Hi, everyone. My name is Micah. I use they, them pronouns. I'm a poet and organizer based in Roslindale, ancestral lands of the Massachusetts and Pawtucket peoples. And I'm so grateful to share some time and space with you all and offer language into the way that I see arts building our futures every single day, every moment. This is a poem I just wrote titled Invocation to Together Breath after Arundhati Roy and M. Jackie Alexander. On a quiet day, I can hear another world breathing, another world not only possible, I feel it in the subarbeat, rhythming feet to the streets in the circle we carved together. Spirit, she answered the shapes we make for her. So let us free geometries of our liberation, across our cities and murals that chart tomorrow. Out of puzzle piece yesterdays, we are still reclaiming for each other. For our futures, I see us seeding every day in the community gardens, green spaces, our ancestral forums before we white house politics and ivory towers never built to build tomorrow for the people, our people, our power grow here, the grass we, we hear and we the blossom of our mothers, mothers, mothers roots in a water who know the way to thrive is public soup. Auntie Huling, brewing wellness for the block, the finest artist I don't see loved by any museum, but we've known our bodies are our own temples. And Lola, show me God is home. We hear her and every vibrato, the shimmering of a prayer's answer like rainbow. Thunderstorm teach me the blessing of a conflict cycles may not end better we get to change them. The bloom of mushrooms in summer dew, rot has never not been the beginning of a, of a resurrection. Rebirth themselves hums in our arms, the fabrics we weave the history we tell about our garments we hand down for the memories we photograph art synonymous to archival and earth revival. Let this be a poem and not a sacrifice. I yell phoenix and mean a life must never burn before a construct does. I yell dance and mean the present too precious to lose vision for meditated revolution. I yell moon and mean we are full on all 365 degrees of a year full here may we pour wholeness into each other breath by breath by. Thank you. And now I'd like to introduce Jay Cottle, Executive Director of Dynamics. Thank you so much for your words, Lanka. I'm going to sit with that for a while. We'd like to start with a land acknowledgement that comes to us from Adrian Wong of spider web show. She says, since our activities are shared digitally to the internet, let's also take a moment to consider the legacy of colonization embedded within the technology, structures and ways of thinking we use every day. We are using equipment and high speed internet not available in many indigenous communities. Even the technologies that are central to much of the art we make leave significant carbon footprint contributing to changing climates that disproportionately affect indigenous people worldwide. I invite you to join us in acknowledging all this as well as our shared responsibility to make good of this time and for each of us to consider our roles in reconciliation, decolonization and allyship. I'd like to welcome everyone to today's forum on behalf of the Create the Vote Coalition. The Create the Vote Boston Coalition is a network of arts and cultural leaders in Boston who work in collaboration and shared advocacy for a city where arts, culture and creativity are accessible to and representative of all residents. Boston is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic reckoning with systemic racism laid bare by the pandemic. With almost $560 million dollars in federal recovery funds coming to Boston and more engaged residents pressing for change, the next mayor will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to lead the reimagining of Boston. We know that arts and culture are key to the future of Boston, but if we do not elevate our issues and demonstrate our impact, candidates will not. With so many crucial decisions ahead, we need the next mayor of Boston who will develop policies, initiatives and programs that increase access to creative expression and cultural participation. That's why we are working to engage candidates running for mayor and Boston residents around arts and cultural issues, this election season and including today's mayoral forum. So on behalf of the Create the Vote Boston Coalition, we want to welcome the candidates and thank our co-host WBUR as well as our live streaming partner HALRA. I'm delighted to introduce Crystal Agüeta, WBUR Arts and Cultural Reporter, she will moderate the forum. Good afternoon. I am honored to be here. It's a pleasure and I admit that I was hoping that if I could do this again, it would be in person. But we will make do and we'll bring energy and we have about an hour and I think we'll cover everything that I know folks want to hear about in the arts and culture community. I have a few notes. Councillor Sabi George was invited to this forum but wasn't able to attend due to scheduling conflicts. Equally, Mayor Janie was scheduled to attend but informed us late last night that she had a city hall conflict. But both candidates sat down with the arts and culture leaders for a round table. So those conversations can be found at the Create the Vote Boston Coalition website. So I encourage everyone to go online and read those. For those that are watching through our live stream, live closed captions can be accessed using a link that I believe they're about to put in the chat. So welcome everybody. I think we'll begin with opening statements. Each candidate will be given three minutes and we'll start alphabetically. So, John, would you begin? Thank you, Christella. It is really a pleasure to be here with our creative community. I want to shout out Micah for the amazing inspirational poetic invocation. Big up to Jay Cottle. I have not heard of a land acknowledgement that is done by also acknowledging the colonization that is embedded in the technology that we use. So that was powerful. Just want to thank you for how you're hoping. And then, Christella, to you for your facilitation. This is not your first rodeo. So good to see you again in the box. And for all of the organizations and creatives that have come together to form Create the Vote Coalition. Create the Vote is an amazing effort that's been around for a while. So it's a pleasure to be here. John Barrows. I am born and raised in Roxbury to Cape Verdean parents from West Africa. And arts has been part of my culture and my upbringing from day one. In fact, the Cape Verde Islands, which are 10 islands off the coast of Senegal, is known best for our exports of the arts. The queen of the islands is Cesadia Evera. And if you haven't heard her music, if you haven't heard her vocals, you've got to check her out. She's called the barefoot diva. And she's bad. And that's exactly the inspiration of the restaurant that I and three other entrepreneurs opened up on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester to bring Cape Verdean music and culture to our city. We're such a large population, but we didn't have a platform. And that was super important for me. The first organizing effort as a young organizer in Roxbury was a mural. The mural was called Nubian Roots. And we created that mural to bring expression of cultural value and arts to our neighborhood. Cristela, the timer's gone. Is that me? My three minutes went. I actually let me confirm that. Yeah, it looks like it. I'm sorry about that, John. I think so. So as we understand when the timer's gone, your time is up. Oh, okay. Badly, that was quick. So excited to be here looking forward to the conversation. Next that we have a city councilor Campbell, please. Thank you. Although I'm like, I don't know if your time went, John. We might have to work on that clock. Absolutely. And first of all, Micah, thank you for creating just great energy in this remote digital space. It's really important. It's a tough time right now for many. So thank you. Thank you, Cristela, of course, for organizing and moderating this again, another forum. And thank you to all of the organizers for just creating not only this forum, but also another opportunity for us to have a more engaged conversation without timers. I really appreciate it. And I'm really excited to be here to specifically talk about the issues affecting this community. And we know it's a broad one that covers so many issues, not just, of course, arts and culture generally. And we know that means many different things, but also housing, education, our schools, economic opportunity, unemployment, you name it, there are so many things, of course, that this community is dealing with. So happy to talk about the issues. I'll tell folks, you know, I deeply love this city. I grew up here. I grew up in Roxbury in the south end. I actually at one point lived across on the piano factory, where I was recently talking about issues affecting this community. I'm a BPS kid. I went to five Boston public schools, including Latin school, and then went to Princeton University and UCLA for law school. Then I came home to Roxbury, where I started my career representing students in education cases. And I've also worked in state government as an attorney for Governor Deval Patrick. But I also talk about the flip side of growing up here and the fact that my twin brother did not graduate from a Boston public high school and reach his dreams and said he passed away while in the custody of a state prison when he was only 29 years old. And so everything I do as a public servant as a city counselor now as a candidate for mayor is always about looking at how do we make sure that this city provides everyone opportunity and equitable opportunity, regardless of their neighborhood, their industry, whether they're born here, native born, or they got here this morning. I was a poor girl growing up in Roxbury, a life torn apart by incarceration, and yet this city gave me everything. I currently represent Dorchester, Matapan, JP, and Rosendale. These are the neighborhoods that are often under resourced. And with respect to the arts community, we've done incredible things. I started the Matapan Jazz and Unity Festival when folks said, yeah, we'll think about doing it. I said, no, we're going to do it. I was done going downtown for live performance. I wanted it to happen right in Matapan. And so we know we have a lot more work to do to ensure every community has access to the arts and that we make it easier for folks to be able to create events in their community. I'm activating city own lots right now. And not just for housing purposes, but mixed development, including artist housing and hopefully retail space as well, that can be coupled with the housing to allow creative space. So I've been doing the work for a long time. I'm not merely a story, I'm all about the work. So really excited to answer your questions on the issues you care about the most. Thank you for having me.  