
of
the
13,000
people
who
applied
for
rental
assistance,
the
city
was
only
able
to
help
4,000.
We
need
to
repeal
the
ten
year
tax
abatement
which
favors
the
wealthy
and
promotes
gentrification
and
destruction
of
black
and
brown
neighborhoods.
We
need
to
provide
support
for
our
homeless
neighbors,
not
cut
funding
for
homeless
programs.
A
There
are
empty
hotels
all
over
the
city,
and
yet
nothing
has
been
done
to
provide
housing
for
the
homeless.
Housing
is
a
human
right
and
the
help
of
any
one
of
us
is
the
help
of
us
all.
Instead
of
eviscerating
Arts
and
Culture
funding,
we
need
to
invest
in
creative
thinking
for
the
future
of
Philadelphia
and
for
our
planet.
We
need
a
green
New,
Deal
jobs
bill
to
employ
everyone
who
is
lost
burg
due
to
köppen.
A
We
need
to
invest
in
sustainable
energy
instead
of
paying
for
jet
fuel,
so
helicopters
can
drop
to
your
gas
on
our
people.
Where
are
our
priorities
when
financial
relief
and
health
care
were
nowhere
to
be
found
for
months
during
a
pandemic?
But
military
forces
were
mobilized
with
frightening
speed,
when
people
took
to
the
streets
to
make
their
voices
heard,
police
are
grossly
over
funded
in
their
expensive
riot
gear
and
won't
even
wear
face
masks.
A
We
need
investment
in
our
community's
health
and
well-being,
not
in
weapons
to
be
used
against
us,
council,
members
and
politicians
at
large.
You
must
decide
to
align
yourselves
with
the
people
by
committing
to
police
and
prison
abolition,
black
liberation
and
the
creation
of
new
jobs
for
an
ecologically
sustainable
future.
A
B
A
A
B
My
name
is
Katie
Renzi
and
I'm,
advocating
to
defund
and
abolish
the
PPD
and
invest
in
a
new
anti-racist
public
safety
program
in
Philadelphia.
The
council's
letter
calling
for
police
reform
is
a
good
step,
but
will
not
ensure
the
public
safety
for
all
Niall
Harris,
a
resident
of
South
West
Philadelphia
speaks
of
the
police
force
as
a
means
to
protect
the
institution
of
slavery
from
its
creation
to
present
day.
She
says
the
plan
sport
began
as
community
militias
and
slave
patrols,
which
consisted
of
white
men
were
meant
to
keep
slaves
in
line.
B
This
history
is
reflected
and
continues
in
the
statistics
of
police
violence
against
black
bodies
in
little
income.
Neighborhoods
tracked
over
the
last
400
years.
Police
presidents
and
minority,
and
specifically
black
neighborhoods,
is
a
reflection
of
that
history,
and
we
want
to
make
progress.
We
need
to
change
practices.
Reallocating
funds
from
the
police,
towards
health
care,
education
and
housing,
and
low-income
areas
would
be
proof
that
the
government
is
interested
in
working
towards
progress.
This
would
be
a
first
step.
End
quote,
truth
is
dangerous.
Proposed
police
budget
increased
merit
any
has
made
his
budgetary
priorities
clear.
B
What
about
the
PPD?
Where
is
the
741
million
that
the
TPD
already
has
going
an
idea?
A
large
portion
of
the
PPD
budget
must
be
going
to
police
unions
which
work
to
make
accountability
impossible.
Yes,
the
number
of
police
shootings
has
decreased
in
recent
years,
but
the
P
key,
the
ppb,
may
be
killing
less
black
people,
but
they're
still
getting
away
with
it
every
single
time.
According
to
the
PPD's
own
website,
in
all
of
the
history
of
Philly,
there
are
literally
no
records
of
a
Philadelphia
police
officer
held
accountable
for
shooting
a
black
person.
B
There
are
no
consequences.
Accountability
is
not
a
priority
of
the
PPD
and
never
will
be.
They
have
and
will
continue
to
protect
their
own.
If
the
priorities
of
the
PPD
had
changed
in
any
way,
they
would
not
be
asking
for
more
money.
They
would
volunteer
to
reallocate
Union
funds
towards
the
form
programs.
