Welcome back to the Kathy Rayleigh show presented by Buffalo Wildmings. I'm Sam Murray joined now with Stevenson women's lacrosse head coach Kathy Rayleigh and coach Just one game last week 14-12 victory over Buffalo State to end the non-conference slate six of your eight games have been two goals are last this year Talk about the difference in that game one Sunday. Well, you know, I'll tell you it's really good to play in a close game and win it So I think some of the things that really contributed to that You know, we've been we've been averaging nine goals a game somewhere right in there and and to come up with 14 against a pretty good team I was happy to see that that is definitely a really positive Movement, which is exactly what we want heading into the conference Conference slate.  I think it's three out of the half and Then we came out really really flat, you know, I said in the post game interview I'll take responsibility for that my half-time speech went a little long So we were rolling out onto the field as the second half was pretty much starting So we didn't really get on a cold day. That's not really something that I should be doing So I think that slow start in the second half will chalk it up to not getting out on time And then once we kind of got our rhythm going back in we were able to pull away Which is which is good. One of the players have to mention a senior Jamie Bittner Nine draw controls in that game. She also had three ground balls three calls turnovers And she also scored two goals, which is our first multi career goal game. Talk about her play so far this year Well, you know, we've been saying all year that we have we're counting on too many goals out of our midfield So there's zeroing in on a player like Carly Bose who even zeroing in and sending the double honor She's still scoring four goals. So she's doing amazing, but we can't just be one-dimensional So one of the things that has really changed with the way that we've set up the draw in the women's game So there's a whole there's a whole lot of opportunity for a fast break off the draw So somebody like Sarah Rorty somebody like Jamie Bittner Somebody like Carly Bose are going to be putting in Hopefully two or three goals a game as a unit just off of the fast break off the draw So we were very fortunate to capitalize on quite a few of those The other thing is Jamie's got a great shot. I mean she has she is very muscular. She's very strong When she unleashes a shot the goalies tends to not even see it or be able to react to it So having a different look come from a defender who's crossing in transition or coming off the draw That's just a bonus bonus that we have in both Sarah and Jamie now turning the page Start conference play on Thursday at Alvernia talk about that match up on what you need to do to get the win Well, you know, we like we've been saying all season. We need 15 goals to win a game We did win a game with 14 and we have one other game so with I think we won one with 12 That's not in my comfort zone. That's not in our comfort zone as a unit So we're really going to try to just consistently from here on out the remainder of the season If we get 15 goals, we feel like we can win because our defense is that gives our defense a little bit more rest I think that our defense is good enough to hold good teams to 11 or 12 goals So if we can get to that point I think that we'll be sitting pretty, you know, heading into the playoffs if we Consistently are not achieving that goal. I think every game is going to be a battle like we've seen this year so far You know the one goal losses or the one goal wins or the two goal losses or the two goal wins We want to stay away from that. We want to we want to open up and put some teams away You know at halftime be a little bit after halftime three quarters of the way through we got it We got to put some teams away moving forward Well coach, we wish you the best luck on Thursday and we'll see you back here next week great Thank you for coach Kathy Rayleigh. I'm Sam Murray and this has been the Kathy Rayleigh show


If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony. I do new car track SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the brand new 2023 Nissan Z courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And believe it or not, the time in me making this video, this thing is not sold. It is actually available, which is kind of remarkable because these things are so dang hard to find. This is essentially the Z reborn in modern form. It looks absolutely amazing in my personal opinion. And it is actually still available with the manual transmission, although we don't have that transmission today. But anyways, we'll get more to that in the video. But ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing it. So there won't be a few different trim levels for the 2023 Z. First one being the sport, starting at $40,990. Not too bad there. Performance, which actually is the trim level we have today, starting at $50,990. And the proto spec for $53,990. But regardless of trim level that you go with the power plant on the new Z is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a three liter twin turbo V6, putting out 400 horsepower at 6,400 RPM, 350 pound feet of torque coming in at 1,600 RPM. That power being sent to the rear wheels, of course, to a six speed manual with rev matching that is available or a nine speed automatic with paddle shifters, which actually is the transmission that we have today. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 4.3 seconds for the manual, four seconds flat then for the automatic top speed, 155 miles per hour in case you were interested, with MPG numbers coming in at 18 in the city, 24 on the highway, taking premium unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun acceleration or paddle shifter test here in the Z, wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. There's actually a little toggle switch located just to the right of the shifter that's going to give you standard and sport, essentially adjusting things like the shift points, the throttle response, and the steering sensitivity as well. So now that we got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the new Z here to the test and let's see how quickly the paddle shifters are going to react, but also let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, so before we do this acceleration, I did want to tell you guys there is a full manual shift mode. You just simply slide the shifter all the way to the back again. It's actually going to tell you what gear you're in up on the digital gauges as well, so that's very convenient. And before we do this acceleration, I want to let you guys know I did put in this sport driving mode.  It was VDC off, but that makes things more fun. So let's go ahead and find that straightaway and let's see how quickly we can get this one up to speed. Go, man. Whoa, dude, that was fun, man. That took me back. Oh, I love the spinning. You almost can't even tell you're spinning because the wheels are just flying. That was fun, man. I could get back into drifting again back in the day.  This thing sounds like a beast. You hear that? Wait till we get to the exhaust.  Do you hear that? Wait till we get to the exhaust club later in the video. I think it's going to sound pretty darn good. And I can tell you guys, the instant I put it in that sport driving mode, it did immediately downshift. So it's definitely going to hold the RPMs at a much higher level, giving you more power on demand. So it sounds pretty darn good. I can't get over that sound. So anyways, as always, to go along with that acceleration breaking is equally important. And so upfront, you won't find 12.6 inch ventilated front disc for the sport trim level. However, it is going to differ depending upon which trim level that you go with because for the performance that we have today in the proto-spec, you're actually going to get that bumped up to 14 inch ventilated front disc. And it's going to be the same kind of deal in the back actually. 