[Unidentified]: Tout se byen.
[Clayton]: Chèk mwen an fèt
[Unidentified]: Èske ou trè bon?
[Terry Carter]: Kijan ou santi ou?
[Mossalam]: Èske ou trè bon? Wi! Mari m 'se yon moun ki montre sa a ak te santi move maten sa a konsa ... Mwen pa fache avè l'.
[Unidentified]: Mwen pa fache kont li.
[SPEAKER_17]: oyes
[Terry Carter]: Tcheke, tcheke. Bonjou. Tout se byen. Bonjou. Ki sa ki yon jou bèl pouvwa nou genyen. Tout se byen. Ok, mwen pral fè yon bagay sou netwaye anvan mwen kòmanse. Etaj sa a gen yon chanm pou gason ak fanm jan ou mache soti nan pòt la nan miray la. Ok? Anpil pozisyon, pa gen okenn ap tann. Ok? Tout se byen. Tag telefòn mobil. Ok? Mwen konnen mond lan nou ap viv nan. Mwen rete nan li, tou. Ok? Nou travay pou efò imedya. Nou vle asire w ke foto yo voye bay tout moun ak tout kontni an. Men jodi a, nou pral viv otan ke nou kapab kounye a. Se konsa, si ou ka kenbe telefòn ou an silans. Sa a gwo. Ok Bonjou, zanmi, fanmi ak vwazen. Non mwen se Terry E. Mwen jis te vle asire w ke nou tout te nan menm chanm nan. Nou trè rekonesan anvè Saint. Pawas Raphael a ak Papa Pòl Coughlin bay espas sa a pou pwogram enpòtan jodi an. Nou menm tou nou renmen Medford Kominote Media ak manadjè a nan Kevin Harrington Station, sa ki pèmèt nou pèmèt nou jwe pwogram kab lokal yo, oswa li se teknik olye ke zòn mwen an nan ekspètiz. Men jodi a ak Kevin, Mark Davidson ak Jonatan Malerba malen ede, se konsa nou pral jwenn foto gwo. Ok, mèsi, mèsi. Ok, kounye a mwen konnen sa te rive yon ti kras, men Anvan ou kòmanse ak bati yon enterè nan yon kominote deyò nan kominote dirèk ou, pran yon minit oswa de epi prezante tèt ou bay yon moun ou pa konnen. Ok? Yon moun ou pa konnen, si li vle di soti nan tras la, ki nan gwo, tankou li te fè, mwen mennen l 'nan lide m' olye pou yo kè m 'yo. Jodi a, lanmou se repons lan.
[Carter]: Tout se byen.
[Terry Carter]: Ok Tout se byen. Sa a amann. Pafè. Bèl bagay. Ekselan. Tout moun retounen sou tab yo. Tout se byen. Ok Èske ou ka tande m '? Èske ou ka tande m '? Ok Tout se byen. Ok Trè, trè bon. Sa trè enteresan. Ann kòmanse pati sa a. Ok Lè sa a. Se pou nou prezante bon zanmi m 'yo, ak yon patnè nan Rev. Tanner Terley nan legliz la nan Corina da Radenso, ki pral bay invokasyon pou reyinyon jodi a la. Tanner se yon lidè konfyans enkwayab ki mennen yon kominote vibran kretyen chak dimanch nan Karen Oditoryòm nan Medford High.
[Turley]: Bonjou. Mèsi pou vini isit la maten an. Ou fè m sonje sa mwen te tande maten an. Chak jou MLK, anjeneral mwen pase yon ti tan ak timoun mwen yo epi gade diskou a dòmi. Men, maten sa a, èske mwen ka jwenn amèn lè mwen kònen sou nèj la? Lè li te di mwen te wè mòn lan, mwen te tande dènye diskou MLK a nan Medford. Yo te raple m 'ke diskou sa a te rive lè te gen yon avètisman tanpèt. Li te di nan premye, ou te ki kalite moun ki te revele ke ou te ale sou de tout fason. Se konsa, mwen kontan yo dwe nan yon chanm kote gen kèk moun ki reprezante yon vil ki detèmine pou avanse pou pi. Nou genyen, wi. Se konsa, nou ap selebre isit la. Nou reflete isit la. Mwen espere ke si ou te tankou m ', ou ta grandi isit la. Aktyèlman, mwen ka di ke mwen bezwen grandi. Èske ou ka di m '? Èske nou ka di nou bezwen grandi? Nou bezwen grandi. Sa a se vre. Mwen te grandi ke yo te pitit yon antrenè baskètbòl, ki vle di li te dwe nan yon kazye plen ak jwè baskètbòl nan koulè diferan. Apre sa, mwen toujou santi tankou yo te nan sal la, yo te ak zanmi nan limit yo rasyal. Li viv nan panse yo mal paske li ap fè tout sa li kapab. Men, kèk ane de sa, mwen te kòmanse aprann ke sa a te yon rekonsilyatè rasyal. Ap eseye yo dwe yon moun ki pote jistis rasyal toupatou ak tout kote se konplètman diferan. Se sa li ye jodi a, li jodi a. Lè sa a, mwen vle lapriyè nan Bondye Dr King la. Mwen vle envite ou jwenn mwen. Si ou se yon pati nan yon ekspresyon de yon lòt kwayans, santi yo lib yo eksprime kwayans ou. Men, ann priye ansanm. Papa, nou di ou mèsi jodi a. Bondye, mèsi pou kominote sa a. Bondye, nou remèsye opòtinite sa a pou selebre ak komemore youn nan Etazini yo. Pami pi bon lidè sèvis yo nan mond lan, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Lè nou sonje lavi l ', lè nou selebre reyalizasyon l' yo, lè nou sonje sakrifis li pou jistis, pa sèlman bati lavi l 'chak jou, men finalman, li se antyèman pou rezon jistis, nou mande l' ede chak nan nou. Li ap grandi plis reflete lavi a li reprezante. Nou bezwen èd ou, nou bezwen favè ou, epi di ou mèsi pou sa ou pral fè kounye a. Nou priye nan non Jezi.
[Terry Carter]: Ok, kounye a gen bon bagay - mwen ka prezante majistra zanmi m 'nan Medford, Brianna? Lungo-Koehn, pou débutan nan pwogram lan.
[Breanna Lungo-Koehn]: Brianna trè bon, mèsi. Mèsi Terry. Bonjou tout moun. Mwen onore yo dwe isit la yo selebre Dr Martin Luther King. Ak lavi tout moun ak eritaj. Mèsi a tout moun ki te fè evènman sa a bèl bagay posib, West Medford Community Center a òganize ak jere evènman an, ki te dirije pa direktè egzekitif Lisa Crossman ak Terry Carter, Medford Kominote Media, jan nou se avèk nou jodi a, St. Sipò ak parennaj nan lame Rayfield a ak Wegmans, NAACP Ajan Valley ak Bank Needham. Jodi a, nou menm tou nou gen yon oratè ekselan kòmanse, Celia Johnston, ble a nan Massachusetts lig la fanm kolore. Mèsi pou yo te isit la ak bay mo ou ak lide. Tèm ane sa a se tèm nan nan rèv ou ak se yon lide enpòtan ki merite panse nou yo ak refleksyon. Nou tout rèv nan yon lavni pi klere, peyaj ak ini. Nou tout fè efò yo dwe plis entim, plis toleran, plis senpatik nan sitiyasyon lòt moun '. Men, fè rèv sa yo rive vre se pi rèd pase sa li sanble. Se poutèt sa nou ta dwe gade nan sot pase a anvan nou fè plan pou lavni. Mo ak aksyon doktè King bay nou ak Scripts nan egalite ak jistis. Sa depann de nou imite ideyal sa yo ak mete yo nan lavi nou. Se konsa, kòm yon kominote ki kontinye reyalize objektif la nan egalite pou tout moun, nou travay ansanm chak jou. Mwen kap pou pi devan pou plan sa a bèl bagay. Mèsi pou envite tèt ou, mwen pa ka tann.
[Unidentified]: Mèsi.
[Terry Carter]: Gen kèk moun ki panse ke reenvante wou yo fè sans ti kras, espesyalman lè machin nan ap kouri byen. Nou deja konnen Martin Luther King Jr. Lidèchip nan jistis sosyal ak dwa moun soti nan edikasyon kretyen li yo ak lavi li nan legliz la. OK - Chante Medford Treasure Stacy Clayton ak youn nan kantik tradisyonèl Dr King la. Li pral rantre nan Pou zanmi m 'ak pyanis mwen Jonathan Fagan.
[Clayton]: Li nan gwo pou tounen nan fanmi an. Bèl Seyè, kenbe men mwen. Gide mwen. Ede m kanpe. Mwen fatige anpil. Mwen fèb epi mwen itilize. Nan tanpèt la, nan mitan lannwit, gide m '. Kenbe men mwen. ♪ Seyè presye, mennen ou lakay ou ♪ Lè wout mwen an tris, bèl Seyè a, lavi mwen fini Se konsa, mwen pa tonbe. Kenbe men mwen, bèl mesye, mennen ou lakay ou. Lè fènwa parèt ak apwòch lannwit, jou pase, ak fèy yo, Lanmou Presye
[Terry Carter]: Mèsi anpil, Daisy. Mwen toujou rele ou band Medford a paske pa gen okenn okazyon oswa evènman ki pote nou pi pre moun ki pa montre yo. Se konsa, di ou mèsi. Kidonk, nan lidèchip ak filozofi doktè wa a, kòm yon pratikan nan manifestasyon sivil ki pa nan viletary, li etidye ak lòt defansè nan manifestasyon chanjman sosyal ke manifestasyon pasifikman mondyal la. De nan sison mondyal yo se Mahatma Gandhi ak Nelson Mandela. Twa a pataje eritaj la nan sèvis ofrann bèt pèsonèl, anpil pou ke twa a te pase anpil tan nan prizon akòz lafwa yo ak aktivite sipò yo. Pandan prizonye li yo, Gandhi, Mandela ak wa a te ekri. Kòm nou kontinye pwosesis la, mwen pral akonpaye Medford Vijaya ak Francis Nwaje, direktè a nan iben divèsite, kòm Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela ak Dr King te ekri pandan prizon li.