The
Philadelphia
government
has
been
consistently
increasing
the
police
budget
since
2016.
Throwing
money
at
cops
does
not
lower
crime
rates,
and
it
does
not
protect
brought
that
Philadelphia
a
protest.
The
ppb
is
terrorizing
philadelphians,
as
we
speak
for
Asheville
Public
Safety.
A
A
B
B
It
is
not
a
matter
of
if
it
will
happen,
but
when
I
propose
that
this
money,
especially
the
money
allotted
for
weaponry,
clothing
allowance
and
maintenance
and
other
than
vague
other
funds,
be
reallocated
to
community
centers
and
libraries,
early
childhood
education,
prenatal,
prenatal
care,
transportation
subsidies
and
mental
health
outreach
and
programming.
Many
celli
days
on
topics
such
as
the
maternity
care
coalition
are
already
doing
hugely
impactful
work
in
this.
B
B
Mental
health
programming
and
care
would
be
a
fantastic
use
of
police
funding
because,
instead
of
arresting
those
having
an
episode
of
their
mental
illness,
the
city
of
Philadelphia
could
take
care
of
its
citizens
mentally
ill
people
are
disproportion
disproportionately
reported
to
911
and
subsequently
killed
or
arrested
when
there
are
other
services
to
call
who
would
be
able
to
help
them
mentally
ill.
People
are
also
disproportionately
targeted
by
mass
incarceration.
B
The
programs
I
have
suggested
would
allow
low-income
citizens
of
Philadelphia
to
access
better
care
for
their
problems
and
develop
the
skills
to
be
to
be
self-sufficient,
because
the
government
would
not
be
realizing
there
all
of
the
resources
that
they
need
to.
The
police
I
also
proposed
a
medical
presence
within
the
criminal
justice
system
to
ensure
that
those
arrested
or
imprisoned
receive
the
medical
attention.
Video.
Thank
you
for
the
time.
Thank.
A
A
A
I
hear
you.
Do
you
hear
me?
Yes,
sir?
My
name
is
Michael
McKee
and
I'm.
The
director
of
reentry
services
at
broad
street
ministry
I,
was
trying
to
address
bill
two
zero
zero.
Two
eight
seven,
like
many
others,
I'm
concerned
that
this
bill
over
prioritizes
police
and
prisons,
which
already
sights
on
a
disproportionate
percentage
of
our
resources,
despite
it
being
clearer
than
ever
before
nine
times
out
of
ten
they're
the
wrong
tool
for
the
job.
A
We
have
a
moral,
Civic
and
fiscal
responsibility
to
dramatically
reduce
the
budget
of
the
police
department
and
divert
that
money
permanently
to
vital
services,
improving
public
health
and
safety,
I'm,
proud
of
Broad
Street
ministries,
collaborations
with
the
city,
such
as
step
up
to
the
plate
now
providing
free
meals
at
seven
locations.
But
it
is
a
scandal
what
faith-based
nonprofits
are
hustling
to
fill
in
the
gaps,
our
Center
City
alone.
We
serve
four
hundred
folks
a
day
because
of
poverty,
food
insecurity,
homelessness
and
barriers
to
sustainable
employment
and
medical
and
mental
health
treatment.
A
Since
kovat
nineteen,
many
of
our
guests
tell
us
this
is
their
only
meal
of
the
day.
So
when
I
read
this
budget,
I
wonder
who
will
still
be
around
for
our
case
manager
to
call
when
someone
needs
shelter,
rehab
or
Community
College?
The
fact
that
our
safety
nets
require
safety
nets
tells
us
all
we
need
to
know
about
where
we
need
to
put
our
money
I
want
to
acknowledge
the
debt.
Today's
conversation
knows
the
black
lives
matter.
Movement
are
those
who
emphasize
that
we
can't
intimidate
or
arrest
our
way
out
of
social
problems.
A
A
Thank
you,
My
name
is
Matthew
Sherman
and
I
would
like
to
speak
in
reference
to
bill
number
two:
zero
zero.
Two
eight
seven
just
today,
mayor
Kenney,
agreed
to
listen
to
Philadelphia,
not
increased
the
police
budget
by
fourteen
million
dollars.
