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Speaker 1: Secretary of education. Where President Obama has been focused on

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Speaker 1: on equity issues, uh, we have a huge opportunity with

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Speaker 1: the blueprint. We should see greater equity in resources. Our

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Speaker 1: school districts that are serving the largest numbers of students

435
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Speaker 1: of color have systematically been under resource for generations. We

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Speaker 1: should see very quickly that they're getting the resources they need.

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Speaker 1: We should see pre K universal throughout the state, and

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Speaker 1: we should see African American students having access to high

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Speaker 1: quality pre K programs. But we got to do more

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Speaker 1: than just that. I believe we also need to make

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Speaker 1: sure we diversify the teaching profession. We need to see

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Speaker 1: a lot more black teachers in our schools. We need

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Speaker 1: to make sure that our curriculum reflects the story of

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Speaker 1: African American history and black authors. We have to make

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Speaker 1: sure that we build on the investment in Kate's well

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00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: with universal childcare birth through five. We need to make

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Speaker 1: sure that black students are getting access to events, policement, courses,

448
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,640
Speaker 1: and quality career technical education at the same read as

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Speaker 1: other students. And we have to put equity at the

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Speaker 1: center of implementation of the blueprint. Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Mr Baron. What will early signs of success for black

452
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Speaker 1: students look like to you and how will you work

453
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Speaker 1: to ensure it? So this would this will be a

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Speaker 1: top priority of my administration. More than a quarter of

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Speaker 1: middle school students in the state of Maryland can't read

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Speaker 1: at a basic level. More than a third can't do

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Speaker 1: basic math. Those numbers are identical to what they were

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Speaker 1: twenty years ago. So we have we've been stuck the

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Speaker 1: gap between black and white students. The achievement gap in

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Speaker 1: Maryland is substantially worse than national average. We need to

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Speaker 1: do something very different. The Blueprint provides an important opportunity

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Speaker 1: with new resources to do that. But the keep it's

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Speaker 1: not just money and resources that's needed. The key piece

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Speaker 1: is to focus that spending on programs and policies that

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Speaker 1: will actually that have been tested and shown to deliver results.

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Speaker 1: I gave the example of tutoring. We would provide it

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Speaker 1: to every struggling first and second grader in the entire

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Speaker 1: state because that's been shown very effective. We would expand

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Speaker 1: proven effective programs like career academies and high poverty schools

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Speaker 1: UH for high school students. They've been shown to increase

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Speaker 1: long term earnings ten years later by twenty dollars per person.

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Speaker 1: We would expand kept charter schools UM which have been

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Speaker 1: shown to increase reading and math achievement by five to

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Speaker 1: ten percentile points in schools that are black or Hispanic.

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Speaker 1: So there are proven approaches to really make a major difference.

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Speaker 1: And if Blueprint is going to do that act, we

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Speaker 1: have to focus it not just onwell intentioned programs, but

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Speaker 1: programs that are going to deliver real improvements. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, Mr Gansler. What were early signs of success

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Speaker 1: for black students look like to you? And how will

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Speaker 1: you work to ensure it well? The way successful look

482
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Speaker 1: to me is when all students, particularly Black Marylanders, black

483
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: black children, African American children in Maryland have access the

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Speaker 1: same opportunities as white children and all children throughout the state.

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Speaker 1: And you can do that by building new schools that

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Speaker 1: look like the ones in Houston and the ones in

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Speaker 1: Potomac in West Baltimore. You can do that by diversifying

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Speaker 1: the faculty, as I diversified all my offices when I

489
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 1: it was running offices and government offices for sixteen years,

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Speaker 1: with a premium and a priority on making sure we

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Speaker 1: get the best memporitis. And for me, diversity is the

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Speaker 1: top priority amongst that. We need to make sure we

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Speaker 1: have universal pre K. We need to make sure we

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Speaker 1: universal I don't care so that because we all know

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Speaker 1: that by the time the children show up in kindergarten

496
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Speaker 1: the way it is now from underserved communities and black

497
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Speaker 1: children particular, the achievement gap is so wide they can

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Speaker 1: never be uh brought back, you know. And we have

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Speaker 1: to make sure that children are safe in their schools

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Speaker 1: on the way to school so that they can learn

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Speaker 1: in a healthy environment. You know when I mentioned I

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Speaker 1: started trump stating across and I did it about twelve

503
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 1: years ago and we had we had a kid, I

504
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: mean Tavan who was you know, all these kids were

505
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Speaker 1: great athletes. We have five six hundred kids. We did

506
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Speaker 1: it because all the other schools we're getting kids into

507
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Speaker 1: college and and you know, whether it's Gilman or Georgetown,

508
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: Pepper would have you. I had a coach come down.

