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Public Advocate's comment on black joy and community resilience

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Public Advocate Jumaane Williams makes a comment emphasizing the importance of recognizing black joy and community resilience amidst discussions of systemic challenges.

  • Williams stresses the need to highlight the black community's ability to find joy and thrive
  • He notes that many are thriving despite, not because of, existing systems
  • The Public Advocate emphasizes the importance of including this perspective for future generations
Jumaane Williams
0:26:13
Thank you.
0:26:13
It's actually not a question, a comment.
0:26:15
Just thank you for all the work that you're doing.
0:26:18
Hopefully we can find ways as the chair said to get that out to the public.
0:26:23
I also just wanted to put on on the record, so my kids ever listen to this, they also hear the black joy part.
0:26:31
So even through all of this, the community is still able to find joy and as my kids are growing, I wanna make sure they hear that part as well and many people are thriving but it is, to be honest, they're thriving in spite of what was put in place, not because it was put in place.
0:26:46
I just wanna make sure I put that on the record.
0:26:48
Thank you.
Sideya Sherman
0:26:48
Thank you.
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