This
is
a
good
step,
but
I
propose
defunding
the
police,
an
additional
120
million
dollars,
which
is
the
amount
Mayor
Kenny
has
increased
since
he's
been
in
office.
I
advocated
for
further
major
cuts
to
the
funding
of
police.
In
an
effort
towards
its
full
abolition.
A
Enormous
amount
of
police
money
could
be
more
aptly
allocated
to
services
that
are
essential
for
communities
to
thrive.
The
public
health
schools,
public
defenders,
homeless,
services
parks
and
rec
streets,
&,
sanitation,
the
arts,
libraries,
youth
programs
and
community-based
anti-violence
programs.
Without
protest
against
the
racist
institution
of
the
police's
show.
A
We
don't
need
violent
police
to
deal
with
issues
caused
by
poverty.
Mental
health
challenges
homelessness
in
drug
addiction.
We
need
to
resource
families,
specialists
in
communities
to
deal
with
these
issues,
we've
exhausted
too
many
resources
dealing
with
the
trauma
and
terror
that
the
police
and
still
in
our
communities.
You
need
to
spend
those
resources
in
time
experiencing
and
expounded
upon
all
the
ways
that
provides
for
educates
cultivates,
celebrates
and
trust
one
another.
A
We
tear
down
statues
of
racist
clowns
like
Frank
Rizzo
as
a
symbolic
and
literal
commitment
to
our
oppressed
communities,
but
we
are
willing
to
have
the
courage
to
change
what
is
wrong
and
invest
in
what
is
right.
What
is
right
is
investing
in
communities,
not
the
police.
Indeed,
this
violent
cycle
of
poverty
and
incarceration
needs
to
stop,
invest
in
the
people,
so
that
our
city
city
can
finally
be
one
of
equity,
justice
and
peace.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
A
You
can
state
your
name
and
begin
your
testimony
sure
my
name
is
Patrick
Angelo
good
afternoon
City
Council
Budget
Office
in
Philadelphia.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
listen
to
your
fellow
neighbors
this
afternoon.
In
regard
to
the
FY
2021
budget
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
police
brutality
has
been
an
ongoing
issue
in
our
community
and
many
others
across
the
country,
and
it
does
only
become
more
clear
of
an
issue
over
the
past
couple
of
weeks
following
protests.
A
That
is
why
I'm
speaking
out
today
to
urge
the
city
to
rethink
the
budget
for
FY,
2021
and
defund
the
police,
and
instead
of
redistributes
the
fund
within
our
community,
some
ideas
on
where
and
how
to
invest
about
it
instead
are
as
follows:
one
education,
library
to
environment,
for
example,
vacant
lots
can
be
transformed
into
community
gardens
and
our
city
could
be
centered
around
sustainable
agriculture
and
food
education.
This
can
prevent
pollinators
and
going
hungry
three
homeless
services
for
Public
Health.
A
It
includes
harm
reduction
and
treatment
for
people
who
use
drugs
by
mental
health,
funding,
sick
arts
and
culture,
seven
libraries,
rec
centers
child
care
and
community
centers,
a
street
department
and
infrastructure,
nine
integration,
defense
and
ten
public
defense.
All
these
suggestions
can
help
make
our
communities
and
cities
more
equal,
safe,
sustainable,
healthy
and
creative.
A
In
addition,
I
urged
the
city
to
reschedule
the
police
budget
hearing
scheduled
additional
public
testimony
for
the
FY
2021
budget
in
order
for
people
to
speak
on
police
brutality
and
why
defunding
the
police
is
necessary
to
better
our
communities
and
I,
encourage
the
city
to
meet
with
leaders
fighting
at
the
front
lines
for
police
accountability
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Lastly,
the
city
has
not
gone
after
taxation
enough
in
certain
cases
like
Penn
Drexel
and
independence,
Blue
Cross,
paying
pilot,
which
is
making
payments
in
lieu
of
taxes.
A
A
B
Hi
this
is
Rosalee.
Thank
you
for
opportunity,
I'm
here
to
strongly
oppose
the
cutting
of
funds
to
our
essential
health,
art,
homelessness
and
Parks
and
Rec
program.