509
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Speaker 1: This kid was a phenomenal player and he booked in

510
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Speaker 1: the United of Smartest to Be And then we got

511
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Speaker 1: him tested and he was in fourth grade and couldn't read.

512
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Speaker 1: So we couldn't get him into one of the private

513
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Speaker 1: schools that wanted him because he couldn't read and setting

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Speaker 1: him up for failure. That's just unacceptable. I've tried to

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Speaker 1: do something about it in my past and do something

516
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Speaker 1: about it in the future. Thank you so much, Mr Gansler,

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Speaker 1: Mr Perez. What were early signs of success for black

518
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Speaker 1: students look like to you and how will you work

519
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: to ensure it? Well, you'll see funding. Uh, You'll see

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00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 1: funding going to Prince George's County, in Baltimore City, other

521
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Speaker 1: areas where black students are heavily impacted. You will see

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00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: um investments in infrastructure so that our school construction dollars

523
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: are enabling schools in Baltimore City and elsewhere to be

524
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Speaker 1: schools in which you can learn where it's not ninety

525
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Speaker 1: degrees on a school day. You will see as we

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Speaker 1: move forward, partnerships with our h b c U s

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Speaker 1: because we have to build the pipeline of teachers of color,

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Speaker 1: and so I want to work closely with our h

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Speaker 1: b c US, with our community colleges. I want to

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Speaker 1: establish scholarship programs, loan forgiveness programs that will enable UH

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Speaker 1: teachers of color to have those pathways to opportunity. Those

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00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,479
Speaker 1: are examples of things that you will see early on

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Speaker 1: that will demonstrate our commitment to making sure that black

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00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: Marylanders have a seat at the table and that zip

535
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: code never determines destiny so much. Mr Baker, what were

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Speaker 1: early signs of success for black students look like to you?

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Speaker 1: And how will you work to ensure it? UH? First

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Speaker 1: of all, you know we what we've known even before

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Speaker 1: we had the blueprint for Maryland. UM, we had the

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Speaker 1: Thornton Commission, which told us that there were areas around

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Speaker 1: our state where children of color, especially African American and

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Speaker 1: Latino kids, UM, we're not getting a quality education. And

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Speaker 1: now COVID has just highlighted the fact that these children

544
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Speaker 1: were left further and further behind. And so what I

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00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: would do, success to me is one targeting those areas.

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Speaker 1: You know, with the dollars UM, you can't target the

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Speaker 1: entire state. Let's go to the areas that COVID has

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00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: now let us know where children are falling behind. This

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00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 1: is something we did in Print Georgie's County UM. This

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00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 1: is something that my running mate Nancy Namorrow did in

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Speaker 1: Montgomery County. UM. Success to us in the county was

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Speaker 1: one attendance when we saw our children attending school, because

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00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: you can't graduate and learn if you're not actually into school.

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00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 1: When we saw truancy drop, when we saw health UH increase,

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00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: one of the things that we did was actually put

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Speaker 1: more of our social workers and our health UM nurses

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00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: into our schools so that not only the children, but

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Speaker 1: the families could get that because it's a family support.

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Speaker 1: The other thing is we talked about resources and money

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Speaker 1: going into the bridge, into the four walls of a school.

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Speaker 1: It's not just that that's going to make it better

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Speaker 1: for our children. UM. They live in communities that you

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Speaker 1: know where that our challenging All three of my children

564
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: went to public school and Prince George's County. Some went

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Speaker 1: to really great schools, some went to challenging schools. But

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Speaker 1: what my wife always said to me is, we had

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Speaker 1: our kids in these challenging schools, I'd make it better

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Speaker 1: because I want to make sure and I understood in

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Speaker 1: a sense of urgency of making it better for my kids.

