On the message and order, referred on March 9, 2022, Docket #0351, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($36,250.00) in the form of a grant, for the Dialogue to Action, awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to be administered by the Office of Resiliency & Racial Equity. The grant will fund programmatic activities to deepen participants’ understanding of racism, in historical and present day forms and foster a sense of agency to change the system through actions at individual, interpersonal or systemic levels, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.
opposed, say nay talk in 0349 has passed counsel clarity six acceptance of the Committee report and passage of docket 0375 All those in favor say I. Our policy document 0375 has passed. Mr. Clerk, please read. Dawkins 0351 Duncan Hunter 0351. The Committee on Civil Rights and Immigration Immigrant Advancement, to which was referred on March 9th, 2020, to talk a number 0351 message in order authorizing the city of Boston to accept and expand the amount of $36,250 in the form of a grant for the dialog to action awarded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority to be administered by the Office of Resiliency and Racial Equity. The grant will fund four program from programmatic activities to deepen participants understanding of racism in historical and present day forms and foster a sense of agency to change the system through actions that individual, interpersonal or systemic levels. Submits a report recommending that the order ought to pass. Thank you. The Chair recognizes counsel and chair of the Committee on Civil Rights, Immigration Advancement Counselors and your support. Thank you, Mr. Chair. This matter was sponsored by Mayor Michelle Wu and referred to the Committee on March nine, 2022. The committee held a hearing on July 21st, 2022, where public comment was taken and where President Flynn was present. This grant will allow the Office of Resiliency and Racial Equity to use these funds through the dialog to action for programs to provide education and understanding of racism in historical and present day forms. The grant will seek to develop ways to make changes through action. Lori Nelson, Chief Resilience Officer from the Mayor's Office of Resilience and Racial Equity, attended the hearing and has provided support of the grant. Ms. Nelson explained that the grant will be used for community impact projects, which will examine how the community looks at reality and race matters to collectively move forward. I inquired about the Dialog Action Initiative, which is a pilot program, and Nelson explained that Dialog Action provides education on race matters, has two staffers and also uses fellows, as Nelson reviewed some of the external partners, which include King Boston. Many of us are familiar. Ms.. Nelson described the takeaways from the initial pilot program, which included the following the importance of having historical place places of race in Boston and supporting cultural differences through an inclusionary approach. Unifying the community around difficult topics and creating safe spaces so that people have a place for their voices to be heard . And I asked her specific neighborhoods were targeted in these pilot programs. Ms.. Nelson explained that the goal in the initial framework was to target every neighborhood and that through coalition building, the objective is to target neighborhoods that may not have had these types of conversations. And I asked if any barriers existed to execution in the programing and the programs or discussions will be in person. And we had a robust and really interesting conversation about the work that trying to do around having those citywide conversations. The committee discussed the information and education are key components of dialog to action initiative and comment from the public to discuss civil rights matters in general. Passage of this order will allow the office to use these funds to support the continuing pilot for dialog action objectives. Having these funds will allow for expansion and continuation of programs and resources to help better understand racism historically in present day and to implement personal and systemic changes. The Chair of the Committee on Civil Rights and Immigrant Advancement, to which this following is referred, I submit a report recommending that this docket ought to pass. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Consultation. Consultation seeks acceptance of the committee report and passage of docket 0351. All those in favor say I am opposed. Say no. Docket 0351 is passed. Mr. Court, can you please read docket.