Cultural,
economic,
environmental,
social
impacts
are
the
40
essential
elements
to
community
health
and
sustainability,
prioritizing
putting
more
weaponized
people
on
the
streets
to
attack
the
symptoms
of
our
injustice
is
counterintuitive
I
urge
you
to
cut
the
PPD
budget
by
a
minimum
of
120
million
dollars
and
invest
the
savings
in
black
communities
that
have
suffered
from
its
systemic
oppression
for
centuries,
councilman,
O'neill
and
henan.
B
We
know
that
you
did
not
initially
disagree
with
the
original
budget,
and
that
is
deeply
concerning
to
many
I
am
glad
to
see
that
today,
mayor
Kenny
has
revoked
the
initial
budget
increase.
However,
it's
not
enough.
This
is
a
structure
built
on
systemic
racism,
that
this
country
created
intentionally
and
now
needs
to
dismantle
intentionally
and
replace
with
one
that
takes
into
account.
Then
these
are
the
people
that
are
actually
served
defending
the
police
is
about
moving
away
from
the
narrow
conception
of
Public
Safety
that
relies
on
punishment
and
investing
in
a
community's
actual
safety
net.
B
We
need
to
have
reallocate
these
funds
towards
the
basic
necessities
that
have
been
withheld
from
black
communities
for
generations,
affordable
housing,
quality,
public
education,
fair
and
dignified
work
and
anti-violence
program,
and
it
means
taking
inventory
on
who,
in
the
city,
is
playing
they're,
paying
their
fair
share
and
then
pursuing
policy
changes
that
address
that
disparity.
If
we
tax
corporations
and
the
ultra
wealthy,
who
are
the
real
looters
of
our
community
silly,
can
avoid
painful
cuts
to
the
job
and
services.
B
Working-Class
people
need
increasing
the
gross
receipts
tax
and
reinstating
the
personal
property
tax
could
raise
at
least
100
million
dollars.
Next
year
alone,
our
schools
are
already
massively
underfunded:
black
counselors
and
nurses,
and
carry
toxins
that
are
put
our
children
at
risk.
Yet
millions
of
our
funds
go
to
the
police,
we
don't
even
trust.
We
overwhelmingly
public
overwhelmingly
want
public
funds
to
enrich
our
neighborhoods,
and
not
the
police
I
believe
that
the
most
just
and
effective
ways
to
support
Philadelphia's
recovery.
B
It's
the
past
regressive
tax
measures,
so
that
corporations
know
ultra
wealthy
are
required
to
pay
their
fair
share.
Instead
of
balancing
the
city's
budget
on
the
backs
of
working
Philadelphian,
as
well
as
into
funding
the
police
and
reality,
those
funds
back
into
the
berry
areas,
we're
about
to
cut
immensely
silly
is
the
birthplace
of
American
democracy
and
it's
important
that
we
make
bold
changes
and
be
by
example.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
Hi
hi,
my
name
is
Sara
Moran
I
live
in
Philadelphia
I
am
testifying
today
to
denounce
the
proposed
budget,
which
allocates
millions
to
a
police
force
that
does
more
harm
than
good.
The
police,
as
an
institution,
are
inherently
harmful
to
black
and
brown
people
and
was
created
to
dominate
and
criminalize
communities
of
color
crime
in
Philadelphia
isn't
random.
Most
of
the
time
it
happens.
When
someone
has
been
unable
to
meet
their
basic
needs
through
other
means,
we
don't
need
the
PPD
to
fight
crime.
B
We
need
more
community
centers
mental
health
resources
and
educational
opportunities,
I'm
calling
for
funds
to
be
redirected
away
from
the
PPD
and
into
the
following
city
services,
public
housing,
education,
sanitation,
fire
departments,
parks,
pools,
street
repair,
senior
care,
transportation,
arts
and
culture,
libraries,
tax
relief,
childcare
and
youth
programs.
Thank
You.
B
Okay,
great,
my
name
is
veena
bhagavati,
so,
firstly,
I
wanted
to
I
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
members
who
have
already
expressed
their
opposition
to
proposed
budget
changes.
I'm
testifying
because
I
was
strongly
opposed.
The
proposed
14
million
budget
increase
to
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department,
given
mayor
Kenny's
latest
response
today.
