[SPEAKER_07]: Èske li fè pi byen menm si? Oh yeah, li te fè gwo. Hi, koman ou ye? Bon pou wè ou. Wi. Bonjou, koman ou ye? Hi, Se konsa, mwen isit la. Mwen la pou wè Kathleen. Hi. Koman ou ye?
[Unidentified]: Bon pou wè ou. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Li pa frèt. Li pa. Li nan tout nan tèt mwen. Yeah, dwa, dwa, dwa. Demen li pral frèt. Li pi mal pase frèt. Sa a dwat. Pa gen moun ki vle chita nan ranje devan an avè m '? Oke, ou pa sipoze anseye li.
[Carter]: Poukisa nou pa? Li pral pwopaje soti. Ou toujou ap fè bagay ou yo.
[Unidentified]: Ann fè li. Se tankou yon rès joumou Halloween, men mwen cho. Mèsi.
[SPEAKER_07]: Oh, Bondye mwen. Mwen konnen li fè sa. Wi. Wi. Li anfòm. Wi. Wi. Ou vle jwenn li?
[Unidentified]: Mwen konnen. Mwen konnen. Ban mwen yon minit. Èske mwen nan chèz dwat la?
[Carter]: Ou nan chèz la dwat. Oke. Ou bon? mwen bon. Oke, mwen pral jwenn yon ti dlo.
[Unidentified]: Nou pral kòmanse. Tout dwa. Yeah.
[Crossman]: . Nou pral ranmase yo oke ou tout dwa ak sa. Mwen pral eseye. Jis ou konnen jis pote moute fèmen.
[Carter]: Tcheke, tcheke.
[Crossman]: Li santi li. Ok.
[Carter]: Se tankou douch la. Nou bon, pitit gason? Yeah. Ok. Bonswa, zanmi ak vwazen. Non mwen se Terry E. Carter, epi mwen dirije sèvis Elder nan renmen anpil West Medford Community Center. Byenveni nan yon lòt prezantasyon ap viv chak mwa nan mo premye Vandredi a ak mizik, premye nou an nan 2023. Li nan mwa fevriye, Mwa Istwa Nwa, e malgre frèt la konjelasyon deyò, nou ap cho ak griye nan bilding lan. Mèsi a yon sibvansyon jenere nan men Medford Arts Council la, yon manm nan Konsèy la Kiltirèl Massachusetts, nou ap fè bagay nou yo ankò nan 111 Arlington Street. Nou se, nan kou, toujou ap eseye yo dwe bliye nan kondisyon sante lokal yo ak enkyetid. Se konsa, maskin se si ou vle, petèt rekòmande, men sètènman pa obligatwa. Nou te sòti eparye soti nan yon selebrasyon Jubilant ak anpil siksè MLK sou 16 janvye. Ak sou tout la, nou santi nou bon sou patwone pwogramasyon ap viv isit la nan WMCC la. Li k ap pase nan tout vil la nan Medford. Osi byen, nou mande ou a tanpri dwe koutwa nan vwazen ou jan nou deplase nan aswè a. Nou ap apresye travay la medya mete nan pa manm ekip Kyle Douglas. Uh ... ak mèsi tou Kevin Harrington ak Medford Kominote Medya pou gide nou jan nou emèt via Medford Kominote Media Chanèl 3 pou Comcast ak 47 pou Verizon. Si w ap soti la ap gade sou aparèy elektwonik ou oswa televizyon ou, Byenveni nan montre la. Ou kapab tou gen aksè a montre nan sou entènèt sou MCM YouTube Chèn la. Pouvwa reyèl la nan New England move tan se definitivman sou nou aswè a. Sa vle di nou dwe prepare pou defi enprevi nan peyizaj lokal la. Ou pa t 'gen dout espere wè nouvo NAACP Prezidan Jillian Harvey chita nan avè m' aswè a pou yon konvèsasyon lokal yo. Malerezman, Jillian te pran malad epi li regrètman disponib Vandredi sa a. Nou te repwograme vizit li nan mwa mas, e mwen asire ou ke li enkyete pou vini ak vizite avèk nou tout. Se konsa, Plan B se nan efè plen, epi li nan yon altènatif fò ak akeyi. Tout dwa, kidonk, tanpri pa akize nou nan yon Garnier ak switch. Mwen te konn travay nan Lechmere tounen nan jounen an, vann kay elektwonik, ak te akize de sa san patipri souvan. Men, mwen digress. Ak konvèsasyon sa a se aktyèlman youn ki envite mwen ak mwen te planifye yo gen nan direksyon nan fen 2022, men lavi te resevwa nan chemen an. Se konsa, li nan yon tan gwo yo dwe parèt sou platfòm sa a aswè a ak zanmi m 'ak kolèg WMCC, direktè egzekitif la nan sa a West Medford Kominote Sant, Lisa M. Crossman. Se konsa, kite m 'di ou yon ti kras sou li. Lisa se yon defansè dinamik pou kominote a. Li te pase pifò nan lavi granmoun k ap travay li konekte timoun yo, jèn adilt, ak pi gran jan nan resous, rezistans, ak respè. Li nan pasyon li, epi li vrèman bon nan li. Kòmanse kòm yon manb komite enèjik nouvo WMCC nan mwa desanm nan 2021, li te byen vit rekrite nan wòl nan ijans nan direktè egzekitif pwovizwa ak frape tè a kouri. Enstale nouvo sistèm administratif, amelyore kominikasyon, ak agrandi rezo a nan zanmi ak sipòtè nan kay katye sa a venere. Lisa byen vit amelyore estabilite, prezans, ak repitasyon nan òganizasyon nou an. nan Medford ak pi lwen pase. Sa a pwofesyonalis ak ka-fè atitid te mennen tablo a WMCC konkli ke li te moun nan dwa pou travay la, epi yo te tag la pwovizwa retire nan direksyon nan fen 2022. Kòm yon antrenè, konsiltan, ak manadjè san bi likratif, Lisa te bay lidèchip eksepsyonèl pou òganizasyon tankou Greater Boston YWCA a, Shriver Job Corps yo, Malden Y la, Clark Memorial Y la nan Winchendon, Mass., Ak Fitchburg Lekòl yo Piblik. Li te pote yon richès nan Tenacity, entèlijans, sans komen, e pa gen okenn istwa san sans nan travay li isit la nan West Medford. Biwo Majistra a, enstitisyon Medford depi lontan, biznis, filantropi, ak antite politik yo te pran avi ak siyen sou pwogram lan isit la nan 111. Koulye a, evèk mwen an nan legliz se fanatik nan di ke li nan yon krapo regrèt ki pa fè lwanj pwòp letan l 'yo. Se konsa, li nan onè distenk mwen akeyi Lisa Crossman sou tab la nan premye vandredi nan WMCC la.
[Crossman]: Mèsi, Terry, mèsi.
[Carter]: Se konsa, Lisa, mèsi anpil pou yo te jwè a premye sou ban an ak davwa ke yo pran wòch la. Li lè jwèt.
[Crossman]: Oke, ann ale.
[Carter]: Tout dwa. Se konsa, nou toujou nan premye èdtan Mwa Istwa Nwa pou 2023. Mwen vle fè nou antre nan yon imajinasyon istorik. Mwen ekri anpil pwezi ki pale de eritaj, misyon, ak vizyon. Kòm koutim mwen nan òganize sware sa yo, mwen vle pataje yon moso nan vèsè. Yo rele sa, mwen te vini pou istwa yo. Mwen te vini pou istwa ki jan ou te bati kote sa a, soti nan zantray yo, nan boure yo, soti nan sa ki pa lave ak endezirab, sèl moso nan vil la yo ta kite ou genyen. Men, ou bati l 'ak pye pen ak pikèt ak poto ak pèsistans, ak bèlte nan devwa ak sibstans nan lafwa. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo nan ewo yo ak moun ki pa anonse yo, nan mizisyen yo eritaj ak moun ki pran teritwa yo ak moun k'ap fè fwontyè yo ak kraze baryè yo. Premye yo fè gwo bagay, bagay ki gen kouraj, ki entèdi, ki pa abitye, bagay ki gen kouraj. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo, sa yo ou sove pou pitit ou yo ak pitit yo ak pitit yo. Istwa Anansi, Istwa Shaka Zulu, Istwa Sheba, Istwa Hannibal, Istwa Toussaint, Istwa Sojourner, Istwa Malcolm, Marcus, Martin, ak Medgar. Verite sezon ak trajik sou fason nou te vin sou ak sa nou te simonte. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo, yo tout, pèdi, vòlè, oswa pèdi, paske istwa pa ka reyèl pou mwen, pa ka revele m ', pa ka fè apèl kont mwen san yo pa montre nwa a ak mawon an ak tan an. . Whitewashing tèlman klè tout teyori ras kritik jis di m 'nou prèske efase yon sot pase nou pral peye pou chè. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo sèlman powèt yo ka rakonte, istwa majik ki jete yon mò, dlo vivan nan pi griot la, tanbou byen lwen ak yon klòch byen lwen, repons lanmè a nan yon kokiy konk larenn. Lè a sale kòm bouj yo anfle. Yon arkanj triyonfe kòm demon yo tonbe. Jeyan yo kouri kite kote David yo rete a, pou yo pa nwaye nan yon pi gwo toujou. Rejyon an te venk epi voye tounen nan lanfè. Revòlt la fini ak yon rèl lapenn. Od la anrejistre soti nan Distik rive Del. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo e mwen p'ap kite lè m'ap sipliye mwen pi lwen pase pwòp mwen pou rive jwenn tout sa w ap anseye prèch w ap preche yo kote nwa pa konnen pa klowòks fwontyè yo nap kase jan rayisman ap koule ak raj ap kriye. pou defi lanmou. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo. Mwen te vini pou istwa yo. Se konsa, sa a lay la nan peyi a. Ann fè yon ti koze zanmitay ak Lisa Crossman. Se konsa, Lisa, èske ou ka pale yon ti jan sou istwa ou ak katye West Medford sa a?