12.1 inch ventilated rear disc for the sport, 13.8 inch ventilated rear disc for the performance and the proto-spec. And I do want to also mention for those two trim levels yet again, get Acubono four-piston front cowpers, whereas with the sport, you don't. And with those front cowpers, with the performance trim, they are going to be finished in red with the proto-spec. They're actually going to be finished in yellow. So that is pretty darn cool. As far as breaking feel goes, it's been perfectly fine. In my short little test drive here today, definitely brings you to a very quick stop. I can imagine the 60 to zero is probably definitely under 120 feet if I were to put money on it. Definitely a nice firm breaking feel to this thing. But then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get a double wishbone type front suspension in the back, independent multi-link rear suspension, monotube shock absorbers, front and rear stabilizer bars as well. And if you were curious about the specific suspension setup that we had on this one, yes, younger Nissan did want to have a little bit of fun with this one. They tended the windows, they did lower it, they put some spacers on it as well. And yeah, so this one is lowered a little bit. So we'll say that. Overall though, as far as ride quality goes, it actually hasn't been too bad in my short test drive here today. Roads are horribly punishing here in Frederick, but at least not where I'm at. But it's been all right. It's a decent car as far as ride quality goes. I will say that. As far as steering feel goes, it's okay. I feel like it could be a little bit heavier quite honestly. Let me put it back in sport driving mode. Yeah, that's good. I mean, I do feel like it still could be a little bit heavier just because of the car that this is. But having said that, it's still a nice weight to it. It's definitely leaning on the heavier side of things. It instantly points you in the direction that you want to go. It feels good. It feels good. I'll put it that way. As far as cabin noise goes, you get a heck of a lot of that exhaust note as you guys are probably hearing right now. But other than that, wind noise and road noise is pretty much at bay. So no big issues there either. And touching on visibility, I can see pretty much like every other Z that I can see out the back that I've ever tested. The Z is notoriously known for not having the best visibility out there. But it's one of those deals where you get used to it. And I can say that because every time I harp on the visibility of a Camaro or a Z or something like that, everybody in the comments says, well, I own a Z and it's perfectly fine. So I'm just gonna go ahead and side with them because quite honestly, the more you drive a car, the more you get used to it. So I would imagine you would get used to rear visibility and it's probably not gonna be that big of a deal after time. But anyways, that about rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. I'll still go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2023 Nissan Z. All right, you guys. So here she is, the new 2023 Nissan Z finished in black diamond pearl. In case you were curious of our exterior color name, which means you could probably call this car the black pearl and it would still be factually accurate. So little fun fact for you there, but let's go ahead and start with where the Z is made. Taking a look at the van, first character is the letter J indicating that the 2023 Z is made, built and assembled in Japan as it should be a nice JDM drift car right here. Up front, you will find an added chin spoiler with the performance trim and the proto spec with the sport. You don't get that one to mention that. Large rectangular front grill, a very distinguishable look from the new Z here. LED headlights with LED signature daytime running lights do come standard. You get the automatic feature with that as well, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, the headlights will turn on automatically for you there, but also automatic high beams. So if you have your high beams on a night, the sense of the vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim them back to low beams then when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up to high beams for you. So very nice convenience feature for you there. And just taking an up close look at the headlights here, I like the attention to detail that Nissan put into this. All the lines, all the patterns that they put into these headlights, it definitely looks good, including the front grill. Look at these silver kind of rectangular designs on the upper portion of that front grill. Definitely looks very good as well. So overall, what I'm trying to say is very good looking front end to the new Z, but pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of this one. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one, there's some silver upper window trim, which technically is called the Katana Blade Trim according to Nissan. So I like that little reference to Japanese heritage there. That's pretty cool. The Z badging found on the C pillar in the back there. That also looks very good. I love that they included that. Got flush door handles. So you guys can see the door handles are pretty darn flush with the vehicle. So I like that as well. I'm sure that does something with aerodynamics. Take a look at the side mirrors. They are body colored power adjustable side mirrors. They are heated with LED integrated turd signals, as you guys can see there. That's also pretty darn good.  The sport is gonna give you the smallest size wheels. But these are actually 19 inch raised engineering forged alloys. So I love that. And so Nissan's had this relationship with raised engineering for quite a while now. And I like that they have that. I believe the originally raised engineering was an aftermarket company. And they still are obviously. But Nissan has partnered up with them to make some very lightweight alloy wheels for the Z. So definitely a big plus there as well. The wheels look good on this thing. I will say that. So much no fender gap either. Thanks to those lowering springs that younger Nissan put on this thing. But overall, definitely a very good looking side profile to the Z here. But now let's go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top, you got the LED center high mount stop lamp as well. Got the rear spoiler that definitely looks good back there. But we'll say the rear spoiler only comes on the performance that we have today. And the proto spec, not the sports room level. So I did wanna mention that. I like the Z emblem found kind of on the back end here. But the one thing that's missing is the fair lady badging found on the trunk of this one. So that's something they used to do way back in the day. And I think they put it on the prototype as well, but I don't see it on the actual production version unfortunately here. So I would love to and see that. And I'm sure the aftermarket's gonna fix that for us. But also you do get LED tail lights coming standard. And look at the design to these tail lights. Definitely nice look to those as well.  So having said that, here's that part of the video I was referencing to you guys earlier. As always, here is that exhaust clip. So now since we are around to the back of the Z, when it comes to opening that rear trunk, there's a button to unlock it on the key itself. Of course, that's for all the doors really, but trunk included. There's a rubberized button just underneath of the Nissan logo. You simply press that and then you lift up on the hatch part of the trunk itself. And that's how you're gonna go ahead and open it up. But once it opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 6.9 cubic feet. So obviously not a ton back there, but there are some tie down anchors back there like the carpeting finish of course. And if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will find a tire inflator kit, as opposed to the spare tire in case you were curious about that. Typically next to move on to the back seats, but in lieu of the back seats, of course, this is just a two-seater. I'm just gonna let you guys know there is a little bit of storage behind these front seats. And I'm talking a little bit. There's actually a little compartment that pulls out. You got a little more storage there as well if you wanted to, but obviously not a ton of space back there because this is a Z and it's a two-seater. So you wouldn't expect it, but anyways. But to then make your way up to the front seats, manually adjustable cloth seating with the Sport. However, for the performance and proto-spec trim levels, that is going to add to that a leather suede combination. And then heated front seats actually as well. Those buttons are located just behind the shifter there, but overall seating was okay. It wasn't as adjustable as I would have liked it to be, but I will say I love the suede leather combination. That's always been my favorite seat configuration. I also love how that theme is carried onto the doors as well, the suede and the leather. So we'll get more into the interior quality in a little bit, but overall seating wasn't that bad. I was able to find my perfect driving position, but I will say it could be better if the seats were a little more adjustable. I'm just saying that. But anyways, then take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped and you do get the Z logo right front and center of this thing. So that's pretty cool. The 10 and two grips are perfectly fine, but I will say a flat bottom steering wheel would have been pretty darn cool, especially in the manual, but having said that, this one isn't all that bad. So I don't mind it, but then making our way to the startup, let me start by showing you guys the key here. If you've seen a Nissan key before, it looks essentially exactly like that. So nothing too different to the Nissan Z. You got your Nissan logo lock and unlock and that is about it. But it is all keyless entry with the push button starts. All I'm going to do here is simply put my foot on the brake and press the engine start button located