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Speaker 1: That's the way I want people to feel about the

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Speaker 1: education system. Thank you so much, Mr Perez. How should

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Speaker 1: your administration be held accountable if it continues with these failures? Well,

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Speaker 1: the first thing I'm gonna do is make sure we

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Speaker 1: have an Equity and Procurement Director who will be accountable

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Speaker 1: for this, who will work across state government to make

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Speaker 1: sure that we are meeting our goals. Our goals haven't

577
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: been updated since is clearly not enough. We can do more,

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00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: and here are the things that we can do. Unbundling

579
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Speaker 1: large contracts is a practice elsewhere that has expanded opportunity

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Speaker 1: for black owned businesses moving forward, Requiring the Office of

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Speaker 1: Procurement to give a reason when you are granting a waiver.

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Speaker 1: Waivers have all too frequently become the rule and not

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Speaker 1: the exception. And we've got to stop that, and that's

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Speaker 1: why our Equity and Procurement Director is going to work

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00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: tirelessly to make sure that that doesn't happen, expanding the

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Speaker 1: pool of eligible UH people, making sure that we are

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Speaker 1: providing the necessary training so that people know how to

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00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,760
Speaker 1: access the program. The program is way too opaque for people.

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Speaker 1: We need to make it transparent so that everybody has

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Speaker 1: access to these opportunities. We are an important purchaser of

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Speaker 1: goods and services. We live our values through these actions,

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Speaker 1: and that's why this procurement reform equitabul procurement will be

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Speaker 1: a big part of what we do in my administration.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, And there were some technical difficulties so the

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Speaker 1: first part of the question was not heard, so I

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Speaker 1: will repeat it, and Mr Baker, I will start with

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Speaker 1: you with this question. For the past twenty years, Maryland's

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Speaker 1: goal for minority business procurement has been between twenty five,

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Speaker 1: with the majority of state agencies barely meeting half that goal.

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Speaker 1: How will your administration ensure that the state meets our

601
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Speaker 1: exceeds it's procurement goals, specifically with black owned businesses, and

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Speaker 1: how should your administration be held accountable if these If

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00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: it continues these failures. Well, first of all, I was

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Speaker 1: in the legislature when we actually move those goals up

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Speaker 1: knowing that even by moving the goals which is a

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Speaker 1: target up to you know, um, that they weren't being met.

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Speaker 1: So one of the lessons I learned as an executive

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Speaker 1: is that you can't just leave it to the goals.

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Speaker 1: And so in Prince George's County, what we did on

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Speaker 1: a statewide project, which is MGM, we actually had of

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Speaker 1: the job that went to African American businesses, local businesses,

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Speaker 1: both in Prince George's County and throughout the state. And

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Speaker 1: the reason is because we didn't accept what was going

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Speaker 1: on at the state level. Um, you can't simply just

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Speaker 1: put somebody in charge. I learned my first year as

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Speaker 1: county executive. You can have all the policies and philosophy

617
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Speaker 1: you want, UM, and you're gonna have a director that

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Speaker 1: says they're gonna do it. If you don't have oversight

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Speaker 1: at the executive level in those meetings UM with the

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00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: executive team, then you're not gonna get it done. And

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Speaker 1: I learned that the hard way. So the year after that,

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Speaker 1: we actually had our procurement and making sure that we

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Speaker 1: had African American businesses participating not just in construction, not

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Speaker 1: just in leasing, but throughout the continuing process. So as governor,

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Speaker 1: I understand it takes more than just talk that you

626
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: need to have someone UH like you know, a council

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Speaker 1: member Mel Franklin, who helped us draft the law that

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Speaker 1: we use and push through the County Council on to

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Speaker 1: make sure every day you're holding the state UH accountable

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Speaker 1: to it and the way that you hold yourself accountable

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Speaker 1: is and we did this is meeting with businesses once

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Speaker 1: a month, not as the people who are happy with you,

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Speaker 1: but everybody, and doing it yourself. I did it as

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Speaker 1: County executive. I got some really good feedback and criticism

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00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,720
Speaker 1: had helped us change the way we were doing things.

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Speaker 1: And that's what I would do as governor. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: and I'll repeat at least the bottom part of the question,

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Speaker 1: because I know this was a longer question, Mr Gansler.

