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From YouTube: Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention 11-3-2021
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The Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 10:00 AM, to hear testimony on the following items:
170609 Resolution authorizing the creation of a "Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention" to address Philadelphia's enduring plague of gun violence by facilitating coordination among stakeholders and formulating a comprehensive gun violence prevention strategy.
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At
this
time
we
will
begin
the
council
hearing-
and
this
is
a
follow-up
to
a
recent
special
committee
on
gun
violence,
hearing
to
look
at
strategies,
recommendations
and
ways
on
how
we
can
collaborate
and
work
together
as
city
agencies
in
addressing
the
census
issue
of
gun,
violence
that
are
taking
place
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
over
the
last
two
years,
we're
embarking
upon
losing
a
thousand
people
to
census
gun
violence.
Again,
that's
a
thousand
families.
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This
coming
thanksgiving.
They
will
not
have
a
loved
one
at
the
dinner
table.
That's
a
thousand
families
this
coming
christmas.
That
will
not
have
a
loved
one
at
the
dinner
table.
That's
a
thousand
families
who
will
not
have
the
opportunity
to
celebrate
whether
it's
a
ramadan,
jewish
asian
or
any
ethnic
background
holiday,
which
is
coming
up,
but
overall
we
have
a
thousand
families
who
have
been
significantly
impacted
by
senseless
gun
violence.
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E
Good
morning,
council
member,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
and
other
members.
I
am
prepared
a
small
presentation.
Thank
you
brett!
Oh,
we
have
to
start
from
the
top.
So
I'm
going
to
do
my
remarks
as
we
go
through
the
presentation
and
thank
you
very
much
to
brett
for
helping
us
this
morning
good
morning,
once
again,
I'm
cynthia
figueroa
deputy
mayor
for
the
office
of
children
and
families,
and
thank
you,
chairperson,
kenyatta,
johnson
and
members
of
special
committee
on
gun,
violence
prevention.
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Also
our
chief
of
prevention
services,
the
woman
who
gets
it
done
all
the
time,
wallesca
maldonado
and
a
number
of
representatives
from
my
team.
Before
I
start
on
the
formal
presentation,
councilman
johnson.
I
just
want
to
personally
thank
you
for
the
leadership
and
support
you've
showed
our
office
and
members
of
my
leadership
as
we've
been
thinking
creatively
and
working
in
partnership
with
council,
as
we
think
of
ways
to
address
gun
violence
and
the
way
that
it's
plaguing
our
community
and
our
young
people.
So
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
next.
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Yeah
I
want
to
also
just
thank
you
and
your
team
of
your
collaborative
effort
and
focusing
on
violence
prevention
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Obviously,
we'll
get
an
opportunity
to
hear
you
note
some
such
significant
progress
in
regards
to
how
we're
addressing
honest
out
of
school
time
services,
the
quote-unquote,
some
people
don't
call
them
curfew,
but
the
I
call
them
curfew
centers
to
address
young
people,
and
so
this
is
opportunity
for
us
to
again.
A
Strategize
collaborate
come
up
with
recommendations,
special
shout
out
to
the
dhs
commissioner
from
south
philadelphia,
kimberly
ali
and
also
my
good
friend
catherine
level.
I
cuz
y'all
on
the
ground
working
I
mean
at
the
end
of
the
day.
We
talk
about
prevention
and
giving
young
people
an
opportunity
to
get
involved
and
things
that
are
positive
and
improving
the
quality
of
life
of
families.
E
Great,
thank
you.
Thank
you
councilmember.
So
today,
next
slide
please.
Today.
My
plan
is
to
prevent
an
overview,
as
we
were
talking
about
the
prevention
and
intervention
services
that
are
offered
by
our
office
of
children
and
families,
specifically
the
department
of
human
services,
philadelphia
parks
and
rec
prevention
and
the
free
library.
Our
vision
is
to
improve
outcomes
for
all
children
and
families,
adults,
and
to
reimagine
more
inclusive
and
equitable
world,
where
children
are
safe.
Families
are
strong
and
communities
have
access
to
strong
school
libraries,
recreation
and
public
parks.
E
We've
organized
our
work
towards
reaching
these
four
goals.
You
see
them
reflected
here
on
our
presentation.
Our
goals
are
to
have
family
families,
have
the
resources
and
supports
that
they
need
for
their
children's
safety
and
success.
The
children
enter
school,
ready
to
learn
and
that
they
have
skills
they
need
to
be
successful
in
school,
communities
are
connected
to
strong
schools,
libraries,
recreation
and
public
parks.
Youth
and
adults
have
the
opportunity
that
include
skill,
building,
training,
workforce
development
and
education.
E
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
I
thought
it
was
important
for
the
purposes
of
our
conversation
today
that
we
often
use
a
term
around
prevention
and
just
describe
our
types
of
program,
they're,
designed
to
prevent
negative
action
or
reaction
from
happening
or
prevent
reoccurrence.
Our
office
provides
three
different
levels
of
prevention
program.
We
have
what
we
consider
community
program,
things
that
are
open
and
engage
all
members
of
society
in
philadelphia.
So
we
have
programs
that
keep
kids
safe
and
engaged
in
activities.
E
That
is
a
low
threshold.
Almost
anybody
can
use
that.
That's
anything
from
a
public
park
to
an
after
school
activity-
that's
maybe
more
episodic!
Then
we
have
tailored
services.
Tailored
is
when
that
is
developed,
specifically
for
older
youth
and
teens
during
developmental
phases
that
are
focused
on
a
higher
likelihood
of
engagement
and
high-risk,
behavior.
They're,
very
specific
examples.
I'm
going
to
give
to
a
view
of
that
in
a
moment
and
youth
who
participate
in
these
services.
Some
have
high
risk
behaviors,
but
some
of
them
may
also
have
low
school
attendance.
E
More
specifically,
then
we
get
into
the
intervention.
That's
a
very
focused
intervention.
Those
are
interventions
that
are
specialized
for
youth
who've,
been
arrested
or
youth
who've
been
charged
as
delinquent
acts,
and
it's
usually
accompanied
by
a
negative
school
outcome.
So
when
you
hear
us
talk
today,
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
community
based
tailored
or
focused,
and
I
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
this
maps
out
not
all
but
a
large
portion
of
the
services
that
councilman
member
johnson
you
were
highlighting,
which
is
in
the
purple,
gets
to
the
community
base.
E
These
are
services
that
are
available
to
all
in
any
kids
who
are
interested
in
philadelphia.
So
we
have
after
school,
older
youth
programs,
sports
leagues.
We
have
parks,
pools
and
playgrounds
in
the
prevention
bucket
when
we
get
into
more
specific
services,
we
have
out
of
school
time
and
we
have
out
of
school
time,
that's
specifically
tailored
for
middle
and
high
school
students.
E
We
also,
which
I
know
is
very
popular
among
council
members-
is
our
work
ready
that
gives
kids
a
real
opportunity
to
have
money
in
their
hands,
have
jobs
during
the
summer
and
some
for
year
round.
We
also
work
in
close
partnership.
I
know
our
district
partners
are
here
today
around
truancy,
so
we're
the
boots
on
the
ground,
working
in
partnership
with
the
schools
in
schools,
with
families
to
address
attendance
issues
and
a
smaller,
probably
not
as
well
recognized
program
is
the
e3
centers
and
that
stands
for
education,
employment
and
empowerment.
E
Those
are
for
over
aged
under
credited
youth,
so
youth
who
may
have
dropped
out.
We
also
target
jj
kids
in
this
service,
and
so
that's
a
very
unique
program
that
we
offer
for
older
youth
in
philadelphia
on
the
education
side.
As
you
know,
we're
heavily
engaged
on
the
phl
pre-k.
That's
our
little
little
people
that
we're
trying
to
get
on
the
right
path.
We
operate
community
schools,
we
have
adult
education
and
we
also
offer
english
as
a
second
language
through
our
adult
education
work.
E
Lastly,
I
just
got
to
highlight
that
the
free
library
also
does
a
number
of
after
school
programs
through
our
leap
program.
They
offer
adult
literacy
workforce
and
they
operate
a
number
of
the
adult
computing
centers.
One
of
the
greatest
use
of
public
space
in
our
city
is
the
public
computing
centers
that
we
have
both
at
the
libraries
and
at
a
number
of
our
rec
centers.
E
E
Will
you
close
the
bind?
Yes,
so
part
of
what
you
mentioned.
Councilmember
is
a
strategic
approach
which
ties
into
our
goals,
which
we
know
that
the
great
opportunity
of
bringing
the
wreck
and
library
and
other
service
other
other
things
into
the
portfolio
of
the
office
of
children
and
families
was
the
ability
to
navigate
that
we're
working
with
families.
We're
focused
in
partnership
and
education
with
the
district.
While
we're
not
the
delivery
of
education.
E
So
I
know
this
has
been
also
a
question.
That's
come
up
in
a
number
of
our
conversations
and
I
tried
to
figure
out
a
best
way
to
to
show
you
guys,
because
there's
been
a
lot
of
questions
about
okay.
So
we
have
all
these
great
services.
Are
we
putting
services
where
they're
most
needed,
and
so
what
we're
showing
you
here
on
what
is
my
left
hand
side
the
poverty
track
by
census.
The
poverty
by
census
tract
shows
you,
the
heat
maps,
we're
all
familiar
with
this
map.
E
We've
seen
this
map
in
a
number
of
configurations.
What's,
on
the
right
hand,
side
is
where
the
ocf
services,
the
things
I
just
walked
you
through,
where
they're
physically
located.
Now
I
don't
have
the
technology
to
do
the
overlay,
but
we
actually
do
have
a
strong
concentration
in
the
areas
where
the
highest
poverty
census
check
and
then
I'm
going
to
go
to
the
next
slide.
That
shows
you
how
we
invest.
E
So
I
showed
you
where
the
the
the
I'm
sorry
the
last
slide
actually
was
the
sense
attraction
I'll
show
you
the
number
of
folks
served
related
to
our
services.
This
shows
you
where
we're
physically
located
and
if
you
have
really
good
eyesight,
you
can
see
all
the
different
things,
whether
it's
a
community
schools,
a
phl,
pre-k
site,
an
ost
school
year,
site
libraries,
rec,
centers,
playgrounds
ex
juvenile
justice
programs.
E
So
I'm
pleased
to
see
that
we're
concentrating
in
the
areas
that
have
the
the
heavier
obviously
poverty
census
tract,
but
also
that
we're
located
throughout
the
city.
But
we
are
well
clustered
if
you
see
if
you
follow
and
then
of
course
the
greenery
in
there
is
our
parks,
we
thought
it
was
important
to
highlight,
since
it's
a
huge
part
of
our
system
and
an
offering
that's
open
to
all
community
members.
Can.
A
E
Yeah,
so
I
what
I
don't
have
on
here
is
the
ppd
data
that
shows
the
number
of
shootings
and
then
sort
of
drilling
that
down.
I
think
you're,
asking
very
specifically
around
violence
related
to
youth.
We
could
certainly
work
with
the
police
to
get
that,
but
we
know
that,
based
on
what
we've
pulled
from
the
14
zip
codes,
that
council
has
highlighted
as
as
a
priority
that
a
majority
of
our
programs
reside
within
those
zip
codes.
Okay,
thank
you.
You're
welcome
great
question.
E
We're
going
to
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
this
just
gives
it
get
another
snapshot.
I've
talked
a
lot
about
their
services,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
it
has
been
about
capacity
and
volume.
So
this
just
shows
you
I'm
not
going
to
read
through
every
single
one,
our
largest
sort
of
opportunity
in
the
school
in
the
school-based
settings
that
are
is
our
after
school
and
then
parks
and
rec.
E
We
really
just
focused
on
the
after-school
and
summer
program
the
commissioner
can
talk
about
this
more
later,
but
there's
thousands
and
thousands
of
kids
served
through
pools
and
other
athletic
leagues
and
et
cetera.
So
it's
really
about
a
number
in
terms
of
the
after
school
and
the
rest
are
reflected
in
terms
of
work,
ready,
phl,
pre-k,
the
intensive
prevention
services
that
commissioner
ali
can
highlight,
as
well
as
the
e3
centers.
E
So
I
think
the
other
thing
that
you
guys
have
really
helped
guide
us
is
making
sure
that
we
have
all
of
our
information
somewhere.
That
makes
it
accessible
and
easy
for
families
to
find
and
and
one
of
the
silver
linings
of
covid
was
online.
We
did
a
lot
to
map
our
youth
services
so
that
they're
easily
accessible,
whether
it's
technology
or
a
support
line.
So
I
just
wanted
you
guys
to
know
that
we
still
operate
the
phyllo.gov
client
safe,
so
that
we
can
support.
A
E
E
E
A
I'm
gonna
stop
commenting.
I
just
only
use
what
I
want.
I
want
to
put
that
out
there
in
terms
of
digital
divide
is
because-
and
it's
weird
what
I'm
saying
a
lot
of
individuals
do,
have
smartphones
and,
and
I'm
sure
are
on
social
media
right,
but
also
as
elected
officials.
Sometimes
I
get
beat
up
when
something
happens
in
the
neighborhood
and
people
say:
there's
nothing
to
do
for
our
young
people,
and
I'm
saying
yes,
it
is
like.
I
can
name
10
programs
off
the
top
of
my
head,
that
I
know
for
a
fact.
A
E
A
Like,
like,
I'm
gonna,
wrap
up
on
this
and
I'm
sorry
you're
going
through
your
presentation
and
I'm
chiming
in,
but
the
other
part
is
like,
for
instance,
and
I'll
be
willing
to
facilitate
this
conversation
like
radio
one
reached
out
to
me
one
day:
oh,
we
want
to
get
involved
and
address
gun,
violence
and
so
forth.
I
said
well
separate
from
changing
the
music.
Maybe
you
can
partner
with
some
other
community
organizations
that
are
doing
this
type
of
work.
E
A
I
also
want
to
announce
the
presence
of
my
colleague,
councilman
jamie
gardiere.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning
also
and
acknowledge
the
the
presence
also
of
my
colleague,
councilwoman
captain
gilmore
richardson.
Thank
you
as
well
for
joining
us.
I
just
had
a
couple
questions
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues,
so
I
want
to
start
with
dhs
regarding
the
intensive
prevention
services,
the
300
youth
that
are
serviced.
That
was
just
highlighted.
A
So
can
you
give
us
an
overview
of
those
particular
services,
and
then
I
want
to
get
an
update
on
strategies
around
prevention
to
steer
the
young
people
who
are
in
our
juvenile
justice
center
on
the
right
path,
a
lot
of
times
when
you
know
we
have
these
hearings.
I
remember
the
last
time
we
had
a
meeting
kim.
A
We
talked
about
the
work
that
they're
doing
at
the
juvenile
justice
center,
which
I
believe
is
very
critical,
because
those
are
the
young
people
are
in
the
mix.
Those
are
the
young
people,
that's
involved
in
a
lot
of
gun,
violence,
their
back
and
forth,
neighborhood,
beefs
and
so
forth.
And
so
can
you
give
us
an
overview
on
those
two
particular
initiatives.
F
Absolutely
thank
you
councilmember
johnson,
for
that
question.
So,
in
terms
of
the
intensive
prevention
services
that
are
offered
by
the
department
of
human
services,
specifically
our
juvenile
justice
services
division,
we
actually
have
seven
providers
who
provide
intensive
prevention
services,
and
that
is
a
site-based
service
in
which
young
people
from
the
community
can
access
services,
and
so
the
site
base
is
three
days
a
week
monday
through
friday
and
then
every
other
saturday
and
the
young
people
come
there
after
school.
F
So
they
come
there
after
school,
they
receive
anger,
management,
positive
youth
development,
whatever
action
that
they
did,
that
got
them
involved
or
known
to
the
police.
We
addressed
that
they
received
some
counseling
services,
but
they
also
just
do
job
readiness
and
then
we
also
connect
them
with
employment
services.
F
Our
total
investment
for
intensive
prevention
services
is
actually
4.2
million
dollars,
because
we
believe
that
this
is
this.
Investment
is
critical
to
make
sure
that
young
people
who
are
become
known
to
the
police
or
become
known
to
either
the
school
police
actually
have
a
service
to
prevent
them
from
further
penetrating
into
the
juvenile
justice
service
center.
F
Most
of
our
referrals
for
intensive
prevention
services
are
referrals
from
the
school
district
because
we
wanted
to
decrease
the
from
pipeline
to
jail
population,
and
so
we
work
in
close
partnership
with
kevin
bethel
and
his
team
to
ensure
that
young
people
who
are
disruptive,
who
may
have
some
low
level
offenses
as
opposed
to
arresting
those
young
people.
They
are
referred
to
intentional
prevention
services
and
the
outcomes.
A
E
E
You
know,
in
addition
to
the
fact
that
there's
violence
happening
in
the
streets,
sometimes
those
weapons
are
then
in
the
in
physically
in
homes
and
there's
been
unnecessary
victims
or
you
know
you
know,
fatalities
that
have
occurred
as
a
result
of
lack
of
stay
storage
or
stay
safe
management.
So
apologies.
A
F
Absolutely
so
our
intensive
prevention
services
provider
providers
are
responsible
for
that
in
terms
of
anti-violence
gun
safety.
Conflict
resolution
is
extremely
key
because,
even
though
the
intensive
prevention
services
providers
tend
to
be
geographically
based,
we
do
know
that,
depending
on
what
side
of
a
particular
street
or
what
neighborhood
that
you
live
in,
that
there
could
be
some
conflict
in
those
particular
neighborhoods.
So
our
intensive
prevention
services
providers
absolutely.
They
certainly
talk
to
the
young
people
about
gun
violence
and
also
talk
to
young
people
about
being
safe.
F
The
other
provider
that
is
targeted
in
terms
of
gun
violence
is
also
we
partner
with
iday.
They
have
a
program
called,
don't
fall
down
in
the
hood.
That
is
definitely
targeted
to
young
people
who
have
higher
level.
Offenses.
Remember,
I
said:
intensive
prevention
services
is
a
lower
level
of
fences,
but
don't
fall
down
in
the
hood
are
higher
level
offenses,
so
those
particular
young
people
again
that
is
site
based.
H
A
A
lot
of
our
victims
have
been
some
some
aspect
involved
in
the
actual
criminal
justice
system,
as
well
as
involved
with
guns,
and
so
obviously,
if
they're
juveniles
that
mean
it
would
be
the
juvenile
justice
center
give
me
an
overview
of
where
we're
at
and
the
strategies
around.
You
know
addressing
prevention
from
that
aspect.
F
Absolutely
so
dhs
also
runs,
as
you
indicate,
the
philadelphia
juvenile
justice
services
center.
That's
located
right
on
48th
and
haverford.
That's
a
detention
center
in
which
young
people
have
been
arrested
and
they
are
held
there
for
two
reasons:
either
you
know
they're
waiting
for
court
and
so
a
judge
can
actually
release
them
from
the
pjsc
or
the
judge
has
decided
that
the
young
person
is
in
need
of
further
treatment
and
that
further
treatment,
oftentimes
may
be
placement
services,
and
so
those
young
people
will
then
move
on
to
residential
placement.
F
However,
while
the
young
people
are
a
pgj
at
pj
justine,
we
take
it
as
an
opportunity
because
they
are
a
captive
audience.
It
will
like
to
give
you
a
sense.
Today
we
have
112
young
people
at
the
pgsc,
so
their
typical
day
would
be.
The
school
district
of
philadelphia
actually
has
in-person
instruction
for
the
young
people.
They
work
extremely
hard
with
the
young
people
to
get
them
back
on
level
in
terms
of
their
educational
needs.
F
We
offer
a
variety
of
groups
with
some
different
providers
at
the
pjsc
again
around
some
of
the
same
things
that
we
see
the
conflict
resolution
parent-child
conflict
because
sometimes
young
people
are
being
held
could
possibly
be
released.
However,
we
need
to
work
with
the
family
in
order
to
make
the
family
comfortable
that
the
young
person
can
return
back
to
their
home.
So
we
have
like
engaging
men
of
color
who
provides
group
at
the
pjsc.
We
have
girls
incorporated
who
also
provide
groups.
F
A
The
victims
are
younger
and
younger,
and
if
they're
going
through
that
system,
juvenile
justice
system,
as
well
as
the
ones
that
go
on
state,
rule
right
again
we're
trying
to
get
to
the
root
causes
of
of
hopefully
one
day,
these
young
people
picking
up
guns
in
the
first
place.
So
we're
not
just
focusing
on
totally
just
locking
everybody
up
from
a
mass
incarceration
standpoint
which
to
something
is
probably
the
easiest
way
to
address
the
issue,
but
nevertheless,
you
lock
them
up
as
a
juvenile
they'll,
be
coming
back
home
at
some
point
in
time
to
society.
F
So
what
we
highlight
as
success,
councilmember
johnson,
is
that
we
don't
see
that
young
person
back
being
held
in
detention
or
that
young
person
recidivating
and
going
back
into
residential
placement.
So
our
success
is
when
we
are
able
to
follow
that
young
person
post
the
pjjsc
post
residential
placement
and
then
we're
able
to
continue
to
engage
them
when
they
return
back
to
the
community,
because,
despite
the
fact
that
they
may
be
successful
at
the
pjjsc
or
successful
in
residential,
the
reality
is
they
return
it
back
to
the
same
neighborhoods.
F
And
so
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
engage
them
so
that
we
can
a
you
know:
reconnected
with
school.
So
the
school
district
also
assists
us
through
the
step
program
with
reengaging
the
young
people
and
getting
them
connected
to
school,
so
that
there
won't
be
an
issue
in
terms
of
truancy.
You
know
also
engage
in
the
family
because
oftentimes
the
family,
you
know.