[SPEAKER_18]: Oh, regrèt.
[Sundaram]: Mwen? Mwen onore yo dwe isit la. Mèsi Terry, pou envite m '. Li bèl li avèk ou isit la. Sou 18 out 1932, Mesye Ramsay MacDonald, Lè sa a, Premye Minis la nan Angletè, yo te arete nan Yarrawada. Prèske jouk lanmò. Chè zanmi, pa gen okenn dout ke Sir Samyèl Orr te montre l 'pwoblèm 11 mas mwen sou klas la Depresyon. Lèt sa a ta dwe fè pati nan lèt sa a epi yo dwe pote avèk ou. Mwen li desizyon Gouvènman Britanik lan sou reprezantasyon minorite yo ak te ale nan kabann pou li. Dapre lèt mwen an bay Sir Samuel Woulo, ak deklarasyon mwen an nan reyinyon an nan Komite a Minorite nan tab la Round Sentespri sou 13 novanm 1931. James Palè, mwen dwe reziste lavi ou. Sèl fason pou fè sa a se deklare pèmanan jèn, nenpòt ki fòm manje, ekonomize dlo avèk oswa san sèl ak soda. Jèn la ap sispann pandan pwogrè li yo, pwòp mouvman gouvènman Britanik lan, oswa anba presyon soti nan opinyon piblik la, modifye desizyon li yo ak plan votè kominote li yo nan yon klas fristre. Kèlkeswa jan gwo oswa piti, reprezantan yo dwe eli pa votè yo òdinè. Jèn yo pwopoze a pral kouri nan kou a regilye kòmanse nan mitan-septanm 20 sòf si desizyon an revize nan fason ki anwo a rekòmande. Mwen mande otorite yo isit la yo dwe tèks la nan lèt sa a enfòme lèt la. Men, de tout fason, mwen te kite ase tan pou lèt la rive sou tan sou wout pi dousman. Mwen menm mwen te mande ke lèt sa a ak lèt mwen an bay Sir Samuel Hall te deja refere yo bay tan an posib. Nan ka mwen an, mwen gade byen nan règleman sa a nan arestasyon ak vize vle mwen oswa kontni an nan de lèt yo bay nenpòt moun ki eksepte de konpayon mwen, Sardar Vallebhai Patel ak Mahadev Sèjan Mahadev defye. Men, mwen espere ke si sa posib, yo pral afekte opinyon piblik la pa lèt mwen an, se konsa kondisyon piblikasyon byen bonè mwen an. Mwen regrèt pou desizyon an mwen te fè, men kòm yon moun relijye, ki plwaye, Men, kòm yon moun relijye, mwen pa gen okenn lòt kou louvri. Kòm mwen te di nan Sir Samuel Hoare, jèn mwen dwe kontinye menm si gouvènman an deside pou konsève pou lib. Paske kounye a mwen pa ka atann yo reziste desizyon sa a nan nenpòt ki lòt fason, epi mwen pa vle jwenn lage mwen nan nenpòt ki fason kontan. Petèt jijman mwen te defòme, mwen te totalman yon fo elektè klas deprime, danjere pou yo oswa Endouyis. Nan ka sa a, li enposib pou gen dwa pou refere a lòt pati nan filozofi lavi mwen. Nan ka sa a, lanmò jèn mwen an pral imedyatman vin erè mwen ak leve pwa a nan gason ak fanm ki gen timoun nan bon konprann mwen. Malgre ke mwen pa gen okenn dout ke, malgre jijman mwen ke yo te kòrèk, etap sa yo espere yo pa gen anyen plis pase yon realizasyon akòz plan lavi mwen ke mwen te eseye pou plis pase yon ka nan yon syèk, ak evidamman pa san yo pa gwo siksè.
[Frances Nwajei]: 6 oktòb 1983, Komisyonè Prizon, Bualtory. Mesye, otorite lokal yo te enfòme nou ke nan lavni, yo pral menote epi yo mete yo sou janm yo dapre direksyon katye jeneral prizon yo. Yo te di sa ta aplike pou tout prizonye, sa vle di Prizonye sekirite ak manje prizonye lalwa. Nou vle ba ou yon apèl sensè pou rekonsidere desizyon ou - pou prizonye sekirite a epi pèmèt pozisyon aktyèl la kontinye. Nan 20 ane yo nou te pase nan prizon, anpil chanjman ki te fèt nan tretman nou an. Précédemment, nou te menote lè yo te pran nou soti nan kab la Island Robben, men pou kèk ane nou te sispann. Nou aksepte ak apresye dezòd la ak resevwa tout chanjman ki fèt yo soulaje difikilte yo nan lavi prizon ak fè aranjman nou yo pi toleran. Nou patikilyèman konsène sou elimine pa sèlman pratik demode, men tou imilyasyon nesesè. Men, pandan ke li pa vle fè kòmantè sou pwotokòl sekirite jeneral nan Depatman Prizon yo, nou vle fè kèk obsèvasyon sou apèl aktyèl nou an. Youn. Osi lwen ke nou konnen, pandan prizon nou yo, pa gen okenn ka yo te pran lwen pou rezon medikal, e menm te eseye fè sa. Dezyèmman, nan ane a ak yon mwatye nou te nan postma, eksperyans nou an se ke chak fwa nou te pran lwen, li te toujou akonpaye pa kat oswa plis defansè, kèk ame. Gadyen yo anjeneral akonpaye pa manm nan lapolis sekirite a. Twazyèmman, malgre laj nou ak kondisyon fizik, se aranjman preparasyon sa a entèdi aplike. Nou kwè ke akò sa yo toujou apwopriye e ke restriksyon adisyonèl yo totalman rezonab, lou ak imilyan. Sa a te anvayi pa lefèt ke gen moun ki te atire gwo atansyon piblik ak kiryozite, yo bay prizonye yo menote. Senk, nou konvenki ke otorite Robben Island ak Pertes ka bòykote reklamasyon nou yo ke prizonye sekirite pa ka akize de move itilizasyon nan rezilta medikal. Sizyèm, nou te fè remake ke li se pi resamman mete aksan sou ke pa gen okenn diferans nan tretman nan prizonye, si yo se prizonye oswa prizonye anba Lwa sou Sekirite Sosyal. 7. Mesye, nou sonje ke sa a se pa ki konsistan avèk pozisyon nan objektif. Pou egzanp, prizonye sekirite gen aksè privilejye. An jeneral, byenke yo ka klase kòm gwoup A, yo gen restriksyon sou aranjman chak jou. Petèt sa ki pi enpòtan, an jeneral, prizonye sekirite yo te jwi pa enstalasyon referans ak libète pwovizwa pou lòt prizonye. Nou kwè ke kèk moun ki te elaji alokasyon sa a te resevwa sekou nan semèn a mwa. Uit, nou reklame ke paske gen aktyèlman yon tretman diferan, pa gen okenn rezon ki fè yo egzante prizonye sekirite nan enstriksyon pou madanm ak siy janm yo. Nèf, epi finalman, ki soti nan yon plan sante, nou wè aranjman sa yo nouvo kòm yon dezavantaj fèm. Kèk nan nou soufri soti nan tansyon wo. Li enpòtan ke lè nou yo te pote nan ekspè yo, nou dwe detann yo epi yo dwe konplètman gratis nan tansyon. Imilyasyon ak resantiman ki te koze pa yon madanm ka gen yon enpak negatif sou tansyon nou an. Se konsa, nan yon sèten mezi, sa a ta ka bat objektif ekspè nan konsiltasyon an. Nou respekte konfime ke nou pa ka panse a yon sèl rezon ki valab pou bezwen pou aplike nouvo limit sa a pou nou. Nou yon lòt fwa ankò rele pou bay yo. Mèsi. Ou se fidèl, Nelson Rohilala Mandela.