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Speaker 1: How will your administration ensure that the state formal vote

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Speaker 1: specifically with black owned businesses. How should your administration be

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00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: held accountable if it continues these failures? Well, I love

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00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: listening Accounty Executive Baker because he and I had actually

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00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 1: run government offices, and it's just like, yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 1: And in fact, I hired Mel Franklin and the Attorney

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Speaker 1: General's office because I think I mentioned that because I

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Speaker 1: think it's important not to just have you know, some

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Speaker 1: county level positions and high level folks, but all the

648
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Speaker 1: way through government that those who are making the decisions

649
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Speaker 1: about procurement and who to hire, right, And I gotta say,

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00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: you know, you're talking about twenty five um and or

651
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: barely or meaning barely half that even those half and

652
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: even that half, I would like to look a little

653
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: deeper and say, hey, is that one of these deals

654
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: where they're sending the black guys for the meeting and

655
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: then coming back and all the guys sitting in the

656
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 1: office are white. And we really have to make sure

657
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: we're enforcing and promoting uh, black owned businesses. And that's

658
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: gonna be a huge priority for me. When I was

659
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: the Attorney General, I was ahead of all the attorney

660
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 1: shown for the United States, and we ran with the

661
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,919
Speaker 1: national waters foreclosure crisis, and I actually work with County

662
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: Executive Baker in Prince George's as well as in Baltimore

663
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: to take the almost two billion dollars I was able

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Speaker 1: to get to come to maryl to fight the big

665
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: banks to keep people in their homes away from being forfeited,

666
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: forfeiting at homes and being thrown foreclosed upon. And I

667
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: think that's the kind of leadership that we need. Somebody

668
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: who's done it and forced you know they can do

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Speaker 1: it again. Somebody that has actual experience and state wide government,

670
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Speaker 1: who understands how to use the levels of government to

671
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: help black owned businesses to make sure we higher not

672
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 1: just clubs, but primes that are black, that we help

673
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: our small business that we stop the soul contract and

674
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Speaker 1: procuminary area. In my practice right now, the private sector practice,

675
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: I represent black owned businesses and I take on the

676
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: state government all the time because of the ineffectiveness and

677
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: inefficiencies and really tough policies of hurt black owned businesses

678
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,760
Speaker 1: in the state. So I can't wait to help perform

679
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: the procurement process. Thank you so much. And as a

680
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: reminder everyone, if you can keep your minute your responses

681
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,840
Speaker 1: to about a minute, you will hear me say gently

682
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: thank you, but I am wanting you to complete your

683
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: thoughts so that we are best serving our voters. Mr Jane,

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Speaker 1: how will your administration ensure that the state meets or

685
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 1: exceeds it's procurement goals, specifically with black owned businesses. How

686
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 1: should your administration be held accountable if it continues these failures. Yeah,

687
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 1: so we want to look at this issue in a

688
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: very comprehensive way. As someone who comes from a minority

689
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: on small business operating in Prince George's county, I have

690
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: often seen that there's a false notion that what's good

691
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: for employers is bad for employee and vice versa. The

692
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: reality is both can benefit if we have elected officials

693
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Speaker 1: that are addressing the issue comprehensively. That means increasing access

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Speaker 1: to start up capital and branch banking for black, brown, women, disabled,

695
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: veteran and lgbt Q entrepreneurs. It also means making the

696
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Speaker 1: procurement process much more transparent and inclusive. It also means

697
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 1: raising the minimum wage and protecting collective bargaining rights. And

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Speaker 1: it means enacting by Maryland Now Plan, part of which

699
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,280
Speaker 1: will create the nation's first guarantee jobs program, make public

700
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:35,880
Speaker 1: transit free, and eliminate the state income tax for Marylanders.

701
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Speaker 1: And you can hold me accountable for all of these

702
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Speaker 1: because I've shared these fully paid for details since January

703
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:45,760
Speaker 1: on my website and everything about my campaign is run

704
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: directly by black residents and community members. Thank you so much,

705
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Speaker 1: Mr King. How will your administration ensure that the state

706
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Speaker 1: meets are at SEEDS as procure MCGAL, specifically with black

707
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Speaker 1: owned businesses. How should your administration be held doable if

708
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: it continues these failures? Yeah, Look, we need comprehensive procurement reform.