F
Sometimes
they
want
the
young
person
to
remain
in
our
care
because
they
are
afraid
for
that
young
person
so
engage
in
the
family
in
a
way
that
the
family
knows
that
they
are
able
to
feel
empowered
enough
to
continue
to
care
for
that
young
person
and
then
they're
at
home.
So
the
success,
I
would
say,
is
certainly
around
not
seeing
that
young
person
you
know
again
in
any
of
our
systems
and
also
engaging
the
family
in
a
way
that
they're
also
be
able
able
to
take
advantage
of
community-based
programs.
A
F
Center,
so
we
actually
council,
member
johnson,
as
you
know,
when
you
talk
about
the
pjjsd,
that
there
are
a
number
of
individuals
who
touched
the
young
person
before
so
you're.
Talking
about
the
police,
you're
talking
about
the
district
attorney
you
talking
about
the
courts
and
then
they
come
over
to
the
pjsc.
F
And
so
we
just
signed
the
mou
with
the
district
attorney's
office
with
probation
with
the
courts,
because
we
do
want
to
be
able
to
measure
our
successes.
So
we
are
actually
in
the
process
of
compiling
that
data,
and
so
once
we
get
that
data
in
terms
of
recidivism
and
in
terms
of
the
profile
of
young
people,
so
that
we
know
what
young
person
would
benefit
from
which
program.
We
will
be
happy
to
share
that
with
council.
E
E
It's
the
school
district,
the
district
attorneys
and
the
police
department,
and
so
the
diversion
the
police
diversion
program
has
diverted
thousands
of
kids
from
coming
into
the
pipeline,
and
I
think
that's
you
know
so
in
those
we're
not
even
counting
the
recidivism,
we're
counting
the
number
of
kids
that
but
for
this
program,
would
have
ended
up
in
a
deeper
end.
Part
of
the
system.
Can
you
provide
those
numbers?
Please
we
can
we
can
we've
done
and-
and
that
actually
is
something
we've
talked
with
and
and
kim
continues.
E
A
A
Example,
longer
library,
hours
longer
longer
and
additional
programming
and
parks
and
rec
programs
in
those
particular
areas,
or
what
other
dhs
behavioral
health
services
that
you
may
offer,
particularly
because
councilman
galileo
always
says
this
right,
and
this
is
from
this-
and
this
is
from
just
strategic
work
in
this
area
like
us,
flooding
these
areas
with
intensive
investments
around
services
right
and
like
just
flooding
like
overwhelming
them.
Right
in
these
key
areas,
is
there
a
strategic
plan
with
the
office
of
children
and
families
for
those
particular
districts
just.
F
F
When
we
looked
at
the
statistics
with
the
philadelphia
police
department
and
we
overlaid
it
with
our
services,
we
saw
that
there
was
a
gap
in
relationship
to
our
intensive
prevention
services
in
the
southwest
community,
and
so
given
that
we
actually
issued
the
rfp
over
the
summer,
and
then
we
selected
a
provider
and
that
provider
just
started
receiving
referrals
in
october,
and
so
they
will
be
providing
intensive
prevention
services
to
the
southwest
community.
We
have
other
areas
of
the
city
covered,
but
again
in
conversation
and
discussion.
E
I
Sure,
good
morning,
everybody
it's
katherine,
outlaw
commissioner
of
philadelphia,
parks
and
recreation.
Can
you
guys
hear
me
yes
great?
Thank
you
councilman
johnson,
for
hosting
this
very,
very,
very
important
hearing
today.
There's
no
more!
I
totally
agree
that
there's
no
more
important
topic
in
our
city
right
now.
Two
nights
ago
we
experienced
the
15th
shooting
at
a
recreation
center
since
march.
That
was
at
simon's.
Recreation
center
happened
about
9
15
at
night.
That's
15!
Since
march
that
have
happened
on
the
grounds
of
a
park,
recreation
center
or
playground.
It.
A
I
Wow,
I'm
sorry
to
hear
that
so
we've
definitely
been.
You
know
very
much
in
the
throes
of
of
this
crisis.
We
are
feeling
it
at
every
level,
both
from
you
know
a
staff
level
as
well
as
a
participant
level.
We
find
that
some
of
our
participants
are
more
fearful
than
they
would
have
been
a
year
ago
or
two
years
ago
to
even
come
to
parks
and
recreation.
I
Centers
we're
seeing
that
specifically
at
centers,
where
there
have
been
acts
of
violence
that
have
happened,
namely
jerome
brown,
recreation
center,
we've
seen
a
decline
in
children
coming
to
the
recreation
center
because
of
the
shooting
that
happened
there
and
that's
something
that
we
have
to
be
as
proactive
as
possible.
In
trying
to
change
that
mindset
and
mentality,
there
should
be
no
safer
place
for
young
people
than
a
park,
playground
or
recreation
center.
It's
where
we
want
them
to
be,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
a
safe,
safe
as
place
possible
for
them.
I
So
we've
had
a
very
good
strong
partnership
with
the
police
department
over
the
last
nine
months,
they've
been
incredibly
supportive
and
responsive
to
our
needs.
We've
identified
the
the
40
recreation
centers
that
have
the
highest
rates
of
violence
in
or
around
them,
and
the
police
have
been
great
in
helping
to
not
just
have
officers
come
on
a
day-to-day
basis
to
sign
log
books
and
be
a
presence
at
those
centers,
but
at
some
of
the
sites,
actually
stationing
police
officers
at
the
facility
to
support
our
staff
that
are
there.
I
I
There
are
two
people
on
which
I
think
has
been
really
important
from
a
staff
safety
standpoint
as
well,
as
you
know,
for
participants
and
families
to
know
that
there's
more
than
one
person
at
that
site,
god
forbid,
something
should
happen
at
the
site
and-
and
we've
been,
you
know,
just
doubling
tripling
down
on
programs,
especially
at
the
sites
in
the
zip
codes,
with
the
highest
rates
of
violence.
So
certainly
running.
As
the
deputy
mayor
said,
our
traditional
programs,
of
course,
after
school
of
course,
summer
camp.
I
I
We
recently
created
an
esports
hub
with
nerd
street
gamers
and
actually
fitted
out
one
of
our
rooms
there
to
be
a
state-of-the-art
e-gaming
center
with
gaming
chairs
and
gaming
platforms,
and
you
know
flat,
screen,
tvs
and
and
all
different
kinds
of
gaming
platforms,
so
that
young
people
can
have
a
good
time
gaming
right
there
on
site
where
they
can
be
safe
together,
but
also
have
positive
adult.
You
know,
role,
models
and
mentors
at
the
facility
with
them,
while
they're
doing
that.
I
So
that's
something
that
we
are
hoping
to
expand
to
other
centers,
we're
also
in
the
process
of
of
restarting
many
of
our
our
key
spots.
So
our
digital
access
centers,
our
computer
labs
that
were
unfortunately
cut
as
part
of
our
covid
budget.
They
have
come
back
and
we
are
re
hiring
many
of
the
instructors
to
keep
those
key
spots
open
key
spots.
These
are
our
computer
labs
right,
they're,
important,
not
just
to
help
people
find
jobs
and
build
their
resumes
they're
important
to
give
kids
access
to
fun
online.
I
I
So
those
are
some
of
the
programs
that
we've
been
initiating
to
your
point
councilman
about
you
know
we
hear
from
residents
too.
We
don't
know
about
these
programs,
we
know
we're
providing
the
programs,
but
we
also
know
residents
oftentimes
feel
you
know
that
they
just
can't
get
the
information
they
need,
and
so
we've
also
gone
back
to
sort
of
old
school
flyering.
You
know
creating
flyers
and
sending
staff
out
door-to-door.
I
You
know
three
to
four
blocks
surrounding
our
recreation:
centers
literally
telling
staff
to
go
and
put
flyers
indoors
so
that
you
know,
if
you
don't,
if
you're
not
on
facebook,
you're
not
on
twitter
or
your
smartphone
is
down.
You
know
you
get
a
flyer
in
your
door
that
says,
come
check
out
this
program
at
the
recreation
center,
we're
finding
that
grassroots
approach
is
old
school
but
it
works.
You
know,
and
people
are
more
inclined.
I
You
know
to
to
pick
up
that
flyer
and
take
a
look
at
it
and
say:
okay,
I'm
gonna
send
my
kid
down
to
the
rec
center
today,
so
so
we're
trying
just
about
everything
we
can
to
make
sure
that
people
know
about
these
programs.
99
of
our
programs
are
free,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
you
know
people
know
about
them
and
have
access
to
them
and
then,
last
but
not
least,
we're
always
open
to
partnering.
I
As
you
know,
councilman
with
any
organization
that
wants
to
host
a
program
in
our
centers,
we
will
welcome
them
with
open
arms.
We've
been
really
really
clear
about
that.
We'll
make
space
we'll
find
space
and
we'll
we'll
make
you
know
we,
I
say
all
the
time
we
have.
We
have
the
space
and
we
have
access
to
the
young
people,
the
young
people.
We,
if
you
want
to
provide
a
program,
we'd
love
to
help
host
you
at
our
center.
J
J
Is
there
the
ability
to
look
at
the
average
utilization
by
slots
right
and
then
kind
of
the
cost,
and
looking
at
that
right
as
we're
looking
and
thank
you
for
using
the
term
investments
as
we're
looking
for
further
investment
for
young
people
going
back
to
council
woman
gatiers
around?
How
do
you
flood
stuff
in
in
light
of
that
portfolio?
Where
do
you
see
the
biggest
impact
or
something
that
we've
either
done
for
a
long
time
or
doing
differently?
E
J
And
then,
secondly,
so
yeah,
when
you
can
get
that
data
that'll
be
important,
and
secondly,
you
know
we
as
part
of
this
conversation
with
this
committee,
have
been
looking
at
when
things
happen,
you
know
doing
a
deeper
dive
and
an
analysis.
What
happens
when
there's
someone
in
our
system
or
when
an
incident
like
commissioner
talked
about
an
incident
with
at
a
rec
center
speak
to
us
about
who
sits
around
and
huddles
up
and
says
what
happened
there?
Did
we
miss
something?
Is
there
a
protocol
change
that
needs
to
happen?
J
E
E
So
in
that
context
I
think
we
we've
unfortunately
become
a
little
too
familiar
and
again
we
do
partner
very
closely
with
the
folks
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention
because
they
do
have
the
rapid
response
teams,
but,
but
can't
and
we're
part
of
that
too,
because
of
the
resources
we
bring.
But
in
terms
of
on
the
ground.
Catherine
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
happens
immediately
thereafter
and
then
supports
to
the
staff
and
community.
I
Sure
so,
thank
you.
Councilwoman,
as
the
deputy
mayor
says.
Unfortunately,
we
have.
We
have
a
process
now
we
did
not
before
to
be
quite
frank
and
it
a
lot
of
this
depends
on
the
time
of
the
incident.
You
know
many
of
the
incidents
do
happen
after
hours.
You
know,
for
instance,
the
incident
at
simon's
earlier
this
week
happened.
You
know
after
9
00
pm,
so
our
our
facility
was
closed
at
nine.
I
So
a
lot
of
this
depends
on
if
children
are
present
at
the
time
of
the
incident
you
know
if
children
are
not
present,
then
it
is
really
a
police
matter
so
usually
find
out
about
the
incident.
After
the
fact,
the
police
send
us
a
report.
Anytime,
an
incident
happens
on
our
grounds.
We
get
a
pretty
immediate
report
from
police.
I
We
then
dispatch
staff
to
the
site
to
get
footage
from
the
cameras
which
has
been
incredibly
helpful
to
the
police,
so
we're
usually
there
for
a
few
hours
that
evening
to
allow
the
police
to
have
access
to
the
scene
to
case
the
scene,
pick
up
evidence
and
then
download
any
information
they
can
get
off
of
those
cameras,
even
if
an
incident
happens
after
hours.
We
issue
a
letter
the
following
day
to
any
participants
in
registered
programs
for
that
site.
I
I
You
know,
for
you
know,
resources
and
counseling
that
community
members
might
be
interested
in
that
that
we
have
provide
them
with
information
on
that,
so
they
can
get
access
to
that
for
trauma
care
and
then,
if
an
incident
happens
during
times
when
our
facilities
are
open,
which
that
has
happened
most
recently
councilwoman
at
gambrell.
I
think
you're,
aware
of
that
incident.
That
happened
a
few
weeks
ago,
our
recreation
leader,
when
there
was
a
shooting
on
the
basketball
court
at
approximately.
I
I
think
it
was
about
six
605
children
were
being
picked
up
from
programs,
there
were
was
cheerleaders
and
football
players
on
the
field.
Our
recreation
leader
hearing
shots
on
the
basketball
court
was
outside
at
the
time
grabbed
as
many
kids
as
he
could
off
the
field
off
the
courts,
got
them
in
the
building,
secured
the
building
called
9-1-1
and
and
from
there
it
becomes
a
police
incident
and
then
again
we
notify
all
the
parents
with
a
letter
etc,
and
we
work
closely
with
police
to
providing
again
any
information
that
we
can.
I
But
after
that,
it's
really
a
police
matter.
We
for
our
staff
and
for
participants
being
a
part
of
the
ucf
family
has
been
incredibly
helpful
for
us
because
we've
been
able
to
provide
counseling
services
as
well
as
you
know,
as
I
said,
those
various
resources
that
children
and
families
can
get
access
to.
But
it
is
you
know
it's
it's.
It's
definitely
become
more
commonplace
and
routine
than
we
would
ever
have
expected
it
to
become.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
good
morning
to
the
panel.
I
have
a
I
had
a
question
that
was
very
similar
to
council
member
quinones
sanchez,
about
which
programs
you
know
ocf
in
and
all
all
of
the
departments
on
the
panel
think
is
most
impactful
in
you
know:
mitigating
gun,
violence
and
keeping
kids
engaged
and
how
you
measure
the
effectiveness
of
those
programs.
Did
you
say
you
were
going
to
get
information
back
to
us.
E
I
I
mean,
I
think
the
council
member
johnson
was
asking
about
some
data
related
to
recidivism,
and
I
think
we
were.
We
also
promised
to
get
a
map
to
show
like
where
our
locations,
and
also
we
did
a
heat
map
in
terms
of
showing
how
many
participants,
so
you
could
see
sort
of
the
volume.
So
if
we
overlay
that
with
the
shootings,
I
think
it
could
give
you
a
sense
of
where
we're
investing.
But
council
member
quinoa
sanchez
asked
even
a
deeper
question,
which
is:
where
is
there?
E
E
E
So
I
think
they're
different
kinds
of
investments-
and
so
you
know,
I
think,
the
ones
on
the
prevention
side
that
seem
to
feel
like
they're,
really
critical
or
obviously
are
out
of
school
time
sort
of
the
after
school
and
then
as
well
as
the
work
ready.
So
our
work
ready
program
partnered
with
I'm
gonna,
get
this
wrong.
But
we
there
was
a
a
random
randomized
controlled
trial
evaluation
starting
back
in
the
nutter
administration.
E
E
Early
stages
of
the
of
the
evaluation
being
completed,
but
I
think
it
demonstrates
that
those
two
investments
on
the
prevention
side
are
huge.
I
think,
what's
harder
to
measure
is
the
work
that
catherine's
team
by
having
the
wreck
sort
of
this
more
open
and
the
athletic
leagues
that
operate
there,
and
you
know
just
having
safe
spaces
that
that
is
an
investment
that
we
have
to
commit
to
as
a
city
right
having
the
rec
centers
feel
as
a
protective
asset.
E
You
know
that
is
viable
and
important
for
our
kids
and
then
in
in
terms
of
on
the
you
know,
I
think
kim
did
an
excellent
job
talking
about
the
ips
that
you
know
that
don't
fall
down
in
the
hood
the
evening
reporting
centers
and
then
I
can't
believe
we've
made
it
this
far
without
talking
about
our
up
and
coming
community
evening
reporting,
centers
otherwise
known
as
the
curfew
center.
So
I
think
those
those
are
the
ones
that
stand
up
high
level
and
I
know
there's
been
conversation.
Oh
sorry,.
A
Can
I
push
a
little
bit
thanks
on
a
deeper
dive
with
councilman
jamie
guardia
is
going
that
and
I
think
I
had
a
proposed
question
written
down
as
similar
along
the
lines
of
your
big
picture
programming
right
how
you're
going
to
be
measuring
your
success
right
and
hopefully,
when
you
come
back
for
the
budget
cycle.
Where
would
you
were
able
to
say
here's
our
dashboard?
A
We
all
are
fighting
this
gun
violence
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
we
know
in
these
five
categories
right.
We
are
like
having
a
significant
impact
right
and
I'm
just
a
little
different
than
where
captain
is
also
keeping
young
people
off
the
street
right,
because
we
know
I
don't
mind
the
devil's
workshop.
So
if
I'm
playing
and
true
playground
right,
I'm
not
going
to
be
abroad
and
snyder
trying
to
do
something.
I'm
supposed
to
be
doing,
I'm
just
giving
an
example
how
I
grew
up
right
and
so
that's
a
different
conversation.
A
But
yet
I
still
believe-
and
I
think
councilman
jamie
go.
There
agree
with
this
as
well
on
my
other
colleagues
that
the
parks
and
rec
budget
should
have
reflected
that
one
after
we
negotiated
the
155
million
dollar
reallocation
of
funding
and
and
it
wasn't,
it
was
like:
okay,
we're
going
to
fund
some
other
areas,
but
for
some
apparent
reason,
parks
and
rec
kind
of
really
stayed
and
the
way
that
these
programs
are
being
bombarded
and
I'm
speaking
as
a
dad
who's
out
there.
Two
days
a
week.
A
I
put
that
out
there
on
my
own,
but
I
think
when,
when
jamie
asked
that
question
and
she
and
she's
she
under
she
said
to
herself,
but
I'm
in
agreement
with
it
like
where's
the
dashboard
like
here's,
our
here's,
our
here's,
our
models
of
success
and
here's
how
we're
evaluating
them.
It
would
be
helpful
when
y'all
come
back
for
the
budget
to
say:
okay,
this
is
okay.
It
just
helps.
C
No
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
I,
I
definitely
think
we
need
to
be
zoning
in
on
what's
most
impactful
and
be,
and
we
need
to
be
willing
to
put
the
resources
behind
it
right,
and
so
it's
still
a
head
scratcher
to
me
why
we
couldn't
get
at
least
another
eight
million
dollars
for
parks
and
rec,
like
we
asked
for
during
the
budget
cycle.
C
So
at
this
point
we
know
that
200
children
have
been
shot
this
year
in
philadelphia,
27
of
them
fatally.
You
know,
and
that's
just
tragic
right
and
historic
number
of
violent
incidents
involving
children
and
I'm
wondering
do
we
know
anything
about
the
profile
of
you
know
the
children
that
have
been
shot
or
killed.
Do
we
know
how
many
of
them
were
in
dhs's
system.
Do
we
know
how
many
of
them
were
participants
in
ocf
programs.
E
E
I
will
say
that
we
sit
on
the
health
department,
has
a
city-wide
homicide
review
that
looks
specifically
just
at
this
issue
sort
of
like:
what's
the
root
cause,
what
systems
were
they
involved
in
and
it
is
you
know
it's
it's
not
it's
not
something
that
happens
right
post
the
incident,
so
it's
sort
of
based
on
what's
happening
in
the
review
process.
So
that's
certainly
something
from
a
long
term
longer
term.
E
We
could
follow
up
on
with
the
health
department
since
we're
part
of
that,
and
these
are
obviously
juveniles
and
then
just
just
as
a
reminder
department
of
human
services
for
any
child
who
is
near
fatality
or
fatality
where
abuse
is
suspected
those
go
through
an
act
33
process.
So
we
would
that
that
goes
under
a
very
extensive
review,
which
is
which
is
far
different
than
kind
of
a
senseless,
violent
act.
That
happens
so
I
don't
have
the
numbers.
E
F
The
only
thing
that
I
would
add,
councilmember
gottier,
is
that,
certainly
when
we
learn
of
a
young
person
who
is
either
shot
or
a
young
person
who
is
killed
as
a
result
of
you
know
at
any
circumstance,
we
actually
look.
So
my
chief
of
staff
will
actually
search
our
database
to
determine
whether
or
not
the
the
young,
pregnant
or
the
family
receives
any
services
through
the
department
of
human
services.
So
we
do
that
for
the
young
people,
I
can't
tell
you
comprehensively.
F
I
think
we
can
do
better
in
terms
of
a
comprehensive
picture
and
in
terms
of
sharing
that
information,
we
do
pass
that
information
along
to
our
colleagues
in
the
managing
director's
office,
so
that
they
can
have
a
better
snapshot
of
the
young
person
and
the
services
that
the
young
person
receives.
But
I'm
not
able
to
tell
you
like
of
the
27,
how
many,
for
example,
actually
receive
services
through
the
department,
but
I
think,
given
that
we
certainly
signed
that
mou
certainly
will
be
getting
additional
data
from
our
district
attorneys.
F
C
I'd
be
interested
in
knowing
you
know
how
those
efforts
are
coming
together
if
our
goal
is
to
have
serious
prevention
and
intervention
services,
and
I
think
we
need
to
know
about
the
lives
of
these
young
people
right
about
what
systems
they
were
connected
to
in
in
our
city,
whether
that's
dhs
or
you
know
other
aspects,
juvenile
justice.
I
think
we
need
to
know
if,
if
they
weren't
engaged
with
any
ocf
programs,
if,
if
not,
then
why,
then,
how
can
we
do
a
better
job
at
reaching
these
young
people?
E
So
there
of
the
54
libraries
right
now
we
have
15
that
have
reduced
hours
and
we
have.
The
majority
are
trying
to
reach
a
five
day,
opening
not
all
are
on
full
day.
