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Testimony by Jieh Ronowski, Street Vendor, on Worker Cooperatives and WCBDI Program
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Jieh Ronowski, a street vendor, provided testimony in support of the Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative (WCBDI) program. She spoke about the importance of cooperatives for immigrant communities and women, highlighting how they provide opportunities for those facing educational and immigration challenges.
- Ronowski is a member of the Council of Advocacy in Cooperatives in New York
- She emphasized that WCBDI has provided work opportunities in various sectors, including childcare, carpentry, and elder care
- The testimony was partially delivered through a Spanish interpreter, indicating language barriers faced by some community members
Jieh Ronowski
2:49:57
Okay.
UNKNOWN
2:50:12
Good afternoon.
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First,
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thank you
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for the opportunity to being in the panel.
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I am member of the Council of Advocacy in the Coppers in New York.
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I am here because I want to speak on behalf of the program, WCDBI.
2:50:58
I am here to foster conscience in I'm here to help foster the programs that develop economical and social conscience.
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I am I'm sorry.
2:51:34
I'm having problem with the sound.
2:51:35
May I ask her to repeat?
Jieh Ronowski
2:52:02
I am
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here on behalf of the Highway Care.
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It's a children child care, which, holds annual meetings like Nepalese, We were born in 2016 as a result of the lack of support for communities and to find dignified salaries and stable situations.
Jieh Ronowski
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The
UNKNOWN
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WCBDI has given work to the cooperatives that take take care of, for example, the carpenters and people who take care of elder people.
2:53:16
Mhmm.
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I am here to speak on behalf of the cooperatives because it allows people who are suffering with the immigration problems and people who didn't get education in their own countries.
Jieh Ronowski
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So for us women For
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us women, we suffer a lot because of the expectations put on us.
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And
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Time expired.
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Thank you.
UNKNOWN
2:54:18
Okay.
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Want
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to thank
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for having for taking us in consideration, and I want to end with these five words.
Jieh Ronowski
2:54:31
We we have
Julie Menin
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to give everyone
Jieh Ronowski
2:54:32
the same amount of time.
2:54:33
Economic amount.
Julie Menin
2:54:34
If there's additional testimony that she wants to submit in writing, Okay.
Jieh Ronowski
2:54:42
Thank you
Julie Menin
2:54:43
very much.