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Speaker 1: And I talked to business owners of color. I hear

710
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Speaker 1: about the challenges they face. Three three that come up

711
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: most often. One is lack of information, lack of transparency

712
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Speaker 1: on the part of state government about how you access

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00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 1: the procurement process. Two is the use of emergency waivers

714
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Speaker 1: to allow um contracts to go around the procurement process

715
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Speaker 1: and to be awarded without the procurement process. We've got

716
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Speaker 1: to eliminate that UH and only use that in rare exceptions.

717
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: Been overused by the Hogan administration. And the third thing

718
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Speaker 1: you hear about is the issue of bundling. That if

719
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Speaker 1: contracts are put together across multiple services, it makes it

720
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 1: so only the largest corporations can compete. We ought to

721
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: unbundle those services so that more black owned small businesses

722
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Speaker 1: can compete for those contracts. But beyond procurement form, we

723
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Speaker 1: also have to do a much better job as a

724
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Speaker 1: state helping small business owners access capital, and it's a

725
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: particular challenge given the racial wealthcare for black owned businesses.

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Speaker 1: I think we should create a state bank that would

727
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Speaker 1: make it easier for folks to access capital, as the

728
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Speaker 1: state bank would hold the state assets and work together

729
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Speaker 1: with community banks to make resources available so that folks

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Speaker 1: can start and grow businesses here in Maryland. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much, Mr Bear. And how will your administration ensure

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Speaker 1: that the state meets or exceeds is procurement goals, specifically

733
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Speaker 1: with black owned businesses. How should your administration be held

734
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Speaker 1: accountable if it continues these failures? Well, I agree with

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Speaker 1: what's been said here, what Russian said, and in particular

736
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Speaker 1: that uh, it's more than just goals. You can set goals,

737
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Speaker 1: but it does take leadership from the top and understanding

738
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Speaker 1: that this is the priority, and it would be for

739
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 1: me as governor um. But even more than that, it

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Speaker 1: requires changing the machinery of the government contracting process, the

741
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Speaker 1: prosurement process. Often when uh, the current process results in

742
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Speaker 1: established incumbent companies who are generally not minority or women

743
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:13,359
Speaker 1: owned UM. They haven't an advantage, a natural advantage because

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00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 1: they understand the arcane rules of government, you know, working

745
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: with the state doing a contract UM and they often

746
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: have established relationships. So we need reforms to make the

747
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: process more open and competitive so that minority owned businesses

748
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: can compete effectively. So there a number of proposals I

749
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 1: think very promising proposals that are out there. I'll just

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Speaker 1: mention one that UH Mayor Adams and also Delegate Lea

751
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 1: Men have proposed, which is to reduce UM UH single

752
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: big contracts where you're only dealing with one one person

753
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: in the proturement process and emergency contracts UM. And there

754
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 1: are other ways of making the process more transparent. It

755
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:59,479
Speaker 1: should be straightforward, easy, not complicated, and the decision should

756
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: be made on the merits in the in in contracting

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00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,320
Speaker 1: so that so that small minority companies have an opportunity

758
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Speaker 1: to compete against established incumbents. Thank you so much. This

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Speaker 1: next question, we'll start with Mr Perez. Black people are

760
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:18,799
Speaker 1: disproportionately represented in the state's residents living in poverty and

761
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: experiencing homelessness. Poverty is not merely an opportunity issue. It

762
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 1: is a money issue. What is your plan to address

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Speaker 1: poverty and homelessness for black people across the state and

764
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Speaker 1: particularly those living in the states metropolitan areas. I've spent

765
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Speaker 1: a good portion of my life addressing this precise issue, poverty, homelessness, opportunity.

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Speaker 1: One thing that we can do that will help advantage

767
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 1: black Marylanders is make sure we are continuing to invest

768
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: in collective bargaining. Black membership in the union movement has

769
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: enabled black Marylanders to punch their ticket to the middle class.

