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BHRC Meeting 2022-01-06 Beverly Human Rights Committee Minutes - 2022-01 -06 7:04:31 PM Caja Johnson: trickle in. So, Welcome everyone. We'll call the meeting to order. and I just want to say this is a namkegland that we're on here and I like to just acknowledge that at the start of our meetings, this is a remote meeting on Google Meet Pursuant to Governor Baker, March 7:04:58 PM Cubetus Office (chat): Hello all! Happy New Year! I'm Matt, from Senator Lovely's office. Trying to be mindful of my sleeping roommate so I'm staying muted. 7:04:59 PM Caja Johnson: 12th 2020 or suspending, certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law. In the Governor's March, 23rd 2020 or imposing strict, limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place. 7:05:13 PM Caja Johnson: This meeting the Beverly Human Rights Committee will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. 7:05:22 PM Caja Johnson: No, in person, attendance of members of the public would be available, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access. 7:05:32 PM Caja Johnson: The proceedings in real time via technological needs in the event that we are unable to do. So, despite bus efforts, we will post on the city's website and audio or video recording transcript or other comprehensive record of the proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting. 7:05:52 PM Caja Johnson: Remote public access to this meeting will be provided in the following manner. 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Principal Gabrielle Montavecchi. 7:07:22 PM Caja Johnson: Chief Lecher. 7:07:32 PM Caja Johnson: In a blue topic. 7:07:38 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you everyone for that. I want to say a special. Welcome to Senator Lovely. And Representative Parisella to say that we are honored to have you here tonight with us. 7:07:51 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you so much for making time for this. Um, we know that you've been working hard and and doing all the things and so we can't wait to hear about some of the things that you have been working on and look forward to work on, in this new year that we have here. 7:08:11 PM Caja Johnson:And I will turn it over to Leah. Who will just give a little snapshot of things that we've been doing here at the Beverly Human Rights Committee. 7:08:23 PM Leah Jones: Thanks to each and welcome to our guests. Um, I just thought in the interest of time, I created a very short slideshow and I thought when there's sort of a laundry list of things that we've done together from 2020 to date, it's sort of, I maybe it was just the way my brain's been working, but the quest year and a half has sort of run together a bit in some ways with covid. 7:08:49 PM Leah Jones:And we've, I think the committees adapted really nicely and still kept in, close touch with the community. 7:08:54 PM Leah Jones: So, if you see anything, I just ask that, you know, if anybody could comment on something that stands out to you, or an event or Occasion that you felt was special for particular reason. 7:09:08 PM Leah Jones: It would be nice to hear from other members so I'm not going to read everything that we did but I might just spotlight a couple of things. 7:09:15 PM Leah Jones: So is it okay if I share my screen? Paul. Goodman. 7:09:21 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah. So there should be an icon down at the bottom right near the hang-up icon. It's like a little square with a little arrow in it to present. 7:09:28 PM Leah Jones: Okay. 7:09:29 PM Paul Goodwin: Do you see that? 7:09:29 PM Leah Jones:Yep. 7:09:30 PM Paul Goodwin: Okay, I think if you click on that, you should have the ability to present. 7:09:34 PM Leah Jones: Okay, let's see. Wish me luck. Can you see me my screen? 7:09:41 PM Lovely Office:Yes. 7:09:41 PM Leah Jones: Can you see my screen everybody? 7:09:44 PM Lovely Office:Yes. 7:09:44 PM Paul Goodwin:Yes, we can. 7:09:45 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi:Yes. 7:09:45 PM Leah Jones: Oh good. 7:09:45 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah we see the Beverly Human Rights logo. 7:09:48 PM Leah Jones: Okay, this is this is very short. 7:09:48 PM Paul Goodwin: The PowerPoint. Yeah. 7:09:50 PM Leah Jones: So don't be alarmed. Okay. So, I just wanted to take a minute to just remind us all that the committee was constituted in 2015 and really started getting active in 2016 and Senator Lovely. 7:10:07 PM Leah Jones:And Representative Parisella have been part and parcel of most of the events since the beginning, especially some of the bigger events where we've partnered with the city but also some of the efforts behind the scenes. 7:10:17 PM Leah Jones: So I just welcome you all to Jump in. If you see anything that I just want you to just wanted to remind us that a lot of what we see in the past year and a half. 7:10:31 PM Leah Jones: Has sort of been gearing up over the years with different community members and partnership with lots of folks in Beverly. 7:10:37 PM Leah Jones: So I let me just 7:10:42 PM Leah Jones: Here we go.just a couple little images here, and I think One of the things that I I could say I could start a lot has happened and you could just sort of look at this list they're just two pages of things here. 7:10:59 PM Leah Jones: Some of which I think I just wanted to highlight a couple of things. One is that I think that as a committee We've done a good job in fostering ongoing conversation with the community in different ways. 7:11:13 PM Leah Jones: Um, They look different depending on the topic but I think it's been kind of a hallmark of the way that we work is to to On just kind of consider ourselves ongoing learners. 7:11:27 PM Leah Jones: I think Gabrielle says so nicely at school related events that Gabrielle how do you say it that you're a you're an educator and a lifelong. 7:11:34 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: Leave learners. 7:11:36 PM Leah Jones:Yes, and I've borrowed that many a time and refashioned it, but I think that that has made us dynamic and we're only as good as the, you know, the interactions we have with our 7:11:48 PM Leah Jones:wonderful community. So, a couple things that jump out here are just the ways. I wanted to highlight that our chairperson Keisha Johnson has kind of stretched us to look beyond the boundaries of Beverly. 7:12:03 PM Leah Jones: Think about how we can partner with surrounding towns. She's brought us into participation with the Massachusetts Human Rights. Consortium. That's a terrible little typo there. I love how Paul is has us. 7:12:18 PM Leah Jones: Keeping our focus on older residents in Beverly and we have an annual meeting, just kind of devoted to hearing some of their concerns. 7:12:27 PM Leah Jones: I love some of the partnership with the Beverly Police Department, there's an upcoming event In hopefully, on February 8th with the Brookline Police Department where we're hoping to host a learning exchange with Abu's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Abuse Office. 7:12:48 PM Leah Jones: UM, And we're really hoping that with Director Toppen and Chairperson Johnson, and Chief Lalasher. We can kind of showcase ways that that we can do more to build connections with the community and the police and kind of showcase some of what the Beverly police officers are doing that already, does that around mental health. 7:13:09 PM Leah Jones: So team on these two pages, I don't know if this is Little, I don't know if this is too much putting you on the spot but is there anything here that wanted to just I can't see you but if one or two people could just kind of call out something that you loved. 7:13:26 PM Leah Jones: Or that you thought was worthwhile, it would be great to hear from others. 7:13:46 PM Caja Johnson: So please will. 7:13:46 PM Abu Toppin: Can I jump in? 7:13:48 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, I was gonna say, please feel 7:13:48 PM Abu Toppin: Oh, 7:13:50 PM Caja Johnson:free to just jump in. Yeah, thanks a boo. 7:13:54 PM Abu Toppin: Obviously, there's lots of wonderful things here. One of the things that has has been great for me to see in this my first year in, in my role at the DI office is How much this community is coming together and many, many different ways. 7:14:15 PM Abu Toppin:And, and it's been, it's been fantastic to see the turnout with the Pride celebration, but even when we had Juneteenth for the first time at City Hall and seeing such a wonderful collection of people at that event, where for a lot of folks, that's, that's new to them. 7:14:37 PM Abu Toppin: It's, it's a, it's a new concept. It's a new new holiday if you will, it's a new, it's new discussion. 7:14:43 PM Abu Toppin:And I'm, I've been very overwhelmed with 7:14:48 PM Abu Toppin: Happiness, that we're seeing people 7:14:50 PM Jerry Parisella:What? 7:14:50 PM Abu Toppin: embrace these, these conversations embrace these events, I brace, the, the cultural change that's happening in Beverly. And I think that was one of the, you know, one of those events in particular where we got to really kind of see folks you know, come together and support that in a very large way. 7:15:12 PM Abu Toppin: I thought was very impactful and and gives me you know, hope that all the good work that everyone here is doing and we continue to do for the benefit of the city, and its residents are is sky's the limit. 7:15:27 PM Abu Toppin:And I think that, you know, we have a lot to look forward to and I'm encouraged by. 7:15:32 PM Abu Toppin: But what I'm saying so far with especially, you know, most those events in particular, kind of jump to my mind Out of many. 7:15:42 PM Paul Lanzikos: Of it. I like to highlight a couple things that from actually prior to 2020, that would be, I think, particularly interest Senator Lovely at least, is that we've had several Activities that will coordinate or in collaboration with the No Place for Hate Committee in Salem and the Danvers Human Rights Committee. 7:16:06 PM Paul Lanzikos:And also in preparation for the taking of the 2020 census. 7:16:15 PM Paul Lanzikos:We spirit-headed effort to maximize participation folks here in Beverly especially in in sectors that may be 7:16:28 PM Paul Lanzikos: a risk of being underrepresented. 7:16:35 PM Leah Jones: I want to also call out the quiet. It's not always quiet, maybe in your own circles. And I know that representative parisella and Senator lovely, you do a lot of this and I've been witness to it around immigrating issues and other other veterans issues and other things, but I feel like everybody here over the years. 7:16:56 PM Leah Jones: I've known these incredible people who use your, your power in your different circles to kind of do good work and sometimes it's it's so quiet and it's behind the scenes or it's in your sector or it's in your network. 7:17:10 PM Leah Jones: But it is so cool. I think being on this committee has been one of the things that's been the coolest thing is just to be privy to some of that because I was always interested in what was going on in the city, but this participation in this committee has given me. 7:17:23 PM Leah Jones: So I just steep learning curve but also just insight into the tireless. You know, sometimes slogging away. 7:17:33 PM Leah Jones: Hour by hour at you know just advocacy phone calls, meetings with individuals encouraging people to look at something in a new way and You know, I just I applaud you and I know that you've all been there on issue or 7:17:56 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you so much up, Gabrielle. Yes. 7:17:58 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: It just I'm I'm gonna make a 7:17:59 PM Caja Johnson:All right. 7:18:00 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: predictable statement for me, coming from me but something that I'm so proud of. As I look back at all these events, you know what, I'm going to say the amazing youth leadership in Beverly. 