REMARKS
Council Member Stevens emphasizes the importance of the proposed legislation
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Council Member Althea Stevens expresses gratitude to the panel and emphasizes the critical nature of the proposed legislation in addressing issues related to missing persons, particularly women of color.
- Stevens thanks the panel for their bravery in sharing their stories and supporting the bill.
- She highlights that women of color have some of the highest rates of going missing in the country and are often silenced.
- The council member mentions her previous resolution on missing BIPOC women and the challenges faced in getting it signed into law.
- Stevens reiterates that the current bill is a crucial step in the right direction for identifying and supporting missing persons.
Althea Stevens
2:25:00
But, and and thank you for being so brave and showing up here today, and sharing your story and and putting support around this bill that, I know chair Lewis has been advocating for for a number of years at this point.
2:25:12
So I was just so happy we're able to hear because it is a critical step.
2:25:16
We know that women of color are some of the highest numbers around missing in this country and are often silenced.
2:25:24
And, you know, I had a resolution a couple years back on, BIPOC women and missing, and, you know, we have to put a lot of pressure even for the governor to sign it into law.
2:25:33
And so, thank you for showing up here and supporting this bill because I do think it is a critical step and in the right direction to, being able to identify or have some some support around it.
2:25:45
So, I don't have any more questions for this panel, so thank you for joining us today.
Carlos Ortiz
2:25:49
Thank you.