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Speaker 1: I want to make sure we continue that we have

771
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 1: have a remarkable opportunity to create thirty hour jobs and

772
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 1: offshore wind I want to make sure that we're expanding

773
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:12,359
Speaker 1: career and technical education so that those opportunities are available

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00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: to black Marylanders. I want to make sure we have

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00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: a paid leaf system in place so that that will

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00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: help black Marylanders. I want to make sure we continue

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00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: um to invest in affordable housing so that black Marylanders

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00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 1: have access to this. I I took on predatory lenders Wells,

779
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 1: Fargo and others when I was at Maryland Department of

780
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: Labor and at the US Department of Justice. We need

781
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 1: to make sure we are actively enforcing anti discrimination laws

782
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: so that black people in Maryland and elsewhere are not

783
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 1: victimized once again. We have to make the American dream

784
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: more accessible by addressing appraisal issues, by ensuring that we

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00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: provide assistance for down payments. There's a host of interview

786
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: instions we can put in place to help people. A

787
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 1: good job, a strong economy, a strong union movement, a

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Speaker 1: vailable accessible housing, affordable housing. That's how we can move

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Speaker 1: forward in this important question for black marritors, Mr Gansler,

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00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: what is your plan to address poverty and homelessness for

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00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 1: black people, particularly those living in the States metropolitan areas. Yeah.

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00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: I think one of the silver linings of COVID is

793
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: that that folks that have their heading to stand or

794
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 1: just didn't want to see what was going on around

795
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 1: them had realized the inequities that exist out there. And

796
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: they've been systematic and inequities that started in the six

797
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 1: hundreds as we know. And so there's a real opportunities

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00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: we rebuild from COVID to do so, making sure we

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Speaker 1: take care of and tapping the talents of all marrilgies,

800
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: particularly those in poverty and even those that are homeless.

801
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: We start with having to recognize that the inextricable link

802
00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 1: between homelessness, between substance abuse, mental illness, and poverty, UM

803
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: and and we have to address all of those at

804
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 1: the same time. We have to some people have talked

805
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: about we need to talk about pre k substance abuse.

806
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,439
Speaker 1: We need to deal with and and and we also

807
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: need to focus on two particular categories of folks, which

808
00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: are our returning gutterings and our returning citizens. We put

809
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:21,399
Speaker 1: way too many people in jail. That's why I started

810
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,400
Speaker 1: drug courts in Montgomering County, and we'll have drug courts

811
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 1: throughout the state to keep people out of jail. But

812
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: we need to make sure that we do focus on

813
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:32,480
Speaker 1: those issues now. In terms of the metropolitan space UM

814
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: Baltimore suffered immeasurably. It's it's it's incredibly unsafe now and

815
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,879
Speaker 1: people just won't go there because crime is really out

816
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: distancing all the other issues there. Under the Republican leadership

817
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:46,920
Speaker 1: in the last eight years. If I don't win the primary,

818
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: therefore we don't get the governor's chairback, Baltimore is gonna

819
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,280
Speaker 1: continuous suffocate. We can't have that. Each and every homeless

820
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: person is something we should care about. So we need

821
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: to make sure we get out and vote and we

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Speaker 1: win the Governor's Chairback, Mr Baron, what is your plan

823
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,560
Speaker 1: to address poverty and homelessness for black people across the

824
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: state and particularly those living in the state's metropolitan areas.

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00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: So the poverty rate today in Maryland is you know

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Speaker 1: what it was? It was nine Because for low and

827
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Speaker 1: moderate income Marylanders, who are disproportionately people of color, they

828
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:35,720
Speaker 1: have seen stagnant wages since the nineteen eighties while income

829
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: intee quality has been growing. And going back to the

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00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:41,439
Speaker 1: poverty rate for a second, it is fifty Not only

831
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,280
Speaker 1: has its stagnant, but it is fifty percent higher for

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00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: Black Marylanders than it is for the general population. So

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Speaker 1: I just want to underscore the enormity and the long

834
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: lasting nature of this problem. It's not a not a

835
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: small issue. Um. Everyone has had a new plan to

836
00:48:57,360 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: solve these problems. But you know, it's been decades, We're

837
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: still mired in the same problems that are harming the

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00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,240
Speaker 1: lives of millions. We need to do something very different.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm offering. I'm offering not just one new

840
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 1: plan after another. I'm offering ideas that have been tested

841
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 1: and shown effective. One of my biggest ideas in the

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00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 1: areas of wages and poverty, to elaborate on what I

843
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 1: described earlier, is a statewide partnership with businesses to provide

844
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Speaker 1: effective job training to every young adult in the entire

845
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,760
Speaker 1: state of Maryland who wants to advance. If job training

846
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: is done right, it can be extremely effective increasing earnings.