[Crossman]: Ok. Premye a tout, mwen pral di li vrèman diferan yo dwe sou bò sa a nan tab la. Men, ok, se konsa mwen gen yon bon zanmi, pi bon zanmi m 'yo, ki moun ki soti nan West Medford ak te rete sou Harvard Street. Ak bondye papa, ou ta ka voye jete yon wòch dwa nan kay li. Se konsa, li te fè m 'soti isit la. Nou te ale nan kolèj ansanm. Apre sa, li te fè m 'soti isit la pou tounwa yo baskètbòl. Epi se la mwen te tankou, kisa k ap pase isit la? Li te jis etonan vin isit la, yo wè tout moun yo, tout moun nan konsa akeyan, li te gen yon bon moman. E nou te soti an reta, e pa te gen yon sèl pwoblèm, pa gen yon sèl pwoblèm. Ak souvan, nou ta jis chita nan kay la, mache katye a, epi li la tankou, nou te rive nan wè ki moun ki nan soti, nou te rive nan di bonjou tout moun. Yo ta dwe soti sou pyès devan kay la. Se konsa, bondye papa, sa ki te pwobableman 20 ane de sa ke mwen te vin premye konnen West Medford, ak, ou konnen, fanmi li nan tankou fanmi mwen, epi yo te prezante m 'bay lòt moun, e sa ki te premye koneksyon m' yo, pa janm konnen ke mwen Ta janm ... soti nan Mass Central. Se konsa, yo panse ke mwen ta janm soti nan Boston, tankou, lè w ap nan Mass Santral, li nan jis yon piki long, dwa? Ke ou pral soti nan Boston ak jwenn siksè ak travay ak tout sa. Se konsa, ou konnen, 20 ane pita, isit la mwen menm mwen. Direktè Egzekitif Sant Kominotè a. Se jis, ou konnen, plen sèk. Yeah.
[Carter]: Wi. Wi. OK, kokenn. Se konsa, ki sa ki fè ou premye deside patisipe nan sant kominotè a?
[Crossman]: Stephen Douglas. Onètman, Stephen Douglas gen si ou pa abitye ak Stephen, fanmi l 'te gen yon istwa long ak sant lan ak bay sant lan nan kèk fason, fòm oswa fòm. Epi li te chita sou tablo a nan moman an e li te pale avè m yon jan de ou konnen, te gen kèk dezòd e ta pral gen chanjman. Ak sa a te pandan pandemi an. Se konsa, mwen te rive pa t 'ap travay nan moman an. Epi li te di, ou konnen, èske w ta enterese? Apre sa, mwen te di, absoliman.
[Carter]: Wi, kokenn. Se konsa, ou te kòmanse soti sou tablo a.
[Crossman]: Mwen te kòmanse soti sou tablo a. Wi.
[Carter]: Lè sa a, trè vit tranzisyon nan direktè a pwovizwa.
[Crossman]: Dwa. Nou te gen yon chanjman sou sa ki te rive byen san atann. Se konsa, ou konnen, se te yon Vandredi lè dènye direktè a te ale ak yon Lendi lè mwen te nan plas isit la, jis tankou, ou konnen, mwen pral antre nan. Mwen gen eksperyans nan epi nou pral kenbe pòt yo louvri epi nou pral kenbe bagay yo kouri jiskaske nou ka konnen pwochen etap yo.
[Carter]: Ok, ok. Tout dwa. Se konsa. Byen bonè, ou isit la, w ap chita nan chèz direktè a. Ki sa ki ta ka ba ou pran yon poz oswa te fè ou di, ki sa èk la mwen te vinn tèt mwen nan, patikilyèman nan mwa yo byen bonè nan jesyon ou a?
[Crossman]: Oh ti gason. Mwen pa ka di ke li te sa, li te kalite tankou, Mwen pa konnen, mache nan yon sèl, sa ki te yon mistè, ak de, kalite tankou li te, nou te vini soti nan pandemi an ak pwogramasyon pa t 'reyèlman te ale sou. Se konsa, li te tankou, ou konnen, pèsonn pa rele, pa gen okenn Imèl ap vini nan, pa gen moun nan mache nan pòt la. Nou anba anpil bagay. Nou te gen yon anpil nan bagay isit la nan diferan kote. Apre sa, mwen te kapab wè kalite mòn yo nan bagay sa yo ki te dwe fè ki petèt te neglije pou yon ti tan. Se konsa, li te tankou, o yeah, Lè ou jwenn nan grenye an, epi ou louvri kèk pandri, epi ou louvri koule a, epi w ap tankou, oh bondye papa m 'yo. Se lè mwen konnen. Mwen te tankou, o, ok. Sa a pral gen kèk travay.
[Carter]: Sa a pral gen kèk travay. Bon, bon. OK. Tout dwa. Se konsa, w ap dirije WMCC la. Epi ou ka luxure sou sa a, si ou renmen. Ki sa yo te aprann ou jiskaprezan sou West Medford nan pi gwo vil Medford?
[Crossman]: Yo te anseye m ke yon vil ka sanble anpil ak yon vil nan sa Ou konnen, moun ka viv lavi trè diferan, soti nan orijin trè diferan, men poutan yo tout pataje yon fil komen. E mwen panse ke se youn nan bagay inik sou Medford se mwen te gen liks pou ale nan diferan espas, nan diferan gwoup ak reyinyon ak bagay konsa, epi pale ak moun, istwa tout moun se yon jan de menm bagay la. Ou konnen, yo te grandi isit la, e petèt yo toujou nan kay fanmi sa a, oswa yo abite toupre la, oswa yo date ak yon moun yo te ale nan lekòl segondè, epi yo te konn voye wòch sou kloti a sou yon moun, oswa kèlkeswa malè yo ta antre nan se menm bagay la tou nan West Medford ak Medford. Genyen anpil istwa menm jan an. Yo renmen fanmi yo. Yo renmen vil yo, vil yo, menm jan. Epi, ou konnen, nou jis gen sa a ki kalite divize oswa miray ki toujou la ke nou ap chèche kalite gade sou epi wè, hey, tankou nou sanble anpil. Nou se anpil nan menm bagay la. Epi tankou, ki jan nou ka reyini ansanm sou sa a? Mwen regrèt. Mwen wè pitit gason m nan kwen an. Li panse ke sa a se emisyon Grant aswè a.
[Unidentified]: Se konsa, mwen te di l '.
[Carter]: Tout dwa. Jis lè ou te panse li te san danje pou tounen nan dlo a. Ok. Sa a se aktyèlman yon premye pou nou. Anjeneral nou pa gen okenn siy sibvansyon. Li anjeneral ale sou fèmen pòt nan biwo a, epi li te gen òdinatè l 'yo ak jwèt li yo, ak tout bagay se tout mete. Men aswè a, li kirye. Ak kiryozite se yon bon bagay pou yon sèt-zan? Wi. Yon sèt-zan. Yeah, tèlman bon. Men, si mwen anbarase l 'ase, li pral fini tounen nan biwo a ak laptop l' yo. Se konsa, li nan tout bon. Li nan tout bon. Jwèt rapid, epi nou ka jwe plis pase yon sèl, men mwen vle fè yon jwèt rapid nan asosyasyon mo. Se konsa, mwen pral ba ou yon mo, epi si ou ka tire tounen nan m 'sa li sijere ou, epi ou ka ogmante li yon ti kras. Se konsa, premye mo, rezistans.
[Crossman]: Tenacity. Mwen panse ke nou tout yo rezistan. Kèk nan nou dwe gen plis fleksib pase lòt moun jis ki baze sou sikonstans nou yo ak ki jan nou te vin nan mond lan. Men, sa a yon pati nan limanite. Chak jou nou leve epi nou di, poukisa nou fè sa? Poukisa nou pral travay chak jou? Kisa nap fè? Ou konnen, nou pouse nan nan maladi a, nan tristès la, nan pèt la. Nou tout ap rezistan nan, ou konnen, tout moun nan nou kalòt sou yon souri epi kontinye ale epi kenbe pouse ak jis espere jwenn nan jounen an. Men. Yeah, Tenacity ta dwe mo a.
[Carter]: Mwen renmen sa. Mwen renmen sa. Mwen renmen sitou ke ou mansyone, ou konnen, nou soufri pèt. Mwen souvan di, epi ou konnen, moun isit yo te tande m 'di li, youn nan bagay ki pi difisil nan travay, patikilyèman nan sèvis granmoun aje, se ou konnen, sans sa a ke ou gen, ou konnen, pafwa yon presyans ke ou pral pèdi, ou konnen, yon moun ou antre ak yon moun ki te la de jou anvan pa la avèk nou ankò. Kidonk, mwen panse ke li se sou nou nan wòl yo ke nou tou de genyen yo dwe fleksibilite pou moun ki pa nesesèman santi li tèt yo nan nenpòt ki lè. Se konsa, mwen panse ke se sa nou tou de eseye fè isit la se kenbe souri a sou figi nou epi kenbe blag yo epi kontinye ap vini. Ou ap fè yon bon travay nan sa. Oke, kidonk mo nimewo de se ekite.
[Crossman]: Mwen renmen panse a ekite kòm, sa a se pa yon mo, padon. Ekite se tankou louvri pòt la, se yon lanmen sekrè, pa vre? Se chemen sa lè ou te panse pòt la te fèmen, se kle a. Nou te gen anpil opòtinite isit la baze sou moun ki pataje ekite yo. Apre sa, mwen pa ka remèsye Melinda ase paske li, Melinda Regan, trezorye nou an, ki vrèman te ban nou yon opòtinite ke liy sa a li te louvri pou nou te louvri anpil pòt ak opòtinite epi li te fè nou rankontre moun ak konprann ki jan fonksyonman anndan an nan. anpil bagay. E mwen panse ke se jis youn nan pi piti bagay ke nou ka fè. Epi kòm yon direktè egzekitif, oswa menm yon moun nan kominote a, mwen santi ke se wòl mwen. Mwen gen privilèj pou anpil konesans, e konsa ke yo te kapab anseye yon moun epi ede yo konprann chanèl yo, ou konnen, se ekite kote yo pataje konesans nou an.
[Carter]: Kokenn. Mwen renmen li. Mwen renmen li. Apre sa, mwen konnen sa a se sijè a chanje nan yon jaden flè déplacement, men sa ki nan vizyon ou ye kounye a pou West Medford Community Center a?
