1 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,914 >>> GOOD MORNING. 2 00:00:14,914 --> 00:00:21,888 THE MARCH REGULAR SCHEDULED 3 00:00:21,888 --> 00:00:22,756 MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. 4 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:23,757 IT IS 9:30 A.M. 5 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:25,725 I AM TAMMY MORALES, WILL THE 6 00:00:25,725 --> 00:00:31,164 CLERK PLEASE CALL TO ROLL. 7 00:00:31,164 --> 00:00:31,664 COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS? 8 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:32,699 NEW BE PRESENT. 9 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:34,567 >> VICE CHAIR -- 10 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:44,778 >> PRESENT. 11 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:47,080 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 12 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:47,947 STRAUSS IS EXCUSED FOR TODAY. 13 00:00:47,947 --> 00:00:48,948 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 14 00:00:48,948 --> 00:00:52,585 TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 15 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:53,420 HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S 16 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:54,054 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 17 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:57,090 WE HAVE A GREAT AGENDA TODAY. 18 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:58,124 WE HAVE 15 APPOINTMENTS THAT 19 00:00:58,124 --> 00:01:05,498 WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 20 00:01:05,498 --> 00:01:06,733 WE WILL GO THROUGH THOSE FIRST. 21 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:07,534 THE APPOINTMENT OF DEREK 22 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:08,168 WHEELER SMITH. 23 00:01:08,168 --> 00:01:09,202 AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 24 00:01:09,202 --> 00:01:11,037 OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 25 00:01:11,037 --> 00:01:12,038 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON 26 00:01:12,038 --> 00:01:12,639 GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING 27 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:14,040 STRATEGIES WILL BE WELCOMED BY 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,475 GUESTS FROM CHICAGO AND 29 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:18,378 RICHMOND VIRGINIA. 30 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,413 WE HAVE A VOTE ON COUNSEL BILL 31 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:27,787 -- WHICH IS THE RACE AND SOCIAL 32 00:01:27,787 --> 00:01:28,588 JUSTICE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY. 33 00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:30,390 BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE WILL HAVE 34 00:01:30,390 --> 00:01:33,893 PUBLIC COMMENT. 35 00:01:33,893 --> 00:01:35,295 IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO 36 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:36,396 SPEAKERS THAT ARE JOINING 37 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:42,669 REMOTELY AND 11 SPEAKERS HERE 38 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:43,303 IN PERSON. 39 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:44,537 WE WILL OPEN THE IN PERSON AND 40 00:01:44,537 --> 00:01:48,241 HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 41 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:49,642 AND I WILL MODERATE IT IN THE 42 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:50,243 FOLLOWING MANNER. 43 00:01:50,243 --> 00:01:53,680 20 MINUTES FOR EACH SPEAKER AND 44 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:54,781 I MIGHT INCREASE THAT TO 25. 45 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:56,382 EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES 46 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:57,650 TO SPEAK. 47 00:01:57,650 --> 00:02:08,127 I WILL CALL ON THE SPEAKERS 48 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:10,363 VIRTUALLY AND THEY CAN BEGIN 49 00:02:10,363 --> 00:02:10,763 SPEAKING. 50 00:02:10,763 --> 00:02:11,865 IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO 51 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:13,266 SPEAK OR WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN 52 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:14,701 SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF THE 53 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:24,744 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 54 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:25,678 WHEN YOU'RE CALLED, BEGIN BY 55 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:26,813 STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM 56 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:27,647 THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. 57 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:28,648 PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO 58 00:02:28,648 --> 00:02:29,682 AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 59 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:30,884 YOU WILL HAVE 10 SECONDS AND 60 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,352 YOU WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE 61 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:33,419 IS 10 SECONDS LEFT. 62 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:34,821 WE ASK THAT YOU WRAP UP YOUR 63 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:36,022 COMMENT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE 64 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:40,527 ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 65 00:02:40,527 --> 00:02:41,794 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 66 00:02:41,794 --> 00:02:42,795 LISTENING AND YOU ARE VIRTUAL, 67 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,697 YOU CAN DO SO ON THE SEATTLE 68 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:46,699 CHANNEL. 69 00:02:46,699 --> 00:02:47,500 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 70 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:48,735 NOW OPEN AND WILL BEGIN WITH 71 00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:53,706 THE FIRST TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE 72 00:02:53,706 --> 00:02:54,707 VIRTUAL. 73 00:02:54,707 --> 00:02:57,577 FIRST WILL START WITH ANDREW 74 00:02:57,577 --> 00:03:05,585 AND LEN ELIJAH SMITH. 75 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:09,689 >> I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE 76 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:19,599 APPOINTMENT OF -- DEREK HAS BEEN 77 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:24,070 AFFLUENT IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY 78 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:31,844 AND HAVING SOMEONE WITH 79 00:03:31,844 --> 00:03:32,779 ALIGNMENT WITH ANTI-LGBTQ 80 00:03:32,779 --> 00:03:37,684 ORGANIZATIONS IN THESE PUBLIC 81 00:03:37,684 --> 00:03:42,689 SPACES, I DO NOT FEEL 82 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:45,592 COMFORTABLE MAKING APPOINTMENTS. 83 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:47,227 I THINK IT IS A DISSERVICE TO 84 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:49,729 MY COMMUNITY AND IT IS A RISK 85 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:55,401 TO THE COMMUNITY. 86 00:03:55,401 --> 00:03:56,836 IT IS ALSO A SEGUE TO PUSH, 87 00:03:56,836 --> 00:03:59,439 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 88 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:04,611 CIVIL RIGHTS AND HOMOPHOBIC 89 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:05,678 AGENDAS WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT 90 00:04:05,678 --> 00:04:06,913 WE DO NOT NEED IN SEATTLE. 91 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:15,955 I WOULD BE REALLY DISAPPOINTED 92 00:04:15,955 --> 00:04:17,390 TO SEE THAT IT IS TASKED BY 93 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:18,424 THIS COMMUNITY AND I REALLY 94 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:20,193 HOPE THAT THE VOICES OF THE 95 00:04:20,193 --> 00:04:23,329 LGBTQ COMMUNITIES ARE TAKEN 96 00:04:23,329 --> 00:04:24,697 INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DISCUSSING 97 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:27,900 HIS APPOINTMENT. 98 00:04:34,807 --> 00:04:35,908 >> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELIJAH 99 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:36,242 SMITH. 100 00:04:36,242 --> 00:04:38,144 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 101 00:04:38,144 --> 00:04:39,979 MY NAME IS ELIZA SMITH AND I 102 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:46,152 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE 103 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:46,786 PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE. 104 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:48,621 I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 105 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:52,291 THE APPOINTMENT FOR DEREK WESER 106 00:04:52,291 --> 00:04:52,525 SMITH. 107 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:55,395 MY REASONING FOR THIS IS 108 00:04:55,395 --> 00:04:59,732 BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HIM IN 109 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:03,536 COMMUNITY, HE HAS A GRASP OF 110 00:05:03,536 --> 00:05:10,543 THE ISSUES THAT ARE PROMINENT 111 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:11,377 IN FOLLOWING HIS WORKS. 112 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:17,283 TRYING TO CONNECT WITH MULTIPLE 113 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:18,317 GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND I WAS 114 00:05:18,317 --> 00:05:20,586 REALLY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE 115 00:05:20,586 --> 00:05:21,587 HAD AROUND RACIAL SOCIAL 116 00:05:21,587 --> 00:05:26,259 JUSTICE AND THE CHALLENGING WORK 117 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,727 FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN THE 118 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:28,094 COMMUNITY. 119 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:31,564 I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THAT 120 00:05:31,564 --> 00:05:33,466 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A PLUS BY 121 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:37,704 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 122 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:42,041 YEAH, DEREK WAS THERE AND WE 123 00:05:42,041 --> 00:05:43,376 PUT TOGETHER THE CHILDREN'S 124 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:46,212 MARCH IN 2020 AND WE REALLY 125 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:51,851 SPOKE PROUD WITH THE WORK 126 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:52,118 FORWARD. 127 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:56,556 NONE OF US ARE PERFECT PEOPLE. 128 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:59,659 YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT 129 00:05:59,659 --> 00:06:06,999 THERE IS GROWTH IN THE AREA AND 130 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:08,201 THAT HIS APPOINTMENT WILL BE 131 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:08,568 MORE INCLUSIVE. 132 00:06:08,568 --> 00:06:10,336 I WAS NOT AWARE WHAT WAS STATED 133 00:06:10,336 --> 00:06:18,411 BEFORE. 134 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:19,846 I WANTED TO COME HERE TODAY TO 135 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:20,680 SUPPORT DEREK BECAUSE I'VE SEEN 136 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,115 HIM AND I HAVE GOTTEN TO SIT 137 00:06:22,115 --> 00:06:24,984 DOWN AND TALK WITH HIM. 138 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:25,985 THAT IS ALL WE NEED IN 139 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:26,652 POSITIONS OF GOVERNMENT 140 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,454 ENTITIES WEANING PEOPLE WHO ARE 141 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:32,091 ATTACHED TO THE COMMUNITY. 142 00:06:32,091 --> 00:06:36,829 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, 143 00:06:36,829 --> 00:06:37,063 ELIJAH. 144 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,265 IT LOOKS LIKE CARLO LYNCH HAS 145 00:06:39,265 --> 00:06:42,535 JOINED US VIRTUALLY. 146 00:06:42,535 --> 00:06:53,045 IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE PRESS 147 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,015 á6 I SEE YOU LISTED AS PRESENT, 148 00:06:56,015 --> 00:07:03,956 YOU CAN PRESS á6 TO BEGIN. 149 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:09,896 OKAY. 150 00:07:09,896 --> 00:07:12,498 THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARGUERITE 151 00:07:12,498 --> 00:07:21,674 BECHARD FOLLOWED BY CAROLINE 152 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:24,644 MALONE. 153 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:25,444 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 154 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:34,454 MY NAME IS MARGUERITE LORI 155 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:35,688 BECHARD, FOR THOSE WHO CALL ME 156 00:07:35,688 --> 00:07:36,088 LORI. 157 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:36,923 I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT 158 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:37,757 RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 159 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,525 ME AND EVERYONE ELSE, THAT IS 160 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:40,626 MY BABY. 161 00:07:40,626 --> 00:07:41,727 I HEARD SOMETHING YESTERDAY 162 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:50,169 ABOUT NITA WHITFIELD AT THE 163 00:07:50,169 --> 00:07:51,604 COUNTY LEVEL IT IS NOT WORKING. 164 00:07:51,604 --> 00:07:53,372 SHE HAS TO REPORT TO THE 165 00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:56,309 GOVERNOR, I GUESS. 166 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:57,510 THIS MASS GOES DOWN THE STREAM. 167 00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:00,179 I AM NOT BUYING INTO IT. 168 00:08:00,179 --> 00:08:01,380 I HAVE HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS 169 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:04,851 AT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, YOU 170 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:06,652 WILL SAY, WHY HAVE YOU NOT BEEN 171 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:10,957 THE DIRECTOR? 172 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:12,391 I DO NOT HAVE THE ON PAPER 173 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:16,262 CREDENTIALS AS SUCH, I WILL NOT 174 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:17,063 PROMOTE ANYTHING THAT IS 175 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:17,897 CAUSING OUR PEOPLE TO 176 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:20,533 DISINTEGRATE AND LEAVE THIS 177 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:21,367 LANDED EARLIER THAN THEY 178 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:21,601 SHOULD. 179 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:25,838 THE GOD THAT I SERVE, HE IS THE 180 00:08:25,838 --> 00:08:27,473 GIVER OF LIFE, HE CAN TAKE IT 181 00:08:27,473 --> 00:08:34,280 AWAY AT ANY TIME. 182 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:35,514 I AM TALKING ABOUT THE STUFF 183 00:08:35,514 --> 00:08:36,716 THAT YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE IN. 184 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:38,317 I WILL NOT BELIEVE IN IT UNTIL 185 00:08:38,317 --> 00:08:44,457 I SEE REAL CHANGE. 186 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:45,691 IHAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TELL 187 00:08:45,691 --> 00:08:46,959 THESE PEOPLE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE 188 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:47,760 TO ME DOWN YOUR. 189 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,830 IF YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH, 190 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:51,831 THE DEVIL IS UNDER MY FOOT 191 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:52,431 RIGHT NOW. 192 00:08:52,431 --> 00:08:57,336 BECAUSE I AM SICK AND TIRED, I 193 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:58,771 AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK 194 00:08:58,771 --> 00:09:00,006 AND TIRED OF COMING DOWN HERE 195 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:04,877 AND HAVING TO FACE YOU PEOPLE. 196 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:05,711 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 197 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:07,146 YOU DO NOT TALK BACK AND YOU 198 00:09:07,146 --> 00:09:12,685 SET UP THERE JUST LIKE THE KING 199 00:09:12,685 --> 00:09:13,920 COUNTY PEOPLE AND CUT YOU OFF 200 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,187 IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SPEECH 201 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:17,690 AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 202 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:19,025 FREE SPEECH. 203 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:19,625 >> THANK YOU. 204 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:21,827 CAROLINE MALONE FOLLOWED BY 205 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:27,800 TERRY HOLSTON. 206 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:33,306 >> I AM CAROLINE MALONE. 207 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:40,446 MY ISSUE INVOLVES CIVIL RIGHTS, 208 00:09:40,446 --> 00:09:41,047 PUBLIC SAFETY, AND HOUSING 209 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:43,316 RIGHTS ALL INTERTWINED AROUND 210 00:09:43,316 --> 00:09:49,255 VIOLENT WHITE MALE SEATTLE 211 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:50,256 COPS, ILLEGALLY OCCUPYING SPACE 212 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:53,292 IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING AT 213 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:57,396 CHANCERY PLACE APARTMENT IN 214 00:09:57,396 --> 00:09:58,831 RETALIATION FOR MY STREETCORNER 215 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:03,736 PROTEST POSTERS AT FOURTH AND 216 00:10:03,736 --> 00:10:05,004 JAMES, FIFTH AND CHERRY, RIGHT 217 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:10,076 IN FRONT OF THEIR DOOR. 218 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:11,510 I AM ROUTINELY LOCKED OUT BY 219 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:12,144 MANAGERS OR POLICE BECAUSE 220 00:10:12,144 --> 00:10:13,813 MANAGERS ARE NOT THERE ON THE 221 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:17,450 WEEKEND. 222 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,484 ALL OF MY CALLS ARE 223 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:20,086 INTERCEPTED, I AM UNDER 24 HOUR 224 00:10:20,086 --> 00:10:25,124 SURVEILLANCE AND I AM 225 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:25,725 THREATENED WITH EVICTION SO 226 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:27,159 REGULARLY UNTIL I IGNORE IT AND 227 00:10:27,159 --> 00:10:32,732 TELL THEM TO TAKE ME TO COURT. 228 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:33,766 I AM EXERCISING MY RIGHTS, MY 229 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:36,202 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST 230 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:41,107 INJUSTICES BY POLICE. 231 00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:43,275 I AM SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN 232 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:47,446 THIS ARTICLE. 233 00:10:47,446 --> 00:10:48,481 ONE OF THE MOST INTELLIGENT, 234 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:56,822 HELPFUL, PER GROSS OF MEMBERS 235 00:10:56,822 --> 00:10:57,456 UNDER HOSTILITIES THREAT, 236 00:10:57,456 --> 00:10:58,057 MISTREATMENT, HARASSMENT. 237 00:10:58,057 --> 00:11:04,597 I DO NOT EVEN COMPARE WITH THE 238 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:05,197 DETECTIVE, COOKIE BODINE. 239 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:06,832 I AM A BLACK WOMAN, WHENEVER WE 240 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:11,037 ARE SPEAKING OUT, THEY ARE 241 00:11:11,037 --> 00:11:16,575 CALLED CRAZY BLACK WOMEN. 242 00:11:16,575 --> 00:11:18,044 I WILL CONTINUE TO GO FORTH AND 243 00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:23,416 SPEAK OUT ABOUT THESE WHITE, 244 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:24,450 MALE COPS LIVING IN MY 245 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:25,451 BUILDING, SURVEILLING ME 246 00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:30,956 ILLEGALLY. 247 00:11:30,956 --> 00:11:32,425 WHO IS PAYING FOR THEM TO LIVE 248 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:33,092 IN MY BUILDING? 249 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:34,627 YOU SHOULD CHECK INTO IT. 250 00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:40,800 THANK YOU. 251 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,034 >> NEXT WE HAVE HOLLY KIERSTEN 252 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:52,511 FOLLOWED BY TL YARBOROUGH. 253 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:55,281 >> HELLO, I AM A LONGTIME SOUTH 254 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:55,915 SEATTLE RESIDENT, I'M SPEAKING 255 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:58,717 IN SUPPORT OF APPOINTING DEREK 256 00:11:58,717 --> 00:12:01,353 WHEELER SMITH FOR THE 257 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:06,325 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 258 00:12:06,325 --> 00:12:09,695 WORKING FROM 6:00 P.M. 259 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:20,206 TO -- HIS PASSION FOR JUSTICE 260 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:23,843 AND CARE FOR OTHERS HAS NEVER 261 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:25,277 WAVERED IN THE 25 YEARS I HAVE 262 00:12:25,277 --> 00:12:25,678 KNOWN HIM. 263 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:26,545 WEATHER COACHING OR MENTORING 264 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:27,713 STUDENTS OR AS AN 265 00:12:27,713 --> 00:12:30,816 ADMINISTRATOR, WE HAVE WATCHED 266 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:31,817 HIS LEADERSHIP CAPACITY GROW AT 267 00:12:31,817 --> 00:12:35,688 EVERY TURN AND EVERY CHALLENGE. 268 00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:36,722 HIS COMMITMENT TO FACILITATOR 269 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:45,331 LEADERSHIP IS INFORMED BY THOSE 270 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:45,965 EARLY EXPERIENCES OF STREET 271 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:46,398 YOUTH WORK. 272 00:12:46,398 --> 00:12:47,633 HE WOULD REACH OUT TO SIMPLY 273 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:49,068 SHARE HIS HEART ON BEING A HOST 274 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:51,137 AND NOT HERO. 275 00:12:51,137 --> 00:12:52,538 IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THIS IS 276 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:53,372 THE KIND OF INSIGHTFUL AND 277 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:58,077 CIVIC LEADERSHIP THAT WE NEED. 278 00:12:58,077 --> 00:12:59,278 HE IS GENUINELY CONNECTED TO 279 00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:00,112 THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE LEADS 280 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:01,547 INSTITUTIONALLY AND IS IN THE 281 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,549 COMMUNITY. 