7:18:13 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: I mean, really impressive and students of all ages are showing up from a variety of different schools and they're leading and I think every single person on this committee could share something specific about how they've seen that growth and the committee and ways in which students are leading us pushing us challenging us. 7:18:34 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi:And I am just so proud of that. It really keeps my energy going 7:18:41 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you Gabrielle. I was gonna say that I was thinking 7:18:43 PM Jerry Parisella:What? 7:18:46 PM Caja Johnson: back just looking at the last year and how much our youth has been using their powerful voices, how impactful innovative, you know, and their ability to lead and they have their own, you know, mines and they are strategic and they give I think me 7:19:12 PM Caja Johnson:just a new right. Every time I think I hear them speak and I look at the Beverly High School, they have a human Rights club and they are doing magnificent 7:19:29 PM Caja Johnson: remarkable things there, the duty event, which was the first event of Beverly. You know, that that was just I was I think overwhelmed with the Of people that that showed up front. 7:19:43 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you so much, Abu and some lovely. And representative parisella or Boo are direct director for the City of Beverly. 7:19:52 PM Caja Johnson: If you didn't already know that and you've been doing so much of a and, you know, we've all been working really hard. 7:20:00 PM Caja Johnson: I, 1 want to just shout out our newest members, You know, kids yet Mindy, you know, just really showing up and showing out, you know, every single time. 7:20:12 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you so much to everyone here. Just, you know, thinking about the people that we set up for the first time at Arts Fest and Homecoming, and handing out information, and collaborating with the cabin and the viewing of Crip camp. 7:20:32 PM Caja Johnson: I mean, I could just I mean, I could just, I could really go on and on but I am so proud to be time at Arts Fest and Homecoming, and viewing of Crip camp. 7:20:33 PM Caja Johnson: handing out information, and collaborating with the cabin and the here and with all of you. So, Thank you. 7:20:44 PM Caja Johnson:We have feel free to share your screen again, if you If 7:20:49 PM Leah Jones:Yeah, I think. You know, it was I couldn't a little punchier, but it was so fun, just to think about all the wonderful things that folks have done. 7:20:58 PM Leah Jones:And I think the most remarkable thing is with everything I put down I thought Oh I've had a conversate. 7:21:05 PM Leah Jones:A boo wants to do more of that or keep, you know, Kitty is mentioned wanting. We need to expand on that good springboard for, you know, another conversation about immigration. 7:21:14 PM Leah Jones: The context is changing so fast. So, It's it's all feeding the next thing and it's I wanted to say a boo director Toppen. 7:21:23 PM Leah Jones: It's been very difficult to extract like your work started before you were in your formal position. So there were times when 1, you know, I'm kind of said, for example, the the forum you held to kind of unpack the Critical Race Theory question and, you know, in response and support of different school board members and Beverly public schools leaders. 7:21:49 PM Leah Jones: But that was, you know, there are some things that you've done. That, I think very organically. I think it's really nice, because you very organically engaged the Human Rights Committee and Keisha, vice versa you very organically, engage the office of Dei and it I sort of like that. 7:22:03 PM Leah Jones: Sometimes I can't tell. Who sponsored this thing? It's because that's what it's supposed to feel like, right? It's like a city event and that is what It's not just stamped with the city event. 7:22:15 PM Leah Jones: It really is becoming like, Is it a school thing? Is it a community thing? Well, we're all together. 7:22:20 PM Leah Jones: So that's a, that's a great development. Organically, not organically hard work. But 7:22:27 PM Abu Toppin: I'll just say that you know I agree a hundred percent with you And I was speaking to Hannah Bone the other day and I said The work that we need to do is not something that I'm doing. 7:22:41 PM Abu Toppin: It's not something cages doing It's not something Liz doing. It should be something that we all are doing. 7:22:46 PM Abu Toppin:We should all be invested in this, This is a group effort. It's not just one person or another, like you said, Leah and you're absolutely right. It shouldn't be. 7:22:55 PM Abu Toppin: Oh, this was the Dei office. Or this was the human resources. This is what Beverly did. Right. 7:23:00 PM Abu Toppin:And that's what it should be all about. So I love to your point that that's I feel like that's what we're doing and that's what's going to continue to happen and I think it's fantastic. 7:23:11 PM Caja Johnson: I agree. Thank you so much, Leonard and Abu and you know, I think about just this daily change that's happening and you can really feel it, you know, throughout all of our departments and you know, our police department does such great work, surrounding mental health, domestic violence, you know. 7:23:32 PM Caja Johnson: Social justice. And you know, recently the City of Beverly has done this equity audit and, you know, we've really taken a deep dive into all of our departments and we've had the pleasure of having Dr. Morgan for our school department and all of our faculty and staff that have been supportive of this initiative. 7:23:53 PM Caja Johnson:And we had that, you know, equity audit that was done. And, you know, we're really looking at how we can implement Dei and to our policy and and into our community right? Just open we've had meetings with open space, you know, Chelsea and you know just I think if we look at 7:24:15 PM Caja Johnson: Beverly as a whole, wow, wow. Look at all of all of the work we've done and how far we've come and we'll continue to continue to go. Social Justice. 7:24:21 PM Caja Johnson: and, you know, we've really taken a have been supportive of this And you know, recently the City of our policy and and into our community know just I think if we look at Dr. Morgan for our school department And we had that, you know, equity and all of our faculty and staff that audit that was done. 7:24:21 PM Caja Johnson: right? open space, you know, Chelsea and you Look at all of the work we've done Just open we've had meetings with And, you know, we're really looking and we've had the pleasure of having Beverly has done this equity audit and how far we've come and we'll initiative. 7:24:21 PM Caja Johnson: deep dive into all of our departments Beverly as a whole wow, wow. at how we can implement Dei and to 7:24:31 PM Paul Goodwin:And I think for myself, it came before I even got on the committee, just seeing the, All the lawn signs around town and seeing a little steps with that and then getting on the committee and just in the last couple of years seeing Abu's position, being created Dr. Morgan's position being created. 7:24:48 PM Paul Goodwin: So like little small steps leading to bigger things within the city in, you know, just seeing those signs driving around makes you feel. 7:24:55 PM Paul Goodwin:Very fortunate, very proud to be a part of the community and so it's very exciting to see that and see what everyone's doing here and on a state level, as well to try to make things better throughout the city. 7:25:07 PM Paul Goodwin:And the area has been very rewarding 7:25:12 PM Caja Johnson:Absolutely Paul. Thank you. And, you know, I know that Mayor Kahl wanted to be here tonight and, you know, he is very supportive of of these initiatives, you know, the whole city of Beverly really. 7:25:28 PM Caja Johnson: But, you know, I think back to, you know, those trainings that we had with Community Inc, Community Change Inc, and just all of the work that I think, you know, we're all continuing to try to do but we would love to hear from you. 7:25:45 PM Caja Johnson: Senator Lovely Representative Persona Parisella. 7:25:48 PM Paul Lanzikos:You know, and before we do, we should also highlight and not to strike a negative note here, but I think it's negative but also positive the the several instances that have occurred in the past couple years where and bad things have happened. 7:26:04 PM Paul Lanzikos: For example, the anti-Semitic activity, involving the temple and and signage around the the city or what happened at the the school committee. Meaning not too long ago. 7:26:17 PM Paul Lanzikos: The ability for for us to affect the 7:26:22 PM Paul Lanzikos: immediate and effective response to say, No this is this is abrid, This is not know who we are in deadly and I think that has been effective in. 7:26:35 PM Paul Lanzikos: Minimizing what, what was otherwise a very nasty situation that could have snowballed into even in worse things. 7:26:42 PM Paul Lanzikos: into even 7:26:46 PM Caja Johnson:Absolutely Paul. And, you know, just to elaborate a little bit on that, you know, you know, the takeaway I think is how we respond to these instances and and that is the piece of it to me that matters. 7:27:03 PM Caja Johnson:And so, you know, the work that the Beverly Police Department has done around anti-Semitism and just in general, to be responsive and the 7:27:12 PM Paul Lanzikos:And actually, we should remember it 7:27:13 PM Caja Johnson:whole 7:27:14 PM Paul Lanzikos:from a couple years ago to what was happening around the LGBT. And when the we were raising, the Pride Pride flag in and how we were being able to affect a positive response out of a negative situation, 7:27:30 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. And we've had so many of these just 7:27:39 PM Caja Johnson: overwhelming responses from the community, you know, just to say, you know, this isn't what in the city of Beverly is or stands for what we believe in, In uplifting and supporting one another. 7:27:52 PM Caja Johnson: I think that that's been so powerful, you know. And, you know, that's what I remember. You know, the school committee meeting Prior to when everyone came together, but I I remember more. 7:28:07 PM Caja Johnson: So the following school committee meeting when there was such a large amount of residents that showed up and spoke and wrote letters and it was, it was really powerful. 7:28:18 PM Caja Johnson: So, Um yes Paul, thank you for that. 7:28:32 PM Jerry Parisella: Not sure if you wanted me to jump in or senator lovely or whatever, but Happy to do so. 7:28:40 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, that would be great. Okay? 7:28:44 PM Jerry Parisella: Thanks. You one thing I was thinking I was watching the news and you know, today is the one year anniversary or the tack on the Capitol and just how divided our country is. 7:28:53 PM Jerry Parisella: But You know, at the state level I just want to say, I mean, you know, working with Senator Lovely and the other North Shore, reps and senators and just the entire where there's 160 reps and 40 senators, and a lot of our votes are in unanimous or very close to it, it's just not, it's so don't be discovered by what you see on the news and what's going on in Washington and Boston, it's a whole different story. 7:29:20 PM Jerry Parisella:We really work well together and, you know, some of in obviously covid is had a huge impact on so many of us in our businesses and the schools and everything. 7:29:31 PM Jerry Parisella:And so that's a big focus of what we've been working on. But we've been working, you know, and we've gotten a lot done. Last year. 7:29:42 PM Jerry Parisella: There was discussion about the state, maybe having a four billion dollar deficit and you know saying call your cities and towns and tell them, you know, be prepared to cut, 20% of the budget and so forth. 7:29:54 PM Jerry Parisella: But Massachusetts has made it through this really well and we had a Really significant surplus. And so we were able to do some pretty pretty significant investments. 7:30:06 PM Jerry Parisella:And a lot of different things that are really important. You know, some of the things that You know, I'm sure Principal manavecchia seen two with the kids like these mental health issues. 7:30:19 PM Jerry Parisella: It's a huge problem. and as part of like the opera funding, We put a hundred and fifty million dollars into trying to recruit and train incentivize mental health workers because that's a huge issue. 7:30:34 PM Jerry Parisella: So, for example, providing student loan assistance, grants and things like that,just hearing about that all the time about the mental health, concerns, that people have So that's something that, you know, I think has been a big focus. 