[Crossman]: Oh ti gason. Vizyon mwen ye kounye a se Ak objektif, mwen ta di, se libète finansye pou sant la. Mwen santi mwen tankou sant la merite libète finansye. Nou te alantou depi 1935, epi nou gen kèk bòdwo lou. Men, yon fwa nou finansyèman gratis, Lè sa a, nou ap retire nan ki espas sibvansyon. Ak sa ki difisil sou espas ki la sibvansyon se ke, ou konnen, nou se sijè a sibvansyon an Maker, ki se souvan gouvènman federal la ak lòt moun, men, ou konnen, yo estime lang lan, yo estime ki jan nou dwe konte kominote nou an , dwa? Apre sa, mwen pa kwè ke se yon fason ke nou ta dwe apwoche biznis ak kominote oswa san bi likratif se di, hey, ou dwe konte nimewo mwen, ou konnen, ki sa ki nan ras la, ki sa ki nan sèks la, ki sa ki nan laj la? Se konsa, li ta bon jis fè travay la paske nou ap fè travay la. Se konsa, sa se vizyon an. Vizyon an se enjekte yon espas jèn timoun isit la ak grandi, konekte granmoun aje nou yo ak sa ki ak travay sou, ou konnen, kèk espas jaden ak konekte kominote a nan sa. Se konsa, sa se vizyon an ak ale nan travay la rezistans mwaye, si wi ou non, ou konnen, lavil la se finansman yon sibvansyon ke pilòt Grant ak si wi ou non nou yo kapab jwenn finanse ankò. Nou planifye pou kontinye travay sa a. Nou ap viv nan yon plèn inondasyon sou isit la, se konsa nou vle asire w ke rezidan nou yo ap prepare. Nou santi tankou sa a, se travay enpòtan tou. Se konsa, sa a vizyon an. Plis kenbe ajoute nan jwe nan.
[Carter]: Mwen vle di, li kenbe li vini. Kenbe li vini. Se konsa, jan ta dwe konnen ke ou se yon lifer baskètbòl.
[Sumner]: Se vre.
[Carter]: Ok? Sa trè vre. Jwe ak antrenè, ki sa ki gen jwèt la nan baskètbòl ba ou ke ou pran nan dirije aktivite WMC ak relasyon?
[Crossman]: Oh, wow. Se konsa, mwen te yon antrenè, yon afè, yon jwè, ak antrenè nan nivo lekòl segondè. ban m konfyans pou m travay, paske se yon espas gason ki domine, nimewo en. Se konsa, li ban mwen konfyans nan rezo, dirije, konnen ki lè yo swiv, konnen ki lè yo peye atansyon, chanje plan, lè mwen bezwen rekrite plis jwè, antre nan jwèt la, ki jan yo ranfòse enèji a, epi fè yon kat alontèm. Nou jis pa parèt nan yon jwèt ak jwe. Nou gen yon plan estratejik sou fason nou pral genyen jwèt la. Men, si ou se yon bon antrenè, ou gen plan A jiska Z, paske ou jis pa janm konnen sa ki pral rive nan jwèt la. Ak ki jan yo jere tan. Tan se yon faktè enpòtan nan baskètbòl. Ak dènye 30 segonn yo nan yon jwèt, anpil ka chanje nan moman sa yo. Se konsa, wi, li te fè anpil pou lavi mwen. Mwen konnen li te fè anpil pou anpil lòt moun, Brianna enkli. Travay ann ekip, aprann jwenn ansanm, pa vre? Pa jwenn okenn feblès, asire w ke w ap bati moun, tout sa.
[Carter]: Oke, oke. Se konsa, tounen nan asosyasyon mo. Sipò.
[Crossman]: Yon kominote. Kominote ta dwe mo a pou mwen. Mwen santi mwen tankou mwen jwenn yon anpil nan sipò nan kominote a, espesyalman ke yo te isit la. Apre sa, mwen santi mwen tankou mwen eseye jwenn espas kote nou ka ki bay sipò. Yeah, gen nan jou lè li nan jis tankou, mwen pa gen li. Mwen jis pa genyen li. Lè sa a, ou konnen, yon granmoun aje ap mache nan pòt la, epi fè kèk kalite blag oswa fè m 'ri. Apre sa, mwen tankou, tout dwa. Ann antre nan li oswa mwen pral jwenn yon apèl nan men yon moun ki soti nan lavil la tankou Francis. Apre sa, li te gen lide sa a. E nou tankou, tout dwa, kite a ale. Nou renmen jis chanje tout pwevwa a. Epi se jis sa a ki nan ki jan mwen ankadreman li.
[Carter]: Bon, bon, bon bagay. Kominikasyon.
[Crossman]: Mwen ta di chaje li nan tèt mwen epi yo pa kè mwen. Yon sèl bagay mwen ap resevwa antere l 'nan se Imèl, absoliman, pozitivman. Se konsa, mwen pito ranmase telefòn nan epi pale ak moun pèsonèlman, montre jiska biwo yon moun. Se konsa, mwen pito an pèsòn kominikasyon. Mwen panse ke li tèlman enpòtan, epi nou te pèdi sa sou ane yo. 20 ane de sa, nou ta dwe fè yon randevou yo wè yon moun. Ou ta pòp nan epi di bonjou. Apre sa, mwen te kalite rate sa yo fwa. Mwen pa konnen si nou ka pote sa yo tounen. Men, mwen panse ke kominikasyon enpòtan. Mwen panse ke nou manke yon bagay nan rale. Ou pa ka vrèman di karaktè yon moun oswa enèji yo nan rale. Apre sa, mwen panse ke yo te nan moun ak kominike se reyèlman enpòtan. Se konsa nou konprann youn ak lòt.
[Carter]: Mwen te jis mande si sa ki te Karayib la rele m '. Paske mwen sèten ase bezwen yo dwe gen kounye a. Ok. Se konsa, petèt mwen mande sa a yon ti kras twò bonè, men mwen pral mande li anyways. Se konsa, sa ki te moman pi renmen ou oswa kèk moman pou yo te yon pati nan fanmi sa a konsa byen lwen?
[Crossman]: Oh, nonm. Baskètbòl ete se definitivman nan tèt lis mwen an. Basketball se nan kè mwen. Nou gen 40 ti fi nan lig nou an, ki se kalite etranj pou baskètbòl gen 40 ti fi jwenn ansanm ak jwe baskètbòl ansanm. Se konsa, ki te yon bagay. Gwoup la granmoun aje te etonan. Sa se yon lòt gwo moman pou nou, pou mwen pèsonèlman, ak vin konnen tout moun, konnen moun yo sou mi yo ak istwa yo. Ou konnen, Buddy Clayton te konn di m ', mwen te konn di, bon pou wè ou, e li te tankou, bon pou yo wè, pa vre? Se konsa, bagay sa yo tankou ki jis bwa avè m '. Ak definitivman evènman yo, MLK Jou te yon yon sèl gwo. Jis rale li. Se konsa, sa yo ki te kèk En, men gen nan pa gen yon sèl moman desann ke mwen ka pale de ke mwen ka chita isit la pou tout tan an epi di ou, rip nan yon pakèt moun sou fwa ke mwen te jwi.
[Carter]: Bon, bon, bon. Kidonk, ki nouvo inisyativ ou kontan pou ane pwogram sa a k ap vini an ke nou nan kounye a?
[Crossman]: Se konsa, Sèk yo, Rezilyans Hub la se jeneral la. Travay Resiliency Hub nou pral fè ak vil la ak patnè nan gwoup sa a. Mwen ap tann pou sa epi nou vini ansanm, jwenn yon fason pou tout travay ansanm ak kalite fèmen tout twou vid ki genyen yo. E nan sa, nou pral fè kèk travay anti-povrete ak yon pwogram ki rele Circles USA. Pral premye chapit nan Massachusetts, ki se trè enteresan. Gen kèk travay ann ekip, yo dwe onèt. Travay ann ekip se yon ti jan nan tiron mwen an. Toupre ak cheri. Li trè pre e li renmen anpil. Se konsa, ou konnen, kap ajoute plis pwogramasyon, petèt transfòme espas la ak ouvri espas la pou adolesan nou yo ki ap chèche, ou konnen, kèk granmoun ki pran swen, kèk valè nan pwogramasyon.
[Carter]: Oke, trè bon. Oke, se konsa isit la nan yon lòt mo. Aktivis.
[Crossman]: Oh ti gason. Kouraj, mwen ta di kouraj, dwa? Li pran yon anpil yo di, sa a se sa mwen kwè. Sa a se sa mwen wè ki dwat, e sa se sa mwen wè se pa bon. Jistis, enjistis, ak kanpe sou sa. Mwen panse ke se yon espas difisil yo dwe nan. Ou reyèlman te rive nan konnen ki moun ou ye ak sa ou kwè ak konnen ki sa sot pase ou a se. fè sa. Apre sa, mwen panse ke, ou konnen, yon anpil nan moun ale, yo pa ale nan li. Pifò moun pa ale nan li pou felisitasyon yo, dwa? Moun ki nan ki pou espas sa a jwenn sa. Men, gen anpil lòt moun ki yo deyò ap batay ak jis vwa a nan dezè a, ou konnen, moute sou mòn lan, roch la kont mòn lan. Men, yo fè li anyways, ak Lè sa a, admire ki bon jan kalite fòmasyon. Konsa
[Carter]: Espas, nan espas sa a fizik, epi yo pa santi ke tout tan tout tan an. Paske gen anpil bò kote nou ki pale ak aktivis, ki pale ak jan ki te wè yon bezwen pou yon bagay, ki pale ak Rudy Smith gade nan depatman lapolis la ak di, gen bezwen yo dwe reprezantasyon nwa. Ak difisil li soti lè sipèvizè l 'te di l', mwen pa menm konnen ki sa fè avèk ou. Anvan li mete l 'soti nan lari a, epi li te vin yon sa ki annapre yo ak te vin youn nan ofisye yo dekore nan depatman lapolis la. Li nan Buddy Clayton. Booker ak Evelyn Tyner ouvèti ki boutik bote ak ap resevwa tèt sè yo 'ansanm pou yo te ka ale lakay yo epi yo dwe bèl pou yo Hubbins. Menm nan yon fason plis kontanporen, li nan yon Henry Malorin ke yo te yon chanpyon pou lavil la. Li se yon konte Wally ke yo te yon chanpyon pou lavil la. Li se yon doc konte. Jis reyèlman chronicling sa ki te pase isit la, ki moun ki nou te, ki moun ki nou te vin, ki sa nou yo kapab nan. Genyen anpil ki reyèlman pale ak ke yo te aktif ak angaje, se konsa mwen renmen deskripsyon ou nan sa. Se konsa, jan w ap panse sou kolaborasyon ak devlopman jèn, ou mansyone, ak rezistans, bilding kominote a, ak sa ki vini pwochen, ki jan yo pral sa ou te aprann konsa byen lwen nan kalite bonè ou nan enfòme sa yo desizyon, sa yo deliberasyon?