282 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:04,383 HAVING WATCHED THE DEREK LEAD, 283 00:13:04,383 --> 00:13:06,018 I CAN SAY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF 284 00:13:06,018 --> 00:13:11,557 CERTAINTY, HIS ABILITY TO HOLD 285 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:12,758 THE COMMUNITY IN ONE HAND AND 286 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:13,392 THE INSTITUTIONAL ROLE AND 287 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:16,862 RESPONSIBILITY IN THE OTHER IS 288 00:13:16,862 --> 00:13:17,530 FORMIDABLE AND IMPRESSIVE. 289 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:19,231 I KNOW THIS BECAUSE DEREK HAS 290 00:13:19,231 --> 00:13:24,003 HAD CARD HARD CONVERSATIONS AND 291 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,437 DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE HARD 292 00:13:25,437 --> 00:13:26,639 PARTS BECAUSE THIS IS WHO HE 293 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:26,872 IS. 294 00:13:26,872 --> 00:13:37,316 IS HIS ABILITY TO DEFUSE 295 00:13:38,017 --> 00:13:39,351 CONFLICT AT THE TABLE IS AND A 296 00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:40,386 MAJOR PART OF HIS PERSON. 297 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:41,954 YES, WE DISAGREE, HE CALLED ME 298 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:45,891 ON IT. 299 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:47,126 HE CHALLENGED ME ON HOW I 300 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:48,561 SHOWED UP TO THE SPACE AND I 301 00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:49,728 NEVER FELT THREATENED OR LIKE 302 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:50,796 HE WAS ALLOWING HIS POSITION TO 303 00:13:50,796 --> 00:13:52,631 OVERPOWER THE MOMENT. 304 00:13:52,631 --> 00:13:53,866 I HOPE YOU VOTE TO CONFIRM 305 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:57,336 DEREK FOR THE DIRECTOR'S ROLE 306 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:59,104 IN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 307 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:05,511 AND HIS COMMITMENT TO 308 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:06,111 COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP IS 309 00:14:06,111 --> 00:14:06,545 WHAT WE NEED. 310 00:14:06,545 --> 00:14:07,580 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 311 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:12,885 NEXT WE HAVE TINA YARBOROUGH. 312 00:14:12,885 --> 00:14:19,024 >> I AM A LONGTIME SEATTLE 313 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:19,291 RESIDENT. 314 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:20,626 I WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 315 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:21,594 DEREK WHEELER SMITH. 316 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:27,433 THE FIRST QUESTION IS NOW WHAT 317 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,434 DO YOU NEED TO DO? 318 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:29,702 WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BECOME? 319 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,503 HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE'S WORK 320 00:14:31,503 --> 00:14:32,705 FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND I 321 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:33,539 WITNESSED HIM BE THE CHANGE 322 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:39,478 THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS NEEDED. 323 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:40,279 TEACHING AND SERVING WITHIN 324 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:40,913 SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS, 325 00:14:40,913 --> 00:14:42,081 PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS 326 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:44,350 FOR RESOURCES FOR SOME OF THE 327 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:47,820 MOST IMPACTED MEMBERS. 328 00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:50,055 TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF GUN 329 00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:55,127 VIOLENCE IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIS 330 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:55,527 CURRENT WORK. 331 00:14:55,527 --> 00:14:56,762 HIS TIME ON THE GROUND DOES NOT 332 00:14:56,762 --> 00:15:00,199 GIVE HIM ONLY EXPERIENCE AND 333 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,033 PERSPECTIVE FOR SYSTEMIC AND 334 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,067 INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND HIS 335 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:09,041 PEERS DEVOTION TO JUSTICE. 336 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:09,675 LOVING HUSBAND, DEVOTED FATHER, 337 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:11,510 I HAVE WATCHED HIM SERVED BY 338 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:12,611 EXAMPLE, THEY ARE PILLARS 339 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:17,316 ENSURING DEREK WHEELER SMITH. 340 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:23,622 IN THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 341 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:29,328 IS THE NEXT DIRECTION FOR DEREK 342 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:29,695 WHEELER SMITH. 343 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:30,763 TO BE A LEADER OF CHANGE 344 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:31,797 REQUIRES INTEGRITY AND A PERSON 345 00:15:31,797 --> 00:15:33,866 OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER. 346 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:39,338 HE HAS FAR-REACHING ROOTS AND 347 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:41,707 HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF 348 00:15:41,707 --> 00:15:51,550 SEATTLE, IS UNWAVERING WITH 349 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:53,218 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER 350 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:53,819 FOR A BELOVED COMMUNITY. 351 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:55,020 I'M CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL LEAD 352 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,288 WITH THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE 353 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:57,690 FOR THIS CITY AND HE WEARS MANY 354 00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:59,325 HATS AND SERVES IN A VARIETY OF 355 00:15:59,325 --> 00:15:59,558 ROLES. 356 00:15:59,558 --> 00:16:00,559 HE IS A TORCHBEARER FOR 357 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:00,826 JUSTICE. 358 00:16:00,826 --> 00:16:01,126 THANK YOU. 359 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,194 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 360 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:03,262 NEXT WE HAVE MICHELLE -- 361 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:06,699 FOLLOWED BY DEREK POWELL. 362 00:16:06,699 --> 00:16:07,333 >> GOOD MORNING. 363 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:11,403 I AM THE FOUNDER OF EXXON STAGE 364 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:11,670 THEATER. 365 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:17,142 I HAVE KNOWN DEREK WHEELER 366 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:18,410 SMITH FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND 367 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:19,845 HE IS ONLY MAN THAT I HAVE 368 00:16:19,845 --> 00:16:26,819 NEVER KNOWN TO USE TWO LAST 369 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:27,152 NAMES. 370 00:16:27,152 --> 00:16:28,253 AT A TIME WHEN OTHER PEOPLE 371 00:16:28,253 --> 00:16:29,288 LOOKED AT WAYS THEY COULD 372 00:16:29,288 --> 00:16:30,322 REDUCE OR STREAMLINE THEIR 373 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:31,123 IDENTITY AND THE AMOUNT OF 374 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:32,758 SPACE THAT THEY WOULD TAKE UP, 375 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:36,428 DEREK GIFTED HIMSELF WITH THE 376 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:37,463 FULL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHO HE 377 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:45,004 IS AND WHERE HE COMES FROM. 378 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,071 HE MADE ROOM AND GAVE RESPECT 379 00:16:46,071 --> 00:16:47,473 TO THE THINGS THAT MAKE HIM WHO 380 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:48,073 HE IS. 381 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,541 IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT WE ARE 382 00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:50,576 HERE TO DISCUSS AND AFFIRM HIM 383 00:16:50,576 --> 00:16:51,810 FOR A POSITION THAT DOES THE 384 00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:52,010 SAME. 385 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:53,045 HE IS REGULARLY CONSIDERING THE 386 00:16:53,045 --> 00:17:01,854 QUALITY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT 387 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:02,488 CHALLENGE OUR LIVABILITY. 388 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:03,522 HE QUESTIONS THE INTEGRITY OF 389 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:04,723 OUR SYSTEM, ECONOMICS, AND EVEN 390 00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:06,325 ECOLOGY AND WE HAVE WATCHED HIM 391 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:09,461 GO BEYOND BEING QUESTIONING TO 392 00:17:09,461 --> 00:17:09,795 ENGAGING. 393 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:10,863 I HAVE WORKED IN THE CHURCH, 394 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:12,698 THE BLACK CHURCH, MORE OFTEN 395 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:13,932 THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO 396 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:15,300 ACKNOWLEDGE, THE CHURCH CAN BE 397 00:17:15,300 --> 00:17:25,778 A BIT -- PASTORS THAT WOULD 398 00:17:28,914 --> 00:17:30,115 TAKE KIDS TO CAMP, WE HAD ONE 399 00:17:30,115 --> 00:17:31,517 YEAR TO DECIDE WHICH KIDS WE 400 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:32,351 WOULD TAKE TO CAMP. 401 00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:33,619 WE WOULD BRING THE KIDS THAT WE 402 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:37,689 WOULD BE SURE WOULD NOT 403 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:39,291 EMBARRASS US. 404 00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:40,359 DEREK WHEELER SMITH WOULD OFTEN 405 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:40,959 BRING THOSE KIDS. 406 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:42,394 BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT THOSE BOYS 407 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:43,061 DESERVED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY 408 00:17:43,061 --> 00:17:44,496 AND EVERY KID, ONCE IN THEIR 409 00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:45,297 LIFE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, 410 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:55,841 SEXUALITY OR AFFILIATION, THEY 411 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,479 DESERVE TO GO TO CAMP AT LEAST 412 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:01,113 ONCE IN THEIR LIFE. 413 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:02,114 DEREK IS COMMITTED TO 414 00:18:02,114 --> 00:18:02,948 RESPECTING WOMEN, HE IS 415 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:03,582 UNMATCHED IN THIS WAY. 416 00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:04,583 HE ADORES HIS WIFE, STEPHANIE 417 00:18:04,583 --> 00:18:05,184 AND HIS DAUGHTERS. 418 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:06,819 HE HAS BEEN A COACH AT THE HIGH 419 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:10,722 SCHOOL FOR THE GIRLS TEAM. IN 420 00:18:10,722 --> 00:18:11,924 THAT ROLE, HE ACKNOWLEDGES ALL 421 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:12,591 GIRLS, STRAIGHT, WHITE, BLACK, 422 00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:19,298 ASIAN, LATINO, HE GAVE THEM HIS 423 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:19,731 RELENTLESS SUPPORT. 424 00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:21,366 I DO STAND HERE TO SAY THAT HIS 425 00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:22,367 CONFIRMATION AND HIS SERVICE IS 426 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:22,668 IMPORTANT. 427 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:23,402 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 428 00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:26,071 NEXT WE HAVE DEREK POWELL 429 00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:32,077 FOLLOWED BY CHARLES DAVIS. 430 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:32,478 >> GOOD MORNING. 431 00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:33,912 I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF DEREK 432 00:18:33,912 --> 00:18:36,381 WHEELER SMITH TO BE IN THE 433 00:18:36,381 --> 00:18:39,651 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. I 434 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:47,793 REPRESENT THE NCAA PEEP AND I 435 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:48,827 ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE HERE ON 436 00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:55,334 THIS MIKE HERE. 437 00:18:55,334 --> 00:18:56,335 DEREK AND I WERE INVOLVED POST 438 00:18:56,335 --> 00:18:57,402 GEORGE FLOYD AND THE PANDEMIC 439 00:18:57,402 --> 00:19:01,473 WHEN WE WERE BROWSING OUR 440 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,074 COMMUNITY IN CRISIS. 441 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:02,908 DEREK WAS A SPEARHEAD IN 442 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:07,579 HELPING US ORGANIZE A GROUP 443 00:19:07,579 --> 00:19:13,352 AROUND MENTAL HEALTH SO THAT WE 444 00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:14,586 COULD TAKE CARE OF OUR MENTAL 445 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:15,621 HEALTH DURING THE PANDEMIC AND 446 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:16,255 POST GEORGE FLOYD. 447 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:18,090 DEREK HAS REJECT WAS AT THE 448 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:28,600 NAACP AND HE WANTS US TO MAKE 449 00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:29,701 SURE THAT AS A COMMUNITY 450 00:19:29,701 --> 00:19:30,903 ORGANIZATION WE ARE INVOLVED IN 451 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:31,303 THE PROCESS. 452 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:32,538 I HAVE KNOWN DEREK IN THE LAST 453 00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:33,805 FIVE OR SIX YEARS 454 00:19:33,805 --> 00:19:34,573 PROFESSIONALLY. 455 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:36,642 I KNOW HE IS FROM THE CITY OF 456 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:39,945 SEATTLE AND ME KNOWING HIM AS 457 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:44,383 ADULT AND A COMMUNITY 458 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:45,217 COLLABORATOR THAT WANTS TO 459 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:48,086 BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG AND I 460 00:19:48,086 --> 00:19:49,721 VERY WELL SUPPORT HIM AS THE 461 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:54,026 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL 462 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:54,359 RIGHTS. 463 00:19:54,359 --> 00:20:02,067 >> NEXT WE HAVE CHARLES DAVIS. 464 00:20:02,067 --> 00:20:03,936 >> GOOD MORNING, I AM THE OWNER 465 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:14,379 OF DAVIS TEXAS BARBECUE. 466 00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:19,451 I WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT 467 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:20,252 OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY. 468 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:21,687 WHEN PEOPLE PUT THINGS IN THE 469 00:20:21,687 --> 00:20:22,688 PAPER, THEY TAKE IT AND RUN 470 00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:23,088 WITH IT. 471 00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:24,122 I PERSONALLY KNOW MR. WHEELER. 472 00:20:24,122 --> 00:20:25,357 IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE 473 00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:27,392 PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT 474 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:28,827 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SO MUCH IN 475 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:33,699 JUDGMENT THAT DO NOT KNOW HIM 476 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:34,132 PERSONALLY. 477 00:20:34,132 --> 00:20:35,767 DEREK IS A GREAT PERSON AND A 478 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:36,168 GREAT LEADER. 479 00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:37,002 WE HAVE DONE MANY COMMUNITY 480 00:20:37,002 --> 00:20:37,603 EVENTS TOGETHER. 481 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:43,308 I HAVE CALLED HIM AT 1:00, 2:00 482 00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:43,909 , IN THE MORNING. 483 00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,143 EVEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS THAT I 484 00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:45,410 HAVE HAD. 485 00:20:45,410 --> 00:20:51,083 HE HAS TALKED ME THROUGH IT. 486 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,317 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND FOR 487 00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:53,952 THE WORK HE HAS DONE IN THE 488 00:20:53,952 --> 00:20:54,252 COMMUNITY. 489 00:20:54,252 --> 00:20:56,388 I AM NOT A GREAT SPEAKER AT ALL. 490 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,457 HE SAYS TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE 491 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:00,058 ON YOUR HEART AND I FIRMLY 492 00:21:00,058 --> 00:21:01,927 BELIEVE THAT. 493 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,562 HE IS A GREAT LEADER FOR THIS 494 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:03,829 POSITION. 495 00:21:03,829 --> 00:21:05,697 I HAVE THE BEST BARBECUE IN 496 00:21:05,697 --> 00:21:07,032 TOWN. 497 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:08,467 >> WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP ON 498 00:21:08,467 --> 00:21:08,667 THAT. 499 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:10,435 HE CAN BE SURE OF THAT. 500 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,137 THANK YOU. 501 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:13,705 NEXT IS CLEO FORD FOLLOWED BY 502 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:22,147 CYNTHIA GREEN. 503 00:21:22,147 --> 00:21:23,782 >> I AM AN ATTORNEY IN THE AREA 504 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:25,417 AND I HAVE BEEN HERE ALL OF MY 505 00:21:25,417 --> 00:21:25,617 LIFE. 506 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,085 I AM ON BEHALF OF DEREK WHEELER 507 00:21:27,085 --> 00:21:28,287 SMITH I THINK HE IS QUALIFIED 508 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,255 AND SHOULD BE IN THE OFFICE OF 509 00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:31,757 CIVIL RIGHTS. 510 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:42,300 I WATCHED HIM CLIMB THIS HILL. 511 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:44,369 WE WATCHED HIM GO FROM A COACH, 512 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:50,308 PASTOR, PRINCIPAL, CONSULTING, 513 00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:50,942 AND A DIRECTOR. 514 00:21:50,942 --> 00:21:51,977 HE HAS GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS 515 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:57,316 AND LEADS BY EXAMPLE AND I HAVE 516 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,350 SEEN HIM PERSONALLY DO IT. 517 00:21:58,350 --> 00:21:58,950 HE HAS ORGANIZED PEACEFUL 518 00:21:58,950 --> 00:21:59,785 PROTEST AND RALLY. 519 00:21:59,785 --> 00:22:01,687 HE HAS BUILT INITIATIVES AROUND 520 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:04,256 KIDS. 521 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:05,257 THERE IS NO BETTER PERSON FOR 522 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:07,326 THE JOB. 523 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:15,967 DEREK WILKIN PINS -- 524 00:22:15,967 --> 00:22:26,445 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 525 00:22:30,682 --> 00:22:30,982 CYNTHIA GREEN. 526 00:22:30,982 --> 00:22:32,818 >> MS. GREEN, OLDHAM MIC CLOSER 527 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:38,924 TO YOU. 528 00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:46,932 >> I AM CYNTHIA GREEN AND I AM 529 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:48,667 HERE IN FAVOR OF DEREK WHEELER 530 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:49,534 SMITH. 531 00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:54,673 I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS 532 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:56,041 QUALIFICATIONS TO BECOME THE 533 00:22:56,041 --> 00:23:01,813 LEADER OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL 534 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:02,147 RIGHTS. 535 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,048 THOSE QUALIFICATIONS GO FAR 536 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,684 BEYOND HIS EDUCATION AND 537 00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:09,387 EXPERIENCE. 538 00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:10,422 THEY SPEAK OF HIS COMPASSION 539 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:13,024 AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS FELLOW 540 00:23:13,024 --> 00:23:13,658 HUMAN BEINGS. 541 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:21,400 MONTHS AGO, MY FAMILY LOST ONE 542 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,401 OF ITS YOUNGEST MEMBERS TO A 543 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:22,834 FREAK ACCIDENT. 544 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:24,236 AS WE TRY TO PROCESS HIS DEATH, 545 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,305 THE SUDDENNESS OF THE TRAGEDY 546 00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:28,373 INTRODUCED LOADS OF CHAOS INTO 547 00:23:28,373 --> 00:23:29,307 OUR LIVES. 548 00:23:29,307 --> 00:23:39,851 WE ASK DEREK IF HE WOULD DO THE 549 00:23:39,985 --> 00:23:40,952 EULOGY AT MY SON'S FUNERAL. 550 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:41,787 BECAUSE OF OUR PARTICULAR 551 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:42,788 FAMILY DYNAMICS, AND LACK OF 552 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:43,789 AGREEMENT OVER THE SERVICE, HE 553 00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:45,223 WAS ASKED TO BE ON STANDBY 554 00:23:45,223 --> 00:23:48,493 UNTIL THE VERY LAST MINUTE. 555 00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:49,528 KNOWING HE HAD TO PREPARE A 556 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:55,233 EULOGY THAT HE MIGHT NEVER GIVE 557 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:56,668 , KNOWING HE HAD TO TAKE TIME 558 00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:57,869 AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY FOR A 559 00:23:57,869 --> 00:24:01,740 MOMENT THAT MY NEVER CALM, HE 560 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,374 AGREED WITHOUT PROTEST. 561 00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:05,677 WE LET HIM KNOW THAT HE WAS 562 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:07,679 NEEDED, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE 563 00:24:07,679 --> 00:24:09,281 FUNERAL AND HE CAME WITHOUT 564 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,650 FANFARE OR SELF-IMPORTANCE, 565 00:24:11,650 --> 00:24:16,054 HONORING MY SON WITH A EULOGY 566 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:17,656 THAT BROUGHT US COMFORT, HOPE, 567 00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:19,958 AND PEACE. 