7:30:50 PM Jerry Parisella: Some matters like related to, you know, human rights issues. We pass a genocide education bill that will have all school districts, talk about, you know, genocide and teach students about that. 7:31:06 PM Jerry Parisella:for me personally, you know, I've seen it I've deployed to Bosnia and I surely after Eight thousand people were killed in the city of Shrimonica ethnic cleansing, you know. 7:31:18 PM Jerry Parisella: So we were sent there as troops to be peacekeepers. So just kind of seeing the The destruction and what happened? There was terrible and I went to Iraq in 2011, where the Sunnis in the She is, don't get along and, you know, just so it's to me. 7:31:36 PM Jerry Parisella: It was a, you know, an important bill personally to see that happen that passed. So we never forget, you know about the Holocaust and things like that. 7:31:47 PM Jerry Parisella:You know?And so some of the things that like we did specifically to like it's part of the budget, the Governor has a task force on hate crimes and it was, it was sort of a temporary task force, but we made that a permanent task force to focus on, focus, on issues of hate crimes. 7:32:05 PM Jerry Parisella:We added some legislators to the committee, the Attorney General. So, you know, want to make sure that there's a focus on trying to make sure that we have awareness of hate crimes. 7:32:16 PM Jerry Parisella:And how do we tackle that that issue?And how do we tackle that that issue? So that was, that was something that we did in the budget. 7:32:25 PM Jerry Parisella:You know, some of the things that we did in the opera bill with which was a combination of federal and state money 500 million dollars to help lower paid workers, get bonuses for working during the pandemic. 7:32:40 PM Jerry Parisella:Anywhere from 500 to $2,000. One of the things that I really pushed for was you get the strange dichotomy in Massachusetts, where you have all these businesses that are looking for people to Work for them. 7:32:54 PM Jerry Parisella: But then you also have some people who have been long-term unemployed because they're in businesses that were terribly affected, you know, hospitality and things like that. 7:33:03 PM Jerry Parisella: So I chair the economic development community. One of the things I heard from a lot of folks was How let's train folks to work in the jobs that are open and available. 7:33:14 PM Jerry Parisella: For example, there's a lot of good-paying jobs in like the biotech sector. They're looking for a lot of texts. 7:33:22 PM Jerry Parisella: They don't have to have advanced degrees, they can have a certificate, they can pay like $90,000 So we put 150 million dollars into workforce training. 7:33:31 PM Jerry Parisella: Because I heard a lot about that and so I think that'll help you know, those long-term unemployed folks get training to get trained up for jobs that are available. 7:33:42 PM Jerry Parisella: There's a lot that we did, there's a lot going on, I don't want to steal any thunder from Senator Lovely and happy to take any questions or whatever but just know we're working, you know? And like I told Paul a good one like prior to the meeting, one thing that I learned that we think we've learned and has been helpful about covid as we do a lot of remote hearings now at the State House on the bills and it's actually increased participation quite a bit because you live in Pittsfield or Barnstable or even Beverly you know, it's not easy to slap into Boston and testify and now people can just jump on their computer and it's really increased participation in these hearings and I think participation in these hearings. 7:34:21 PM Jerry Parisella:And I think it's something that Will probably continue to do going forward either if it's a combination of in-person and remote because it's really helpful. 7:34:29 PM Jerry Parisella: To have folks be able to, to have 7:34:30 PM Leah Jones (chat): So heartening! We can't wait to learn more about these initiatives. Thank you so much for this great work 7:34:32 PM Jerry Parisella: their voice heard. And I have to drive three and a half four hours to do that. 7:34:38 PM Paul Lanzikos:And actually, I just like to build off of what you just said Jerry yet. If that really the, it's increasing participation across the board. 7:34:49 PM Paul Lanzikos: But particularly people who, who historically have found it, had to access public hearings either because of frailties or disabilities or other 7:35:02 PM Jerry Parisella: Right. 7:35:03 PM Paul Lanzikos: circumstances, so I I think the human, right. That's the entire community is going to record to really endorse and encourage continuation of virtual participation even when the State House opens for in-person of hearings, 7:35:21 PM Jerry Parisella: I mean, I think it makes sense. It's really, really I think it's I think that's one of them. 7:35:26 PM Jerry Parisella: one of the pluses, I guess you could say of this, You know, this learning experience that it's really helped with participation, you know, I know people want Us to get back in person but I do think that there's that benefit of having that remote aspect of it as well. 7:35:46 PM Lovely Office:Well, I'm unhappy to jump in. Thank your representative, and thank you everyone for the opportunity to be here tonight, with all of you. 7:35:56 PM Lovely Office:And first I want to say Leah, thank you for the reflections for 2020. And 2021 of everything that, you know, Human Rights Committee is has been working on and it's so impressive to actually see it all over, you know, the two pages. 7:36:11 PM Lovely Office:And I know that's not all of it but it just shows how humidity how busy you have all been to engage the community. 7:36:21 PM Lovely Office: My hometown of Beverly, so thank you for sharing that. It's, you know, sometimes you You don't think of everything, that's that's happened. 7:36:31 PM Lovely Office: It tells me that we all have a role to play. And, you know, I've had that really good fortune to to be on the Salem, 7:36:36 PM Caja Johnson (chat): Thank you so much Rep Parisella for all your hard work! 7:36:42 PM Lovely Office: Race Equity, Tax Force. which was just about maybe six or eight months ahead of the Beverly, Raccoon task Force I can't tell you how personally. 7:36:53 PM Lovely Office:What that? How that's affected me to be a part of that of that, that community of people who are now become friends with that may have not had an opportunity to work with both in Beverly and Salem and Beverly. 7:37:09 PM Lovely Office: So I'm so just, so very grateful in Salem. I worked on, I was on the Arts and Culture Subcommittee and how to, you know, kind of rally the community with we'd all all types of ideas of how to really bring the community together and I'm looking forward to seeing that implemented. 7:37:31 PM Lovely Office:And in Beverly with the Boo, I'm on the, you know, the Health Task Force Committee and really to see the inequities in our healthcare system. 7:37:42 PM Lovely Office:We know they exist and Covid absolutely absolutely slapped it right across We know they exist and Covid our faces as it should have, So I'm so just so very grateful in Salem. 7:37:49 PM Lovely Office: I worked on, I was on the Arts and seeing that implemented. together and I'm looking forward to And in Beverly with the Boo, I'm on know, kind of rally the community Committee and really to see the inequities in our healthcare system. 7:37:49 PM Lovely Office:the, you know, the Health Task Force with we'd all all types of ideas of how to really bring the community Culture Subcommittee and how to, you especially on the government side. 7:37:51 PM Lovely Office:And so, you know, that that has been um, you know, we have responded and has Jerry said, had said, you know, with with our Profunding for For particularly on the mental health side, you know, and the types of reforms that we've taken on, you know, we want to have the annual mental health. 7:38:13 PM Lovely Office:Well, mental health, wellness exams. You know, you go in for your physical exam, you're going to have a mental health wellness exam, as well as you know, steps to to address the ED boarding crisis. 7:38:26 PM Lovely Office:That is Just incredibly profound, especially for our youth who are boarding even at Beverly Hospital as we speak. 7:38:34 PM Lovely Office: I know that Jerry and I both get phone calls to help. 7:38:42 PM Lovely Office:You know, move, especially young patients into beds beds that exist more in the, you know, in the urban areas and the rural areas. 7:38:54 PM Lovely Office: But still it's difficult to make sure that make sure that every everybody who presents CBD with a mental health crisis is taking care of immediately and not boarded for days or weeks or sometimes months. 7:39:10 PM Lovely Office: So I thought Jerry did a great job outlining different initiatives that we've taken on with with the art response to be able to get people into the into the workforce. 7:39:21 PM Lovely Office:We're all seeing that people are leaving the workforce, especially in healthcare, and how do we emphasize and get people back into these? 7:39:32 PM Lovely Office: Into these positions. So if you can hear, Dog barking downstairs, I'm not sure if you can hear hear her. 7:39:38 PM Lovely Office:That I've got four Labradors, but only one sparking. So that's a plus 7:39:42 PM Kiki F:Yeah, my dog keeps growling because of it. 7:39:46 PM Lovely Office: Sorry about that. 7:39:47 PM Kiki F: Okay. 7:39:49 PM Lovely Office: so, so again, you know from the fundamental health side, you know, government the Commonwealth has stepped up to be able to again 7:39:58 PM Cubetus Office (chat): It's always a pleasure to hear your dogs! Cutest things in the world. 7:40:01 PM Lovely Office: especially for our communities of color are our families of color who are really left behind and but no more. 7:40:10 PM Lovely Office:We want to make sure that everybody who needs care gets that quality of care immediately. You know, I have a really good fortune to the Senate co-chair of the Ellen's story, Commissioner postpartum depression, at the statehouse. 7:40:25 PM Lovely Office:And we, we look at it, a particular focuses racial and inequities and maternal health, because if the mom is not good, the family usually isn't good, right? So Mom really, it has to be good and healthy and mentally healthy and so we filed a couple of bills with our reply Miranda, she represents Dorchester and Roxbury, To decrease these inequities and one of them particular I wanted to share with you is this masshealth coverage for 12 months postpartum. 7:41:00 PM Lovely Office: So currently masshealth covers 60 days postpartum but we want to extend that to 12 months postpartum and actually masshealth has sought a federal waiver. 7:41:13 PM Lovely Office:And we actually have a temporary waiver during covid to increase postpartum care, especially because we know that women of color, birthing people of color are just are just fortunately cared for compared to their white counterparts. 7:41:32 PM Lovely Office:That black people are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy. And, you know, you would think you would see these numbers in the South. They're right here in Massachusetts. 7:41:41 PM Lovely Office:We are we are not unlike our partner. Our our neighboring States or our Southern states where we have the same inequities here right here. 7:41:51 PM Lovely Office: So we our commission is working on these bills. We also have Our Our neighboring States or our So we our Commission is working on same inequities here right here. 7:41:57 PM Lovely Office: Southern States where we have the these bills. We also have a bill to cover dual services and we just heard this past week that because of covid, the Are not going to be, they're only going to allow one. 7:42:10 PM Lovely Office: Support person into labor and delivery when someone delivers at the particular Beverly, but it's happening at other hospitals as well. 7:42:19 PM Lovely Office:We want to make sure that doulas are recognized and are able to go in and be a part of that process because we see better outcomes and duels are particularly important again for our birthing people of color. 7:42:34 PM Lovely Office: So, just that just wanted to touch on those a little bit. Because I think it's just so very important that we keep our families, healthy and strong. 