[Terry Carter]: excerpted from Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.' 's letter from the Birmingham jail, April 16, 1963. You may well ask, why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches, and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path? You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent, direct action seeks to create such a crisis and fosters such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks to so dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the Nonviolent Resistor may sound rather shocking, but I must confess that I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. The purpose of our direct action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will invariably and inevitably open the door to negotiation. I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation. Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than in dialogue. One of the basic points in your statement is that the action that I and my associates have taken in Birmingham is untimely. Some have asked, why didn't you give this new city administration time to act? The only answer that I can give to this query is that the new Birmingham administration must be prodded about as much as the outgoing one before it will act. We are sadly mistaken if we feel that the elevation of Albert Boutwell as mayor will bring the millennium to Birmingham. While Mr. Boutwell is a much more gentle person than Mr. Connor, they are both segregationists. dedicated to the maintenance of the status quo. I have hope that Mr. Boutwell will be reasonable enough to see the futility of massive resistance to desegregation. But he will not see this without the pressure from devotees of civil rights. My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. Lamentably, it is an historical fact that the privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture, but as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups tend to be more immoral than individuals. Justice too long delayed is justice denied. We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was well timed. In the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation, For years now, I have heard the word wait. It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This wait has almost always meant never. We must come to see with one of our distinguished jurists that justice too long delayed is justice denied. Okay, live theater has moving parts. Thank you so much Vijaya and Francis. I stand with you in believing that all three civil rights champions changed the world. Their sacrifices are both historic and well documented. Sharing these reflections gives us the opportunity to see Martin Luther King Jr. among his teachers and global contemporaries. As we move forward, I believe that Dr. King would want us to be mindful of the worsening plight of new immigrants to America. It would appear that there could be a dramatic shift in the federal government's response to the desires of many foreign-born travelers that want to become Americans, particularly those that are seeking to come here to escape horrible living conditions, violence, and considerable peril in their countries of origin. So if you will indulge the poet in me to share a bit more, I'm going to have my musical collaborator and the founder of the Medford Jazz Festival, Jonathan Fagan. Join me for a piece designed to highlight a less friendly stance on migrants. This piece is called Alienation, and it's one of the tracks on a CD that we've recorded that meets at the intersection of jazz and social justice under the title of the Ally Project. That CD is available today if you're interested, but please give this rendition a mindful listen. Here is a fence without a gate. You can't get in, you have to wait. You can't be foreign or somehow strange. This isn't your home, home on the range. You can't arrive in a rickety boat. Our castle has a treacherous moat. We won't host refugees at our door. You're not the sort we're looking for. Take good note, we stay on guard, we don't want you in our backyard. Despite the danger you seek to avoid, our best deterrents have been deployed. You say your country's full of peril, but like stray cats, we think you're feral. We think you're prone to filth and crime, we don't want either at this time. We don't care what the nations say. They won't do more than hope and pray. Our stance is clear on human rights. Lock the door, turn off the lights. You saw that statue in the bay. It stood for liberty until today. It welcomed tired and huddled masses. not criminals from your underclasses. We've got militias on the border. They own big guns to keep the order. Law enforcement lets them stay to help you keep, to help us keep your kind at bay. Why do we feel that this is good? Why can't we share the neighborhood? Is it because you're black and brown? No, we just choose to stand our ground. Stay in your place, deal with your issues, we'll send lots of coal and tissues. Don't form caravans and run, you'll find yourself in the sight of a gun. There are no streets here lined with gold. Our eyes are closed. Our hearts are cold. There is no flowing milk and honey. American skies are not that sunny. The fences we build to keep aliens out. They serve to keep our faith devout. This land we scheme to make our own. It's ours, you see, and ours alone. As long as you stay on the other side, we can maintain our national pride. Please don't show your anguished faces. We're cutting back on other races. We've had enough of global inclusion. We're ridding this country of race confusion. We know how to win these fights and limit all these civil rights. Safety nets in the welfare state will have to stop for the lost and late. A rising tide that favors the rich, that's our favorite campaign pitch. Me Too movements and Black Lives Matter? In all due time, your ranks will scatter. You think that you shall overcome? Just cross this line, we'll give you some. We'll give you a taste of burning churches and black boys hung from oaks and birches. We'll give you a taste of incarceration and prisons.com, the corporate plantation. We're taking this country back to the time when a brown life wasn't worth a dime, except for the way it worked in the field, except for a bushel of crops to yield. We're taking this country back to the day when white meant right in every way, when men of privilege could rape and beat and kill for spite, then lie and cheat. We're taking this homeland back to a season where hooded marauders needed no reason to hunt folks down with rifles and dogs through the lonely woods, the swamps, and bogs, where Confederate flags were boldly raised and crosses in the darkness blazed, and the land was full of racial hate served with grits on a breakfast plate. You thought the worm had surely turned and young black bodies no longer burned, yet here you are again today with the specter of prejudice winning the day. The maga caps we wear with pride, sure let us know who's on our side. The pointed hood and long white robe, fine clothes for the xenophobe. Perhaps this place that immigrants covet can somehow heal and rise above it. Until that day, our best advice to call this home, you'll pay a price. You'll pay a price as many misguided embrace the hate their voice provided. His Twitter rants and sound bites full of ethnocentric cock and bull. You'll pay a price as higher walls lead great climbers to greater falls, where fences are the new condition announcing the refugees' abolition. This isn't our nation's greatest hour, this flexing of white supremacist power, and yet the season is fully revealing the stain of hatred we've been concealing. So take good note and be on guard of deadly traps around the yard. Our agents are on high alert to keep you foreigners off this dirt. Tolerance is in short supply. We won't let your kind occupy this sacred land our forebears built. We don't subscribe to Anglo guilt. This fence was built without a gate to keep out all who come here late. To all you aliens, we don't like strange. No room at the end in our home on the range. Thank you. Thank you so much and Jonathan will be back to play a bit again later in the program. Okay so for the past couple of years at our MLK celebration we have continued a new WMCC tradition honoring community leadership in a number of important areas. Today we'll award our third annual Drum Major Awards, picking up on Dr. King's notion of leading out and being engaged in the business of building beloved community. These WMCC Drum Major Awards focus on the categories of civic engagement and public service, arts advocacy, leadership in the faith community, and preserving the legacy of the community. Here to help present those awards are Lisa Crossman, the executive director of the West Medford Community Center. You don't always see him, although at six feet plus, plus, plus, he's hard to miss in a crowd. But he's very, very strategic about when he makes his appearances because he wants to have maximum impact when he's seen. Our 2025 award, Drum Major Award for Civic Engagement and Community Advocacy is presented to Reginald Graham. Yeah. So You know, my recollections of Reggie Graham are all basketball court recollections. I recollect WMCC New Beginnings basketball squad down at Duggar Park, hooping, hooping, and hooping, day and night, just playing basketball. Also remember Reggie, obviously, is a stalwart at that Medford High squad that went to Tech Tourney back in the day. My recollections of Reggie Graham these days and Lisa's as well I'm sure are of an advocate and a you know kind of a little bit of a pit bull down in City Hall kind of making sure that you know some And you know tell the truth shame the devil that some justice gets done for the folks down in the lower half. So Reggie we really appreciate you, you've been a champion you know in the parks and recreation commission and other aspects of the role of being out there for the West Medford community so we are happy to present you with this award. All right, Reginald Graham, ladies and gentlemen. All right. Okay. Our next award actually was for arts and advocacy and creativity in the community. And it's to be presented to Earl and Tanya Howard. For those of you that don't know Earl and Tanya, founding principals of West Medford Open Studios. So for those of you that aren't familiar with West Medford Open Studios, hopefully you'll familiarize yourself when it comes around again this year. But it is an opportunity and it has morphed a little bit, particularly after COVID. from being in individual homes in the West Medford area to being a big celebration in a single spot at Duggar Park. And for the last couple of years, it's been really, really splendid to see the display of talent and the variety of artists that exist in Medford and the surrounding community. So if you have never been to a West Medford Open Studios when it comes around this year, you want to make sure that you get out there. Lots of things to buy and to try. They've got loads of supply and they're all alive, none of them won't die. You know, can't help it. It's the way my mind works these days. You know, I rhyme and I remember. In any event, to our Earl and Tanya Howard, the Arts Advocacy and Creativity Award will be presented in due season. Thank you. Our next award is being presented posthumously and this is a difficult one for me to speak about because The life that I have in faith was influenced by a few people in this community. My mother, the principal one, who said she always wanted to have a pastor in the family. And Reverend O.G. Phillips, and those of you who are Old West Medford know O.G. And this woman who was always, a mentor, a supporter, an advocate, and a cheerleader. She was a principal connector in the interfaith community in Medford and she is and will be sorely missed. Leadership in the faith community, Reverend Dr. Florence Nottage King posthumously. And I know Reverend King's daughters are here, Pamela and Paula. So they're going to come up and accept the award. OK. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Take your time, darling. Hallelujah. Yes. Thank you, darling. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, darling. Once again, your mother, and I'm sure there aren't too many if any in this room that don't at least know of her, she was a beacon of light in the West Medford Community Center. Never had a discouraging word to say to anybody always had an encouraging word for everybody. She was really a beautiful person, a beautiful soul. You've taken after her, and we're proud to present this drum major award, posthumous leader, your mom, Reverend Dr. Florence Nottage King. God bless you both. You gotta have flowers for both. You won't start nothing, you know what I'm saying? Okay, alright so our final drum major award is an award for preserving the legacy of the West Medford community and it goes to none other than Johnny Reed. Well over 25 years ago, Johnny got together with a few other, we call them old heads, and they came up with an idea for a neighborhood, an annual neighborhood reunion. And the West Medford reunion, for those of you who have not partaken, is a landmark event in the West Medford community. We are now sharing some of the responsibility for making sure that it continues to happen. This will be the 90th anniversary of the West Medford Community Center. And for the last, I would say, quarter of that history, the West Medford reunion has been part and parcel to keeping this community, which has become very fragmented for a number of reasons, together. And when folks get together, it's like they never, never left each other. It's partying, it's dancing, it's A little bit of drinking, another story another day but it's a wonderful occasion and hopefully the West Medford Community Center in partnership with Johnny and others will be able to keep this tradition going. So for preserving the legacy of the community Johnny Reed we just want to say thank you and present this award to you. All right. All right. OK. All right. OK. OK, so as you can already see, today is a family affair for West Medford and for the community center. There is talent and community spirit all around us, and we try to take advantage of it whenever possible. For me, that frequently means that I take advantage of the talent and community spirit that I find in my own household. So Pastor Teresa J. Cotter is an ordained pastor and minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ. She is a trained dancer and leads women and girls across New England in liturgical dance ministry, discipleship, and Christian evangelism. Some of you all have seen Teresa dance solo. Today, she is accompanied by some beautiful women who extend the outreach of liturgical dance all over New England. So I'm going to bring Pastor Teresa up. She's going to introduce her compatriots. And then we're going to have dancing.
