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From YouTube: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez's Remarks at the Poverty Action Plan Press Conference 3-3-2020
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Councilmember Maria D. Quiñones Sánchez's remarks at the Poverty Action Plan Press Conference held Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
Read the Poverty Action Plan:
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A
So,
just
quickly
before
I
introduce
the
co-chairs
to
briefly
speak
about
this.
When
we
started
this
process,
we
had
several
public
hearings
co-chairs
were
encouraged
through
their
membership
of
60
plus
subject
experts
to
encourage
public
discussion,
we
had
individual
workgroups
represented
of
over
40
different
organizations
in
the
city.
This
is
a
document
about
people,
not
programs,
not
government,
not
bureaucracy,
not
the
private
sector
in
the
public
sector,
but
all
of
us
together.
It
was
about
aligning
ourselves
around
strategies
that
have
been
used
in
other
cities
and
also
aligning
ourselves
around.
A
How
do
we
invest
the
next
new
resources
around
how
to
move
those
hundred
thousand
people
out
of
poverty?
There
are
people
on
that
line
that,
as
council
president
mentioned,
we
can
quickly
move
and
that
allows
us
to
reinvest
that
those
dollars
into
the
other
folks
in
the
community
who
need
a
lot
more
and
who
will
always
need
some
level
of
support.
I
am
renewed
in
the
commitment
that
we
have
enough
stakeholders
on
the
ground
and
that
government
through
our
budget
process,
has
to
be
a
better
partner.
We
have
to
listen
to
the
stakeholders.