[Crossman]: Sou patenarya?
[Carter]: Yeah, sou, ou konnen, sou, wi, kolabore ak kèk nan inisyativ yo pwogram ak kèk nan bagay sa yo ke ou reyèlman, reyèlman vle fè.
[Crossman]: Mwen panse ke koute, bò koute nan bagay sa yo, li te vrèman enpòtan. Nan ti tan mwen an, mwen ta vini nan epi yo dwe tankou, mwen wè ke sa a bezwen chanje. Mwen pral chanje li. Mwen pral chanje sa. Mwen pral chanje sa. te fè dilijans mwen pou chita epi koute. Men, si mwen te wè yon aksidan k ap vini, mwen kite li aksidan. Apre sa, nou jis wè wout nou atravè li epi pale fason nou atravè li pou nou ap abò pwochen fwa nan. Se konsa, sa ta dwe yon pati nan li. Mwen gen yon pi bon konpreyansyon sou peyizaj la. Ak defi kèk nan kolaboratè yo ak patnè yo kalite gade nan lantiy mwen ak jis wè sa mwen wè, epi ann fè yon konvèsasyon ki baze sou sa. Mwen byen kontan di ke petèt mwen te mal, men mwen panse ke pafwa lè nou an bouke nan travay la epi nou ap fè travay la, nou tèlman pre li, nou pa souvan wè ki jan nou ' re enpak. lòt moun oswa sa lòt moun ta ka santi. Se konsa, ou konnen, defi moun yo kalite gade nan yon lantiy diferan fwa sa a alantou ak wè ki kote nou ka fil zegwi a. Onètman, gen anpil moun. Tan an deplase tèlman vit. Wi, sa fè yon ane. Tan ap deplase tèlman vit epi nou pa menm grate sifas la sou kolaborasyon ak patenarya.
[Carter]: Absoliman, absoliman. Gen anpil bagay deyò. Mwen panse ke ou te wè jis nan tan an ke ou te fè travay la, konbyen moun ki te kalite deyò a gade nan ap tann pou yon envitasyon oswa ap tann pou kèk kalite inisyativ ki ka kalite pote yo sou tab la. Epi nou te vrèman ere nan sans sa a paske anpil nan moun ki ap tann, nou te kapab kalite envite nan epi kòmanse jwenn ke bagay kolaborasyon travay byen.
[Crossman]: Dwa, dwa, ak, ou konnen, nan kredi yo, moun yo te kalite jis ap tann, kalite wè sa k ap pase, jan yo ta dwe, jan yo ta dwe, ak, ou konnen, santi yo alèz ase yo di, tankou, oke , kite a bay sa a yon piki. Se konsa, nou valè opòtinite sa yo ak ban nou dezyèm ak twazyèm chans, ou konnen, jwenn li dwat.
[Carter]: Yeah, dezyèm ak twazyèm chans. Oke, kidonk li se yon ti kras plis pèsonèl. Ou ka pran li tout kote ou ta bezwen pran li. Men, sa ki ta moun ki jis rankontre ou dwe sezi aprann sou ou?
[Crossman]: Oh ti gason. O Bondye, sa a pral vin pèsonèl. ap rakonte istwa sa jodi a, ou ta sezi konnen ke mwen te fè Grant nan kay la. Nan kay la, li te planifye pou lopital la, men nonm, li tire dwa soti nan kay la.
[Carter]: Oke, mwen kalkile nan kèk pwen nan tan, swa m 'oswa ou te pral di yon bagay ki te ale nan kouri dèyè ti gason an nan ti mòn yo. Li te konnen Replik li. Men, non, non, men fini, sa se kaptivan.
[Crossman]: Yeah, mwen jis, doulè yo travay yo pa t 'sa mwen, ou konnen, te espere. Ou konnen, ou tande anpil tankou yon fanm epi yo pa konnen, dwa? Apre sa, mwen devine mwen gen yon tolerans segondè pou doulè paske, ou konnen, zanmi m 'kite yo ale Pote pitit fi li yon kote epi le pli vit ke li fèmen pòt la li te pral mennen m 'nan lopital la pa t' li jis kòmanse ap vini soti ak pòt la te fèmen pou anbilans la pa t 'kapab jwenn nan epi yo te ap eseye kraze pòt la Apre sa, mwen te rele 9-1-1 e mwen te tankou mwen pa konnen ki sa fè Li nan konsa komik, men nati okipe tèt li. Li te tire dwa deyò epi yo kenbe l 'nan men m' yo. Se konsa, batistè l 'di adrès la kay, ki se yon bagay trè fre ke nou genyen. Apre sa, mwen jwenn nan kondwi pa kay la ak di, hey, sa a se kote ou te fèt. Wow.
[Carter]: Wow. Wow. Mwen gen kat frè ak sè. Sa pa t 'rive nan okenn nan nou. Nou te ti bebe lopital. Sa a kokenn. Sa a kokenn. Se konsa, mwen vle baskile script la, paske evidamman ou menm ak mwen, nou travay reyèl byen ansanm. Apre sa, mwen te pase yon kantite lajan trè siyifikatif nan kalite tan nan entèvyou ou. Mwen vle ba ou Turnabout se jis jwe. Se konsa, ki kesyon oswa kesyon ou ta petèt vle poze m '?
[Crossman]: Um, mwen ta mande ... Oh, wè, mwen pa prepare. Sa a se youn mwen swete mwen te gen preparasyon pou. Sa a se yon lis lesiv, nan kou.
[Carter]: Wi, mwen konnen. Men ki jan mwen jwenn espontane, ou konnen? Mwen pa di ou anyen.
[Crossman]: Mwen ta di, kisa w anvizaje pou West Medford kòm yon pati nan kalite boom atizay ak kilti k ap pase nan Medford?
[Carter]: Wi, wi. Mwen panse ke gen yon koup bagay. Mwen sètènman... Apre sa, mwen rekonesan anvè majistra a ak dirijan nan vil la pou mete m 'nan pozisyon sa a, men plis bagay tankou, mwen pa ka nesesèman di ki sa ki yon analòg, men plis bagay tankou powèt la. Ou konnen, plis bagay ki sijere moun nan yon fason trè ekspre ak pwente, atizay enpòtan isit la. Ou konnen, kilti enpòtan isit la. Ak divèsite nan de espas sa yo, espas atizay la ak espas kilti a, se yon bagay eksepsyonèlman enpòtan. Epi nou pral jwenn fason pou nou ankouraje li. Koulye a, mwen fè konpetisyon Apre sa, mwen konnen plizyè nan moun ke mwen te konpetisyon kont yo debake powèt loreateship la. Se konsa, mwen ka di, prèv pozitif, pi lwen pase yon lonbraj nan yon dout, pa gen okenn favoritism, sètènman pa gen okenn nepotism. Mwen pa t gen rapò ak pèsonn. Se konsa, li te reyèlman, reyèlman sa mwen jije yon konpetisyon jis ak ekitab, e nenpòt moun nan moun sa yo ta merite pou yo fè li epi li ta byen fè li nan lavni. Se konsa, se bagay sa a. Se asire w ke tout moun konnen ke nan espas atizay ak kilti sa a, Moun yo pral konsidere sou baz byenfonde kapasite yo, e jan Dr King te di, se pa koulè po yo, men kontni karaktè yo, kit se karaktè atistik yo, konesans kiltirèl yo, enspirasyon yo, pou se konsa pale. . Moun yo pral konsidere akòz sa yo pote sou tab la, epi yo pa paske yo ap menm koulè ak nap la. Se konsa, wi, mwen panse ke se li. Mwen vle pou atizay ak kilti nan vil sa a gen sans pou tout moun. Tout moun ale nan mize a, sosyete istorik la. Tout moun ale nan bibliyotèk la. Tout moun ale nan nouvo sant atizay ki pral louvri sou Mystic Avenue. Tout moun santi yo byen akeyi nan tout espas sa yo paske sa enpòtan. Apre sa, mwen panse ke youn nan bagay sa yo, epi ou menm ak mwen te pale sou sa a anpil, se ki jan li enpòtan pou nou yo dwe yon kalite depo atizay ak kilti ak akeyi sa a. Sa a se espas ki te trase pa kominote Afriken Ameriken an. pa fè okenn erè sou li. Lè ou antre isit la, ou pral wè istwa sa a. Ou ka fè yon fèt isit la, ou pa kouvri foto yo, ou pa, ou konnen, pa gen anyen nan sa ki pral rive. Ou bezwen konprann ke sa a se yon eleman trè enpòtan ak entegral nan sa kominote sa a ap kontinye ye malgre kèlkeswa chanjman ki rive. Ak chanjman, tankou lanmò ak taks, se yon konstan. Li pral rive. Men, èske nou kapab navige chanjman sa a lè nou bèl ak moun, yo jis pou moun, yo ouvè a moun, epi yo pa eksklizyon? Apre sa, mwen panse ke kominote West Medford la te trè, trè pasyan ak toleran nan chanjman. Koulye a, sa a se pa sijere ke nou pa chita alantou epi pale sou li ak plenn ak vyann bèf yon ti jan. Nou sètènman fè. Men, nou fè li nan yon fason ki pa sijere moun ke si yo vini, yo pral jwenn demare soti. Yo pral mete deyò.