[Teresa Carter]: Bonjou, Simadford. Bonjou, Simadford. Li nan gwo yo wè yo tout yo epi yo dwe avèk ou ankò. Ki sa ki kè kontan nan selebre Dr Martin Luther King Pou selebre itilizatè a flanbo pote flanbo a avè l ', Lè sa a, li, Coretta Scott King. Li te pote m 'jodi a, mwen te santi tankou mwen te nan kay la, mwen te pran m' de jodi a Pami pitit fi lafwa mwen yo, mwen ta di yon pitit fi konfyans nan Bondye. Kadesh Sims Conroy ak Tanya Langelo se pitit fi yo espirityèl mwen te anseye m 'pou 15 ane. Mwen pa ka sèlman sèvi yo, men tou ap viv avèk yo. Jodi a, envite espesyal nou an, Olivia Langelo, pitit fi nyès mwen Tanya, pral tou rantre nan nou. Mèsi a tèm jodi a, gras a selebrasyon doktè wa a, li trè enpòtan pou pote Olivia pou nou jodi a Ansanm, rèv mwen, rèv ou, dòmi nou an. Ki sa nou vle fè se yon chan ki gen dwa kwè. Nou kwè nan rèv doktè wa a Pandan mach la nan Washington, li te pale nan yon lèt ki soti nan prizon an Birmingham, epi li te di sou Medford anvan lanmò li. Nou kwè ke rèv la kontinye jodi a. Men, se pa sèlman paske nou pale sou li. Sa a se paske nou te fè yon diferans nan sa a. Liv la nou yo ki baze sou sa a te jwe ekri pa pitit fi Dr King la. Non ou se Yolanda Renee King. Liv sa a se tit la, nou rèv nan yon mond. Yolanda ekri nan liv li ki jan granparan li ankouraje l ', men yo ankouraje l' pote flanbo a, menm si li te toujou vivan. Men, se pa sèlman flanbo a yo te pote, li tou anvi reyalize yon rèv. Se poutèt sa, nou ankouraje l 'kwè jodi a ke Dr King pale, rèv la nan pwogrè nan Coretta Scott King, rèv la nan inite, imilite, konpasyon, renmen, jistis, malgre sa k ap pase bò kote nou. Pote sa a rèv ou epi transfere li nan jenerasyon nan rèv. Amèn? Amèn.
[SPEAKER_18]: Yo di chanjman an pap janm fini.
[Unidentified]: Men, yo pa konnen ou renmen nou.
[SPEAKER_18]: Non ou gen pouvwa.
[Unidentified]: Nou tande toujou gen espwa. Nou tande tan sa a pap janm chanje. Yo pa t 'wè sa ou ta ka fè. Nou kwè nan ou. Ou te di, mwen panse. Ou te di, li fè. Mwen pa ka fè ou konfyans lè ou di li disparèt. Enposib, nou pral wè yon mirak. Bondye, nou kwè. Bondye, nou kwè. Wi, mesye. Bondye, nou kwè.
[Terry Carter]: 好吧，这真令人惊讶还是什么？ 我知道这会很特别，因为他们在我们的客厅里进行排练。 您知道，男人洞穴中的吹动知道，让他们知道他们今天在一些特别的地方。 感谢您，衷心感谢Teresa牧师和她的团队为纪念上帝和Martin Luther King博士的精彩演讲。 我敢肯定，两者都很高兴。 好的，这是第一个小时，或多或少。 让我们休息一下苏打水，并有机会让人们将更多的东西与您餐桌上的人联系起来。 现在，我们的志愿者将指导他得到零食，然后请他回到桌子上吃饭，等待更多指示。 一切好吗？ 很好，好吧，让我们回去。 一切都很好。 下午好，大家。 好的。 一切都很好。 这些是有些人，但这不是全部。 因此，让我们再试一次。 下午好，大家。 好吧，我喜欢它，我喜欢它。 好的，我知道每个人都还在吃一点，没关系，但是我们想启动该程序以在途中获得一点。 因此，我会问一些可以带您舒适区的人，这很好，因为那是我们来到这里要做的事情。 因此，如果您在少于六个人的桌子上，我希望您移动并填写，完全填充另一个表格。 好吧，环顾四周，看看只有几个人的桌子，然后搬到桌子上，您可以填充一点。 一切都很好。 而且，如果您有座位，您想带某人警告。 一切都很好。 一切都很好。 不要，不要成为可靠的证人。 一切都很好。 改变和移动。 好的。 是的，这是正确的。 举起几根手指。 让他们知道您有空间的人。 一切都很好。 这就是全部。 这就是全部。 直接在游行中。 一切都很好。 好的。 好的。 一切都很好。 因此，我们希望每个人都会有所更新，并有点反思。 目前，我们想花一段时间，并将其带到一个练习，以在其各个表格上建立社区。 好的，请注意，因为说明来了。 一切好吗？ 我听到其他不是我的声音。 这让我不安。 好的，然后放松您的主人。 放松您的主人。 尽力放松主人。 好，非常感谢。 非常好，在每张桌子上，您会在该桌子上的每个座位上找到一个紫色针织袋。 好的，桌子上有八个座位，八个紫色的网眼袋。 在袋子里，您会发现一些硬币子弹来使您的呼吸甜味。 好的，我只是说没关系，有一点赃物WMCC，很好，会有一两个折断 - 因此，您的任务是桌子组装您的休息时间 我们所有人都有一部分，可以创建一个亲爱的社区。 好的？ 一切都很好。 桌子上的休息。 您可以立即开始。 这不是竞争。 好的？ 这只是有关联系和个人责任的证明。 我们的礼物可能不一样，但我们的牺牲可能是一样。 我在我旁边听很多声音，这困扰着我。 好的，我会重复该声明。 我们所有人都有一部分，可以创建一个亲爱的社区。 一切好吗？ 因此，将碎片从休息时间拿到这些小袋子，然后建立小休息。 一切好吗？ 一切都很好。 我喜欢那个。 好吧，我看到我想看的。 一切好吗？ 好的，我会再读的。 我们所有人都有一部分，可以创建一个亲爱的社区。 好，对不起。 我被纠正了。 您知道，丈夫一直被妻子纠正。 很好，这里无事可做。 很好，没有人受伤。 因此，说明实际上是我们所有人都有梦想的一部分。 我吃了你的食物，对吗？ 我们所有人都在建立一个亲爱的社区时睡觉。 很好，很好，好的。 来吧，来吧，得到这些休息。 来吧，做。 是的，是的，是的，是的。 我告诉你这不是竞争。 我喜欢那个。 看起来很漂亮。 我可以从这里看到它。 真的，非常非常好。 非常好。 哦，是的，是的。 很好，很好。 赫拉。 我看见你。 我看见你。 我看见你。 一切都很好。 好的。 梦想的作品。 是的。 非常好，很好，在房子里，大楼中的四人组。 很好，很好。 Buckley Boss，建筑物中的温迪牧师。 很好，很好。 NAACP在建筑物中，嗯，吉尔？ 很好，很好，好的。 我们在这里有什么？ 哦，嘿，嘿，嘿。 这是一个可以使用的解决方案。 它可以很好地工作。 那永远不会发生在我身上。 好的。 线性结构。 一切都很好。 做得很好。 好的。 做得很好。 创新的。 创新的。 一切都很好。 我们要做什么？ 嘿，伙计。 一切都很好。 极好的。 一切都很好。 我们在哪里？ 很好，伙计。 你去哪儿？ 您是否从其他地方借一块？ 就像这座城市，偷了佩德罗付给保罗。 好的。 好的。 我大声说出来吗？ 很抱歉。 极好的。 早上好。 哦，非常感谢。 一切都很好。 那很好。 那很好。 好的。 我们在哪里？ 嘿，愉快。 非常好。 完美的。 完美的。 非常好。 谢谢玛丽。 好的。 一切都很好。 一切都很好。 这里发生了什么？ 怎么了。 他们必须在戒指上打电话。 你必须打电话。 好的。 好的。 一切都很好。 一切都很好。 好的。 非常好。 非常好。 出色的。 出色的。 出色的。 完美的。 很好。 好工作。 好工作。 好工作。 一切都很好。 好的。 好的。 好的。 因此，正如我所说，这不是一场比赛。 这只是一个演示。 连接和个人责任。 我们的礼物可能不一样，但我们的牺牲可能是一样。 我们清空了袋子，建造了一些东西。 感谢所有人的开放和参与。 我们认识到，这只是我们想在整个城市看到的东西的一步。 我们的希望是，我们所有以社区为基础的机构都可以成为动态和召唤交流的更大，更有效的孵化器。 毫无疑问，这是西梅德福社区中心的意图。 是的，这是正确的。 给自己掌声。 一切都很好。 享受您的精神与合作。 就我个人而言，我们今天所做的一切都支持我作为创造精神的诗人所做的事情。 我很早说，我喜欢我的家人加入我参加这些特殊的WMCC计划。 实际上，他们真的祝福我的意愿和合作。 我问了我亲爱的堂兄Shara Owen Schwartz和她的女儿，我的美丽侄女Callie，他们读了两首诗，这些诗在这个国家中表现出了为社会正义而奋斗的美丽和危险。 第一首诗是我的之一。 你有正确的时间吗？ 第二个是传奇的兰斯顿·休斯（Langston Hughes）所说的一部分，我梦到一个世界。 女士们，先生们，莎拉和Callie Owen Schwartz。
[Sharra Owens-Schwartz]: Se poutèt sa, pyès la mwen pral li se premye liv Medford a, Terry E. Carter, Larado Powèt Ou gen dwa a dwa, pi long la ou ye a. Plis? Mwen pa di mwen pa priye. Ou pral tande demand yo nan lapè, sekirite ak amoure. Ou wè jenou yo bese. Li te konnen doulè a nan tout dlo nan je ak kriye nan lapenn ak ta konsole l '. Men, li tou wè fanatik la ak lojik defekte nan kriye, libète mwen, dwa mwen, konstitisyon mwen an. Li te wè rapò dezagreyab soti nan Giants yo NRA, pandan y ap politisyen emi sou Maga Maga. Li te wè karaktè koripsyon nan lidè yo ki pa seleksyone, kè a fò ak lespri a ostil nan moun ki gen san nan men yo. Plis, kite a fè li, e mwen pa fè anyen? Mo sa a kòmande lafwa san travay pou mouri. Li te 14yèm nan Buffalo, 19yèm nan Uvalde, 58 nan Vegas, 49 nan Orlando, 32 nan Blacksburg, Newtown, 23 nan Sutherland Springs, Killen, El Paso, ak Charleston Nèf. Mouri yo se antretyen etènèl. Plis lanmò yo manifeste nan volonte nou. Konbyen tan nou pral soufri, men nou pa pral aji? Tan an plis nou pral