Part
of
that
is
we
had
a
tremendous
backlog
in
hiring
for
the
librarians,
and
we
continue
to
to
hire
for
that.
So
we
I'm
trying
to
look
at
the
numbers
here.
We
have
four
because
of
construction
and
other
related
issues
are
closed,
but
34
out
of
54
have
five
full
day.
E
Now,
that's
not
even
getting
to
council
member
your
six
day
request,
which
has
not
been
budgeted
for
so
one
of
the
things
that
you're
definitely
going
to
see
the
free
library
board,
as
well
as
the
city
is
going
to
be
asking
for
what
the
full
cost
would
be.
If
we
were
to
move
to
a
six
day
service
we're
we
have
financially
what
we
need
to
get
to
five
day.
It's
really
just
been
a
staffing
and
a
backlog,
unfortunately
similar
to
parks
and
rec.
E
E
So,
but
we
we're
pleased
with
the
progress
we
know
it's
not
where
we
need
to
be
and-
and
I
know
joe
bedford's
on-
if
there's
anything
he
wants
to
add-
I
think
the
other
thing
we've
done
is
try
to
be
creative,
so
try
to
have
five
days,
even
if
some
of
those
hours
are
reduced.
But
I
hope
that
answers
your
question
and
I
can
give
you
the
specific
we're
working
on
the
financial
number
of
what
a
sixth
day
would
cost.
C
Yeah,
I
would
just
you
know,
like
our
previous
discussion
on
parks
and
rec.
I
would
just
point
this
out
as
an
area
where,
if
we're
serious
as
a
city,
about
making
sure
that
our
neighborhoods
are
resourced
during
time,
when
young
people
have
lots
of
time,
then
this
this
shouldn't
be
having
libraries
open
six
days
a
week
should
not
be
a
heavy
heavy
lift,
and
then
I.
E
So,
like
has
been
shared
in
the
last
few
weeks
as
it
relates
to
the
violence
briefings
that
the
mayor
has
done,
the
president
working
in
close
partnership
with
the
police
department,
as
well
as
the
school
safety
personnel
in
terms
of
the
safety
zones,
the
schools
that
are
on
those
sites,
as
well
as
the
you
know,
the
corridor.
So
there's
been
a
big
push,
obviously
to
work-
and
this
is
also
part
of
the
roadmap
and
the
work
that
the
managing
director's
office
has
done
an
excellent
job
around
the
safe
corridors.
E
So
just
say
that
we've
been
able
to
map
out
what
programs
exist,
related
the
schools
where
the
police
department
is
going
to
be
providing
sort
of
that.
That's
that
additional
support
additional
presence
so
that
there's
partnership
and
like
hey
by
the
way
this
is
what's
going
on
in
that
site.
So
that's
definitely
that
that
coordination
is
occurring.
Does
that
extend.
E
D
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
it
and
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
for
asking
all
the
questions
and
certainly
reiterate
them.
I
know
we've
been
very
clear
in
public
that
we
want
to
ensure
that
our
parks
and
recs
our
libraries
and
our
children
and
youth
services
go
back
to
full
pre-pandemic
supports.
We
don't
think
this
is
about.
You
know
an
economics
where
we've
recovered
from
the
pandemic,
or
anything
like
that.
D
D
You
know
that
I
guess
you
can
say
24
out
of
the
54
are
not
open
five
days
a
week
or
have
erratic
services
certainly
would
like
to
overlay
that
with
what,
where
those
neighborhoods
are
so
deputy
mayor
figueroa,
if
you
could
just
share
that
with
us,
I
think
that
would
just
be
helpful
from
our
own
knowledge
and
perspective.
It's
also
important
at
that
stage,
knowing
that
the
libraries
have
erratic
service,
whether
we
can
analyze
our
community
schools
and
see
what
the
responsibility
of
community
schools
are.
D
D
I
think
we're
closer
to
40
at
this
point.
If
not
higher
was
that
coordination
actually
does
matter
there
is
we
and-
and
I
want
to
separate
this
conversation-
because
the
tremendous
and
critically
important
work,
deputy
mayor
figaro,
that
you,
your
team,
dhs
parks
and
rec,
the
libraries
and
and
all
other
children
and
youth
services
are
doing-
is
incredibly
important.
No
matter
anything
that
happens,
our
children
are
hungry
for
engagement.
You
can
see
it
in
the
turnout,
whether
it's
public
events.
D
You
know
I
had
a
chance
to
be
at
smith,
playground.
You
know
with
you
know
dozens
of
families
out
and
celebrating
dancing
together
for
halloween.
We
can
feel
it
in
the
air.
People
are
hungry
to
get
back,
but
this
is
also
a
separate
conversation
from
the
gun,
violence
which
is
for
young
people
and
because
we're
here
in
this
space,
which
is
one
thing
that
we
know,
is
that
it's
highly
relational.
There
are
relational
aspects
to
youth
gun
violence
that
are
that
that
have
an
impact
on
what
our
response
must
then
be.
D
So
if
the
violence
comes
out
of
relational
aspects,
the
response
has
to
be
responsive
in
the
relational
manner
in
which
we
deal
with
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we've
been
talking
about
the
10
zip
codes,
most
impacted,
the
25
schools
most
impacted
that
we
see
a
high
concentration
of
young
people,
both
deeply
impacted
by
involved
in
or
victims
of,
gun,
violence
in
those
schools.
Ten
children
at
ten
young
people
at
boys,
latin
six
since
the
start
of
the
school
year
at
master
eco
grads.
D
This
is
a
concentration
that
requires
our
ability
to
relate
to
young
people
to
pull
on
their.
You
know
on
the
relationships
that
that
resonate
deeply
with
them
and
because
of
that,
one
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
is
what
we're
hearing
directly
from
principals
at
those
schools,
which
is
you
know,
a
real
need
for
the
city
to
both
recognize
and
understand
that
services
are
not
being
delivered
at
the
school
level.
There
are
things
that
are
happening
at
4
40.
D
There
are
things
that
are
happening
centrally.
There
are
programs
that
have
been
put
in
place,
but
in
the
actual
interaction
between
the
impacted
child,
the
family
and
the
school
that
is
dealing
with
this
situation
on
a
direct
one-to-one
level,
we
are
seeing
massive
gaps
you've.
No,
we
know
this
on
some
of
them.
Ibhs
services
are
not
being
staffed.
D
Connections
are
not
being
made
services
not
being
delivered
truancy.
An
absolutely
critically
important
issue
for
re-engagement
high
school
principals
are
saying
children
are
dropping
out,
but
the
truancy
program,
whatever
it
may
be,
is
not
relating
into
the
school
and
to
the
child's
family
and
then
figuring
out
a
strategy
of
re-engagement.
We
can
track
joannsie.
We
cannot
figure
out
that
that
interactive
path
to
re-engage
the
child.
D
I
would
love
to
hear
a
little
bit
of
about
your
thoughts
on
that,
and
then
I
think
the
third
thing
that
I
wanted
to
ask
for
you
specifically
because
it
came
up
on
our
earlier
call
after
the
lincoln
high
school
shooting
deputy
mayor
figaro,
which
is
that
we
want
to
concentrate
some
of
the
principles,
particularly
in
certain
zip
codes.
We're
like.
D
This
out,
but
19140
can
we
get
guaranteed
osp
slots
for
those
young
people?
Can
we
talk
about
ost
that
works
with
high
schoolers?
Not
all
high
schoolers
can
do
employment,
not
all
high
schoolers
are
really
like.
You
know
we
can
do
25
40
hours
a
week
in
the
summer,
but
if
it's
all
employment,
it
doesn't
necessarily
jive
with
their
interests
and
their
skill
sets
in
that
moment.
E
I'm
pleased
that
karen's
on,
I
would
say
that
we
do
not
want
to
sit
down
without
the
district
partnership
at
the
table,
because
we're
talking
about
in
school
and
certainly
while
we're
a
huge
partner
to
them,
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
this
in
coordination
with
our
district
partnership.
So
and
I
I
don't
think
that
would
be
a
heavy
lift,
I'm
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
karen,
but
I'm
sure
she'd
be
more
than
happy.
She
and
I
and
our
team
work
really
closely
together
on
that.
E
So
certainly
we
would
want
to
do
that,
and
I
also
want
to
highlight
that
I
do
want
to
confirm
that
all
of
our
ost
programs
that
are
in
schools
are
physically
happening.
I
can't
I
don't
oversee
the
commissioner
dbhids,
so
I
cannot
speak
or
confirm
what
their
physical
on-site
service
situation
is,
and
certainly
I
can
happy
to
relay
that
via
my
colleagues
in
terms
of
getting
that
information.
E
So
in
terms
of
we
have
94
programs
that
are
happening
through
various
providers
that
are
physically
happening.
Schools
as
it
relates
to
19140,
we
have
a
bit.
We
have
a
large
number
of
slots,
it's
actually
one
of
our
higher
number
of
commitments
in
terms
of
that
one
particular
zip
code
that
has
a
handful
of
different
schools
and
as
well
as
community-based
organizations.
E
So
for
the
school
year.
In
terms
of
you
know,
we
have
the
ability
to
reach
408
of
a
much
larger
number.
So
certainly
the
question
I
think
you
asked
is:
how
do
we
guarantee?
I
mean
right
now
back
to.
I
think
the
question
that
councilmember
sanchez
and
councilman
gautier
is
like:
where
are
the
resource
needs
and
where
would
we
want
to
expand?
E
I
think
we
also
want
to
look
at
enrollment
and
utilization.
We
have
a
lot
of
schools
that
still
actually
have
slots
available.
So
before
we
add
slots,
I
think
we
want
to
make
sure
we're
trying
to
get
all
of
the
slots
filled,
and
you
know
this
this
p.
I
think
this
will
be
better
to
do
in
in
a
you
know
whether
it's
a
work
group
or
whatever
we
set
up
to
talk
about
this
concept
of
guaranteed
or
expansion
of
ost.
E
We
do
have
ost
programming
for
middle
school
and
high
school.
It
looks
very
different
because
it's
not
only
work
ready,
but
a
lot
of
kids
don't
want
to
be
in
an
after
school
program.
That's
not
an
athletic
based
program
or
not
a
specialized,
whether
it's
art
coding
e-gaming
as
katherine,
was
talking
about.
So
I
think
we
we'd
want
to
talk
about
what
does
that
look
like
in
the
high
school
space
that
maybe
is
non-employment,
and
then
we
in
terms
of,
I
think
we
also,
I
think
we
just
want
to
think
through
like.
E
D
E
D
Let
me
let
me
clarify
this
conversation
that
we're
having
right
now
in
this
hearing
is
specifically
around
anti-gun
violence
and
gun
violence
strategies.
It's
not
a
general
ost
conversation.
So
I
understand
that
you
have
specific
things
about.
You
know,
there's
the
general
ost
mission,
and
you
know
that
I
will
be
completely
supportive
of
will
continue
to
advocate
for
expansion
support
as
well
as
better
services,
partnerships,
etc,
etc.
D
But
the
reason
why
I'm
specifically
focused
in
on
and
discussing
conversations
about
19140
specific
principles
within
there
is
because
I'm
specifically
looking
at
an
anti-gun
violence
strategy
and
the
role
that
ost
can
play.
You
have
openings,
you
have.
You
know
that
there
are
a
number
of
young
people
who
have
applied
to
far
exceed
the
number
of
slots
that
exist,
and
we
know
that
there
are
some
gaps
like
there
are
no.
E
D
So
I
think
one
of
the
questions
if
there
is
a
principal
who
specifically
states,
I
have
these
young
people
I
want
them
to
get
in.
Can
we
tell
that
principle
at
those
schools
that
you
know
in
partnership
with
pyn
or
or
program
that
you
have
that?
That
is
something
that
they'll
do
again.
I
want
to
underscore
violence
within
young
people
is
highly
relational.
D
Solutions
to
gun
violence
must
also
be
relational
participation
across
schools,
where
young
people
can
see
other
young
people
at
their
school
growing,
learning,
participating,
enjoying
celebrating
and
gaining
opportunities
can
drive
participation
rather
than
a
thinly.
I
mean
not
criticizing
it,
but
rather
than
you
know,
kind
of
spread
out
a
little
bit
more
we're
trying
to
get
young
people
to
understand
that
the
investment
is
around
them
and
that
we're
recognizing
you
know
the
the
structures
that
are
around
that
are
pulling
them
away
from
one
another
from
families
from
institutions.
E
E
And
not
just
any
point
I
mean
we
we
work
closely
with
principals.
I
welcome
any
principal
who
wants
to
reach
out
to
myself
or
wallesco,
whoever
sees
all
of
our
ost.
We're
certainly
happy
to
have
that
conversation,
and
I
saw
while
I
just
put
her
camera
on,
because
you
know
one
is
that
we
we
do
have
set
contracts
so
we're
in
a
current
year.
So
I
can't
make
a
commitment
to
offer
something
that
we
don't
have
available,
but
we
can
certainly
make
sure
that
principles
and
surrounding
principles
are
like
hey
by
the
way.
E
Did
you
know
that
you
have
x
number
of
slots
still
available
in
your
school
and
if
there's
a
kid
you're
worried
about
how
you're
trying
to
ensure
that
they're
getting
into
that
support
or
service?
We're
of
course
happy
to
do
that.
We
don't
need
a
meeting
to
do
that.
We
can
be
connected,
and
I
I
I
know
you
had
questions
around
truancy
and
I
I
wanted
just
to
close.
D
Out
the
loop
on
on
the
school's
issue,
just
to
clarify
many
of
the
schools
that
are
deeply
impacted
are
divided
between
the
district
charter
and
alternative
schools.
So
they
are
not
all
about
the
district.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
why,
if
the
school
strategy
solely
goes
through
the
district,
we're
going
to
miss
at
least
a
third
of
the
schools
and
thank
you
portion
of
the
young
people
who
are
equally
involved
so
in
this
aspect,
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
want
to
be
thoughtful.
D
We
absolutely
want
the
district
at
the
table,
but
the
the
district
cannot
coordinate
the
youth
anti-violence
strategy
because
it
involves
so
many
young
people
who
are
outside
of
the
school
district
of
philadelphia.
The
city
of
philadelphia
has
to
convene
the
school
strategy
that
engages
the
charter,
schools,
the
alternative
schools
and
the
district
schools
all
being
at
the
table,
but
the
district
cannot
do
it.
D
E
Serving-
and
I
I
mean-
and
we
you
know
through,
pin,
we've
sat
for
years
at
the
table
with
a
lot
of
those,
particularly
the
alternative
schools,
which
are
district
schools,
they're
district
programs.
So
I
I
want
to
they
do
have
the
ability
to
navigate
and
manage
those,
and
I
don't
oversee
those
principles.
So,
as
I
said
before,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
work
and
have
I
mean,
I
think,
actually
part
of
the
reason
we're
so
deep
and
expanded.
E
E
I
think
that
this
is
not
something
that's
beyond
our
ability
to
to
coordinate
and
support
what
their
needs
are,
and
I
think,
there's
a
particularly
unique
opportunity
with
the
alternative
schools,
because
that's
kind
of
what
they're
set
up
for
these
were
kids,
who
are
not
succeeding
in
traditional
high
schools,
who
might
be
in
the
need
to
have
an
accelerated
program,
etc.
So
certainly,
I
think
working
in
that
area
would
be,
would
be
perfect
for
us
and
I
think.
D
It's
yeah.
I
just
want
to
be
clear,
though,
that
again
just
underscoring
once
again,
if
we
wait
for
the
principles
to
come
to
us,
we're
going
to
be
waiting
for
a
very
long
time,
we
actually
have
to
be
affirmative
to
like
kind
of
do
the
aggressive
convening
that
means
calling
in
the
district
calling
in
the
alternative
calling
in
the
charter
schools.
But
that's
one
thing
that
we
hear
a
lot.
Nobody
is
affirmatively
leading,
of
course,
I
think
on
your
end,
deputy
mayor
figure
of
you
want
to
defer.
D
E
A
E
A
I
guess
deputy
commissioner,
I
know
you
talked
about
earlier
working
with
some
charter
schools,
which
I'm
glad
helen
acknowledged
that,
because
last
I
think
it
was
last
fall
helen
and
I
did
a
hearing
with
the
special
committee
on
gun
violence,
particularly
around
children
and
youth
right
in
schools
and
helen.
Correct
me,
if
I'm
right
or
wrong
regarding
the
data
that
we
saw.
D
Might
have
temporarily
lost
our
chair.
I
know
he'll
be
coming
back
in
the
meantime
deputy
mayor
figueroa.
Can
we
talk
a
little
bit
about
engagement
and
truancy,
which
is
something
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
from
schools
and
that
there's
a
lot
of
like
gaps
and
questions
about
our
whose
response
who
is
actually
doing
the
work
on
the
ground
and
then
when
there
are
problems
who
is
actually
resolving
them?
So-
and
I
know
we'll
be
talking
later,
but
I
I
want
to
take
this
from
a
from
a
a
city
angle.
D
E
E
C
Yes
hi
good
morning,
and
thank
you
for
having
having
me
so
in
terms
of
our
truancy
work,
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
been
well
I'll
start
by
talking
about
what
we
did
during
the
pandemic
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
now.
So
during
the
pandemic,
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
with
the
district
was
that
we
partnered
with
them
to
ensure
that
families
that
were
identified
by
principles
counselors
in
what
I
would
call
high
risk.
C
Schools
were
linked
to
our
truancy
providers.
We
have
over
100
case
managers
that
work
out
of
non-profit
organizations
and
they
they
were
responsible
for
you
know
going
out
in
the
field
knocking
on
doors
to
figure
out.
You
know
if
there
were
any
issues
with
absenteeism
or
any
issues
with
parents.
You
know
the
parents
were
having
as
it
related
to
you
know:
kids,
not
attending
school.
C
That
led
to
you
know
a
minimal
amount
of
cases
coming
into
regional
court.
What
we
are
seeing
this
year
is
that
we
are
in
the
second,
you
know
second
month
of
the
you
know
of
the
of
the
school
year,
and
the
idea
is
that
we
continue
to
do
a
lot
of
what
we
call
tier
one
early
intervention,
which
is
once
kids
have
been
identified
to
have
anywhere
between
three
to
six
absences.
C
The
idea
is
that
counselors
are
connecting
with
our
you
know,
with
our
office,
we're
giving
the
information
on
that
student,
and
we
open
up
the
case
to
figure
out.
What's
going
on
to
prevent
that
child
for
getting
it,
you
know
from
getting
into
what
we
called
tier
two,
which
is
ten
absences,
or
more
so
case
management
is
rendered
at
the
beginning
of
you
know
at
the
beginning
of
the
case,
so
that
we
can
prevent
prevent
the
absenteeism.
C
D
C
C
Yeah
well
I'll,
give
you
the
numbers
for
the
pandemic
and
before
that,
and
even
before
I
came
in
so
when
I
came
into
the
system
about
five
years
ago,
what
I
was
seeing
was
a
huge
influx
of
cases
that
were
going
into
regional
and
family
court.
We
implemented
during
the
last
three
years
a
lot
of
case
management
in
the
early
intervention
phase,
which
is
the
three
to
six
threat
threshold.
C
What
we
saw
in
implementing
a
lot
of
the
case
management
was
that
you
know
families
just
needed
help
and
education
in
terms
of
how
to
navigate
the
system.
Just
you
know
simple
things
around.
You
know
if
my
child
is
absent.
Who
do
I
submit
a
note
to
if
my
child's
in
the
house
hospital?
You
know
what
are
some
of
the
things
that
I
need
to
do
to
be
able
to
communicate
with
the
different
system
within
the
district?
D
I
don't
want
to
cut
you
off,
but
you
know.
I
definitely
want
us
to
have
a
longer
conversation
about
this.
We
can
do
that
offline.
I
think,
for
the
purposes
of
the
hearing,
though,
could
you
let
us
know
what
are
the
numbers
that
you
are
seeing,
pre-pandemic
three
to
six
absences,
ten
absences
or
more
and
then
what
do
the
current
numbers
currently
look
like
so.
C
For
the
I'll
start
with
the
current
numbers
for
for
the
current
numbers,
we
actually
are
in
the
midst
of
getting
that
data
and
that
information.
So
I
can
definitely
look
for
that
information
and
send
it
over
pre-pandemic.
What
we
were
seeing
was
an
average
of
about
5000
cases
that
were
coming
to
us
in
the
early
intervention
phases.
D
I
think
that
needs
to
go
to
our
chair.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that's
important
is
that
we're
not
looking
at
daily
attendance
rates
because
those
don't
reveal
anything
really.
It
just
shows
a
general
attendance.
What
we're
trying
to
pay
attention
to
is
the
number
of
students
who
actually
go
to
school.
D
For
you
know,
90
of
the
of
the
school
year
or,
however,
we're
measuring
it,
and
I
think,
because
you
again
deal
with
school,
you
deal
with
children
and
families
and
not
just
I
assume,
district
schools
you're
looking
at
what's
happening
in
schools
all
across
the
city,
so
we're
understanding
what
what
the
issue
is
around
in
school
engagement
and
then.
Lastly,
I
think
one
of
the
things
we
should
be
thinking
about
with
truancy
is
the
kinds
of
re-engagement
strategies
that
are
centered
at
the
school-based
level.
D
Things
need
to
change.
You
know
we
want.
I
don't
want
to
make
any
assumptions
about
about
schools
or
what's
happening,
but
clearly
we're
seeing
a
need
for
for
engagement
and
then
finally,
I
guess
what
I
would
say
is
you
know
we
have
a
school
nursing
crisis.
We
have
a
counselors,
you
know.
Obviously
we
have.