So why have you do your opening statements again? And then we'll go into questions. I was going to speak up on behalf of our friend here too. He definitely didn't get us whole time. So we're right there with you, Chief. Thank you so much, Christella, Micah, Jay Cottle, Emily, all the organizers here. I've been looking forward to this for I'm so excited to get the chance to really dive in and lift up, immerse ourselves in the importance and the necessary foundation that arts and culture means for the city. It is something that I feel down to my core. I think in some ways it comes from my parents, who are immigrants and arrived in this country facing tremendous language barriers, but able to connect and transcend that through the arts. I remember finding the scores of some of my mom's pieces from when she sang with the Community Choir very pretty shortly after she arrived in the United States painstakingly transcribing the English words of 40 and best into Chinese on top of it. And I just got to play piano a little earlier today at a visit to a senior home. It is the way that I find my core. And I know that these are opportunities to connect with that deepest sense of self that we need to make available at the individual level for our young people in our schools, but also for our city and the ways that we relate to each other, especially coming out of this pandemic and healing after such a time of trauma and isolation and loss. To be totally honest, the calculus and the economic situation has changed as well. We know that cities all across the country are having to think about a new value proposition because these days when we will still continue to see remote work and you don't have to live where you work anymore and you can't just keep residents and businesses by having the companies and people being forced to come in to live near them. When you can choose to live anywhere you want, cities need to give people a reason why they can't miss out on being there in person. That is the essence of our arts, culture, restaurant scene. And I'm excited that we have always had this in Boston, but what we need to do a better job of is ensuring that the leadership to connect, invest in, create space for, and most of all, lift up as absolutely fundamental to our city in every possible way. So I'm excited to dig more into the plans around that, around housing, around facilities and education. And most of all, how the intersectionality of all this means that we should be infusing arts and culture and the artist's perspective into every single other policy issue that we are talking about for our city. So thank you so much for having us. Thank you so much. And John, please, your opening statements. And then I will move into the first topic. Thank you, Christella. Just wanted to, I'll pick up where I left off and won't take all three minutes because I took some already. And first, let me just shout out the tech team behind the scenes. This is amazing. The box is amazing. The accessibility here is fabulous. So thank you. But I did want to talk a little bit about, you know, after that first mural at the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, once I became executive director, I was proud to be part of the neighborhood revitalization effort that put arts at the center, foundational to how we create, strengthen communities. And I've been doing that work for very long time. As chief of economic development for the last seven years, I helped to advocate to increase the budget of the Boston Cultural Council, which provides grants to community based arts organizations. I helped to support the creation of the first percent of arts program, making sure that our arts programs have money is critical and something that I will do as mayor. I worked with the mayor's office to support local arts through the awards and fellowships program. And it is also critical that arts is part of our workforce. And so this is work that I've been doing, work that I'm excited to be doing, both in my personal life as a small business owner and as a city official, really excited for this conversation. Thank you for the time just to kind of spell that out a little bit. Looking forward to getting into it. Thank you so much. So there'll be four questions. We'll deal with four topics that are really meaningful to the community that have been brought up often. I think you all probably discussed it in the round table you had previously. It's been a hard year, especially for the arts and culture sector as a journalist who covers race and equity within arts and culture we've covered it. And more often than not, we'd hear artists talk about the amount of money that they've lost during the pandemic, six to eight months a year of income because everything shut down. So we'll begin with data from the Boston Foundation and Arts Boston that it's clear that Boston is a city where arts and culture is historically underfunded compared to other major metropolitan areas. Individual creatives living in Boston lost nearly $9 million in income and countless opportunities over the last year and a half. Solutions need to go beyond what's always been done. They need a nimble imagination. What are some unique ideas that you have to really bolster this sector and how will your administration accomplish them? Again, we'll go in alphabetical order. So John, I will open with you. Thank you, Christella. Yes, this is a super important conversation. I talked a little bit about some of the work I did in terms of increasing the budget for the Boston Arts Council, the creation of the percent of arts program as part of the administration. It is critical that we continue to see the arts not just as something nice and recreational, but the arts as part of how our economy grows. It's part of our economic competitiveness in Boston. When we think about a $25 billion revenue stream from tourism as a state, most of that is because of the arts and it's because of Boston's history. We can, in fact, reimagine our city and reignite our economy through the arts. That's why investment in the art is critical. That's why, as mayor, I'll propose a state program like the CPA, Community Preservation Act, that would tap on the real estate taxes in Boston to add a percentage that would pay for the arts. I think such a program would generate $25 to $35 million annually to invest in the arts. It is critical that we find ways like that because the arts is such an important part of who we are as a city and gives us our competitive edge. And then I will make sure that we fund up the cultural sector through the gaming revenue. Working with the state legislator advocating for a more consistent set aside for arts and culture is something that I think we can do. I'll continue to implement and invest the ambitious Boston Creates Plan and invest in all of the programming that's listed in that and then support cultural equity by making sure that we give equal weight to all kinds of cultural expressions as we raise this money and invest in Boston. Thank you so much. Councillor Campbell, please. Thank you for the question, but also sharing the data, because I think this is the community that has often been left out of the conversations, particularly when we're talking about essential workers. I mentioned the Piano Factory recently because I was at a meeting there talking to a whole host of artists who were talking about struggling. But at the same time they were struggling, they were creating space for folks to come together in the midst of a pandemic for healing to deal with mental health concerns and other concerns as well. So one, we need to start as a city of lifting up artists, and we know that includes many different types as essential workers and making sure, of course, our rental relief programs, unemployment benefits are available, but also make it easier to apply. Many are not W2 earners, right? They're independent contractors. It's very difficult to navigate these processes. All of that we can do in the immediate. The second piece is the budget itself at the City of Boston. I know this organization and many are pushing for 20 million or more at a minimum that we should do that, but I think it needs to be a lot more if we're talking about really making sure every community is a cultural district and a hub to be able to do incredible events. I live in Matapan and it's shocking to me how this community is left out of some of the place making conversations within the arts and culture community within the City of Boston. So we can do better in terms of investment and making sure every community is a part of it. The other pieces that are important are housing. I'm really proud that I started the vacant lot initiative and we're activating 30 lots right now that a city owned on Blugalab. We need to do more in terms of intentionality and creating artist housing, but couple it with a retail space so artists don't have to leave where they live to work. And of course, we know these artists and organizations create jobs. And then lastly, Boston Public Schools. Every child should have access to arts generally. I went to five BPS schools, all were excellent. And you think about the creative economy, we need to be creating pathways into these jobs and skills. All of that can happen while in school. Thank you, Councillor Campbell and Councillor Wu. Thank you. We have a city that is flowing with resources, flowing with talent and energy and creativity. And it often feels that the silos that are up mean that we are currently missing out on the whole being larger than some of our parts. And we're also missing out on the multiplicative effect of dollars that would be staying right in our communities building generational wealth. And so I'm committed to ensuring that from a pure dollars perspective that the city of Boston is upping our commitment through our local budget, through the capital budget of the city, as well as with this once in a generation federal funding that's coming for pandemic relief to ensure that that is connecting to the ways in which arts is a fundamental part of our stability of healing and creating community connection. I also want to make sure and in plans that I've put out that personnel is just as important as a form of policy. And we need to be hiring artists in the city of Boston, not only to be as artists in residence, which is extremely important to lift up our local talent and elevate that, but to hire full-time artists not for just one year at a time positions, but full-time within our departments to have arts and culture be guiding our planning conversations, for example, our outreach efforts, especially now when there's so much at stake and we need to move quickly on climate, housing, safety, health, justice. We need to reform the larger structures within our sphere. Boston is one of the few cities that is asking arts and culture organizations to give to us through pilot and I would push to ensure that we are reforming that to make investments and create open up access to all of our residents through those investments. And most of all, in the planning, in the spaces we are creating to ensure that arts