568 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:25,096 A LEADER SHOWS UP FOR OTHERS, 569 00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:26,164 EVEN WHEN IT IS HARD. 570 00:24:26,164 --> 00:24:29,601 EVEN WHEN THERE IS CHAOS. 571 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:36,341 EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO SPOTLIGHT. 572 00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:37,776 HE IS THE TYPE OF HUMAN BEING 573 00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:42,280 WHERE I TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING 574 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,481 THAT HE IS OVERSEEING THE CIVIL 575 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:46,351 RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE IN SEATTLE. 576 00:24:46,351 --> 00:24:55,560 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 577 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,698 >> GOOD MORNING. 578 00:24:59,698 --> 00:25:01,566 IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE WITH 579 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:06,838 EVERYBODY. 580 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:07,672 I AM WITH COMMUNITY 581 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:08,874 PASSAGEWAYS, MY NAME IS KIM 582 00:25:08,874 --> 00:25:09,074 FORD. 583 00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:10,108 USUALLY MORE COMFORTABLE NOT 584 00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:20,085 MAKING OR WRITING. 585 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,119 I WROTE SOME THINGS OUT. 586 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:22,320 I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE 587 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,154 CONFIRMATION OF DEREK WHEELER 588 00:25:23,154 --> 00:25:24,356 SMITH AS A DIRECTOR OF THE 589 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:25,390 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 590 00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:26,591 ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS WAS 591 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:29,694 WHEN DAVE DEREK LEFT AS THE 592 00:25:29,694 --> 00:25:36,401 DIRECTOR A COMMUNITY PUBLIC 593 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:37,202 HEALTH APPROACH TO GUN 594 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:37,569 VIOLENCE. 595 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:38,870 WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY IS 596 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:39,704 HELPING UNDERSTAND THE REASON 597 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:40,705 THAT HE NEEDED TO GO. 598 00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:41,740 IT WAS A MAJOR LOSS. 599 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:46,411 DEREK FEELS A PERSONAL DUTY TO 600 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:47,646 CHANGE THE STATE OF THE WORLD, 601 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,080 THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF 602 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:49,347 SEATTLE. 603 00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:57,222 HE HAS A BELIEVE IN MAKING THE 604 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:58,456 CHANGE HIMSELF AND NOT WAITING 605 00:25:58,456 --> 00:25:59,524 FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT. 606 00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:00,725 HE BELIEVES IN DEFENDING THOSE 607 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:01,693 WITHOUT POWER AND WHEN THEY 608 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:02,794 NEED, CHALLENGING THOSE WITH 609 00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:07,866 POWER. 610 00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:09,100 DEREK IS A NONCONFORMIST AND HE 611 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:09,901 CHALLENGES THE STATUS QUO. 612 00:26:09,901 --> 00:26:13,371 THAT IS WHY HE CREATED THIS. 613 00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:14,806 HE IS A REBEL WITH A CAUSE AND 614 00:26:14,806 --> 00:26:16,374 HE WILL ACT IN AN 615 00:26:16,374 --> 00:26:17,475 UNCONVENTIONAL WAY. 616 00:26:17,475 --> 00:26:19,044 THREE, DEREK IS RESOURCEFUL AND 617 00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:26,551 HE MAKES CONNECTIONS HE CREATED 618 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:31,923 CONNECTIONS LOCALLY AND HELPED 619 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,592 IT TO BE CHOSEN BY THE WHITE 620 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:36,761 HOUSE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY 621 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:43,335 BALANCE INTERVENTION COMMUNITY 622 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:44,336 AND FINALLY, DEREK DOES NOT 623 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:44,736 GIVE UP. 624 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:49,674 HE IS NOT DETERRED BY 625 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:50,508 OPPOSITION AND THE HOSTILITIES 626 00:26:50,508 --> 00:26:50,875 OF OTHERS. 627 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:53,678 WHEN HE FACES OBSTACLES, HE 628 00:26:53,678 --> 00:27:00,485 PUSHES BACK AND WHEN BUILDING 629 00:27:00,485 --> 00:27:01,519 YOUTH DETENTION, HE DID NOT 630 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:02,120 SLOW DOWN. 631 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:03,922 HE CHANGED ORGANIZATION SO THAT 632 00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:04,556 THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CAN CHANGE 633 00:27:04,556 --> 00:27:04,956 THE WORLD. 634 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:06,625 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 635 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:17,168 NEXT WE HAVE KEITH HATCH BREATH. 636 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:19,037 >> I CAME TO SEATTLE IN 2016 637 00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:20,638 FROM PRISON AND THE DUMPSTER 638 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:23,341 FROM CHICAGO. 639 00:27:23,341 --> 00:27:25,010 I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 640 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:32,517 LIFE. WHEN I MET DEREK AND HIS 641 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:37,689 BROTHER, THEY GAVE ME SOME 642 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:40,892 OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ME AT 643 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:42,293 THE PLACE WHERE I AM AT TODAY. 644 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:50,301 I TOLD HIM ONE TIME, I SAID, I 645 00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:51,102 NEVER HAD AN EXAMPLE, BROTHERS 646 00:27:51,102 --> 00:27:52,771 OR SISTERS OR A MOTHER OR 647 00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,407 FATHER. 648 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,008 I TOLD DEREK, I WANT TO BE LIKE 649 00:27:57,008 --> 00:27:57,242 YOU. 650 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:58,910 I WANT TO BE PROFESSIONAL LIKE 651 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:05,583 YOU. 652 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:06,818 TODAY I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 653 00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:07,952 ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY 654 00:28:07,952 --> 00:28:13,558 PASSAGEWAYS. 655 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:14,793 I HAVE A JOB OPPORTUNITY THAT 656 00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:16,227 HIM AND STEFAN GAVE ME AS THE 657 00:28:16,227 --> 00:28:18,496 FORCED EMPLOYEE FOR WDC. 658 00:28:18,496 --> 00:28:19,698 I'M A SAFETY GUEST SPECIALIST. 659 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:20,732 THROUGH DEREK'S LEADERSHIP AND 660 00:28:20,732 --> 00:28:25,370 GUIDANCE, I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT 661 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:33,578 WITH MARCUS FOR THE JUSTICE AND 662 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:33,978 EQUITY COMMITTEE. 663 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:35,413 I SIT ON THE BOARD FOR THE 664 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:38,883 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE. 665 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:39,718 AS THE ONLY NONATTORNEY. 666 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,686 I AM PART OF THE KING COUNTY 667 00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:49,527 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MEDIATION 668 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:50,729 AND I NEVER WOULD'VE GOT TO 669 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:52,363 WHERE I WAS AT IF I HAD NOT 670 00:28:52,363 --> 00:28:53,798 ENCOUNTERED DEREK WHEELER. 671 00:28:53,798 --> 00:28:57,869 WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE IS UP FOR 672 00:28:57,869 --> 00:29:02,373 , I DO NOT KNOW ALL OF THE 673 00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:03,007 PROFESSIONAL TERMS AND TITLES 674 00:29:03,007 --> 00:29:12,217 AND STUFF, HE DESERVES IT. 675 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,218 HE MADE A TRANSFORMATION IN MY 676 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:14,452 LIFE IN SUCH A SHORT TIME, 677 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:15,687 IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH 678 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:16,287 THIS NEW POSITION. 679 00:29:16,287 --> 00:29:16,888 >> THANK YOU. 680 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:17,722 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 681 00:29:17,722 --> 00:29:21,693 NEXT WE HAVE JOHN FOLLOWED BY 682 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:24,662 NATE MILES 683 00:29:24,662 --> 00:29:26,297 >> IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW UP 684 00:29:26,297 --> 00:29:26,664 THOSE STORIES. 685 00:29:26,664 --> 00:29:27,966 GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, 686 00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:29,134 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 687 00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:33,705 I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF 688 00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:36,274 SEATTLE AND FORMER SEATTLE CITY 689 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:36,741 COUNCIL MEMBER. 690 00:29:36,741 --> 00:29:38,877 AT ONE POINT IN TIME, I WAS THE 691 00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:44,182 DEPARTMENT HEAD OF WHAT IS NOW 692 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:45,250 FOUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. 693 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:46,451 I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE 694 00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:47,752 APPOINTMENT OF DEREK WHEELER 695 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:50,722 SMITH AS A DIRECTOR OF THE 696 00:29:50,722 --> 00:29:53,558 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 697 00:29:53,558 --> 00:29:54,792 I AM COMPELLED TO SPEAK THIS 698 00:29:54,792 --> 00:30:00,064 MORNING BECAUSE I'M CONVINCED 699 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:00,698 OF DEREK'S CAPABILITIES AND 700 00:30:00,698 --> 00:30:05,370 CAPACITY TO CHANGE OUR CITY. 701 00:30:05,370 --> 00:30:06,604 HE WILL TURN OUR CITY INTO 702 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:11,476 SOMETHING MORE THAN WE ARE. 703 00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:12,544 HIS BACKGROUND HAS BEEN 704 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,879 DOCUMENTED IN THE MAYORS PACKET 705 00:30:14,879 --> 00:30:15,213 . 706 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:05,396 'S VISION REACHES DEEPER THAN 707 00:31:05,396 --> 00:31:05,697 THAT. 708 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,833 IT REACHES DEEP INTO THE CITY 709 00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:10,201 BY CREATING CO-WARDS THROUGHOUT 710 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:16,808 THE CITY TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES 711 00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:17,842 IN RACE INITIATIVES. 712 00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:21,512 FURTHER BEYOND THAT, HIS VISION 713 00:31:21,512 --> 00:31:23,348 TO CREATE A MORE JUST AND 714 00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:25,950 EQUITABLE COMMUNITY IS 715 00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:30,088 TRANSFORMATIVE. 716 00:31:30,088 --> 00:31:37,495 WITH THAT, I WOULD RECOMMEND 717 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,129 THAT THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTS 718 00:31:38,129 --> 00:31:39,364 HIS NOMINATION AS THE DIRECTOR 719 00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:49,907 OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 720 00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:51,242 >> WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE TIME 721 00:31:51,242 --> 00:31:52,243 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE 722 00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,478 FIVE PEOPLE LEFT HIM I WOULD 723 00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:54,712 ASK THAT WE CAN EXTEND, MAYBE 724 00:31:54,712 --> 00:31:56,347 WE CAN HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE 725 00:31:56,347 --> 00:31:57,348 LAST ABUSE ACRES PLEASE GO 726 00:31:57,348 --> 00:31:57,782 AHEAD, MR. MILES. 727 00:31:57,782 --> 00:32:00,451 >> THANK YOU. 728 00:32:00,451 --> 00:32:02,053 I GAVE THE HONOR TO GOD WHO IS 729 00:32:02,053 --> 00:32:03,922 THE HEAD OF MY LIFE AND MADAM 730 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,123 CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE, I'M NOT 731 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:07,191 HERE TO SOME SORT MR. WHEELER 732 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:13,364 SMITH I WANT TO ASK YOU TO 733 00:32:13,364 --> 00:32:14,399 SUPPORT HIM BASED ON ANYTHING 734 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:15,433 THAT IS IN THE PACKET. 735 00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:21,673 IF THINGS ARE FINE AND GOOD AND 736 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,007 THERE WAS NOT RACISM, WE WOULD 737 00:32:23,007 --> 00:32:25,677 NOT HAVE TO DO THAT. 738 00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:27,111 I AM HERE TO DO AS DR. KING 739 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:29,681 SAID, I AM ASKED TO DO WHAT IS 740 00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:39,524 ON PAPER. 741 00:32:39,524 --> 00:32:40,525 YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED 742 00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:41,426 SOMEBODY THAT THE SENIORS WERE 743 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:47,332 GOING TO BE PROTECTED BY I 744 00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:48,333 WOULD UNDERSTAND IF WE DO NOT 745 00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:49,767 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WE DO 746 00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:51,769 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT TODAY 747 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:57,508 IT IS UP TO US TO FIND SOMEBODY 748 00:32:57,508 --> 00:32:59,744 WHO WILL WORRY ABOUT THEM. 749 00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:01,679 THIS MAYOR HAS PUT FORWARD 750 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:07,719 SOMEBODY WHERE WE HAVE SEEN 751 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:08,920 THEM IN COMMUNITY DO THIS DAY 752 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,954 IN AND DAY OUT. 753 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:15,059 YOU HAVE HEARD TESTIMONY ABOUT 754 00:33:15,059 --> 00:33:16,260 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHANGED LIVES. 755 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,295 WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU. 756 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:18,296 WE HAVE A NICE CITY HERE. 757 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:22,233 ALL WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO NOW, 758 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:23,668 IS TO TAKE THIS AUTHENTIC 759 00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:24,902 PERSON THAT HAS SHOWN TIME AND 760 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:26,104 TIME AGAIN THAT HE IS WILLING 761 00:33:26,104 --> 00:33:28,940 TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE DR. 762 00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:29,974 KING'S DREAM A REALITY AND TO 763 00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:33,244 MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER BY DOING 764 00:33:33,244 --> 00:33:34,245 THE EASY THING AND APPOINTING 765 00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:43,020 HIM TO THIS POSITION. 766 00:33:43,020 --> 00:33:43,821 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE 767 00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:44,822 ASK THAT YOU APPOINTED DEREK 768 00:33:44,822 --> 00:33:45,823 WHEELER SMITH TO THIS POSITION. 769 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:46,657 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 770 00:33:46,657 --> 00:33:51,529 >> THANK YOU. 771 00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:52,797 LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE 772 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:53,798 WHO ARE ONLINE,WE WILL TRY 773 00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:54,699 THEM AGAIN. 774 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:57,435 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME FOR 775 00:33:57,435 --> 00:34:05,243 THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 776 00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:06,444 I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL, 777 00:34:06,444 --> 00:34:07,278 ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE. 778 00:34:07,278 --> 00:34:08,679 I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A 779 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:12,784 FRIEND, AS A COLLEAGUE WHEN IT 780 00:34:12,784 --> 00:34:13,985 COMES TO WATCHING A PERSON 781 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:16,854 GROW, AND DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES 782 00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:17,288 FOR PEOPLE. 783 00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:19,056 YOU WILL GET AN INNOVATIVE AND 784 00:34:19,056 --> 00:34:22,160 TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER THAT HAS 785 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,628 A HIGH VALUE THAT WILL BE ABLE 786 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:25,863 TO CREATE ACCESS WITH COMMUNITY 787 00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:29,534 FOR THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT TO 788 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:39,777 SEE IN SEATTLE. 789 00:34:39,777 --> 00:34:40,978 I HAVE WORKED AS PART OF THE 790 00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:42,213 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN KING 791 00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:42,447 COUNTY. 792 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,247 I HAVE WATCHED THAT CHANGE. 793 00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:47,351 I HAVE WATCHED THE PERSISTENCE 794 00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:48,786 TO PUSH THE COMMUNITY TO DO 795 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:49,720 SOME THINGS THAT WE NEVER 796 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:50,421 THOUGHT WE COULD DO. 797 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:51,956 THAT IS WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS 798 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,257 POSITION AND FOR THE CITY OF 799 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:56,527 SEATTLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 800 00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:58,062 SO UNLIKE DEREK WHEELER SMITH, 801 00:34:58,062 --> 00:35:01,032 THE CONFIRMATION IS THAT HE 802 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:11,175 WILL PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS 803 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:11,609 MOUTH IS. 804 00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:12,610 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 805 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:13,644 WE HAVE TWO FOLKS PRESENT 806 00:35:13,644 --> 00:35:13,878 ONLINE. 807 00:35:13,878 --> 00:35:15,313 WE WILL TRY THEM BEFORE WE WRAP 808 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:15,580 UP. 809 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:16,714 CARLA LYNCH, IF YOU ARE HERE, 810 00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:21,619 PLEASE PRESS á6. 811 00:35:21,619 --> 00:35:23,054 >> GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR 812 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:23,221 ME? 813 00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:24,689 >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 814 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:32,230 >> GOOD MORNING. 815 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:33,664 I AM HERE TO COMMENT IN SUPPORT 816 00:35:33,664 --> 00:35:34,699 OF MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, 817 00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:40,805 DEREK WHEELER SMITH. 818 00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:42,206 I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING 819 00:35:42,206 --> 00:35:44,909 ALONGSIDE DEREK FOR FIVE YEARS 820 00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:46,010 TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT 821 00:35:46,010 --> 00:35:50,648 FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 822 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:51,048 DISABILITIES. 823 00:35:51,048 --> 00:35:56,754 I WATCHED AS HE CONSISTENTLY 824 00:35:56,754 --> 00:35:58,122 APPROACHED HIS WORK WITH AN 825 00:35:58,122 --> 00:36:01,025 ASSET-BASED LENS. 826 00:36:01,025 --> 00:36:02,793 FOCUSING ON WHAT WAS POSSIBLE 827 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:05,696 FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, TO 828 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:11,636 SUPPORT THEM. 829 00:36:11,636 --> 00:36:12,436 AS SUCH, HE DEMONSTRATED WHAT 830 00:36:12,436 --> 00:36:15,339 INCLUSION LOOK LIKE FOR ALL. 831 00:36:15,339 --> 00:36:21,479 HE WAS DEDICATED TO WIDENING 832 00:36:21,479 --> 00:36:22,713 CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST 833 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:24,282 IMPACTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT 834 00:36:24,282 --> 00:36:28,052 WE MAKE. 835 00:36:28,052 --> 00:36:28,886 BUILDING COMMUNITY, BUILDING 836 00:36:28,886 --> 00:36:30,054 BRIDGES, INCLUDING AGENCY FOR 837 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:33,925 ALL PEOPLE HAS BEEN THE 838 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:37,695 CORNERSTONE OF HIS ENTIRE 839 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:40,865 PROFESSIONAL CAREER. 840 00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:41,899 HE IS A VALUABLE LEADER THAT 841 00:36:41,899 --> 00:36:42,934 BRINGS THESE SAME ATTRIBUTES TO 842 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,569 HIS ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 843 00:36:44,569 --> 00:36:55,112 SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. 