D
You
know
a
vacancies
in
a
lot
of
our
school
counselors
in
or
rather
we
have
a
lot
of
vacancies
in
our
school
nurses,
but
we
continue
to
hear
over
and
over
again
from
principals,
about
the
urgent
need
for
school
staffing
supports
for
mental
health
trauma.
Support
needs,
we've
had
a
historic
and
extremely
popular
step
program
that
the
city
initiated
through
cbh
and
that
spread
its
way
to
22
schools.
I
I'll
put
it
out
again
as
a
question
but
then
also
affirmatively
as
a
statement.
D
We
must
expand
the
number
of
schools
that
have
stepp
and,
if
that's
the
city's
responsibility
to
do
or
if
the
city
the
school
district
can
do
it,
you
know,
I
think
that
that
is
an
option,
but
deputy
mayor
figaro.
Can
you
talk
to
me
about
if
we
want
to
expand
the
number
of
schools,
and
I
know
we
have
some
social
workers
that
could
potentially
be
possible
for
this
through
the
city
and
what
are
the
barriers
at
this
point?.
E
So
she
could
also
give
insight
to
this,
but
certainly
you
know
the
the
truancy
I
think
just
offering
sort
of
where
these
supports
and
our
commitments
are,
the
truancy
case.
Managers
in
that
work
are
not
cooler,
case
managers
and
don't
necessarily
work
with
kids
who
are
already
system
involved.
So
I
think
we're
we're
certainly
more
open
to
providing
any
way
that
we
can
enhance
resources
as
necessary,
and
we
have
we
actually
did
expand.
You
mentioned
the
community
schools.
We
actually
wanted
to
make
sure
the
truancy
supports
and
case
management
services
reach
beyond.
E
So
the
community
schools
now
also
have
that
as
a
very
distinct
support
that
wallesca
has
expanded
in
in
the
district.
So
you
know
our
social
work.
Teams
are
the
social
workers
that
we
have
in
ocaf
are
assigned
to
dhs
child
welfare
related
matters
in
investigation
and
intake.
So
you
know
outside
of
that,
we're
always
looking
to
creativity,
we're
even
looking.
How
do
we
help
fund
and
support
opportunities
that
are
run
by
our
sister
organization,
so
certainly
for
step,
we
would
be
willing
to
talk
to
them
about.
A
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
so
much
to
all
of
our
colleagues
for
the
questions
that
have
already
been
offered,
some
of
which
I
already
had.
So
I
wanted
to
just
thank
you,
mr
chair,
for
working
with
us
closely
on
the
development
of
the
community
evening,
resource
centers,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
you,
deputy
mayor
figueroa
and
commissioner
ali.
B
I
apologize
if
I
missed
this,
but
I
just
wanted
you
all
to
just
go
into
a
little
detail
about
the
cercs
and
and
we'll
go
from
there,
and
I
also
I
had
another
question
around
the
leap
program.
I
was
reviewing
the
the
slides
that
you
all
submitted
to
us.
So
I
had
a
question
for
the
library
specifically
around
the
leap
program.
If
we
could
drill
down
there,
because
that's
technically
like
an
out
of
school
time
service
provider
in
the
library
system,.
F
So,
thank
you,
council,
member,
gilmore,
richardson,
and
so
no
you
did
not
miss
it.
We
didn't
have
an
opportunity
to
highlight
the
community
evening.
Resource
centers,
as
councilmember
johnson
calls
them
aka,
curfew,
centers,
and
so
we
are
pleased
with
the
support
of
council
to
have
issued
an
rfp
for
community
evening
resource
center,
so
that
rfp
was
issued
in
july.
F
The
request
for
proposals
came
in
in
august
and
then
on
october,
the
8th.
We
actually
selected
three
providers
who
will
be
providing
site-based
services
to
young
people
who
come
to
the
attention
of
the
police
as
a
result
of
a
curfew
violation.
However,
we
don't
want
to
stop
there.
We
want
to
continue
to
engage
the
young
person
and
then
offer
additional
services
to
the
young
person,
and
so
the
curfew
centers
will
be
opened
or
I'm
sorry.
F
The
three
providers
that
have
been
selected-
the
first
provider,
is
located
in
the
east
division.
That
is
the
youth
advocate
program.
The
second
provider
is
in
the
south
division
that
is
diversified.
Community
services,
also
known
as
the
dixon
house,
and
then
the
third
provider
is
in
the
southwest
division
and
that
provider
is
community
of
compassion.
F
As
indicated,
we
notified
the
awardees
on
october,
the
8th
that
they
were
selected.
So
during
this
period
of
time
they
have
been
meeting
with
my
staff
in
order
to
do
the
capacity
building.
Their
goal
is
certainly
to
make
sure
that
they
ramp
up.
You
know,
with
hiring
with
programming
we're
partnering
with
other
community-based
providers
to
ensure
that
they're
able
to
offer
comprehensive
programming
to
the
young
people,
and
so
they
will
be
operationalized
around
the
first
week
of
december.
F
B
E
So
you
know
they're,
I'm
definitely
gonna
answer,
but
you
know
there's
a
few
questions.
We
have
to
respond
to
you
guys
and
you're,
like
I
hate
to
hear
this
first
part
of
the
answer.
The
answer,
which
is
reminiscent
of
what
you
heard
around
libraries
in
general
and
parks
and
rec,
which
is
the
leap,
was
part
of
the
cuts
that
happened
during
the
pandemic
and
so
that
funding
was
entirely
eliminated
and
so
we're
building
that
back
up.
So
we
currently
have
nine
programs
in
four
priority.
Neighborhoods
I
know
chris
caputo
is
on.
E
I
think
we're
really
excited
that
lee
is
coming
back
and
one
of
the
big
one
of
the
big
benefits
is
that
we
hire
you
know
we
hire
folks
into
the
the
super
kind
of
what
I
consider
the
coordinator
supervisor,
role
that
are
usually
like
old
young
adults
and
then
the
lead
participants
itself.
But
chris
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
we
are
right
now
and
what
we're
doing
to
to
catch
up
on
the
hiring
sure
and.
B
Specifically,
let
me
let
me
be
very
clear
on
this
one,
because
I'm
very
familiar
with
leap,
I'm
a
former
tla
in
league,
so
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
program,
which
is
why
I'm
asking
and
drilling
down
on
this,
because
I
know
it's
an
important
way
to
engage
young
people
who
are
either
in
high
school
to
work
with
the
children.
They
may
know
in
the
neighborhood
who
are
in
elementary
and
middle
school
and
it
sort
of
helps
with
connecting
young
people
and
keeping
them
connected
and
sort
of
keeping
them
outside
of
that
sort
of
conflict.
B
C
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
questions.
I'm
christine
caputo,
head
of
youth
services
at
the
free
library,
and
currently
we
have
10
locations
that
are
hosting
leap
right
now
we
were
able
to
open
up
one
more
this
week,
so
eight
of
those
have
tlas.
Currently
those
libraries
are
the
greater
only
library,
the
kensington
library,
the
long
crest
library,
the
lillian
marrero
library,
the
overbrook
park,
library,
the
charles
santore
library,
the
south
philadelphia
library
and
the
taconi
library.
Then
we
have
two
additional
libraries
that
have
adult
staff
at
them.
C
Now
we
are
currently
hiring
tlas,
and
so
we
have
dozens
of
them
in
process,
but
for
young
people,
as
you
know,
the
hiring
process
can
be
a
little
complicated.
So
it
takes
a
little
bit
more
time
for
for
us
to
get
all
of
their
documentation
completed
so
each
week
we're
going
to
able
to
ramp
up
additional
locations
to
have
leap
with
the
teens
on
site.
B
Okay-
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
ask
regarding
ramping
up
with
the
the
hiring
for
the
program,
particularly
with
the
young
people,
that
you
hire
in
the
areas,
and
I
was
taking
note
of
the
libraries
that
you
you've
notated,
how
are
you
all
working
in
conjunction
either
with
the
city
and
or
the
school
district
to
determine
which
locations
are
next
meaning?
You
talked
about
priority
areas,
but
how
are
you
determining
based
on
what
you
have
online
already,
which
locations
you're
moving
to
to
next,
because
some
locations
need
more
help?
B
Some
areas
need
more
help
than
other
areas,
and
I
asked
that
because
this
is
the
overall
question
that
I
will
have
for
for
everyone.
Here
is
I'm
hearing
from
individuals
across
the
city
and
I've
been
out.
We've
been
outdoing
tools
for
enforcement
of
the
drug
paraphernalia
bill,
we've
been
walking,
communities
and
everything
those
community
members
are
telling
us
is
that
they
feel
as
though
city
services
are
not
touching
their
areas
that
may
need
you
know
more
touch.
You
know
they
may
need
to.
B
B
And
meaning,
and
for
you
christine,
what's
the
plan
as
far
as
the
next
locations
that
are
selected
to
have
tles
and
to
have
the
the
leap
program,
because
I
can
tell
you
this
from
personal
experience.
The
leap
program
kept
so
many
young
people
in
our
community
off
the
streets
in
the
library
where
they
could
receive
help
with
their
homework
and
have
another
place
to
go
until
their
parents.
You
know,
may
get
home
from
work.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question,
we're
pretty
much
hiring
simultaneously
for
all
the
libraries
it's
a
matter
of
the
timing
of
when
students
are
available
to
complete
their
paperwork,
so
we're
trying
to
support
the
teens
that
have
been
identified.
There
are
a
few
slots
to
your
point
that
have
not
yet
been
filled.
There
are
not
teens
identified
in
a
few
neighborhoods
and
we're
asking
the
staff
on
site
at
those
neighborhood
libraries
to
work
with
their
community
members
or
community
organizations
to
find
teens
from
that
community
to
support
the
after
school
program.
C
E
B
Okay,
if
we
could
do
that,
that
would
be
extremely
helpful
for
the
young
people
in
those
communities.
Thank
you
very,
very
much
christine
now,
mr
chair.
If
I
can
I'd
like
to
pivot
back
to
our
deputy
mayor
and
and
follow
up
on
some
of
the
questions
around
truancy,
so
I
wrote
down
from
reviewing
all
the
testimony
in
the
slides
I
circled
truancy.
B
Okay,
just
because
you
know
we
sent
it
out
via
postal
mail
or
in
our
e-newsletter.
Some
of
these
young
people
have
to
be
targeted
specifically
for
these
opportunities,
and
we
know
that
some
young
people
again
are
not
going
to
arbitrarily
apply.
So
how
are
we
getting
to
the
young
people
who
are
truant
to
get
them
connected
to
the
work,
ready
program
and
other
programs
that
they
may
be
eligible
for
that
they
may
not
arbitrarily
apply
for.
E
C
One
of
the
things
that
we
have
begun
doing
during
the
last
two
years
is
actually
uniting
all
of
what
we
call
the
core
partners
and
what
we
mean
by
that
is
those
are
providers
that
are,
you
know,
might
be
case.
Managers
that
are
doing
truancy.
It
could
be
providers
that
are
doing
our
school
time
or
or
it
could
either
be
providers
that
are
doing
work
ready.
C
The
idea
here
is
that
all
those
providers
were
getting
them
all
in
one
room
and
the
idea
is
for
them
to
be
able
to
understand
and
know
how
to
make
sure
that
they
have
access
and
understanding
of
the
part
of
all
the
possible
programs
that
the
kids
that
they're
serving
their
kids
and
their
families
can,
you
know,
can
be
linked
to
so
as
it
relates
to
truancy.
One
of
the
things
that
we
do
is
that
those
case
managers
are
given
the
resources.
C
You
know
when
we're
recruiting
at
the
beginning
of
you
know
the
spring
right
we're
getting
ready
for
the
summer.
Those
case
managers
are
brought
into
a
room
so
that
they
understand.
You
know
the
programs
that
are
going
to
be
available
and
that
those
programs
are
then
offered
to
this.
You
know
to
the
students
so
that
they
can
engage
and
have
jobs
during
the
summer.
B
B
I
have
a
meeting
with
the
united
states
epa
at
12
p.m,
but
I
do
have
a
question
based
on
the
materials
that
were
presented
in
advance
of
the
hearing
around
a
conflict
resolution
and
how
that
is
being
implemented
in
our
schools,
particularly
because
this
is
the
first
year
that
the
district
was
supposed
to
implement
conflict
resolution
in
every
school
for
every
child,
particularly
on
the
tier
one
basis.
So
my
question
that
I
want
to
offer
in
advance
of
that
part
of
the
hearing
is:
how
is
the
conflict
resolution
program
going
for
every
school?
B
Has
every
school
selected
a
conflict
resolution
program?
Is
it
working
and
what
more
can
we
do
to
to
supplement
the
conflict
resolution
services
that
need
to
be
offered
to
our
young
people,
and-
and
secondly,
there
was
another
issue
in
the
testimony
that
I
read
around
speed.
Bumps
in
every
school
we
want
to
look
into
that
to
ensure
that
we're
providing
a
safe
atmosphere
outside
of
our
schools,
and
that
was
one
of
the
suggestions
that
came
up
in
the
testimony
that
we
reviewed
previously.
But
I
do
have
to
go
mr
chair.
A
E
E
Thank
you,
and
I
just
I
know,
you're
rushed.
I
just
want
to
say
you
know.
I
think
that
we've
proven
that
we
can
be
really
creative
and
I
think
your
leadership
and
working
in
partnership
and
demonstrating
how
we
can
come
together,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
resources-
and
you
know
the
team
has
done
an
extraordinary
job,
so
we're
here
to
partner
with
council
and
we're
really
appreciative
of
how
your
approach
has
been
council,
member,
johnson
and
other
members
of
the
committee.
So
thank
you.
L
Whenever
we
learn
of
the
loss
of
a
student
or
the
loss
of
a
child
within
our
community,
but
particularly
we're
here
today
to
talk
about
the
impact
on
children,
I
bring
greetings
from
the
superintendent
and
from
this
gun.
Violence,
as
I
have
shared
in
the
past,
is
significantly
impacting
young
people,
particularly
black
and
hispanic
young
men
across
the
city
of
philadelphia.
L
The
loss
of
so
many
young
people's
lives
to
gun
violence
is
a
community
crisis
and
we
have
lost
far
more
children
to
gun
violence
in
the
last
year.
In
the
last
few
years
than
we
have
lost
children
to
the
pandemic,
caused
by
covin,
it
is
senseless.
It
is
alarming
and
each
time
we
learn
of
another
child
lost
to
gun,
violence,
mothers,
fathers,
brothers,
sisters,
friends,
classmates
teachers
were
all
impacted
by
this
loss.
Each
person
impacted
experiences,
their
own
trauma
and
their
own
level
of
trauma,
and
each
person
needs
to
have
a
level
of
support.
L
The
loss
of
life
is
not
isolated
to
the
individual
who
is
lost
or
to
their
immediate
family.
We
think
about
the
lost
possibilities.
Loss
of
prom
driver's
license:
graduation
marriage,
children,
grandchildren,
it's
alarming.
It's
almost
that
we
are
significantly
impacting
the
next
generation
and
the
generation
after
that.
I
think
of
the
growing
poverty
of
hope,
as
we
hear
from
each
instance
and
the
numbing
that
many
of
us
are
experiencing,
because
there
have
been
so
many
children
lost
to
gun
violence.
L
L
L
I
outline
this
do
process
today
when
a
crisis
occurs
within
our
community
district
staff,
including
the
school
principal,
receive
a
report
involving
a
school
that
page
public
school
student
and
our
prevention
and
intervention
liaisons
for
the
school
become
involved
with
the
principle
and
outline
the
plan
of
approach
in
each
individual
circumstance.
Each
experience
is
unique.
L
Unfortunately,
lately
we
have
been
having
more
and
more
instances
where
our
crisis
response
team
is
called
into
action
to
assist
principals
and
to
address
the
issues
taking
place
in
the
school.
The
response
can
involve
one
or
more
schools,
depending
on
the
student's
grade,
whether
or
not
they
have
siblings
in
other
schools,
and
the
support
that
we
provide
is
to
each
of
the
schools
and
school-based
students
in
various
staffs
in
various
schools.
L
So,
for
example,
there
is
a
victim
of
gun,
violence
in
one
particular
school,
and
they
have
cousins
and
relatives
in
another
school
we're
going
to
provide
supports
to
the
other
school
as
as
well
as
to
the
individuals
in
the
primary
school
where
the
student
attended,
counselors
psychologists,
members
of
our
step
team
are
all
involved.
We
involved
community-based
services
that
we
engage
with
a
community
behavioral
health
agency
is
involved
depending
on
the
circumstances.
L
Ibhs
teams-
that's
the
intensive,
behavioral
health
support
teams
are
actively
involved.
We
receive
assistance
from
lots
of
external
partners
in
this
effort
or
several
external
partners
in
this
effort,
including
the
center
for
grieving
children,
a
network
of
neighborhoods
and
the
philadelphia
alliance
for
child
trauma
services.
L
L
I
did
mention
ibhs,
which
is
now
in
all
of
our
schools,
in
in
partnership
with
cvh.
It's
a
tier
three
support
for
students,
and
it
also
provides
that
that
team
also
provides
coaching
and
training
for
our
teachers,
so
they
enter
classrooms
and
help
increase
the
knowledge
that
our
school-based
staff
have
with
addressing
issues
of
trauma
that
children
are
experiencing.
L
I
also
wanted
to
share
that.
My
colleague,
kevin
bethel
cannot
be
here
today,
but
two
initiatives
were
announced
most
recently
kevin
and
dr
haight
had
a
press
conference,
I
believe,
probably
a
week
or
so
ago,
where
they
announced
the
two
initiatives
and
he
shared
with
me
some
information
that
I'd
like
to
share
with
you.
Today
we
have
in
partnership
with
a
police
department
of
philadelphia.
L
They
have
worked
with
us
to
increase
their
current
school
dis,
their
presence
during
school
dismissal,
and
they
are
in
dismissal.
Corridors
they're
deployed
uniformed
officers
are
deployed
to
provide
additional
support
to
designated
schools.
Personnel
will
start
prior
to
2
pm,
which
is
the
dismissal
time.
L
I
can
share
with
you
that
these
students,
too,
are
experiencing
the
negative
impacts
of
gun
violence,
probably
on
an
ongoing
basis.
Just
as
students
in
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
are-
and
they
too
need
the
supports
that
are
extremely
important
for
any
child
to
receive
when
there
has
been
gun
violence
or
when
they
have
experienced
trauma
when
they
have
experienced
violence
and
when
they
are
sitting
side
by
side
with
individuals
who
have
done
so
as
well,
and
so
the
impact
of
gun
violence
on
children
that
are
attending
our
charter.
L
If
there
is
disproportionality
in
their
in
their
discipline
and
their
suspension
rates,
meaning,
for
example,
girls
might
be
suspended
more
frequently
than
boys
for
the
same
infraction
or
black
and
brown
students
might
be
suspended
more
frequently
than
than
other
students.
All
of
these
data
metrics,
if
you
will
are
considered
when
each
school
leader
develops
their
school
improvement
plan
and
identifies
the
evidence-based
climate
initiatives
that
will
be
implemented
in
their
school
during
the
year
and
each
of
these
plans
that
include
climate
initiatives.
L
The
principal
is
tracked
against
these.
The
principal
and
team
are
tracked
against
the
outcomes
throughout
the
year,
so
we're
monitoring
attendance
in
issues
in
schools
where
there's
an
attendance
issue,
we're
monitoring
discipline
in
schools,
where
there
might
be
an
instance
where
the
goal
for
the
year
that
the
principal
has
identified
is
to
reduce
discipline.
And
so
this
ongoing
interaction
to
monitor
is
really
a
means
of
identifying
what
the
issues
and
concerns
are
in
the
school
that
may
come
up
throughout
the
year.
L
That
need
to
be
addressed,
as
well
as
the
opportunities
to
correct
actions
and
to
improve
make
implement
implementation
changes
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
goals
that
should
be
reached
are
going
to
be
reached
several
of
the
practices
or
frameworks.
If
you
will
that
schools
have
identified
restorative
practices,
pbis
youth
court,
we
have
several
schools
that
have
identified.
L
Equity
changes,
particularly
when
they
are,
they,
are
experiencing
disproportional
results
in
that
are
shown
in
their
data
related
to
other
improvements
that
we
have
to
address
issues
of
trauma
on
an
ongoing
basis.
I
think
the
last
time
I
was
with
you
all.
In
april
we
had
the
opportunity
to
hear
from
dr
kathy
reeves
who's
with
temple
university,
who
shared
that
she's
implementing
a.
L
L
G
Dr
robin
cooper
good
morning
to
the
honorable,
councilmember,
kenyatta,
johnson
and
others
team
members,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
this
significant
opportunity
to
present
for
this
panel
on
gun
violence.
I
am
dr
robin
cooper,
proud,
president
of
teamsters
local
502
casa.
We
represent
approximately
800
school
district
of
philadelphia
administrators,
inclusive,
but
not
limited
to
principals
assistant
principals
facility
area
managers,
climate
managers,
school
police
safety,
supervisors,
food
service
supervisors,
early
childhood
supervisors
and
others.
G
If
I
asked
you
to
take
a
moment
of
silence
for
all
of
those
that
have
lost
their
lives,
who
were
under
the
age
of
18,
then
we
would
be
silent
for
as
many
hours
as
there
are
in
this
day.
Since
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
alone,
four
school
communities
have
felt
the
negative
impact
of
gun
violence
as
they
grapple
with
students
who
bring
weapons
to
school
students
who
have
been
shot
by
a
firearm,
murdered
students
and
murdered
community
members
not
associated
with
the
school
setting.
G
G
Our
schools
have
provided
a
safe
haven
for
children
to
escape,
if
only
for
those
few
hours
each
day
if
children
are
in
need
of
extracurricular
activities,
school
have
school,
provides
that
safe
haven
if
children
want
to
go
somewhere
safe
because
the
streets
are
too
dangerous,
school
provides
that
safe
haven.