just to the left of the shifter there. And so once started up, the gauges are pretty darn cool. It's a 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster. And let me tell you guys, these gauges are extremely customizable on the steering wheel. There's some steering wheel mounts and controls. It looks like three dots and three lines together. If you press that, then you go to change meter view and then you have your choice between sport, normal and enhanced that completely changed the look of the gauges up there. So I love that. I love when gauges are very customizable and that is definitely the case in the Z. I personally prefer the sport look. I think that looks absolutely amazing. It is all kinds of fun information like tire pressure, like boost pressure in any given time. Got you G-Force statistics, up shift indicator that is cool as well and nice tachometer front and center, oil temp, water temp. So that is my favorite. Of course you got your outside temperature. You have things like how many miles you have left until you hit empty. But that sport configuration for the digital gauge cluster is what I would personally leave it on. I think that looks absolutely amazing. So big fan of that. But then making our way to overall interior quality got automatic climate control coming standard. Homelink controls coming with the performance and the perto spec trims that can be found in the rear view mirror for up to three different garage doors there. You also have this three bay gauge cluster found just up top of the infotainment screen here. I wanted to mention that it gives you your boost pressure, turbo speed and battery voltage as well. So that was pretty cool. That's something that the Z has done for quite a while now. So I always like seeing that. We actually have an option today I wanted to mention, illuminated door sill. So that's gonna be available if you wanted to go that route. But just in front of the shifter, you got some rubber eye storage, couple of phone charging ports just behind the shifter. You got one singular cup holder. And within the center armrest, this is probably the most shallow center armrest that I have ever seen. Not a whole lot of space going on in there. But when you open it up, you do have, see another cup holder there. And actually the center armrest slides backwards so you can utilize that second cup holder. Armrest slides forward and backwards. I did not know that before even filming this review. So that is pretty darn cold. Way to pay attention, Goldpony. But anyways, like I was mentioned to you guys earlier, I love the doors and the way they're finished because you got the suede leather combination that you find on the seats. It's carried over to the doors. You got some cup holders on those doors as well, of course. And overall interior quality is perfectly fine. I certainly don't have any issues with it. It feels like a Z in here. I'll just put it that way. But anyways, now let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen. You got an eight-inch color touchscreen display for the sport, nine-inch color touchscreen display for the performance and proto-spec trims. But either way, you get Bluetooth and audio streaming. Either way, you get Android Auto, Apple CarPlay. But I will say wireless Apple CarPlay. Not wireless Android Auto, unfortunately, for whatever reason. But you do get wireless Apple CarPlay. So if you got an Apple phone, Nissan's looking out for you. But not so much if you're an Android person. But factory navigation system coming with the performance and proto-spec trims. Of course, you can check out your radio information up there as well. When it comes to the sound systems, you're gonna get six speakers for the sport. But for the performance that we have today in the proto-spec, you're gonna find an eight-speaker Bose sound system. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. It's okay. It feels like it's in a small vehicle. That's not the fault of the Z. But I've definitely heard better sound systems. I will say the clarity was perfectly fine. Bass was perfectly fine. But I think I've been spoiled too much by some other sound systems. So that sound system's okay. Obviously, it's gonna be the better sound system in the group, but it'll get the job done for sure. But last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the Z in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board and actually does take up the entire screen, which isn't always the case. So I always have to elaborate that, which is pretty cool to say. But anyways, that is always is going to lead us into safety.  I would love having that standard in the Z. I'm glad they did that because you don't wanna mess up this thing. Also driver attention monitoring system then as well. So overall, what are some of my final thoughts of the new Z? Very, very quick car with out of doubt, especially in this automatic transmission. Love that the six speed manual is still available.  So I like that. Great looks on this thing. Nissan still does an amazing job with their design of the Z. They really always have. I love the 350, I love the 370 and I love just the regular Z that they have here too. So course room for improvement goes. Root visibility is not the best but it's to be expected. And again, it's something you would get used to. I would love to have seen ambient lighting in here as well. I think that is definitely something that would improve upon what this vehicle is. Just because tuners are probably gonna get a hold of this thing and possibly do it anyway. So I think that probably would have been an added feature I would have tacked on to the Z. And the other thing is for whatever reason this sound system is just mediocre. I expected a lot more from it but that's not why you get a Z I guess in the first place. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of this one in the comments section below. That is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. 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I'm going to call to order the special city council meeting for October 26th at 5.06 p.m. The first item on the agenda is the agenda council is do we have Councillor Jang on board? Councillor Jang, are you able to please make a motion on the agenda? You're on mute Councillor Jang yes I would like to make the motion adopt the agenda as presented but yes and wanted to also make an amendment okay go ahead yeah to the agenda so that we can take the deliverable we weigh on that first before we talk about the other items okay so your intention would be to have the resolution come first and then the report from the clerk treasurer's office after the fact is that correct Councillor Jang yes president Tracy and the vision being we have a meeting at 5 30 as well okay understood all right great so was that a second Councillor Pine yep second from Councillor Pine all those in favor of our agenda please say aye aye any post hearing none that passes unanimously and we have our agenda I'm gonna go now to the public forum inbox which I do not see any folks who have signed up to using that form for the public forum we people are able to sign up I'm using the using the the the link to Burlington VT.gov slash city council slash public forum so I'll give just one minute in case folks wanted to sign up actually seeing that there are only a few attendees or any of the attendees interested in speaking in public forum if so please just use the raise hand function that's probably the easiest way okay seeing none I'm going to go ahead and close the public forum we will now move into the deliberative agenda which includes a resolution regarding fair elections and transition of power Councillor Hightower may please have a motion on the resolution yeah I'd like to wave the ring and adopt the resolution and like the floor back after a second okay we have a motion from Councillor Hightower is there a second point of information yeah go ahead Councillor Hanson is that the Councillor Hightower is that the revised or the original that you're moving yes if we could do the revised version of let me make sure I'm opening it now yep the revised version of the fair elections and peaceful transfer of power okay is that clear Councillor Hanson and our other clear others clear on what Councillor Hightower has just moved okay understanding that is there a second motion to the motion second from Councillor Paul Councillor Hightower you have the floor right and I won't be long I think just a lot of us have probably been part of conversations regarding the Sears elections we've had some problems with voter suppression in years past that's been growing I think this year in particular is of concern but it would be yeah I and so we had a conversation with some other folks that this is probably something we should be flagging and that should be it in front of the council but also that we should be reminding our voter so that this may be an unusual election year and I really hope that this will be a nonpartisan resolution I think it's fairly straightforward and something we should all be aspiring to thank you Councillor