7:42:45 PM Lovely Office:All of our family Selfie and strong. I did want to just Say to. To Principal. I want to get your last name right Monta. Becky that I say thank you. 7:42:59 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi:Well done. 7:43:00 PM Lovely Office:Thank you, thank you for mentioning about our youth and our youth leaders. You know, we haven't our neighbor, our neighboring community in the town of Danvers who is going through some particularly difficult, you know, situations right now that stand back a few years and and and and continue 7:43:23 PM Lovely Office: and it's not unique to Danvers. It could be any community ticket, right? So how can we actually, you know, have our our student leaders? You know, again be leaders to discourage this type of behavior because you know, behaviors learned, it's you know, children kind of repeat what they see if they're even if they're a teenage child. 7:43:48 PM Lovely Office:They're they're still, you know, influenced by by what they could be learning outside of school. So how can these students be real leaders?And, and Jerry had mentioned the genocide bill which we think will really, really be so critical as we as every student in high school really understands what genocide is and so that it doesn't repeat. 7:44:17 PM Lovely Office: So thank you for for mentioning that because as you were mentioning it, I was writing it down, and I'm like, Oh, I just wrote that down. So, thank you so much. 7:44:27 PM Lovely Office: I wanted I wanted to touch quickly on voting was writing it down, and I'm like, Oh, I just wrote that down. So, thank you so much. 7:44:30 PM Lovely Office: rights because, you know, we, we because, as you were mentioning it, I So thank you for for mentioning that have, we made some Really good changes. 7:44:37 PM Lovely Office: In that that we now need to extend. We've extend some of them, but we now need to extend more like same day. 7:44:46 PM Lovely Office:Voter registration early in person voting Permanent no, excuse mail and voting. We need to make it easier for municipalities to be able to allow this to happen. They need a lot of support. 7:45:00 PM Lovely Office: Our clerk's offices need support. We've heard from a lot of them. More accommodations for persons with disabilities to be able to vote and then jail jail, based voting reforms. 7:45:11 PM Lovely Office:You know, we have people who have not been convicted of a crime, but they sit in pretrial for up to a year or longer waiting for a child to come. 7:45:23 PM Lovely Office:These are people that have every right to vote and we need to make sure that our our jails are providing that information, allowing them and materials to allow them to exercise their right to vote. 7:45:37 PM Lovely Office: So we have some of the Senate in the House of Legislature has some to work to do to make some of these permanent, but we're working towards that. 7:45:47 PM Lovely Office:And we've seen, didn't we see just, you know, people being able to request reason at all. request an absentee ballot for no you know, people being able to to do to make some of these permanent And we've seen didn't we see just, but we're working towards that. 7:45:55 PM Lovely Office:And and to mail out that application automatically to every household, you didn't have to Twisted it came into your mailbox. 7:46:05 PM Lovely Office:We saw mail-in voting just you know, balloon just burst because we because people took advantage of it because of covid and you didn't have to go to your voting location. 7:46:17 PM Lovely Office:You could exercise your right to vote, We want to make sure that we continue continue that so that everyone has that opportunity, especially communities of color because it's, it's more difficult, maybe you can't get to that voting location, you know, I think of the point neighborhood right here in Salem, That there's a voting location, they moved it a few years ago, they've moved it back, you know, into the neighborhood. 7:46:50 PM Lovely Office: But it had a huge impact on people's ability to vote because they couldn't get to the polling location. 7:46:54 PM Lovely Office:They didn't have, you know, people didn't have cars and it was too far to walk. We need to be able to make sure everybody has that opportunity that is completely equitable. 7:47:03 PM Lovely Office:And so anyway, just wanted to kind of stop there. Also just wanted to say, You know,just kind of play next relation, point on what Reparacella said about working together in the legislature, we do a lot of work, we work across the aisle, we take the best ideas, sometimes it's not the weight of the right or weight of the left. 7:47:25 PM Lovely Office:You know we we moved to the middle to be able to get really the best ideas over the finish line and we do whatever, you know, a governor who supports a lot of the initiatives coming out of the out of the legislature because we work together and that's what it is about. 7:47:42 PM Lovely Office:You know, just you know, marking the one year anniversary of the insurrection. If that just Can't happen again. Just that that's history. 7:47:54 PM Lovely Office:That can't repeat itself, ever and working together, we can ensure that that doesn't happen. So thank you for the opportunity tonight and I'm happy to answer any questions along with repair, so thank you. 7:48:08 PM Paul Lanzikos: It showed this two issues that you should briefly mention that you're taking a leadership role on one is people with the intellectual disabilities who run a follow of the law. 7:48:19 PM Paul Lanzikos: Because unfortunately we had a situation here in Beverly. We that stimulated to your your legislation. And also the leadership role you're 7:48:25 PM Jerry Parisella: know. 7:48:27 PM Paul Lanzikos: taking on supported decision making and how that is a an alternative to folks who otherwise would lose their rights under guardianship. 7:48:37 PM Lovely Office:All right, exactly. I'll tell take the second one first, thank you Paul, really, with with working with Paul and here his decades of experience. 7:48:46 PM Lovely Office:We filed this bill for supportive decision making because starting in chips, not not everyone requires a guardianship and guardianships are very, they're very serious. 7:48:58 PM Lovely Office: Obviously the Court is actually taking away someone's civil rights when they granted already and ship and sometimes guardians. 7:49:09 PM Lovely Office: I think by and large, they want to do the right thing. There needs to be some some more training. 7:49:15 PM Lovely Office: I mean, I was a guardian, I will share, I was a guardian for for um a man who suffered a just a 7:49:23 PM Lovely Office: catastrophic stroke. He was a very successful architect. And he found himself that he was not able to care for himself and wheelchair bound. 7:49:34 PM Lovely Office:And his family was not able to care for him. So I became his guardian and I gave him a lot of. 7:49:44 PM Lovely Office: He had a lot of, I didn't make a lot of decisions for him. I made a lot of decisions with him and and he enjoyed that independence. 7:49:54 PM Lovely Office: I don't know how much his family did, but he did because I know that he was, he needed to be able to be out in the community and he was, and then he got very ill and, and he was in the intensive care unit and 7:50:11 PM Lovely Office: Sadly, his family said Let him go, but the medical community said absolutely not. And so, I worked for the medical community and, and he recovered and went on to live for for a few more years again, under an independent, I had to resign the as his guardian when he when I went up, came up to the Senate because I knew I wasn't able to hear anybody. 7:50:35 PM Lovely Office: Give him the care that he needed, but I enjoyed that experience, but he may not have needed a guardianship. 7:50:40 PM Lovely Office: He could have had the supportive decision making because even though he was impaired from his stroke, he was still able to make those right decisions and have the right supports in place for him. 7:50:55 PM Lovely Office:And he was, not have needed a guardianship. absolutely not. went on to live for for a few more he was impaired from his stroke, he years again, under an independent, I community and, and he recovered and able to hear anybody. 7:50:55 PM Lovely Office: Give him the care that he needed, but He could have had the supportive was still able to make those right in place for him. 7:50:55 PM Lovely Office:the Senate because I knew I wasn't And so, I worked for the medical decision making because even though had to resign the as his guardian I enjoyed that experience, but he may decisions and have the right supports when he when I went up, came up to And he was, he would be successful in the community. 7:50:59 PM Lovely Office: So and I wanted to share that said, Thank you Paul. And yes, so an individuals who with intellectual disabilities to find themselves in the criminal justice system, because of Are disability. 7:51:14 PM Lovely Office:You know, I'll share another quick story of a mom who I know who's who whose son is a significantly 7:51:22 PM Lovely Office: intellectually impaired. But a grown man, and, and he was upset in a store and, and, you know, 7:51:32 PM Lovely Office: started to strike her as his mother and she knew what to do, but other people jumped in and took him down to the ground and it was, it was, it was not good. 7:51:41 PM Lovely Office:And she said, Leave them. Please leave them be. You're making it worse and making it worse. He did not end up in the criminal justice system, but we've seen others that do because there isn't the appropriate training for, for our law enforcement, to be able to handle that situation. 7:52:01 PM Lovely Office: So we want to put that into place to make sure So, we want to put that into place to make sure that these individuals don't end up in the CJ system. 7:52:04 PM Lovely Office: But a grown man, and, and he was And she said, Leave them. people jumped in and took him down to Are disability. 7:52:04 PM Lovely Office: He did not end up in the criminal intellectually impaired. not good. whose son is a significantly worse. Please leave them be. 7:52:04 PM Lovely Office: started to strike her as his mother appropriate training for, for our law enforcement, to be able to handle and she knew what to do, but other You know, I'll share another quick the ground and it was, it was, it was justice system, but we've seen others upset in a store and, and, you know, story of a mom who I know who's who that situation. 7:52:04 PM Lovely Office:You're making it worse and making it that do because there isn't the You know, we had a young man that actually was end. 7:52:11 PM Lovely Office: Been Middleton jail for for months and had the intellect of an 11 year old. And he did not belong in Middleton, but I will tell you, I worked closely with the sheriff and, and with the With the jail personnel to make sure that he was protected and well, well, the court system was able to work that out. 7:52:35 PM Lovely Office: He was eventually released into residential programming and and in this doing well, so, but just a couple of examples. Thank you Paul for raising those. 7:52:49 PM Lovely Office: Real life, real life, things that happen. And this is this is a lot of the ways that Jerry would agree how we make law or sometimes a mend law but mostly make law because of how it absolutely affects someone's someone's life or a lot of people's lives and we we respond and and try to help. 7:53:13 PM Kiki F. From Senator lovely. I just had a little bit of a question just to back up a little. 7:53:16 PM Kiki F. I wanted to know where I could read more about the Did you say it would be a bill to maybe have doulas be part of the hospital system?And like I guess I wanted to read 7:53:27 PM Lovely Office:Yes. 7:53:28 PM Kiki F. more about it to find out. Would they be employed by the hospital and what kind of credentialing and just make sure that there's no predatory behavior going on with that? Because as you know, like You know, doulas it's it's a pretty lucrative business these days. 7:53:41 PM Kiki F.And so, I think I want to read more about it to make sure that although it is gonna be helpful that they're there truly to help people and not for their own agenda, I guess. 7:53:51 PM Lovely Office:Absolutely. So the bill is h2372. 7:53:56 PM Lovely Office: So if you want to just Google Mass legislature H2372 it will come up and I'm happy to also you know meet with you to discuss it. 7:54:10 PM Kiki F.Yes. Yeah, I would love to 7:54:12 PM Lovely Office:That would be great. Okay, please yep, reach out, we'll reach out. 7:54:16 PM Kiki F. thank you. 7:54:19 PM Lovely Office:Absolutely. 