So
what
happens
when
these
safe
havens
become
the
very
unsafe
places
that
children
and
families
have
tried
so
hard
to
avoid?
G
What
happens
when
the
line
between
safe
and
unsafe
is
so
blurred
that
children
aren't
sure
which
line
to
cross
reverend?
Dr
martin
luther
king
said
let
no
man
pull
you
so
low
as
to
hate
him.
It
is
clear
with
nearly
500
murders
in
our
city
in
this
year
alone,
that
there
is
a
lot
of
hate
that
is
going
on
in
our
communities
and
that
hate
has
finally
infiltrated
our
biggest
safe
haven.
Our
schools
for
gun
violence
to
make
its
way
to
the
doorsteps
of
our
safe
havens.
G
At
such
a
rapid
pace,
without
a
rapid
remedy
will
speak
for
decades
to
come
of
who
we
are
as
philadelphians
in
the
city
of
brotherly
love.
Gandhi
said:
I
object
to
violence,
because
when
it
appears
to
do
good,
the
good
is
only
temporary.
The
evil
it
does
is
permanent.
Our
school
and
our
school
car
doors
are
becoming
unsafe
for
many
reasons
that
need
our
immediate
attention.
If
we
say
that
we
truly
care
about
philadelphia's
children.
G
For
the
purpose
of
this
hearing,
I
will
highlight,
from
an
educator's
perspective,
why
schools
are
rapidly
declining
in
their
ability
to
provide
a
hedge
of
protection
around
our
most
vulnerable
citizens,
our
children.
I
will
share
what
resources
school
leaders
believe
are
needed
to
assist
in
combating
gun
violence.
Lastly,
I
will
share
policy
recommendations.
G
The
lack
of
specialized
supports
to
respond
to
the
immediate
mental
health
needs
and
trauma
of
our
students,
who
have
been
isolated
for
the
last
18
months.
A
lot
of
adults
don't
know
how
to
re-enter
society
in
a
peaceful
manner.
What
would
make
us
think
that
our
children
could
do
the
same
alone
without
the
necessary
supports
the
lack
of
equitable
funding
for
each
school
community
to
provide
activities
and
unresolved
community
peer
conflict
by
way
of
social
media?
G
All
of
these
things
have
gone
on
during
the
pandemic
and
even
before
the
following
resources
are
needed
to
assist
with
maintaining
our
schools
as
safe
havens.
We
need
school
district
and
city
officials
to
work
around
the
clock
to
hire
as
many
human
resources
as
possible.
While
we
understand
that
there
is
a
national
shortage.
Currently,
there
are
applications
that
have
not
been
processed
in
a
timely
fashion.
G
To
ensure
safe
school
environments,
we
need
the
school
district
to
ensure
that
known
and
unanticipated
vacancies
for
critical
student-facing
school-based
positions
are
able
to
be
filled
in
a
timely
manner,
resulting
in
all
schools
being
100
staff
without
fail.
There
must
be
oversight
in
this
critical
area
until
all
vacancies
are
filled.
Our
children
and
our
staff's
safety
depends
on
it.
We
want
the
school
district
to
recognize.
The
time
must
be
allotted
in
the
daily
schedule
to
conduct
peer
mediation
without
fear
of
disciplinary
action
for
deviating
from
instructional
programs.
G
Children
spent
nearly
18
months
out
of
school
during
those
18
months.
Many
still
unresolved
conflicts
exist,
especially
by
way
of
social
media.
However,
upon
the
return
of
school,
adequate
time
or
resources
were
not
allowed
to
address
many
of
the
social
ills
that,
in
some
cases,
may
have
resulted
in
the
school
violence
that
we
see.
G
We
need
a
per
student
allocation
for
each
school
for
extracurricular
out
of
school
time,
programming
that
bills
community
promotes
positive
social
interactions
and
provide
students
with
a
safe
space
after
school
hours
to
keep
them
out
of
and
off
the
streets.
We
need
implementation
of
partnerships
with
building
trades,
health
services
and
labor
unions,
so
that
high
school
students
can
access
apprenticeships
in
plumbing
carpentry,
electrical
work,
roofing,
etc.
G
We
need
for
them
to
be
provide
sufficient,
alter
alternative
and
restorative
schools,
where
students
who
have
veered
off
path
can
attend
to
get
back
on
track
for
high
school
graduation
through
academic
and
career
tech.
So
the
policy
recommendations
we're
asking
for
legislation
that
speaks
to
schools
as
safe
havens,
while
detailing
consequences
for
reckless
behavior
in
in
their
safe
car
door,
car
doors
to
and
from
schools,
we
also
need
to
revisit
the
actual
sandusky
act.
G
The
sandusky
act
is
an
act
that
was
created
to
prevent
child
abuse,
but
in
the
philadelphia
school
district
it
is
being
used
to
remove
any
adult
staff
members
who
come
into
physical
contact
with
a
child.
For
example,
staff
members
are
removed
from
schools
under
the
guise
of
violation
of
child
protective
service
law,
for
simply
separating
students
who
were
engaged
in
a
mutual
fight
or
group
assault.
So
this
erroneous
implementation
of
this
very
very
serious
act
has
adults
unwilling
to
break
up
physical
altercations
because
it
could
lead
to
the
loss
of
their
licensure.
G
Due
to
the
misconception
of
suspected
child
abuse,
several
principles
have
been
removed
for
preventing
a
student
in
crisis
from
further
harming
themselves
or
other
students,
even
when
the
principal
has
applied
the
training
provided
by
the
district
to
do
so,
which
is
called
safety
cares.
These
removals
have
also
resulted
in
child
line.
Calls
investigations
by
dhs
and
despite
being
cleared
and
expunged,
remain
as
a
black
mark
on
their
state
record,
which
limits
employee
opportunities
outside
of
philadelphia.
G
We
need
full
implementation
of
statewide,
fair,
funded
formula
so
that
philadelphia
schools
receive
their
proper
allocations
in
consideration
of
social,
emotional
status,
special
education,
multilingual
education
and
safe
schools.
Funding
in
the
words
of
gandhi,
non-violence,
is
a
weapon
of
the
strong,
the
greatest
force
at
the
disposal
of
mankind.
G
Reverend
dr
martin
luther
king
stated
non-violence
is
a
powerful
and
just
weapon
which
cuts
without
wounding
and
ennobles
the
man
who
wills
it.
It
is
a
sword
that
heals,
let
us
provide
ample
opportunities
for
our
youth
to
positively
engage
in
learning
and
training,
to
build
up
their
non-violent
power
and
be
the
force
of
healing
safety
and
health
and
our
beloved
philadelphia
community.
It
starts
with
us
and
it
must
be
done
by
us.
I
sincerely
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
K
Yep
good
afternoon,
I'm
scott
gordon
ceo
at
the
mastery
charter
schools
network.
Thank
you,
councilmember
johnson.
Thank
you
committee.
Let
me
start
by
just
quickly
introducing
mastery.
We
serve
11
500
students
in
philadelphia,
we're
unique
in
that
12
of
our
15
charters
are
turnarounds
of
the
previous
lowest
performing
and
often
violent
school
district
schools.
K
Those
schools
are
now
thriving
over
3
000
parents
have
returned
back
to
their
neighborhood
school
after
the
mastery
turnaround.
We
serve
all
students,
some
22
percent
of
our
students
have
ieps
and
finally,
academics
have
improved
so
substantially
that
most
of
our
schools
now
score
above
the
city
average.
On
standardized
test.
K
In
fact,
prior
to
the
pandemic,
mastery
was
a
national
model
for
how
schools
can
reduce
violence
by
creating
small,
strong
teacher-student
relationships,
providing
mental
health
interventions
and
offering
robust
after-school
activities.
So
some
good
news.
First,
it
works
and
just
as
an
example
in
the
year
before
masteries
turn
around
at
grads
high
schools,
six
students
had
been
shot
in
the
community
and
violence
was
a
regular
feature
of
school
life.
K
Within
four
years,
grads
had
dropped
that
number
to
zero
students
shot
and
the
school
was
taken
off
the
persistently
dangerous
list.
The
current
horrific
wave
of
gun
violence
has
done.
Undone
all
that
progress,
and
now,
as
I
know,
you
are
painfully
aware,
terrorizes
students
and
families
at
every
mastery
school
at
gratz
alone,
six
students
and
three
alumni
have
been
shot
in
the
community,
demetrius
moore,
jessier,
pitts,
rasheed,
clement,
namir,
johnson,
tommy,
frazier
and
jordan
mary.
K
I
want
to
thank
the
city
council
for
delivering
the
additional
55
million
dollars
for
anti-violence
initiatives.
Thank
you,
but
despite
that
commitment
from
where
we
sit
in
the
community,
there's
a
disconnect
relative
to
the
impact
that
we
see
at
our
level
and
before
I
sort
of
talk
about
that
disconnect.
K
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
mastery
parent
leaders
have
met
with
many
people
on
this
committee,
as
well
as
commissioner
outlaw
representatives
from
the
d.a
the
mayor's
office.
Other
state,
legislators
and
folks
have
been
incredibly
generous
with
their
time
and
it's
clear
that
they
are
working
very
hard,
but
when
our
youth
are
dying
and
our
parents
are
afraid
to
let
their
children
out
of
the
house,
it's
not
enough.
Let
me
give
you
an
example
of
what
I
mean.
K
If
that
is
the
case,
then
I
ask
that
recruiting
new
police
officers
be
a
city
priority.
Let
it
be
a
city-wide
campaign.
Our
eleven
thousand
five
hundred
parent
leaders
can
help
it
shouldn't
be
okay.
When
a
school
asked
for
a
police
car
to
be
in
front
of
the
school
and
at
dismissal
because
of
violence
in
the
community
to
be
told
that
there
simply
aren't
enough
car
available,
another
example.
We
know
that
community-based
policing
programs
work,
but
from
where
we
sit,
they
just
aren't
scaled
up
to
the
size
of
the
crisis.
K
K
K
K
Another
example:
this
month
we
launched
a
two
and
a
half
million
three-year
initiative
called
rebound
that
will
provide
intense
support
to
125
of
mass
225
mastery
students
who
are
most
at
risk
of
violence.
It
is,
as
far
as
we
know,
the
first
program
in
the
nation
to
adapt
community
anti-violence
strategies
in
a
school-based
setting.
K
K
Finally,
an
offer
mastery
parents
and
mastery
school
leaders
are
ready
to
do
whatever
needs
to
be
done.
We
will
work
with
any
and
every
public
official
city
agencies,
community
organizations,
that
is
about
the
work
of
stopping
violence,
we'll
walk
you
we'll
walk
with
you
in
the
streets
visit
homes
with
you
travel
to
harrisburg
or
washington
with
you.
We
have
the
relationships
with
our
families
and
we
want
to
engage
with
you
the
lives
of
our
black
and
brown
students
matter,
and
we
won't
rest
as
an
institution
until
every
student
is
safe.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
testimony
and
I
remember
it
was
a
couple
years
ago,
scott,
where
young
man
claire
miller,
a
good
friend
of
mine,
his
mother's
aisha,
george
massey
charter,
school
student,
passed
away,
two
of
them
actually
him
and
saw
the
noobly
both
were
murdered
and
south
philadelphia.
Remember
talking
to
you,
then,
regarding
this
same
issue
and
really
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
connect
the
dots,
because
it
shouldn't
be
two
systems
being
treated
around
the
issue
of
gun
violence
separately.
A
A
Hey
karen,
how
you
doing
today!
Thank
you.
How
are
you
good
good
always
to
go
on
record?
Just
acknowledge
you
for
going
up
to
greater
ford
prison
with
me
to
try
to
connect
the
fathers
who
are
incarcerated
with
their
children,
who
are
attending
philadelphia,
public
schools,
and
so
we
talk
about
leadership.
We
talk
about
somebody
just
walking
the
walk
and
talking
to
talk
just
want
to
acknowledge
you
for
that.
Not
most
folks
want
to
go
into
a
prison
and
address
that
type
situation.
A
A
In
terms
of
safe
corridor
programs
right
have
the
district
explored
partnering
with
neighborhood-based
organizations.
From
from
a
contractual
standpoint,
I'm
advocating
for
a
group
called
front
line
front
line,
dads
they're
outside
of
vault
school,
where
a
young
man
was
murdered
not
far
ago,
but
have
we
explored
during
those
type
of
community-based
partnerships
to
focus
on
safe
corridors,
so
safe
quarters?
And
what's
the
protocol
when
a
young
person's
found
would
have
done
in
the
school
system?.
L
So
the
goal
is
in
fact
engaged
with
regard
to
guns
found
in
a
school.
You
know
that
we
have,
for
the
last
few
years,
had
a
monoretician
program
with
the
school
district
of
philadelphia,
which
has
significantly
reduced
the
numbers
of
arrests
for
children.
Obviously,
10
11
years
old,
we
were
arresting
children.
L
Now,
that's
not
the
case,
and
so
with
the
rest
of
our
students
are
receiving
a
good
deal
of
supportive
services
and
in
fact
we
are
hopeful
that
what
we
are
actually
doing
is
reducing
the
numbers
of
young
men
that
are
going
to
places
like
greater
for
where
you
and
I
had
the
opportunity
to
see
so
many
black
and
brown
men
who
were
incarcerated
for
many
many
many
years
for
crimes
that
they
committed
when
they
were
young
young,
young,
young
people.
Young
teens.
L
The
protocol,
when
there
is
a
gun
because
bringing
guns
into
school
is
a
violation
of
our
code
of
student
conduct
and
our
code
of
conduct
outlines
specifically
what
is
to
happen
and
the
continuum
it's
not
one
of
the
offenses
that
is
included
with
our
arrest
diversion
and
in
fact
the
police
department
is
engaged
when
there
is
a
gun
in
the
school.
And
so
that's
very,
very
short.
A
Can
you
elaborate
on,
I
guess
what
was
just
mentioned
in
the
previous
testimony
regarding
I
guess
the
sandusky
rules
in
terms
of
individuals
maybe
apprehensive
to
intervene
and
resolving
conflicts
in
the
school
setting.
So
they
don't
be.
I
guess
identified
as
you
know,
breaking
law
under
the
sandusky
rule.
Can
you
can
you
elaborate
on
that
prior
testimony.
L
L
So
if
that
agency
determines
that
the
safety
plan
is
that
the
individual
involved
in
whatever
circumstance
must
be
removed,
then
that
is
the
direct
that
we
take
while
an
investigation
is
underway.
I'd
also
share
that,
to
my
knowledge,
it's
not
even
in
every
situation
that
an
individual
is
removed
pending
the
investigation
that
is
conducted
by
the
child
welfare
agency
within
the
city
of
philadelphia,
and
so
while
there
may
be
individuals
that
feel
as
described.
L
I
would
share
with
you
that
bringing
these
instances
to
our
attention
is
absolutely
important
and,
in
addition,
I
would
share
that.
Every
single
one
of
our
employees
is
required
to
receive
training
so
that
they
are
most
familiar
with
what
is
appropriate
and
what
may
not
be
and
what
is
not
appropriate
with
regard
to
with
regard
to
engaging
and
how
to
engage
with
students.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
and-
and
I
just
want
to
ask
one
last
aspect
before
I
was
robbing
this
question
as
well.
I
know
wrapping
up
in
your
testimony
robin
you
talked
about
the
role
of
charter
schools
and
I
remember
when
I
had
the
last
hearing.
A
comment
was
made
not
so
much
from
yourself,
but
this.
Basically,
it's
a
total
separate
system
and
the
reality
is,
you
know:
charters
have
to
figure
it
out,
just
being
upfront
with
you.
A
A
So
give
me
an
example
of
how
or
what
would
it
look
like
moving
forward
that
at
least
your
comments
in
terms
of
including
those
charter
school
children
in
this
conversation
collectively,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
this-
is
politics
you
got
chart
over
here
public
over
there
and
for
me
it's
just
black
kids
dying
to
be
quite
frank
with
you
and
they're
all
my
constituents,
their
children,
as
well
as
the
children
of
students
as
well
as
their
parents.
So
what
does
that
type
of
collaboration?
A
Look
like
where
you
have
one
head
of
a
charter
school
saying:
hey,
listen,
we're
willing
to
participate
in
this
process
to
keep
our
children
safe
from
a
collaborative
standpoint.
You
got
a
principal
saying,
listen!
Here's
our
perspective
on!
You
know
what
we
think
should
happen
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I
think
you
know.
Ultimately,
a
lot
of
us
are
professional
right,
we're
all
professional
and
and
I'll
just
say
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
A
L
A
No,
no,
I
was
saying
robin
because
I
want
you
to
include
the
principal's
role
in
terms
of
how
they
can
also
collaborate
with
the
district.
But
yes,
it
was
you
at
the
end.
I
did
start
off
my
comments
by
saying
you
mentioned
at
the
end
of
your
testimony.
The
inclusion
of
charter
schools
needs
to
be
a
part
of
this
conversation.
Hence
why
I
invited
scott
gordon
to
be
here
today.
A
So
my
question
is:
what
does
that
look
like
in
terms
of
the
district
based
upon
you,
working
and
dealing
with
services,
collaborating
with
charter
schools
and
not
only
just
mastery,
because
there's
also
the
african-american
charter
school
coalition?
This
is
a
group
of
all
black
charter
schools
right
who
are
also
on
the
front
line
of
trying
to
protect
you,
so
give
me
an
idea
of
what
that
type
of
collaboration
will
look
like
in
the
future.
A
L
Quite
honestly,
councilman
I
when
we
spoke
before,
I
think
the
main
message
that
I
was
trying
to
offer
was
that
if
support
is
given,
then
support
needs
to
also
be
given
to
and
and
thought
needs
to
be
given
to
as
scott
highlighted
in
his
comments
to
the
thousands
and
thousands
of
children
that
are
also
attending
charter
schools
that
are
experiencing
trauma
and
to
and
also
need
to
be
supported.
I
think
his
comments
help
highlight
exactly
the
type
of
support
that
mastery
is
able
to
offer
to
students.
L
In
addition,
we
have
we
have
other
non-mastery,
where
the
support
that
children
need
is
extremely
important
because
they
too
are
experiencing
gun
violence.
How
that
might
look?
I
will
share
with
you
my
hand
completely
with
serving
the
children
of
the
school
district
of
philadelphia.
On
occasion
we
asked
to
provide
supportive
services
to
students
in
charter
schools,
and
we
extend
to
do
that
because
to
us
it's
more
important
that
the
child
has
supportive
services
that
the
parents
know
what
is
available,
that
the
school
knows
what
options
are
available.
L
I'm
saying
to
you
that
I
would
be
remiss
and
I
wouldn't
be
a
good
child
advocate.
If
I
didn't
come
to
a
forum
like
this
one
and
advocate
for
children
that
I
don't
directly
serve,
but
that
I
know
are
impacted
significantly
by
by
the
impact
of
gun
violence.
It
is.
It
is
more
frequent
that
in
a
family,
you'll
have
a
child.
That's
in
a
school
district,
a
philadelphia
school,
a
charter
school,
an
independent
school,
perhaps
even
an
archdiocese
school,
all
in
the
same
household,
where
cousins
are
attending
various
schools
and
so
on
and
so
on.
A
G
So
one
of
the
one
of
the
pieces-
I
just
don't
think
bullets
have
any
names
on
it,
and
so
because
bullets
don't
have
any
names
on
it,
and
although
children
have
opportunities
and
families
have
opportunities
to
go
to
different
schools
and
so
forth,
these
are
still
children
who
are
come
from
the
same
neighborhoods
and
in
things
like
that,
so
we
don't
collaborate
together.
So
we
we
all
are
professional.
G
So
I
I
could
speak
for
for
teamsters
local
502.
We
we
have
no
problem.
We
have
had
several
press
conferences
with
members
from
charter
schools
with
ceos
from
charter
schools.
So
because
gun
violence
is
is,
is
a
biggie.
It
is,
I
think,
imperative
of
all
of
us
to
come
together
as
one
because
the
the
enemy
is
gun,
violence.
G
The
enemy
is
gun,
violence
and
again
the
children
come
from
the
same
neighborhood.
So
if
it's
something
that's
going
on
in
in
a
particular
school,
that's
a
public
school
and
there's
a
possible
solution
at
the
charter
school
and
or
vice
versa.
We
would
just
be
crazy
and
a
better
word
petty
if
we
did
not
put
put
aside
differences
to
try
to
make
certain
that
our
children
and
our
staff
members
for
that
matter
that
we're
all
safe.
So
there
is
no
issue
over
here
I
represent
the
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
administrators.
G
K
A
This
was
going
over
here
going
on
and
I
air
it.
This
was
going
on
in
your
area,
let's
kind
of
collaborate,
so
we
can
kind
of
like
get
to
the
root
cause
of
this
conflict
before
somebody
you
know
lose.
Their
life
could
perhaps
be
a
greater
part
of
how
you
tackle
this
in
the
future.
So
that's
duly
noted.
As
we
move
forward.
I
just
had
a
question
regarding
the
25
zones:
safe
zones,
school
safe
zones
that
were
developed
do
they
include
alternative
schools
and
charter
schools
that
are
impacted
by
gun
violence.
A
L
So
I
think
I
mentioned
the
25
zones
in
my
testimony
today.
I
don't
know
that
I
knew
the
zones
in
my
last
testimony
last
spring,
these
new
zones,
I
have
not
seen
the
schools.
I
believe
that
kevin
sent
me
a
list
of
those
schools
which
which
we
can
certainly
you
know
I
I
can
ask
him
to
send
me
again
right
now.
I
don't
have
it
in
front
of
me,
but
that's
cool.
No.