I
also
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
direct
the
conversation
towards
abolition
rather
than
reform.
B
Any
sort
of
budget
increase,
even
in
the
name
of
reform,
will
come
at
the
direct
expense
of
social
services
that
are
critical
for
supporting
Philadelphian,
especially
in
a
time
of
such
uncertainty
in
the
sane
and
as
a
side.
Note
I
also
urge
you
to
pursue
pilots
from
quote,
invoke
nonprofits
such
as
my
alma
mater,
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
and
other
similar
large
nonprofits,
who
have
evaded
investing
in
this
community
for
years.
There
significant
evidence
nationwide
that
increasing
police
presence
does
not
lead
to
a
decrease
in
crime.
B
In
Philadelphia,
we've
seen
police
budgets
increase,
while
the
rates
of
violent
crime
have
increased
just
as
steadily
and
clearance
rates
for
homicide
cases
have
actually
dropped.
I
urge
you
to
recognize
how
much
crime
results
from
systemic
problems
such
as
hunger
or
lack
of
mental
health
resources
and
reallocate
this
money
to
address
those
issues.
Instead,
the
corona
virus
pandemic
has
dealt
a
severe
blow
to
our
economy,
while
many
Philadelphia
struggle
to
pay
rent
the
budget
cuts
funding
for
programs
ranging
from
the
Philadelphia
rental
assist
the
Philadelphia
eviction
prevention
program.
B
City
Councilwoman,
Helen
Jim
said
that
being
unable
to
make
rental
payments
right
now
is
the
quote-unquote
top
issue
facing
philadelphians
at
this
moment,
as
such
I
believe
that
any
further
revisions
to
the
budget
should
reflect
the
needs
of
the
city
in
this
moment
and
it
sense
the
needs
of
its
emotional,
vulnerable
populations.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
A
No
one
else
to
testify
this
committee
will
stand
at
recess
chairman
mr.
chairman,
before
we
close,
cannot
be
recognized
real
quick.
This
is
councilmember
Thomas
I'll,
be
honest,
I
didn't
know
you
please
proceed
yeah
before
we
close
out
I
just
want
to
thank
all
the
people
who
testified.
I,
don't
know
if
everybody
who
testified
listen
to
everyone
else
will
testify,
but
I
just
want
the
public
to
know
that
city
council
is
listening.
We
did
hear
what
they
said.
We
do
take
it
into
the
account
I.
A
Don't
want
folks
to
think
what
they
say
fall
on
deaf
ears
and
I.
Know
myself,
and
you
and
other
members
of
council
have
been
here
listening
the
entire
time
and
I
appreciate
your
testimony.
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record
before
we
close
it
out
so
folks
know
because
it's
virtual,
so
they
can't
you
know
I
know
it
a
little
difficult
to
tell
and
look
us
in
the
face.
Besides,
you
know
you
so
I
just
want
to
put
that
out
there
and
let
folks
know
we
appreciate
them.
Thank
You
mr.
A
B
A
Well
also
enjoy
looking
at
the
buffalo
soldier
behind
you,
as
you
were
able
to
chair
today's
hearing.
I
enjoyed
hearing
the
contrary,
unembarrassed
members
of
the
public
I've
also
been
going
through.
My
there's
emails
at
the
same
time
trying
to
multitask
so
Thank
You
mr.
chair
Thank,
You
member
green.
B
A
A
A
You
know
it's
a
opening,
enlightening
important
information,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
the
time
out
to
testify
and
make
sure
that
their
voices
of
the
people
of
Philadelphia
were
heard,
and
it's
a
great
day
and
fill
it
up
today.
Wouldn't
you
agree,
I
would
agree,
number
baddest
I
would
agree.
A
chair,
Thank,
You
member
Sanchez,
Jim
I,
just
want
to
say
thank
you
and
echo
my
the
sentiments
of
all
my
colleagues
and
thank
you
for
your
work
and
chairing
this
and
I
hope
everyone
has
a
nice
evening.
Thank
you.
Remember
god,
I'm
gonna
wait
and
see.
If
I
hear
anybody
hearing,
none
this
committee
will
stand
at
recess
until
Wednesday
June
10th
2020
at
9:30
a.m.
thank
you.