[Crossman]: Absoliman dwat. Yeah, sant sa a, se youn nan gwo bagay sou sant la, epi nou se kalite youn nan sekrè ki pi byen kenbe. Men, malerezman, moun yo fè lide sou sant la anvan yo te menm vin isit la. Apre sa, mwen tande anpil opinyon sou moun ki pa janm vin isit la. Kidonk se bagay la, ou konnen, ane sa a nou vrèman pou ouvri pòt yo, akeyi moun, vin wè pou tèt ou, vin rankontre moun epi jije pou tèt ou. Epi jis paske w ap mache nan espas sa a epi w wè moun nwa ak mawon sou mi yo, li pa fè w mwens. Li pa fè okenn moun mwens. Epi, ou konnen, si ou antre epi ou santi yon bagay epi ou santi yon bagay andedan, ou konnen, Lè sa a, se yon bagay, ou konnen, nou te rive nan nwayo a. Nou gen poun pale de. Nou rive pou nou travay sou sa. Se konsa, ou santi w alèz isit la paske, ou konnen, sa a te toujou epi yo pral toujou yon espas akeyan.
[Carter]: Wi. Wi. Mwen toujou santi mwen tankou. Se kominote nou an, aspè sa a k ap chanje men ki toujou enpòtan nan Medford, se nou ki dwe pwovokan. Nou pa rive chita epi nou pa di anyen. nou dwe pale lide nou paske si nou pa fè sa, pèsonn lòt pa pral. Pa gen lòt moun ki pale, tradisyonèlman pa gen lòt moun ki te pale pou kominote West Medford la, li te oblije pale pou tèt li. Epi nou toujou gen pou, sitou kòm tout chanjman yo rive bò kote nou, nan lòd pou moun yo konnen ki moun nou ye ak sa nou bay valè, nou dwe pale pou tèt nou. E mwen panse ke sa a, Koupe a nan jib ou, se konsa pale, sa a se yon pati nan li. Bay defi sa a bay moun, ou dwe pale sou li. Ou dwe di yon bagay sou li. Si ou panse li bon, move, oswa endiferan, ou dwe di yon bagay sou li.
[Crossman]: Sa vre anpil. Sa vre anpil. Youn nan bagay inik nan sant sa a, li se yon sant kominotè, pa vre? Li se yon san bi likratif. Li pa dirije pa vil la. Sa a se pa yon pwogram vil la. Epi se pou kominote a pran swen tèt nou. Kèlkeswa moun ki di sa, se sa ki kalite misyon sant kominotè a. ou konnen, si ou nan kominote Medford a, se jan ou menm pou ede pran swen sa. Epi li jis pale ak, ou konnen, pi wo nosyon sa a nan, ou konnen, kalite kite tout bagay ale, kite travay la ale ak kite estrès la ale ak tout bagay sa yo ale ak pran swen youn lòt epi asire ke tout moun se. tout byen ak tcheke nan epi, ou konnen, gade pa fè wè sa ki nan bòl yon lòt moun, men asire w ke yo gen ase. Ou konnen, nou reyèlman bezwen retounen nan kalite espas sa a epi, ou konnen, mwen pa defi pèsonn. Mwen jis di, mwen pa abite isit la. Mwen rete Malden, ou konnen sa mwen vle di? Mwen pa gen yon vòt la, mwen pa gen anyen isit la. Pitit gason m 'ak mwen, nou bay anpil tan isit la, epi li pa kominote nou an, men nou anpil pran li nan kòm pwòp pa nou, epi nou ta espere ke lòt moun nan Medford te fè menm bagay la, pa vre? Tan, lajan, enèji, efò, tou sa ou gen pou bay, bay yon ti kras.
[Carter]: Yeah, ak mwen pral defi ou nan yon fason, e ke se ke lè ou di li pa kominote ou, mwen ta kontrekare sa. Paske mwen panse ke si ou mande nenpòt moun ki nan granmoun aje mwen yo, yo te itilize yo dwe granmoun aje mwen, Ou konnen, pa nan granmoun aje ou yo, ou konnen. Ou posede, mwen lwe, ou konnen. Men, yo pral di li se youn nan nou, ou konnen, li se yon pati nan nou. Apre sa, mwen panse ke konfò a ke yo tout santi ak gen ou nan Helm nan sant kominotè a se reyèlman yon bagay ki nan trè unik pou mwen. Ou konnen, nou te ale tounen yon fason lontan Yo dwe nan yon plas kote nou te ka lonje dwèt sou yon moun ki te dirije sant la epi di yo, yo jwenn li. Yo reyèlman jwenn li. Pa sijere ke nou pa te gen jan. Nou te gen gwo jan k ap travay nan sant kominotè a. Men, mwen panse konsansis la nan moun yo ke mwen pale ak, jan pwogram mwen an, se ke, byen, li vin li. Se konsa, mwen pa santi yo move lè yo kontoune m 'sou yon baz jistis regilye epi ale tou dwat nan biwo ou, dwa? Se pa sa ki kalite yon bagay granmoun aje? Yo pa ta dwe pale avè m '? Men, li jis ale nan montre ke gen yon nivo nan konfò te reyalize, ki ak plizyè nan chèf anvan ou yo, mwen pa pral non non, men jan konnen ki moun mwen ap pale de. pa te pral rive. Nivo sa a nan konfò pa janm te pral reyalize. E ankò, nou te gen kèk lidèchip gwo, se konsa mwen pa ap eseye voye jete okenn moun anba otobis la. Men, si yo manke otobis la ak wou yo woule sou yo.
[Crossman]: Yeah, yo te trè pitye. Ak pitit gason m 'ale nan St. Ray la. Se konsa, chak jou mwen ap mache ale chwazi l '. Ou konnen, nou depanse lajan isit la. Nou ale nan achte manje ak tout sa ki nan Walgreens yo, monte tren an nan Boston, tout nan sa. Se konsa, nou ap anpil yon pati nan kominote a.
[Carter]: Absoliman. Wi, mwen vle di, mwen, ou konnen, se pa sekrè, mwen rete nan Randolph. Mwen la plizyè jou pa semèn pou fè travay la, men mwen gen moun nan Monument Street, matant mwen an sou Mystic River Road, pa vre? Epi kouri pati nan vil la ke majistra a pa kouri. E konsa... Mwen pa janm santi ke mwen pa t 'gen yon plas nan Medford. Apre sa, mwen sipoze ke Medford pa t 'reyèlman santi yo konsa tou, oswa lòt moun, sètènman, an tèm de yo te yon loreya powèt, sa pa ta janm rive. Yo ta di, byen, ou pa menm abite nan Medford. Men, klèman, yo te panse ke mwen te ajoute ase valè nan kote yo te kapab di, OK, fre.
[Crossman]: Mwen te di mwen te nan Malden pou sèt ane epi mwen pa santi mwen konekte. Mwen menm te travay nan Malden Y. Mwen pa santi mwen konekte la, men mwen absoliman 100 pousan santi konekte isit la. Se konsa, yeah, ak ki ale nan pale sou, ou konnen, kominote ou nan Medford, ou konnen, ke mwen santi mwen nan kay la. Pitit gason m 'santi l nan kay la. Ou konnen l '. Tout moun nan bon pou li. Li di bonjou pou moun ki nan lari a. Se konsa, yeah, li pale komèsan.
[Carter]: Yeah. Trè bon. Trè bon. Oke, li te yon tan limine. Ak evidamman, nou ta ka fè sa pou èdtan ak èdtan. Ak sou kèk jou, lè li nan trankil nan isit la, ou menm ak mwen jwenn nan li. Epi nou pale anpil sou tout bagay sa yo. Men, mwen vle ba ou dènye mo a. Nou pral chanje moute bagay sa yo nan yon minit ti kras. Men, ki sa ki panse separe ou a? Ki sa ou vle jan yo konnen?
[Crossman]: Um, mwen ta vle jan yo konnen ki sa mwen ta kalite di se, tankou, kalite, ou konnen, reveye, Medford. Reveye epi patisipe nan vil ou. Ou gen anpil opòtinite. Gen opòtinite pou travay. Gen opòtinite komisyon. Epi ou bezwen patisipe. Ou ka ale sou entènèt. Ou ka gade zoum yo. Ou gen yon opòtinite yo gade ak evalye pou tèt ou nan yon fason ou pa janm te kapab anvan, kalite tankou, mwen ta prèske di, tankou yon entèvyou travay, dwa? Evalye moun ki nan wòl sa yo. Ou ap bay moute yon anpil nan moun ke ou pa konnen sa k ap pase sou, konvèsasyon yo ki te gen nan enfòme politik yo ki pral afekte ou ak vwazen ou yo ak pitit ou desann liy lan. Epi li enpòtan sa Ou bay kèk tan. Men, si fwa yo pa travay, pale leve, li di yon bagay. Chanèl yo la pou ou. Mwen dwe bay anpil kredi pou Brianna. Li te chita, li te koute, epi li te louvri liy yo nan kominikasyon. Li te mete sa yo chèk ak balans nan plas li. Apre sa, li reponn tout Imèl li. Se konsa, ou konnen, pa gen okenn eskiz ke ou bezwen reveye ak patisipe. Gen anpil pozisyon louvri sou komisyon. Gen anpil charter travay ki bezwen fèt. E nou pa jis ap pale de evènman yo ak bagay la éklatan. Nou ap pale de travay politik reyèl. Se konsa, mwen ta di reveye Medford ak patisipe. Men, si ou pa konnen, Lè sa a, mande yon moun, rele City Hall epi chèche konnen. Men, nou bezwen ranpli pozisyon sa yo ak pa de oswa twa moun oswa Moun yo menm ki te gen opinyon yo menm sou ane yo. Li lè yo enjekte kèk chèk ak balans. Li lè yo defi kèk nan panse yo ki gen epi pou yo jwenn rès la nan kominote a ki enplike.
[Carter]: Ekselan. Ekselan.
[Unidentified]: Ekselan.