is on the same plane as every other thing we're talking about, density, height, transportation, along with how we grow our city. Thank you so much. We're doing pretty well on time. Let's see, maybe we'll have more than four questions. I'm going to keep it within the financial realm. We're going to talk revenue. So you might have seen the create the vote 2021 Boston Coalition's policy platform sets a goal of $20 million of an annual allocation of city support for arts and culture by the end of your first term. What revenue mechanisms will you identify to reach and maintain this goal? Which I mean, I've heard some people say more money would probably be better, but I'm curious. Let's start with John. Yeah, Christelle, I kind of jumped the gun, right? So I talked about my revenue mechanism, which is a CPA, like sort of a state law. We've passed it the first time working with the state, and we can pass it again. And we can generate consistent revenue for the arts and culture. As I said in my first response, the arts and culture is incredibly important. And I think we can generate $25 to $35 million, but a small percent on our tax bill. I also think that we need to look at how we provide funding to artists. As mayor, I would explore a guaranteed minimum income for artists. It is important that we support arts in our city and career pathways for artists and do a better job, frankly, of auditing the kind of returns that we get on those investments. Artists are creating all types of indirect economic value in our city, and we don't do it justice enough. I think we can actually show, in fact, that because of arts organizations and because of everything from the performing arts, exhibitions, et cetera, that other businesses like restaurants, hospitality, tourism, as I said before, is in fact making money. So some kind of a percent on real estate taxes is where I would go to create the consistency in resources. Thank you, John. Councilor Campbell. So first is the budget line itself for this office. And I remember when I was fighting and working hard to create the Madapan Jazz and Unity Festival, just how difficult it was to navigate all of the institutions to get funding for that, and I was in the system and I found it challenging. And even navigating our arts and culture department, they wanted to help, but they had very limited resources. So I think the ask of this organization, this coalition, should be the minimum. I think we should explore even a higher number. I think it's also critically important that we begin to hire artists, but to strategically think about how we place folks with different backgrounds in various departments as we were planning and developing plans to respond to racial equity issues. And I'll give you an example. When I was establishing our Civic Engagement Summit, where we brought together 400 leaders from every demographic, including folks from the art community, we did it at the JFK library and the EMK Institute. And 400 leaders literally from every neighborhood in the city of Boston came together. I actually went through a design process. I had never really heard about arts and design and how you use these tools to create a more engaging event. What would it mean to actually have human capital like that in our departments being a part of how we do business in the city of Boston? So really thinking outside the box on design and what this community could bring to that work, particularly policy development. Pilot, we've been talking about it. Yes, especially the meds and the eds. They need to cough up more money. That is clear when you look at the business models. Some of our cultural institutions actually are struggling right now. Baltimore is giving more money to their cultural institutions in the city of Boston, which is quite tragic. So I do make the distinctions between a hospital business model and say a museum. So I think we have to be very intentional there. And then lastly, the private sector. We have industries, life sciences, biotech, so many industries, billion dollar industries, maybe even trillion dollar industries that we need to pull on as well to invest in an expansion of arts and culture in our schools and in our communities. Thank you so much. And thank you for everyone keeping to your time. I really appreciate that. And that counselor will. Thank you. We are well trained at this point with the mute button. This is a fundamental question that comes up not only to keep pace with other cities and what's happening around the country, but we are falling short of the potential in Boston to tap into all of the amazing talent to retain our artists to invest and see the multiplying of what we have here if we just watered the ground a little bit more. So I would ensure that through our city budget, we are reaching these numbers. And that is not just on the operation side, but on the capital budget side, too, in the facilities and the development of city infrastructure that must integrate and be incorporated with the arts. We also need to take a look at the city of Boston's budget, not department by department separated from each other, but to see arts and culture interwoven throughout and have a better mechanism to understand how we can make the most of those dollars. Of course, I echo the calls from chief on ensuring that development is that we're asking more and identifying this as a source going to the state for the advocacy that would be required to change the allocation of funds and to create that dedicated sustainable revenue source for arts and culture that is at the scale that we want. We will need the partnership and collaboration with state government with the city of Boston and the mayor as a key platform for that. And then I guess the biggest piece I want to emphasize is that Boston is a city where we are not short of resources, but the role of city government uniquely is to provide the vision so that there can be an alignment across all sectors for how all of our resources can move things in the same direction. And so that vision and urgency is central to all of it. Thank you so much. So we're going to move into housing, but not just housing, you know, studio space. I can't tell you how many times we've heard there's not enough just rehearsal space in Boston across the board. But then beyond that, every time at the artery we're reaching out to folks, especially post pandemic, people are moving. I mean, they're moving to Atlanta, they're moving to Austin, artists are just leaving the region for opportunities elsewhere. So the question is, how do we keep creatives in Boston? John? Crystal, a great question. I was proud to be co-chair of Imagine Boston 2030, which was the first comprehensive planning process in Boston in 65 years, where we laid out the high level principles and framework for how we move our city forward, engage 30,000 residents in the city to do that. Out of that, I helped to place in there that the city needs to have arts and arts innovation districts and then help fund them. And a big part of those districts need to be affordable living workspace for artists. Then I led the Uppams Corner Arts and Innovation District Implementation Plan, which is what the community asked for. The community was already there in a place making effort that would increase cultural and arts space, excuse me, on the first floor of buildings, and increase affordable housing, living workspace for artists above. We've pushed for that. There are RFPs on the street right now. They're picking a developer. We can do this in every neighborhood. We can make sure, in fact, that it's not just living, but it's also deed restricted small arts and cultural space at the base of our buildings, that artists live space should be coupled with workspace that is permanently affordable. And we can do it as Boston. We have a model in Uppams Corner. I'm super proud of having been able to create that opportunity there for precedence on how we build more long-term affordable space for our artists that is tied to how the neighborhoods grow and how our small businesses are supported. Thank you so much. Councillor Campbell. Thank you for the question. And this is one, of course, that we hear quite a bit, and particularly during the pandemic. So I'm really proud that my first piece of legislation on the council was the Community Preservation Act, which is generating close to 20 million dollars every single year, including for affordable housing. And I do think there's a way to be more intentional about artist housing. We often are for seniors or veterans, but I think based on what we hear on the council side during these hearings, we could be doing greater investments and more with greater intentionality for artist housing. The second piece, I keep bringing up the vacant lot initiative because I can't tell you how proud I am of this work in my team. For years, we were looking at vacant lots that were city-owned causing blight and public safety hazards in our communities and mainly in communities of color or low-income communities. And we said enough is enough. We actually joined Wentworth Institute and residents, we brought civic leaders together to create this event called Reclaiming Space, where we listened to residents and said, what do you want these lots to be? And now along Blue Hill Lab, there are 30 being activated, including some being explored, of course, for artist housing, studio space, workspace. But we can also be creative. In future development, I'm hearing seniors say they want to, for example, downsize out of their single-family homes and stay in the city. What does intergenerational housing look like? Bringing together seniors with artist communities, really being creative about the types of the communities we are bringing together, and then that senior housing gets freed up maybe for artists and their families. So I think the city just has to be more innovative and think outside the box. We also have to make it easier to apply for housing. The application process I hear, particularly for artists, is really difficult. Given the sources of income and how artists are paid, we can make that easier, streamlining these processes. And then lastly, anything else that would ask artists to stay, it's childcare, it's wages, it's creating a community that's more accessible and integrated. Naming the fact that we can do better when it comes to being anti-racist, healthcare benefits, all of that also has to be a part of the conversation too. Thank you. And Councillor Wu. Thank you, Crisela, for the question. Housing is health. Housing is economic stability. Housing is the foundation for so much else that we are pushing to repair and transform in this moment. And LiveWork space is on one of the first types of living arrangements. We've seen increasingly gentrified out as the city has been growing. The census numbers are a clear call to action. We know that as Boston as a city is seeing more and more residents, the number of Black Bostonians in our city is less now than 10 years ago. Our families are getting pushed