Hightower I have Councillor Hanson in the queue and if others like to get in please let me know go ahead Councillor Hanson great yeah and thanks to Councillor Hightower for getting this submitted I too think this is really important and I think it goes even a step further than voter suppression I think you know voter suppression is a huge issue and really has been since the founding of this country but I think something that is somewhat unique to this election that's even potentially more concerning than that is the president sort of indicating ambiguity around whether or not he would actually commit to the peaceful transfer of power if he were to lose the election and I think that needs to be raising alarm bells for all of us and you know whether we're in elected office or not I think everyone needs to be eyes wide open about the fact that if there's any uncertainty around who won the election or even potentially if it's pretty clear that Biden won the election it's not it's not a guarantee that Trump is going to step down and concede and so I think it's really important that we're all aware of that and starting to prepare to respond if in that event thank you Councillor Hanson any other councillors wishing to comment on the resolution Councillor Mason and then Councillor Pine go ahead Councillor Mason with your permission President Tracy I I want to ask maybe a question of the maker or of anyone I hear and I'm sensitive and we're all maybe have the same anxieties about what it means but I'm it's uncertain to me in the last resolve clause what exactly is being alluded to or referred to from a transition of power I I don't mean to undersell but you know we're just the city of Burlington and I'm I don't think there's a right answer but I'm not sure what the maker had envisioned as you were sort of work thinking of maybe effectuating that last resolve clause and I'm not asking me because I have an answer I'm actually asking because I just don't know what that looks like or what that feels like so and I did get a couple questions from constituents asking the same question and I did have an inadequate answer sure a little good sorry no no go ahead you're good thank you councillor Mason and President Tracy I think it's still a little bit unclear and I'd welcome others to jump on this and on this because I think it one depends on what it looks like in terms of what happens and what reasons are being given for being unwilling to transfer power peacefully I'm sure there'll be some kind of legal argument that will be made correct or incorrect and so I definitely think it may not it may just be statements it may just be another council statement saying something maybe it will be I'm not 100% sure yet I know that everyone from corporations to civil society organizations to local governments will have to do something if that happens what that is I think people are still discussing and talking through and I wouldn't claim to be an expert on those actions but I think we will be called to do something also Councilor Mason yes thank you and I mean now to sort of comment I will be supporting this thank you for bringing this forward councilor I tower I was I was asking also from the perspective of her things we should be preparing I guess and instead of reacting because I am optimistic it will not be chaotic but if it is it is and I'm I'm just thinking through I guess if any of us have things that we should be thinking or doing leading into Tuesday election you know I'd rather be prepared than responsive so thank you for bringing this forward councilor I tower and I will be supporting this I do give one more statement to that answer I'm sure go ahead sorry briefly I know one of the things that's being discussed as a general strike and I think we should be ready to support that especially on the part of any city of Burlington workers specifically great thank you for that councilor high tower alright I have councillor pine to be followed by councillor jen go ahead councillor pine thanks Mr. President and I do support this resolution the spirit and the actual wording of it I have I share and I think we hopefully all share the commitment to you know fair free and open elections as a bedrock to our democracy I think that the general strike was something I was going to mention so that was just mentioned we want to get too far ahead of ourselves here but you want to be prepared as well I mean it really is hope for the best plan for the worst right so I would like to also highlight in the discussion of voter suppression that I believe Vermont under this secretary of state is is a national example of how to actually make voting as accessible as it possibly can be I think it's pretty remarkable what has happened in our state so I just I just want to call that out because I think I think Vermont is a shining example for how to remove barriers for people to be able to vote and I really appreciate what has happened in Vermont around that and I want to congratulate our city clerk treasurer staff for being the local folks to make that happen the workload for them I know they've had to bring in extra people this is what democracy looks like it's really inspiring to see and to hear about the staff and what they've done to rally to make this happen Amy Bovee deserves a huge call out here because the amount of extra work that she and all of the staff but Amy especially has taken on with I think a certain amount an incredible amount of grace and professionalism exceeds really well for our city so thanks a lot thank you for those comments councillor councillor jing thank you president Tracy and I want to also echo that that Amy is just amazing as well as catering chat and now I have questions for them I know they said they shared a link to the full console about how voters can find out if they if their ballots has been received and was just wondering if there is a way for also voters the citizen of the city to know that their ballot also has been counted received and counted if there any way of finding out and this is a question for both Amy and Catherine if they can answer it okay great would one of you like to address that yeah I'd be happy to um so any voter who is registered in the state of Vermont can log into their my voter page and see the status of their ballot if the ballot is marked as having been received that means we've both gotten it and that it will be counted if we've gotten it and certain instructions weren't followed such as them failing to sign it or it's not in the certificate envelope it would be labeled as defective so that would mean we got it but unfortunately are not able to count it so a voter can tell by looking at their my voter page wonder thank you so much and yes I look forward also to support this resolution and vote in support of it but at the same time it feels as if personally yes whatever is happening in the nation and we want to boil it down to the small municipality but I think um it's a better safe than sorry and I think uh attempting to implement that the vote or intimidation of voters you know you will be apprehended and referred for persecution is a very clear language but thank you thank you councillor jane you have councillor paul thank you um so uh you know I would support this um and uh appreciate the time that went into putting this together thank you to councillor hightower the only thing that I would uh just simply add is that for those councillors that have not been on the council for a considerable length of time um this is the kind of resolution that should be sponsored by the full council there is nothing controversial about this this is something that we all agree to this is something that we should all have been extended the ability and the specific request to be sponsors um it is much more meaningful this kind of a resolution if this is if it is sponsored by the full council and there's really no reason for it not to be so I um I appreciate the I appreciate the the resolution on I would just simply say that when we when we do as a council these kinds of resolutions that are really in the public interest um to congratulate a sports team for winning us a great season to support um democracy which I think we all support democracy regardless of party um these are the kinds of things that we do together so thank you okay I don't have anyone else in the queue any further comments from councillors okay seeing none we'll go to a vote all those in favor of the resolution please say aye aye aye the opposed hearing none that passes unanimously thank you very much councillors our next item on the agenda is an update from the clerk treasurer's office which we sort of started to get a little bit into in the debate with councillor jing's helpful question and so just want to turn it over and to Amy and Catherine but before doing so just again want to thank both of you for all of your work in helping us to get this meeting together but then also just throughout this election cycle it bears mentioning that this is your third election that you've had to manage of this this particular year which is a challenge but has