7:54:20 PM Kiki F. Okay, thank you. 7:54:25 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you so much, Robert. 7:54:25 PM Lovely Office: Oh, I'm sorry. Just wanted to introduce Matt Cubitis. Who is on with me? Matt is some in my office. 7:54:33 PM Lovely Office: Matt has been with me for about six months. Matt, I want to say six seven months. I would say Um, Beverly resident and is joining us tonight. 7:54:41 PM Lovely Office:And Matt, thank you for being on, and thank you for all your support. He's strong part of team. Lovely. 7:54:47 PM Leah Jones (chat):Welcome Matt!! 7:54:48 PM Lovely Office: So thank you. 7:54:50 PM Cubetus Office: Thank you, Senator and Kiki. And anybody else interested in meeting with the senator or anything. You'd like, From our office, I'm going to be dropping my email address in the chat. 7:55:04 PM Cubetus Office: So feel free to reach out to me and the senator that way. And also just a fun fact, I'm also a resident of Beverly so I'm very happy to see all the excellent work that this committee is doing on the behalf of my new city. 7:55:22 PM Cubetus Office: I'm originally from Cape Cod but I moved to Beverly about a year ago and I'm very happy to call the city. 7:55:28 PM Cubetus Office: My home 7:55:33 PM Caja Johnson: It's wonderful. 7:55:33 PM Jerry Parisella: Smart move coming to Beverly. That's a good move. 7:55:38 PM Lovely Office: I tried to get my husband to Beverly when we got married. 7:55:41 PM Cubetus Office (chat): Matthew.Cubetus@masenate.gov 7:55:41 PM Lovely Office: It didn't didn't work. So that's why I live in Salem. But but anyway, Beverly is my hometown. 7:55:50 PM Jerry Parisella:Yeah. 7:55:51 PM Leah Jones: I changed it. 7:55:52 PM Jerry Parisella: That I just also wanted to thank all 7:55:52 PM Cubetus Office (chat): Doula bill: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/HD2776 7:55:53 PM Kiki F(chat):Welcome Matt and thank you @ 7:55:53 PM Jerry Parisella: the work that you're all doing. It's really tremendous. You know you just when you go to different events in the city of Beverly, you see so many people engage it's wonderful and I don't know if I said at the beginning so I want to just make sure I did tell you all folks, I really appreciate all you're doing. 7:56:07 PM Jerry Parisella: It's great. 7:56:09 PM Leah Jones: I just, I wondered, Um, representative parisella and Senator lovely and cage. I don't know what you think about this but and I I guess maybe you're you're kind of everywhere at every event anyway. 7:56:19 PM Leah Jones: So most people probably. Know the breadth of the issues you're working on. But I really love how you captured all of these issues. 7:56:31 PM Leah Jones: I know there are issues even beyond the ones that you're talking about here but they all are so relevant to human rights and they're all relevant to people's lives. 7:56:40 PM Leah Jones:With some of these changes that you just described Senator. Lovely have such immediate impact both of you on on People's day to day now and 7:56:47 PM Lovely Office:Yeah. 7:56:48 PM Leah Jones: it just, I just wondered if You know, maybe when we share this video, it'd just be very exciting. 7:56:54 PM Leah Jones: I think for some people in the community to hear the human rights angle of the work that you do. 7:56:59 PM Leah Jones: Because I think it's easy to think like, Oh, politics that has nothing to do with me. I'm not political or something, you know? But when in fact we're all, we all need to be a little political because the decisions you're making Really impact people's lives directly and immediately. 7:57:17 PM Leah Jones: So, thank you. 7:57:18 PM Jerry Parisella: Thank you. 7:57:19 PM Lovely Office:Thank you. 7:57:19 PM Jerry Parisella: One thing too. I mean, you know, it's just I mean I love the job so much because you just get to do so many different things and so many different things that you learn about. 7:57:28 PM Jerry Parisella: I mean, I'm sort of ashamed to say that I didn't know really much about the history of Juneteenth until we decided to talk about making that a state holiday and then I learned a lot about it. 7:57:38 PM Jerry Parisella:And it just so you know, that's what that's one just thing great about the job is just it's such a breath and depth of things that you get to to work on and even things that You know just like Senator Lovely and myself. 7:57:52 PM Jerry Parisella: I mean how many calls we got at the beginning of the pandemic about people with unemployment issues, you know? And that's real world for them trying to pay their bills. 7:58:02 PM Jerry Parisella: That's a human rights is you're right trying to trying to stay in your home, stay in your apartment and you know, we were getting hundreds and hundreds of calls about that the beginning and thank God for our staffs you know helping us get way through all those those calls and and we were really able to help a lot of people so that just makes me feel 7:58:19 PM Cubetus Office (chat):You're welcome! Please reach out if you'd like to discuss further with the Senator. Happy to set up a meeting :) 7:58:20 PM Jerry Parisella: good knowing that you can make a difference in someone's life that way. 7:58:28 PM Paul Lanzikos:Yeah, I like just comment. I've I've been involved in various ways and for over, 40 years with what's happening in the State House and I've interacted with legislators from all our all around the Commonwealth. 7:58:43 PM Paul Lanzikos:And in fact, very recent with a lot of them and I have to say we're very 7:58:48 PM Kiki F(chat): Thank you. I will definitely reach out. 7:58:48 PM Paul Lanzikos:fortunate here in the Nashua is both Joan and Jerry. You both have said that we have a very Very effective collaborative delegation representing us here. I'm not sure. 7:59:00 PM Paul Lanzikos: I think we're all the better for that. So thank you. 7:59:04 PM Lovely Office:Thank you. It doesn't happen at all across the Commonwealth from 7:59:10 PM Paul Lanzikos: It really it really doesn't, it really that? 7:59:12 PM Lovely Office:You know. 7:59:12 PM Paul Lanzikos: I mean, we take it for granted here, but, you know, I've, I've seen a lot where the communication is totally absent. 7:59:19 PM Lovely Office:Yeah. Well, that's a big shout out to our staffs too. They work really closely together on a daily basis, working on, you know, different, different constituent cases. 7:59:33 PM Lovely Office: I mean, people are calling our office with real need. I mean, Jerry mentioned unemployment, which we're still, we still have some unemployment cases so you know, some of the more difficult ones. 7:59:42 PM Lovely Office: Now we're seeing some Some clawbacks where people are saying, You know, unemployment's contacting in the same. Well, we we made a mistake, you didn't you didn't, you really shouldn't have gotten there. 7:59:56 PM Lovely Office:We paid you too much and that money's gone. We're not talking about a lot of money either, right?And people lived on it. 8:00:02 PM Lovely Office:And so we're we're having to, you know, help people navigate appeals and and we've been successful at it to be able to say Wait, wait a minute, wait a minute. 8:00:13 PM Lovely Office:You know, if you approve some at the beginning you can't come back at the end and say, Okay give it back, It's it doesn't they lived they lived on it you know put food on the table. 8:00:26 PM Lovely Office:That's not a shot at the system. That's just You know, it's that again, that's a human Jerry said, It's a human rights issue and, you know, she has to do the right thing. 8:00:37 PM Lovely Office:You can't go back. And, you know, I mean, Our state experienced a lot of fraud, just like a lot of other states but those were mostly foreign countries that were coming in and you know, saying You know I'm so and so you know, this is this venue is great but we're very connected to each other into the world. 8:01:00 PM Lovely Office: But the good thing is, is the system They tightened up the system completely so that that couldn't happen again. 8:01:08 PM Lovely Office: But anyway, just one, you know, what these are these are human beings that are calling us, you know, that with some real issues and most of the time we can help. 8:01:19 PM Lovely Office: Sometimes we can't, we've got to call this week about. A mom who has a child support issue in the state of Maine and main main won't deal with her, and We had to say Main not going to deal with us either, you know, but we tried to get her some resources up up in me, you know. 8:01:38 PM Lovely Office: So it's not just not just Beverly, it's not just the state, it's It's the country. So anyway, 8:01:49 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, thank you so much. Senator Lovely, and representative parisella. All of the the topics that we talked about are just they're just so important and significant. I really appreciate. 8:02:05 PM Caja Johnson:We appreciate all the work that you do every day and Matt, it's nice to see your I know we've we've been emailing sort of back and forth and so it's it's great to to meet you and I look forward to maybe one day at some point meeting in person. 8:02:25 PM Caja Johnson:And, you know, the unemployment is such a, such a huge issue along with, you know, housing justice, when I think about that. 8:02:32 PM Cubetus Office (chat): Thank you, Caja! Same to you. 8:02:35 PM Caja Johnson:You know, that's a whole thing in itself. And, you know, when I think about, you know, just accessibility English language learners, you know, language barriers, you know,just just so much And, you know, when I think about, you know,just accessibility English language learners, you know, language that we we continue to to work on. 8:02:44 PM Caja Johnson: see your I know we've we've been do every day and Matt, it's nice to you know, housing justice when I itself. 8:02:44 PM Caja Johnson:we continue to You know, that's a whole thing in some point meeting in person. think about that. 8:02:44 PM Caja Johnson: such a, such a huge issue along with, I look forward to maybe one day at And, you know, the unemployment is so it's it's great to to meet you and emailing sort of back and forth and But you know, Senator Lovely. 8:02:50 PM Caja Johnson:When you, when you mentioned Postpartum and being a mom, you know that that just really hit home for me, you know, I've been involved with social justice and activism work for several years, but you know what, really, I think got more involved than what I was already, is being a 8:03:12 PM Caja Johnson: mom and being afraid for my, for my, my black children. And so 1, you know, I'll never forget that the First City Council meeting. 8:03:22 PM Caja Johnson: I went to I was very teary eyed and you know, very concerned for the safety of my son, for my daughter for myself, my family and so you know as a mother you you know you don't ever 8:03:37 PM Caja Johnson: sort of Get rid of shake that fear. You know, we always as parents fathers, too. We always want to protect our children, the best we can and when you don't feel like you have that that feeling is indescribable. 8:03:55 PM Caja Johnson: So I just wanted to to highlight that and open the floor for any questions. If anyone has any questions for Representative Paracella or Senator? Lovely?And also Matt, I'm hoping that we can follow up maybe we can sum up a little bit a little synopsis and and and how we can be supportive really because there's so many things and as Leah said You know we would love to hear more and to do more to really be active. 8:04:31 PM Lovely Office: System. Thank you. Thank you. For sharing your fears. and your vulnerability and as a black woman, How you feel for your, for your children. I so appreciate that. Thank you. 8:04:52 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you. And I know that we've got Martin Luther King Day here on the agenda. If no one has any other questions? Feel free to stay. 8:05:03 PM Caja Johnson: It's been such a pleasure to have you both but if you do have to hop off, if any, if no one else has any more questions or comments, or we will just continue on to MLK Day which 8:05:18 PM Caja Johnson: I'm excited about and it's it's coming. It's you know it's we thought we we always thought we have so much time to sort of plan and get everything together and then I always look at the the date and I'm like, Oh it's right around the corner, so it crept up on us. 8:05:35 PM Caja Johnson: So we've got some things to talk about. Oh yeah. 8:05:42 PM Jerry Parisella: Right. Well, thank you so much, really appreciate it. It's been a great joining you. 8:05:49 PM Lovely Office:And me as well. I do have to drop off but thank you so very much. And Matt, if you could stay on because we, we are wondering what's going on with MLK Day because we'd like to be able to participate on in what you might have been planning. 