[Carter]: Se konsa, mwen vle di ou mèsi pou pote ou, epi mwen sèvi ak mo sa a san okenn rezèvasyon, lidèchip dinamik, enèji ou ak angajman obstiné ou nan kominote a ak nan lavil la. Ak mèsi pou yo te vle vin sou ban an aswè a yo pataje Sur ou. Ak tout moun ap gade, mèsi anpil pou atensyon ou ak enterè ou nan diskisyon nou an. Prepare w pou yon bagay trè espesyal sou bò mizik nan pyès monnen an. Dwa apre nou pran yon ti repo, nou pral Reyajiste etap nou an. Mwen pral pataje kèk anons, ak Lè sa a, nou pral jwenn nan mirak la lirik. Oke? Tout dwa. Mèsi anpil. Oke, repons lan se wi, santi yo lib yo pale pami nou menm. Genyen kèk ti goute nan do a si w enterese. Twalèt sou bò gòch la. Jis kite li sou isit la. Ak lòt la pral pou Katani. Oke, se konsa nou jis bezwen debarase m de tab la, mete l 'devan ak sant. Oke, se konsa nou pral jwenn dwa tounen nan li. Se konsa, si mwen ka jwenn tout moun yo pran plas yo. Oke, se konsa. Granmoun aje yo konnen, men pou moun nan nou yo deyò ki ap gade ak wè nou la pou premye fwa oswa vin patisipe, panse sou vin patisipe, chèf fanmi yo ka rantre nan nou chak semèn Madi jiska Jedi pou Yon manje midi nourisan, ak yon di Bondye mèsi vibran. Manje midi te sèvi a 12 midi. Ou ka rele 781-483-3042 fè yon rezèvasyon. Oke, ak Jillian Harvey, nouvo prezidan an nan Mystic Valley Branch NAACP a, yo pral rantre nan nou pou premye vandredi nan mwa mas. Mas se Mwa Istwa Fanm, e nou tout ka gade pou pi devan pou yon ti jan nan Yon konvèsasyon cho ak gwo ak yon nouvo zanmi, se konsa gade deyò pou sa. Samdi, 18 fevriye, 12 a 4 p.m., dezyèm mache antreprenè Nwa nou yo ak vann, selebre Mwa Istwa Nwa ak pran echantiyon machandiz yo nan yon lame nan fournisseurs gwo ak jan kreyatif. Sa a se dezyèm evènman sa yo tankou, ak youn nan premye te sezon, kidonk, ou vle soti, pann soti, depanse lajan ou. 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Katani Sumner se kounye a yon edikatè nan lekòl piblik yo Newton, kòm byen ke yon oratè chache-apre ak chantè-konpoziteur, byen li te ye kòm emcee a enspirasyon pou kolasyon an levanjil la nan kay orijinal la nan Blues sou Fenway a, Pou divage kolasyon levanjil la. Li te sèvi nan wòl sa a nan kay la nan Blues Fenway revize divage. Katani se kounye a yon manm nan House of Blues Schoolhouse Band, kote li se chantè-naratè a pou istwa a nan prezantasyon yo blues. Pwojè ki pi resan Katani a te kreyasyon an nan Zèb Zanmi Podcast la. Yon konvèsasyon zanmitay ak echanj nan lide ant alontèm zanmi ki rive yo dwe nwa ak blan, kon sa moso nan zèb. Podcast la ki disponib sou Apple ak Spotify. Li se yon vocalist. Avèk yon repètwa etonan ak yon gwo sans de style lirik, menm jan ou pral byento wè ak tande. Byenveni nan West Medford Katani. E pa mwens yon akonpli ak trè chache apre mizisyen, konpoziteur, konpozitè, ak aranjè, kite m 'tou prezante Mak Copeland III. Mak se yon pwofesè asosye nan mizik nan Berklee College ak fondatè a ak CEO nan Microscope Music LLC. Li te li te ye nan tout rejyon an New England kòm yon mèt djaz, yon pwofesè eksepsyonèl, ak yon defansè pou jèn mizisyen kap etabli karyè yo nan biznis la nan mizik. Mak se tèt li yon mizisyen Berklee ki resevwa fòmasyon ki gen kapasite ak exploit mete l 'sou la mwen vle jwe avè l' lis. nan anpil nan pwofesyonèl tèt zòn nan. Mesye ak Mesye, li ka frèt deyò, men li la sou yo chofe moute nan sal sa a. Isit la nan Katani Sumner ak Mak Copeland.
[Sumner]: Wow, thank you, thank you, thank you. So let me say, it's an honor to be here. I've never been in this building, never been in this space. And we were watching the live stream upstairs. So Miss Lisa, we have some things in common. I play ball. I used to coach basketball. I stopped at refereeing. But I'm so honored to be here at the beginning of Black History Month. And can I just say, I am thrilled to see bodies in these chairs. I was praying for the best, but ready to prepare for the worst. I was going to sing to my husband. And I was like, it's OK. And the cameraman, and we were just going to get our little thing going on. But you guys, we are going to make this worth your trek in the polar tundra, OK? So thank you so much for coming out. And if it's okay with you, we're going to take like a little musical history tour. Is that all right? I thought so. And so I want you to feel free to chime in and jump in. We might learn something. So as the narrator at the House of Blues, now I actually worked at the original House of Blues, the blue house in Cambridge. Any of y'all ever gone to that one? Yes. Did you ever come to the gospel brunch? Yes. If it was a female, it was probably me. I used to have dreadlocks, honey, the gray. It's a new look. But that was me so most likely um, so it's been a blessing to do this. I'm an educator I love it and I love engaging kids with music and things So we're gonna take a little history tour because I learned some things and I'm hoping we all learn some things tonight and enjoy the music as we go so Yeah, Mark, we've been around the world, y'all, but it's good. New England, too, but we've been some places, especially Mark. So we're going to start off by thinking about, you know, enslaved Africans came here early, you know, 1500s, they documented in the 1600s. And what happened was when enslaved Africans first came here, the first music that they really shared or participated in what's called work songs or field hollers because, you know, that gave them some energy and camaraderie with the folks who were working the lines with them. And then after the field hollers, what came next really was spirituals. So we're going to start off with a little spiritual. And this is one that has a multiple meaning because, you know, Wade in the Water, when enslaved people were escaping, you gave messages in the music because you weren't allowed to really talk to each other. So we had to use talking drums to give messages. And then they try to take away the drums. So we're like, OK, well, we can make rhythm with whatever we got. But the song is Wade in the Water. And I'm going to try to stay cute without my glasses. Last Tuesday, I turned 60, so I might just keep it 100 if I need to. If I need to, just trust me. But anyway, so the song goes a little like this, and there's a message in the music. It said, wait in the water. Wait in the water, children, wait in the water. God's going to trouble the water. See that host all dressed in white? God's going to trouble the water. The leader looks like the Israelite. God's going to trouble the water. Wait in the water. You can sing if you want to. Wait in the water, children. Wait in the water. God's going to trouble the water. see that band all dressed in red God's gonna trouble the water it looks like the band that Moses led God's gonna trouble the world if you know it sing it come on Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y'all sound good. Y' If you don't believe I've been redeemed, God's gonna trouble. Just follow me down to the Jordan stream. God's gonna trouble. All right, big finish, everybody. Let's sing. Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water. God's gonna trouble the water. I said God's gonna trouble. Keep on moving. God's gonna trouble. Keep on believing. God's gonna trouble. Don't give up because God's gonna trouble the water. Yeah. Yes. So one of the things we have to, we tell young people and they don't want to believe it, but all the American music forms originated from the blues, to keep it real. Like we didn't deal with classical, but country, all of that came out of a foundation of the blues. And so, you know, we went from spirituals and we have the blues. And now the blues originated in the deep South around the 1890s, 1860s. Okay, here we go. It's early. I had to go early. I know. So we incorporated spirituals, and work songs, and field hollers, and shouts, and chants, and rhymes, simple narratives from the African-American culture. Now there are many different types of blues, including country blues, delta blues, and classic blues. which usually featured women out in front of bands such as Legends, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith. And they were the first real recorded artists to really, their music went national because music started being charted and recorded. And so we're going to do this classic blues song called Backwater Blues. And this song was really about the, it was written in 1927, released in 1927. in response to the Great Mississippi Flood. Anybody ever heard of that? The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927? Just one? Well, here we go. Can y'all hear me okay? We're gonna learn some things tonight. You heard of this? Okay, listen. This was terrible. So in 1927, it was the most destructive river flood in the history of the U.S. 27,000 square miles were depths of up to 30 feet over a course of several months. So this was bad. And approximately 500 people died. I'm surprised more people didn't die, but maybe there weren't that many living. I don't know. But anyway, this was Bessie Smith, and this is Backwater Blues. And y'all are so good, I might give y'all some choreography. Here we go. When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night, yeah. When it rained five days and the skies turned dark as night, yeah. There's trouble taking place in the lowlands at night. I woke up this morning, can't even get out of my door, no, no. I woke up this morning, can't even get out of my door, no, no. There's enough trouble to make a poor girl wonder where she wanna go. Can I put your hands up and be my thunder and lightning? When it thunders and lightning and the winds begin to blow. Come on, thunder. Come on, lightning. When it thunders and lightning and the winds begin to blow, yeah. There's thousands of people and ain't got no place to go. Now, can y'all clap your rhythm? Here we go. Try this. Backwater blues, don't call me to pack my things and go. Yeah. ♪ Blackwater blues, don't call me to pack my things and go, yeah ♪ ♪ Cause my house fell down and I can't live there no more, no more ♪ Yeah. listen again i'm grateful to be here this is the first time i've been able to sing in a little while because these little viral things that are going around the ones that ain't covet they can kick you just as hard y'all know that right and they hold on for a long time so stay well stay well vitamin c all the good stuff you need to do um so this is that was the blues And now you know right after the blues, and even at the same time as the blues, jazz. Any of y'all jazz fans? I know, I know, right? So now jazz, it's a type of music of African-American origin, of course, characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm. Excuse me. Instrumentation is often brass, woodwind instruments, and piano. And a standard rhythm section would often be comprised of keyboards, a bass, and some drums. So we thought y'all might appreciate this little ditty by Duke Ellington. And you might have heard it with one of my favorite singers of all time that I did not even hear about till I went to college. A little lady named Ella Fitzgerald. Y'all remember her? All right. So y'all so good, if you want to jump right in, you just... And y'all are going to get to hear Mr. Copeland, the maestro, kill up on this piano, all right? It's called a dominant thing if it ain't got that swing, if y'all ain't figured out yet. All right, here we go. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop. It don't mean a thing. All you gotta do is sing. Do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop, do-wop. It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot. I just give that rhythm everything you've got. I dip it out and do it, don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I. It don't mean a thing, give it up for Mark, if it ain't got that swing. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I. It don't mean a thing, all you gotta do is sing. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I. It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot. Just give that rhythm everything you've got. I mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, yeah. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, one more time. Do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I, do I. Yeah. Woo! Woo! You have no idea. I'm so excited. I really thought it was going to be me and my husband. Y'all are not only here, but you are singing. Y'all are vibing. This is going to be fun. Let's keep it going. OK. So of course, there's spirituals, there's blues, there's jazz. And at the same time, what was happening was gospel was kicking it in the background. Because gospel is really just spirituals and blues put together. How many of y'all know that? because the father of gospel music his name was Thomas A Dorsey and he was a jammer in the blues okay but his he got his heart broken his wife and his child died in childbirth and this song that he wrote was actually as a response to his extreme heartbreak but it became known as one of the like like I feel like it's the funeral song now. And this was one of Dr. King's favorite songs. In fact, Mahalia Jackson sang it at his funeral. Anybody know what song this is? Come on. Talk back to me. Y'all don't know, really? We just learning a lot here. Text in the mail, huh? Say it. Mahalia Jackson sang it. That's one of her major ones. Yeah, but no, y'all. Precious Lord. Precious Lord, take my hand. lead me on let me stand I'm tired I'm weak And I'm worn through the storm, through the night. lead me on to the light. Take my hand. Precious Lord, and lead Yeah, we're going to stop there. Because I don't want to start. Yeah. Yes, Lord. Yes. So Precious Lord actually came out in 1932. So that was right around the Harlem Renaissance. That was right around that time. And this is one of my favorite. jazz standards but I did a little research and this was written by Billie Holiday and it was funny because she wrote it in response to asking her mother for some money or something like that knowing that she had supplied a lot of what her mother had her mother was like I ain't giving you nothing and she said well God bless the child that's got his own I said you know what that sounds like a good uh lyric to a song and it goes like this Them that's got shall have. Them that's not shall lose. So the Bible says, and it still isn't news, said your mama may have and your papa may have, but God bless the child who's got his own, who's got his own. Well, the strong gets more while the weak ones fade. Empty pockets don't ever make the grave. Said your mama may have, papa may have it too, but God bless the child who's got her own, who's got her own. Money, you've got lots of friends hanging around your door. But when it's gone and your spending ends, they don't come around, ain't gonna come around, don't seem to know you no more. Rich relations, they're going to give a crust of bread and such. You can help yourself, but you better not take too much. Said your mama may have, and your papa may have, but God bless the child who's got his own. God bless the child who's got her own. God bless the child who's got his own. Who's got his own. Thank you so much. So this next song is a gospel song technically, but it was written originally as a children's song back in 1933. But it became a civil rights song. It came to be, I think, first came into prominence sung by Sam Cooke, believe it or not, in 1964. And this is like one of my anthems, because my mission, I say that I want to be light and provide love and laughter through music, education, and care. But anyway, I believe we are all light. And so you can sing this with a two-year-old. You can sing this with a 102-year-old. And for me, it still has significance, because we are all a light. Some might be a little flashlight. Some might be a high beam light. Some might be a whatever. We're gonna have to give it a, so we can, let's see, what beat can we give this? I wish my husband could play something for me. Pull out the tambourine, honey. All right, here we go. So here's a little rhythm lesson. It's on the two and the four. So if you're rhythmically challenged, I still love you, but I'm gonna help you out, okay? So you're gonna tap your foot on the one and clap on the two. Here we go, try this. You're gonna go stomp, clap. There we go. Come on. Stomp, clap. You got it. Stomp, clap. Stomp, clap. If y'all can try to hang in there with that. Thank you, honey. Here we go. This little light of mine. Come on and sing. I'm going to let it. This little light. This little light of mine. Sing it like you mean it. I'm going to let it shine. This little light. I'm going to let it. I'm going to let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Come on, everybody. Sing, everywhere that I go, everywhere I go, I'm going to let it shine. Everywhere I'm gonna, I'm gonna let it shine. Oh, everywhere I go, I'm gonna, I'm gonna let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let's do one more verse. You can't blow it up. You can't blow it up. I made this up. I'm gonna, I'm gonna let it shine. You can't blow it up. You can't blow it up. I'm gonna, I'm gonna. You can't blow it. You can't blow it. I'm going to let it. I'm going to let it. Let's finish up. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Sing let it shine. Let it shine. One more time. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. Let it shine. All right, here comes another little history lesson. Let's see if y'all know it. I was going to bring candy and give it out, but I was like, ain't nobody going to want no candy. But anyway, here you are. Again, I'm so excited. This is a song that was first actually written by this amazing Black woman. But you know how it happened back in the day. Black people write an amazing song. And then somebody not Black decides that, ooh, I'd be liking that. And so they're like, let me do this. And then everybody going to like it. And I'm going to make a lot of money. And we never seem to remember who the other person was. So I'm going to sing it by the first person. And I won't even tell you who it is. And I'm going to ask y'all to tell me who it was, see if you know it, all right? Here we go. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, been snooping around my door. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, been snooping around my door. You can wag your tail, but I ain't going to feed you no more. You told me you were high class. I could see through that. Yes, you told me you were high class, but I could see you through that. And daddy, I know you ain't no real cool cat. You ain't nothing but a hound dog. I've been snooping around the door. You're just an old nasty hound dog. I've been snooping around my door. So you can wag your tail, but I ain't gonna feed you no more. Get on out of here. All right. Who knows? Million dollar question. Who was that? No. That might have been somebody in this century that did it. But the first person. Yeah, go say that. Right. Big Mama Thornton. Yes, yes. You get to have some snacks. They're right in there. Just for you, that's okay. Even if you cheated, listen, you got the right answer. So it's, yes, it's all good. But this might be the version y'all recognize. Remember this one? You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. Well, you ain't never in a rabbit hole, ain't no friend of mine. That's enough of him. All right. Black History Month. Y'all know who that was. But you know what? I saw the movie. He grew up around a lot of black folks. No wonder he sounded black. Y'all see that movie? I was like, oh, that makes sense. He was all shouting at church and everything. Would you say he was really black? Oh, he thought he was. Oh, OK. I was like, woo. I was like, woo, somebody got some tea up in here about Elvis. I didn't know that one. All right, so we're going to move a little bit forward. But what'd you say? I love this. It's just like my class. It's like class, you know? Yeah, that's right. Interactive. You know, whoever talks the most learns the most. So I want to hear y'all. So we move up through. All right, so let me see. So next coming up was kind of like what's called R&B. So that was kind of like blues combination with rock, because Elvis became more of a rock kind of song. But in the late 50s, 1950s and 60s, now we got to say the 19 in front of it. Ain't that crazy? Some of us have been alive for a while. You got to put all four numbers. OK. All right. What year were you born? I'm like, OK. Wow, OK. In the late 1950s and 60s, a new sound was spreading across America. That was called soul music. And actually, soul music is like a combination of rhythm and blues and the gospel vocal style. Now, this music spoke to the heart and moved the soul. Now, over in Detroit, Michigan, there was something called Motown happening. Barry Gordy was a brilliant producer, writer. And he was like, we're going to turn this thing out and make it excellent. And we're going to make it. enough that it can cross over and everybody can like this music. So this first song we're gonna do was by a Motown artist. And this was actually their number, this was their first number one song. And it came out in, let's see, it came out in 1965. It was their first number one hit. I know y'all know this and you can at least give me a little sway. Here we go. Come on y'all, here we go, come on, here we go. If you know it, come on, sing it. I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. Oh, I can hear everybody in the choir singing. All right, when it's cold, when it's cold outside. I've got the month of May. Sounds good, y'all. Come on, let's sing it. Well, I guess you'll say, you'll say, what can make me feel this way? My girl, my girl, my girl, talking about you. I've got so much honey, the bees envy me. got a sweeter song than the bees in the trees. Come on, y'all. Sing along with me. Well, I guess you say, what can make me feel this way? My girl, my girl, my girl, talking about my girl. All right, we should probably end it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. I haven't had to talk and sing at the same time in a long time, y'all. Hold on. This is when you say, OK, open up your notebook to this page here, and y'all work it out for the next five minutes. But hold on. I had to go with my. my sister known as the Queen of Soul, as the 1960s brought protest songs and protest music. This song was originally, became famous by Otis, well, he wrote it. Otis Redding wrote this song, but she took it and just like, so most people assume it's her song, but there actually was someone else who put it out first, but we give RiRi all the credit for this one, y'all ready? I'm getting a little, What you want? Baby, I got it. What you need? Do you know I got it? And all I'm asking is for a little respect when you come home. Hey, baby, when you come home, mister, I ain't gonna do you wrong. Why you gone? I ain't gonna do you wrong, cause I don't want to. And all I'm asking is for a little respect when you come home. Baby, when you get home. Now. I'm about to give you all my money. And all I'm asking in return, honey, is give me my purpose when you get home. Baby, when you get home. Now. If y'all know it, come on and sing with me. Ooh, your kisses sweeter than honey. And guess what? So is my money. And all I want you to do for me is bring it to me when you get home. Baby, whip it to me when you get home. Hey, come on, sing along with me. Say R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. What? Take care of T-C-P-L. My little respect. Oh, a little respect. Hey, I get tired. I keep on trying. Said you're running on a full line. I need your respect. When you get home, I know that I want it. Respect. When you get home, come and go back to the bridge. Try it again. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Take care of TCP. Oh, yeah. Respect. Hey. Woo. Yes, yes, yes, yes. We having us a good old time. I'm having a good time, y'all. I'm having a good time. I feel like you're at my private party here, and we're just jamming. All right. So you know the 60s was a time of protesting, and songs were coming out in the 60s about what was going on in the world. And this is a song that was written in protest to the Vietnam War. And I know y'all are of the right generation to know where we going with this. Our brother Marvin. If you know, y'all can sing along. Here we go. Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying. Brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying. You know we've got to find a way. to bring some loving here today. Father, Father, we don't need to escalate. You see, war is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate. You know we've got to find a way. to bring some lovin' here today. Sisters is first. Picket line, sister. And picket sign, sister. Don't punish me with brutality. Come on, talk to me so we can see what's going on. What's going on. Tell me what's going on. What's going on? Hey. Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, yeah. Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong. Oh, but who are they to judge us? Simply because our hair is long. I love when I have my long dreadlocks, but what can I say? You know, we've got to find a way to bring some understanding. here today. Now say, brother, picket lines, brother, and picket signs. Don't punish me with brutality. Come on, talk to me. So you can see what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, what's going on. I want to know what's going on. Yeah. I got to make some choices. Let's see. Well, you know what? Let's do Bill Withers because I love that song. It just makes me happy. When I wake up in the morning. It's always a blessing to have some feel good music and Bill Withers. He was a master songwriter, Grandma's Hands. And this is a really beautiful song that I've seen after-school kids do this with little sticks and shakas. And my granddaughter, who's 18 months, loves this song. So this is a universal favorite. So I hope it blesses your heart, too. And it goes something like this. When I wake up in the morning, love, And the sunlight hurts my eyes. And something without warning, love, hangs heavy on my mind. But then I look at you, and the world's all right with me. Ooh, just one look at you, and I know it's going to be, if you know it, jump on in, a lovely day. Thank you, Christian, for backing me up. A lovely day. A lovely day. When the day that lies ahead of me seems impossible to face. When someone else instead of me always seems to know the way. But baby, but then I look at you, yeah, and the world's all right with me. Just one look at you and I know it's gonna be a lovely day. A lovely day. A lovely day. Hey, hey, hey, it's gonna be a lovely day. Yeah. So yes. So I didn't know what the crowd might be in terms of demographics, but we're going to go here because it's a teachable moment. So did y'all know like back in the 70s, so that was 77. But in 1978, there was a group called Chic, and they brought out this hit. called Good Times. Do y'all remember that? Do y'all remember that song? But here's the thing, right? We're going to consolidate time, because we want you to understand how there were these young kids in New York City, and they were like scratching with turntables and all that good stuff. And they started sampling before you had to ask permission. And they just, they took this hit by, Chic. So just to remind you what it sounded like, this is the hit that came out by Chic. If you know this, raise your hand. It goes like this. Good times. These are the good times. Yeah. Leave your cares behind. Leave your hands. These are the good times. Come on, if you know it, sing it, because we need some more good times around here. Good times. All right, got some dances. Come on, y'all. These are the good times. All new state of mind. These are the good times. But y'all know what happened, right? So this is what it became. I said a hip, a hop, to hip it, to hip it, to the hip, hip hop. And you don't stop rocking to the bang, bang, boogie. Say up, jump, to the rhythm of the boogity beat. Ha! And now what you hear is not a text that I'm rapping to the beat. And me, the groove, and my friends are going to try to move your feet. You see, I am, I say Special K, and I like to say hello to the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple, and yellow. But first, I got to bang, bang the boogie to the boogie. So up, jump the boogie to the bang, bang boogie. Let's rock. You don't stop. Rock the rhythm that'll make your body rock. Yeah. Woo-hoo! Yes! Yes, hunty! So that song was released in 79, but on March, not March, whoo, January 5th, 1980, that, Rapper's Delight became the first hip hop single to reach the Billboard Top 40. That was huge, that was huge, huge, huge. And it signaled that hip hop ain't going anywhere. Rap and hip hop, as much as people said, oh, it's a fad, guess what, y'all, that was 1980. It's 2023, it's still rocking. And it became the top three in the UK. And guess what, honey? It was number one in Canada. My husband went to college in Canada. We have a great passion for Canada. We love Canada. All right, so we coming down to the end, y'all. But I want to do one last song because this is one of my favorite songs of all time. I'm a big, big, big Stevie Wonder fan. I saw Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin when I was like nine years old at the Boston Garden is what it was called at the time. And I just said, when I grow up, I want to sing background vocals for Stevie Wonder. And I, oh Jesus, do I not have the lyrics? I'm gonna fake my way through this one. Okay. That's frightening. Okay. I mean, I've sung it a few times, but you know, it's different when you gotta stand up and fake it. Well, you know, we gonna make it work. We gonna make it do what it do, baby, okay? And I always said I wanted to be Aretha Franklin at that time, but Aretha had a rough life, so I'm thankful that that didn't happen, and I wanted to sing background for Stevie Wonder. So we just gonna sing a little bit of this and send us on our way, and just know that I'll be loving you for always. My husband and I, we've been married for 37 years. Yes, 37. Now, you know what? I'm just, I can't believe that I do not have this on, but you know what we're about to do? Because you know there's a friend of mine called Google, and he just, he just, ooh, he just makes things happen, y'all. So, can you believe that? Of all my songs, this is my favorite song. That's probably why I didn't bother to put it on it, because I thought I could fake it, but no, uh-uh, baby. We're going to get Stevie right. So yes, it's called As. And we had this played at our 25th wedding anniversary. And we're going to have it played at our 50th, baby, because we're going to make it. We just got to stay alive. Staying alive, staying alive. All right. Here we go. I hope it's a blessing to you. We slowed it down a little bit. As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving, and the rosebuds know to bloom in early May. Just as hate knows love's the cure, you can rest your mind assured that I'll be loving you always. As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow But in passing we'll grow older every day Just as all that's born is new You know what I say is true That I'll be loving you always Until the ocean covers every mile I need y'all help here Always, until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea. Always, until we dream of life and life becomes a dream. Did you know that true love asks for nothing? See, this is a mess. Why are you getting on Google? The acceptance is the way we pay. They skipped a verse, but it's all good. Did you know that life has given love a guarantee to last through forever and another day? Just as time knew to move on since the beginning, and the seasons know exactly when to change. Come on, spring, please. Know through all your joy and pain that I'll be loving you always. Another verse. As today I know I'm living, but tomorrow could make me the past, but that I mustn't fear. For I'll know deep in my mind the love of me I've left behind, because I I'll be loving you always. Get ready. Until the days and seas just stop and fly away. Always. Until the day that 8 times 8 times 8 is 4. Always. Until the day that is the days that are no more. Always.
[Unidentified]: Tout dwa.
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[Carter]: Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Bay li yon lòt fwa ankò pou Katani Sumner ak Mark Copeland III. Se konsa, mwen te gen yon sans ke mwen te pral sou bon chemen an ak pè sa a nan mizisyen ekselan. Um, mèsi, mèsi anpil, Mark ak Katani. Uh, se te yon seri awizom. Um, e nou gen anpil benediksyon pou nou fè fas ak ti etap nou an isit la. Wow. Jis wow. Jis wow. Um, kidonk sa a se yon vlope pou edisyon an dirèk nan pwogram mo ak mizik WMCC chak mwa. Nou vrèman kontan pou nou kòmanse Mwa Istwa Nwa lè nou vizite nou nan chanm k ap viv ou nan lòt kote nan kay la. Mwen vle remèsye Lisa yon lòt fwa ankò, Lisa Crossman, paske li te monte defi aswè a epi li te pote nouvo sèl ak limyè sou tab la. Yon vityèl segondè senk pou moun mwen Kyle Douglas tounen la sou kamera yo. Ak Kevin Harrington MCM a, ki moun ki nan pral tounen nan estidyo a, men ki moun ki te isit la pi bonè ede nou jwenn mete kanpe sou bò teknik la. Mwen vle di, li pran anpil pou mete youn nan pwogram sa yo ansanm, kwè mwen. Mèsi tout moun paske w te pase yon lòt sware pou w jwi sa WMCC gen pou l ofri. Si èk pa friz sou, epi li jis ta ka, Nou pral tounen nan mwa mas ak yon lòt edisyon Pawòl ak Mizik Premye Vandredi a. Se konsa, anvan nou fennen nan nwa, isit la nan yon lòt rapèl sou sa k ap pase pwochen nan WMCC ou a. Ansyen yo konnen ou ka vin manje midi avèk nou, 12 midi, madi, mèkredi ak jedi. Rele 781-483-3042 pou fè yon rezèvasyon. Jillian Harvey pral vrèman vin jwenn nou nan mwa mas, premye vandredi. Se Mwa Istwa Fanm yo, epi li pral gen anpil bagay pou di sou anpil. Samdi, 2-18, Black Entrepreneurs Marketplace and Sale, selebre Mwa Istwa Nwa. Vin pran echantiyon tout gwo bagay ke machann yo ak kreyatè yo pral pote. Sa a se dezyèm fwa nou soti, e premye a te vrèman gwo. Vakans lekòl fevriye, montre m atelye komik komedyen jèn timoun ak Cedric Arnold, li pral bon. Madi, kòmanse 3-7, sis semèn ak Jamil Davis, jwenn lajan ou lavi òganize. Klas sou entènèt ki fèt pou elimine estrès jesyon finansye pèsonèl ou. Denye men pa pi piti, Samdi 3-25, Chèche Mwa Istwa Fanm Te an kolaborasyon ak WMSC Senior Club la. Rete branche pou detay. Avril, manje maten lejislatif. 17 jen, Parkside Juneteenth selebrasyon. Mèsi yon lòt fwa ankò ak sipòtè prensipal pwogram WMCC First Fridays, Medford Arts Council, yon manm Konsèy Kiltirèl Massachusetts. Se tout pou kounye a, mesye. Antre nan sant la nan konvèsasyon nou an ak Jillian Harvey nan mwa mas. Voye nou adrès imel ou si ou vle yo enkli nan koneksyon regilye kontak konstan nou an. Ou ka rele nou tou nan 781-483-3042. Mwen se Terry E. Carter, lame w la. Fè sekirite epi kenbe cho. Nou pral wè ou ankò byento.