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Speaker 1: As I mentioned by twenty for low income young adults

848
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Speaker 1: of color. The key is to focus that training on

849
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,719
Speaker 1: fast growing industries like I T or healthcare, and to

850
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: work very closely with local employers who provide paid internships

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00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 1: to the trainees. So under my plan, the state's gonna

852
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,879
Speaker 1: pay for the training, the businesses pay for the internships,

853
00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: the economy gets skilled workers. Everyone benefits from this. Thank you,

854
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 1: Mr Jane. What is your plan to address poverty and

855
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:06,720
Speaker 1: homelessness for black people across the state and particularly those

856
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:10,720
Speaker 1: living in the state's metropolitan areas. Yeah, so this touches

857
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Speaker 1: on my housing plan. As one of President Obama's White

858
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: House liaisons at us HUD, I helped build a team

859
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 1: that worked on expanding affordable housing programs throughout our state.

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Speaker 1: That's why my specific housing plan has three parts. Increasing affordability, availability,

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Speaker 1: and sustainability of housing. With affordability, I talk about immediate relief,

862
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Speaker 1: expanding our mp DU program and also dedicated funding for nonprofits.

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Speaker 1: With availability, talk about smart growth and mixed use development,

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Speaker 1: not just single family housing but multifamily housing, and prohibiting

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Speaker 1: discrimination based on source of income. And finally, with sustainability,

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Speaker 1: I talk about increasing forbearance notifications, increasing the eviction filing fees,

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Speaker 1: making sure we have just cause protections in place, and

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00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:57,319
Speaker 1: my Maryland Now Plan, which will reduce the cost of

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Speaker 1: living by eliminating the state income tax for ninety five

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00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,400
Speaker 1: percent of Marylanders, creating a guaranteed jobs program, and guaranteeing

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00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: free public transit. And you can go to Jane for

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Speaker 1: Governor dot com to hold me accountable. Thank you, Mr King.

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00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:13,560
Speaker 1: What is your plan to address poverty and homelessness for

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00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: black people across the state and particularly those living in

875
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:21,719
Speaker 1: the state's metropolitan areas. And one of the most important

876
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 1: functions of government is to take on this issue and

877
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: try to protect people from crises that happen inevitably in

878
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:33,839
Speaker 1: their lives. Um A few weeks ago, I was with

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00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:38,800
Speaker 1: COSA sleeping outside in Annapolis overnight to protest the governor's

880
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,880
Speaker 1: failure to keep in place the emergency protections from eviction.

881
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 1: So we're gonna see more people who are homeless as

882
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:48,360
Speaker 1: a result of the governor's failure to keep that emergency

883
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,719
Speaker 1: protection in place. We ought to use some of the

884
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 1: two and a half billion dollar surplus to address the

885
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 1: immediate needs that continue amidst this COVID crisis, for food assistance,

886
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 1: housing assistance, for childcare assistance, and then structurally, we've got

887
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,359
Speaker 1: to take on the challenges in our economy that are

888
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:11,120
Speaker 1: a real obstacle for folks. We need a living wage

889
00:52:11,480 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: that's adjusted for inflation. We need paid family leaves so

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00:52:15,719 --> 00:52:17,799
Speaker 1: that when folks have a new baby or a sick

891
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 1: loved one, they can take time from working though if

892
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: you're losing their job. We need to invest in the

893
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: state's Housing Trust one so that we're increasing the supply

894
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,279
Speaker 1: of housing that folks can actually afford. We need to

895
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 1: invest in public transportation so that people can get to

896
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 1: work and to family and to visit their doctor affordably.