8:06:03 PM Lovely Office: So, thank you. So very much. 8:06:06 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. Yeah we're doing a virtual event again this year and so feel free to 8:06:12 PM Caja Johnson: submit where we're asking folks and anyone really if you would record a video from home and just submit it to our Beverly Human Rights at Gmail email and we will incorporate that and and our virtual event this year, I know that folks really look forward to hearing from you, Senator Lovely and you as well representative parisella. 8:06:36 PM Caja Johnson: So so please I know that it's time sensitive at this point but it would really be appreciated and we would love to include that. 8:06:45 PM Lovely Office:Thank you everyone. Thank you. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you tonight. to be with you tonight. 8:06:49 PM Alison Adler(chat): Thank yo so much. It is inspiring to hear all that is happening, especially on this dark day for our country . I am so grateful for you as our leaders. 8:06:50 PM Jerry Parisella: Thank you. 8:06:53 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: Thanks so much. 8:06:54 PM Caja Johnson: I thank you. 8:07:01 PM Caja Johnson: How about that was great. I'm so I feel refreshed and energized. I'm ready to to do all the things and I that was that was great to have them both and I know I'm okay day is coming up quickly and so I just wanted to to think everyone for all your hard work surrounding. 8:07:23 PM Caja Johnson: I'm okay day. I know that it's not our typical breakfast, that's always been lively. And, you know, it's not the same, you know, not being able to, to sit and meet and converse and eat and meet 8:07:37 PM Caja Johnson: new people and listen and learn in person. But You know, I think we're doing our best to keep everyone safe. 8:07:44 PM Caja Johnson: So, we have sent out, I think I 8:07:50 PM Caja Johnson: attached the flyer. To the last email and it's it's not as great. As Alicia worked on last year, but I did my best. I'm not a like tech savvy. 8:08:05 PM Caja Johnson: I cannot like, if you tell me exactly what to do, I can do it. But this was like free-handed and I was like, Oh, I think that goes there so I'm sorry if it's not as vibrant, but I did the best I could and I think it's it says what it's supposed to say. 8:08:21 PM Caja Johnson: So I'm I you know I think we're on on a good path and schools have been informed. 8:08:30 PM Caja Johnson:We're getting submissions and Tom Gallo wasn't able to create the montage this year and montage, which I learned last year, is just what it is. 8:08:41 PM Caja Johnson: To put the pictures and videos all together. All the submissions Um, but we did ask Beth Cam and Bevcam was able to take that on. 8:08:55 PM Caja Johnson: So yeah, we're getting some missions in and it's exciting and I haven't viewed any of the submissions yet, but I look forward to looking at them and if anyone, your families, your children wants to submit anything, feel free to submit it to the email. 8:09:12 PM Caja Johnson:Yes. Yeah. 8:09:15 PM Leah Jones: I had a couple just quick questions and then just a small. oh, Okay, this is the it said I thought you were typing to me, but it's the program. 8:09:28 PM Leah Jones: So sad, not tech savvy either. Um, I just wanted to say that the middle school. EDI Club has recorded a Langston Hughes poem, The Kids recorded it today. 8:09:40 PM Leah Jones: I think it's a little maybe noisy in the background, but the teacher sent it home with Delphine, to edit, which she offered to do. 8:09:49 PM Leah Jones: But she also said, she knew we had a direct connection to the people who were coordinating this. So, um, they'll just here. So that's exciting. 8:09:57 PM Leah Jones: So, it's representative, I think of some middle school students. And then the second thing, I just wanted to mention was I loved your email about this, being something that that if we all blasted from our own, if we have social media just to say, tomorrow is a known snow day. 8:10:16 PM Leah Jones: Here's something you can do with your family. You know, take an hour to do something together, draw a picture, submit it to, you know, if we could all I'm gonna do even if it's just our own flavor as opposed to reposting, You know, maybe post the flyer but just say Snow day idea or something. 8:10:33 PM Leah Jones: I loved that Keisha taking advantage of tomorrow's day off. And then, lastly, and this ties into our, there's not a huge budget discussion because A Kitty and Mindy have been very patient with me saying, Yeah that's me, Let's talk about that. 8:10:48 PM Leah Jones: But what I do know is that after reimbursements we have about thirteen hundred dollars in the bank, it's not easy money coming because it takes time to build that up again. 8:10:59 PM Leah Jones: But the expenses that we've discussed around MLK Day that have come up cage. I think Are Dr. McKenzie, a sort of a proposed stipend for Dr. McKenzie for a hundred fifty dollars and then Amber Jogi, who's the divinity? Divinity student, who is at Gordon who led the the anti-Asian hate march and she's a 8:11:26 PM Leah Jones: phenomenal spoken word kind of 8:11:31 PM Leah Jones: Poet is gonna record something this weekend, too. And so cage, I think you had mentioned maybe a hundred fifty Either in the form of a gift card or something. 8:11:39 PM Leah Jones:And then just your words here, made me think that, whoever maybe Paul Goodwin can help us figure out, whoever's at Bev Camp. 8:11:49 PM Leah Jones: Even if we did Cajun, the past has done like a book, you know, a $25 gift card to a bookstore or a local business. 8:11:56 PM Leah Jones: Downtown that might be relevant to what they're doing or food or something where we can thank the person or two that are Coordinating it, that would be really nice. 8:12:05 PM Leah Jones: So I'm looking at 350. Maybe. 350 dollars. So far, and I don't know if there's anything else, but I want to tell you what we were working with and what expenses are going in this year, in previous years, we've been able to solicit donations of Food City of Beverly etc. But I think this year we have wiggle room. 8:12:31 PM Leah Jones: and I don't know if anybody had any questions or other suggestions for expenses that might come up besides also Paul, I think there are other, you might know more around materials and things that have gone into This. 8:12:45 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, I think everything is just kind of digital so there's no real money involved. It's more just time and effort so on the Bev camp side. 8:12:54 PM Paul Goodwin: I know there's Kim I think Matt and Robert are the three that I've been forwarding all the submissions to, but I can, I was going to reach out to Kim. 8:13:03 PM Paul Goodwin: tomorrow anyways,just he emailed us back saying that the videos he's getting are great and they're able to work with them but I just want to Gauge how cumbersome or not? This is for them and because I know the floodgates are going to open once all the students start submitting stuff because I think we've only sent about seven or eight so far, but I think that number could drastically increase over the weekend and put a lot more work on their plate. 8:13:27 PM Paul Goodwin: So, I just want to make sure that they're doing okay. And I'll ask him like who's involved there as well to just see if there's anyone who might be missing as far as who's helping out with that. 8:13:37 PM Leah Jones:And Paul, do you think that with the middle school? I know, Delphine could put something great together for her club, but do you think that I should also send you the raw video, just in case we get stuck with 8:13:52 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, yeah. 8:13:52 PM Leah Jones: I'm 8:13:53 PM Paul Goodwin: So video editing is not my forte at all. So I don't know what type of equipment they have a bev cam or what skill sets they have to be able to dice that up and weed out any feedback or anything or so. 8:14:08 PM Paul Goodwin:All the submissions I've received so far, they're usually too large to just email. So I've been able to download them 8:14:13 PM Leah Jones: okay. 8:14:16 PM Paul Goodwin: until just like an MP4 format, an audio format, video format that I can then share through our Google Drive account and they've been able to pull it off of there and it seems to be working. 8:14:28 PM Paul Goodwin: Okay, for them. I mean, people's voices are different levels. I'm assuming that they're gonna hopefully even those out I know. I apologize. 8:14:36 PM Paul Goodwin: It was a Tom last year that worked on the 8:14:39 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, Tom got worked on. 8:14:39 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah. Yeah I know he did a lot of work with editing the levels and everything he 8:14:42 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:14:45 PM Paul Goodwin: had a great skill set for that. I'm assuming that Bev Kim does well. So 8:14:47 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, I met with Bev Cam folks and they did say they were able to do 8:14:57 PM Caja Johnson:what they can do. And if resubmissions needed to be 8:15:04 PM Caja Johnson: done than they would let let folks know is what my understanding was. So, I think they're doing the best that they can, so just just a couple of things. 8:15:16 PM Caja Johnson: So I had some questions. I don't know, I think in the past. I think We have not asked that he counselors to submit recordings just because I think we reserve the space that we have for our youth. 8:15:36 PM Caja Johnson:We really wanted it to be sort of youth led. So, I just wanted some feedback because we have been getting city council members that have been submitting videos, and I just wanted to get feedback from the committee to I guess ask Are people okay with that. 8:15:59 PM Caja Johnson: Do we think we should, you know, reserve the space that we have. Should we include it? Should we wait and see how long it'll be? 8:16:11 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, I've already submitted Hannah and Brendan's over to Bev Cam but I think maybe just a space wise issue. Casia. 8:16:21 PM Paul Goodwin: If, if we, you know, for saying 30 seconds for everyone and we're kind of giving in an hour, you know, there's gonna be a cap somewhere, right? So maybe we can just see what comes in and and then work with Beth Cam at that point to try to See what might be left out or or not. 8:16:38 PM Caja Johnson: Okay. All right. And do does everyone agree up media? 8:16:42 PM Mindy UIppolito: I was just gonna ask. Like how like, how long is a live component of the program versus the recorded part of the program? You know, do we know exactly how long we have for 8:16:58 PM Caja Johnson: So it could the entire event could go as long as. We wanted to, but we talked about this last year and we thought that like 45 minutes was a sweet spot. 8:17:12 PM Caja Johnson:We sort of talked about maybe after 45 minutes losing folks and so I thought that that was a good. 8:17:20 PM Caja Johnson: I think 45 minutes is perfect, but 8:17:27 PM Caja Johnson: I don't know, we don't have to stick with that. I mean, what are people thinking? 8:17:31 PM Mindy UIppolito:well, what's what's planned in terms of like remarks or like The. 8:17:40 PM Caja Johnson: The submission. So the submissions 8:17:42 PM Mindy UIppolito: No, not that like you had mentioned like stipends for like Dr. McKenzie like is she speaking or 8:17:49 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. So typically, if we have like a keynote speaker, or someone that we're asking to, to sort of take on the role of a longer, not just a 30 second, but more of like a 10 minute, 15 minute speech, what we we've sort of said, you know, it's nice to just to and I mean typically it would be in person at a breakfast and, you know, they'd have to come and but we we just think it's a nice gesture to say thank you for for doing that and coming and being willing to to put something substantial together. 