844 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:03,554 WE HAVE EARNED THE TRUST AND 845 00:37:03,554 --> 00:37:04,789 RESPECT OF THOSE WHO ARE 846 00:37:04,789 --> 00:37:05,623 WORKING TO UNDO INEQUITIES SO 847 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:06,424 THAT EVERYONE CAN THRIVE. 848 00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:07,458 I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO 849 00:37:07,458 --> 00:37:08,659 CONFIRM DEREK AS THE DIRECTOR 850 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:09,694 OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. 851 00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:10,528 HIS COMMITMENT TO THE 852 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:11,729 ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS 853 00:37:11,729 --> 00:37:12,530 SETS THE STAGE FOR CONTINUED 854 00:37:12,530 --> 00:37:13,364 PROGRESS IN CREATING A 855 00:37:13,364 --> 00:37:14,165 COMMUNITY THAT RESPECTS THE 856 00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:15,933 VOICES OF ALL AS WE 857 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:17,702 COLLECTIVELY WORK TO GET RID OF 858 00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:23,407 THE GENERATIONAL IMPACT OF 859 00:37:23,407 --> 00:37:24,008 RACISM AND THOSE IN 860 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:24,642 MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 861 00:37:24,642 --> 00:37:25,476 THANK YOU. 862 00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:26,310 >> THANK YOU. 863 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:29,080 THE LAST SPEAKER THAT IS 864 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:33,718 PRESIDENT IS CURTIS BROWN. 865 00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:35,386 CURTIS, IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE 866 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:36,454 PRESS á6. 867 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:46,998 >> I'M ON VACATION, MY FAMILY 868 00:37:47,832 --> 00:37:49,367 HAS LEFT ME BECAUSE I HAD TO BE 869 00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:50,801 HERE ON A PHONE CALL TO SUPPORT 870 00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:52,837 DEREK WHEELER SMITH. 871 00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:54,839 DEREK IS A PERSON WHO CALLS ME 872 00:37:54,839 --> 00:38:00,378 AND TEXAS ME ABOUT SOME WAY 873 00:38:00,378 --> 00:38:03,948 THAT HE WANTS TO FURTHER OUR 874 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:09,987 WORK FOR THE PLACEMENT HERE IN 875 00:38:09,987 --> 00:38:10,254 SEATTLE. 876 00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:11,589 HE WILL SPEND TWO HOURS IN 877 00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:12,590 CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT 878 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:13,057 TRUST IS DEVELOPED. 879 00:38:13,057 --> 00:38:14,659 DEREK IS A PERSON THAT GETS 880 00:38:14,659 --> 00:38:14,959 STUFF DONE. 881 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:16,894 I HAVE KNOWN DEREK LESS THAN A 882 00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:17,695 YEAR. 883 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:20,264 DEREK TREATS ME ENTRUSTS ME 884 00:38:20,264 --> 00:38:21,265 LIKE WE HAVE BEEN LIFETIME 885 00:38:21,265 --> 00:38:21,532 FRIENDS. 886 00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:24,902 IN A WORLD OF DISTRUST, THAT IS 887 00:38:24,902 --> 00:38:32,643 SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOW. 888 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:33,477 FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS TO END 889 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:34,512 STRUCTURAL RACISM IN ALL THESE 890 00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:35,746 ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN OUR 891 00:38:35,746 --> 00:38:36,213 COMMUNITY TODAY. 892 00:38:36,213 --> 00:38:41,419 I PASSIONATELY SUPPORT DEREK 893 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:42,653 WHEELER SMITH FOR THE OFFICE OF 894 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:47,558 CIVIL RIGHTS AND I WANT HIS 895 00:38:47,558 --> 00:38:47,825 APPROVAL. 896 00:38:47,825 --> 00:38:48,726 >> THANK YOU. 897 00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:54,065 THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC 898 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:55,333 COMMENT PERIOD AND WE WILL MOVE 899 00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:56,734 ON TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM. 900 00:38:56,734 --> 00:39:07,244 WE YOU PLEASE CALL THE HOLE. 901 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:18,823 >> AGENDA ITEMS 1-15. 902 00:39:18,823 --> 00:39:19,623 APPOINTMENTS 2481 THROUGH 2895. 903 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:21,692 THE REFUGEE COMMISSION, THE 904 00:39:21,692 --> 00:39:25,730 MARKETPLACE HISTORICAL 905 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:27,164 COMMISSION AND THE COMMUNITY 906 00:39:27,164 --> 00:39:33,904 INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION FOR A 907 00:39:33,904 --> 00:39:34,739 BRIEF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE 908 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:34,939 VOTE. 909 00:39:34,939 --> 00:39:36,407 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 910 00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:40,211 THE CONSENT AGENDA FUNCTIONS AS 911 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,078 THE FULL CONSENT AGENDA. 912 00:39:41,078 --> 00:39:46,384 THEY CAN PULL ITEMS FOR WHAT 913 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:47,818 THEY CHOOSE OR THEY CAN VOTE ON 914 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:48,853 THE ITEMS AS A PACKAGE. 915 00:39:48,853 --> 00:39:50,020 IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY 916 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:51,055 WOULD LIKE TO PULL TO DISCUSS? 917 00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:52,089 OR ANYTHING THAT THE APPOINTEES 918 00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:56,327 WOULD LIKE TO BE TO ABOUT THE 919 00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:56,761 APPOINTMENT? 920 00:39:56,761 --> 00:40:04,702 I AM NOT SEEING ANY. 921 00:40:04,702 --> 00:40:05,002 OKAY. 922 00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:06,103 WE WILL MOVE APPROVAL TO THESE 923 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:06,570 APPOINTMENTS. 924 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:07,738 IS THERE A SECOND? 925 00:40:07,738 --> 00:40:17,948 >> SECOND. 926 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:19,416 >> NOW WE CAN RECOMMEND THE 927 00:40:19,416 --> 00:40:20,251 APPROVAL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS. 928 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,452 CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? 929 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:22,086 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS? 930 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:22,453 >> YES. 931 00:40:22,453 --> 00:40:23,087 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 932 00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:23,687 >> HIGH . 933 00:40:23,687 --> 00:40:25,689 >> CHAIR MORALES? 934 00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:33,964 >> YES. 935 00:40:33,964 --> 00:40:34,899 >> FOUR IN FAVOR. 936 00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:35,933 >> THE COUNCIL APPROVES OF THE 937 00:40:35,933 --> 00:40:36,934 APPOINTMENTS AND WILL BE SENT 938 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:38,202 TO THE APRIL 4th CITY COUNCIL 939 00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:38,469 MEETING. 940 00:40:38,469 --> 00:40:44,508 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 941 00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:45,342 16 INTO THE RECORD? 942 00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:46,143 >> AGENDA ITEM 16. 943 00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:47,311 APPOINTMENT 2497. 944 00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:49,013 APPOINTMENT OF DEREK WHEELER 945 00:40:49,013 --> 00:40:50,614 SMITH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 946 00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:55,519 CIVIL RIGHTS FOR A BRIEF 947 00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:56,153 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 948 00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:57,588 >> THANK YOU. 949 00:40:57,588 --> 00:41:08,098 THE MAYOR HAS TRANSLATED HIS 950 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:18,476 APPOINTMENT PACKETS. 951 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,643 I WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES 952 00:41:19,643 --> 00:41:20,644 FOR YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WE 953 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:21,879 SUBMITTED AND I WANT TO THINK 954 00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:22,913 DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH FOR THE 955 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:23,414 THOUGHTFUL RESPONSES. 956 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:24,548 THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 957 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:25,549 DIVE DEEPER IF YOU HAVE 958 00:41:25,549 --> 00:41:26,383 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR YOU 959 00:41:26,383 --> 00:41:27,184 NEED CLARIFICATION, WE WILL 960 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:27,852 GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 961 00:41:27,852 --> 00:41:29,854 I DO WANT TO ASK THE DEPUTY WAY 962 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:35,359 HERE -- TO WELCOME YOU BOTH TO 963 00:41:35,359 --> 00:41:35,860 THE COMMITTEE. 964 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:36,393 >> THANK YOU. 965 00:41:36,393 --> 00:41:37,862 CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? 966 00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:45,169 >> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE 967 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:45,903 TO INTRODUCE THE REPRESENTATIVE 968 00:41:45,903 --> 00:41:49,473 OR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, 969 00:41:49,473 --> 00:41:50,574 DEREK WHEELER SMITH. 970 00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:56,580 HE THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER THAN 971 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:57,381 MOST, ENFORCES LAWS AGAINST 972 00:41:57,381 --> 00:42:02,319 ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION, WHICH 973 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:03,554 YOU ALL HAVE ADOPTED AND LEADS 974 00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:05,122 THE RACE IN THIS INITIATIVE. 975 00:42:05,122 --> 00:42:12,162 TO END INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AT 976 00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:12,963 THE CITY AND CITYWIDE. 977 00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:14,198 I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT MAYOR 978 00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:15,232 HAROLD HAS NOMINATED A SUPER 979 00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:18,102 START TO SPEARHEAD THIS WORK. 980 00:42:18,102 --> 00:42:19,136 I COULD PROBABLY END MY 981 00:42:19,136 --> 00:42:20,704 COMMENTS THERE BECAUSE I THINK 982 00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:23,173 THE POLYMERIC PUBLIC COMMENT 983 00:42:23,173 --> 00:42:24,775 REFLECTS THE NATURE AND THE 984 00:42:24,775 --> 00:42:26,443 WORK THAT DEREK WHEELER SMITH 985 00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:34,184 WILL BRING TO THIS OFFICE. 986 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:35,819 I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON A FEW 987 00:42:35,819 --> 00:42:36,854 OTHER POINTS TO REINFORCE THE 988 00:42:36,854 --> 00:42:37,655 COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD 989 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:37,922 EARLIER. 990 00:42:37,922 --> 00:42:39,123 DEREK HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE IN 991 00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:41,358 THE SERVICE OF OTHERS. 992 00:42:41,358 --> 00:42:51,869 YOU MAY KNOW HIM, HE STARTED 993 00:42:52,469 --> 00:42:53,637 THE ROAD MAP TO ZERO YOUTH 994 00:42:53,637 --> 00:42:54,672 DETENTION AND A REGIONAL PUBLIC 995 00:42:54,672 --> 00:42:57,675 SAFETY PLAN TO ADDRESS GUN 996 00:42:57,675 --> 00:42:58,943 VIOLENCE. 997 00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:00,210 HE WAS PREVIOUSLY THE LEAD ON 998 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:01,712 EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND 999 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:07,351 FACILITATING RACIAL EQUITY 1000 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:08,152 TRAININGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 1001 00:43:08,152 --> 00:43:09,586 HE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN OUR 1002 00:43:09,586 --> 00:43:10,588 COMMUNITY AS YOU HAVE HEARD AT 1003 00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:11,422 THE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. 1004 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:18,629 BEFORE HE REFERRED HIS 1005 00:43:18,629 --> 00:43:19,463 NOMINATION FOR YOU TODAY. 1006 00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:20,297 INCLUDING EMPLOYEES ON THE 1007 00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:21,699 TEAM, BOTH DIRECT AND NON- 1008 00:43:21,699 --> 00:43:28,238 REPORT TO DEREK. 1009 00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:29,273 FURTHER, MAYOR HAROLD TOOK A 1010 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:30,507 CLOSE REVIEW OF HIS WORK OVER 1011 00:43:30,507 --> 00:43:31,108 THE LAST YEAR. 1012 00:43:31,108 --> 00:43:32,776 HE RECOGNIZED THE PASSION, THE 1013 00:43:32,776 --> 00:43:36,614 DEDICATION AND SPIRIT THAT 1014 00:43:36,614 --> 00:43:43,520 DEREK BRINGS TO THE OFFICE. 1015 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,189 WHAT IS KEY WITH DEREK IS THAT 1016 00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:46,223 WE HAVE A TRUE COLLABORATOR IN 1017 00:43:46,223 --> 00:43:46,423 HIM. 1018 00:43:46,423 --> 00:43:47,424 I AM SURE, COUNCILMEMBER 1019 00:43:47,424 --> 00:43:48,425 MORALES, BASED ON THE WORK THAT 1020 00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:51,895 YOU HAVE DONE ON THE ORDINANCE 1021 00:43:51,895 --> 00:43:53,364 THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER LATER 1022 00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:56,000 TODAY. 1023 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:57,434 WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO STAFF, A 1024 00:43:57,434 --> 00:43:58,435 WORD KEPT COMING UP THAT 1025 00:43:58,435 --> 00:44:04,808 REFLECTS HIS APPROACH TO WORK. 1026 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:05,209 COACH. 1027 00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:10,080 DURING THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC, 1028 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,715 HE WAS FACING A 35% STAFF 1029 00:44:11,715 --> 00:44:22,226 VACANCY RATES THAT CAUSE THE 1030 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:27,965 TEAM CONSIDER A BURNOUT AND HE 1031 00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:28,932 REALIZED HE COULD NOT TACKLE 1032 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:29,733 THE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES AHEAD 1033 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:30,734 WITHOUT A HEALTHY AND RESTORED 1034 00:44:30,734 --> 00:44:30,934 TEAM. 1035 00:44:30,934 --> 00:44:32,569 HE TOOK THE TIME THIS YEAR TO 1036 00:44:32,569 --> 00:44:33,203 ENGAGE, MENTOR, AND PROVIDE 1037 00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:34,705 TRAININGS SO THAT HE COULD 1038 00:44:34,705 --> 00:44:37,341 DEVELOP STAFF TO CREATE 1039 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:38,175 LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS. 1040 00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:39,176 TODAY, THE STAFF VACANCY RATE 1041 00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:39,777 IS ONLY 6%. 1042 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:41,578 THROUGH HIS EFFORTS AS WORD OF 1043 00:44:41,578 --> 00:44:43,881 HIS TEAM, THAT THE DEPARTMENT 1044 00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:44,882 ELIMINATED WHICH WAS A 1045 00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:46,383 CONSIDERABLE BACKLOG OF CIVIL 1046 00:44:46,383 --> 00:44:55,526 RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS. 1047 00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:56,727 A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT, IT TAKES 1048 00:44:56,727 --> 00:44:58,095 INTEGRITY, PASSION, AND A DRIVE 1049 00:44:58,095 --> 00:44:59,596 FOR CHANGE. 1050 00:44:59,596 --> 00:45:00,831 PERSONALLY, I HAVE SEEN HIM TO 1051 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:03,500 BE ONE OF THE MOST INSIGHTFUL 1052 00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:13,277 AND EMPATHETIC LEADERS THAT I 1053 00:45:13,277 --> 00:45:13,710 HAVE ENCOUNTERED. 1054 00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:14,678 HIS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE IS 1055 00:45:14,678 --> 00:45:15,079 UNDENIABLE. 1056 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:15,879 AFTER TALKING WITH HIM IN 1057 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:17,347 REVIEWING HIS RECORD, YOU WILL 1058 00:45:17,347 --> 00:45:20,184 AGREE THAT HE IS THE RIGHT 1059 00:45:20,184 --> 00:45:21,985 PERSON TO LEAD THE OFFICE OF 1060 00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:23,253 CIVIL RIGHTS. 1061 00:45:23,253 --> 00:45:24,455 WITH THAT, LET ME TURN THINGS 1062 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:26,957 OVER TO DEREK FOR HIS REMARKS 1063 00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:29,560 BEFORE -- 1064 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:37,768 >> THANK YOU TO THE DEPUTY 1065 00:45:37,768 --> 00:45:38,569 CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE. 1066 00:45:38,569 --> 00:45:40,204 I AM HONORED TO BE HERE FOR MY 1067 00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:41,772 CONFIRMATION FOR THE OFFICE OF 1068 00:45:41,772 --> 00:45:43,640 CIVIL RIGHTS. 1069 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,675 I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF 1070 00:45:44,675 --> 00:45:48,178 MANY FOLKS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED 1071 00:45:48,178 --> 00:45:50,247 FOR ME TO ENJOY MY LIFE AS IT 1072 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:50,681 IS. 1073 00:45:50,681 --> 00:46:01,225 EACH OF US IMPRINTS THE PEOPLE 1074 00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:05,162 IN THE WORLD AROUND US. 1075 00:46:05,162 --> 00:46:06,830 AS MUCH WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE 1076 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,031 ARE PRESENT, IN WHATEVER WE DO. 1077 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:09,066 THEIR CALLINGS FOR LIFE, THEIR 1078 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:09,867 CALLINGS FOR OUR TIME. 1079 00:46:09,867 --> 00:46:11,135 I SPENT MY LIFE PREPARING TO 1080 00:46:11,135 --> 00:46:11,735 MEET THIS MOMENT. 1081 00:46:11,735 --> 00:46:12,970 THIS CALLING IS SO TENDER AND 1082 00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:14,638 SO URGENT, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS 1083 00:46:14,638 --> 00:46:16,874 COAX MY OWN BUS TO SELF AND THE 1084 00:46:16,874 --> 00:46:18,075 BEST SELF OF OTHERS INTO THE 1085 00:46:18,075 --> 00:46:18,308 LIGHT. 1086 00:46:18,308 --> 00:46:21,979 I SEE OUR BELOVED CITY AS A 1087 00:46:21,979 --> 00:46:22,780 PLAYGROUND WHERE THE MOST 1088 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:25,449 VULNERABLE CAN FLOURISH. 1089 00:46:25,449 --> 00:46:27,951 THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 1090 00:46:27,951 --> 00:46:30,320 AND CONSIDERATION. 1091 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,089 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1092 00:46:32,089 --> 00:46:35,626 BEING HERE. 1093 00:46:35,626 --> 00:46:36,660 COLLEAGUES, AS I MENTIONED, WE 1094 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:38,061 ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE 1095 00:46:38,061 --> 00:46:48,338 APPOINTMENT PACKET AND THE 1096 00:46:48,338 --> 00:46:48,839 WRITTEN QUESTIONS. 1097 00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:49,973 I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS 1098 00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:51,408 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH 1099 00:46:51,408 --> 00:46:52,476 AND IF FOLKS HAVE OTHER 1100 00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:53,443 QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE ON. 1101 00:46:53,443 --> 00:46:57,347 THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WHEELER 1102 00:46:57,347 --> 00:46:57,781 SMITH. 1103 00:46:57,781 --> 00:46:58,849 AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR MENTIONED, 1104 00:46:58,849 --> 00:47:00,250 WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE 1105 00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:04,755 ORDINANCE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, 1106 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:05,389 LATER THIS MORNING. 1107 00:47:05,389 --> 00:47:06,857 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1108 00:47:06,857 --> 00:47:08,292 YOUR VISION FOR THAT ORDINANCE 1109 00:47:08,292 --> 00:47:10,060 AND ESPECIALLY, AS A CITY, WE 1110 00:47:10,060 --> 00:47:19,303 CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE 1111 00:47:19,303 --> 00:47:19,937 PRINCIPLES ARE INTEGRATED 1112 00:47:19,937 --> 00:47:21,138 THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE THE 1113 00:47:21,138 --> 00:47:21,972 WHOLE POINT IS FOR THE 1114 00:47:21,972 --> 00:47:22,806 DEPARTMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 1115 00:47:22,806 --> 00:47:25,042 RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MEANS. 1116 00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:27,044 CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON 1117 00:47:27,044 --> 00:47:29,580 HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OTHER 1118 00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:30,948 DEPARTMENTS TO INTEGRATE THAT 1119 00:47:30,948 --> 00:47:31,148 WORK? 1120 00:47:31,148 --> 00:47:33,250 >> I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT 1121 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:37,287 OUT TO THE FANTASTIC STAFF IN 1122 00:47:37,287 --> 00:47:40,958 THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. 1123 00:47:40,958 --> 00:47:41,992 MORE SPECIFICALLY AS WE ARE 1124 00:47:41,992 --> 00:47:45,963 TALKING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE LED 1125 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:56,273 BY DAVITA INGRAM. 1126 00:47:58,642 --> 00:47:59,810 ALL OF THIS WORK HAS BEEN 1127 00:47:59,810 --> 00:48:01,011 TAKING PLACE FOR THE LAST 19 1128 00:48:01,011 --> 00:48:01,345 YEARS. 