out. Artists, especially BIPOC artists, are often the first in an area to stabilize a community, to create and build that community, and the first to experience the impacts of being pushed out. I've been really moved to get to visit Midway Studios, to spend time walking around a space that has created that possibility, and also that stability for so many artists in our community because of the efforts led by the community to ensure that this turned into a cooperatively owned building. That is the model that we should be supporting on the community side, ensuring that that stability comes through ownership and through cooperative models. The city also should be leveraging every bit of city-owned property, municipal buildings that we can integrate the redevelopment of housing, affordable housing, and LiveWork space on top of or in with, and to actively prioritize this in our planning processes. This is why we need artists at the table, not just about so-called arts issues and in a silo department, but really at the table thinking about how we grow and plan and set the rules for how we as a neighborhood and as a city will ensure that we're planning for the best possible future. Thank you so much. We'll move into the fourth topic. You've each mentioned this art as a priority for the city, art sort of as part of every aspect of the city's initiatives versus just sort of set aside. Can you all hear me? Yes? Fantastic. Okay. I'll start the question again. Artists often feel their role is treated as a commodity and not a necessity. But as we've seen with murals in Nubian Square, the audience is for virtual programming during a very difficult time where you're home and isolated. People sought art. This includes creative expression opportunities for youth. So what does the integration of creative youth development into your policy priorities look like? And I actually feel like I need to, I said a faux pas, I said post-pandemic, we're absolutely still in the middle of a pandemic. So what does it look like in your administration? Jon? Cristela, thank you very much. It is really important in fact that arts penetrates all aspects of city life, policymaking. In fact, when we recently launched the implementation efforts in Appamsquana to do an arts and innovation district, we had artists at the meetings. And summaries often of those meetings would be some kind of artist's interpretation of what they heard and trying to capture it all. Or we'd have them open the meeting. Arts can be and creatives can be at the table for all of these conversations. That's why in fact I've asked for or actually announced that as mayor that I will create a New York style, you know, artist core program where artists would be hired by the city using ARPA money to make sure that artists is part of all of the different departments of our city, whether it's the Boston Housing Authority or Youth and Center, Boston Families for Youth and Centers, economic development, all of us could use more artists in the work that we do. I've also talked about designing a new office of workforce development program for the creative industry. This is going to be based on a feasibility study that's now underway between MassArt and Emerson College. It is critical that we continue to look at how we create and strengthen careers and career pathways for artists in all of Boston. With that, I've announced that I would do a workforce incentive program that if a business that is not a cultural business hires an artist, let's say for live performance or something like that, that the city of Boston would underwrite some of that fee by providing some kind of workforce incentive and that would be a grant to that business. We need to create youth summer jobs and a track for arts and culture. We've already started looking at this and as mayor, I would implement it. I appreciate it, John, and I specifically want to hear answers around youth development. There have been grants where the age started around 14. So I've seen Boston do it. It is something that's happening, the opportunities for artists that are younger is occurring. So I'm just curious, you know, in the first 100 days how you're going to specifically focus on youth development. Councillor Campbell. Thank you for that question and specifically the youth piece. I started my career, my legal career representing students in education cases at a local nonprofit in Roxbury for free. So most of the families fell below the poverty line. And what I loved about this work, it was in the context, you know, representing students in special needs cases, school discipline cases, et cetera. And we found that some of the solutions to many of my cases were ensuring restorative justice, arts and culture practices, and that the schools that had these measures often saw less cases. And so it really is critical to think about how we make sure that this community is made a part of every policy decision. When we talk about our police response and I'm pushing for resources from the police department to be diverted to other efforts, it really is through arts and culture that we're seeing people really deal with mental health and trauma as a way to reduce violence. And so taking this background, my very first hearing on the city council as a chair of public safety was actually on youth development. I held a four hour hearing and I had so many organizations come and participate along with a lot of young residents who said, but for this organization, I'd be dead. But for this organization, I wouldn't have reached my full potential. And what they were shocked by is that the city of Boston did not have a specific line item to fund these organizations. So we started the youth development fund. Fast forward years later, that fund is over a million dollars. It's one of my proudest achievements. As mayor, I would put more millions into that. I'm often fighting the administration to put more resources there, critically important. The other piece I do want to lift up is my uncle was my dad, he works at Berkeley College of Music. And I didn't really understand the magnitude and scope of what the arts community could do in the city of Boston. It really is essential that every single department from public works to arts and culture department, every department have that lens and perspective at the table, because it really is about something bigger in terms of creating more resilient, accessible communities. Thank you so much. And councilor. Thank you. I've been involved with the Boston public schools for a decade now. First, raising my sister as my mom was struggling with mental illness as a legal guardian. And now with my own two boys in BPS, I've served on school site councils. I've been at more budget hearings with the Boston public schools than I can count. But at the end of the day, we are still treating arts education as something that is a luxury that we can have if a school's budget spills over enough. We need to have a foundation budget and we need to have a commitment for whole child education that includes ensuring as a baseline that every single young person has access to arts education and arts opportunities right in our school buildings. And that is the starting point. The next point is ensuring, as has already been mentioned, paid opportunities, internships, connections, a pathway into the creative economy, partnering with our institutions across the city, organizations at all scales. And we also need to make sure that these efforts, if they are truly going to hit community, if they're truly going to reach our young people, they should be designed and led by our young people. These ideas need to come from the Boston Student Advisory Council, which we need to support and make sure is fully resourced. They should come from young people at the table making decisions. That is how I have created my platforms, ensuring that those who are at the forefront are contributing the ideas. And so our arts plan already encapsulates a large piece of this because I've been proud to already be in coalition and in community. Thank you so much. We got throughout four questions and we'll start with closing statements. We'll do two and a half minutes for each person and John will actually, we'll go backwards. Councilor, we'll actually start with you then Councilor Campbell and then John will end with you. Thank you so much for organizing this and for giving us the chance to dive in. I know there's so much more that that was on the list. I wish you could have talked more about in terms of facilities and geographic access and really breaking down the barriers between different segments of our arts and culture community as well. The bottom line for me is that I am running for mayor to tackle the big challenges in Boston by bringing every voice into the conversation. We have everything we need in our city, the resources, the activism, the ideas. We just need to have political will that recognizes the urgency and intersectionality of our challenges. Boston is a city that is in crisis right now. Our housing crisis and displacement that families are facing, our transportation system, barely functional in many cases. Our ideas of how we connect with safety and health for every family are far from the reality on the ground. In this moment, as we are thinking about our future, the very same steps we need to take to tackle climate justice and racial and economic justice in fact are the steps that would bring about our brightest future and grab that opportunity in front of us. And so I'm pushing for a Boston where we are connecting our future to great jobs, to building generational wealth, to ensuring that Boston is resilient and equitable and vibrant. Arts and culture have to be at the center of that. We have been in this place before as a city, so many of the examples where our history and the milestones and markers that we celebrate in Boston were examples where Boston led the way and truly had an impact far beyond our borders. And so when it comes to being the arts and culture city, I'm so excited for Boston to once again lead the way to ensure that we are not creating, because it already exists, the community and the activism, but elevating and ensuring that this is a foundation for every other bit of advocacy and organizing that we're doing with city government as a platform for it all. So I very respectfully ask for your vote and more importantly ask for your partnership on making sure that we move as quickly as we can on these issues. Thank you. Councillor Campbell. Thank you, Christella, for doing another fabulous job. And thank you, of course, to all of the organizers. I know how busy folks are and we talk about this particular community and the data you shared. It's a tough time. We are still in this pandemic. People are still losing their jobs. People are still losing their lives to COVID. And so I really appreciate the intentionality of the organizers to come together as a community to create a space for us to have a pre-conversation and of course to create a space to have this forum. I talk