8:18:28 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, Paul and Leah I see you. Paul and 8:18:34 PM Paul Goodwin: Okay, so correct me from around kids. But for Mindy, the whole thing is just going to be pre-recorded and then on the 17th Bev camp is just going to basically hit the play button and it's gonna play. 8:18:46 PM Paul Goodwin: So there's not going to be a live 8:18:46 PM Mindy UIppolito: Thank you. Okay, I understand. 8:18:48 PM Paul Goodwin: component and recorded. 8:18:48 PM Mindy UIppolito: Thank you. Okay. 8:18:51 PM Paul Goodwin:We kind of ran against that last year. It's just technically and logistically. It's almost impossible to do that and have it live streamed at a certain time from bevcam so we. 8:19:03 PM Mindy UIppolito: Got. 8:19:03 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah. 8:19:04 PM Mindy UIppolito: Okay. Thank you. 8:19:04 PM Paul Goodwin: So I hope that clears that up. 8:19:05 PM Mindy UIppolito:Yeah. like, a live part that I recorded, I was sort of thinking there was 8:19:07 PM Caja Johnson: Oh, sorry. I totally I missed that. 8:19:08 PM Mindy UIppolito: right? 8:19:08 PM Paul Goodwin: No, no, yeah. 8:19:08 PM Mindy UIppolito:Yeah. Okay. 8:19:10 PM Caja Johnson: I was not answering your question. 8:19:10 PM Paul Goodwin: Okay. 8:19:13 PM Caja Johnson: I'm sorry. 8:19:13 PM Mindy UIppolito: I might not have been very clear about my question. I didn't know what I was asking. Okay, that makes sense. 8:19:20 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:19:20 PM Leah Jones: No, I was just gonna say quickly that even the even the live one we started this in 2018 and lesson learned. 8:19:29 PM Leah Jones: I think a positive lesson and a takeaway was I think two things is one as we told the any adult speakers to kind of think of like five minutes. 8:19:39 PM Leah Jones: I mean not I wouldn't say that to Dr. McKenzie. She's an educator and a beautiful speaker. I don't worry about. 8:19:44 PM Leah Jones: That's not but we thought like once we start with city councilors and The mayor and it could become more of like an adult city leader thing than a student thing. 8:19:55 PM Leah Jones: So I think that for people who haven't submitted yet if they are adults, I think if they, if they're reminded like 30 seconds, It's kid-focused, there are tons of kids in the audience and I think that the most brilliant thing was to say, we're aiming for 45 minutes, whether it's live or you know, on video because kids if we want kids to participate, You know, and we thought I think getting this so that people who had to go to work could make it, it's kind of nice to respect that so and Amber I think I I told her five minutes but I can tell her more but I just that's seems to be how she kind of delivers her. 8:20:36 PM Leah Jones: Stuff anyway, but I can tell her more. I felt like that was an appropriate length to start with but 8:20:42 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah no I think five minutes sounds great. 8:20:44 PM Leah Jones: Longer on videos now. 8:20:44 PM Caja Johnson:You can I do you call? Did you look at Dr. McKenzie's and oh, how long? 8:20:51 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, I just did. Yeah, two minutes and six seconds. 8:20:56 PM Caja Johnson: Oh great. Five minutes is great. 8:20:57 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, yeah. 8:20:58 PM Caja Johnson: That's wonderful. 8:20:58 PM Paul Goodwin: So just a little over two minutes for 8:20:59 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:21:01 PM Paul Goodwin: her. So looking 8:21:01 PM Caja Johnson: I was just gonna say, I don't remember what I said for. 8:21:04 PM Leah Jones:that's, 8:21:06 PM Caja Johnson: For timing, but two minutes is perfect. Yeah. 8:21:09 PM Leah Jones: I did want to say though that I like because it's virtual and we the kids can't go see all their city leaders in the room with them. 8:21:15 PM Leah Jones:Which is really like a almost like a sign of respect for the kids. I think when these people that are older come and listen to them, I think it is kind of cool if we can include them as long as they're short. 8:21:27 PM Leah Jones: That's my my gut and not not that it 8:21:29 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:21:30 PM Leah Jones:you know I have a lot of 8:21:31 PM Caja Johnson:Absolutely, absolutely, right. 8:21:34 PM Leah Jones:You part of, 8:21:36 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah, really quick. Quick story about that. What I was out with Mayor Cahill one time in the community and a little kid came over and he shook his hand and he introduced himself as the mayor and the kid looked at his hand. 8:21:48 PM Paul Goodwin: He's like I just shook the hand of the mayor. I'm never washing my hand again, so it does go a long way. 8:21:55 PM Paul Goodwin:You could kind of we know these people on a personal level, we kind of take it for granted sometimes but I think I think I agree. 8:22:04 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:22:04 PM Paul Goodwin: It would be nice. 8:22:06 PM Caja Johnson: Rabbi Adler. I see your hand. I'd love to hear you. 8:22:15 PM Alison Adler: So first of all, thank you for all your work. I think I I've been so out of it out of the loop and all this. 8:22:20 PM Alison Adler: So I appreciate everything that you've been doing and and now I'm wondering there should be maybe some like Reverend Annie or some kind of some clergy voice on there. 8:22:30 PM Alison Adler:We you hoping for that or 8:22:33 PM Caja Johnson: I was hoping for that and, and actually, I'm glad that you mentioned that. If, if you wouldn't mind reaching, would you if you can't? That's okay. 8:22:42 PM Caja Johnson: But if you wouldn't mind, okay? 8:22:43 PM Alison Adler: no, I can't. 8:22:45 PM Caja Johnson: If you wouldn't mind reaching out to her, I think that it would be really nice to just have that as a welcome. 8:22:52 PM Caja Johnson:You know, at the beginning just 8:22:53 PM Alison Adler: Oh, at the beginning. Okay. 8:22:55 PM Caja Johnson: Oh, well, it doesn't. I was just thinking to set the tone, it might be nice to open up with some 8:22:59 PM Alison Adler: Okay. 8:23:02 PM Caja Johnson:faith-based words. I don't know at this, whatever people are thinking is okay. 8:23:08 PM Alison Adler: It's but the same length, but short. 8:23:11 PM Caja Johnson: Um, I would say that would be a little longer if need be like maybe a minute, you know, minute and a half. 8:23:17 PM Alison Adler: Okay. 8:23:18 PM Caja Johnson:You know. Two minutes is probably it though. Yeah. 8:23:21 PM Alison Adler: Okay. 8:23:22 PM Caja Johnson:You know, yes, Paul Lindsay goes. 8:23:23 PM Alison Adler.You'll see. 8:23:26 PM Caja Johnson: I see your hand there. 8:23:28 PM Paul Lanzikos:A question, we're going to have the musical component. Some are gonna sing our music player 8:23:32 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:23:34 PM Paul Lanzikos: instrument or something at some point. 8:23:37 PM Caja Johnson: I don't know. That's a good question. I guess we kind of just said, everyone do something creative and I I hope that someone will do something musical but that wasn't like a Set requirement. 8:23:50 PM Caja Johnson:We will have music throughout the event like we did last year. We'll have MLK. One of his speeches that we can find. That's not copyrighted. 8:24:02 PM Caja Johnson:We will have that and then music throughout it but yeah I I hope someone does something that's that's a good question. Thank you, Paul. A boo. 8:24:14 PM Caja Johnson: Did you have your hand up? I thought I saw your hand and then it went away. 8:24:21 PM Abu Toppin: yeah, I just wanted to say I am I did speak with. A few people about submissions and some of our community partners as well. 8:24:35 PM Abu Toppin: Kind of thought it would be, you know, again if they could keep it brief, it would be beneficial. 8:24:40 PM Abu Toppin: To sign, you know, to our earlier theme about all of us being invested in this community and to celebrate this day, I think it does mean something to, you know, have some words from our community leaders, um, especially those who are, you know, allies to to racial justice and 8:25:00 PM Abu Toppin: equity. And so, you know, if we can find a way to keep that in, that's just my two cents. 8:25:06 PM Abu Toppin:We don't have to do that, but if there's room to keep some of those voices in there, that I would like to see that again just my two cents, but whatever works logistically. 8:25:16 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:25:18 PM Abu Toppin: Behold. 8:25:18 PM Caja Johnson: It sounds like it sounds like we're keeping, we're keeping whatever, we whatever we have coming in. It sounds like it's it's right on track. 8:25:27 PM Caja Johnson:Are you a mayor Cahill recording something and submitting? Something. 8:25:31 PM Abu Toppin:Yes, I know I need to do that and I and I need to remind him to do that. 8:25:36 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, I when I saw him yesterday at the high school he said Please remind me And then he said, No, please remind a boot. 8:25:48 PM Caja Johnson: So I said, Okay I will I will put that reminder in there. I know that. It's really impactful when you you both share, share some words. So thank you for doing that. 8:26:00 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you. 8:26:03 PM Abu Toppin: If you all have your cell phone number, feel free to hit him up too. 8:26:06 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, I just texted him actually. 8:26:09 PM Abu Toppin: Did you? 8:26:10 PM Caja Johnson: Oh, and Gabrielle, I do see your hand as well. 8:26:19 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: Thanks. Sorry, I'm quickly making dinner. So I jumped off camera and I do know, Leah, we received an email earlier. 8:26:29 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: This week from Alexis Carr. And I do know that Alexis has got a jazz ensemble that she wanted to record and I can reach out to her directly tomorrow on the snow day and see if she's been able to pull that together because I do know that was so appreciated that she And thought to do that and in the past we've had several different. 8:26:49 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: Musicians jazz ensemble from the high school. We've had strings students from the elementary in the middle school level. 8:26:55 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi: So I do expect to see those pop-up if they haven't already come through. 8:27:00 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, absolutely. That was I would um I went to the band concert and the strings concert Venetia does both and oh my goodness, I was dancing in my seat. 8:27:13 PM Caja Johnson: Like, I was like everyone. It was just amazing. I felt like I was like like their professionals. 8:27:22 PM Caja Johnson:You know, and the amount of breath it takes to because some of them you have to keep your mask on and you have to like banana, She does trumpet. 8:27:31 PM Caja Johnson:And so think of the amount of breath that it takes to blow through the mask and still be able to produce the sound. I was like, Oh my goodness. Yeah Matt. 8:27:43 PM Cubetus Office: So, first of all, I absolutely love jazz. You guys are getting me jazzed for this. This sounds awesome. I can't wait to hear that. 8:27:52 PM Cubetus Office: I was, I was just wondering, pardon me. I just had a quick question in terms of submissions, obviously, because the senator would like to submit something KJ. 8:28:03 PM Cubetus Office: Do you have like a deadline in mind for when to submit something? 8:28:09 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. So um Today you know Monday Monday you know as soon as you can get it and it would be great. 8:28:18 PM Caja Johnson: I know Beth Cam really wanted the submissions to be in by Monday. But I do realize that that's, you know, really close. And if if it's Tuesday, that's okay. 8:28:34 PM Caja Johnson: But can you just follow up with me via email? So that I know it's coming and when it's coming and it doesn't need to be lengthy. 8:28:44 PM Caja Johnson:You know? It can be 30 seconds, it can be a minute, just the presence and the acknowledgment and is what it's about. 