1129 00:48:01,345 --> 00:48:02,246 WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT 1130 00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:03,280 THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE 1131 00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:04,481 TWO BRIDGE WITH SO MANY 1132 00:48:04,481 --> 00:48:05,649 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND BE 1133 00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:09,987 ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND PUSH 1134 00:48:09,987 --> 00:48:10,621 THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD. 1135 00:48:10,621 --> 00:48:15,325 AS WE THINK ABOUT THE 1136 00:48:15,325 --> 00:48:15,959 OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER 1137 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:16,560 COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS THE 1138 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,863 CITY, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE 1139 00:48:19,863 --> 00:48:21,265 PROCESS OF CONVENING EACH 1140 00:48:21,265 --> 00:48:26,803 DEPARTMENT HEAD TO BE ABLE TO 1141 00:48:26,803 --> 00:48:28,005 TALK ABOUT A COHORT MODEL AND 1142 00:48:28,005 --> 00:48:29,573 HOW WE CAN DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL 1143 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:32,075 LEARNING COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE 1144 00:48:32,075 --> 00:48:33,110 INTEGRATE THE WORK OF THE 1145 00:48:33,110 --> 00:48:34,344 CHANGED TEAMS AND WE CAN LOOK 1146 00:48:34,344 --> 00:48:36,113 AT THE EXTERNAL IMPACT THAT WE 1147 00:48:36,113 --> 00:48:38,415 CAN HAVE. 1148 00:48:38,415 --> 00:48:44,154 WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE SLIDABLY 1149 00:48:44,154 --> 00:48:44,988 COMPLEX ISSUES BY WORKING IN 1150 00:48:44,988 --> 00:48:46,556 SILOS AND PRETENDING THAT ONE 1151 00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:53,130 ORGANIZATION OR OUR OWN 1152 00:48:53,130 --> 00:48:53,964 DEPARTMENT CAN SOLVE THESE 1153 00:48:53,964 --> 00:48:54,431 COMPLEX ISSUES. 1154 00:48:54,431 --> 00:48:55,399 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE 1155 00:48:55,399 --> 00:48:56,566 OPPORTUNITY TO THINK 1156 00:48:56,566 --> 00:48:57,801 COLLECTIVELY AND POSE SOME 1157 00:48:57,801 --> 00:48:58,635 GUIDING QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF 1158 00:48:58,635 --> 00:48:59,903 THE CURRICULUM THAT GIVES 1159 00:48:59,903 --> 00:49:10,414 ANSWERS AND REALIZED THAT THE 1160 00:49:14,818 --> 00:49:15,986 BRILLIANCE IS IN THE ROOM WITH 1161 00:49:15,986 --> 00:49:16,386 THESE LEADERS. 1162 00:49:16,386 --> 00:49:17,621 WE LOOK AT THE EXTERNAL IMPACT 1163 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:18,789 THAT WE CAN HAVE ON THE 1164 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:19,222 COMMUNITY. 1165 00:49:19,222 --> 00:49:20,057 PUTTING THAT IN CREATION WITH 1166 00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:21,058 COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO DOING 1167 00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:21,692 THINGS TO COMMUNITY. 1168 00:49:21,692 --> 00:49:23,527 WE ARE EXCITED THAT THIS 1169 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:24,561 ORDINANCE GIVES TO THAT. 1170 00:49:24,561 --> 00:49:25,595 IT PROVIDES WITH THE NECESSARY 1171 00:49:25,595 --> 00:49:26,830 SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY 1172 00:49:26,830 --> 00:49:30,233 THIS WORK AND VISION FORWARD. 1173 00:49:30,233 --> 00:49:31,668 TO BE ABLE TO REALLY CREATE THE 1174 00:49:31,668 --> 00:49:33,236 EQUITABLE CITY INTERNALLY AND 1175 00:49:33,236 --> 00:49:43,747 EXTERNALLY FOR STAFF AND ALSO 1176 00:49:44,381 --> 00:49:45,349 FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY 1177 00:49:45,349 --> 00:49:45,749 OF SEATTLE. 1178 00:49:45,749 --> 00:49:46,383 >> THANK YOU. 1179 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:47,584 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 1180 00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:48,218 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND 1181 00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:50,053 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VACANCY 1182 00:49:50,053 --> 00:49:51,054 HAS SHRUNK GIVEN THE IMPORTANT 1183 00:49:51,054 --> 00:49:52,089 WORK YOU HAVE TO DO. 1184 00:49:52,089 --> 00:49:58,195 YOU ARE SOMETIMES ADDING TO 1185 00:49:58,195 --> 00:49:59,196 YOUR WORK BY INCREASING THE 1186 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:00,263 NUMBER OF PROTECTED CLASSES IN 1187 00:50:00,263 --> 00:50:00,864 THE CITY. 1188 00:50:00,864 --> 00:50:01,698 THE NEW ECONOMIC FORECAST LAST 1189 00:50:01,698 --> 00:50:03,200 WEEK WITH THE NATIONAL PICTURE 1190 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:08,839 HERE REMINDS US THAT WE ARE 1191 00:50:08,839 --> 00:50:09,806 EXPERIENCING FISCAL VOLATILITY, 1192 00:50:09,806 --> 00:50:12,709 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU PLAN 1193 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:13,877 TO STAFF THROUGH THESE 1194 00:50:13,877 --> 00:50:18,014 UNCERTAIN TIMES. 1195 00:50:18,014 --> 00:50:19,282 WE NEED TO SHORTEN THE CLOSURE 1196 00:50:19,282 --> 00:50:20,150 RATE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS. 1197 00:50:20,150 --> 00:50:24,588 YOU HAVE A BIG JOB TO DO WITH 1198 00:50:24,588 --> 00:50:25,422 WHAT IS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY 1199 00:50:25,422 --> 00:50:27,190 RIGHT NOW WITH BEING ABLE TO 1200 00:50:27,190 --> 00:50:29,292 INCREASE RESOURCES. 1201 00:50:29,292 --> 00:50:30,327 HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING 1202 00:50:30,327 --> 00:50:31,561 ABLE TO MANAGE THAT? 1203 00:50:31,561 --> 00:50:34,064 >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS 1204 00:50:34,064 --> 00:50:38,902 QUESTION. 1205 00:50:38,902 --> 00:50:40,103 THIS BRINGS UP A VERY IMPORTANT 1206 00:50:40,103 --> 00:50:41,138 QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO 1207 00:50:41,138 --> 00:50:42,739 ENFORCING CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE 1208 00:50:42,739 --> 00:50:45,675 LACK OF OUTREACH OF STAFFING 1209 00:50:45,675 --> 00:50:46,443 CAPACITY TO ENSURE THE 1210 00:50:46,443 --> 00:50:49,713 COMPLIANCE THAT WE KNOW IS 1211 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:52,783 IMPORTANT. 1212 00:50:52,783 --> 00:50:53,583 EVERY TIME THAT THE CITY 1213 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:54,818 COUNCILADOPTS A NEW LAW, THERE 1214 00:50:54,818 --> 00:51:03,593 IS A COMPANY WITH THE ONGOING 1215 00:51:03,593 --> 00:51:04,594 OUTREACH BUDGET TO ENFORCE THE 1216 00:51:04,594 --> 00:51:05,429 NEW CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS. 1217 00:51:05,429 --> 00:51:06,863 IT WAS IN 2019. 1218 00:51:06,863 --> 00:51:13,170 WE ALSO HAVE RAISE INEQUITY TO 1219 00:51:13,170 --> 00:51:14,204 LOSE SKILLED STAFF TO OTHER 1220 00:51:14,204 --> 00:51:15,405 JOBS IN THE CITY AND THE 1221 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:19,910 PRIVATE SECTOR HE AND THAT HAS 1222 00:51:19,910 --> 00:51:20,744 LED TO THE INVESTIGATIONS AND 1223 00:51:20,744 --> 00:51:21,378 IMPACTED CUSTOMER SERVICE. 1224 00:51:21,378 --> 00:51:22,946 NEW LAWS ARE PASSED THAT 1225 00:51:22,946 --> 00:51:25,682 REQUIRE TRACKING AND DIFFERENT 1226 00:51:25,682 --> 00:51:27,250 INVESTIGATION TOOLS COMPARED TO 1227 00:51:27,250 --> 00:51:29,219 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS AND WE HAVE A 1228 00:51:29,219 --> 00:51:33,123 OUTDATED DATABASE WHEN IT COMES 1229 00:51:33,123 --> 00:51:34,825 TO THE WORKFLOW AND BEING ABLE 1230 00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:44,568 TO ACCESS DIFFERENT KINDS OF 1231 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:45,569 LAWS FOR THE DIFFERENT REPORTS 1232 00:51:45,569 --> 00:51:46,403 THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS WANT. 1233 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:47,637 BEING ABLE TO SOLVE FOR THAT, 1234 00:51:47,637 --> 00:51:48,839 THAT IS CREATING A CULTURE INTO 1235 00:51:48,839 --> 00:51:50,106 PLACE AND ENGAGING IN THE KINDS 1236 00:51:50,106 --> 00:51:59,015 OF PRACTICES THAT ARE MAGNETIC. 1237 00:51:59,015 --> 00:52:00,250 THE SECOND THING THAT I WILL 1238 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:01,485 SAY, IT IS REALLY SHIFTING OUR 1239 00:52:01,485 --> 00:52:01,852 THINKING. 1240 00:52:01,852 --> 00:52:03,487 WE FUNCTION FROM A SCARCITY 1241 00:52:03,487 --> 00:52:07,824 MODEL AND MENTALITY. 1242 00:52:07,824 --> 00:52:09,259 WE OFTEN TIMES FOCUS ON A LACK 1243 00:52:09,259 --> 00:52:10,093 AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH. 1244 00:52:10,093 --> 00:52:13,697 THAT PROVIDES THE CONDITIONS 1245 00:52:13,697 --> 00:52:16,766 FOR VIOLENCE. 1246 00:52:16,766 --> 00:52:18,001 THE REASON WHY I TALK ABOUT 1247 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:19,202 THIS COHORT MODEL IS BECAUSE WE 1248 00:52:19,202 --> 00:52:20,070 HAVE TO THINK STRATEGICALLY 1249 00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:20,837 ABOUT PHYSICAL BLENDING. 1250 00:52:20,837 --> 00:52:27,978 HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE 1251 00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:28,979 RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE AND 1252 00:52:28,979 --> 00:52:30,013 HOW TO ENGAGE FOLKS IN 1253 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:31,314 PHILANTHROPY AND THE PRIVATE 1254 00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:33,683 SECTOR WHO WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE 1255 00:52:33,683 --> 00:52:35,519 IN STRATEGIES THAT I WOULD SAY 1256 00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:39,823 REFLECT THE ECOSYSTEM OF CHANGE 1257 00:52:39,823 --> 00:52:40,457 IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 1258 00:52:40,457 --> 00:52:43,260 >> THANK YOU. 1259 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:43,660 COLLEAGUES? 1260 00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:48,164 ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 1261 00:52:48,164 --> 00:52:50,834 >> I HAVE COMMENT, NOT A 1262 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:51,234 QUESTION. 1263 00:52:51,234 --> 00:53:00,677 >> IN THE LAST MEETING I SPOKE 1264 00:53:00,677 --> 00:53:02,078 IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE AND I 1265 00:53:02,078 --> 00:53:12,589 BASICALLY SAID, I AM EXCITED 1266 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,591 ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT GIVES A 1267 00:53:14,591 --> 00:53:15,992 NOD TO THE NEED OF METRICS TO 1268 00:53:15,992 --> 00:53:17,027 MEASURE HOW EFFECTIVELY WE ARE 1269 00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:17,727 IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES 1270 00:53:17,727 --> 00:53:18,662 BEHIND THE ORDINANCE IN REAL 1271 00:53:18,662 --> 00:53:19,296 LIFE OUT THERE. 1272 00:53:19,296 --> 00:53:24,601 I THINK MY QUESTION BECAUSE DO 1273 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:26,069 YOU HAVE A TIMELINE TO GET THE 1274 00:53:26,069 --> 00:53:26,670 METRICS TO US? 1275 00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:27,704 I THINK THAT THE TIMELINE 1276 00:53:27,704 --> 00:53:28,138 STARTS TODAY. 1277 00:53:28,138 --> 00:53:35,245 WHAT BETTER WAY TO KNOW IF WE 1278 00:53:35,245 --> 00:53:36,246 HAVE SOMEONE HEADING UP THIS 1279 00:53:36,246 --> 00:53:37,914 EFFORT THAT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN 1280 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:44,588 COMMUNITY. 1281 00:53:44,588 --> 00:53:45,622 YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN 1282 00:53:45,622 --> 00:53:46,823 ANYBODY ELSE, IF WHAT WE ARE 1283 00:53:46,823 --> 00:53:48,058 DOING IS MAKING AN IMPACT ON 1284 00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:49,492 THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, INSTEAD OF 1285 00:53:49,492 --> 00:53:50,293 FOLLOWING A CHECKLIST, I TRUST 1286 00:53:50,293 --> 00:53:53,763 YOUR CONNECTIONS AND NETWORK 1287 00:53:53,763 --> 00:53:55,398 AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE PEOPLE 1288 00:53:55,398 --> 00:53:57,267 HERE, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO 1289 00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:59,970 KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE BEEN 1290 00:53:59,970 --> 00:54:03,206 DOING SOMETHING BETTER, AND WE 1291 00:54:03,206 --> 00:54:04,407 CAN BEST PUT OUR MONEY WHERE 1292 00:54:04,407 --> 00:54:07,911 OUR MOUTH IS WITH THE 1293 00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:09,112 ORDINANCE, I DID NOT WANT TO 1294 00:54:09,112 --> 00:54:13,783 TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION. 1295 00:54:13,783 --> 00:54:14,818 THE INTEGRITY THAT PEOPLE SPOKE 1296 00:54:14,818 --> 00:54:19,923 OF IN YOU, I TRUST THAT WE ARE 1297 00:54:19,923 --> 00:54:20,724 ON A GOOD PATH. 1298 00:54:20,724 --> 00:54:22,325 THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO 1299 00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:23,526 SERVE. 1300 00:54:23,526 --> 00:54:31,334 >> COLLEAGUES, OTHER QUESTIONS? 1301 00:54:31,334 --> 00:54:32,736 IF YOU ARE RAISING YOUR HAND, I 1302 00:54:32,736 --> 00:54:33,370 CANNOT SEE IT. 1303 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:34,371 PLEASE SPEAK UP. 1304 00:54:34,371 --> 00:54:35,772 OKAY. 1305 00:54:35,772 --> 00:54:40,143 OKAY. 1306 00:54:40,143 --> 00:54:41,311 ANY CLOSING REMARKS? 1307 00:54:41,311 --> 00:54:46,082 DEPUTY MAYOR? 1308 00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:49,719 >> I THINK REALLY THE PUBLIC 1309 00:54:49,719 --> 00:54:54,424 COMMENT AND THE WORDS ON THE 1310 00:54:54,424 --> 00:54:55,659 PAPER, YOU HAVE THE PAPERS IN 1311 00:54:55,659 --> 00:54:56,259 FRONT OF YOU. 1312 00:54:56,259 --> 00:54:58,295 YOU HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT 1313 00:54:58,295 --> 00:55:04,701 DR. -- THE MAYORS VERY EXCITED 1314 00:55:04,701 --> 00:55:11,741 FOR THE WORK THAT HE CAN DO. 1315 00:55:11,741 --> 00:55:13,176 >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 1316 00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:14,611 BEING HERE, I LOOK FORWARD TO 1317 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:15,645 WORKING WITH YOU AND I AM 1318 00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:16,646 EXCITED ABOUT EXPLORING THE 1319 00:55:16,646 --> 00:55:17,313 ECOSYSTEM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 1320 00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:19,549 IT FEELS LIKE A PLAYSPACE 1321 00:55:19,549 --> 00:55:21,685 STRATEGY THAT YOU ARE LEANING 1322 00:55:21,685 --> 00:55:23,787 TOWARD WHICH ARE PROVEN TO BE 1323 00:55:23,787 --> 00:55:31,027 VERY EFFECTIVE IN OTHER FUNDING 1324 00:55:31,027 --> 00:55:33,697 ENVIRONMENTS, THE COMMUNITY IN 1325 00:55:33,697 --> 00:55:36,333 THE AT COOK COUNTY HAVE BEEN 1326 00:55:36,333 --> 00:55:43,873 DOING FOR A LONG TIME. 1327 00:55:43,873 --> 00:55:44,908 I APPRECIATE IN YOUR WRITTEN 1328 00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:45,709 RESPONSES, NOT MEASURING WHAT 1329 00:55:45,709 --> 00:55:47,143 WE ARE DOING IN TERMS OF THE 1330 00:55:47,143 --> 00:55:49,179 OUTCOMES FOR THE RF IS BUT WE 1331 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:50,013 WILL KNOW WHEN THE SOCIAL 1332 00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:56,086 DETERMINANTS OF THE COMMUNITY 1333 00:55:56,086 --> 00:55:56,686 STARTS TO CHANGE. 1334 00:55:56,686 --> 00:55:57,921 IT IS ALL ABOUT MOVING UPSTREAM 1335 00:55:57,921 --> 00:55:58,722 AND INVESTING IN OUR 1336 00:55:58,722 --> 00:56:00,957 COMMUNITIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE 1337 00:56:00,957 --> 00:56:02,392 UPSTREAM SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE 1338 00:56:02,392 --> 00:56:06,229 TO RESPOND TO VIOLENCE AND POOR 1339 00:56:06,229 --> 00:56:07,831 HEALTH OUTCOMES AND WE ARE 1340 00:56:07,831 --> 00:56:12,569 STARTING TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS 1341 00:56:12,569 --> 00:56:13,002 WAY FURTHER UP. 1342 00:56:13,002 --> 00:56:14,671 I FEEL LIKE WE ARE ON THE SAME 1343 00:56:14,671 --> 00:56:22,579 PAGE ABOUT THAT. 1344 00:56:22,579 --> 00:56:23,813 I APPRECIATE THAT AND I REALLY 1345 00:56:23,813 --> 00:56:25,014 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1346 00:56:25,014 --> 00:56:25,215 YOU. 1347 00:56:25,215 --> 00:56:25,515 THANK YOU. 1348 00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:26,483 OKAY, COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE 1349 00:56:26,483 --> 00:56:27,484 ARE READY FOR A VOTE. 1350 00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:29,686 GOVERNOR, WE PLEASE CALL THE 1351 00:56:29,686 --> 00:56:34,190 ROLL. 1352 00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:35,225 OH, THANK YOU, CLERK, I'M GOING 1353 00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:37,694 TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE 1354 00:56:37,694 --> 00:56:43,566 APPOINTMENT, 02497, CAN I HAVE 1355 00:56:43,566 --> 00:56:44,167 A SECOND? 1356 00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:44,801 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1357 00:56:44,801 --> 00:56:46,002 IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 1358 00:56:46,002 --> 00:56:52,742 YOU NOW PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? 1359 00:56:52,742 --> 00:56:53,943 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 1360 00:56:53,943 --> 00:57:01,351 >> YES. 1361 00:57:01,351 --> 00:57:01,985 >> CHAIR MORALES? 1362 00:57:01,985 --> 00:57:02,385 >> YES. 1363 00:57:02,385 --> 00:57:03,686 >> FOUR IN FAVOR. 1364 00:57:03,686 --> 00:57:13,463 >> THE MOTION CARRIES ON APRIL 1365 00:57:13,463 --> 00:57:14,497 2020 FULL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 1366 00:57:14,497 --> 00:57:15,698 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU 1367 00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:17,967 FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING, I 1368 00:57:17,967 --> 00:57:19,169 REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 1369 00:57:19,169 --> 00:57:23,239 PASSAGE, HAVE A GOOD DAY. 1370 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:24,274 OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL MOVE 1371 00:57:24,274 --> 00:57:30,613 TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 1372 00:57:30,613 --> 00:57:32,015 WE YOU PLEASE READ THE INTO THE 1373 00:57:32,015 --> 00:57:32,348 RECORD? 1374 00:57:32,348 --> 00:57:34,050 >> AGENDA ITEM 17, THE PANEL ON 1375 00:57:34,050 --> 00:57:41,991 THE MUNICIPAL RULE ON BUILDING 1376 00:57:41,991 --> 00:57:42,592 GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR 1377 00:57:42,592 --> 00:57:42,992 DISCUSSION? 1378 00:57:42,992 --> 00:57:44,227 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE HAVE 1379 00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:45,428 WITH US, I'M VERY EXCITED TO 1380 00:57:45,428 --> 00:57:51,334 SAY, TWO FOLKS THAT ARE JOINING 1381 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:52,802 , SORRY JUST LOST TRACK OF MY 1382 00:57:52,802 --> 00:57:53,036 NOTES. 1383 00:57:53,036 --> 00:57:54,437 FROM CHICAGO AND RICHMOND 1384 00:57:54,437 --> 00:57:54,838 VIRGINIA. 1385 00:57:54,838 --> 00:57:57,674 JUST BY WAY OF A LITTLE BIT OF 1386 00:57:57,674 --> 00:58:05,448 CONTEXT, THIS COMMITTEE HAS HAD 1387 00:58:05,448 --> 00:58:06,082 WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS 1388 00:58:06,082 --> 00:58:07,851 RESEARCHING AND THE GOAL OF THE 1389 00:58:07,851 --> 00:58:09,285 INITIATIVE IS TO IDENTIFY 1390 00:58:09,285 --> 00:58:15,658 COMMUNITY CENTER SOLUTIONS TO 1391 00:58:15,658 --> 00:58:16,893 THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND THIS 1392 00:58:16,893 --> 00:58:17,927 IS OUR WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING 1393 00:58:17,927 --> 00:58:19,462 THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD STARTED 1394 00:58:19,462 --> 00:58:21,998 THIS WORK AFTER WITNESSING THE 1395 00:58:21,998 --> 00:58:24,234 TRAUMA OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE 1396 00:58:24,234 --> 00:58:32,642 FLOYD AND IT IS ROOTED IN THE 1397 00:58:32,642 --> 00:58:33,476 MOVEMENT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. 1398 00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:34,277 WE ARE EXPLORING WEALTH 1399 00:58:34,277 --> 00:58:35,111 BUILDING STRATEGIES THAT THE 1400 00:58:35,111 --> 00:58:36,145 CITY CANCELED WORD AND FACILITY 1401 00:58:36,145 --> 00:58:37,614 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 1402 00:58:37,614 --> 00:58:40,850 COMMUNITY. 1403 00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:41,684 THERE IS SIMILAR WORK HAPPENING 1404 00:58:41,684 --> 00:58:43,453 IN OTHER CITIES AND WE HAVE 1405 00:58:43,453 --> 00:58:48,391 EXTENDED UP INVITATIONS TO 1406 00:58:48,391 --> 00:58:49,592 CHICAGO AND RICHMOND 1407 00:58:49,592 --> 00:58:51,895 GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING 1408 00:58:51,895 --> 00:58:52,695 INITIATIVES TO SHARE THEIR 1409 00:58:52,695 --> 00:58:54,764 EXPERIENCE WITH US. 1410 00:58:54,764 --> 00:58:57,567 WE'RE JOINED TODAY FROM CHICAGO 1411 00:58:57,567 --> 00:59:05,375 BY -- PLEASE TELL ME I SAID 1412 00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:05,708 THAT RIGHT. 1413 00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:06,175 >> YOU DID. 1414 00:59:06,175 --> 00:59:08,011 >> THANK YOU. 1415 00:59:08,011 --> 00:59:08,845 THE COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING 1416 00:59:08,845 --> 00:59:12,115 LEAD FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 1417 00:59:12,115 --> 00:59:13,683 FROM RICHMOND VIRGINIA, WE HAVE 1418 00:59:13,683 --> 00:59:15,385 REGINALD GORDON WHO IS THE 1419 00:59:15,385 --> 00:59:21,724 CHIEF FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE 1420 00:59:21,724 --> 00:59:22,559 OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES, 1421 00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:23,393 WELCOME TO YOU BOTH. 1422 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:23,993 >> THANK YOU. 1423 00:59:23,993 --> 00:59:27,263 >> THANK YOU. 1424 00:59:27,263 --> 00:59:28,698 >> I WOULD SAY THAT WE DID NOT 1425 00:59:28,698 --> 00:59:30,099 ASK THE GUESTS TO CREATE A 1426 00:59:30,099 --> 00:59:36,639 PRESENTATION, THERE IS NOT AID 1427 00:59:36,639 --> 00:59:38,074 DOCUMENT ON THE AGENDA, WE WILL 1428 00:59:38,074 --> 00:59:39,842 MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE POSTED 1429 00:59:39,842 --> 00:59:50,153 ONTO THE AGENDA. 1430 00:59:50,386 --> 00:59:51,154 THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY 1431 00:59:51,154 --> 00:59:52,555 FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE NUTS 1432 00:59:52,555 --> 00:59:53,723 AND BOLTS FOR HOW THESE 1433 00:59:53,723 --> 00:59:54,324 MUNICIPALITIES WILL ESTABLISH 1434 00:59:54,324 --> 00:59:55,224 THEIR OFFICES AND TO UNDERSTAND 1435 00:59:55,224 --> 00:59:58,094 WHAT IMPLEMENTATION LOOKS LIKE. 1436 00:59:58,094 --> 00:59:59,095 THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE 1437 00:59:59,095 --> 00:59:59,929 WILL BE HAVING TODAY. 1438 00:59:59,929 --> 01:00:01,564 I WILL START BY ASKING OUR 1439 01:00:01,564 --> 01:00:09,339 GUESTS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES 1440 01:00:09,339 --> 01:00:09,939 AND THEIR DEPARTMENT. 1441 01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:11,374 IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT 1442 01:00:11,374 --> 01:00:12,809 ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF HOW YOU 1443 01:00:12,809 --> 01:00:13,643 DECIDED THE INITIAL STEPS TO 1444 01:00:13,643 --> 01:00:15,378 GET TO THE POINT OF CREATING 1445 01:00:15,378 --> 01:00:21,985 THIS. 1446 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:23,419 COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO SAY, I 1447 01:00:23,419 --> 01:00:24,654 DO HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS, 1448 01:00:24,654 --> 01:00:25,888 THIS IS MEANT TO BE A 1449 01:00:25,888 --> 01:00:26,723 DISCUSSION, CHIME IN, FOLLOW- 1450 01:00:26,723 --> 01:00:27,924 UP, AND THIS IS FOR US TO 1451 01:00:27,924 --> 01:00:28,725 UNDERSTAND HOW THESE OFFICES 1452 01:00:28,725 --> 01:00:32,428 GOT SET UP. HE FEELS LIKE WE 1453 01:00:32,428 --> 01:00:33,896 MIGHT BE LEANING IN THAT 1454 01:00:33,896 --> 01:00:35,298 DIRECTION. 1455 01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:39,369 OKAY, I WILL ASK YOU TO START. 1456 01:00:39,369 --> 01:00:40,803 IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT 1457 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:41,838 ABOUT CHICAGO. 1458 01:00:41,838 --> 01:00:51,047 >> HIGH, EVERYONE. 