A
I
guess
just
for
clarity.
During
the
spring
we
talked
about
zeroing
in
on
schools,
most
most
impacted
by
gun
violence.
Let
me
let
me
clarify
that.
Well,
your
schools
that
are
are
are
targeted
that
are
severely
impacted
by
gun
violence
already
included
in
the
25
zones.
That
will
be
targeted
that
that
job
will
be
unveiling
soon.
L
The
schools
that
we
highlighted
last
spring
were
those
schools
where,
when
we
looked
at
700
750
instances
where
students
and
some
previous,
what
we're,
where
a
child
who
had
once
been
or
currently
a
student
within
the
school
district
of
philadelphia
may
have
attended.
That
was
the
list
of
schools
where
they
may
have
attended.
So
it
didn't
mean
that
the
child
was
the
student
was
currently
in
the
school.
It
just
meant
that
this,
who,
during
that
period
of
time,
had
been
involved
in
gun
violence
that
was
the
last
school
that
they
ever
attended.
L
A
C
C
They
so
clearly
outlined
what
is
needed
in
our
schools
right
now,
from
a
process
and
operating
perspective
and
from
a
programming
perspective-
and
I
know
you
know-
we've
talked
many
times
during
this
hearing
about
having
to
build
a
better
system
of
communication
with
our
charter
school
network,
but
even
with
respect
to
our
district
schools,
I'm
wondering
what
is
the
regular
forum
for
school
administrators
and
folks
who
are
in
our
schools
every
day
to
talk
to
the
district
about
what
is
needed.
What
what
does
that
look
like
right
now.
L
So
I
represent
one
of
several
individuals
who
are
involved
in
efforts
related
to
schools,
and
my
focus
is
on
students,
student
support
services.
We
also
have
a
charter
school
office
that
engages
with
charters
on
an
ongoing
basis,
but
direct
answer
to
your
question.
I
would
share
that.
We
have
office
of
schools
that
has
numerous
individuals
from
central
office
that
engage
with
schools
on
an
ongoing
basis.
C
Okay,
I
would
like
to
ask
dr
cooper
directly.
You
know
you
clearly
laid
out
a
number
of
items
that
you
think
need
to
be
changed
in
order
to
keep
our
children
and
our
staff
safe
within
our
schools.
How
and
were
these
shared
with
the
district?
If
so,
how
and
when
and
from
your
perspective,
what
is
the
forum
for
having
a
productive?
G
Well,
right
now-
and
that's
that's
an
excellent
question
right
now-
we're
just
finding
that
some
of
the
the
red
tape
and
just
to
give
you
just
to
go
back
to
the
sandusky
act
it
the
way
it's
being
utilized
is
in
in
this
manner
is
only
in
philadelphia,
so,
90
of
the
time
an
administrator
is
removed
for
like
breaking
up
a
fight
and
and
then
they
they
are
required.
So
you
have
a
large
number
of
of
climate
managers
where
they
sit
at
central
office
and
then
they
have.
G
They
have
to
wait
for
dhs
to
clear
them.
It
puts
their
license
and
so
forth
on
the
line
they
don't
know
what
they
would
be
able
to
keep
their
second
jobs,
most
of
them
work
with
behavioral
health,
and
then
it
lingers
on
and
on
so
you're
talking
about
a
good
six
to
nine
in
into
nine
months
and
in
a
lot
of
cases,
dhs
has
cleared
them,
but
then
it
goes
through
a
whole
nother
situation
with
the
school
district.
So
what
folks
are
are
frightened
to
actually
get
involved
which
can
indirectly
lead
to
students.
G
Saying
hey,
I'm
going
to
try
this
on
my
own.
I'm
going
to
do
some
things,
so
we've
had
conversations,
but
we
can't
seem
to
come
to
a
point
that
the
way
the
the
act
the
act
is
good
is
supposed
to
be
used
to
stop
child
abuse,
but
child
abuse
is
defined
as
reckless
reckless
endangerment
of
children
not
breaking
up
a
fight
not
coming
into
physical
contact
with
the
child.
So,
and
I,
and
I
always
encourage
council
members
to
do
their
own
homework
check
it
out.
G
This
is
not
happening
in
other
situations
unless
it's
the
case
of
suspected
child
abuse.
So
if
I
break
up
a
fight,
there
is
no
way
you
should
remove
me
from
my
assignment
and
send
me
to
to
no
man's
land
until
it's
all
figured
out.
So
now
I
have
a
number
of
things
running
through
and
so
now
I'm
going
to
be
twice
shy
in
in
removing
a
child
from
a
fight
and
then,
while
I'm
waiting,
there
is
a
victim
in
that
fight.
G
G
You
know,
look
looked
at
to
come
up
with
viable
solutions
because
in
the
course
of
your
job
and
if
I'm
doing
safety
care
training,
why
am
I
removed
at
all?
If
I'm
doing
this,
if
I'm
doing
everything
so
with
situations
like
that?
That
indirectly
leads
to
a
breakdown
in
keeping
children
safe?
Because
you
know
it's
a
hands-off
policy,
because
no
one
wants
to
lose
their
job,
trying
to
really
break
up
a
fight
and
it
it
does
happen
more
often
than
not.
Excuse
me.
L
F
Thank
you
karen,
and
thank
you,
dr
robin.
So
yes,
dr
rob,
I
haven't
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
you
neither
scott
but
I'm
kimberly
ali,
I'm,
commissioner,
for
the
philadelphia
department
of
human
services,
and
so
when
you
make
reference
to
the
sandusky
rule
first,
I
want
to
state
that
it
was
actually
changes
to
the
child
protective
services
law.
F
So
all
reports
of
child
abuse
and
neglect
are
investigated
by
dhs
social
workers
part
of
the
plan
of
safety.
If
it
is
a
child
protective
services
report
because
there
is
allegations
of
physical
abuse
or
sexual
abuse,
is
to
remove
whoever
is
the
alleged
perpetrator
from
his
or
her
contact
with
the
child
or
with
children.
During
the
course
of
the
investigation,
so
you
are
right
in
that,
dr
robin,
and
so
to
give
you
a
sense,
the
investigation
typically
takes
the
department
up
to
60
days
so
up
to
60
days
to
do
that
investigation.
F
However,
we
also
recognize
the
need
to
make
sure
that
we
do
investigations
quickly,
and
so,
instead
of
these
investigations
going
to
you
know,
I
have
four
investigation
divisions
at
the
department.
So,
instead
of
just
going
to
four
divisions,
we
actually
have
one
administrative
section
who
handles
all
of
the
reports
as
it
relates
to
reports
on
school
district
personnel,
because
we
wanted
that
to
be
centralized.
F
Unfortunately,
I
didn't
know,
I
didn't
know
that
we
were
going
to
go
down
this
route,
so
I
don't
have
numbers
in
reference
to
this,
but
I
will
tell
you
that
system-wide,
the
reports
that
come
into
the
dhs
hotline
80
of
the
reports
are
reports
as
it
relates
to
general
protective
services,
so
neglect
and
not
child
abuse.
So
I
don't
have
the
numbers.
However,
we
do
work
closely
with
the
school
district
to
ensure
that
we
investigate
the
reports
so
that
we
can
give
the
school
district
a
determination
and
I'm
sorry.
C
I'm
going
to
have
to
interrupt,
I
I
do
have
to
step
off
for
one
o'clock,
but
the
point
of
my
question
that
we
went
very
deep
and-
and
that
was
good
and
I'm
glad
that
council,
member
kenyatta
johnson
is
creating
a
table
where
folks
that
need
to
talk
to
each
other
can
talk
to
each
other.
The
point
of-
and
I
didn't
sort
of
understand,
dr
cooper's
comments
as
being
that
she
didn't
understand
the
sandusky
law.
C
I
understood
her
comments
to
say
that
the
interpretation
of
it
locally
is
stopping
adults
from
being
able
to
intervene
in
fights.
So
that's
a
conversation
that
needs
to
happen,
and
it's
great
that
it's
happening
in
this
hearing.
But
my
question
was
what
is
the
more
routine
coming
together
that
allows
people
who
are
working
in
schools
and
seeing
these
conditions
every
day
to
talk
to
the
folks
who
are
making
policies
and
implementing
programs
and
and
on
the
hook
for
providing
resources
to
those
schools
right.
C
So
the
hearing
is
great,
but
it
can't
just
be
the
hearing
and
my
question
and
and
the
sort
of
answers
make
it
seem
like
there's
not
a
place
for
this
conversation
to
come
together,
especially
in
a
rapid
way.
In
seven
weeks
in
our
city,
we've
seen
violence
in
schools
in
and
around
schools
like
we
have
never
before.
G
I
just
wanted
to
tell
you
that
dr
cooper,
I
I
just
wanted
to
say
she.
She
was
point
one.
You
know
I'm
I'm
at
this
hearing,
because
we
we
are
in
a
state
of
crisis,
and
so
I
think
the
question
was
a
good
one.
You
know
you
you,
we
can't
especially
post
pandemic.
We
can't
walk
around
acting
like
everything
is
normal.
We,
you
know
when
we're
saying
all
hands
on
deck.
You
know
I'm
being
very
transparent.
G
I
have
principles
crying
right
now,
while
I'm
here
at
this
this
hearing,
I've
had
three
principles
to
contact
me
to
tell
me
to
go
to
a
school,
because
the
principal
is
really
literally
crying
in
her
office.
While
I
am
here
because
they
can't
they
cannot
do
the
job
with.
If
you
have
20
vacancies,
every
school
is
going
to
look
out
of
control.
So
is
it
that
it's
a
it's
a
poor
principle
or
is
it
that
the
resources
are
not
there?
G
So
when
you
have
principals
who
are
crying,
but
the
the
there
is
a
disconnect,
because
there's
also,
you
know
it
at
the
very
same
time,
you're
saying
to
central
office
people.
Would
you
like
to
remote
work
remotely
from
home?
So
when
you're
in
a
building
you're
saying
oh,
no,
not
work
remotely
from
home,
we
need
all
hands
on
that
place
and
them
to
the
school
to
help
us
fill
some
of
these
spots.
G
So
when
we're
really
talking
about
being
in
crisis,
we're
at
a
hearing
on
gun
violence,
so
that
means
we
can't
do
business
as
usual.
We
have
to
have
all
hands
on
deck
approach
from
the
city
from
the
schools,
from
the
unions
we
have
to.
Everybody
has
to
say
this
is
serious.
Our
children
are
hurting,
we
need
to
be
where
the
action
is,
and
that
means
everybody.
G
So
I
think
her
question
was
really
good,
because
there
isn't
a
forum
where
you
know
it's
not
business
as
usual,
and
oh
we're
going
to
go
to
school,
to
teach
and
learn
and
there's
no,
there
there's
no
outlet
to
really
talk
about
conflict
resolution.
There's
no
outlet
to
really
get
into
what
happened.
So
when
we
returned
in
september,
we
returned
like
it
was
business
as
usual
and
and
I
think
we
have
to
really
call
a
thing,
a
thing
and
say
we
are
in
crisis
and
really
work
to
get
over
this
crisis.
A
That
was
good
feedback
and
I
think
we
have
these.
Then
I
think
we
have
these
hearings,
because
they
give
us
an
opportunity
to
look
at
what
type
of
recommendations
and
how
we
move
forward
to
bring
our
parties
together
to
work
closely
around
this
particular
issue.
I
don't
have
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
members
of
my
committee.
A
A
You
know
doing
prayer
vigils,
I'm
trying
to
find
re-pad
space,
and
so
we
want
to
stay
on
top
of
this
issue
and
not
just
wrap
it
up
at
the
end
of
the
year
that
oh,
we
got,
500
homicides
and
life
goes
on.
Let's
start
the
clock
over
at
one
well
after
january
one,
and
so,
but
I
thank
all
of
you
for
taking
time
out
of
your
schedule
and
I
appreciate
it
and
we
will
be
in
contact
offline
as
well.
A
K
M
Commissioner
captain
love
out,
but
I
want
to
first
give
a
summary
before
I
get
my
exact
testimony
of
why
the
young
chances
foundation
is
here
after
this
is
the
third
time.
But
on
the
first
time
that
we
came
to
speak,
we
spoke
on
what
is
gun
violence
and
what
does
gun
violence
look
like
in
our
community
and
we
address
it
as
it
wasn't
black
or
white.
It
wasn't
something
that
it
stood
with
a
name
or
a
number.
M
M
When
it
pertains
to
gun
violence,
it
became
clear
that
the
special
committee
on
gun
violence
took
the
necessary
steps
to
not
only
prioritize
the
issue
but
use
funding
as
a
ways
to
address
the
issue
and
decrease
the
level
of
conflicting
issues
related
to
gun.
Violence
like
police
policy,
probation
and
parole
changes,
etiquette
program
for
targeted
communities
across
the
city
of
philadelphia
being
hit
hardest
by
the
violence
and
murders.
M
With
our
two
specific
initiatives
we
mentioned
before,
rally
against
poverty.
We
partner
with
multiple
city
partners
throughout
the
city,
community-based
organizations
and
volunteers
who
go
hard
for
the
day-to-day
possibilities
of
our
family.
Working
with
the
food
share
program,
caring
for
friends,
the
philadelphia
food
rescue
program,
17
police
district
and
more
to
provide
over
400
000
pounds
of
food.
We
served
over
13,
000
families,
hot
meals
throughout
south
philadelphia,
partnering
with
community-based
organizations
like
the
south,
philadelphia
junior
stakeholders,
ias
and
touch
bathana
family
services
dope
and
more.
M
We
have
organized
over
35
community
events
that
service
over
2400
families
that
receive
pampers
wipes
school
supplies,
rental
assistance,
gift
cards
for
children's
cleanups
in
the
communities
to
have
direct
services
to
our
community
residents.
We
also
partner
with
the
city
of
philadelphia
to
bring
additional
health
programs
and
activities
that
bring
to
the
needs
of
our
residents.
M
Indigo
was
a
key
partnership
that
established
three
loading
docks
that
has
about
24
new
bikes
that
assist
our
young
population
with
addressing
anxiety
and
reducing
stress
by
just
taking
a
to
30
minute
bike
ride
in
or
around
our
community
and
end
city.
Another
initiative,
but
not
our
last
one,
was
iraq.
M
But
we
have
been
saying
that
the
most
challenging
for
us
is
enhancing
our
safe
place
for
kids
initiative
to
provide
quality
educational
services,
recreational
activities
and
public
health
resources
that
reduce
poverty
in
our
community.
Targeting
our
youth,
we
have
had
great
partnerships
with
local
youth
organizations,
community
leaders
and
youth
specifically
to
implement
this
strategy.
We
work
closely
with
brilliant
child
learning
academy,
philadelphia
parks
and
rec
department,
the
office
of
violence
prevention
and
mentioned
before,
like
the
17th
college,
district,
philly
stars
foundation,
imsp
and
others
throughout
the
community.
M
Other
individuals,
volunteers,
like
miss
karen,
miss
berninita,
miss
adele
and
our
community
to
support
our
mission
for
that.
This
initial
strategy
not
only
reduce
violence
but
also
reduce
poverty
along
with
grace
ferry.
We
know
we
know
we
have
numbers
against
us
here
in
south
philadelphia
with
4
out
of
10
people
living
in
grace
ferry
had
been
exposed
or
have
been
a
direct
victim
of
violence
compared
to
one
and
a
half.
Citizens
and
the
city
of
philadelphia
have
been
exposed
to
violence.
M
Also
in
comparison
to
the
data,
that's
provided
openly
the
disparity
in
employment
that
the
city
has
4.5
percent
compared
to
the
12.7
percent
of
unemployment
rates
in
grace
vary
with
this
in
hand,
knowing
how
essential
it
is
to
provide
programs
and
resources
to
our
residents,
who
was
most
likely
to
see
violence
or
not
able
to
obtain
employment.
We
did
any
and
everything
needed
to
implement
our
initiatives.
M
Anything
from
supply
drives
for
families
that
assisted
the
closed
food,
air
conditioners,
rental
assistance,
holiday
gifts
for
the
youth
and
seniors
throughout
the
year.
Our
books
for
breakfast
program
identifies
schools
in
the
south
philadelphia
area.
Any
child
that
is
walking
that
doesn't
have
a
book
bag
receives
one
with
a
meal.
To
start
the
day
off.
This
program
has
been
valuable
to
over
700
children
and
counting
that
have
participated
in
our
resources.
M
Working
with
four
federal
probation
officers,
we
have
assisted
individuals
to
sustain
employment
and
mentoring
throughout
the
last
18
months.
Individuals
who
are
most
likely
to
shoot
will
be
killed
in
the
streets
of
philadelphia
summer
camp
has
been
the
gateway
of
all
of
our
initiatives
set
forth
summer.
Camp
provided
a
safe
place
for
over
the
past
eight
years,
so
in
over
300
children
and
for
over
30
000
hours
of
activity,
hours
and
programs.
M
We
say
these
programs
partners
and
participants
because
of
the
data
that
is
reported
by
ppd
and
more
open
data
outlets.
The
philadelphia
police
department
identifies
the
section
of
grace
ferry
that
ycf
works
in
as
psa2
police
service
area
2,
and
we
have
partnered
with
the
17th
to
strategize
and
implement
these
and
more
programs
to
see
change
on
the
positive
balancing
results.
M
Data
has
shown
a
50
percent
decrease
in
shootings
in
the
whole
17th
police
district,
but
specifically
to
our
pinpoint
era
to
state
some
of
the
data
in
2000
and
2020.
There
were
31
shooting
victims
in
psa
ii
in
2021,
there
was
only
four
shootings
for
shooting
victims.
2022
2020
there
were
29
aggravated
assaults
with
a
gun.
In
2021,
there
was
only
18
aggravated
assaults
with
a
gun
from
2019
to
2020.
There
were
six
homicides
in
the
whole
district
in
2021,
there
has
been
four
to
date.
These
numbers
are
not
great.
M
One
life
affected
by
violence
is
a
problem
that
needs
a
solution.
I'll
close
by
saying
that
the
work
is
not
done.
We
are
looking
to
increase
our
services
and
data-driven
programs
with
our
community
partners,
elected
officials
and
youth
to
provide
additional
and
direct
resources
through
our
community
surveys
and
we're
partnering
with
university
of
penn,
the
community
spouse
program
to
put
together
educational
partnership
to
bring
effective
and
efficient
results
to
our
community.
A
N
Okay,
my
name
is
brown,
I'm
a
creative
entrepreneur
and
youth
engagement
strategist.
I
have
a
non-profit,
titled
april
inc,
it's
a
creative
arts
initiative
and
our
mission
is
to
service
the
youth
first
off.
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
councilman
johnson
for
allowing
me
on
this
panel
and
the
entire
city
council
and
everybody
else,
who's
involved
in
the
education
system
to
hear
out
the
panelists
and
possibly
come
up
with
some
solutions
on
making
our
schools
a
little
bit
more
safer.
A
N
Okay,
specifically,
I'm
here
to
speak
about
the
school
tour
that
I
have
going
on
in
the
program
and
that
I've
been
providing
for
schools,
which
is
called
the
abroad
experience
now
prior
to
the
school
to
us
getting
back
to
schools.
I've
been
very
heavy
in
my
community
and
multiple
communities
around
the
city
of
philadelphia.
N
As
far
as
creative
engagement
events
bringing
the
youth
together-
and
you
know
just
just
servicing
them
and
building
relationships
with
them
organically
to
lead
up
to
the
april
experience.
Currently,
the
school
tour
is
taking
place,
I'm
getting
a
lot
of
calls
from
schools
and
I'm
getting
a
lot
of
reactions
from
it
from
people.
Seeing
the
footage
and
seeing
how
the
students
are
engaging.
N
The
april
experience
we
provide
educational
entertainment.
So
all
the
entertainment
well
90
of
the
entertainment
is
educational.
It
speaks
about
something
that
can
help
develop
these
kids
mindset
and
transform
them
in
some
sort.
We
bring
a
live
band.
We
bring
different
type
of
entertainment
just
to
capture
the
attention,
because
our
goal
is
to
connect.
I
notice,
when
I
go
to
certain
schools
and
when
certain
deans
ask
me
you
sure
you
want
to
bring
this
to
my
school.
These
students
are
a
little
rowdy
and
one
thing
I
notice.
N
Sometimes
it's
just
a
connection
problem
between
the
staff
and
the
students.
They
don't
necessarily
understand
how
the
the
communicate
with
the
students
in
the
language
they
may
understand,
and
that's
what
I
try
to
do
with
the
april
experience
and
it's
not
just
about
performing
the
the
step
two
to
that
is
also
implementing
programming,
such
as
providing
resources
to
mental
health,
job
training,
financial
literacy
and
the
list
goes
on.
With
this
april
experience
a
couple
problems
I've
been.
N
Some
schools
shut
me
down
and
I
think
the
only
way
that
we're
gonna
be
able
to
fix
this
problem
and
help
make
our
kids
feel
more
safe,
is
building
like
a
cultural
connection
between
them
and
that's
gonna.
Take
creativity
to
be
specific.
I've
been.
I
have
a
program
that
I'm
going
to
be
offering
to
these
schools
that
I
toured
and
it's
a
youth,
influencer
group.
N
If
anybody
want
to
meet
and
speak
outside
of
this
panel,
we
can
talk
deeper
and
we
can
get
more
into
with
the
strategies
behind
it
and
how
it
really
can
be
effective
and
how
I'm
already
implementing
right
now
and
then
I
plan
on
copying
and
pasting
this
around
different
schools
who
really
need
it,
who
who
has
the
most
fights
going
on,
etc.
A
couple
schools
that
I've
I've
been
partnered
with
now
is
kenderton
elementary
tilden
middle
school
prep
charter
just
reached
out
to
me.