deplase men nou ale, men pa pral chanje? Chak jou, pi long la nou touye timoun nou yo chak jou? Plis nou pral kite Evaris kèk moun, pousyè tè ak sa ki mal, sa a pral pote malè, pè ak lanmò nan sal la ap viv, lekòl yo ak tanp yo nan kominote a renmen anpil? Mwen pa di mwen pa priye. Men, san yo pa jistis reyèl ak responsablite reyèl, nou pa janm yo pral kapab reyalize lapè. Si nou toujou pèmèt bank yo, sou aksyon, tout bagay sou mache lib yo ak rezilta nan fen, ki se pou tout tan. Si nou kite yo kontinye pale sou nou, bese sou yo ak achte fè sa ki dwat yo, yo ap toujou kapab fè evidamman move bagay. Li toujou afekte pa abi douloure. Yo toujou peye ak pare fè toksik ak enjistis. Chak sivil nan peyi sa a gen plis pase 120 zam. Sa yo se jis sa nou konnen. Èske gen nenpòt zèb sansib nan ekwasyon sa a? Èske pa gen okenn tanpèt pafè nan emosyonèlman enstab la, mantalman dezekilib, prezaj nan rayi ak sijesyon sou inyorans ak distraksyon? Mwen pa di mwen pa priye. Mwen voye l 'sou jenou mwen kounye a, men fwa sa a mwen mande Bondye ban m' kouraj la fè plis fè li diferan yo epi yo vin yon chanjman mwen vle wè nan peyi sa a. Mwen mande ou fòse nou ini grenn moutad ak simen jèm nan lafwa nou, fòs ak inite yo transfere mòn sa a nan vyolans ak touye moun nan yon byen lwen ak entèdi tounen. Ale pi lwen pase sa yo papòt nan doulè, pi lwen pase tristès nou an oswa pèt. Anplis de sa nan sèvis lonbraj ak lotèl tanporè, osi byen ke Twitter Diatibes ak Facebook Silloquies, osi byen ke podcasts ak Zoom Chat Chanm, osi byen ke chanm k ap viv nou an, lekòl nou yo, kominote renmen anpil nou yo ak ki kote nou rele lakay ou.
[Callie Owens-Schwartz]: Mwen reve nan mond lan nan Langston Hughes. Reve nan yon moun, yon mond ke pa gen yon sèl meprize lòt moun, ap beni tè a ak mond lan lapè. Rèv nan yon mond kote tout moun konnen fòm nan dous ak gratis, Evaris pa gen okenn ankò deplase nanm nan, ni se li yon eskilti nan Evaris. Mwen reve nan yon mond Yon kote ki dòmi nan nwa oswa blan, pa gen pwoblèm sa kwaze ou ye, pral pataje rekonpans yo nan tè a ak tout moun se gratis. Doulè pral pann tèt li tankou yon pèl ak kote nan kè kontan satisfè bezwen yo nan tout limanite. Soti nan tankou yon rèv, mond mwen an.
[Carter]: Tout se byen. Tout se byen. Mèsi. Tout se byen. Wow. Wow.
[Terry Carter]: Mèsi Sara. Mèsi Callie. Wow. Mwen toujou konnen kisa k ap pase lè mwen li powèm pwòp mwen. Mwen pa janm konnen kisa k ap pase lè yon moun ap etidye. Men, li te kaptive. Mèsi anpil pou pote pasyon ou ak lafwa pou mwen, Callie, Mo Langston Hughes te pote chalè li yo ak jenewozite nan li. Nou kontan mete l 'isit la jodi a ak di ou mèsi pou espwa ou a rantre nan biznis la Arlington ak vwazen West Medford lè kè ou ak kè reyèlman bezwen travay ansanm sou wout la lavil la. Ok
[Carter]: trè bon.
[Terry Carter]: Se konsa, plan jodi a gen potansyèl la montre talan yo etonan nan kèk fanm gwo jodi an. Sa a se pa aksidan. Reyalite pwoblèm lan se mouvman, quotes envolontè, Li se plen ak twòp talan, favè, bon konprann ak etonan vitalite Rezèv tanpon fanm. Doktè King gen yon gwo relasyon ak gwo fanm yo, ki gen dinamik te enfliyanse travay yo sou dwa sivil ak jistis sosyal. Mwen panse ke, an reyalite, Metòd Lwès Sant Kominotè te vin yon enkibatè pou fanm ki gen fanm ki gen talan ak enspire. Mwen te toujou te vle konsidere modèl sa yo enpòtan ak kontribye. Se konsa, swiv pwochen lòd la komèsyal yo. Koulye a, li la toujou yon defi pou m 'prezante enfòmasyon enpòtan nan diskou a ouvèti ak moun kap pale. Mete konfyans mwen nan mwen, mwen nan fen tou de pati yo, donatè ak moun ki resevwa. Se konsa, chwa a ane sa a pou oratè prensipal yo reyèlman resonated avè m '. Sèl enkyetid mwen se disponiblite, Pwoblèm sa a travay fasil. Relasyon toujou kontribye nan sijè sa yo. Celia Johnston Blue se yon lidè egzekitif ki gen eksperyans ak plis pase 30 ane nan eksperyans lidèchip nan sektè yo prive, piblik ak san bi likratif. Nan 2015, Celia te travay ak 12 fanm soti nan Massachusetts Li te mennen devlopman ak lansman piblik nan Massachusetts, M-A-W-C-C nan Colalião de Colali de Incorporated. Li kounye a sèvi kòm prezidan ak direktè egzekitif, ki mennen òganizasyon an pote soti nan vizyon li yo ak misyon, ki se Li fèt pou defann vwa fi a pou koute ak rekonèt koulè. Anvan wòl li ye kounye a nan MayWalk, Celia te pwovizwa direktè nan Depatman Sèvis Imen Rhode Island, yon pozisyon kabinè-nivo ki bay enfòmasyon bay Gouvènè McKee. Celia mennen yon òganizasyon ki gen apeprè 1,000 anplwaye Bidjè a se apeprè $ 900 milyon dola, bay benefis ak sèvis nan 300,000 oswa yon tyè nan popilasyon an Rhode Island. Li te pase nèf ane nan depatman an transpò nan Massachusetts ak te vin jwenn eksperyans nasyonal nan plizyè fason. Premyèman, nonmen kòm yon espesyalis pou Massachusetts Aviyasyon Komisyon an Li te pita nonmen Direktè Adjwen nan Depatman Transpòtasyon Massachusetts e li te Lè sa a, monte nan Massachusetts otomobil dosye yo Rejis CEO. Ok, panse sou li kounye a, panse sou li pou yon dezyèm fwa. Anrejistrè ak Direktè Jeneral nan dosye veyikil motè Massachusetts. Li se premye Afriken-Ameriken an nan istwa Massachusetts yo vin Rejis la Commonwealth. Li gradye nan syans. Sa a li. Vo louabl. Diplòm nan Syans nan Worcester State University, yon MBA soti nan Anna Maria College, se kounye a ki anrejistre ak yon PhD. Pwogram Lidèchip University of Vermont. Li te bay pou lidèchip ak angajman nan divèsite, ekite ak enklizyon e yo te rele No 50 Worcester Business Magazine Klas 2021. Nan 2023, li te resevwa prim elèv distenge nan Worcester State University. Mesye ak Mesye, kounye a, bay Celia Johnston Blue yon resepsyon cho.