1459 01:00:51,047 --> 01:00:52,648 MY NAME IS BECCA AND I WORK FOR 1460 01:00:52,648 --> 01:00:53,883 THE CITY OF CHICAGO IN THE 1461 01:00:53,883 --> 01:00:55,318 MAYORS OFFICE AND I SIT IN THE 1462 01:00:55,318 --> 01:00:56,386 OFFICE OF EQUITY AND RACIAL 1463 01:00:56,386 --> 01:00:57,587 JUSTICE . THE HISTORY OF THAT 1464 01:00:57,587 --> 01:01:03,559 OFFICE WHICH HOUSES AND IN 2019 1465 01:01:03,559 --> 01:01:06,562 , WHEN MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WAS 1466 01:01:06,562 --> 01:01:10,266 ELECTED APPOINTED THE CHIEF 1467 01:01:10,266 --> 01:01:20,810 EQUITY YOU OFFICE THAT SITS IN 1468 01:01:23,513 --> 01:01:24,047 THE MAYORS OFFICE. 1469 01:01:24,047 --> 01:01:24,881 MAYOR LIGHTFOOT CREATED THAT 1470 01:01:24,881 --> 01:01:26,115 ROLE AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, 1471 01:01:26,115 --> 01:01:28,017 LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET 1472 01:01:28,017 --> 01:01:31,387 SEASON, IT WAS PASSED THROUGH 1473 01:01:31,387 --> 01:01:32,188 THE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE THAT 1474 01:01:32,188 --> 01:01:33,222 THE OFFICE OF RACIAL JUSTICE 1475 01:01:33,222 --> 01:01:34,657 WITH THE ROLE OF EQUITY OFFICE 1476 01:01:34,657 --> 01:01:36,426 OR WILL BE A PERMANENT PICTURE 1477 01:01:36,426 --> 01:01:43,066 OF CHICAGO'S CITY GOVERNMENT. 1478 01:01:43,066 --> 01:01:44,500 THE OFFICE DOES A NUMBER OF 1479 01:01:44,500 --> 01:01:45,468 THINGS, INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL 1480 01:01:45,468 --> 01:01:47,904 CHANGE EFFORTS, TRAINING OF THE 1481 01:01:47,904 --> 01:01:51,841 CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT COMES 1482 01:01:51,841 --> 01:01:53,743 TO DEVELOPING RACIAL EQUITY 1483 01:01:53,743 --> 01:01:55,578 GOALS, DRIVING HEALING 1484 01:01:55,578 --> 01:01:56,145 INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT 1485 01:01:56,145 --> 01:02:00,650 COMMUNITY AND SENDING UP NEW 1486 01:02:00,650 --> 01:02:01,250 INITIATIVES AND POLICIES. 1487 01:02:01,250 --> 01:02:02,652 COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING IS 1488 01:02:02,652 --> 01:02:09,058 WHEN THE -- I AM HAPPY TO SHARE 1489 01:02:09,058 --> 01:02:10,059 MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT ENTAILS 1490 01:02:10,059 --> 01:02:13,096 WHERE I COULD PAUSE AND THEN WE 1491 01:02:13,096 --> 01:02:13,930 CAN GET INTO IT. 1492 01:02:13,930 --> 01:02:18,801 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1493 01:02:18,801 --> 01:02:19,836 >> MR. GORDON, GO AHEAD. 1494 01:02:19,836 --> 01:02:26,576 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR MORALES AND 1495 01:02:26,576 --> 01:02:27,410 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 1496 01:02:27,410 --> 01:02:28,644 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING 1497 01:02:28,644 --> 01:02:29,245 ME TO SHARE. 1498 01:02:29,245 --> 01:02:34,584 I AM THE DEPUTY CHIEF 1499 01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:35,751 ADMINISTRATOR OF HUMAN SERVICES 1500 01:02:35,751 --> 01:02:39,288 IN RICHMOND. 1501 01:02:39,288 --> 01:02:41,224 WE ARE ALL PART OF THE MAYORS 1502 01:02:41,224 --> 01:02:43,359 CABINET. 1503 01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:44,594 WHEN I FIRST CAME TO RICHMOND 1504 01:02:44,594 --> 01:02:48,698 SIX YEARS AGO, I CAME AS THE 1505 01:02:48,698 --> 01:02:49,766 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 1506 01:02:49,766 --> 01:02:54,203 COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING. 1507 01:02:54,203 --> 01:02:55,638 I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE 1508 01:02:55,638 --> 01:02:56,873 ORIGIN STORY OF THE OFFICE. 1509 01:02:56,873 --> 01:02:59,876 RICHMOND IS A MEDIUM-SIZED CITY 1510 01:02:59,876 --> 01:03:10,386 IN THE ATLANTIC. THE 2013 OR 1511 01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:13,589 2014 WAS ABOUT 26% AND THE 1512 01:03:13,589 --> 01:03:22,398 MAYOR AT THAT POINT, BLACK 1513 01:03:22,398 --> 01:03:23,666 MAYOR, MIKE JONES, CONVENED THE 1514 01:03:23,666 --> 01:03:24,634 ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION. 1515 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:27,770 ON THAT COMMISSION, I DID NOT 1516 01:03:27,770 --> 01:03:28,971 WORK FOR THE CITY, I WAS AHEAD 1517 01:03:28,971 --> 01:03:34,577 OF A NONPROFIT. 1518 01:03:34,577 --> 01:03:35,778 THERE WERE 60 PEOPLE ON THE 1519 01:03:35,778 --> 01:03:36,813 COMMISSION AND WE SPENT SEVERAL 1520 01:03:36,813 --> 01:03:38,014 MONTHS DISSECTING THE ISSUE OF 1521 01:03:38,014 --> 01:03:41,484 POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 1522 01:03:41,484 --> 01:03:47,790 RICHMOND IS AN INDEPENDENT CITY 1523 01:03:47,790 --> 01:03:49,358 AND THEY HAVE COUNTIES THAT 1524 01:03:49,358 --> 01:03:54,330 SURROUND RICHMOND TO STUDY HOW 1525 01:03:54,330 --> 01:03:55,932 WE CAN FIND SOLUTIONS FOR 1526 01:03:55,932 --> 01:04:01,504 ECONOMIC PUBLIC MOBILITY. 1527 01:04:01,504 --> 01:04:03,272 THEY ARE SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE 1528 01:04:03,272 --> 01:04:04,507 COMMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION, 1529 01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:09,712 CHILDCARE ISSUES AND THE 1530 01:04:09,712 --> 01:04:14,951 COMMISSION AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS 1531 01:04:14,951 --> 01:04:21,490 HAD ABOUT 50 RECOMMENDATIONS. 1532 01:04:21,490 --> 01:04:23,326 AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST WAS THE 1533 01:04:23,326 --> 01:04:24,126 RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY TO 1534 01:04:24,126 --> 01:04:25,695 CREATE THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY 1535 01:04:25,695 --> 01:04:34,770 WELFARE. 1536 01:04:34,770 --> 01:04:36,205 ALL OF US HAD BEEN THROUGH THIS 1537 01:04:36,205 --> 01:04:36,672 SEVERAL TIMES. 1538 01:04:36,672 --> 01:04:37,473 THERE WERE MANY REPORTS. 1539 01:04:37,473 --> 01:04:38,641 THERE WAS NO ENTITY THAT HAD 1540 01:04:38,641 --> 01:04:39,275 THIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1541 01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:40,109 EXECUTING THOSE INITIATIVES OR 1542 01:04:40,109 --> 01:04:41,878 MAYBE IT WOULD LANGUISH ON A 1543 01:04:41,878 --> 01:04:48,885 SHELF SOMEWHERE. 1544 01:04:48,885 --> 01:04:50,086 ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 1545 01:04:50,086 --> 01:04:50,920 COMMISSION, A PROFESSOR FROM 1546 01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:52,488 THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND TOOK 1547 01:04:52,488 --> 01:04:57,426 THE LEAD TO COME AND SUPPORT 1548 01:04:57,426 --> 01:04:58,461 THE SABBATICAL FROM THE 1549 01:04:58,461 --> 01:04:59,629 UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND AND 1550 01:04:59,629 --> 01:05:02,131 WORKED WITH THE CITY OF 1551 01:05:02,131 --> 01:05:03,733 RICHMOND TO PULL TOGETHER WHAT 1552 01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:07,937 WAS NECESSARY TO CREATE THE 1553 01:05:07,937 --> 01:05:09,305 STANDALONE OFFICE WITHIN THE 1554 01:05:09,305 --> 01:05:12,441 CITY GOVERNMENT THE CITY 1555 01:05:12,441 --> 01:05:17,113 COUNCIL CREATED THE ORDINANCE 1556 01:05:17,113 --> 01:05:17,914 WHERE MY PROFESSOR WAS ACTUALLY 1557 01:05:17,914 --> 01:05:21,717 THE FIRST DIRECTOR. 1558 01:05:21,717 --> 01:05:23,386 I WAS THE SECOND DIRECTOR OF 1559 01:05:23,386 --> 01:05:31,727 THE OFFICE AND THAT IS IN THE 1560 01:05:31,727 --> 01:05:32,962 PORTFOLIO WHERE I STILL HAVE A 1561 01:05:32,962 --> 01:05:33,596 CONNECTION TO IT. 1562 01:05:33,596 --> 01:05:37,233 >> THANK YOU. 1563 01:05:37,233 --> 01:05:38,267 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 1564 01:05:38,267 --> 01:05:40,002 NOTICED AS WE WERE RESEARCHING 1565 01:05:40,002 --> 01:05:45,708 DIFFERENT CITIES, THERE ARE 1566 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:47,410 DIFFERENT KEY COMPONENTS TO THE 1567 01:05:47,410 --> 01:05:56,552 WEALTH BUILDING STRATEGY. 1568 01:05:56,552 --> 01:05:57,420 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT CHICAGO'S 1569 01:05:57,420 --> 01:05:58,587 COMPONENTS AND WHAT I MEAN BY 1570 01:05:58,587 --> 01:05:59,822 THAT, IN RICHMOND, IT IS BASED 1571 01:05:59,822 --> 01:06:00,656 AROUND EDUCATION AND HOUSING 1572 01:06:00,656 --> 01:06:00,990 ISSUES. 1573 01:06:00,990 --> 01:06:02,258 IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS A LITTLE 1574 01:06:02,258 --> 01:06:03,092 BIT MORE ABOUT INVESTMENT 1575 01:06:03,092 --> 01:06:05,428 STRATEGY FEES AND HOME OWNERSHIP 1576 01:06:05,428 --> 01:06:12,068 . CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR 1577 01:06:12,068 --> 01:06:13,302 ELEMENTS ARE AND WHY THOSE ARE 1578 01:06:13,302 --> 01:06:15,304 THE THINGS THAT ARE PRIORITIZED 1579 01:06:15,304 --> 01:06:22,111 TO US. 1580 01:06:22,111 --> 01:06:25,948 >> FOR US, I WOULD JUST START 1581 01:06:25,948 --> 01:06:32,021 BY SAYING THAT OUR WORKAROUND 1582 01:06:32,021 --> 01:06:42,531 COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING IS 1583 01:06:46,635 --> 01:06:47,570 ONE OF THE MANY INITIATIVES 1584 01:06:47,570 --> 01:06:48,604 THAT THE OFFICE IS UNDERTAKING. 1585 01:06:48,604 --> 01:06:50,039 OFTEN THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST 1586 01:06:50,039 --> 01:06:51,073 QUESTIONS THAT WE GET. 1587 01:06:51,073 --> 01:06:51,874 WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC 1588 01:06:51,874 --> 01:06:52,742 DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY WEALTH 1589 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:53,075 BUILDING. 1590 01:06:53,075 --> 01:06:54,143 FOR EVERY CITY THAT IS THINKING 1591 01:06:54,143 --> 01:06:54,744 ABOUT UNDERTAKING SOMETHING 1592 01:06:54,744 --> 01:06:55,144 LIKE THIS. 1593 01:06:55,144 --> 01:06:56,379 I AM VERY BIG ON SHARED 1594 01:06:56,379 --> 01:06:57,046 LANGUAGE AND DEFINITIONS. 1595 01:06:57,046 --> 01:06:58,214 THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST 1596 01:06:58,214 --> 01:06:59,448 EXERCISES THAT WE DID WAS TO 1597 01:06:59,448 --> 01:07:04,954 COME UP WITH WHAT THE 1598 01:07:04,954 --> 01:07:05,721 DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY WEALTH 1599 01:07:05,721 --> 01:07:06,155 BUILDING IS. 1600 01:07:06,155 --> 01:07:07,790 FOR A LOT OF US, THE WORK THAT 1601 01:07:07,790 --> 01:07:09,458 WE DO AS THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS 1602 01:07:09,458 --> 01:07:10,259 THINKING ABOUT THE LEFT-HAND 1603 01:07:10,259 --> 01:07:10,559 SIDE. 1604 01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:13,729 WHATEVER LANGUAGE THEY ARE 1605 01:07:13,729 --> 01:07:19,502 USING, THEY ARE OFTEN TALKING 1606 01:07:19,502 --> 01:07:20,336 ABOUT BUILDING THE WEALTH OF 1607 01:07:20,336 --> 01:07:21,103 ONE INDIVIDUAL AND ONE 1608 01:07:21,103 --> 01:07:21,504 HOUSEHOLD. 1609 01:07:21,504 --> 01:07:23,773 WEALTH BUILDING IS TALKED ABOUT 1610 01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:24,974 WHAT YOU OWN, NOT WHAT YOU OWN, 1611 01:07:24,974 --> 01:07:32,948 HOW TO INCREASE ONE'S INCOME AND 1612 01:07:32,948 --> 01:07:33,816 ASSET OWNERSHIP. 1613 01:07:33,816 --> 01:07:34,984 IT IS OFTEN THINKING ABOUT THE 1614 01:07:34,984 --> 01:07:35,484 HOUSEHOLD LEVEL. 1615 01:07:35,484 --> 01:07:38,054 MAYBE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OR 1616 01:07:38,054 --> 01:07:38,888 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WHAT DOES IT 1617 01:07:38,888 --> 01:07:44,994 LOOK LIKE FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. 1618 01:07:44,994 --> 01:07:46,395 WE FOUND A GAP WITHIN THE 1619 01:07:46,395 --> 01:07:47,463 STRATEGY AND WHAT WE SAW WHEN 1620 01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:48,330 LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE 1621 01:07:48,330 --> 01:07:49,498 ANALYSIS WAS THAT THERE IS A 1622 01:07:49,498 --> 01:07:51,000 BODY OF WORK EMERGING AROUND 1623 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:52,401 COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING. 1624 01:07:52,401 --> 01:07:57,706 I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY, IT IS 1625 01:07:57,706 --> 01:08:02,411 ABOUT THE SHARED WEALTH. 1626 01:08:02,411 --> 01:08:03,746 WHAT ASSETS ARE THEY OWNING 1627 01:08:03,746 --> 01:08:04,680 TOGETHER? 1628 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:15,224 WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A GAP 1629 01:08:27,136 --> 01:08:28,304 FOR THE BLACK AND BROWN 1630 01:08:28,304 --> 01:08:28,938 COMMUNITIES TO INCREASE SMALL 1631 01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:29,505 BUSINESS OWNERSHIP. 1632 01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:30,573 WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY 1633 01:08:30,573 --> 01:08:31,574 WEALTH BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE. 1634 01:08:31,574 --> 01:08:32,575 WE HAD A NUMBER OF 1635 01:08:32,575 --> 01:08:33,409 CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS 1636 01:08:33,409 --> 01:08:34,009 LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. 1637 01:08:34,009 --> 01:08:34,844 WE BORROW FROM THE DEMOCRACY 1638 01:08:34,844 --> 01:08:35,211 COLLABORATIVE. 1639 01:08:35,211 --> 01:08:36,245 I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR 1640 01:08:36,245 --> 01:08:36,846 WITH THEIR WORK. 1641 01:08:36,846 --> 01:08:38,113 AND WE DECIDED AND GOT FEEDBACK 1642 01:08:38,113 --> 01:08:38,914 FROM PEOPLE LOCALLY. 1643 01:08:38,914 --> 01:08:40,182 WE NEED OUR OWN DEFINITION AND 1644 01:08:40,182 --> 01:08:45,121 WE BORROWED FROM THE DEMOCRACY 1645 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:45,721 COLLABORATIVE AND OTHER 1646 01:08:45,721 --> 01:08:49,592 NATIONAL LEADERS IN THIS SPACE. 1647 01:08:49,592 --> 01:08:51,127 IT IS AN APPROACH TO ECONOMIC 1648 01:08:51,127 --> 01:08:57,333 DEVELOPMENT. 1649 01:08:57,333 --> 01:08:58,367 THERE IS SHARED OWNERSHIP AND 1650 01:08:58,367 --> 01:08:58,968 CONTROL OF COMMUNITY ASSETS. 1651 01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:00,202 WE STILL SAID WE NEED TO 1652 01:09:00,202 --> 01:09:04,473 FURTHER DESIGN THOSE WORDS. 1653 01:09:04,473 --> 01:09:05,908 WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY 1654 01:09:05,908 --> 01:09:07,376 SHOULD BE LOCAL, DEMOCRATIC AND 1655 01:09:07,376 --> 01:09:14,283 SHARED. 1656 01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:15,918 WE DID A LOT OF WORK TO BREAK 1657 01:09:15,918 --> 01:09:17,319 DOWN WHAT THIS WORK IS MEANT TO 1658 01:09:17,319 --> 01:09:17,953 BE HYPER- LOCAL. 1659 01:09:17,953 --> 01:09:23,259 HOW DO FOLKS BUY BACK THE BLOCK. 1660 01:09:23,259 --> 01:09:25,094 WE THINK ABOUT FOLKS THAT LIVE 1661 01:09:25,094 --> 01:09:32,001 AND WORK IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 1662 01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:32,801 DEMOCRATIC IS BIG, THINKING 1663 01:09:32,801 --> 01:09:34,203 ABOUT MODELS IN THE COLLECTIVE 1664 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:38,707 DECISION-MAKING. 1665 01:09:38,707 --> 01:09:39,909 YOU HAVE THE OWNER OF THE 1666 01:09:39,909 --> 01:09:40,743 BUSINESS AND THE EMPLOYEES AND 1667 01:09:40,743 --> 01:09:41,977 THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT AND 1668 01:09:41,977 --> 01:09:48,150 THERE IS A SEPARATION BETWEEN 1669 01:09:48,150 --> 01:09:49,185 WHO PROFITS AND WHO MAKES 1670 01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:49,552 DECISIONS. 1671 01:09:49,552 --> 01:09:51,820 WE LOOK AT MODELS THAT ALLOW 1672 01:09:51,820 --> 01:09:52,655 FOR THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE. 1673 01:09:52,655 --> 01:10:02,998 AND LASTLY, SHARED. 1674 01:10:04,366 --> 01:10:05,134 WITH HOW THE DEMOCRACY 1675 01:10:05,134 --> 01:10:05,968 COLLABORATIVE SPEAKS ABOUT THE 1676 01:10:05,968 --> 01:10:06,168 WORK. 1677 01:10:06,168 --> 01:10:07,203 HOW THE COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK 1678 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:08,604 ABOUT IT, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT 1679 01:10:08,604 --> 01:10:10,005 THE ASSETS THAT ARE SHARED AS 1680 01:10:10,005 --> 01:10:12,875 BROADLY AS POSSIBLE. 1681 01:10:12,875 --> 01:10:13,909 ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN 1682 01:10:13,909 --> 01:10:14,910 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CALL ON 1683 01:10:14,910 --> 01:10:15,344 A DEVELOPMENT? 1684 01:10:15,344 --> 01:10:23,319 AND SO ON. 1685 01:10:23,319 --> 01:10:24,553 I WILL FAST-FORWARD AND I WILL 1686 01:10:24,553 --> 01:10:25,754 BE HAPPY TO SHARE THESE SLIDES 1687 01:10:25,754 --> 01:10:26,155 AFTERWARDS. 1688 01:10:26,155 --> 01:10:27,189 A COMMON QUESTION THAT WE GET, 1689 01:10:27,189 --> 01:10:28,190 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OWNERSHI IS 1690 01:10:28,190 --> 01:10:28,624 OKAY? 1691 01:10:28,624 --> 01:10:31,660 WE HAVE DEVELOPERS WANTING TO 1692 01:10:31,660 --> 01:10:32,895 DO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, IT IS 1693 01:10:32,895 --> 01:10:33,996 10% IS OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY, 1694 01:10:33,996 --> 01:10:36,932 IS THAT OKAY? 1695 01:10:36,932 --> 01:10:38,367 I WANT THEM TO BE 100% OWNED 1696 01:10:38,367 --> 01:10:39,768 AND CONTROLLED BY THE 1697 01:10:39,768 --> 01:10:48,978 NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WANT TO INVEST 1698 01:10:48,978 --> 01:10:50,212 IN MODELS THAT ARE 51% OR MORE. 1699 01:10:50,212 --> 01:10:51,447 DOING A DEEP DIVE TO PUT 1700 01:10:51,447 --> 01:10:56,952 TOGETHER SOME FRAMEWORK TO HELP 1701 01:10:56,952 --> 01:10:57,586 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT 1702 01:10:57,586 --> 01:10:58,854 TYPES OF MODELS IN THIS SPACE. 1703 01:10:58,854 --> 01:10:59,855 I WILL SHARE THIS AFTER. 1704 01:10:59,855 --> 01:11:08,897 AFTER MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS, 1705 01:11:08,897 --> 01:11:10,299 WE WILL FOCUS ON THESE FOUR 1706 01:11:10,299 --> 01:11:10,532 AREAS. 1707 01:11:10,532 --> 01:11:11,133 WANT TO EXPLORE COMMUNITY 1708 01:11:11,133 --> 01:11:12,568 WEALTH BUILDING WITH LOCAL AND 1709 01:11:12,568 --> 01:11:13,168 DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED. 1710 01:11:13,168 --> 01:11:21,710 AND ALSO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. 1711 01:11:21,710 --> 01:11:23,145 WE SELECTED A MODEL IN EACH OF 1712 01:11:23,145 --> 01:11:24,179 ONE'S, LOOKING AT THE 1713 01:11:24,179 --> 01:11:25,214 COOPERATIVE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP 1714 01:11:25,214 --> 01:11:25,714 AND STEWARDSHIP. 1715 01:11:25,714 --> 01:11:27,216 WE DESIGNED A PROGRAM TO 1716 01:11:27,216 --> 01:11:35,824 SUPPORT THIS. 1717 01:11:35,824 --> 01:11:37,259 YOU ALL KNOW ON THIS CALL, FOR 1718 01:11:37,259 --> 01:11:47,803 US, IT IS NOT JUST THE ECONOMIC 1719 01:11:49,171 --> 01:11:49,672 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 1720 01:11:49,672 --> 01:11:50,706 IT IS AROUND RACIAL EQUITY AND 1721 01:11:50,706 --> 01:11:51,106 JUSTICE. 1722 01:11:51,106 --> 01:11:52,174 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OUTCOMES 1723 01:11:52,174 --> 01:11:53,409 AND OUTPUTS, IT IS NOT ABOUT 1724 01:11:53,409 --> 01:11:54,410 HOW MANY DOLLARS GO IN 1725 01:11:54,410 --> 01:11:54,910 SOMEONE'S POCKET. 1726 01:11:54,910 --> 01:12:02,184 HERE IS THE WORKER COOPERATIVE. 1727 01:12:02,184 --> 01:12:09,725 IT IS OWNED BY FORMERLY 1728 01:12:09,725 --> 01:12:10,592 INCARCERATED BLACK MEMBERS IN 1729 01:12:10,592 --> 01:12:11,360 CHICAGO. 1730 01:12:11,360 --> 01:12:15,130 THEY COULD SPEAK ABOUT THEIR 1731 01:12:15,130 --> 01:12:25,641 OWNERS AS YOU CAN SEE LISTED 1732 01:12:25,774 --> 01:12:28,777 HERE. 1733 01:12:28,777 --> 01:12:30,746 I WILL END WITH THESE LAST TWO 1734 01:12:30,746 --> 01:12:33,716 SLIDES, WE AVERAGE $15-$15 1735 01:12:33,716 --> 01:12:35,918 MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN 1736 01:12:35,918 --> 01:12:45,327 RESCUE PLAN ACT. 1737 01:12:45,327 --> 01:12:46,562 OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ONE OF THE 1738 01:12:46,562 --> 01:12:47,396 NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. 1739 01:12:47,396 --> 01:12:48,831 WE CARVED OUT $15 MILLION TO 1740 01:12:48,831 --> 01:12:49,798 SUPPORT THIS WORK. 1741 01:12:49,798 --> 01:12:53,502 WE LEARNED THREE THINGS FROM 1742 01:12:53,502 --> 01:12:54,570 THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SHOULD 1743 01:12:54,570 --> 01:12:54,737 DO. 1744 01:12:54,737 --> 01:12:56,171 THE FIRST IS TO STRENGTHEN THE 1745 01:12:56,171 --> 01:12:57,039 ECOSYSTEM AND TO BUILD A 1746 01:12:57,039 --> 01:12:57,606 PIPELINE OF PROJECTS. 1747 01:12:57,606 --> 01:13:00,876 THE THIRD IS TO INVEST IN LARGE- 1748 01:13:00,876 --> 01:13:01,677 SCALE PILOT PROJECTS TO PROVIDE 1749 01:13:01,677 --> 01:13:09,017 PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR THIS WORK. 1750 01:13:09,017 --> 01:13:10,252 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE PILOT 1751 01:13:10,252 --> 01:13:11,253 PROJECTS FROM THE CITY, YOU 1752 01:13:11,253 --> 01:13:12,287 FOCUS ON ONE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 1753 01:13:12,287 --> 01:13:18,627 ONE CAN UNITY BASED ORGANIZATION 1754 01:13:18,627 --> 01:13:20,462 THE CHAMPION IN THE FACE OF THE 1755 01:13:20,462 --> 01:13:21,930 WORK AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY 1756 01:13:21,930 --> 01:13:24,733 SAID THAT WE REALLY NEED TO 1757 01:13:24,733 --> 01:13:35,043 INVEST IN THE -- 1758 01:14:20,856 --> 01:14:21,423 >> THAT WAS GREAT. 1759 01:14:21,423 --> 01:14:21,824 THANK YOU. 1760 01:14:21,824 --> 01:14:26,161 I WILL ASK ONE QUESTION BEFORE 1761 01:14:26,161 --> 01:14:27,362 ASKING MR. GORDON TO SPEAK. 1762 01:14:27,362 --> 01:14:32,668 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE 1763 01:14:32,668 --> 01:14:33,469 FOR HOW THIS UNFOLDED? 1764 01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:34,036 >> YES. 1765 01:14:34,036 --> 01:14:34,903 WE SPENT THE FIRST YEAR. 1766 01:14:34,903 --> 01:14:36,538 WE STARTED IN 2020, SIMILAR TO 1767 01:14:36,538 --> 01:14:42,878 YOU, THAT SUMMER, OF COURSE IT 1768 01:14:42,878 --> 01:14:44,079 WAS THE HEIGHT OF COVID AND 1769 01:14:44,079 --> 01:14:49,551 DURING THE UPRISING. 1770 01:14:49,551 --> 01:14:50,986 A LOT OF THIS WORK WAS ELEVATED 1771 01:14:50,986 --> 01:14:51,854 AS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT 1772 01:14:51,854 --> 01:14:53,722 HELPING COMMUNITIES AND 1773 01:14:53,722 --> 01:14:57,559 HISTORICALLY THIS INVESTED IN 1774 01:14:57,559 --> 01:14:58,393 NEIGHBORHOODS TO CONTROL THE 1775 01:14:58,393 --> 01:15:00,229 ASSETS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 1776 01:15:00,229 --> 01:15:01,730 WE SPENT OF THAT YEAR DOING A 1777 01:15:01,730 --> 01:15:03,632 LOT OF RESEARCH. 1778 01:15:03,632 --> 01:15:05,868 MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH 1779 01:15:05,868 --> 01:15:16,411 NATIONAL LEADERS, THE DEMOCRACY 1780 01:15:17,412 --> 01:15:17,980 AT WORK INSTITUTE, THE 1781 01:15:17,980 --> 01:15:19,014 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN 1782 01:15:19,014 --> 01:15:20,048 CHICAGO AND FOLKS WHO HAVE DONE 1783 01:15:20,048 --> 01:15:21,250 SOME RESEARCH IN THIS AREA AND 1784 01:15:21,250 --> 01:15:22,251 THE COMMUNITY-BASED 1785 01:15:22,251 --> 01:15:24,086 ORGANIZATIONS. 1786 01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:25,120 WE SPENT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS 1787 01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:26,121 DOING HEAVY RESEARCH AND 1788 01:15:26,121 --> 01:15:26,622 RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. 1789 01:15:26,622 --> 01:15:27,923 A LOT OF FOLKS DID NOT HAVE 1790 01:15:27,923 --> 01:15:38,300 TRUST OR FAITH IN US. 1791 01:15:42,271 --> 01:15:43,438 WE HAD TO SPEND SIX MONTHS 1792 01:15:43,438 --> 01:15:44,439 HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND THEN 1793 01:15:44,439 --> 01:15:45,674 AT THE START OF 2021, WE PUT 1794 01:15:45,674 --> 01:15:46,675 TOGETHER THE FIRST ROOM WORKING 1795 01:15:46,675 --> 01:15:47,876 GROUP THAT WOULD HELP US TO 1796 01:15:47,876 --> 01:15:48,911 ARTICULATE THAT WE ARE WORKING 1797 01:15:48,911 --> 01:15:50,145 ON THESE FOUR AREAS AND THEY 1798 01:15:50,145 --> 01:15:52,047 HELPED US TO DO THE LANDSCAPE 1799 01:15:52,047 --> 01:15:53,382 AREAS ON THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN 1800 01:15:53,382 --> 01:15:55,017 DONE BY THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND 1801 01:15:55,017 --> 01:15:56,251 WE DID NOT FOR THE FIRST SIX 1802 01:15:56,251 --> 01:15:57,252 MONTHS OF 2021 WITHOUT WORKING 1803 01:15:57,252 --> 01:15:58,287 GROUP PUTTING TOGETHER A 1804 01:15:58,287 --> 01:15:58,554 STRATEGY. 1805 01:15:58,554 --> 01:15:59,922 IN JUNE OF 2021 WE DID A HUGE 1806 01:15:59,922 --> 01:16:02,357 CONVENING OF THE CITY. 1807 01:16:02,357 --> 01:16:04,159 JUST TO FURTHER GET THAT WORD 1808 01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:06,228 OUT THERE. 