N
So
I've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
guys
that
I
know
a
lot
of
black
men
rather
younger
or
older,
and
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
that
we
all
can
be
on
the
same
page
as
far
as
getting
in
these
schools
and
bringing
our
presence
on
a
consistent
basis
in
the
schools
that
we
are
programming
with
one
other
thing
I
noticed
when
I
go
to
these
schools.
I
just
clash
from
a
fifth
grade,
classroom
to
a
trip
to
the
zoo
and
I
bring
an
influential
anti-gun
violence
artist
name.
N
N
You
know
famous
as
well,
so
what
I've
been
doing
outside
of
being
in
schools?
Is
I've
been
building
with
some
of
these
upcoming
celebrities?
These
young
people
that
they
watched
and
listened
to
and
what
I've
been
trying
to
do
is
see.
How
can
we
all
get
on
one
accord
as
far
as
bringing
their
presence
into
the
schools
that
I'm
programming
with?
So
those
are
some
of
the
things
that
I'm
working
on
to
kind
of
at
least
give
the
message
directly
to
the
students
like
okay.
N
This
might
just
be
entertainment
that
we're
doing
we
don't
really
want
y'all
to
go
out
and
do
these
type
things.
So
these
are
the
things
that's
coming
a
part
of
the
april
experience,
and
with
that
the
influencer
group
that
I'm
going
to
be
creating
for
the
schools,
I
think
that's
going
to
rebuild
a
sense
of
unity
and
restore
a
cultural
connection
within
the
schools
and
what
my
my
overall
vision
for
this
is
that,
after
I
come
to
a
school
and
provide
what
I
can
provide
to
school,
do
like
a
complete
360.
N
N
So
the
activism
is
not
only
going
to
be
inside
the
schools,
creating
a
system
where,
as
though
we
can
be
able
to
get
to
the
parents
and
kind
of
re,
restore
that
connection
between
the
students
and
the
parents
as
well,
which
could
change
their
behavior,
which
can
change
the
way
they
act
in
school
which
could
change
the
school
overall.
That's
about
it.
I
think
that
I
got
to
talk
about
right
now,
once
again,
big
shout
out
to
councilmember
johnson
for
calling
me
and
having
me
on
this
panel.
N
C
A
I
know
that
right
from
drill
music
to
you
know,
understand
the
dynamics
of
the
streets
right
so
give
us
your
perspective
and
what
you've
been
hearing
when
you're
out
and
about
doing
these
performances
in
the
schools
with
the
young
people,
the
feedback
and
your
recommendations
on
how
we
shift
that
culture.
We
shift
the
culture
where
you
know,
I
guess
cool
is
school.
Art
is
cool
and
not
gun
play
because
right
now
we're
gonna,
listen
to
competition,
to
murder.
Somebody!
It's
a
communist
competition
fun.
A
N
Yep
yeah,
I'm
glad
you,
and
this
is
why
you
know
I'm
glad
that
you,
lea
you're
you're
such
a
leader.
The
way
you
are
and
you
understand
the
dynamics,
other
culture,
the
way
you
do
even
coming
from
an
elected
official
point
of
view,
as
well
as
somebody
who
is
just
a
regular
person
who
comes
from
these
communities
because
you
spoke,
you
spoke
about
drill
music
and
when
we
think
about
drill
music
that
originated
in
chicago,
then
there's
certain
languages
that
chicago
uses
called
lingo.
N
When
I
was
with
my
fifth
grade
class,
you
would
think
that
they
were
they
were
from
chicago
just
from
the
way
they
were
speaking.
So
that
goes
to
show
how
powerful,
music
and
entertainment
is
like.
These
kids
are
living
by
these.
These
lyrics
that
these
people
are
talking
about
no
they're,
not
even
from
chicago
they're,
calling
people,
ops,
lacking
cinderelly,
that's
just
a
whole.
That's
that's
the
terminology
they
use.
N
Fortunately,
for
me
I
don't
I
mean
I
guess
it's
just
my
gift
from
god.
I
got
I
get
reactions
and
I
don't
even
curse
in
my
music,
so
that
has
been
something
that's
been
capturing
attention
like.
Okay,
I'm
speaking
about
positivity,
but
I
do
study
like
the
the
the
cadences
that
they
like
the
the
vocal
tones
and
all
that,
and
I
just
try
to
implement
positivity
into
that.
So
what
I
would
say
is
I
feel
like.
N
If
we
make
positivity
popular
then
we
start
to
influence
more
kids
to
want
to
be
positive
or
a
set
positivity
and
accept
that
into
their
consciousness
and
accept
that
into
they
being
because
there's
no
way
that
you
know
every
time
I
listen
to.
I
mean
no
shout
out
to
the
radios,
but
every
time
I
listen
to
the
radio,
it's
the
same
thing
every
time.
I
look
at
who's,
getting
the
big
platforms
on
the
big
hip-hop
platforms.
It's
the
same
thing
when
the
big
concerts
is
in
the
city,
who's
getting
those
platforms.
N
N
Their
attention
to
somebody
that
does
negative
work.
So
I
think,
if
we're
dealing
with
that
culture
of
positivity,
we
make
it
popular
y'all
provide
the
hope,
the
resources,
the
exposure
that
y'all
can
and
y'all
us
on
the
ground.
Who's
doing
this
in
the
unique
way
that
we're
doing
it
to
continue
to
drive
and
to
to
drive
this.
This
car
and
push
this
engine,
and
I
think
that
the
change
will
come.
F
A
A
M
J
J
J
J
J
J
Our
academy
currently
provides
various
field
trips
activities,
advanced
resources
to
our
families,
to
our
family,
to
our
community
that
helps
the
children
steer
them
in
a
different.
Our
events
help
involve.
We
involve
all
of
the
community
and
our
events.
We
open
all
our
events
up
through
the
community
and
that
gives
them
a
different
experience.
J
J
We
put
them
in
the
front
which
gives
them
a
different
experience
on
being
in
the
front
and
sitting
up
in
the
beaches,
because
now
they
have
a
holistic
approach
with
I'm
sorry,
if
I
could
just
go
back
to
where
it
participates
in
our
parents,
we
part
to
provide
social
graces
to
our
children,
to
our
parents,
to
us
staff
and
again
with
you
grace,
is
providing
different
experiences.
It
gives
you
a
different
output
of
what
you
get
from
the
children.
We
try
to
start
early.
We
understand
early
childhood
education.
J
People
seem
to
that.
It's
not
important,
it
is.
It
is
the
groundwork.
It's
the
beginning
stages,
it's
the
foundation
to
where
our
children
will
learn
and
repeat
the
behavior
or
do
what
you
can.
Only
get
out
what
you
put
in
so,
if
you
don't
put
quality,
if
you
don't
put
essential
things,
your
children
like
what
the
output
won't
be
much
so
we're
here
at
brilliant
minds.
We
try
to
involve
our
parents.
J
Our
parents
are
mandated
to
participate,
they're
mandated
to
have
family
engagement,
they're
mandated
to
volunteer
because,
as
from
a
education
standpoint,
what
I
noticed
is
that
80
to
85
grow
up
in
single
family
homes
they
broke,
grow
up
in
a
broken
home.
They
grow
in
an
abusive
home.
We
have
to
combat
that
early
because
they
come
in
as
an
early
age.
With
that.
J
Intervention,
because
if
we
can
get
the
children
and
intervene
in
the
behavioral
or
different
issues
that
they're
producing
from
what
they
experience
at
home
and
in
communities,
then
we
can
cut
or
probably
help
steer
it
different
as
they
go.
So
with
that
being
said
for
brilliant
minds,
it's
important
that
we
participate,
participate
in
a
gun
violence
because
it
affects
our
children
and
they're
traumatized
from
an
early
age
based
off.
J
If
they
lost
a
father,
they
lost
a
brother,
they
lost
their
mother,
they
lost,
you
know
a
sibling
to
gun
violence,
and
then
we
have
to
take
one
here
at
the
center.
So
if
I
was
to
just
continue
to
say
that
I
just
appreciate
you,
because
you
take
my
subject
in
this
topic
and
what
people
don't
understand,
then
we
don't
unite
together
as
a
whole.
J
Then
the
children
won't
force
you
and
they
won't
see
the
importance
of
united,
but
we
have
to
unite
as
as
a
whole
to
stop
it,
because
it's
out
of
control,
my
hashtag
is
stronger
together.
If
we
do
not
unite
together,
we
cannot
stronger
and
we
need
a
strong
force
to
stop
this
gun
violence
and
the
effect
that
it's
having
on
our
community
and
on
our
children
and
believe
it
or
not.
J
It
is
having
a
strong
again
brilliant
minds
also
owns
the
hall
exclusive
to
yours
next
door.
We
partnered
with
your
own
chances
to
partner
with
you,
we
partnered
with
a
lot
of
stuff,
and
we
opened
our
hall
up
to
anything
that
the
community,
the
city
council,
to
do
here
to
help
the
community
survive
to
work
together
to
unite
to
stop
this
gun
violence.
So
again,
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
talk.
J
A
You're
welcome
you're,
welcome
as
well
to
tariq
glasgow
young
chances
foundation.
I
want
to
get
an
idea
of
in
terms
of
the
outreach
services
that
y'all
provide
inside
graves
ferry.
I
want
to
get
a
clear
idea
of
prevention
measures
that
stir
young
people
in
the
right
direction
when
it
comes
to
encouraging
them,
not
picking
up
and
picking
up
guns
in
the
first
place
and
just
trying
to
get
an
idea
from
being
on
the
ground.
M
So,
most
importantly,
is
as
a
our
outreach
is
looking
in
the
mirror.
We
don't
point
the
finger
at
the
individuals
who
we
know
are
going
through
some
things
in
their
lives.
One
of
the
particular
programs
that
we
run
to
cater
to
that
demographic
is
our
hustle
program,
is
how
you
survive
through
life
every
day,
and
we
understand
the
the
life
like
aunt
with
santa
is
quick.
You
have
to
have
that
knowledge
or
understanding
of
what
they
want
and
it's
quit.
M
You
know
a
lot
of
the
results
and
things
that
you
know
the
elected
officials
and
yourself
take
a
beating
on
is
because
it's
not
immediate.
The
results
are
not
fast,
but
if
we
give
them
the
opportunity
to
say
this
is
how
you
survive
through
life
every
day,
it's
the
same
hustle
as
you
making
a
video,
but
you
could
be
a
producer,
so
we
meet
them
on
the
ground.
The
same
way
that
we're
on
the
ground
trying
to
find
out
answers,
we
ask
them.
What
do
you
need
to
not
get
pulled
over
by
the
cops?
M
M
You
know,
I
know
you,
unfortunately
you're
from
18th
street,
so
you
understand
the
dynamics
of
having
that
inner
community
issues
where,
if
you're
from
a
little
block
in
this
other
little
block,
if
your
jurors
are
messed
up,
they
gonna
say
that
you're
dirty
you're,
whistling
by
the
understanding
that
if
we
all
put
our
collective
minds
together,
we
can
buy
a
bucket
of
water
ice
and
sell
it,
and
we
all
can
get
some
jordans.
So
just
building
that
approach
that
their
hustle
doesn't
have
to
always
be
negative.
It
could
be
positive
too.
M
So
that's
why
I
really
appreciate
what
anna's
doing,
especially
with
the
younger
ones,
is
changing
that
stereotype
of
how
you
have
to
get
the
bag.
How
you
have
to
you
know,
move
away
from
this
life
because
it
is
inviting
and
exciting,
but
you
don't
want
to
end
up.
You
know
dead
or
having
your
family.
You
know
traumatized
forever.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
tanisha
mcclinton,
brilliant
minds.
We
talk
about
early
childhood
development.
We
talk
about
the
impact
on
gun
violence
on
children.
I
think
right
now
we
probably
now
somewhat
normalized
right,
a
prayer
vigil
a
teddy
bear
vigil
right
and
we're
talking
about
pre-k
students
who
are
living
inside
our
communities.
How
does
and
what's
the
approach
that
brilliant
minds
have
taken
to
address
the
subliminal
trauma
that
our
young
people
are
experiencing.
J
We
we
counsel
the
children,
we
counsel
the
parents,
we
counsel
these
families
and
we
also
teach
or
divert
the
negative
energy
into
positive
energy
and
teach
them
different
ways
to
deal
with
the
anger
manage,
maybe
feeling
to
deal
with
the
grief.
We
also
outsource
resources,
outsource
them
to
resources.
If
it
goes
beyond
what
we
can
handle,
we
also
bring
in
programs
that
help
the
families
and
children
deal
with
whatever
they're
prominent
they're
dealing
with,
but
then
turn
around,
and
we
that
positive
affirmation,
no
matter
if
this
happened,
you
could
still
be
this.
J
A
Good
well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
all
of
you
for
your
testimony.
It
was
important
also
just
to
get
an
on
the
ground
approach.
We
did
a
professional
aspect.
We
deal
with
the
administration
aspect,
but
it's
also
important.
I
understand
what
people
are
dealing
with
day-to-day
on
the
ground,
from
a
recommendation
and
strategy
standpoint,
because
ultimately
you're
addressing
the
issues
that
are
impacting
our
community
by
the
work
that
you're
doing
day
in
and
day
out.
So
I
thank
you
for
taking
time
out
of
your
schedule
and
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
M
Council
member,
before
you
go,
I
would
just
like
to
say
happy
belated
birthday
to
you.
A
lot
of
people
see
you
doing
it,
but
you
you
just
celebrate
another
year,
but
also
just
make
some
prayers
out
for
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
out
in
the
community,
for
your
family
man
happy
birthday
and
wish
you.
P
P
I
think
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying:
we've
seen
all
the
statistics
we've
heard,
the
news,
solid
read
the
papers,
we've
seen
the
bloodshed
and
we
continue
to
hear
the
mothers
cry
in
our
communities.
We've
greatly
personally
agreed.
We've
embraced
each
other
we've
created
teddy
bear
memorials,
balloons,
flowers,
t-shirts.
P
P
Of
course,
some
of
you
personally
have
relationship
with
some
of
you
personally,
so
you
know
my
work,
you
know
my
commitment,
you
know
where
I've
been
and
what
I
do.
I
once
served
as
the
sole
service
director
for
folks
returns
from
2013
to
2018
a
time
when
the
city
experienced
its
lowest
gun
violence
rate.
I
see
what
works
and
I've
seen
what
doesn't
work
from
the
ground
level
to
the
executive
office.
From
my
front
step,
I've
witnessed
violence
and
death
is
his
home
for
me.
P
Personally,
I
don't
know
what's
next,
I
I
believe
that
the
best
solution
is
to
invest
directly
into
those
who
have
been
most
impacted
by
gun
violence,
to
help
the
healing
and
prevent
further
dollars,
but
to
kind
of
set
the
table.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
a
quick
story
in
1968,
martin
luther
king
was
murdered.
My
family
was
living
in
alabama
at
the
time,
and
my
mother,
father
decided
to
move
to
philadelphia
just
to
give
it
two
children
a
better
life,
more
opportunity.
P
They
found
that
the
streets
of
philadelphia
were
not
people
gold
and
there
was
no
milk
and
honey.
I
grew
up
in
north
philly
with
a
father
who's,
a
truck
driver
and
a
stay-at-home
well
mom
full,
but
we
know
because
everybody
was
born,
so
it
was
normalized
because
of
limited
resources.
My
family
didn't
shop
for
comfort,
style
or
fit
only
price
so
often
were
closed.
P
When
my
parents
went
shopping
for
the
suit,
they
found
a
bright,
yellow
suit
that
was
on
sale.
My
brother
reacted
to
the
suit
light.
I'm
I
can't
wait
there
and
I'm
looking
at
like.
Please
don't
buy
that
suit
cause
in
my
mind
one
day,
I'm
gonna
have
to
wear
it,
but
neither
said
my
parents
bought
the
suit
and
even
though
it
was
kind
of
funny,
I
was
on
the
side
of
my
brother
because
you
know
I
just
didn't
want
to
wear
a
yellow
suit.
P
I
didn't
want
to
look
like
big
bird,
but
the
day
of
graduation.
The
door
swung
open
to
the
auditorium
and
the
boys
and
the
girls
came
out
in
the
two-step
walking
two
at
a
time
and
my
brother
strolled
in,
like
george
jefferson,
it
was
that
moment.
I
realized
that
he
he
owned
that
suit.
He
decided
I
got
to
wear
this
yellow
suit.
I'm
going
to
wear
this
yellow
suit.
P
I
found
myself
standing
in
line
with
about
40
other
people,
butt
naked
after
taking
a
cold,
shower
bnb
lost
in
process,
and
that's
he.
I
graded
for
and
being
asked
in
case
of
death.
What
do
you
want
your
body
set
it
was
that
moment
I
thought
about
the
graduation.
I
thought
about
the
yellow
suit
and
I
thought
about
my
brother
because
now
all
that
same
shame
and
embarrassment
and
trauma
came
rushing
back
to
me.
P
P
The
real
ground
level
was
working
with
children
who
had
incarcerated
parents
working
with
children
and
young
people
who
friends
who
were
killed,
working
with
young
people
who
had
lost
people
that
were
very
close
to
them,
gun
violence
because
of
mass
incarceration
because
of
drug
addiction,
and
that's
been
my
life's
work
since
2002,
I
was
released
in
july
on
july.
8
of
2002
hit
the
ground
running
ever
since
some
of
the
things
we
do
at
frontline
dads
that
we
mentor.
P
I
really
believe
that
there's
a
lot
to
do,
but
if
everybody
does
something,
then
we'll
get
it
done,
and
we
do
that.
But
I
don't
want
to
just
talk
about
the
work
that
frog.
My
dads
do.
I
want
to
set
the
table,
but
I
I
know
that
prevention
is
the
key
to
us
resolving
gun
violence,
conflict.
We
need
healing
in
a
lot
of
these
communities
where
young
people
have
been
victimized.
We
need
safe
havens
where
people
can
go.
Young
people
can
go
where
there's
a
supportive,
caring
responsible.
P
You
know
to
say
I
got
you.
I
grew
up
in
you
know
she
downfalls
with
you
know,
numbers
runners
and
everything
else,
and
they
said
I
got
you,
but
if
we
don't
provide
young
people
with
positive
role
models,
positive
folks
that
nurture
their
development,
then
what
happens
is
there's
another
influence.
That
will
do
that.
So
we
don't
nip
this
in
the
butt
with
really
getting
out
in
front
of
the
gun
violence
through.
I
heard
a
lot
of
talk
about
libraries
and
rec
centers.
P
I
I
know
tyreek's
program
very
well,
but
these
are
the
kind
of
things
that
we
have
to
invest
in.
At
the
same
time,
my
family
was
moving
from
alabama
in
1968.
There
was
riots
across
the
country
because
of
you
know,
martin
luther
king's
assassination,
the
racism
that
exists.
The
segregation
that
existed
many
of
those
cities,
including
philadelphia,
would
never
rebuild
many
of
those
neighborhoods
would
never
rebuild
the
area.
I
grew
up
in
north
philadelphia.
We
used
to
have
industry
tasty
cake,
bud,
botany
500.
P
P
So
I'm
here
to
just
talk
about
how
do
we
invest
in
the
lives
and
well-being
of
young
people
across
this
city
in
a
holistic
way?
How
do
we
provide
safe
havens
for
those
young
people,
so
they
have
a
positive
opportunity
to
grow
and
be
supported,
and
that's
basically
what
I
want
to
offer
and
my
suggestion
is:
there's
a
lot
of
abandoned
properties
across
the
city
that
can
be
utilized
and
refurbished
to
create
these
safe
havens
for
young
people,
whether
they
want
to
play
video
games
jump
on
the
computer.
P
Do
research
people
just
have
somewhere
to
go
when
mom
and
dad
are
not
home,
so
they're
not
in
the
street,
so
they're
not
being
exposed
to
those
negative
influences.
So
my
big
ass
to
this
to
this
body
is:
can
we
collaboratively
free
out
less
to
transform
some
of
those
making
properties
brought
to
the
city
in
every
neighborhood?
We
have
10
councilmatic
districts.
P
I
would
like
to
see
at
least
one
in
each
councilmanic
district.
Perhaps
three
four
or
five
properties
that
are
currently
not
being
utilized
turns
into
the
situation
for
young
people,
but
yeah.
You
can
go
to
libraries,
but
a
lot
of
times.
Those
things
are
blocks
away
if
we
have
an
opportunity
to
bring
the
resource
directly
to
them
at
the
corner
layer
block
or
at
a
minimum
a
block
or
two
away.
I
think
that
we
can
create
the
kind
of
preventive
measures
that
that
we
all
seeking
here
today
so
out
in
there.
A
O
First,
I
want
to
start
off
by
thanking
councilman
because
for
acknowledging
my
work
also
for
the
support
and
the
help
that
he's
given
me
through
this
process
and
all
the
work
that
he
does
also
and
also
inviting
me
today
to
this
committee
and
also
for
the
citation
that
he
gave
me
as
we
got
really
a.
Thank
you
also.
O
O
O
We
need
to
come
together
and
bring
one
man
out
of
every
organization
four
boots
on
the
ground,
not
only
that,
but
I
think
that
if
we
do
that,
it
gives
us
a
lot
of
these
children
want
to
see
men,
women
and
women
with
girls
and
boys.
They
want
to
see
men
because
they
don't
have
no,
no
fathers,
no
uncles,
no
no
mentors
in
their
neighborhood
all
their
communities.
O
O
O
But
when
do
we
decide
to
deal
with
their
issues
just
like
when
they
need
a
man
in
their
life
because
they
can
sit
down
and
he
can
talk
about
things
that's
going
on
in
their
minds
things
that's
going
on
in
their
heart.