only been exacerbated by the increase in mail-in voting and you've done so I'm really really incredibly well and I just want to thank you for that so I'll turn it over to you to share an update on where things are thus how and how things have gone thus far as well as to share some just tips for folks in the next couple days if they're looking to vote or on election day what they're what they can expect at the polling places great thanks president Tracy um so I do have just some basic information prepared based on some of the questions you'd asked earlier in the day and I'm happy to talk to anything else that might be on folks minds so as you all know this year the state of Vermont decided to mail absentee ballots to all active registered voters automatically here in Burlington we've sent out 26 589 so a huge number of ballots definitely never had to manage that kind of number before so far we've received just over 14 000 of those back so a little over half of Burlingtonians have voted already which is great to see um you had asked about if we've been seeing any problems in the primary there were higher numbers of defective ballots than we like to see in the primary that was about six percent of ballots were defective that's when a voter doesn't follow a certain instruction most commonly it's failing to sign their envelope or failing to put the ballot in the envelope very happy to report that those numbers are significantly lower for this general election less than one percent of ballots have been defective there has been a lot of public outreach about this and we also took an extra step of adding a separate instruction sheet in all of the envelopes to call that to voters attention you know in a second place so happy to see that that seems to be working so at this point many voters probably still have their ballots wanting to turn them in we have three 24 seven drop boxes available throughout the city one outside of city hall on main streets and two others one in front of public works building on pine streets and the back of fire station number two on the corner of north avenue and strong streets we've seen a lot of folks utilizing them already which is great to see we empty them out twice a day so folks should feel confident in putting their ballot in there that we'll we'll get it quickly and it will be taken back to the office and counted um voters who haven't gotten a ballot still do have some options for voting um it's getting a little late in the game we can try mailing a ballot but would probably recommend folks either come during our open office hours we have one in-person office session available Monday morning will be open from 8 to 12 30 for folks to come in if they need to clear up any last-minute issues and they can of course always vote at their polling place on election day polls will be open as usual from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and um so we will have polling places open as I mentioned we've worked really closely to provide training to our election workers about what to expect on election day and kind of training session Monday night that was very well attended and I feel the workers are well prepared for what to expect and we've worked closely with the Secretary of State's Office and Department of Health to develop various COVID safety protocols um for most part this will be similar to what voters experienced in August during the primary but everyone will be required to wear masks we reconfigured all polling places to have a one-way traffic flow voters will be given single-use golf pencils rather than shared pens to use throughout the day and they'll be frequent cleaning of all touch points and surfaces um so that was the majority of what I had prepared and would be happy to answer questions for you perfect thank you so much for that um I have counselor pine to be followed okay sorry just two things two quick things that um Amy um you um may have forgotten one is we also have a drop box at the Miller Center um in the new north end it is not 24 seven but it is Monday through Friday nine to three um and so we are pleased to offer that as well for folks in that part of town um and also just for the um in-person voting I also just want to thank Amy and her team and all of the volunteers that come out to help there were some lessons learned from August and so we are certainly implementing them um and really trying to get creative uh we have been working with Zach from city arts um because he's great at planning events and how do we improve traffic flow um voters will notice um there will be tents set up at some of the polling places um so that workers can utilize some of that outdoor space to make things safer so um we are uh unfortunately getting the hang of um doing elections in COVID so um things went fairly well for us in August but we're just trying to build on that um and I think those are all the clarifications I had we're happy to answer your questions awesome great so I had counselor pine to be followed by counselor carpenter go ahead counselor pine thanks mr president my first was the reminder about Miller Center because I was pretty sure there was a fourth box uh but that's great um second is a question about past presidential election turnout what do we expect I think it's 18 or 20 somewhere in that range but I just want to find out and how late can voters keep dropping the ballots in these drop boxes and when when does the deadline hit for things like bringing it into city hall versus bring it to polling place yeah all great questions um so in the 2016 general election um we had about 19,000 voters vote um so at a little over 14,000 we are well on our way to that target um I think it's likely we'll exceed that as we continue to get ballots throughout the week and um some folks of course will vote in person and the drop boxes will be available until 4 30 p.m. on Monday after that a voter would need to hand deliver the ballot to their polling place counselor pine you're on mute yeah thank you and and not be able to bring it to city hall on election day right just to their polling place correct okay thank you yeah thanks for everything great I got counselor carpenter um actually those were those are my questions too will you uh Amy or the city be putting out some more press about that I think particularly the 4 30 um deadline for the drop box versus then then you got to bring it to the polling place the next day and and I worry if people will dash out at nine o'clock on Monday and drop it in the box and think it's okay well the box is actually be disabled for lack of a better way to say it um on Monday afternoon yeah I can let Catherine chime in on the outrage piece a little bit but um we do have a means of blocking the boxes off it'll have a block in the slot that says that the kiosk is closed and we plan to hang signs on the boxes saying ballots must be delivered to the polling place yes we are working with the mayor's office to continue to get the word out we appreciate everything you can do um because I feel like in some ways it's like the usps messaging I've been hearing it was like get your ballot in the mail get your ballot in the mail do not put your ballot in the mail you know because there's just was the one day deadline and we're sort of doing the same thing and so now we're like don't put your ballot in the mail put it in the drop box but only until Monday at 4 30 and so um I think we'll start to get that word out now and then yes it will be um we will make sure that the ballot boxes are disabled and as always there will be clear signage so that people know their next step is just to go to their polling place the next day I'll set council carpenter yes okay council Paul go ahead thanks very much um so I have two questions for Amy um the first is um thank you very much for the uh the zoom meeting that you had for the poll workers I had no idea that it was going to be city-wide when I got on there um and it was I don't know how many people were on that call but I have a feeling that there were a lot on and and there were a lot of really good questions so that was I think extremely helpful um for everyone to hear all the questions on the uh I have had people who have asked me how if you're trying to reduce the number of people that are coming into a polling place on there are a couple of people that have reached out to me and said you know if it's a miserable day am I going to the am I going to vote and I'm standing outside in the rain voting um can I go inside can I not go inside um if I have an absentee ballot for um relatives can I um you know can I take those in you know on their behalf if they can't get there and so I realize that you went over all of this the other day but it probably would be helpful just so that we could all hear that that's my first question a long first question and then the second is um you know Amy hope hope you won't um hope you won't feel that the all the kudos on you lessen the insincerity of the message but you know you are amazing you've done an amazing job with this um nothing seems to rattle you and I'm sure it does maybe