1809 01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:07,696 WE KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE THE 1810 01:16:07,696 --> 01:16:09,331 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PITCH FOR 1811 01:16:09,331 --> 01:16:17,072 MONEY. 1812 01:16:17,072 --> 01:16:17,673 THAT NOVEMBER, THE MAYOR 1813 01:16:17,673 --> 01:16:18,874 ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD BE 1814 01:16:18,874 --> 01:16:19,708 GETTING $15 MILLION IN THE 1815 01:16:19,708 --> 01:16:20,042 PILOT. 1816 01:16:20,042 --> 01:16:21,343 AND THEN IN 2022, WE HAVE 1817 01:16:21,343 --> 01:16:25,714 ASSEMBLED A BIT OF A SMALL OF A 1818 01:16:25,714 --> 01:16:30,352 ADVISORY COUNCIL AND NOW WE ARE 1819 01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:30,986 KIND OF IMAGE. 1820 01:16:30,986 --> 01:16:32,187 WE HAVE AWARDED THE FIRST PHASE 1821 01:16:32,187 --> 01:16:33,555 OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTEES 1822 01:16:33,555 --> 01:16:37,092 AND WE JUST RECEIVED 95 1823 01:16:37,092 --> 01:16:40,028 APPLICATIONS FOR THE PIPELINE 1824 01:16:40,028 --> 01:16:47,502 BUILDING. 1825 01:16:47,502 --> 01:16:48,937 THAT IS FOR THE PLANNING AND 1826 01:16:48,937 --> 01:16:49,571 PREDEVELOPMENT GRANTS THAT WE 1827 01:16:49,571 --> 01:16:50,806 WILL ANNOUNCE THIS MAY AND WE 1828 01:16:50,806 --> 01:16:51,974 WANT THE THIRD AND FINAL AMOUNT 1829 01:16:51,974 --> 01:16:53,408 OF MONEY IN Q3 OF THIS YEAR. 1830 01:16:53,408 --> 01:17:00,983 SINCE IT IS FUNDED, EVERYTHING 1831 01:17:00,983 --> 01:17:02,417 WILL BE ALLOCATED BY THE END OF 1832 01:17:02,417 --> 01:17:03,251 2024 AND SPENT BY 2026. 1833 01:17:03,251 --> 01:17:04,653 WE HOPE THAT THE WORK CONTINUES 1834 01:17:04,653 --> 01:17:07,923 TO GROW AND EXPAND. 1835 01:17:07,923 --> 01:17:09,124 >> FANTASTIC, THANK YOU SO 1836 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:09,324 MUCH. 1837 01:17:09,324 --> 01:17:10,058 MR. GORDON. 1838 01:17:10,058 --> 01:17:10,759 PLEASE. 1839 01:17:10,759 --> 01:17:12,995 >> THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, 1840 01:17:12,995 --> 01:17:13,962 CHICAGO. 1841 01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:21,169 YOU KNOW, IT IS INTERESTING. 1842 01:17:21,169 --> 01:17:22,204 I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE 1843 01:17:22,204 --> 01:17:24,439 TALKING TO BOTH OF US AND YOU 1844 01:17:24,439 --> 01:17:26,241 ARE GOING TO STRENGTHEN YOUR 1845 01:17:26,241 --> 01:17:30,112 COMMUNITY WELFARE. 1846 01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:35,951 WE LANDED ON THIS EARLIER, THE 1847 01:17:35,951 --> 01:17:37,152 CREATION OF THIS OFFICE. 1848 01:17:37,152 --> 01:17:39,454 THE FIRST MUNICIPALITY IN THE 1849 01:17:39,454 --> 01:17:41,089 COUNTRY TO CREATE THE OFFICE IN 1850 01:17:41,089 --> 01:17:51,600 2015. OVER TIME, WE WERE ABLE 1851 01:17:55,404 --> 01:17:56,371 TO FINE TUNE OUR OBJECTIVE. 1852 01:17:56,371 --> 01:17:57,606 WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED, WE 1853 01:17:57,606 --> 01:17:59,007 HAVE A GOAL TO REDUCE THE 1854 01:17:59,007 --> 01:18:01,710 POVERTY RATE BY 40% AND THE 1855 01:18:01,710 --> 01:18:07,382 CHILD POVERTY RATE BY 50% BY 23. 1856 01:18:07,382 --> 01:18:08,216 THERE WERE ALL THESE 1857 01:18:08,216 --> 01:18:09,217 COMPONENTS, SYSTEMIC AND 1858 01:18:09,217 --> 01:18:13,088 OTHERWISE THAT LED TO THE HIGH 1859 01:18:13,088 --> 01:18:14,523 LEVEL OF POVERTY IN OUR 1860 01:18:14,523 --> 01:18:15,123 COMMUNITY. 1861 01:18:15,123 --> 01:18:23,298 WE HAD CAREER STATIONS OPEN FOR 1862 01:18:23,298 --> 01:18:27,169 FOLKS TO COME IN AND KIND OF 1863 01:18:27,169 --> 01:18:33,742 CAREER CONNECT WITH THE 1864 01:18:33,742 --> 01:18:36,545 SPECIALISTS TO KNOW WHAT 1865 01:18:36,545 --> 01:18:37,712 BARRIERS THEY FACED ON A 1866 01:18:37,712 --> 01:18:38,814 REGULAR BASIS AND WHAT WE DO 1867 01:18:38,814 --> 01:18:40,015 FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE OR 1868 01:18:40,015 --> 01:18:41,716 LITERALLY CONNECTING THE TWO 1869 01:18:41,716 --> 01:18:45,554 RESOURCES SO THAT THEY COULD 1870 01:18:45,554 --> 01:18:46,354 FIND EMPLOYMENT THAT WOULD 1871 01:18:46,354 --> 01:18:51,493 INCREASE THEIR INCOME AND TO 1872 01:18:51,493 --> 01:18:53,261 GET THEM ON THE TRAJECTORY FROM 1873 01:18:53,261 --> 01:18:54,563 CRISIS TO THRIVING. 1874 01:18:54,563 --> 01:19:00,836 ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, 1875 01:19:00,836 --> 01:19:02,270 ONCE WE STARTED THAT, WE THEN 1876 01:19:02,270 --> 01:19:03,271 AND WE STILL DO HAVE THE 1877 01:19:03,271 --> 01:19:05,941 CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD THAT IS 1878 01:19:05,941 --> 01:19:07,509 COMPRISED OF PEOPLE WHO DO THIS 1879 01:19:07,509 --> 01:19:09,611 EVERY DAY. 1880 01:19:09,611 --> 01:19:11,146 WE STARTED WITH THE CRISIS 1881 01:19:11,146 --> 01:19:13,315 LADDER. 1882 01:19:13,315 --> 01:19:17,586 ONE OF THE CABINET MEMBERS SAID, 1883 01:19:17,586 --> 01:19:19,621 IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL TO PUT 1884 01:19:19,621 --> 01:19:26,361 DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON THAT LADDER. 1885 01:19:26,361 --> 01:19:27,562 SO THAT ALL OF US WILL KNOW, 1886 01:19:27,562 --> 01:19:28,396 WHAT IS THE GOAL. 1887 01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:29,798 IF YOU ARE A SINGLE MOTHER OF 1888 01:19:29,798 --> 01:19:31,032 TWO KIDS FOR A TWO PARENT 1889 01:19:31,032 --> 01:19:35,103 HOUSEHOLD WITH ONE CHILD, WE 1890 01:19:35,103 --> 01:19:39,007 TRY TO MAKE ME LADDER TO MATCH 1891 01:19:39,007 --> 01:19:41,710 THE DEMOGRAPHICS TO THE 1892 01:19:41,710 --> 01:19:47,115 SPECIFIC HOUSEHOLDS. 1893 01:19:47,115 --> 01:19:55,757 WHAT WE LEARNED, AND THIS IS 1894 01:19:55,757 --> 01:19:56,558 HARD TO EMBRACE AT TIMES. 1895 01:19:56,558 --> 01:19:57,993 IT IS ONE PERSON AT A TIME. 1896 01:19:57,993 --> 01:19:59,628 ALL THESE BIG GOALS FOR THE 1897 01:19:59,628 --> 01:20:02,230 COMMUNITY. 1898 01:20:02,230 --> 01:20:03,064 WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS PEOPLE 1899 01:20:03,064 --> 01:20:04,499 WALKED IN THE DOOR, WE HAD TO 1900 01:20:04,499 --> 01:20:06,134 START AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF 1901 01:20:06,134 --> 01:20:06,535 SUPPORT. 1902 01:20:06,535 --> 01:20:08,069 WE DID TRY TO ENCOURAGE 1903 01:20:08,069 --> 01:20:11,239 ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES. 1904 01:20:11,239 --> 01:20:13,241 WE FOUND FEW PEOPLE WHO COULD 1905 01:20:13,241 --> 01:20:16,945 COME TO US THAT ARE READY TO GO 1906 01:20:16,945 --> 01:20:17,979 FROM WHERE THEY ARE, MAKING 1907 01:20:17,979 --> 01:20:21,650 SEVEN DOLLARS AN HOUR TO HAVING 1908 01:20:21,650 --> 01:20:25,153 THE COURAGE OR THE ENERGY TO 1909 01:20:25,153 --> 01:20:34,663 HAVE SOMETHING MORE CREATIVE 1910 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:35,130 ENTREPRENEURIAL SHIP. 1911 01:20:35,130 --> 01:20:36,665 WE WANTED TO EXPAND OUR 1912 01:20:36,665 --> 01:20:38,433 APPROACH TO HAVE BETTER SUPPORT 1913 01:20:38,433 --> 01:20:40,702 OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 1914 01:20:40,702 --> 01:20:45,407 WHAT WE USED FOR THIS APPROACH 1915 01:20:45,407 --> 01:20:46,508 WAS MANY LIVES TO SELF- 1916 01:20:46,508 --> 01:20:50,512 SUFFICIENCY. 1917 01:20:50,512 --> 01:20:51,880 WE HAD CASE MANAGERS, 1918 01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:56,218 EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS WHO DID 1919 01:20:56,218 --> 01:20:57,252 A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT AND 1920 01:20:57,252 --> 01:21:03,191 ANALYSIS OF THAT HOUSEHOLD. 1921 01:21:03,191 --> 01:21:04,626 FOR HOW MUCH INCOME IS IN THE 1922 01:21:04,626 --> 01:21:05,727 HOUSEHOLD AND HOW THEY KIDS ARE 1923 01:21:05,727 --> 01:21:06,928 DOING IN SCHOOL. 1924 01:21:06,928 --> 01:21:12,434 IT IS LABOR-INTENSIVE. 1925 01:21:12,434 --> 01:21:13,668 WE GO TO THE SCHOOL WITH THE 1926 01:21:13,668 --> 01:21:19,374 PARENTS, THE MOTHER, THE FATHER 1927 01:21:19,374 --> 01:21:20,575 , WORK WITH A PARTICULAR 1928 01:21:20,575 --> 01:21:22,010 BUSINESS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET 1929 01:21:22,010 --> 01:21:22,844 THE RIGHT TRAINING FOR THE 1930 01:21:22,844 --> 01:21:24,479 INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE UP TO A NEW 1931 01:21:24,479 --> 01:21:34,256 ABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT. 1932 01:21:34,256 --> 01:21:35,690 IT IS THEN, WE CAN SERVE 1933 01:21:35,690 --> 01:21:36,524 HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT WAY. 1934 01:21:36,524 --> 01:21:37,726 OUR ORIGINAL GOAL WAS TO GET 1935 01:21:37,726 --> 01:21:39,494 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF 1936 01:21:39,494 --> 01:21:43,798 POVERTY EACH YEAR. 1937 01:21:43,798 --> 01:21:45,033 THAT WAS NOT GOING TO SERVE ANY 1938 01:21:45,033 --> 01:21:47,469 OF US TO KEEP USING THAT 1939 01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:48,103 LANGUAGE. 1940 01:21:48,103 --> 01:21:49,804 EVERYONE HAD A DIFFERENT 1941 01:21:49,804 --> 01:21:56,044 STARTING POINT. 1942 01:21:56,044 --> 01:21:57,279 NOW WE HAVE EXPANDED THE 1943 01:21:57,279 --> 01:21:59,981 APPROACH FOR A NEW HOLISTIC 1944 01:21:59,981 --> 01:22:00,582 MANAGEMENT. 1945 01:22:00,582 --> 01:22:01,650 THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS IN TOWN 1946 01:22:01,650 --> 01:22:04,486 THAT DO WORKFORCE TRAINING. 1947 01:22:04,486 --> 01:22:06,321 PEOPLE WHO JUST NEED TO GET THE 1948 01:22:06,321 --> 01:22:15,997 JOB, GO TO OUR WORKFORCE 1949 01:22:15,997 --> 01:22:17,232 PARTNER, IF YOU ARE ON THE 1950 01:22:17,232 --> 01:22:18,033 TRAJECTORY FOR WEALTH BUILDING, 1951 01:22:18,033 --> 01:22:23,138 COME TO US. 1952 01:22:23,138 --> 01:22:24,939 WE HAVE ONE THAT IS MORE 1953 01:22:24,939 --> 01:22:28,877 INTENSIVE WORK TWO-TIERED. 1954 01:22:28,877 --> 01:22:33,615 WITHIN COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING 1955 01:22:33,615 --> 01:22:35,583 WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE 1956 01:22:35,583 --> 01:22:41,556 TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH THE 1957 01:22:41,556 --> 01:22:42,123 COMMUNITY COLLEGE NETWORK. 1958 01:22:42,123 --> 01:22:43,692 WE ALSO HAVE THE MAYOR'S YOUTH 1959 01:22:43,692 --> 01:22:45,427 ACADEMY. 1960 01:22:45,427 --> 01:22:46,895 LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT 1961 01:22:46,895 --> 01:22:52,000 TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SO 1962 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:54,436 THAT WE CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF 1963 01:22:54,436 --> 01:23:03,478 POVERTY IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 1964 01:23:03,478 --> 01:23:04,479 WE ARE THE CONVENERS. 1965 01:23:04,479 --> 01:23:06,047 MY OFFICE OF HUMAN SERVICES IS 1966 01:23:06,047 --> 01:23:08,350 THE BACK BONE OF RICHMOND. 1967 01:23:08,350 --> 01:23:10,819 IT IS THE SAME FAMILIES. 1968 01:23:10,819 --> 01:23:15,690 EVERY OTHER WEEK, THE HEAD OF 1969 01:23:15,690 --> 01:23:19,327 THE HOUSING GROUP WHICH IS THE 1970 01:23:19,327 --> 01:23:27,002 FOOD BANK OF OLDER ADULTS AND 1971 01:23:27,002 --> 01:23:30,605 PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE 1972 01:23:30,605 --> 01:23:37,212 RICHMOND POLICE THEN PEOPLE WHO 1973 01:23:37,212 --> 01:23:39,681 ARE ENGAGED IN THE ENGAGEMENT 1974 01:23:39,681 --> 01:23:41,716 AREA AND PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL 1975 01:23:41,716 --> 01:23:46,020 DISABILITIES. 1976 01:23:46,020 --> 01:23:47,055 EVERY WEEK, WE HAVE A CALL. 1977 01:23:47,055 --> 01:23:51,960 WE COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE 1978 01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:52,761 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 1979 01:23:52,761 --> 01:23:55,897 AND HOW THEY CONTRAST TO 1980 01:23:55,897 --> 01:23:56,297 CHICAGO. 1981 01:23:56,297 --> 01:23:58,099 WE STARTED OFF BRINGING IT ALL 1982 01:23:58,099 --> 01:24:00,368 IN HOUSE. 1983 01:24:00,368 --> 01:24:01,703 STEP ONE IS THIS WORKFORCE 1984 01:24:01,703 --> 01:24:03,805 PIECE. 1985 01:24:03,805 --> 01:24:08,510 THESE STRONG ALLIES WITH THE 1986 01:24:08,510 --> 01:24:09,144 COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WITH 1987 01:24:09,144 --> 01:24:14,349 PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING COMMUNITY 1988 01:24:14,349 --> 01:24:17,452 WEALTH BUILDING. 1989 01:24:17,452 --> 01:24:18,686 WE JUST NEED WAYS TO CONNECT ON 1990 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:23,992 A REGULAR BASIS. 1991 01:24:23,992 --> 01:24:25,427 MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE IN TOWN CAN 1992 01:24:25,427 --> 01:24:28,029 TAKE THE LEAD ON 1993 01:24:28,029 --> 01:24:29,130 ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 1994 01:24:29,130 --> 01:24:30,565 WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE 1995 01:24:30,565 --> 01:24:32,333 AND MORE PEOPLE TO A LEVEL 1996 01:24:32,333 --> 01:24:34,135 WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ECONOMIC 1997 01:24:34,135 --> 01:24:42,010 SUCCESS. 1998 01:24:42,010 --> 01:24:42,610 >> THANK YOU. 1999 01:24:42,610 --> 01:24:43,878 I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY 2000 01:24:43,878 --> 01:24:45,313 FOR FOLKS WHO HAD A WHOLE BUNCH 2001 01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:45,713 OF QUESTIONS. 2002 01:24:45,713 --> 01:24:46,114 GO AHEAD. 2003 01:24:46,114 --> 01:24:54,722 >> I WANT TO BE AWARE OF TIME. 2004 01:24:54,722 --> 01:24:55,723 THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO MUCH 2005 01:24:55,723 --> 01:24:56,558 OF YOURS TODAY. 2006 01:24:56,558 --> 01:24:57,592 LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. 2007 01:24:57,592 --> 01:24:58,993 I WILL OPEN IT UP TO MY 2008 01:24:58,993 --> 01:24:59,294 COLLEAGUES. 2009 01:24:59,294 --> 01:25:01,062 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 2010 01:25:01,062 --> 01:25:05,533 FUNDING. MAINLY WHAT I WANT TO 2011 01:25:05,533 --> 01:25:07,135 ASK IS IF YOU CAN SHARE SOME OF 2012 01:25:07,135 --> 01:25:08,136 THE INITIAL OUTCOMES OR IMPACTS 2013 01:25:08,136 --> 01:25:15,743 THAT YOU NOTICED IN THE WORK 2014 01:25:15,743 --> 01:25:17,112 THAT YOU ARE DOING AS WE ARE 2015 01:25:17,112 --> 01:25:17,679 HAVING DISCUSSIONS. 2016 01:25:17,679 --> 01:25:19,080 IN CHICAGO, IT IS RELATIVELY 2017 01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:22,417 NEW. 2018 01:25:22,417 --> 01:25:23,852 IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE 2019 01:25:23,852 --> 01:25:24,886 BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT YOU 2020 01:25:24,886 --> 01:25:26,121 HAVE NOTICED AS A RESULT OF 2021 01:25:26,121 --> 01:25:26,321 THIS? 2022 01:25:26,321 --> 01:25:29,390 >> WE HAVE BEEN USING THE 2023 01:25:29,390 --> 01:25:30,992 POVERTY RATE AS AN INDICATOR. 2024 01:25:30,992 --> 01:25:40,368 THE PANDEMIC OCCURRED AND THAT 2025 01:25:40,368 --> 01:25:44,239 IS A STRONG INDICATOR. 2026 01:25:44,239 --> 01:25:46,908 THE POVERTY LEVEL HAS DROPPED 6% 2027 01:25:46,908 --> 01:25:49,744 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2028 01:25:49,744 --> 01:25:55,683 OFFICE. 2029 01:25:55,683 --> 01:25:56,518 THERE IS A NEW CONNECTIVE 2030 01:25:56,518 --> 01:25:57,785 TISSUE BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS TO 2031 01:25:57,785 --> 01:26:04,025 SAY, LET'S HAVE A STRATEGY AND 2032 01:26:04,025 --> 01:26:06,594 APPROACH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND 2033 01:26:06,594 --> 01:26:09,731 FAMILIES USING THE NETWORK OF 2034 01:26:09,731 --> 01:26:12,534 PROVIDERS. 2035 01:26:12,534 --> 01:26:13,368 HOPEFULLY THAT HAS LED TO 2036 01:26:13,368 --> 01:26:17,238 HOUSEHOLDS BEING ABLE TO FIND 2037 01:26:17,238 --> 01:26:18,606 JOBS AND CAREERS GOING FORWARD. 2038 01:26:18,606 --> 01:26:25,647 MANY GENTLEMEN COME TO US, THIS 2039 01:26:25,647 --> 01:26:26,648 IS A BIG SUCCESS STORY. 2040 01:26:26,648 --> 01:26:27,882 IT IS SO TYPICAL FOR RICHMOND. 2041 01:26:27,882 --> 01:26:29,484 HE HAD BEEN INCARCERATED FOR 20 2042 01:26:29,484 --> 01:26:32,987 YEARS. 2043 01:26:32,987 --> 01:26:34,189 WHEN YOU GET OUT OF PRISON, 2044 01:26:34,189 --> 01:26:35,223 USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS, IT IS 2045 01:26:35,223 --> 01:26:39,694 HARD TO FIND A JOB. 2046 01:26:39,694 --> 01:26:41,663 HE WAS DIRECTED TO COME TO THE 2047 01:26:41,663 --> 01:26:46,834 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY WEALTH 2048 01:26:46,834 --> 01:26:47,101 úBUILDING. 2049 01:26:47,101 --> 01:26:48,236 HE SPOKE TO AN EMPLOYMENT 2050 01:26:48,236 --> 01:26:49,270 SPECIALIST AND WE REALIZE THAT 2051 01:26:49,270 --> 01:26:50,471 HE HAD A WIFE WHO HAD 2052 01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:51,306 EMPLOYMENT AND HE CAME BACK 2053 01:26:51,306 --> 01:26:52,507 INTO THAT HOUSEHOLD AND WE SAID 2054 01:26:52,507 --> 01:26:55,376 THAT WE WOULD PAY THROUGH OUR 2055 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:56,744 CONNECTIONS WITH THE LOCAL 2056 01:26:56,744 --> 01:27:04,986 COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HIS TRAINING 2057 01:27:04,986 --> 01:27:05,620 TO GET THE CDL. 2058 01:27:05,620 --> 01:27:07,255 YOU WENT THROUGH THAT, AND WAS 2059 01:27:07,255 --> 01:27:08,590 STELLAR ADDED AND WAS EMPLOYED 2060 01:27:08,590 --> 01:27:13,728 IMMEDIATELY AND AS HE DID THAT, 2061 01:27:13,728 --> 01:27:18,499 HE REALIZED THERE WAS AN 2062 01:27:18,499 --> 01:27:19,701 OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO HAVE HIS 2063 01:27:19,701 --> 01:27:20,101 OWN BUSINESS. 2064 01:27:20,101 --> 01:27:21,135 HE AND HIS WIFE DECIDED THAT 2065 01:27:21,135 --> 01:27:22,737 THEY WOULD SAVE HIS INCOME SO 2066 01:27:22,737 --> 01:27:28,443 THAT HE COULD PURCHASE HIS OWN 2067 01:27:28,443 --> 01:27:29,677 TRUCK AND TRAILER AND HE DID 2068 01:27:29,677 --> 01:27:30,712 THAT, HE STARTED THAT BUSINESS 2069 01:27:30,712 --> 01:27:32,714 AND THEN BUILT A HOME IN THE 2070 01:27:32,714 --> 01:27:33,147 COUNTY. 2071 01:27:33,147 --> 01:27:37,418 FROM THE TIME THAT HE INTERACTED 2072 01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:39,454 WITH US IN THE TIME THAT HE 2073 01:27:39,454 --> 01:27:40,521 STARTED BUILDING HIS OWN HOME 2074 01:27:40,521 --> 01:27:50,932 WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS. 2075 01:27:54,736 --> 01:27:55,903 WE USE HIM AS A TEMPLATE FOR 2076 01:27:55,903 --> 01:27:56,904 HOW YOU SHOULD DO IT. 2077 01:27:56,904 --> 01:27:57,705 UNDERSTANDING THE SKILLS, THE 2078 01:27:57,705 --> 01:27:58,539 CHALLENGES, WITHIN THE ENTIRE 2079 01:27:58,539 --> 01:27:59,741 HOUSEHOLD AND THEN USING OUR 2080 01:27:59,741 --> 01:28:00,975 RESOURCES, WE HAD A STATE GRANT 2081 01:28:00,975 --> 01:28:06,080 FOR A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 2082 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:07,482 IT COST ABOUT $8000 AND WE WERE 2083 01:28:07,482 --> 01:28:09,117 ABLE TO GET HIM ON HIS WAY FOR 2084 01:28:09,117 --> 01:28:10,118 HIS NEW CAREER. 2085 01:28:10,118 --> 01:28:15,056 >> THANK YOU. 2086 01:28:15,056 --> 01:28:16,691 >> FOR CHICAGO, AS WE HAVE JUST 2087 01:28:16,691 --> 01:28:17,558 RELEASED SOME OF THESE GRANTS, 2088 01:28:17,558 --> 01:28:20,662 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE 2089 01:28:20,662 --> 01:28:24,132 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO 2090 01:28:24,132 --> 01:28:33,875 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF -- THE 2091 01:28:33,875 --> 01:28:37,645 BROADER IMPACT METRICS. 2092 01:28:37,645 --> 01:28:39,247 WE WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE BY 2093 01:28:39,247 --> 01:28:49,624 THE END OF THE YEAR. 2094 01:28:50,525 --> 01:28:52,026 I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO BE 2095 01:28:52,026 --> 01:28:52,527 MEASURED INTERNALLY. 2096 01:28:52,527 --> 01:28:53,961 A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS THINKING 2097 01:28:53,961 --> 01:28:54,595 ABOUT SYSTEMIC CHANGE. 2098 01:28:54,595 --> 01:28:55,797 WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES THAT ARE 2099 01:28:55,797 --> 01:28:56,431 DIFFERENT IN DEPARTMENTS. 2100 01:28:56,431 --> 01:28:59,233 THIS ADVISORY COUNSEL IS NOT A 2101 01:28:59,233 --> 01:29:00,268 CUSTOMARY WAY IN WHICH WE DO 2102 01:29:00,268 --> 01:29:00,568 WORK. 2103 01:29:00,568 --> 01:29:01,269 WE ARE CENTERING COMMUNITY 2104 01:29:01,269 --> 01:29:05,573 LEADERS AND VOICES IN THE 2105 01:29:05,573 --> 01:29:06,407 DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WORK, THAT 2106 01:29:06,407 --> 01:29:09,077 IS ONE THING WE ARE TRYING TO 2107 01:29:09,077 --> 01:29:09,477 MEASURE. 2108 01:29:09,477 --> 01:29:10,712 WEALTH BUILDING IS A TERM THAT 2109 01:29:10,712 --> 01:29:18,086 IS VERY COMPLEX. 2110 01:29:18,086 --> 01:29:19,354 BEING ABLE TO MEASURE HOW MUCH 2111 01:29:19,354 --> 01:29:20,354 OUR DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF IN 2112 01:29:20,354 --> 01:29:21,355 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ARE DIVING 2113 01:29:21,355 --> 01:29:24,826 INTO THAT NUANCE AND THEY ARE 2114 01:29:24,826 --> 01:29:26,027 BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT WHICH 2115 01:29:26,027 --> 01:29:27,061 PARTS OF WEALTH BUILDING THAT 2116 01:29:27,061 --> 01:29:28,296 THEY ARE IMPACTING FOR THE 2117 01:29:28,296 --> 01:29:31,132 RESIDENCE AND EXPANDING THEIR 2118 01:29:31,132 --> 01:29:31,966 DEFINITION OF WEALTH BUILDING. 2119 01:29:31,966 --> 01:29:33,601 ONE THING I SEE FOR SUCCESS IS 2120 01:29:33,601 --> 01:29:37,705 FOLKS OFTEN TIMES LOOKING AT 2121 01:29:37,705 --> 01:29:39,107 TRADITIONAL AND FINANCIAL 2122 01:29:39,107 --> 01:29:44,679 ESCALATION AS A METHOD. 2123 01:29:44,679 --> 01:29:46,681 WE ARE OFTEN NOT GIVING A LOT 2124 01:29:46,681 --> 01:29:52,587 OF CREDIT TO ANTI-GENTRIFICATION 2125 01:29:52,587 --> 01:29:53,621 COOPERATIVES THAT ACTUALLY 2126 01:29:53,621 --> 01:29:55,089 SUPPRESS OR LIMIT HOW MUCH 2127 01:29:55,089 --> 01:30:01,429 EQUITY CAN BE GAINED FROM 2128 01:30:01,429 --> 01:30:02,029 OWNING A PROPERTY. 2129 01:30:02,029 --> 01:30:03,431 THAT WAS A BIG SHIFT THAT WE 2130 01:30:03,431 --> 01:30:08,536 HAD TO TAKE ON FOR FOLKS. 2131 01:30:08,536 --> 01:30:10,037 IT IS NOT WEALTH BUILDING IF I 2132 01:30:10,037 --> 01:30:11,172 CANNOT JUST WATCH MY HOUSE 2133 01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:11,639 APPRECIATE OVER TIME. 2134 01:30:11,639 --> 01:30:17,745 WE HAVE TO SAY, THAT IS WHAT IS 2135 01:30:17,745 --> 01:30:18,579 CAUSING GENTRIFICATION IN THESE 2136 01:30:18,579 --> 01:30:19,013 COMMUNITIES. 2137 01:30:19,013 --> 01:30:19,814 THESE FOLKS ARE BEING PUSHED 2138 01:30:19,814 --> 01:30:20,014 OUT. 2139 01:30:20,014 --> 01:30:21,449 WE ARE CREATING A MODEL THAT 2140 01:30:21,449 --> 01:30:23,684 SAYS THAT THEY CAN LIVE THEIR 2141 01:30:23,684 --> 01:30:25,119 AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE 2142 01:30:25,119 --> 01:30:26,120 TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE, THAT 2143 01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:28,156 IS WEALTH BUILDING, BEING ABLE 2144 01:30:28,156 --> 01:30:29,724 TO STAY IN YOUR COMMUNITY IS A 2145 01:30:29,724 --> 01:30:33,728 FORM OF WEALTH. 2146 01:30:33,728 --> 01:30:35,329 THE MINESHAFT MIND-SET SHIFTING 2147 01:30:35,329 --> 01:30:43,905 HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 2148 01:30:43,905 --> 01:30:45,139 >> I THOUGHT ABOUT ONE THING 2149 01:30:45,139 --> 01:30:45,973 WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 2150 01:30:45,973 --> 01:30:47,208 I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MEASURE 2151 01:30:47,208 --> 01:30:50,478 THIS BUT WE NOW HAVE PEOPLE WHO 2152 01:30:50,478 --> 01:30:53,881 HAVE INTERACTED WITH THE 2153 01:30:53,881 --> 01:30:56,717 PROGRAM AND ONE INDIVIDUAL CAME 2154 01:30:56,717 --> 01:31:04,158 TO US AND SAID THAT WE HAD 2155 01:31:04,158 --> 01:31:13,167 SAVED HIS LIFE. 2156 01:31:13,167 --> 01:31:14,402 AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF 2157 01:31:14,402 --> 01:31:15,403 BRAINSTORMING, WE LANDED ON THE 2158 01:31:15,403 --> 01:31:15,903 CREATION OF AMBASSADOR. 2159 01:31:15,903 --> 01:31:16,838 THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE 2160 01:31:16,838 --> 01:31:18,072 COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE 2161 01:31:18,072 --> 01:31:24,178 UNDERSERVED OR UNDER RESOURCED 2162 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:24,812 TO SOME DEGREE. 