about being an elected official and of course a candidate for mayor has always been about turning pain into purpose. You know, I talk about growing up in the city of Boston, poor and with very little a life really torn apart by incarceration and so many other challenges. And yet this is the city that gave me everything I would need not only to go up to a Princeton University, become a lawyer and come back here and serve my community, but to ensure that that girl went off into the world feeling confident, resilient and ready to fulfill my potential. And yet on the flip side, I share my twin brother Andre story all the time because he was my best friend and he did not have access to those same opportunities. And so for me, this work is very much personal. I firmly believe that everyone who is living the very issues we're talking about should be at the table and forming policy. I'm really proud that my policy on these issues including the questionnaire response was informed by folks who are doing the work currently who are struggling currently. That won't change going forward, but I often say I'm more than a story. I'm also about doing the work and I have a significant record of accomplishment on working with this community to get things done as a city counselor representing a district that is under-resourced, under-invested in. But yet we were able to do remarkable things, transform city-owned lots into spaces where art is happening, where we're literally lifting up the spirit and the talent of every resident in our district. That would continue as mayor. We are activating space for housing purposes for the artist community. We're absolutely, of course, working to expand that Youth Development Fund. We have done the work of improving our schools, particularly those in our district. And so going forward for me, it really is about ensuring that that leadership continues, that the investments are made, that we do it across every single department, and that we finally center this community in everything that we do. And I will tell you my relative and my dad would not have me have it any other way. So hope to earn your support on September 14th. Thank you, Councillor Campbell. And last but not least, John. Kristela, thank you very much. I want to thank the Create the Vote Coalition, all the artists that are on the call with us today, those who open, those who will close. The arts community in Boston is special, and I'm proud to be on this call. But I'm also proud of the work that I've done and what I have promised to do as mayor. I'm proud of the fact that as Chief Economic Development, worked with others to help increase the budget to the Boston Culture Council to create the first percent of the art program here in Boston, to support local artists through awards programs, grant programs, fellowships in Boston. I'm proud of the fact that we have the best arts high school in the Boston Arts Academy. I have led through action. I will put my track record up against any candidate in this race. I've gotten it done and will continue to get it done. And as mayor, I'm ready to lead and fund a new organization called the Boston Arts Development Agency with a $10 million fund to make sure that arts continues to be part of how we do the built environment in our city. It is critical that we help save arts organizations, cultural organizations, as Boston continues to grow. I worked very closely, most recently, with the artists at the Humphrey Studios right down the street from my home. And I'm proud that after calling publicly, writing an op-ed that many of us have succeeded, and ownership is working with those artists to make sure that those artists have a shot at buying that building. And right now they're pretty close to doing it. And I'm really proud of the efforts that we did to help organize that and make that happen. That's the kind of leadership that I will bring to this as mayor to make sure, in fact, that artists always have a place, a thriving place in our city, and that that thriving, the thriving spaces are equitably distributed to by-park artists, to those who typically don't find themselves in those opportunities. I will, in fact, as mayor, make arts a priority in solving all of the other issues in our city and helping Boston be a thriving city for all. Please check out my plan, which I'm super excited about, that was informed by artists. And I'm looking forward to continuing my conversation with artists on that plan and other ideas at Barrows4Mayor.com. And then I humbly ask you for your vote on September 14th as mayor of Boston. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. I think it's sort of known that we could have been here for another five hours or so discussing policy around arts and culture. But I'm thankful for the hour that we had, and I think we covered a lot of ground. I have a few final just notes and reminders for folks. So the preliminary mayoral election is Tuesday, September 14th. So mark your calendars and make your voting plan today so that you don't forget. When we show up at the polls, we can make a difference for more creative and just Boston. And I really believe that. The Create the Vote Coalition invites you to Creating Boston 2021, Celebrating Creative Joy and Community Engagement. It's going to be a live stream presentation of Boston artists voting information and information on each candidate's vision for arts and culture in Boston. HowlRound will once again broadcast the program. So bookmark their page and we'll see you next Thursday at 6pm. And September 9th, city space at 7pm WBUR, the Boston Globe UMass Boston School of Policy and Global Studies and WCVB will host a live debate between candidates for mayor of Boston.  You have a lot more of these. You can learn more and register to attend on WBUR city space site, which I think we'll probably put in the chat. And in closing, you know, on behalf of WBUR and the Create the Vote Boston Coalition, thank you for joining today's forum. And I want to thank the candidates who were able to attend John Barrow's, Councillor Campbell and Councillor Wu. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.


Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. This is another episode in my 30 minute meals This particular recipe will be from your fridge to your table in 30 minutes or less It is perfect for those busy weeknights weekends or just when you need a fast easy Delicious and most importantly on plan meal. So if you want to see what 30 minute meal I have in store for you today, then just keep watching For tonight's 30 minute meal We are going to make Mongolian beef and then we're just going to pair this with a side of some steamed broccoli I can't wait for this. It sounds amazing. It's one of my favorite dishes to get in a restaurant So we're going to recreate it ww style in less than 30 minutes So here's what you're going to need for tonight's dinner first. You'll need some minced garlic Brown sugar alternative of your choice I really like the sucre and gold a lot of you have asked me where I purchased this I like this because it's all natural and I purchased this off of netrition I will link the link to netrition down in the description box below You'll also need water soy sauce. I'm just using coconut Aminos Fresh ginger you can use ginger paste or fresh grated ginger green onions Steak, I'm going to do petite sirloin. It's one of the lower point steaks I like it because there's not a lot of fat cut off and it's delicious and some corn starch And we're actually going to serve our Mongolian beef in butter lettuce cups So this is actually a really low point dinner and it's going to be delicious So let's get started the first thing we need to do to get started is I'm going to go ahead and slice up some Green onions here four or five of those and then I'm going to slice my petite sirloin against the grain I'm going to remove all of the visible fat as well So I'll get everything chopped up and then we'll get started cooking So the first step is to cook our garlic and ginger until fragrant So I am going to add just a little bit of cooking spray to the bottom just so everything doesn't stick I have a little bit of garlic here. I have about two tablespoons or so of minced garlic and then I'm also going to add one tablespoon of my fresh ginger to that or ginger paste And I'm just going to let this cook down until it is becoming fragrant while our garlic and ginger is getting nice and fragrant I've put my steak here in a large Ziploc bag I'm going to add in one quarter cup of corn starch And I'm just going to shake my bag until all of my steak pieces are Coated in the corn starch and we'll get it cooking in a pan after your garlic and ginger are good to go We are going to be adding in one half of a cup of water We're also going to be adding in one half of a cup of our sucran gold And lastly we're going to add three quarters of a cup of soy sauce or in my case coconut Aminos we're going to stir this together and we're going to put this on a medium-high heat and allow it to reduce down and Thicken for the steak. I did spray my skillet here with some non-stick cooking spray Gave it a chance to kind of warm up Here is my steak pieces that I kind of covered in the cornstarch And I'm just going to add those to the skillet here And we're going to give them a chance to get nice and cooked through nice and brown Crispy and it would help greatly if I actually opened the Ziploc bag. Let's try that again Okay, so there we go. We'll add our steak pieces and again We're just going to allow them to cook through get nice and crispy while our sauce is reducing So there is our steak pieces and then our sauce is coming along nicely We're going to bring this to a boil reduce the heat a little bit and allow it to thicken Our steak looks so good. Look at that crisp. Listen to that sizzle So it is just about done our sauce is reducing really well We're going to let this continue to just kind of simmer and reduce while our steak finishes cooking And then we're going to combine it all together and we're done you guys it is that Simple of a dinner our steak is done. I'm going to add in some green onions Now i'm not going to use them all i'm going to save some as a garnish And then we're also going to add in our sauce. Oh my gosh, you guys Yum look at this so we're going to go ahead and add in our sauce and we're just going to let it Cook and simmer down just a little bit longer Look in yum. So here is our mongolian beef. You guys look at this It smells outstanding. It looks delicious So what I have here is a four butter lettuce leaves that I washed and dried We have our leftover green onions for garnishment So i'm going to actually divide this into eight servings enough for four lettuce wraps for myself And four lettuce wraps for my husband So let me put together my little lettuce wraps add my broccoli and i'll show you my dinner and give you the smart points And by the way, it's been 22 minutes. So here is my completed dinner I know it's not the prettiest plate in the world, but I tried the mongolian beef you guys It's amazing. It has the perfect taste the perfect texture So excited so what I have here is four butter lettuce leaves into each leaf I added one eighth of the mongolian beef sprinkled it with some sesame seeds and green onion. So I made four mongolian beef lettuce wraps And then all I have here is some broccoli with some spray butter and some salt and pepper So for one eighth of the mongolian beef is only four smart points So this entire plate is four smart points You're getting beef and you're getting in a ton of vegetables and it tastes amazing 27 minutes and dinner is served. Thank you for joining me on another episode in my ww 30 minute meal series I hope you enjoyed this mongolian beef recipe. It was amazing So incredibly good like so good We will definitely be making this again and in fact my husband had seconds which does not happen very often So happy to hear that he enjoyed it as well. So it is a thumbs up in the husband department So if you're new to my channel, I'd like to extend a huge warm welcome Make sure you hit that little red subscribe button and that bell that way you'll be notified every time I upload a new video So you don't miss a single one. I would appreciate a thumbs up on this one and comment down below Let me know are you guys going to try out this mongolian beef recipe? You won't be disappointed. It was delicious and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye


Miguel Angel, ¿Tú estás? Oh, yeah, sí, sí. Ah, muy bien. Emily. So we're, okay.  Está bien, Miguel Angel. Okay. Okay. Emily, if you want to, if we're able to do this, I hope, the pictures are very powerful. So as Emily is getting up a short, oh, it's not Emily, it's me. Okay. Okay. Okay. Emily, can I share? Okay. Boy. I didn't see that coming. Okay. Hold on just a second, people. Thank you. Okay. I'm going to do this. It really is worth it. I'm going to go like this. Oh my goodness gracious. Okay. I think, no, this isn't it. Hey, John. Oh, can, can you all see sort of? Can Frank, can you see the picture? I see sales, sales team. Darn. Okay. That's in 207. Click to call. New share. Okay. I got it. I'm a high school teacher. I've been doing this for a year. You got this. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So. So at the top of the hour hours ago, I mentioned I'm with witness for peace Southwest and I want to give a shout out to Gail Ferris who I hope was with us for a little bit. She was the founder in 1982, one of the first Latin America solidarity organizations and Miguel Angel. Um, uh, you will hear, um, is we work with him. He's an organized, he's we're helping him coordinate. Uh, Miguel Angel was a Honduran student organizer with the Libre party in opposition to the U S backed coup against president Manuel Zelaya in 2009. Miguel was forced to flee desk squads in his country three years ago, led one of the caravans to the U S border. The caravan number two and lived in a U S detention center for nine long months. As a matter of fact, three different detention centers. He is, uh, coordinating with us, witness or peace Southwest. I want to tell you, we have a couple of tough photos, um, that he has submitted for the record. Um, and what we want to come out of this, and he will mention it, but I just want to put it at the top of his talk is that, um, there are elections in November in Honduras and anyone on this call right now, we are looking to work with all of the people who do this, but to get a delegation. Um, we hope to be election observers, um, down in November. That is his passion right now to make this happen. Miguel Angel. Tu hablas y otra usco. Okay. Okay. Mi nombre es Miguel Angel. Tengo 25 años de la soy un asilado político aquí en este país. My name is Miguel Angel. I'm 25 years old and I am a political exile here in this country. Soy un joven desplazado por la política de Estados Unidos en Honduras. I am, um, a young person who is displaced by the politics of the United States. Desde el dos, cuando yo tenía 13 años empecé mi activismo por las injusticias que vivía el país. Since I was 13, since I've been 13 years old, I've done activism for the injustices in my country. Me metí en todo esto porque Honduras nunca, desde que he estado pequeño, no ha sido ni libre, ni soberano, no independiente. I've been this way because my country, Honduras, since I was a little kid, has never been free, has never been sovereign, have never been independent. Ya que mi país ha sido golpeado muy duro durante décadas sometidos primero por los españoles y después por la intervención de Estados Unidos en Honduras, ya que ellos ponen y quitan presidente. Um, we have had coups and overthrows and control ever since the Spanish, but then after that by the United States that keeps bringing people in and out of power in my country. You, Miguel Angel, tú, tú ves las fotos? Sí. Okay, bye pues. En Honduras tuvimos un presidente que se llamó Manuel Celaya Rosales, que en el 2005, 2004, 2006, el prometió que si llegaba a la presidencia, él iba a ir a ayudar a la gente pobre y iba a ser un presidente para los pobres. Okay. Thank you. And so we had a president, Manuel Celaya, who, um, from 2004, 2005, he came into, he was elected president and he promised to be a president for the poor people. Cuando él ingresó a la contienda con un partido de derecha llamado el Partido Liberal, él fue el candidato. Uh, he was a candidate with the liberal party. Él llegó a la presidencia porque la gente lo apoyó porque prometió muchas cosas en el 2006. So in 2006, he promised a lot of things and the people voted for him and he came to power. Cuando él fue presidente, él ayudó y dio todo lo que él prometió ayudar a la gente pobre, darle caza a la gente pobre, darle semillas a los campesinos para que sembraran. Okay. And so when he was president, he actually followed through with all of his campaign promises, giving housing to the poor, seeds for the farmers. Qué más políticas. Él hizo muchas, muchas cosas que la embajada americana y la empresa privada con los ricos le dieron un golpe de Estado. Y mencionas más de la, de las políticas que él hizo también. Ya. Su política, su política era más medicina, más libros, no armas, no violencia. No arms, more medicine. Um, um, help for single women, madres solteras. Las madres solteras. So one of his policies was to help single women with money to help their children.  And. So one of his policies was to help single women with money to help their children.  And. El fue el mejor presidente de Honduras. Por eso le dieron un golpe de Estado porque a los ricos no le gusta que un presidente. Que tenga un puesto tan grande le de comida a los pobres que pongan comida en el plato del pobre. Yeah. So, um, he was the best president we've ever had, but the wealthy don't like that the someone in such a position of power gives a plate of food to the poor. In 2009, they gave him a golpe de Estado, lo cual el tuvo que irse a refugiarse a la embajada de Brasil. And so in 2009, um, there was a coup d'etat. Against him and he had to flee into the Brazilian embassy. Después de eso, él se fue para un país de República Dominicana para. Uír de la persecución que le estaban dando los mismos compañeros y la élite en Honduras. And afterwards he had to flee to the Dominican Republic because of the persecution. El relesón on duras en el dos mil. He returned in 2011 to found a new political party in Honduras called the Libre Party. And he returned in 2011 to found a new political party in Honduras called the Libre Party.  So in 2012 they won elections. In 2017 they won elections and they were fraudulently taken away because we're not allowed to win elections. Y todo eso las elecciones que se han robado quitan el sistema para el sistema hackean el sistema para que todos los números ellos los están fabricando de sus propias computadoras pero no es la voluntad del pueblo. I just want to say quickly we are not allowed to talk about fraudulent elections in this country. In Honduras they had a blackout, they stopped the counting for several days and we didn't know for 12 days who was the president in 2017 and that doesn't happen in our country. It was fraudulent. Okay, so I'm trying to get all this. And so we leave our country in mourning and there are many mothers killed, many children killed, many young people and we have many people in the young people especially who have had to flee in all parts of the country in different countries even. Estados Unidos siempre envía mucho dinero en Honduras pero todo ese dinero que envía solo llegan a las carteras de los ricos y también a que el gobierno con las fuerzas armadas a financiar las fuerzas armadas para darles armas equiparlos para qué para que maten al pueblo. A como Bertha Cáceres, periodistas buenos, estudiantes buenos una persecución y Estados Unidos. So a lot of American money comes down to Honduras, a lot of money but it all goes to the rich, it all goes to the military, it all goes to buy arms and kill good people like Bertha Cáceres and harm students like us. Una ideología de Escuadrones de la Muerte que se el 316 en Honduras y esos militares fueron entrenados en las Escuelas de las Américas en York. So they come with death squads with a mentality the 316 which is a death squad in my country. All these people are trained by school of the Americas. El 99% de los derechos humanos me estuvieron ayudando para que no me asesinaran ya que Escuadrones de la Muerte cerca de arrebatarme mi vida y yo soy una de las pocas personas que pudo salir del país y contarnos lo que viví y los que mis compañeros siguen viviendo en Honduras. So this is what I was living and I was a lead student organizer in the country. I was very well known and then I became a target also and so I had to leave and 99%. This is I'm just going to show we do this presentation together often and I just want to say this we we offer this a longer presentation to he and I could do this together or anyone who can translate but he has a longer presentation to this is a picture of young people being taken out and so this is what Miguel Angel knew that he was facing and he had to flee in his own country. He lived for one year hiding from the death squads and 99% of the human rights workers in Honduras were were helping him to hide him and eventually get him out of the country. Ya en el 2018 tuve que salir en una caravana y huir desplazado de nuestros países por una política que viene desde aquí desde Estados Unidos un neoliberalismo que está asesinando el mundo con su ideología de guerra de armas querer contra controlar el mundo y nosotros pagando las consecuencias de una guerra fría que nosotros como pueblo no tenemos culpa solo por beneficios de los ricos y arrastrando eso desde la guerra fría que hoy en día la guerra fría sigue en el mundo y lo estamos viendo con el ejemplo de Mercella de Rosales.  