when you get home but we don't see it and uh you really have done an amazing job with this the question that I have is is there anything that we can do for you those are my questions sure thank you Karen that's very nice of you um we have had uh we have asked that each polling place designate a person or a few people to be stationed right at the door either just inside or just outside depending on the weather uh that will allow folks who are not comfortable going inside to simply hand off their voted ballot and be on their way um at some of our smaller um physically smaller polling locations um we've put we will be putting tents up outside um we understand that there are physical limitations that won't allow for long lines to be forming indoors so we have added that extra layer of shelter for some of the smaller locations to give a little protection if folks do have to wait outside for what will hopefully be a brief period of time um so those options are available um and as far as you know what you all can do I have appreciated the support you're very kind um I'd say just get the word out to folks to turn in their ballot you know the sooner the better that's great and um yeah just encourage folks to vote we're excited to see such great participation um President Tracy I did have actually one other question just so that the um just to verify I know that at one point Amy you had told me that starting I think it was a couple of weeks in advance that you had gotten permission from the Secretary of State's office given the fact that you've got 14,000 ballots to already start feeding them into machines and um and I just wondered if you could just for the for the community just you know so that they understand and you know and that will probably be the difference between being able to get results at a reasonable hour versus not so perhaps if you could just speak to that of course yes the Secretary of State's office issued a directive allowing town courts to begin processing ballots 30 days in advance of the election we did take advantage of that before the state primary and have been doing so again this time so far each board has come in with a team of four volunteers for two sessions and the majority of those 14,000 ballots have actually already gone through the tabulators um we'll be continuing those sessions through the weekend to get a head start on making sure that they are counted in a timely manner processing absentee ballots is one of the most time consuming tasks on election day so without this provision I think you're correct it would be a very late night and into the next morning before we had our results great thank you thanks again any other questions from counselors okay seeing none very much appreciate all these questions and all this great these great answers as well as the hard work um a that now completes our agenda is there a motion to adjourn I'm moved move by the motion to adjourn moved by Councillor Hightower seconded by Councillor Stromberg any discussion seeing none all those in favor please say I be opposed okay we are adjourned at 534 thank you very much counselors and thank you to the clerk's office for all your hard work we'll see you


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You know, this is our opportunity to really center the stories and the wisdom of the indigenous here as you all know There is a whole track programming indigenous at SoCAP So please pay attention to that and we're going to continue to dig deeper into that conversation this afternoon with our next our next panel Which includes Lorda's Inga executive director of the international funders for indigenous peoples She is a social change agent When I asked her what was on her mind what was bringing her joy. She said hope You don't hear that much. And so I want to invite her to come to the stage. She's kawatcha Heritage and We honor whose land that we're standing on that we're sitting on that we're working on and so you all welcome Lorda's Inga to the stage here China Qing also joining us for this conversation as we continue to pull the thread to talk about what's next and Indigeneity and wisdom and and wellness and money China is the director of grant making for the Christiansen fund. She lives here in San Francisco native Hawaiian and You know indigenous Commitment to the well-being of all people into this land Please welcome her to the stage Yes Joanne Carling Indigenous activists who is from and still lives in the Philippines in Cordillera Philippines and there's so much to say about her but One of the things that I thought was beautiful is that she was just given a lifetime achievement award from the UN Empowerment program and that is a huge thing to applaud and to thank her for her work and Then we have the moderator Sean Paul who Really is just a brilliant social Entrepreneur and this fifth iteration of his brilliance. He is now the CEO of Ijido Verde Ijido means rural community and He lives in Michio Khan Mexico when I asked him about joy backstage He said pulling the thread from moving money at the intersection of nature and sustainable rural livelihoods and so he will be Sitting in space holding space this afternoon and we've done welcome you to this stage and welcome this information And this wisdom Thank you, okay Little technical difficulty here we're just going to go roll with it We did what we were preparing to share with you Was a video about indigenous people worldwide to give just a visual sense of we're here together really Celebrating and honoring our work as and with indigenous peoples working with finance and business and My name is Sean Paul I'm the CEO of a Mexican regenerative forestry company Ijido Verde where we are a partnership between rural Puerto Peta communities in Michoacan, Mexico and an industry that together provides Ingredients for the world made from pine resin that everyone uses every day everywhere And in that role I've really come to this work As a my professional career working quite intimately It's with solutions for it with a rural and indigenous communities and I'm really really honored and delighted by really highly distinguished and accomplished Panel that get really to share with all of you some of our work and perspectives advancing well-being together with indigenous communities and I'm hoping in lieu of The video that we had had prepared for you I'm hoping Joan could share with us a little bit about why what brings it together Why is the world and why are you getting the attention of the United Nations? To really look in a special way at the role and status of indigenous peoples Yeah, good afternoon to everyone. I Would like to start from my own experience and in the Philippines on why I became an indigenous activist in the first place Well, I was in college. There was a big project a dumb project that was Going to displace more than a hundred thousand of indigenous peoples and Also destroy thousands of hectares of rice fields and the forests and this is because of the construction of dams and I've seen how people are willing to give up their life To protect their own there the river because it's the source of their culture It's the source of their livelihoods. It's the source of their identity and from from there I also witnessed and and and joined demonstrations of mine mining communities because of the Pollution of the river from from the mining operations aside from you know the the risk that workers are Facing and including having low low salaries And and from from this it's very clear to me that that when we talk off of Protecting the environment we cannot isolate this from looking into the rights of these communities In in the face of this kind of investments that are actually not providing development for the people but Violating their rights and further marginalizing indigenous people. So that's that's why we need to bring This to the attention of the global community that that indigenous peoples are there protecting our environment But but are being thrown out Our their rights are violated their dignity is thrumpled Genocide and ethnocide are taking all over the place and this has to reach global attention And that is why the United Nations finally after more than 20 years of negotiations Adopted the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples and if you look at the data now 60 to 80 percent of the Biodiversity of the world is in the in indigenous territories and this is not coincidental This is because indigenous peoples continue their stewardship role So that the future generation have something to to leave and leave on and if People are evicted from their land then that role and contribution will not continue So so this is the reason why we have to bring this to the global Attention especially now that we're talking of sustainable development, but sustainable development again for who So we need to be clear that it has to be on court on human rights It has to be on court on the protection of environment It has to be on court and the sustainability of the only planet that we live in Thank you It's really a privilege for me Joan has devoted her