[Johnston Blue]: Good morning. Oh, come on. I know we just ate, but good morning. All right, there we go. Can you guys hear me OK? Thank you so much for having me today. I want to recognize the executive director, Linda Grossman, board president, Melinda Regan, board members, the mayor of Medford, other dignitaries, Rafael Parish Center, and the sponsors, staff, planning committee, and all the volunteers that made today's event possible. I want to give a special shout out to Terry Carter, who asked me to speak today, and to you, the audience, for being here today. So I say we give ourselves a round of applause for that. I also want to recognize the awardees today for your work and your commitment, and stay strong and keep moving forward. I want to acknowledge the fact that West Medford Community Center has been providing services and programs and activities and connecting people from West Medford, Mystic River Valley for over 90 years. Congratulations. That is quite an accomplishment. I'm going to start by telling you just a little bit about who I am because I think that's important so that you can see the lens in which I am coming from and how it drives my work. I am very much the immigrant story. My family is from Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean, West Indies. Jamaica was owned and colonized by the Spaniards and English folks like the United States and so many other countries. My family's roots and our lineage, black, West Indian, Scottish, and Irish, and I am still learning about my lineage. I am a mom, a wife, a sister, an auntie, godmother, friend, a boss, and proud daughter of Barrington and Valerie Johnston. My family migrated to Jamaica, from Jamaica to this country, when I was 11 and a half years old, made possible by my Aunt Dorothy Vassell, my father's sister, whom we call the matriarch of our family. I didn't know about racism until I came to the United States. Although I experienced racism, I am grateful. that I also had a positive experience where some of my classmates were kind and open to this young Jamaican girl that came to their school. Fast forward to now, I have a few decades of leadership experience stemming as Terry so eloquently introduced me today in many different sectors. And I have been blessed with most of my career to be in senior and executive level roles. And trust me, I still have the scars for that. Many years ago, God placed on my heart to start an organization focused on women of color. As I know firsthand, the inequities that we faced just about on a daily basis. Our organization is fondly called Maywalk. We started with 12 brilliant women from across the commonwealth, and you can find their bios on our website. For those of you who might not be familiar with Maywalk, we are a statewide nonprofit organization, nonpartisan organization, based in Worcester. And our mission is to address racial inequities as it exists for women of color, created by systemic, institutional, internalized, and interpersonal racism. And we wanted to, as founding members, really call that out. We provide programming, training, and we advocate for policies and legislation for a more equitable commonwealth. Our programming includes a leadership track for training and boards and commission. We have an intergenerational leadership academy for women of color and high school girls of color, which includes a one-year mentorship program. We are doing our part to encourage and empower and provide tools and strategies for women for personal and professional growth and advance their career and also inspire the next generation of leaders. With respect to our advocacy work, we have had overall four legislative wins and two ballot question wins. And I'll just speak briefly about two of the wins we had last year. I do want to say that we also were involved in the expansion of voting here in the Commonwealth called the Votes Act. We're involved in it during COVID when we have to rethink about how to vote. We're involved in that movement and then permanently expanding the rights here in the Commonwealth. Last year, the maternity bill got passed, which expands access to midwifery, birth centers, and doula services and addresses postpartum depression. Our ballot questions involve fair share, which is known as the millionaire tax for increased funding to schools and roads and bridges, and the Work and Family Mobility Act, which actually I started working on when I was registrar. It allows immigrants to apply for a driver's license in Massachusetts regardless of their immigration status. And lastly, the Wage Equity Act is when we talk about a piece of the dream, it means also a piece of the economic pie, right? And so last year, we were in the steering committee for passing of the Francis Perkins Workplace Equity Act. This is important for all of us in this room. It goes into effect in June of this year. What does it do? It discloses to the employees who are being offered a promotion or transfer the range of what that position earned. Right now, you don't know that. You can do market research, you can get a sense, but you don't know what that company actually paid, and we know that our white counterparts are being paid more than we are. It also discloses the pay range for anyone who wants to know in your organization what your role earned. It also allows the attorney general to enforce the law for organizations who do not want to cooperate with that. So this is, there's also new pay data reporting obligations, which I think is important, because we don't know if we're not measuring, we don't know how we're doing unless we really have the data to show us how we're doing. So I'm proud to say that we're entering our 10th year, and yes, you can clap for that. And you're all invited to our annual meeting and celebration next Saturday at the Beachwood Hotel in Worcester. You can go online to maywalk.com and register. And I encourage you to become a member and also become an ally and supporter. In preparing for my speech, I went back and listened to many speeches and interviews that Dr. King gave. One of the speeches that he gave to high school students talked about developing a blueprint. I'm going to come back to this. To realize our piece of Dr. King's dream, we must go back to some of the early days of civil rights movement, and we must understand the real history of this country. I would encourage you to listen to this interview that he did in 1967 to NBC. Watching and listening to these many interviews really gave me hope. I was inspired, and it also affirmed our reality as black people that we cannot ignore. Of course, I listened to his famous speech, I Have a Dream speech, but what I'm gonna do is focus on this particular interview. The title of it says, in this rarely seen interview, King speaks bluntly about the new phase of the struggle for genuine equality and his continuous commitment to the civil rights movement. The question that was posed to him was this, Isn't it part of the dilemma now that people know that Negroes were being denied what was guaranteed by the Constitution, by the fact that they were citizens of this country, that when they were given those rights, did you feel like the white community said, well, we have given them all that we have now, and it's up to them? Dr. King answered that the dilemma was deeper. He was saying that the movement was in a transition period where we must be honest with America. Honesty tells me to admit that America has broad racist elements. that exists. Racism is still alive and exists in American society. There has never been a single, solid, determined commitment of large segments of white America on the whole question of racial equality. We have to see that vacillation has always exists, and ambivalence has always exists. And this, to me, is the so-called white backlash. is merely a new name for an old phenomenon. I see the white-black backlash is a continuum in the same ambivalence and facilitation of white America and the whole question of racial justice that has existed since the founding of our nation. We must see that in many of the people that supported us in Selma and Birmingham were outraged about the extremist behaviors towards Negro, but they were not at that moment, and they are not now, committed to genuine equality for Negroes. It is much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee an annual income, for instance, to get rid of poverty for Negroes and poor people. It's much easier to integrate a bus than it is to make genuine integration a reality and quality education a reality in our schools. It is much easier to integrate a public park than getting rid of public slums. We are in a new phase where we've moved from the struggle for decency, characterized the struggle of about 10 to 12 years of the struggle, for genuine equality and that is where we are getting the resistance because there was never intention to go this far. People were reacting to Bull Connor or reacting to Jim Clark rather than acting in good faith. to realization of genuine equality. And Bill Conner, if you remember, ordered the use of hoses on the students that were marching. And Jim Clark was the sheriff who did the violent arrest of civil rights protesters during Selma. He was also reflecting on his I Have a Dream speech. And during that period of the movement, he said, there was a great period of solid, a solid decade of progress. And that dream, he said, at many points since then has turned into a nightmare. And so he admitted that he was very overly optimistic, but while he still had hope and faith in this country, this now needed to be tempered with the solid realism that we still have a long way to go. So I'm gonna focus on this response because we do still have a long way to go. This felt surreal to me because we're going through this very similar circumstances today. We're still fighting for equality in the world that we want to see. As I think about where we are in our society today, the polarization, the blatant racism, sexism language, this should be appalling and unacceptable to all of us. In addition, we have ongoing wars. Democracy is under attack. Voting rights are under attack. Reproductive rights are under attack. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is under attack. Critical race theory is under attack. And as a result, we have legislators debating bills and states banning books from schools. The Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action and admission policies for colleges. Folks, structural and institutional racism and white supremacy still exist and it is heightened more than ever. When progress is made, white supremacists plot and attempt to take away the progress that we have made. It is the very same thing that Dr. King was talking about 58 years ago, the white backlash. Sadly, today, the words of Dr. King is still alive. He said, I have a dream that my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. This really puts it in a nutshell for me on what we're still fighting for. So how do we individually and collectively continue the struggle to realize the dream that Dr. King had? And I would hope that all of us in this room want to see that happen. We can start by developing our own individual blueprint. Begin by defining and developing your own values, what you need as an individual, what is the kind of life that you want to achieve, the kind of friends that you should be with, what does success look like? Dr. King talked about a commitment to the eternal principle of beauty, love, and justice. What is your commitment to advocating for social and racial justice? What are the ways in which you will fight for a just society? After we develop our blueprint, we can talk with others and see who we are aligned with, who's aligned with our values. And from my perspective, the basic principle to understand the need for common decency and where we can collectively move the needle in addressing systemic racism and barriers that prevent us from our fullest potential and to hold America accountable, to live up to its ideal. We should focus on our communities. Be active in our communities. Be civically engaged. Public meetings, attend public meetings. These days, you can see them online. You don't even have to go in person. Make sure you know who your politicians are. What do they stand for? Do they stand and understand and address racism? What policy, what legislation are they planning to advocate for? so that we can make continued progress in addressing systemic racism. For one, we should be in Congress. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restores and expands voting rights across this country. All of our congressional delegation should be for this law. It has not been passed yet. That's something we can advocate for. Here are some ways in which I am leading and navigating in our world today. Love is one of my core values. I am also using hope, faith to help guide me. In the Bible, hope is the expectation of something that is possible but not yet certain, while faith is the trust in something that is believed to be true even if it is not yet visible. And for me, love is at the center of everything I do. And in the Bible, the definition of love is this, in 1 Corinthians. Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, and love never ends. The last two are ways in which we can work together to fight for the world in which we want to see from the individual perspective and the collective perspective. In our leadership academy, we're teaching about transformative solidarity. Transformative solidarity is changing our lives to change systems. It is going through a metamorphosis within solidarity so that we, with privilege, can move differently, think differently, and engage differently. It is a deep, it's a deep core change. So as you think about this, think about a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. into a completely different being. It moves different. It has access to different spaces and places where it once crawled. It can now fly. There are six key principles around transformative solidarity. I'm going to focus on three. Centering. Transformative solidarity requires centering those most affected by systems of oppressions and shifting the power to directly impacted communities. Commonalities. We identify the values. Remember I talked about the values that we're going to develop in our blueprint. We identify the values and hopes that we have in common. We build relationships through understanding our history of oppression and resilience without flattening or equating them. Co-liberation is my favorite. We work together towards our mutual freedom and redistribution of power. This means dismantling the multi-generational legacies of white supremacy, anti-black racism, and settler colonialism, and building a future toward a future where we all have what we need to thrive. We can take the example of the Freedom Riders, groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips throughout America and the South in 1961, to protest segregated bus terminal. It was successful because it showed that nonviolent direct action could do more than simply claiming the moral high ground. In many situations, it could deliver better tactical results than either violent confrontation or gradual change to establish legal mechanism. So here is a great example that we can be inspired on, and there are so many, many more. So what else can you do? Here in your local communities or in your professional worlds, I encourage each of you to find your voice, to do your part to make this world more equitable and inclusive. You can do a small act that I believe will make a big difference, and that is to ensure that people of color and marginalized communities, people in diverse backgrounds and different social identities are always in the room and at the decision-making tables, particularly when decisions are being made about them or their communities. We know that when diverse representations are in the room, where decisions are being made and voices are heard, we have better policies, we have much better outcomes, much better outcomes in organizations and in our communities. If you are in a leadership position, ensure that a woman earns the same as a man for the same position, ensure black and brown people earn the same as their white counterparts. We can all be a part of this solution. White supremacists and conservative groups are spending their days plotting and are attacking the progress that has been made. We must be 10 steps ahead. We can no longer be asleep at the wheel or sit on the sidelines. We must work together and find allies and supporters who have a solid, demonstrated commitment to social and racial justice and the fight for a more equitable and inclusive world. We are stronger together. So I stand here before you today with much love in my heart. I have faith. I am feeling incredibly hopeful, feeling blessed, and with much gratitude for Dr. King and so many other civil rights activists that came before me who dared to put words into action for a more equitable world, and although our history is marred with oppressive systems, our ancestors have shown us what transformative solidarity looked like back then. The stakes are much higher now, so I encourage us all today to take on new transformative solidarity ways of sticking together, supporting each other for the world that we want, this peaceful world that we want to see. So let's be inspired by Dr. King and the civil rights movement and the progress that has been made, but admit that we have much more work to do, and let's recommit to doing our part for a more just society. So finally, I will leave you with a quote from Doctrine for Dr. King. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Thank you so much for listening today. Enjoy the rest of your day.
[Terry Carter]: Ok Mèsi anpil, Celia. Ou pral sètènman konprann travay la. Nou kontan ou te dakò pou ou ini jodi a, e nou reflechi sou travay Martin Luther King Jr. Rèv. Ou te toujou yon gwo odyans, defye pou ajoute eleman nou yo jodi a. Nou se New England. Nou dwe rezistan ak fò, epi yo pa kite tan an afekte sa nou panse nou vle fè. Men, senk a sis pous nan nèj. Paske yon moun gen debarase m de li. Mwen jodi a. Mwen te nan Randolph epi li te di, nonm, nou ka ale nan Medford jodi a? Men, madanm mwen trè ankouraje. Li te di si ou kite ak trape nou, nou ka rive nan Medford jodi a. Nou isit la, nou rete, ok. Kòm nou pwogrese nan fen pwogram nan, mwen pral di l 'ankò ke reyinyon sa a pa pral ranpli san nou obligatwa bra nou yo ak chante. Se konsa, isit la prezante ak gide nou nan yon lòt lespri pi renmen nan Dr King, nou pral wè, lavi Medford a ak band respiratwa, Stacey Clayton, Bon zanmi mwen an, pyanis Jonathan Fagan, te akonpaye ankò.
[Clayton]: Mwen menm tou mwen envite dansè nou yo rantre nan nou paske nou pral simonte yo. Trè bon, li nan vire ou. Si ou vle rete. Si ou vle kontinye chante avèk nou. Se pou nou simonte, mwen pa pral simonte, nou pral simonte. Li pa ki fasil, dwa? Men, kòm liv sa a di, nou ka fè tout bagay nan Kris la ranfòse tout bagay nou genyen. Se konsa, pandan ke nou bra youn ak lòt nan plizyè fason, nou pral jwenn nan kote destinasyon nou an dwe. Kèlkeswa sa ane sa a, nou dwe pran swen youn ak lòt. Ann simonte li. Jodi a, nou gen pozisyon yo ban nou, epi chak nan nou ka jwe yon wòl nan pwòp sèk lavi nou. Destine nou se sa nou dwe fè. Se konsa, nou chante ansanm epi kite nou simonte li. Ann simonte li. Ann simonte li. nou Mwen panse ke nou pral simonte li yon sèl jou a. Paske kite a ale men nan men. Ann ale men nan men. Ann ale men nan men. Epi nou pa pè. Nou pa pè. Nou pa pè. Nou pa pè jodi a. Yo Pè. Pa jodi a, pa demen oswa nenpòt ki jou. O, non, nou pa pè jodi a. Se pou nou ini. Se pou nou ini. Se pou nou ini. Se pou nou ini. Yo pral rantre nan yon sèl jou. Verite ap libere nou. Verite ap libere nou. Verite ap libere nou. Verite ap ban nou libète yon jou. Oh, mwen panse, gwo twou san fon desann nan kè m 'yo. Verite a pral yon sèl jou lage nou, epi nou pral tout ap viv nan lapè a nou pral viv nan ♪ Se pou nou viv pasifikman. Yon jou. Nou pral viv nan lapè yon sèl jou a.
[Terry Carter]: Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Mèsi. Ok Celia Lè sa a, mansyone yon pozisyon. Pa gen okenn reyinyon sa yo konplè. Se konsa, soti nan yon tradisyon enpòtan nan yon lòt, mwen vle pote yon lòt zanmi devan ak sant. Nicole Mosalam se yon defandè dedye nan jistis sosyal, jistis ak koneksyon relijye yo. Li angaje nan asire ke pa gen yon sèl santi l an sekirite oswa kontan nan kominote a. Kòm yon fanm Mizilman yo Aktivis li se pwofondman rasin nan lafwa ak kòmanse nan moun yo li renmen. Li se yon ansyen direktè nan Medford Islamik Sant Kiltirèl la ak yon kandida pou reprezantan nasyonal la. Nicole angaje nan bati yon kominote enklizif, agrandi vwa majinalize ak ankouraje dyalòg enpòtan. Mwen admire fanm sa a anpil. Tankou mwen, li se yon sivivan kansè ak avyon de gè. Mwen te mande l 'kite reyinyon an epi kontinye vwayaj sa a nan Nicole Moselam, kominote a renmen anpil nan Medford ak lòt kote.