Cuando llegué a Tijuana con las caravans cuando vendían caravanas con muchas personas de organizaciones y estudiantes de este país y de México pudo abrir un albergue en Tijuana antes de entregarme a detención. And so I just want to say is he was about 22 at the time he led the second caravan like I said it had about 2000 people there was no one to lead it and he just took charge and when he got to the border of Tijuana he says many Mexican organizations US organizations this is when we met him my friend and comrade Tanya Harding hardly met him and he was able to open up a shelter for all of the people and a kitchen and everything. Fue muy doloroso ver tantas personas llorar triste dejando su país cuando no queremos abandonar el país pero por la persecución que en día tenían Honduras tuve que salir me entregue a detención y cuando yo... Mira voy a traer esa parte he says it's so sad to see so many people didn't want to leave their country but they had to they were forced to by very you know violence or poverty and so then I turned myself into the authorities I went into detention, ahora detención Ya que en Honduras no los estamos enfrentando contra un partido político sino contra un narco estado que está 100% con prueba de que vivimos en un país donde narcotráfico es el que reina en Honduras Ya, so he's talking about we live under a narco dictatorship right now this is Juan Orlando Hernandez they say fuera jo, get out jo and that's what we're living under right now Ya y... Entonces que tu, que estas haciendo? Fuera cuando yo salgo de detención que estuve como 9 meses preso por algo que no tenían delito entrar sin papeles y me vinieron a meter preso pero ahora lo que hago es hablar con muchos congresistas para que apoyen la ley Berta Cáceres para que le quiten la ayuda militarmente a Honduras ya que Honduras no es un país democrático and so I was 9 months in 3 different detention centers he has a whole story of that very brave young man he sued ICE Milan has sued ICE because he was supposed to get parole and he was never given parole so he sued them and he now has political asylum he's a grantee which isn't done so what he does now is he goes around to different congressional offices and we are asking anyone on the call here he's willing to speak to show up virtually of course and this is him you can't see him now but this is him and this is us and Net Bergen's anyone in the harbor area we have our representative here so this is his mission for this year especially before the November elections Ya and pues lo que estamos viendo ahorita es la embajadora Heidi Fulton que cuando ella estaba en el 2017 ella fue a cuando estaban contando los votos en las transmisiones y todo eso cuando ella no tenía nada que hacer en ese lugar y ella estaba dando validez al fraude Honduras so she will take her off but ya, she in 2017 she was the ambassador to Honduras and when they were doing counting of the election she was kind of all over it and he says she had nothing to do with being down there she's like she shouldn't have been in anybody's business and what she was doing was giving credence to the fraudulent elections y ahora la delegación amor en noviembre van a ver elecciones generales para cambiar de presidente pero nosotros somos en Honduras ya que están publicizados los poderes del estado y no contamos con el apoyo de este país está en contra de los del pueblo ellos quieren seguir haciendo las cosas malas que hacen todos los países necesitamos que una delegación vaya a Honduras en noviembre para que estén denunciando lo que pasa en Honduras y que ven con sus ojos lo que hace el dinero de ustedes los militares que financia el gobierno ya, so this country the United States is not in support of you know what's best for my country and so we really really need election observers down there because you help make us safe and you know we need to put pressure and I'm just saying this there's two if anyone could put in the chat I can have maybe the links to the two there are two acts right now one in the house and one in the senate one is the Bertha Cáceres act and that is active right now in the house it's been there for a couple years but they re kind of activated it and also there's the Honduras anti-corruption senate bill and that was just introduced by Ed Markley so you know his name is well known known now so we're looking for a citizen delegation but you know anyone who's maybe a staffer or even an elected person to go down in November and let's all work together for that Miguel Angel thank you very much and we know that something very important is coming from your talk today because we have a lot of people aware of this call and we're going to help the world and your country thank you so I just said that we're in solidarity with him and there we go got that? Thank you very much


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I make myself at home because I am at home But and make sure you subscribe to the channel if you knew here subscribe if you old here Make sure you stay subscribed and turn the notifications on too now oh And leave a like on the video too. I forget about that. He does get a little aggressive around that jersey Let me get caught up in the comment section real quick man. Let me get caught up real quick He said, oh, oh, this is before I even started Okay. Oh, okay. Oh people were in here already. Okay, man. I appreciate y'all There were people in here before we even officially went live that I appreciate that a lot man. Thank you everybody That's here. Let me just say what's up to everybody Christian Megatron JD Christian Richter j-money Uh ski mixes TJ 305 Jane Shepard Who else Brad Baker and my boy Mike Hutchinson and everybody else that comes through to we appreciate it now? On to what we were talking about or what we came to talk about. What's up smush face? You coming that you coming out already You want to get down? Don't show up for the camera.  Anyway, um Jake Cutler is set to make his debut again to us But the Ravens um not too bad. This ain't a regular season game But we do play them in a regular season. So we'll get to see we'll get to see him in action soon enough but Now with this being his debut, I don't know officially how long he's gonna play but I would expect him to play I'd say about a quarter Or you know what? No, I don't think a quarter. I say about Maybe like four or five series. They're gonna give him see how he is a little bit give him a little practice Cuz he's he may not be in football shape. I know he had joked around saying. Oh, I'm a quarterback I don't have to be in shape. You said something like that and um We'll see how he does though, man He did buy his number six jersey from the guy.  I can't think of the YouTube I can't think of the player right now You want to get down Come on son Look at I'm trying to show out for the camera. I don't show out too much.  Oh, you got nervous. All right, come on Oh There you go. You're free.  I mean he's been playing for a long time But and he only took what it was like a it ain't been that long of a break He ain't been retired for that long But so I don't think it's going to take much for him to get back into the shape Get back into the groove of football, but this is his first step.  Um, how do I think he's going to do j cutler?  I think he will throw a pick, but you know, I think a pick will be good for him because The same black guy was number six in Miami. I don't know his name Um, but I think he will throw a pick, but I think it'll be good for him Just so he can get it out of his system so he can be like, okay It's over with now all the blows can stop talking about it. I did it. So what? I think what I think what the dolphins need j cutler to do um Because a lot of people when you think about j cutler, you don't think of success You don't think about all this guys can be is going to be great. You think about the bad stuff So I think oh, I remember Ray Lucas. That was a long time ago But I I feel like j cutler needs to I think he needs to be a little cocky I think he needs to be a little cocky I think and when I say cocky, I don't mean arrogant or nothing But I think he just needs to be like y'all chill. I got this I think he needs to have that mentality in his mind And he needs to go out there and play like it if he throws a pick I need him to go back to the bench and be like so what we got it still don't worry about it I got you if he's talking to Jarvis Landry and talking to uh uh Devonte Parker And talking to talking to uh Kenny steels if he's talking to any of these receivers talking to What's the tight ends name who played for the Broncos Julius Thomas If he's talking to any of these guys j or jai if he's talking to his teammates and they mess up on the plate I need j color to be like, hey, I don't care. I messed up. We messed up, but we still got it So y'all just go out there and do your thing. I don't want to see him on the sideline crying like a baby I don't want to see him on with an attitude or anything like that But I just what I want to see from him or what dolphins fans should want to see from him I don't want to see it because he's facing my ravens even though it is pre-season I I want him to throw the ball a lot I want him to throw the ball a lot because I want to see our secondary Even though it's going to be a lot of backups and I want to see our pass rush Even though it's going to be a lot of backups. I don't care. I want to see our guys and I want to see him too I want to see him too If j cutler can get his deep ball on point if he can get protection If the dolphins offensive line can actually block form then they got a chance for some stuff now They got a chance for some stuff But dolphins their offensive line ain't known to be the best So we'll see Oh, he said when you when you at the bottom the only way is up TJ 305, I think like $20, $25 something like that. I forgot the south going to hold it down. We'll see man We'll see But I still and again, it's not hitting anything so nobody taking the wrong way But I don't see the dolphins getting back to the playoffs this year if they had tannahill Mmm I still don't really see it even though dolphins last year boy, they they improve man adam gates got something going And you know what I I can't doubt them I just don't think there's going to be room for them in the playoffs this year But those I think they'll be close. I think they'll be close in it. I just don't see them getting there Um, they are a team that they got a lot to look forward to Um, my uncle man, I hope my uncle sees this video my uncle calls.  We'll see what they do They had a negative point differential at 10 and six. That's not good 14 with a winning record.  Wow. This is an important game for the ravens backup players because of all the injuries Yeah, that's true. I mean every every game is important for ravens players because Next man up has become Just a focal point of that team because everybody's getting hurt Um, but anyway, where do I get all these jerks? The link is in the description. Jamie. Who's my favorite dolphins player? Hmm that is a tough one favorite dolphins player Hmm I don't have one.  