2163 01:31:24,812 --> 01:31:26,547 THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR 2164 01:31:26,547 --> 01:31:28,850 INTERACTION TO US. 2165 01:31:28,850 --> 01:31:39,327 THANKS TO THIS GUIDANCE, MY 2166 01:31:41,128 --> 01:31:42,096 STAFF WOULD NOT BE THE BEST 2167 01:31:42,096 --> 01:31:43,130 FACE FOR THIS WORK. 2168 01:31:43,130 --> 01:31:44,365 IT WOULD NEED TO BE YOUR NEXT- 2169 01:31:44,365 --> 01:31:45,399 DOOR NEIGHBOR OR YOUR FRIEND 2170 01:31:45,399 --> 01:31:46,667 WHO LIVES IN THE SAME 2171 01:31:46,667 --> 01:31:48,669 NEIGHBORHOOD. 2172 01:31:48,669 --> 01:31:49,871 HE MOBILIZED ABOUT 20 PEOPLE AT 2173 01:31:49,871 --> 01:31:50,705 FIRST, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE 2174 01:31:50,705 --> 01:31:51,939 PROCESS AND UNDERSTOOD THE 2175 01:31:51,939 --> 01:31:59,046 SYSTEMS AND THEN WENT OUT TO 2176 01:31:59,046 --> 01:32:00,081 TRY AND ENCOURAE PEOPLE TO 2177 01:32:00,081 --> 01:32:01,148 COME FORWARD ON THE NETWORKS. 2178 01:32:01,148 --> 01:32:01,949 IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 2179 01:32:01,949 --> 01:32:06,287 WHEN THE PANDEMIC OCCURRED, 2180 01:32:06,287 --> 01:32:09,524 THEY WENT FROM 22 TO 70 PEOPLE. 2181 01:32:09,524 --> 01:32:15,663 WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE SHUT DOWN, 2182 01:32:15,663 --> 01:32:16,497 THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS TURNED 2183 01:32:16,497 --> 01:32:17,632 INTO OUR AMBASSADORS. 2184 01:32:17,632 --> 01:32:21,168 WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE 2185 01:32:21,168 --> 01:32:22,570 STATE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOW 2186 01:32:22,570 --> 01:32:23,204 THE AMBASSADORS HAVE BECOME 2187 01:32:23,204 --> 01:32:28,509 PART OF THE CITY BUDGET. 2188 01:32:28,509 --> 01:32:30,511 IT IS A FORMAL ASPECT OF HOW WE 2189 01:32:30,511 --> 01:32:33,180 DO CIVIL ENGAGEMENT WITH 2190 01:32:33,180 --> 01:32:33,814 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 2191 01:32:33,814 --> 01:32:35,783 COMMUNITY GIVING US CONSISTENT 2192 01:32:35,783 --> 01:32:38,319 FEEDBACK. 2193 01:32:38,319 --> 01:32:41,722 IN 2017 WE RECEIVED THE 2194 01:32:41,722 --> 01:32:49,697 CULTURAL HEALTH PRIZE FOR THIS 2195 01:32:49,697 --> 01:32:50,331 APPROACH TO COMMUNITY 2196 01:32:50,331 --> 01:32:51,499 ENGAGEMENT WHICH HAS LED TO 2197 01:32:51,499 --> 01:32:52,733 WEALTH BUILDING THE WAY THAT WE 2198 01:32:52,733 --> 01:32:53,034 DESCRIBED. 2199 01:32:53,034 --> 01:32:56,437 >> THAT IS GREAT. 2200 01:32:56,437 --> 01:32:57,672 ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE 2201 01:32:57,672 --> 01:32:58,706 GRAPPLING WITH, WHAT IS THE 2202 01:32:58,706 --> 01:33:06,480 CITY'S ROLE IN DOING THIS WORK? 2203 01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:08,082 I THINK THE QUESTION IS A GOOD 2204 01:33:08,082 --> 01:33:09,116 ONE ABOUT HOW MUCH OUR 2205 01:33:09,116 --> 01:33:09,717 DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT 2206 01:33:09,717 --> 01:33:16,691 COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING MEANS 2207 01:33:16,691 --> 01:33:17,692 AND WEATHER THEY ARE 2208 01:33:17,692 --> 01:33:18,559 CONTRIBUTING TO IT OR GETTING 2209 01:33:18,559 --> 01:33:19,560 IN THE WAY OF IT. 2210 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:20,561 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION 2211 01:33:20,561 --> 01:33:25,466 FOR US TO BE GRAPPLING WITH. 2212 01:33:25,466 --> 01:33:26,901 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I 2213 01:33:26,901 --> 01:33:27,501 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE 2214 01:33:27,501 --> 01:33:27,735 TODAY. 2215 01:33:27,735 --> 01:33:29,136 I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO 2216 01:33:29,136 --> 01:33:30,137 TO YOUR WEBSITE FOR THE 2217 01:33:30,137 --> 01:33:31,605 FINANCIAL REPORT FROM 2021 IN 2218 01:33:31,605 --> 01:33:42,016 VIRGINIA AND IN THE COMMUNITY. 2219 01:33:42,016 --> 01:33:43,050 WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, I ZEROED 2220 01:33:43,050 --> 01:33:53,594 IN ON THE OWNERSHIP I AGREE THAT 2221 01:33:57,765 --> 01:34:01,402 THE ABILITY TO MANAGE THEIR 2222 01:34:01,402 --> 01:34:05,706 ASSETS, THE CONSTITUTION 2223 01:34:05,706 --> 01:34:09,710 PROHIBITS THE GIFTING OF PUBLIC 2224 01:34:09,710 --> 01:34:13,381 FUNDS. 2225 01:34:13,381 --> 01:34:14,215 THAT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT 2226 01:34:14,215 --> 01:34:20,721 FOR THE GRANTS TO OWN AND 2227 01:34:20,721 --> 01:34:21,355 IMPROVE THEIR COMMERCIAL SPACE 2228 01:34:21,355 --> 01:34:22,390 AND THE SAME THING FOR 2229 01:34:22,390 --> 01:34:27,695 HOMEOWNERSHIP ET CETERA. 2230 01:34:27,695 --> 01:34:28,963 I WILL SAY, THE OFFICE OF 2231 01:34:28,963 --> 01:34:33,768 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES HAVE 2232 01:34:33,768 --> 01:34:35,770 THE OPTION TO GET AROUND THESE 2233 01:34:35,770 --> 01:34:41,542 IN THE COMMUNITY WE ARE WORKING 2234 01:34:41,542 --> 01:34:46,013 WITHIN THESE CONSTRAINTS. 2235 01:34:46,013 --> 01:34:49,717 DO THEY HAVE A SIMILAR KIND OF 2236 01:34:49,717 --> 01:34:50,951 RESTRICTION AND MAYBE OFF-LINE 2237 01:34:50,951 --> 01:34:54,889 I COULD LEARN ABOUT HOW YOU 2238 01:34:54,889 --> 01:34:56,357 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL YOUR 2239 01:34:56,357 --> 01:35:02,863 MISSION WITH THIS RESTRICTION. 2240 01:35:02,863 --> 01:35:07,001 DO YOU HAVE OFFICES OF ECONOMIC 2241 01:35:07,001 --> 01:35:08,035 DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ARE 2242 01:35:08,035 --> 01:35:11,872 WORKING IN TANDEM WITH? 2243 01:35:11,872 --> 01:35:17,845 WE DO NOT WANT TO SILENCE THE 2244 01:35:17,845 --> 01:35:19,513 EFFORTS AROUND THE SHARED 2245 01:35:19,513 --> 01:35:21,048 OMISSION TO CREATE COMMUNITY 2246 01:35:21,048 --> 01:35:27,354 WEALTH. IT IS SHARED ACROSS THE 2247 01:35:27,354 --> 01:35:31,025 BOARD. 2248 01:35:31,025 --> 01:35:32,059 I'M WONDERING HOW YOU WORKED 2249 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:33,728 WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN 2250 01:35:33,728 --> 01:35:38,632 YOUR GOVERNMENT. 2251 01:35:38,632 --> 01:35:39,867 >> THAT IS QUITE THE RESTRAINT. 2252 01:35:39,867 --> 01:35:46,073 WE DO NOT HAVE THAT. 2253 01:35:46,073 --> 01:35:55,082 WE HAVE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO 2254 01:35:55,082 --> 01:35:55,916 GIVE THINGS TO THE NON-PROFITS. 2255 01:35:55,916 --> 01:35:57,718 THE TWO THINGS THAT CAME TO 2256 01:35:57,718 --> 01:36:01,288 MIND, CREATIVE THINGS THAT YOU 2257 01:36:01,288 --> 01:36:04,024 HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH. 2258 01:36:04,024 --> 01:36:11,532 THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS GRANT 2259 01:36:11,532 --> 01:36:13,567 WHICH IS GOING TO FUND THE 2260 01:36:13,567 --> 01:36:17,404 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, 2261 01:36:17,404 --> 01:36:18,672 THERE ARE FREE SERVICES THAT 2262 01:36:18,672 --> 01:36:19,673 WILL GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 2263 01:36:19,673 --> 01:36:21,308 THAT IS SOME GOOD WORK THAT CAN 2264 01:36:21,308 --> 01:36:21,542 HAPPEN. 2265 01:36:21,542 --> 01:36:25,412 I LOVE PARTNERING WITH 2266 01:36:25,412 --> 01:36:26,280 PHILANTHROPY AND THAT IS 2267 01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:31,619 ANOTHER ROUTE POTENTIALLY. 2268 01:36:31,619 --> 01:36:32,853 YOU WANT TO DO THINGS WITH YOUR 2269 01:36:32,853 --> 01:36:34,421 OWN VALOR AS CITY GOVERNMENT. 2270 01:36:34,421 --> 01:36:42,863 YOU CAN INFLUENCE BOTH NATIONAL 2271 01:36:42,863 --> 01:36:43,664 FOUNDATIONS TO GIVE MONEY TO 2272 01:36:43,664 --> 01:36:44,131 THOSE ENTITIES. 2273 01:36:44,131 --> 01:36:45,299 IT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL FOR 2274 01:36:45,299 --> 01:36:53,140 THEM AS WELL. 2275 01:36:53,140 --> 01:36:54,141 WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING MORE 2276 01:36:54,141 --> 01:36:54,942 CREDIBLE AND LEGITIMATE AND YOU 2277 01:36:54,942 --> 01:36:56,010 CAN THINK OF THAT SOMEWHERE 2278 01:36:56,010 --> 01:36:56,210 ELSE. 2279 01:36:56,210 --> 01:37:00,915 WORKED IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS 2280 01:37:00,915 --> 01:37:02,349 AND I THINK THAT IS BEEN A HUGE 2281 01:37:02,349 --> 01:37:03,584 BENEFIT FOR THIS WORK. 2282 01:37:03,584 --> 01:37:08,522 I THINK YOUR POINT, THE BEAUTY 2283 01:37:08,522 --> 01:37:09,790 OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS THAT 2284 01:37:09,790 --> 01:37:13,761 WE OVERSEE MANY DEPARTMENTS SO 2285 01:37:13,761 --> 01:37:15,196 THAT THIS WORK HAS BEEN IN 2286 01:37:15,196 --> 01:37:16,163 PARTNERSHIP WITH THREE 2287 01:37:16,163 --> 01:37:21,202 DEPARTMENTS SPECIFICALLY. 2288 01:37:21,202 --> 01:37:22,036 THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND 2289 01:37:22,036 --> 01:37:25,706 DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER 2290 01:37:25,706 --> 01:37:28,742 PROTECTIONS. 2291 01:37:28,742 --> 01:37:29,577 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING. 2292 01:37:29,577 --> 01:37:31,378 THINKING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, 2293 01:37:31,378 --> 01:37:38,018 AND SMALL BUSINESS. 2294 01:37:38,018 --> 01:37:39,286 I HAVE SOME DREAMS ABOUT THE 2295 01:37:39,286 --> 01:37:46,594 NEXT EVOLUTION OF THIS WORK. 2296 01:37:46,594 --> 01:37:47,862 THE ARTS DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE 2297 01:37:47,862 --> 01:37:49,096 IS A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE 2298 01:37:49,096 --> 01:37:50,698 AROUND THE NARRATIVE WORK, AND 2299 01:37:50,698 --> 01:37:52,867 THINKING ABOUT ARTISTS IN THIS 2300 01:37:52,867 --> 01:37:56,337 WORK. 2301 01:37:56,337 --> 01:37:57,771 ARTIST HOUSING AND SHARED ART 2302 01:37:57,771 --> 01:37:59,206 SPACES. 2303 01:37:59,206 --> 01:38:01,909 THAT IS A PERSONAL PASSION OF 2304 01:38:01,909 --> 01:38:09,250 MINE. 2305 01:38:09,250 --> 01:38:10,050 >> JUST ONE DEPARTMENT. 2306 01:38:10,050 --> 01:38:10,684 SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 2307 01:38:10,684 --> 01:38:12,119 >> THAT ALL SOUNDED GREAT. 2308 01:38:12,119 --> 01:38:13,954 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A 2309 01:38:13,954 --> 01:38:16,657 DIFFERENCE. 2310 01:38:16,657 --> 01:38:18,325 I AM LIVING NEXT DOOR TO MY 2311 01:38:18,325 --> 01:38:21,729 COLLEAGUE WHO IS THE DEPUTY 2312 01:38:21,729 --> 01:38:28,035 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPER. 2313 01:38:28,035 --> 01:38:28,869 AND WE ARE IN CONSTANT 2314 01:38:28,869 --> 01:38:30,104 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TWO 2315 01:38:30,104 --> 01:38:33,007 TEAMS. 2316 01:38:33,007 --> 01:38:36,143 RICHMOND IS TRYING TO ATTRACT 2317 01:38:36,143 --> 01:38:44,685 BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY. 2318 01:38:44,685 --> 01:38:46,320 WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN OUR 2319 01:38:46,320 --> 01:38:51,058 PROFILE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 2320 01:38:51,058 --> 01:38:52,226 AN APPROACH TOWARDS COMMUNITY 2321 01:38:52,226 --> 01:38:53,060 WEALTH BUILDING. 2322 01:38:53,060 --> 01:38:54,762 THAT CAN LEAD TO EMPLOYEES FROM 2323 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:58,032 THAT PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS. 2324 01:38:58,032 --> 01:39:01,302 WE HAVE HAD SOME BUSINESSES AND 2325 01:39:01,302 --> 01:39:05,839 LARGE CORPORATIONS TO MOVE THE 2326 01:39:05,839 --> 01:39:13,347 HEADQUARTERS TO RICHMOND. 2327 01:39:13,347 --> 01:39:14,581 THEY WERE IMPRESSED THAT THIS 2328 01:39:14,581 --> 01:39:15,616 MAYOR AND THE PREVIOUS MAYOR 2329 01:39:15,616 --> 01:39:17,217 HAD THAT KIND OF ENERGY. 2330 01:39:17,217 --> 01:39:19,286 WE DO HAVE THAT ECONOMIC 2331 01:39:19,286 --> 01:39:19,887 DEVELOPMENT. 2332 01:39:19,887 --> 01:39:25,292 ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, WE ARE 2333 01:39:25,292 --> 01:39:26,860 ONE OF THE PILOT CITIES FOR 2334 01:39:26,860 --> 01:39:29,129 GUARANTEED INCOME. 2335 01:39:29,129 --> 01:39:33,500 OUT OF CALIFORNIA THEY LAUNCHED 2336 01:39:33,500 --> 01:39:36,937 THAT. 2337 01:39:36,937 --> 01:39:44,578 WE ARE ON THE SECOND COHORT OF 2338 01:39:44,578 --> 01:39:45,412 36 FAMILIES THAT ARE RECEIVING 2339 01:39:45,412 --> 01:39:47,247 $500 PER MONTH FOR TWO YEARS. 2340 01:39:47,247 --> 01:39:52,987 THE FIRST COHORT JUST ENDED. 2341 01:39:52,987 --> 01:39:54,021 THIS WAS ABOUT CARES ACT 2342 01:39:54,021 --> 01:39:56,690 FUNDING AND FOUNDATION DOLLARS. 2343 01:39:56,690 --> 01:39:57,758 WE ARE TESTING THIS BECAUSE IF 2344 01:39:57,758 --> 01:40:06,734 WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS 2345 01:40:06,734 --> 01:40:07,968 A CREDIBLE WAY TO NAVIGATE THEM 2346 01:40:07,968 --> 01:40:08,969 THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AND 2347 01:40:08,969 --> 01:40:10,204 BARRIERS THAT WE CURRENTLY FACE 2348 01:40:10,204 --> 01:40:11,972 THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SHIFT 2349 01:40:11,972 --> 01:40:16,110 PUBLIC DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THIS 2350 01:40:16,110 --> 01:40:20,180 KIND OF DIRECT CASH PAYMENT. 2351 01:40:20,180 --> 01:40:21,615 WE HAD THE COUNCIL ON BOARD, WE 2352 01:40:21,615 --> 01:40:23,450 WILL USE THE DATA TO MAKE OUR 2353 01:40:23,450 --> 01:40:27,955 CASE. 2354 01:40:27,955 --> 01:40:29,189 IT IS BEING STUDIED BY THE 2355 01:40:29,189 --> 01:40:29,757 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 2356 01:40:29,757 --> 01:40:33,894 I CANNOT DO CLOSE EVERYTHING AS 2357 01:40:33,894 --> 01:40:34,294 OF YET. 2358 01:40:34,294 --> 01:40:35,863 WE WILL HAVE SOME REALLY 2359 01:40:35,863 --> 01:40:42,436 AMAZING RESULTS OF THE 2360 01:40:42,436 --> 01:40:43,670 DIFFERENCE THAT THE INFLUX OF 2361 01:40:43,670 --> 01:40:44,705 CASH MAKES ON A HOUSEHOLD AS 2362 01:40:44,705 --> 01:40:45,973 THEY JOURNEY TOWARDS MORE 2363 01:40:45,973 --> 01:40:50,210 STABILITY. 2364 01:40:50,210 --> 01:40:51,245 BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE IN OTHER 2365 01:40:51,245 --> 01:40:51,845 ACTIVITIES, HOUSING OR 2366 01:40:51,845 --> 01:40:52,246 EMPLOYMENT. 2367 01:40:52,246 --> 01:40:53,080 >> THAT IS GREAT. 2368 01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:55,716 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. 2369 01:40:55,716 --> 01:40:56,517 HERE IN WASHINGTON, WE ALSO 2370 01:40:56,517 --> 01:40:58,919 HAVE A COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR 2371 01:40:58,919 --> 01:41:05,692 GUARANTEED INCOME. 2372 01:41:05,692 --> 01:41:06,927 WE ARE REALLY STARTING TO HAVE 2373 01:41:06,927 --> 01:41:07,928 THAT CONVERSATION IN THE STATE 2374 01:41:07,928 --> 01:41:08,762 LEGISLATOR AS WELL. 2375 01:41:08,762 --> 01:41:09,363 YOU ARE RIGHT. 2376 01:41:09,363 --> 01:41:09,997 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT INDIVIDUALS 2377 01:41:09,997 --> 01:41:11,131 AND HOUSEHOLDS HAVE IMMEDIATE 2378 01:41:11,131 --> 01:41:18,172 NEEDS. 2379 01:41:18,172 --> 01:41:18,972 MOST PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD A 2380 01:41:18,972 --> 01:41:19,573 $400 EMERGENCY. 2381 01:41:19,573 --> 01:41:21,708 THIS IS HOW WE CAN START TO 2382 01:41:21,708 --> 01:41:23,077 ADDRESS THAT. 2383 01:41:23,077 --> 01:41:24,478 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS 2384 01:41:24,478 --> 01:41:29,716 OF THE STUDIES OF THESE PILOTS. 2385 01:41:29,716 --> 01:41:31,251 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 2386 01:41:31,251 --> 01:41:34,288 I KNOW WE ARE OVER TIME. 2387 01:41:34,288 --> 01:41:35,088 WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING SO 2388 01:41:35,088 --> 01:41:40,594 MUCH TIME WITH US TODAY. 2389 01:41:40,594 --> 01:41:41,595 MY NORTHSTAR IN THIS WORK IS 2390 01:41:41,595 --> 01:41:45,732 REALLY TO TRY AND CLOSE THE 2391 01:41:45,732 --> 01:41:46,333 RACIAL WEALTH GAP. 2392 01:41:46,333 --> 01:41:48,135 WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ONE HERE 2393 01:41:48,135 --> 01:41:49,603 IN SEATTLE. 2394 01:41:49,603 --> 01:41:51,038 I AM EXCITED THAT THE CITY IS 2395 01:41:51,038 --> 01:41:59,379 MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE 2396 01:41:59,379 --> 01:42:00,180 PRIORITIES TO UNDO THE HARM 2397 01:42:00,180 --> 01:42:01,014 THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 2398 01:42:01,014 --> 01:42:02,649 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2399 01:42:02,649 --> 01:42:06,153 TIME AND YOUR TALENT WITH THIS. 2400 01:42:06,153 --> 01:42:07,588 I HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2401 01:42:07,588 --> 01:42:08,388 MANY INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE 2402 01:42:08,388 --> 01:42:10,057 IS WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THIS 2403 01:42:10,057 --> 01:42:10,424 WORK FORWARD. 2404 01:42:10,424 --> 01:42:12,226 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH 2405 01:42:12,226 --> 01:42:19,800 US TODAY. 2406 01:42:19,800 --> 01:42:20,834 I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU TO 2407 01:42:20,834 --> 01:42:22,469 SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE SLIDES, 2408 01:42:22,469 --> 01:42:23,704 WE NEED TO POST THEM AS THEY 2409 01:42:23,704 --> 01:42:24,938 ARE PART OF THE MEETING TODAY. 2410 01:42:24,938 --> 01:42:26,340 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 2411 01:42:26,340 --> 01:42:36,884 >> THANK YOU, HAVE A GOOD DAY. 2412 01:42:37,017 --> 01:42:37,351 OKAY. 2413 01:42:37,351 --> 01:42:37,951 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2414 01:42:37,951 --> 01:42:39,186 WE DO HAVE ONE MORE AGENDA 2415 01:42:39,186 --> 01:42:39,486 ITEM. 2416 01:42:39,486 --> 01:42:40,988 I WILL ASK YOU TO READ THE LAST 2417 01:42:40,988 --> 01:42:42,022 AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 2418 01:42:42,022 --> 01:42:42,856 >> AGENDA ITEM 18. 2419 01:42:42,856 --> 01:42:44,024 THANK YOU. 2420 01:42:44,024 --> 01:42:47,961 COUNSEL BILL 120625 WITH THE 2421 01:42:47,961 --> 01:42:49,329 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RACE AND 2422 01:42:49,329 --> 01:42:51,031 SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES FOR 2423 01:42:51,031 --> 01:42:58,038 THE CITY POLICY FOR A BRIEF 2424 01:42:58,038 --> 01:42:58,805 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 2425 01:42:58,805 --> 01:43:04,344 >> I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, 2426 01:43:04,344 --> 01:43:04,811 COUNSEL BILL 120525. 2427 01:43:04,811 --> 01:43:06,213 THAT IS CORRECT, IF THAT IS NOT 2428 01:43:06,213 --> 01:43:07,814 WHAT I SAID, THAT IS WHAT I 2429 01:43:07,814 --> 01:43:08,048 MEANT. 2430 01:43:08,048 --> 01:43:10,551 >> THANK YOU. 2431 01:43:10,551 --> 01:43:11,985 THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING TO 2432 01:43:11,985 --> 01:43:14,621 DISCUSS THIS COUNSEL BILL 2433 01:43:14,621 --> 01:43:16,323 REACHES FOR THE RACE AND SOCIAL 2434 01:43:16,323 --> 01:43:24,865 JUSTICE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE 2435 01:43:24,865 --> 01:43:25,232 HERE. 2436 01:43:25,232 --> 01:43:26,066 IT IS A CITY POLICY. 2437 01:43:26,066 --> 01:43:27,067 AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING 2438 01:43:27,067 --> 01:43:28,669 WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION FROM 2439 01:43:28,669 --> 01:43:30,938 THE DEPARTMENT AND WE ADOPTED A 2440 01:43:30,938 --> 01:43:31,772 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT AND WE NOW 2441 01:43:31,772 --> 01:43:35,075 HAVE BEFORE US THE AMENDED BILL. 2442 01:43:35,075 --> 01:43:42,449 AND I WANT TO SAY, THAT WAS THE 2443 01:43:42,449 --> 01:43:42,883 FIRST CONVERSATION. 2444 01:43:42,883 --> 01:43:43,684 THIS IS THE SECOND. 2445 01:43:43,684 --> 01:43:45,752 I WANT TO GIVE TIME IF THERE IS 2446 01:43:45,752 --> 01:43:51,658 QUESTIONS. 2447 01:43:51,658 --> 01:43:52,459 TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL 2448 01:43:52,459 --> 01:43:54,094 CENTRAL STAFF IF THERE ARE ANY 2449 01:43:54,094 --> 01:43:57,164 QUESTIONS. 2450 01:43:57,164 --> 01:44:01,735 AND WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THIS 2451 01:44:01,735 --> 01:44:04,104 WORK IS REALLY SETTING THE 2452 01:44:04,104 --> 01:44:10,444 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS THE CITY HAS 2453 01:44:10,444 --> 01:44:11,712 A HISTORY OF RACISM BAKED INTO 2454 01:44:11,712 --> 01:44:18,652 OUR PRACTICES, OUR INSTITUTIONS 2455 01:44:18,652 --> 01:44:20,053 AND THAT IT HAS HAD DEVASTATING 2456 01:44:20,053 --> 01:44:21,088 EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITIES OF 2457 01:44:21,088 --> 01:44:21,321 COLOR. 2458 01:44:21,321 --> 01:44:22,723 THIS IS NOT NEW WORK FOR US. 2459 01:44:22,723 --> 01:44:24,157 WE HAVE BEEN DOING WORK FOR A 2460 01:44:24,157 --> 01:44:27,027 LONG TIME IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE 2461 01:44:27,027 --> 01:44:28,595 AND OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING 2462 01:44:28,595 --> 01:44:29,262 SIMILAR WORK. 2463 01:44:29,262 --> 01:44:33,567 THIS IS THE CHANCE TO MAKE SURE 2464 01:44:33,567 --> 01:44:37,037 WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT 2465 01:44:37,037 --> 01:44:37,437 DIRECTION. 2466 01:44:37,437 --> 01:44:40,040 DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR 2467 01:44:40,040 --> 01:44:41,875 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDED 2468 01:44:41,875 --> 01:44:48,548 BILL? 2469 01:44:48,548 --> 01:44:58,925 I AM NOT SEEING ANY. 2470 01:45:02,963 --> 01:45:03,330 OKAY. 2471 01:45:03,330 --> 01:45:04,931 AS I SAID, THIS IS WORK THAT I 2472 01:45:04,931 --> 01:45:07,601 REFERENCED EARLIER WHEN DIRECTOR 2473 01:45:07,601 --> 01:45:08,635 WHEELER SMITH WAS HERE. 2474 01:45:08,635 --> 01:45:09,703 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 2475 01:45:09,703 --> 01:45:20,147 BILL FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 2476 01:45:25,886 --> 01:45:26,653 DOMINIC STEVENS FROM THE 2477 01:45:26,653 --> 01:45:27,888 MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN A HUGE 2478 01:45:27,888 --> 01:45:29,323 HELP TO US AS WE WORK THROUGH 2479 01:45:29,323 --> 01:45:29,923 THIS BILL. 2480 01:45:29,923 --> 01:45:31,158 MY CHIEF OF STAFF END AS WELL, 2481 01:45:31,158 --> 01:45:40,167 A BIG SHOUT OUT TO -- WHO HAS 2482 01:45:40,167 --> 01:45:41,168 WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR YEARS NOW 2483 01:45:41,168 --> 01:45:42,202 TO WORK ON THIS BILL. 2484 01:45:42,202 --> 01:45:43,437 IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THEN 2485 01:45:43,437 --> 01:45:49,142 I AM GOING TO MOVE THAT THE 2486 01:45:49,142 --> 01:45:52,079 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THIS BILL 2487 01:45:52,079 --> 01:45:57,751 FOR APPROVAL. 2488 01:45:57,751 --> 01:45:58,985 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT HAS 2489 01:45:58,985 --> 01:46:00,554 BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO 2490 01:46:00,554 --> 01:46:07,394 RECOMMEND PASSAGE. 2491 01:46:07,394 --> 01:46:08,628 DEVON, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 2492 01:46:08,628 --> 01:46:08,829 ROLE? 2493 01:46:08,829 --> 01:46:09,463 >> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. 2494 01:46:09,463 --> 01:46:09,863 >> YES. 2495 01:46:09,863 --> 01:46:10,464 >> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? 2496 01:46:10,464 --> 01:46:11,364 >> YES. 2497 01:46:11,364 --> 01:46:13,567 >> VICE CHAIR SWANS? 2498 01:46:13,567 --> 01:46:14,401 >> YES. 2499 01:46:14,401 --> 01:46:19,473 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2500 01:46:19,473 --> 01:46:21,041 THE MOTION CARRIES ON THE 2501 01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:24,177 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT 2502 01:46:24,177 --> 01:46:25,178 WE APPROVE COUNSEL BILL 525 2503 01:46:25,178 --> 01:46:28,048 WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 15th 2504 01:46:28,048 --> 01:46:31,952 2023 COUNCIL MEETING. 2505 01:46:31,952 --> 01:46:33,620 COLLEAGUES, THAT IS ALL WE HAVE 2506 01:46:33,620 --> 01:46:43,764 TODAY. 2507 01:46:44,698 --> 01:46:45,732 UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER 2508 01:46:45,732 --> 01:46:46,666 THINGS THAT WE NEED TO 2509 01:46:46,666 --> 01:46:47,167 DELIBERATE ON? 2510 01:46:47,167 --> 01:46:47,934 I'M NOT SEEING ANY. 2511 01:46:47,934 --> 01:46:48,935 THIS CONCLUDES THE MARCH 24th, 2512 01:46:48,935 --> 01:46:50,003 2023 MEETING OF THE CIVIL 2513 01:46:50,003 --> 01:46:50,804 RIGHTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE. 2514 01:46:50,804 --> 01:46:51,805 THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS 2515 01:46:51,805 --> 01:46:54,441 FOR APRIL 28th. 2516 01:46:54,441 --> 01:46:55,675 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE 2517 01:46:55,675 --> 01:46:56,510 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 2518 01:46:56,510 --> 01:47:06,753 >> THANK YOU.