life and 30 years at the goal on the global stage not only is a grassroots activists But she has really got the attention of the world's leaders to really think differently Of how the world needs to be more inclusive of indigenous peoples that occupy that traditionally use an occupy about 60 percent of the earth's land surface and I just Wanted to China you've now in your role in grant making at the Christiansen Fund a family foundation, you know of seven years looking and working with indigenous people globally And I'm really hoping you can share a bit about your your own experience and a little respond to Joan's comments Well, I mean it's always an honor to be able to respond to John's comments But I first want to our our wonderful moderator Acknowledged that we're on indigenous territory, but I also just wanted to say from this incredible Place that we're sitting right now. We actually have this incredible ability to see the Territories of all the Aloni peoples in the Bay Area. So the Karkin the Chutoni the Ramatush the Rumson and the Mutsin and then to the north the coast me walk So just to acknowledge whose traditional territory we're all on and I also wanted to acknowledge so cap for For having this in indigenous track and I think also for broadening a conversation around Finance and investment and development But so we are actually a private foundation We were we have we've been around since 1957, but over the past 15 years we focused on Biocultural diversity and so anytime someone comes to work with us The first thing they have to learn is like what is biocultural diversity and essentially It's the relationship between people and place and it really goes to what Joanne was talking about in terms of Why do we have this remaining? Biodiversity in the world and that is not an accident that remaining biodiversity in the world comes because of Relationships and its relationships not only between plants and animals But it's also relationships of people to those places and the incredible knowledge That has evolved from that. So just as a story. I was in Central Asia last week and I Got on an airplane and it was 75 degrees which was Easily 15 degrees with warmer than it usually is at that time and 55 minutes later I got off an airplane and it was like 20 degrees and snowing Which was also very unusual So I think we can acknowledge that we're in this place where we have to start this thinking differently about all of our relationships to the earth and not just You know because of the beauty and all of the bouncy and the wisdom and the knowledge that comes in those relationships But I mean selfishly for our own survival We're in a place where we have to think differently about that and that includes all of our sectors So I think for us that's been a place that as philanthropy I think around the Investment we're in a different place around the grant-making side of things but trying to rethink economies and rethink economies Not just on traditional GDP, but really rethinking economies on relationships and how all of that all of that Relationship that happens between people in place we can use as redefining our well-being Thank you Lourdes You're currently our executive director of international funders for indigenous peoples at your heritage It's Ketua heritage from the central Andean region of Peru. Can you share with us a little bit your journey? to get to Peru to what you're doing today leading a international organization Sure. Thank you, Sean It's a real pleasure to be in the same space as you are in China and shown and with all of you here So, yeah, my name is Lourdes Singham director of international funders for indigenous peoples and my own journey is very personal If you're familiar with Latin America, it's a very much colonized region that includes Colonized minds including myself So the journey to really kind of embrace and actually own my heritage Took some time but I'm never the less very proud of Celebrating where I come from where my father's family comes from and so moving now to present day I direct The only global Philanthropy network that focuses on indigenous peoples We are really at the core of transforming funding relationships between Philanthropy and also impact investors like yourself and indigenous peoples to move to one of mutual understanding and respect and benefit and We do this through Core values core values that are very much rooted on indigenous values International funders for indigenous peoples a few years ago really Sort of launch But it's referred to as the four hours of the philanthropy, which is a respect Responsibility reciprocity and relationships and these are really values that as a network of funders We encourage our members to embrace and incorporate Not only in the practical sense on how do they actually do that in sort of their Grandgiving or the impact investing but really cannot own in it as members of a global community and then you know, I think these are values that are also very transferable and very Directly applicable to this audience as well When you're thinking of impact investments and partnerships with indigenous communities, you know These values should be at the center as well as Applying an indigenous rights lens to impact investing Now thank you One of the things we were talking about and preparing ourselves Here and I really think it's my belief as a participant at SoCAP for many years One of the things we're really looking at as a crisis of values We have good values of our last century that guided our economy that might be characterized in one way as Maximize short-time profits by any means possible and here you're offering another set of values of the four four hours Guiding how how funders are coming together? To move money in my work in Mexico at Hilo Verde with put a pitch out We think deeply into the value of reciprocity How are we moving money and investing in communities to restore degraded lands? And reciprocity for us is about what does it mean to be in value creating? relationships between individuals families communities our relationship with the earth investors industry and government and in my as a member of International funders for indigenous peoples I've seen this relationship of reciprocity come up in indigenous traditions around the world And I'm hoping you can share with me a bit in your view. How do you see? Might reciprocity value how we move money at the intersection of markets and meaning Yeah, let me just cite an example Where in a lot of the indigenous communities that I've visited The the reciprocity and and value of sharing can be seen from say we treat When we use the the forest we make sure that we don't cut so much trees That will affect the other wildlife or the watershed for example We use that but in return the forest is providing us what we need But we make sure that it it sustains the other one in terms of The sharing is when communities have surplus in their product in there for example fruit trees in the village They will get what they need and they put the rest of their harvest on the side of the road so that others can share that fruit What do we learn from that that what what we need what we get is what we need and Beyond what we need is what we share And and I think if we if we looked at in investing in that sense it may it's going beyond Selfishness it's going beyond not only thinking what can I get or what good do I do? But what kind of change and empowerment do I create and for me? I look at this as more a relationship of coast stewardship of Partnership that is based on making the other party as powerful as you are it's changing also the power dynamics Where respect for each other in a reciprocal way is built in into that kind of of of of partnership and and It's already clear like why are there still huge gaps in the implementation for example of the sustainable development goals Because there is no accompanying redistribution of wealth The gap of inequality remains the same wealth is still concentrated in the hands of the of the few it's not shared and That is because greed persists to be the dominating Value of a lot of people and if we don't look at the lens of indigenous peoples where Value is something that we share something that is based on solidarity and cooperation who will not get there And the challenge that we face now even if we're talking of social investing For example is how do we how can that change? The power relations how can we? Impact bring power to communities and not to disempower them By elevating their capacity to participate in decision-making through their economic empowerment So it's not enough to just build economic empowerment, but more so How are they participating in decision-making? That make sure that the wealth of the earth is shared that there is sustainability in When we pursue development that is shared by all so that is I think what we need to Consider or reflect upon John, I'm sorry. I want to just follow up on that and when we look at the challenges You also one of the things we've talked about our opportunities with all those challenges What are the solutions you're