They
have
no
one
to
talk
to
so
the
first
thing
that
and
I'm
not
saying
nothing
wrong
with
the
therapy
work,
but
therapy
work
on
one
aspect,
but
then
you
start
medicating
them.
They
need
open
forums
to
speak
so
that
they
can
let
go
the
things
that's
inside
of
them.
O
O
O
These
are
the
things
that
we
all
know
about.
But
how
do
we
become
effective,
see
the
goal
is
becoming
effective,
so
now
we
give
them
carpentry.
We
give
all
these
aspects,
art
and
everything
like
that,
but
they
still
have
the
inner
issues
that
haven't
been
dealt
with
so
now
when
they
become
successful
or
graduate
with
these
things.
What
happened
is
that,
once
this
pain
is
inside
them
again
right,
they
think
they're
straddling
the
fence,
and
if
everybody
know
what
straddling
the
fence
is
it's
not
easy.
It's
not
an
easy
walk.
O
O
O
We
were
saying
something
about
the
overflow,
a
lot
of
organizations
say
they
have
overflows.
We
wouldn't
have
these
overflows
if
you
can
connect
with
another
organization
who
don't
have
an
overflow
that
can
help
you
in
that
aspect,
as
well
as
helping
the
victims
and
and
everyone
else.
I
have
a.
I
have
a
grandson.
O
O
O
Every
day.
This
gun
violence
is
getting
worse,
50
50
murders
a
month.
This
is
the
average,
sometimes
four
a
day,
five
a
day
mistaking
identities
like
I
said,
and
I'm
and
we're
just
here.
We
got
to
stop
pointing
the
fingers
at
the
political
political
figures
in
the
police
police
department
because
they're
not
the
only
ones
out
here
that
we
got
depending
on
especially
when
we
have
men
and
women
right
who's
sitting
back
and
not
doing
anything,
then
we
know
them
and
some
of
these
organizations,
like
I
said
we
pulled
one
man
out
of
again.
O
A
Thank
you
very
much,
and
we
appreciate
you
for
all
the
work
that
you've
done.
Thank
you
for
taking
time
out
of
your
schedule,
and
I
think
you're
basically
saying
collaboration
is
key.
Unity
is
key
and
working
together
goes
a
long
way
in
helping
us
address
this
issue
of
senseless
gun
violence.
I
have
a
question
for
ruben
jones
from
frontline
dads.
A
Yes,
so
reuben
give
us
an
update
on.
We
know
there
were
some
shootings
outside
of
vault
schools
and
a
bulk
school
recently,
and
you
and
your
team
or
frontline
dads,
went
and
did
a
movement
around
safe
corridors
right
and
you
know
for
me,
that's
an
alternative
to
policing
right
and
what
I
mean
by.
That
is
an
opportunity
for
the
community
to
step
up
right
and
participate
and
keep
your
community
safe
and
so
give
us
an
overview
of
what
your
initiative
is,
how
it
started.
P
Yeah,
thank
you.
So,
on
october,
8th
a
young
man
was
murdered.
A
13
year
old
young
man
was
murdered
on
his
way
to
rhodes
middle
school.
It
was
heartbreaking
and
I
grew
up
in
that
neighborhood
and
it
kind
of
it
hurt
when
my
friends
was
a
his
alumni
to
school.
So
we
thought
we
sat
down
and
talked
we'll
do
so.
We
just
decided-
let's,
let's
get
some
people
over
there
and
just
serve
as
a
as
a
as
a
beacon
of
hope
for
these
young
people.
P
So
we
called
the
real
quick
meeting
about
25
30
people
showed
up
said
they
want
to
do
it.
They
had
some
concerns
from
other
schools
as
well,
so
we
deployed
and
we
moved
them
out
that
monday
we
got.
I
think
we
had
about
eight
people
at
roads
and
then
some
folks
at
other
schools
that
monday.
So
we
talked
about
literally
quick
deployment,
no
red
tape
right
and
we
wasn't
doing
it
for
money
or
you
know
whatever.
P
We
just
wanted
to
be
the
answer
to
some
of
the
problems,
not
in
our
neighborhood
in
our
community.
So,
since
that
time
we've
been
out
there
every
day
we
got
little,
you
know
yellow
vests,
just
to
kind
of
be
at
this
of
visible
deterrence.
That's
what
we
want
to
be
visible.
We
engage
the
young
people,
we
engage,
the
parents
come
and
to
pick
their
kids
up
and
drop
them
off.
P
We
engage
that
the
neighbors
is
walking
by
and
the
one
thing
that
we've
done,
we
we're
not
there
to
to
to
take
over
anybody's
school.
We
want
the
families
who
have
children
attending
those
schools
and
communities
attending
that
school
to
to
really
take
over
this
role.
If
there's
some
compensation
come
from,
because
I
know
the
school
district
got
this
rfp
out
now-
and
I
just
want
to
be
clear
this
body,
we
are
not
soliciting
money
for
our
organization.
P
What
we,
what
we
do
want
to
do
is
put
some
money
into
hands
those
community
members
who
are
stepping
up
to
the
plate
to
say
I
want
to
serve
my
community.
I
want
to
protect
the
children
to
go
to
this
school
because
I
think
their
time
is
valuable.
I
think
the
commitment
is
strong
at
the
corner
of
29th
and
clearfield
roads.
It
said
it's
a
very
busy
intersect,
so
what
the
ask
we
did
make
was
that,
can
we
get
a
crossing
guard?
P
Can
we
get
some
speed
bumps
here,
and
this
is
the
way
that
we
as
the
community
can
protect
and
serve
our
young
people?
So
that's
how
it
started
right
now,
where
we
at
is.
We
have
a
request
for
a
minimum
of
from
five
other
schools
who
said
hey
we
like
what
y'all
doing
can
y'all
come
help
us.
Obviously
we
don't.
We
personally
don't
have
the
capacity
to
expand,
but
we
recruit
other
people
in
those
neighborhoods
and
say:
hey
this
school
needs
you
you're
around
the
corner.
P
If
we
gave
you
some
compensation,
would
you
be
willing
to
spend
hour
two
a
day
one
hour
in
the
morning
afternoon,
just
supporting
the
kids
coming
back
and
forth,
and
people
are
saying
yes
overwhelming.
They
are
saying
yes,
so
this
is
the
moon.
We
we
we're
trying
to
grow.
Just
localized
community
support,
like
you,
said,
communities
taking
care
of
each
other.
I
mean
that's
the
way
it
used
to
be.
We
just
need
to
return
to
that
and
I'll
give
you
an
added
level
to
it.
P
When
I
was
going
to
school,
they
had
this
thing
called
the
school
safety
program.
We
hoping
that
we
can
motivate
folks
to
bring
that
back,
or
at
least
we
can
include
the
young
people
to
be
a
part
of
this
to
so
we
got
kids
at
the
school
who
attended
school.
We
could,
if
we
could
find
a
few
young
leaders
that
need
school.
We
could
get
him
a
little
stipend
and
come
out
here
and
be
a
part
of
this
team
as
well.
P
So
so
that's
where
we
at-
and
we
just
hope
to
continue
to
grow
and
support,
particularly
the
younger
schools,
the
elementary
schools,
the
k-8
schools,
where
there's
a
lot
of
days
with
crossing
streets.
There's
a
lot
of
dangers
with
some
of
the
older
siblings,
have
taken
the
younger
siblings
on
and
we
gotta
you
know
and
I'm
beyonce.
P
I
have
young
children
to
school
me
and
my
wife
pick
up
and
drop
off
for
the
most
part,
but
seeing
some
of
these
younger
students
I'm
talking
about
a
kindergarten
or
first
grader,
being
taken
home
by
a
fourth
or
fifth
grader.
You
know
that
kind
of
scared
me
a
little
bit.
You
know
what
I
mean
like
because
there's
a
lot
of
nefarious
thoughts
and
activities
out
there
that
could
put
these
children
in
dangers,
and
I
can
tell
you
at
clint
the
twin
mclean
field.
P
A
lot
of
the
commuters
aren't
as
concerned
about
the
web
for
the
children
they
zip
to
those
crossings
and
make
those
turns
without
any
care
concern
for
those
children,
and
we
need
somebody
to
stand
in
the
gap
for
them.
So
that's
what
we've
been
doing.
We
understand
the
rp
I
think
went
out
yesterday,
so
groups
who
will
start
applying
and
and
getting
conversation
for
for
doing
this.
I
know
anthony
murphy.
His
team
at
town
watch
are
doing
it
as
well.
A
Well,
thank
you
for
your
service
and
you
know
I
know
you've
been
on
the
front
line
for
years
ever
since
I
first
known
you
doing
this
work,
and
so
just
continue
to
keep
up
the
good
work
just
want
to
make
sure
we
provide
a
platform
for
people
to
recognize
just
an
example
of
really
the
neighborhood
just
stepping
up.
You
know
and
figuring
out
a
way
on
how
they're
going
to
get
involved,
and
hopefully
it
becomes
contagious,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
these
are
children
of
people
who
live
inside
their
neighborhoods.
A
You
know,
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
parental
involvement
plays
a
major
role.
Community
involvement
plays
a
major
role
at
the
end
of
the
day
because
they
are
our
children.
We
know
who
the
kids
are,
and
so
I
think
this
is
a
the
perfect
opportunity
for
people
to
have
an
opportunity
to
step
up
and
figure
out
how
they
can
get
involved.
A
O
A
Yeah
brother
cleveland,
my
question
is
with
you
with
the
beloved
care
project
and
we
met
in
terms
of
you
doing
group
work
on
with
young
people.
Let's
give
us
an
idea
of
on
where
you're
at
with
that
particular
program
and
how
you
have
utilized
the
beloved
care
project
to
tap
into
the
minds
and
the
hearts
of
some
of
our
youth.
O
You
know
I
I
thank
you
for
coming
back
to
that
question
right,
because
I
was
so
engaged
on
what
I
was
saying
about
the
safe
haven,
but
without
what
we
do
at
the
beloved
care
project.
We
do
multiple
things
we
do
rallies
in
in
inside
the
neighborhoods,
where
these
crimes
is
happening.
We
do
anti-gun
violence
rallies.
O
O
We
take
a
wreck
all
over
all
over
the
city
right
when
we
give
the
children
a
platform
so
that
they
can
speak
and
let
themselves
in
open
forum,
speak
about
the
gun,
violence,
their
situations
with
family
members
and
things
this
nature's
going
on
in
schools
or
their
futures
and
stuff
like
this,
and
it
can
be
a
very
tearful
event
right.
Then
we
also
do
a
project
which
we're
doing
what
we
want.
We
have
been
doing
in
this
project.
We
deal
with
issues
that
I
was
speaking
about.
O
So
this
way
and
we're
just
this
way
because,
like
we
were
raised
up,
we
were
raised
up
there.
Whatever
was
in
the
family,
we
took
it
to
the
community.
Now
we
have
to
take
it
to
the
community
so
that
we
can
take
it
back
into
the
family
because
a
lot
of
times
believe
it
or
not.
The
children
have
to
raise
their
adults
now.
O
O
It's
a
beautiful
relationship
and
we
have
a
collaboration
room
which
I
am
in
now,
which
these
rooms
that
we
have
now
is
a
collaboration
room
which
which
we
could
we
consider
to
get
other
organizations
to
come
in,
and
collaborate
with
us
in
these
rooms.
At
these
tables,
and
things
like
this
and
we're
located
on
56th
and
chestnut
street.
A
A
A
H
It's
not
rocket
science
to
figure
out
that
if
you
see
a
certain
behavior
being
displayed
day
in
and
day
out,
and
when
does
the
behavior
being
reforest
reinforce
the
odds
of
you
engaging
in
that
same
behavior
are
great.
Is
this
not
the
main
focus
of
ada
and
yes,
aba
does
address
components
of
the
inner
city
and
environment
when
creating
programs
to
help
children
overlook
circumstances
and
still
maintain
a
successful
life.
Yet
I
think
applied.
H
I
am
not
suggesting
to
place
parents
in
a
position
of
having
being
screened
for
child
abuse
as
much
of
what
children
witness
occurs
in
the
home
and
could
very
well
fall
under
criteria
for
child
abuse,
knowing
that
these
parents,
these
parenting
cycles,
are
one
of
the
learned
behaviors
we
are
referring
to
yet.
My
idea
is
to
have
a
checklist
for
children
to
maybe
recognize
that
their
behaviors,
their
behaviors,
have
been
learned
and
shaped
from
what
they
see
around
them
every
day
and
allowing
children
to
see
and
learn
that
their
behaviors
have
been
learned
and
shaped.
H
We
can
begin
to
create
and
implement
programs
such
as
specific
social
skills
and
life
skills
programs
for
children.
Given
this
diagnosis
of
some
sort
that
is
based
on
criteria
for
children
living
in
urban
environments,
such
programs
could
be
how
to
avoid,
if
approached
with
someone
trying
to
get
you
to
use
or
sell
drugs
understanding
why
we
need
to
work
practicing
mock
interviews
in
order
to
assist
in
getting
a
job,
seeing
the
impact
of
their
decision
making,
etc.
H
There
are
community
networks
that
help
give
jobs
and
promote
job
experiences
and,
at
the
same
time,
there
are
social
skills
training
that
include
mock
interviews,
but
the
majority
are
done
with
autistic
children
in
a
suburban
environment,
in
fact,
when
researching
aba
and
how
to
change
inner
cities
and
researching
types
of
this
source.
Most
research
that
popped
up
was
on
how
to
teach
more
about
autism
in
the
inner
cities
were
simply
much
research
showing
why
the
inner
city
communities
are
in
such
desperate
need
of
a
chain
while
facing
skyrocketing
crime,
numbers
and
poverty
and
joblessness.
H
H
Yes,
children
and
see
witness
seeing
witness
volunteers
in
their
neighborhood,
giving
out
food
or
servicing
the
public
in
some
form
or
fashion?
Yet
they
may
see
this
person
as
having
an
unattainable
skill
that
they
cannot
have,
which
is
far
too
often
the
viewer
perspective
of
a
child
from
an
inner
city,
and
although
they
may
have
a
parent
or
even
two
working,
they
may
still
see
disadvantages
those
parents
face
due
to
circumstances
and
discriminations
within
various
systems
placed
in
our
society.
H
If
inner
city
youth
are
facing
higher
percentage
rates
of
danger
compared
to
students
in
the
suburb
areas
simply
due
to
a
lack
of
social
and
life
skills
needed
for
a
successful
life,
why
are
you
giving
more
of
such
trainings
and
teachings
if
at
all
to
children
mainly
on
the
spectrum?
If
a
highly
autistic
child
can
be
taught
at
a
young
age,
skills
once
believe,
never
possible.
Who
is
to
say
that
we
can't
create
programs
to
change
the
mindsets
and
overall
learned
behaviors
being
created
from
seeing
chains
of
behaviors
in
the
inner
city
environment?
H
Children
are
seeing
negative,
behaviors
being
reinforced
with
money,
fear
of
police
being
reinforced
by
bad
actions
of
many
more
people
escaping
the
pain
of
with
drugs
only
to
continue
to
search
for
that
reinforcement
of
removing
the
pain.
When
you
see
people
in
your
neighborhood,
not
working
and
selling
drugs,
or
using
the
system
to
do
so,
because
they're
being
reinforced
with
that
money,
the
core
component
of
aba
says
that
these
behaviors
will
most
likely
be
repeated.
H
Unless
there
is
a
system
in
order
to
teach
replacement
behaviors,
such
programs
could
teach
a
person
as
we
work
for
the
social,
the
natural
social
reinforcer,
which
is
truly
our
main
reinforcer
earning
a
wage.
If
children
are
seeing
only
these
cycles
of
behavior,
because
the
person
modeling
has
never
seen
or
been
taught.
Otherwise.
What
do
we
expect,
but
for
cycles
to
continue
to
go
around
and
around
if
children
on
the
spectrum
can
be
taught
anything?
Why
can't
inner
city
youth
be
taught
in
an
early
age?
H
How
to
adjust
and
assimilate
with
some
of
the
social
norms
expected
in
society?
They
may
not
be
learned.
Otherwise
again
such
programs
such
as
big
brothers,
exist
yet
one
hour
a
week
may
be
hardly
enough.
A
detailed
social
skills,
life
skills
with
self-esteem,
enhancement
component
curriculum
for
identified
students
in
schools
could
be
used
daily
with
various
levels
of
programs
based
on
ages
and
development.
Programs
could
consist
of
self-self-esteem.
H
Training
programs
could
also
help
children
understand
when
developmentally
most
are
at
the
age
and
capable
of
understanding
consequences
of
actions.
The
problem
with
engaging
criminal
activity
at
a
young
age
and
how
once
trapped
into
the
system
it
is
hard
to
get
out
and
rebuild
your
life
trainings,
could
even
relate
to
the
youth
with
different
rap
artists
and
lyrics
meek
mills,
for
example,
who
recently
won
the
nelson
mandela
award
for
a
current
song
called
mandela
in
this
song.
H
He
talks
as
if
he
is
speaking
to
the
youth
discussing
how
he
was
trapped
into
the
criminal
justice
system.
Due
to
the
cycle
he
saw
growing
up
repeated
from
the
cycle.
His
father
saw
growing
up.
He
has
a
lyric
stating
help
the
people
in
my
my
environment,
my
requirement
say
it
loud.
I
won't
be
a
product
of
my
environment
say
it
again.
I
won't
be
a
product
of
my
environment,
we're
playing
to
win.
As
someone
of
my
background,
white
and
female
one
would
believe.
H
I
should
not
be
listening
to
meek
mills,
but
since
his
early
days
with
a
song
called
heaven
and
hell
with
the
hook,
some
people
go
to
college.
Some
people
go
to
jail.
I
thought
he
had
a
message
that
was
relatable
not
only
to
youth
but
the
entire
world
with
lyrics
similar
to
tupac.
Who
many
believe
is
a
revolutionary,
I
believe
believe
meek
mill
has
so
much
passion
in
making
a
difference
in
revamping
the
criminal
justice
system,
especially
for
minorities,
that
I
believe,
if
I
had
a
connection
with
him,
he
would
buy
into
my
program.
H
Anyone
got
a
connection.
The
point
is
not
about
meek
mills
and
various
artists
whose
lyrics
contribute
to
his
social
skills,
life,
the
skills,
self-esteem
enhancement
compo
program.
But
the
point
is
that
children
can
be
taught
the
concept
of
learned
behaviors
and
how
psychers
are
created
in
our
environment
once
again
pointing
out
the
crucial
role
that
environment
plays.
Hence
again
the
core
concept
of
applied
behavioral
analysis.
H
Another
key
point
in
mentioning
the
above
is
not
is
that
there
are
ways
to
grab
children's
attention
and
reach
them
with
relatable,
meaningful
and
effective
programs,
as
private
prisons
continue
to
determine
the
amount
of
beds
they
may
need,
based
on
reading
scores
of
third
graders,
combined
with
certain
demographics,
which
is
a
debate
whether
actually
true.
We
continue
to
be
reactive
to
the
issue
rather
than
proactive,
not
only
starting
early
intervention,
educationally
in
schools.
We
also
need
to
screen
to
train
to
train
for
the
necessary
skills.
H
I'm
not
sure
if
I
was
able
to
finish
all
that,
but
I
again
if
I
could
just
get
contact
of
everyone
who
spoke
on
an
email
level
or
something
I
would
love
to
connect
and
just
I'm
trying
to
be
a
part
of
something
I
have
connections
with
wally
jones,
who
was
an
old
time,
basketball
player
and
he's
trying
to
do
a
stop
the
violence
program.
He
did
something
in
the
city
a
few
weeks
ago
he's
in
florida.
H
He
does
a
lot
in
the
city
back
and
forth,
I'm
currently
working
at
an
alternative
school,
I'm
still
in
the
field
of
aba.
I
worked
at
a
group
home
for
three
years
with
teenage
girls
prior
to
what
I'm
doing
right
now.
So
thank
you
for
listening.
I
am
so
grateful.
I
got
to
listen
to
everyone
today
and
I
I
am
amazed
at
the
wonderful
things
people
are
doing
and
if
I
can
connect
with
anybody,
that's
my
main
point
here.
H
Is
this,
mr
kenyatta?
Johnson?
No,
I
also,
I
also
am
a
good
friend
of
milton
senior
junior,
who
is
rich,
his
uncle,
but
northern
street.
I'm
sorry,
I'm
on
the
street,
I'm
kind
of
all
over
the
place.
You
know
a
street
senior
who
is
trying
to
do
a
proposal.
A
few
a
few
years
ago
I
was
trying
to
write
something
for
help
him
where
he
had
an
idea
to
hire
people
in
the
city.
H
Get
these
kids
pay
them
find
money
in
the
city
to
pay
them
to
go
around,
and
you
know
talk
to
other
youth
and
if
they
can
earn
money
for
it,
we
can
get
them
a
job.
If
there's
a
way
to
do
that,
I
mean,
but
I
just
want
to
connect.
I
know
you
guys
have
been
talking
all
day.
I
I
appreciate
what
everyone
is
doing.
You
know
I
just
I.
I
said
all
that
I
say
what
I
say
in
there,
because
some
people
look
at
me
and
would
assume
I'm
not.
H
You
know
I
I
I
grew
up
in
southwest
philadelphia.
I
graduated
from
bartram.
I
went
on
to
get
a
masters
in
criminal
justice.
I
went
on
to
get
a
master's
in
elementary
special
ed.
I've
been
all
over
the
richest
people's
mansion
to
serve
their
children.
Who
are
autistic,
and
I
I
just
don't
understand
why
more
money
can't
be
in
the
cities.
I
just
don't
understand,
so
thank
you
for
listening.
If
I
can
connect
with
anyone
or
get
anyone's
connection
on
any
level,
I
would.