8:28:51 PM Caja Johnson: So 8:28:54 PM Leah Jones:Ankasia and Paul can we do video not videos? Can we do just to clarify for anybody who's wondering, what what is meant by a submission? In the past? Kids have sent like a PDF of a drawing or like they managed to put a lot of drawings in the in the lot of 8:29:11 PM Caja Johnson: um, 8:29:12 PM Leah Jones:Video last year but also some kids did like a 20 second clip or a 10 second clip of them saying You know, we will hold up your dream. 8:29:20 PM Leah Jones: Dr. King or something like that but but if families want to do their own from home, they can do that too. Right. 8:29:27 PM Leah Jones: Right? Keisha is that correct if individuals end up sending them in? We've never had the problem of having so many that we couldn't. It would run today. 8:29:34 PM Caja Johnson: yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So it can be a picture a drawing, a photo, a video, it can be a poem or, you know, words, your family. 8:29:47 PM Caja Johnson:Your kids, you know, anything pertaining to MLK. We've, I think in the past, you know, we've encouraged folks to be creative, you know, Delphine did a rap last year and I was blown away. 8:30:01 PM Caja Johnson: She did so. Well, um, and is she right there hideout? I she did such a wonderful job, even Yeah. Asia. Still watched that till this day. 8:30:13 PM Caja Johnson: It's just, she did a great job with that. And so, yeah, anything anything, you can think of that, that would be, you know, it could be like maybe, maybe there was like a day of service that, you know you did and you you know, you did and you know, you And so, yeah, anything anything, you that. 8:30:30 PM Caja Johnson: know, it could be like, maybe, maybe can think of that, that would be, you there was like a day of service that, took a picture, what, you know, hideout?Asia. 8:30:31 PM Caja Johnson: I she did such a wonderful job, even Well, um, and is she right there, It's just, she did a great job with Yeah. Still watched that till this day. 8:30:31 PM Caja Johnson:whatever it is, you know, please submit it. Know, it's, it's important. I know we're getting to time here and so I think we have to vote on the 8:30:44 PM Caja Johnson: money. I think we, we have to vote on that to do me. I think we do. Technically, do we have to? 8:30:53 PM Leah Jones: Think it's nice to. 8:30:55 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah. 8:30:55 PM Leah Jones: I think the big thing is when we go to the hard part is the hard part is getting reimbursed. 8:31:01 PM Leah Jones: So I think the hard part is saying getting the money to our speakers. I think we have to present to the next city council and ask them to approve us cutting these checks. 8:31:12 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, absolutely. 8:31:14 PM Leah Jones:And if we do the right way, should 8:31:14 PM Caja Johnson: So 8:31:15 PM Leah Jones: happen in January. But so that's just it's a little 8:31:19 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, and I know that you and Mindy and Katia are working on sort of getting getting ahead with the financial piece of things so that we can and we'll get to that. 8:31:28 PM Caja Johnson: But for tonight, I will motion to 8:31:34 PM Caja Johnson: Have the a hundred and fifty dollars. Stipend given to Dr. McKenzie 150 stipend given to Amber and 325 gift cards to be good to Bev Cam staff. 8:31:57 PM Paul Goodwin:A second. 8:31:57 PM Paul Lanzikos: So moved. 8:32:01 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you. Rabbi Adler. 8:32:10 PM John LeLacheur: Can I bring up a point? 8:32:12 PM Caja Johnson: Oh, 8:32:13 PM Paul Lanzikos:Yeah. 8:32:13 PM Caja Johnson:Yes. 8:32:15 PM John LeLacheur:You have to be careful under the ethics law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, anything over 50 dollars, being accepted by a city official. 8:32:24 PM Caja Johnson: Okay. who is a city official that we 8:32:29 PM Paul Lanzikos: Dr. McKenzie 8:32:29 PM John LeLacheur: Dr. McKenzie 8:32:30 PM Abu Toppin:And from Mackenzie, yeah. 8:32:31 PM Caja Johnson: oh, 8:32:31 PM John LeLacheur: So that's it's possible. It's possible, can be done by Jeff declared to the Iclared to the source center. 8:32:39 PM Caja Johnson: okay. 8:32:41 PM Paul Lanzikos: Here, are you? 8:32:42 PM Cubetus Office (chat): I don't want to interrupt the discussion, so I'll send this in the chat. May the Senator and I please be added to the committee's email list? 8:32:43 PM Paul Lanzikos:And I would suggest, I would suggest 8:32:43 PM Caja Johnson:All right. 8:32:44 PM Paul Lanzikos: to keep it clean because this is more honorific. We offer a 50 dollars that way, we don't have to get into any of the 8:32:52 PM Cubetus Office (chat):Also, what time is the event? 8:32:53 PM Paul Lanzikos: ethic issues. 8:32:54 PM Caja Johnson:Yeah, I don't. 8:32:54 PM John LeLacheur:We actually have to do 40 49.99. 8:32:57 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah. 8:32:58 PM Caja Johnson: $49. All right. Thank you Chief. 8:32:59 PM Paul Goodwin:Yeah. 8:33:00 PM Caja Johnson:Alright. Why don't we what are emotion to give a 49 dollars? Stipend to Dr. McKenzie, a hundred 8:33:06 PM Paul Lanzikos: Currently. 8:33:08 PM Caja Johnson: and fifty stipend to amber three, 8:33:09 PM Paul Lanzikos: Poison. but, 8:33:13 PM Caja Johnson: twenty-five dollar, gift cards to 8:33:17 PM Paul Lanzikos: Pretty much. 8:33:18 PM Caja Johnson:webcam staff. 8:33:21 PM Paul Lanzikos: The videos where the state map. So moved. 8:33:25 PM John LeLacheur: I'll second that. And I'll second it. 8:33:28 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you. Thank you, Rabbi Adler. 8:33:39 PM Alison Adler: Let me say yes, yes. Is that what you're asking? 8:33:43 PM Caja Johnson: Men. That we all we all just have to vote. Yeah, so, 8:33:47 PM Alison Adler: No. Yes. Okay yeah, I'm sorry, used to doing 8:33:49 PM Kiki F.Yes. 8:33:50 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you. 8:33:50 PM Alison Adler: that. 8:33:51 PM Caja Johnson: So Mindy de Polito. 8:33:53 PM Mindy UIppolito:Yes. 8:33:56 PM Caja Johnson: Keep me a picture. 8:33:56 PM Kiki F.Yes. 8:33:57 PM Caja Johnson: Paul Goodwin. 8:33:59 PM Paul Goodwin:Yes. 8:34:00 PM Caja Johnson: Chief Lecture. 8:34:02 PM John LeLacheur:Yes. 8:34:03 PM Caja Johnson: Paul Lindseykos. 8:34:06 PM Paul Lanzikos:Yes. 8:34:08 PM Caja Johnson: Principal Gabrielle Montavecchi. 8:34:10 PM Gabrielle Montevecchi:Yes. 8:34:12 PM Caja Johnson:And I am. Yes. Okay unanimously. We have voted to Compensate, our MLK. Folks and it is past time. It is 8:34. 8:34:29 PM Caja Johnson: If anyone has any new business, please feel free to share now. 8:34:35 PM Leah Jones: Sorry. 8:34:36 PM Caja Johnson: Oh no, that's okay. 8:34:38 PM Leah Jones: Just a just thanks to Chief Lalasher for supporting this. This learning exchange with Beverly Police and thanks to Director Toppen for also supporting it. 8:34:51 PM Leah Jones: So, a collaboration amongst the three of us. The three groups would be this conversation and I've reached out to Kristen Healy, who's the LGBTQ liaison, and she was going to bring her mental Health Community, Connector counterpart. 8:35:07 PM Leah Jones: So it could be, we could talk about the format and the questions later. But it's looking like February 8th at. 8:35:15 PM Leah Jones: 7pm is the monthly CAC meeting that, that might be a place to start for that conversation and we don't know yet, if it'll be virtual or what, but the three groups can sort of email about that and share back with the her mental Health Community, So it could be, we could talk about Connector counterpart. 8:35:24 PM Leah Jones: But it's looking like February 8th the format and the questions later. at. 7pm is the monthly CAC meeting that, that might be a place to start for that conversation and we don't know the three groups can sort of email yet, if it'll be virtual or what, but community and then do Publicity on it and just kind of brainstorm the structure a little bit. 8:35:35 PM Caja Johnson: Okay. 8:35:35 PM Leah Jones: I just kind of want to put the date on the calendar but not Planning or anything here, if that's okay. 8:35:40 PM Caja Johnson: Okay. And I know I know that Chief isn't 8:35:42 PM Leah Jones: I propose. 8:35:45 PM Caja Johnson: isn't feeling well and and so maybe we can talk about that via email and when he's better, we can reconvene. 8:35:55 PM Caja Johnson: But I just want to say Thank you Chief for reminding us of of that, we want to be careful and and for sure not not do anything, that that would 8:36:10 PM Caja Johnson: violate the code of ethics. So, okay, if no one else has any other business. So, okay, if no one else 8:36:21 PM Caja Johnson: oh, Abu 8:36:22 PM Abu Toppin: Oh sorry. 8:36:23 PM Caja Johnson: That's okay. 8:36:25 PM Abu Toppin: I just want to, I don't know. If you all are aware but I've been working with Beverly, Addison Hospital on their community health needs assessment and they sent out the first part of that process with through surveys and and they did some focus groups and Paul and Zikos was kind enough to participate in that, but now they're going to do have some listening sessions. 8:36:54 PM Abu Toppin:With the community. And this is an opportunity really for for folks to really express any concerns with with health care and, and anything related to those issues. 8:37:07 PM Abu Toppin:And there'll be two, listening sessions coming up and late January, and then also in February, but I want to if If I haven't already sent you all the information I will do. 8:37:18 PM Abu Toppin: So I'm really trying to make a push to get that information out to as many of our community members as we possibly can. 8:37:28 PM Abu Toppin: Especially those who may be in underserved or marginalized communities and and Beverly to really hear their voice. 8:37:34 PM Abu Toppin:What we saw from the initial results from the, The survey was that not a lot of folks participated in that survey. 8:37:41 PM Abu Toppin:And so, you know, there's clearly a disconnect there with that engagement. So working with the school department as well to send out this information about the upcoming listening sessions. 8:37:55 PM Abu Toppin: I've also suggested these are virtual. By the way, I have also suggested to the hospital that we might find some other opportunities to other opportunities to have some small group in person opportunities for those who are challenged or have any digital literacy issues or technology issues and Participate virtually for whatever reason. 8:38:18 PM Abu Toppin:And we also having lots of the information about the listening sessions translated into a number of different languages so that will also be going out through the school system. 8:38:30 PM Abu Toppin: I think Gabrielle You sent out some information about the community, the listening sessions, through the schools already. 8:38:38 PM Abu Toppin:And I think, there'll be another email blast with some of those language opportunities. And we also looking to have some interpreters or interpreted interpretive services available for the listening session. 8:38:48 PM Abu Toppin: So I just want to give you all a heads up about that. So, again, I will forward you some more details on that tomorrow. 8:38:57 PM Abu Toppin:And you know, whatever you all can do to share within your serve, your services, or your networks, and try to get as many people as we possibly can to participate in this process would be fantastic. 8:39:09 PM Caja Johnson: Thank you Abu for that, I appreciate that. If you can send over the information, I would appreciate. 8:39:14 PM Caja Johnson:And I also, I did see the co-facilitator that they are in search of that. And I have to check the dates, but I would be interested in helping out with did they find Co- facilit? Did they find Is as of yet. 8:39:28 PM Abu Toppin: I think they have some but you know if you yeah if you're interested let me, you know, let me know and I'll put you in touch with Mary Lou Hardy 8:39:35 PM Caja Johnson: Okay, I'll double check on the dates and will follow up with you. And 1, 1 just wanted to just mention before we we log off here that my term is up in April and if anyone is 8:39:54 PM Caja Johnson: interested and taking on the chair role, I am not going anywhere. I'm still here, you know, willing to to do the work and I I love to to be here with all of you. 8:40:09 PM Caja Johnson: But if anyone is looking to step up and to the chair person role, please let me know as anyone thinking of 8:40:23 PM Caja Johnson: Moving up. Okay. Wow. Um, If no one else has any new business. 8:40:34 PM Caja Johnson: Okay. All right, all right, 8:40 pm, meaning adjourn.