Oh now you're looking at the camera now. You're jumping through his crib Um, yeah, I don't I don't have a favorite dolphins player. I don't know Good question though, man. Appreciate that You stomped me Jets 0 and 16. I don't know man Uh, do you think Baltimore playoff? I do I do if Yeah, you in the crib now you got back up there.  Why are you going up there if you want to get down? Yeah, no, you're stuck. Come on Don't say jay cutler caught a tackle better than the packers. Oh, I wish kdg was still in here. Um Yes, I mean, we'll see how he does man I think this this is more of a game to shake the cobwebs off to get the dust off of them And just to get him like okay, and it would for him to take a real hit from another nfl Play i'm sure they don't want him to get hit because he is their quarterback But I think this is where he comes in And just shakes off the cobweb so he can get back in the game. What's up fire boss? um What's going on td christian are the chiefs of playoff team? I think they can be I think they have more of an opportunity It may not be this year though It may not be this year, but we'll see what my home does I think they have a better shot at the unknown with my homes Then they do with alex smith the reason I say that and I said it a lot of times before With alex smith, you know exactly what you're going to get. It's not going to change He can get you he can help you get to the playoffs because he's not going to turn the ball over much He's really not and the defense if they continue to play how they play They'll be fine Well alex smith is not going to turn over the ball that much and he's going to score a few points here and there but You need a quarterback that can make things happen alex smith is not that guy He's not There's a cap on alex smith Whoa, why are you yelling at me? But there's a cap on alex smith's success man Yes, he is a nine and seven kind of guy. He's not he's not a playoff quarterback, man He's not a playoff quarterback Some guys show up in the in the regular season and put up all the fancy beautiful numbers Paying many Some guys only show up in the playoffs joe fleckle And they some guys put up nasty numbers during the regular season and only show up in the playoffs That's fleckle some guys put up these beautiful numbers during the regular season But don't really do anything in the playoffs. That's paid many and now alex smith he He just so so to me man He's so so I think the chiefs have such such a better chance of put if of winning or doing something if they put in my homes I just feel like they're not going to yet, but I feel like they should man. They have to alex smith is not the guy man He's not the guy He's not it Will I play madden 18? What kind of question is that? Of course Carter get down.  You're lucky Uh, but but my homes with my homes you got such a better you got such a better. Um What do you mean my homes ain't ready you in the NFL you got to be ready man You don't get drafted to just sit there Madden is coming out. Uh, I believe thursday The the ea access is coming out thursday. I know you're okay Uh, Carter is two Uh, who do you think went in people? I don't know about that one. That's a tough question Ravens got a serious chance to make the playoffs they do they just need some offense. They need some offense I think my home is going to be amazing in a couple years Let's see. So radius went into division over kansas city in denver that division is tight. Don't forget charges too now Don't forget charges. They may have moved stadiums and whatever But they steal the charges charges like to compete. Um, they haven't been getting hurt left and right though, man I feel for It's it's a madden demo free. It's not free. You have to have a subscription to ea access It's 30 dollars a year or it's like I think six dollars a month something like that. I forgot how much it is um Would you say rate is a guarantee doing a division on that at all If broncos can get some good qb play, they'll be right there in things too Because you know that broncos defense is going to be great um And if they can get some good quarterback play, they'll be right in the thick of things too They'll be right there so Broncos if chiefs change it to out change alex smith and let alex smith let alex smith sit on a bench Am I excited to play madden?  I don't even know if i'm going to even edit them and not And put them up Come kind of lazy. I just don't feel like it. Ravens. We have the number one defense this year christopher scott. I love that I would love that. Who was y'all first round? Ravens or dolphins? Who are we talking about dolphins? I don't know who that first round draft was. I can't even think of it Uh, ravens was a cornerback though. AFC conference getting tough. Yeah yeah Yeah That's true What team do I play with in madden? A regular team I play with ravens, but I'm gonna mess with everybody this year. I'm uh I'm gonna do that with everybody. Only difference in madden 18 is that fleco has his own voice Or he does I don't know Do you think seahawks are super vocal? Yeah seahawks, man Seahawks been pretty successful for a while now man ever since uh russia wilson and company They've been successful every year every year Have they even missed they haven't missed the playoffs since russia wilson been there, right? I don't think so Ravens gonna have to draft the quarterback next year if we want to have a chance to stay in the powerhouse team I think so I would have no problem with that at all Even if they took one in the first round and they start some whole cuban controversy. I would not have no problem with that at all or it's Only if fleco does what regular fleco does this year In the regular season If we get to the playoffs and fleco makes some noise Then it will be harder, but If fleco does is what he's been doing the past couple years then Yeah, draft the quarterback in the first round start all the controversy bring it on bring it all on Uh, no, I'm not a dolphin fan. I'm a raven's fan. Wait, how many games of zeke getting madden? Well, he's gonna have a lot of time to play now if you're going to be suspended six games But now he probably won't be suspended six games anyway. We're not a house powerhouse team now That's true. I don't watch too many people online, but I tune in every single day Be a real supporter. Hey, I appreciate that style. Thank you, man. Appreciate that a lot, man They didn't reskins will be better this year I'd like to rail prior, man I think to rail prior is going to make a huge difference on that team Because I think people uh People will sleep on them in free ages. They will like to rail prior. No, maybe he's the one one hit one That used to be a quarterback. He played for for the raiders and um What did he play for the buck eyes too, right in college?  I want to be your friend. I would Oh, no, you don't have to do all that. You can just send me a message on xbox. You ain't got to do all that, though If we start a controversy flack over get better. He always rises to the or hope so Hope so The jags the jags rookie three. Oh three years in a row been hurt. Why defense jersey because we talking about the dolphins I try I like to have on a jersey or whatever team we talking about at the moment Just because I waited just because I wear the jersey don't mean I'm a fan of the team I'm just a fan of football though. So I guess I'm a fan of every team I don't know. Let me not say that because somebody going to take it the wrong way because a lot of people do I just enjoy football And a jersey a jersey to me is just a shirt. That's it. It's just a shirt Oh mark number one ps4 Right now. No, um I used to I took it the wrong way See, I appreciate people like matt Appreciate people like maddy camacho because he came out and said he took it the wrong way And he laughed about it. He ain't get mad. He ain't get angry. He ain't get rude. None of that stuff He laughed about it. And that was it. I appreciate people like that. Thank you, man. Thank you maddy Tested my game of tag is engraving. So the youtube channel without the vids so angra ven Do you think the jags will be for real this time? Not yet Uh, what part of maryland pg county? Why he's trying to uh, I don't know mech I don't know mech Yeah, I don't live in maryland anymore though. I don't live there anymore um Yeah for ps4 mark Not right now, uh Maybe in the future. Maybe I just I gotta get some things right first. I gotta have some consistency Um, it's tough. Do I play ultimate team? I played a lot of ultimate team this year more than I thought I would ever play You from howl county. That's what's up, man Smackdown is on. Okay. Well, I'm about to uh We got who are we talking about next eagles e a g l e s eagles Anyway, appreciate y'all coming through. Thank you We are getting ready to talk about the eagles next So if y'all want to stick around hang around on the channel Um, oh see look at that christopher scott is on it. That's what we're getting ready to talk about What's the difference between the the box and the ps4? Uh ps4 controller is better. Um, I feel like it Does it last longer? I don't know because my my original xbox one controller is starting to go the buttons are like They just started to be messed up now. So now I got to use the controller with the battery. Um Yeah ps4 the ps4 the single player games are better Uh Uncharted you don't even have to say anymore after that You know xbox one game and I know this ain't about dolphins right now And I was just about to get off But no xbox one single player game Can touch unchartered and please let me know if you can think of one I'm why I will patiently wait here for a long time Please let me know if you can know no xbox one single player game can touch unchartered Or last of us too last of us that game was fire, man. That game was crazy crazy but I don't I don't see I don't see anybody any xbox one game touching unchartered but anyway, um I'm gonna go ahead and get off of here for real xbox one fans are about to pull out halo But that's a multiplayer game I mean, well, I know unchartered and uh Last of us can be multiplayer, but I mean like based around a single player story mode or whatever Tomb Raider Tomb Raider is better than unchartered Whoa Until dawn was a good game to never play that one battle battlefield Yeah, are you gonna stream right? Yeah, I'm gonna stream right after this one is cheap. All right y'all appreciate y'all Thank you again If you knew him make sure you subscribe to the youtube channel If you old hit make sure you stay subscribed to the youtube channel and leave a like on a video turn the notifications on The notification button is the bell right next to the subscription button. So I appreciate y'all watching. I will see you guys Very very soon in the very next stream. We're gonna stream in about two minutes I apologize last time I said two to three minutes about this stream But Carter decided he said dad you were in a Steelers jersey and I felt some type of way about it So he took a dump. So I had to change his diaper. So that was that anyway Appreciate y'all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I will see y'all in a couple minutes. We out