[Mossalam]: Bon apremidi, tout moun. Mèsi paske ou te isit la jodi a. Mèsi jodi a pou tout òganizatè yo ak tout moun ki te ede fè sa. Nou kwè ou se isit la jodi a paske ou pataje valè yo nan Dr Martin Luther King. Defann konsa kouraz nan lavi istorik ou Ou pran swen sou pwoteksyon an menm jan ak lwa a. Ou pran swen sou dwa pou vote. Ou pran swen aksè a lojman, travay, edikasyon ak asistans medikal. Epi, ou enkyete ke nou ka montre mond lan jijman an nan lapè nan mond lan, egalite ak pi bon vizyon. Menm nan tan sa a fè nwa. Jodi a, mwen espere ou te aprann yon bagay enpòtan, ou gen yon konvèsasyon, enspire koneksyon avèk vwazen ou yo, epi yo te jwenn moman nan lapè nan mitan defi yo nan tan nou an. Moman sa yo pwisan. Yo fè nou sonje limanite pataje nou yo ak rezistans nan kominote a. Men, bagay ki pi enpòtan an se ke nou sonje pouvwa a dèyè moun ki te fè nou nan moman sa a. Koulye a, yo mande m 'melanje enèji a nou ko-kreye epi fè li yon pozisyon, yon apèl mennen nou nan aksyon tankou yon kominote renmen anpil. Mwen trè modès sou responsablite sa a, men mwen te deside tou pou itilize moman sa yo pou pataje kèk valè isit la jodi a. Pa kite fen sa a. Gen twa prensip k ap gide ke mwen panse ke Dr King pral ankouraje nou aksepte jan nou avanse pou pi devan ansanm. Premyèman, Dr King ap raple nou yo kominike avèk respè ak onètete. Sa a ankouraje nou wè diferans nou yo kòm baryè, men kòm opòtinite yo aprann, grandi ak jwenn tè òdinè. Dezyèmman, Dr King rele nou yon pon. Li kwè ke pouvwa a nan lafwa sensè se pa sèlman yon jete lank espirityèl, men tou, yon mwayen pou konekte nan rèd, ekspresyon ak estil adorasyon. Lè nou pèmèt epi kite lòt moun nan, lafwa ka rantre nan nan, ede nou wè divinite a youn ak lòt. Finalman, Dr King ankouraje nou ini enjistis sosyal, povrete ak indiféran. Li pral sipliye nou pou vote pou konsyans nou yo, yo pral reziste presyon an nan dwa moun ki majinalize ak aji ak entegrite ak objektif. Se konsa, lè nou te kite reyinyon sa a, mwen chaje twa randevou pwosesis. Premyèman, kominike avèk vwazen ou yo. Ale pi lwen pase entèraksyon sifas yo. Li satisfè nan espas kominotè, minisipalite, pak, bibliyotèk, boutik kafe. Potansyèl la se san limit. Epi yo gen gwo konvèsasyon. Yo konnen youn ak lòt. Menm si ou santi ou alèz, pale sou respè ak onètete. Pou kwasans san yon ti kras malèz. Koneksyon an kòmanse ak aparans la. Dezyèmman, kite lafwa ou vin yon fòs pou inite. Si mwen jwenn li nan yon moske, tanp, legliz oswa moman trankil nan lanati, enspire lafwa ou a enspire ou yo kominike, aprann ak bati pon. Lè Celia raple m 'nan diskou nou an jodi a, youn nan pwofèt pataje nou yo te di: Lafwa, espwa ak lanmou. Se pou ou selebre sa a nan mitan ou. Men, pi bon nan yo se renmen. Osi lwen ke tradisyon pwòp lafwa mwen konsène, mwen panse ke li agrandi mesaj sa a jiskaske ou renmen frè ou, lanmou ou pou tèt ou. Koulye a, finalman, yo dwe vwa a nan jistis, jistis ak verite. Vòt se pa sèlman yon obligasyon sivik, men tou, yon ekspresyon de espwa ak responsablite. Defann bagay ki dwat. Ankouraje lòt moun yo rete espwa, fèm ak renmen ki baze sou, menm si mond lan fè nou santi nou kontan oswa san espwa. Epi sonje pou fè sa, san obligasyon, ak pi bon entansyon ak entegrite. Doktè King rèv nan yon Amerik kote moun yo jije pa kontni an nan pèsonalite yo olye ke koulè a nan po yo. Mwen oze di ke yo pral ajoute nan sa a kounye a, kòm nou chache fann ak etikèt abitrè pou plis. Li imajine yon peyi kote fènwa kondwi soti nan limyè ak renmen vire lènmi nan zanmi yo. Rèv sa a fè pati tout moun. Nou chak gen yon sèl pyès. Lè nou opinyon, travay sa yo fòme yon bagay ekstraòdinè. Se konsa, lè nou ale isit la jodi a, nou pral kontinye lafwa diven nou pa Martin Luther King Jr. Dr King yon fwa te di ke se pa tout moun ka pi popilè. Men, tout moun pral jwenn gwo paske se Grandè detèmine pa sèvis la. Se konsa, jodi a mwen envite ou tout ale nan sèvis sa a lè ou kite isit la. Mèsi paske ou te isit la jodi a. Mèsi pou detèminasyon ou a sèvi ak angajman ou nan ranpli rèv Dr King la. Se pa sèlman li rèv ou, men mwen kwè nan rèv la nan tout moun ki goumen ak goumen pou nou tout ka menm bagay la tou nan mitan nou pou nou ka tout renmen tèt nou kòm èt imen. Mèsi.
[Terry Carter]: Trè bon, trè bon. Se konsa, pa ke yo te patisipe, mwen pral bay direktè egzekitif nou an, Lisa Crossman, ak yon pozisyon yo rekonèt ak di mèsi kèk. Montre ou renmen ou pou Lisa epi ajoute yon kèk plis minit.
[Crossman]: Kenbe mikwofòn la. Se konsa, mwen pa pral rete pou yon tan long. Mwen jis vle di kèk mo. Si mwen pa konnen, ane sa a, anivèsè a 90th nan etablisman an nan West Medford Community Center a. Oh wi. Aplodisman pou sa. Sa a li. Sa a se yon temwayaj nan lespri a dirab ak sipò inebranlab nan kominote nou an. Te fonde an 1935, Sant Kominotè Simedford la se yon ti kote pou rasanbleman pou rezidan nwa yo. Pandan ane yo, poto a nan kominote sa a te vin tounen yon poto pou adapte a chanjman ki fèt nan demann ak agrandi sèvis yo. Tèm ane sa a se travay rèv li, ki se yon rapèl pwisan nan efò kolektif ki nesesè pou pèspektiv Dr King la. Pwoblèm. Dr King se yon defandè pwisan nan pouvwa nwa, rlach opoze opresyon rasyal. Evènman sa yo enpòtan pou kenbe lespri ak misyon doktè. Li toujou enspire lè kominote a rantre nan yon gwo evènman. Espere ou rantre nan konferans nou an ane sa a. Li te yon ane trè espesyal pou mwen. Pitit gason m 'te ale nan saint la Raphael te ale lekòl isit la. Mwen isit la, Papa Pòl, e mwen wè li nan legliz la twa jou nan yon semèn. Anpil nan ou vini nan evènman nou yo ak nou se nan evènman ou. Se konsa, sa a se jis yon rapèl bon Tout travay di a, jou difisil chak ane, nou pral òganize evènman sa a nan kòmansman ane a. Li reyèlman kouche ton an pou nou ak travay la nou fè. Se konsa, nou gen yon bagay reyèlman bèl bagay ak gwo ane sa a. Nou espere ou selebre nou nan ane 1990 yo epi li pral tonbe nan 2025 nan wikenn. Mwen vle remèsye St. Pawas Raphael a, Bill Cadigan, Papa Pòl ak Miss. Nou menm tou nou vle remèsye Mystic NAACP Branch Zòn, Banco Needham ak Wegmans pou patwone evènman sa a dinamik. San asosyasyon ou, sa ta enposib. Wi, wi, wi. Mwen vle tou remèsye kèk moun espesyal. Se konsa, si mwen di non ou, mande tèt ou. egziste. Madam Kately Marilyn, Madam Charmaine, Mesye Grant, Madam. Madam Rachèl Shirley, leve kounye a. Ogmante. egziste. Alita, mèsi. Fanm sa yo te ede nou ini tout evènman an. egziste. Melinda la tou. Se konsa, mèsi anpil. Mwen byen kontan ou gade lis. Mèsi espesyal pou manm nou yo nan konsèy la. Ankò, si ou ka tou senpleman leve. Brian Collins ak Madam. Mwen panse ke Melinda Amban ak Michael Bergman te nan sal la. ak David Kilpatrick. Wi, David Kilpatrick. Phil se pa isit la, men mèsi tout moun pou sijesyon yo ak lidèchip. Yo gen anpil sipò pou nou ane sa a epi nou espere plis ane. Mèsi a Kevin Harrington ak ekip li a. Kevin te fè yon bon travay. Li te bay li. Li te fè travay dinamik. Lè sa a, nou te kontan genyen li. Natirèlman, dènye, men pa pi piti, moun, mit, lejand, Terry E. Carter. Wi, wi, wi. Koulye a, di ou mèsi pou kreyativite ou ak enspirasyon. Se te yon bèl jou. Tan se yon bèl kado. Ou avèk nou. Nou tou senpleman pa rekonesan. Se konsa, mèsi anpil.
[Terry Carter]: Tout se byen. Mèsi Lisa. ankò. Tout moun ka gwo paske nenpòt moun ka sèvi. Sa yo se mo pwofetik. Ou pa bezwen gen yon diplòm kolèj. Ou pa bezwen fè sijè a, vèb yo ka aksepte pou sèvi. Ou jis bezwen gen yon kè plen ak libète ak yon nanm ki te pwodwi pa renmen. Lè nou kite kote sa a, nou ranpli kè nou ak libète ak nanm nou yo ki te pwodwi pa renmen. Bondye beni ou. Te gen yon apremidi bèl bagay. Madi ta ka yon jou frè a. Li ta ka yon jou konje.
[Unidentified]: Bèl.
[Terry Carter]: Ki kote kamera ou ye? Poukisa nou pa? Dapre flagran pwòp tèt ou-pwomosyon, mwen pral gen kèk pwezi si ou enterese epi yo gen CD sou tab la, kidonk si ou enterese, vin wè m '. Trè bon, dènye men pa piti, mwen jis vle mansyone li nan Dimanch, 23 out Mwen eskize pou senk èdtan sou 23 fevriye nan Legliz Batis nan kominote a Somerville, 31 College Street. Stacey Clayton gen tout pouvwa a konsè anyèl levanjil li yo. Ou pa ka pèdi. Se konsa, mete l 'sou kalandriye a nan Dimanch, 23 fevriye, senk èdtan, Legliz Batis nan Kominote Somerville, konsè anyèl la nan Stacey Clayton Levanjil pou selebre mwa a nan Istwa Nwa.