working on and I'm particularly interested in your the renewable energy partnership? That you've recently launched at the United Nations. Yes, the First of all we need to think that that indigenous peoples marginalized communities are not just victims They are actually development actors. We have our own skills We also have our knowledge to share and that's that that we are contributing So from the perspective of indigenous peoples there are already innovations for Sustainable resource management for food security, which we are providing to the world But now that we are also facing a crisis in the climate We need to also act together to provide solutions and indigenous peoples are very much committed to the transition from fossil fuel To renewable energy However, if we don't do it right like a lot of solar and with mill farms are still Violating our rights because we are being displaced We are not part of the decision-making that is this an appropriate form that will actually lead to To greater access of power if on the one hand we're actually causing the marginalization of indigenous peoples So we need to frame renewable energy from a rights perspective from a social equity perspective Because that is the way we can work together and find the solution It's a partnership that should be based on respect for rights Respect for our gender equality empowerment of community and sharing our resources and sharing the stewardship of The planet so that we can combat climate change But at the same time providing sustainable livelihoods and economic empowerment to women and Communities as we find the solution or act or provide the solution to climate change Give me one example of one of the projects in this initiative. What does it look like? Yes the one that we have in in Sabah, Malaysia is that the indigenous Experts that we have already on renewable energy are building appropriate Microhydro from you know recycling aluminum to To what is appropriate in the community and even combining this with solar because of the the nature of communities that And the weather when it's raining too too much then that it's a micro Hydro that works better and if there's so much sun then it's it's the solar and This you know in the community and this are community owned There and it has empowered women by providing them economic livelihood but also the independence that was brought by that and Enable them to participate in decision-making it has also highlighted the necessary Role of protecting watershed because it's the watershed providing water for the micro So that you see that we need to look at also How do we take care of the resources that provides this kind of off of energy that benefits? the communities as a whole so So that that's one example that that that I can I can share to you There's other examples of also communities in innovating on in terms of the food systems We provide a lot of indigenous varieties of seeds and now they're under threat because of climate change So we need to find ways and means on also how to how do we address food security of indigenous? Community so there are techniques using our traditional knowledge So there's actually and now a revival of traditional knowledge because through this we're able again to to To plant more of our indigenous varieties and transfer the knowledge to the next generation So that they can continue to do that role of providing not only food security for indigenous peoples But also for others in society So and he'd over there what we're seeing in terms of what is a some of the solutions look like building? transformative wealth for rural communities They're creating creating jobs in the community restoring the planet and they're in an integrated supply chain where industry is benefiting Investors are benefiting providing specialty ingredients to the world So we're working toward these win-win-win solutions China I'm wondering in your work. Have you been really working around the world with indigenous peoples? What do solutions look like the inner with investors in business and indigenous peoples? Thanks, you know so I Will be honest. I think that as a foundation, you know, you have this incredible luxury and privilege of of choosing the ways that You make grants and I think to be honest a lot of our work was around resisting capitalism So trying to help communities Maintain traditions, but I think our early way that we looked at about that was like how do you keep things out? And I think one of the big lessons that we've learned because I think this is to be completely honest I think it's a struggle, right? I think that that What capitalism has done is it's created our role it's changed it's changed our relationship to one of consumer if we're gonna talk about reciprocity, it's acknowledging that it's a relationship of relationships, which is different than being a consumer and So I think you know for us. I think we're actually still learning about that. I think probably in our work the acknowledgement of the role that economies play has Is I think we're probably behind on how we think about that But I will share for me what was my biggest breakthrough as someone who naturally does not Think in terms in likes in an economic Frameworks for better or worse. So for me one of the biggest breakthroughs was there's a community a Series of Maya communities in Belize who have been fighting to regain their territory for an incredibly long time like 16 years and The state had been doing extraction on their land. So all of their energy have been focused on how do we get our territory back? How do we get our territory back? How do we get our territory back? So they won the legal battle They got their territory back and immediately the first question for them was well What do we do about an economy because if we don't think about an economy? We're gonna be put in the same vulnerable situation what we'll have to lease our land for extraction So for me, this was a really interesting you know discussion and But what they did was they were also saying that they didn't necessarily need to also Transition to capitalist values. So what they said is they reframed economy One as a governance issue. So how are we using economies as a way to better? Have relationships and stewardship of our land and the second thing is they redefined profit as what keeps our community together Which for me has been really helpful in the way of trying to think about These opportunities that we have in in redefining relationships and actually actually defining economies as a series of relationships We have a less than a minute left Lord this I'm just hoping you might share briefly Are there some high-level work that you see happening among the members the international funders for indigenous people around solutions? The intersection of money and meaning Sure I think I mean, I think I started it when when they were asking me how to introduce myself and and Hope was very much in my mind because I'm just coming from having held our own conference in Santa Fe a couple of week a couple of weeks ago going to then to Mexico City to the human rights funders conference and then to another event and I think all throughout and including our members at international funders for indigenous peoples What I see is a sort of a real kind of Rethinking of philanthropy And I hope also this audience here impact investors of really Working with local initiatives Initiatives and solutions that are coming from the bottom up rather than from the top down Because I think those particularly those solutions that are coming from the bottom up Do address a lot of what's on people's mind in terms of real social change and transformation Not only for us as philanthropists or impact investors, but more more so For those communities that are trying to really transform their communities and ensure that their rights are Respected across the board regardless of who they are interacting with with the local governments or impact investors so the net I International Funders for indigenous peoples as a global community does you know create this space for our members to come together and Have conversations about not only how do you do this through a grand-making vehicle of giving but also, you know really rethinking how they're doing it also through Their you know total portfolio through impact investing and other ways of supporting Initiatives like the right energy partnership Thank you. We need to wrap up I want to first finally thank SoCAP for really shining light on innovations and opportunities to invest together with indigenous peoples I really want to thank our speakers from coming great distances to really come and share with us a glimpse of their wisdom on this topic on their passions will have more opportunities to speak with our guests Tonight at 6 30 at the impact hub clubhouse. You're all invited to a reception there Friday There are more panels including one at 11 o'clock with our panelists where I really invite you to consider Diving deeper in the topics we've shared with you right now. Thank you


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