897
00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: We need to make sure that folks can have access

898
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: to community college programs and apprenticeship programs that are funded

899
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: by the government that help them get access to good

900
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: jobs that are available in areas like cybersecurity and the

901
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,439
Speaker 1: new green jobs and renewable energy. We need to make

902
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: it a priority for government to intervene in this moment

903
00:52:55,680 --> 00:53:01,360
Speaker 1: of crisis to help address longstanding structural knowlledges. Thank you

904
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: so much, Mr Baker. What is your plan to address

905
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: poverty and homelessness for black people across the state and

906
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,320
Speaker 1: particularly those living in the state's metropolitan areas well? Thanks

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00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,719
Speaker 1: thank you for the question. Um. For me, it's not

908
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:15,920
Speaker 1: a plan, it's something that we actually did. One of

909
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: the things are several of the things I'm most proud

910
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: about our time in Prince George's County was we were

911
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the wrong when it came to

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00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:27,400
Speaker 1: job creation. Um. By the time my administration came to

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Speaker 1: an end, we had led the state five years in

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00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,359
Speaker 1: a row in job creation. That means more people, more

915
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,800
Speaker 1: Black people had jobs than when I came into office,

916
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:40,960
Speaker 1: and we were leading the state majority black jurisdiction. Housing.

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00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:44,200
Speaker 1: We put more affordable and work force house around Prince

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00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:47,280
Speaker 1: George's County so that we could actually address those issues

919
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:51,120
Speaker 1: of housing. And we were one of only two jurisdictions

920
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: that actually raised the medimum wage at the same time

921
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:57,840
Speaker 1: we were creating jobs. The other jurisdiction was Montgomery County,

922
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,240
Speaker 1: where my running mate Nancy Navarro was leading to efforts

923
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: over there UM and healthcare. You can't do any of

924
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: this and talk about homelessness and UM without dealing with healthcare,

925
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 1: which is why we built a regional health care center

926
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:16,840
Speaker 1: that not only affected the county but also affected Charles County.

927
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 1: It was a state hospital, state regional health care center.

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00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:21,560
Speaker 1: The other things I want to talk about it I

929
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 1: think UM Attorney General Doug Gaster touched on and I

930
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 1: think he's right. You have to talk about our attorney

931
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,799
Speaker 1: citizens and our veterans. One of the programs we put

932
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: in place for our returnee citizens who come back to

933
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 1: our neighborhoods without i D, without training is we put

934
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,120
Speaker 1: a one stop shop in the neighborhood where they could

935
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:45,600
Speaker 1: get dental care, healthcare, job training. We actually did it. UM.

936
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: They can get their education in our community college all

937
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 1: there so they don't have to leave for i D.

938
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 1: And so those are the things that I have done

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00:54:54,800 --> 00:55:00,439
Speaker 1: and would do as government. Thank you so much. I'll

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00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:03,759
Speaker 1: start this question with you, Mr Gansler. I do understand

941
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 1: you have said in advance that you have only a

942
00:55:05,840 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 1: few more minutes left with us. I will ask you

943
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:14,400
Speaker 1: this last question before you go. Maryland has Google value.

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00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:18,120
Speaker 1: Okay good. Maryland has a strong echo system of nonprofit

945
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:22,399
Speaker 1: organizations that work to support individuals, families, and communities when

946
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: government does not or cannot. An additional subset is responsible

947
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:30,520
Speaker 1: for the history and legacy of black culture. However, many

948
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 1: black lead organizations experience additional burdens to access and funding,

949
00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:39,080
Speaker 1: pularly government funding to support their important work. How will

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00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: your administration lead in achieving equity for black lead and

951
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: black centered organizations and stay grant making Um? You yeah

952
00:55:49,719 --> 00:55:53,120
Speaker 1: so um. In terms of the nonprofits, when I was

953
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 1: attorney Toiling, we actually regulated or nonprofits and we do

954
00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: have so many nonprofits in Maryland, and many of them,

955
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,000
Speaker 1: thankfully are focused on Black Marlanders. Many of them are

956
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 1: run by Black Marlanders. But we also need to make

957
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 1: sure that you know our our budget is a moral

958
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:09,920
Speaker 1: document and we need to make sure that we're supporting

959
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: our budget that doves help nonprofits. And we could do

960
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 1: it through government agencies, and that requires somebody who understands

961
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:18,439
Speaker 1: the levers of government and have to work for levels

962
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:22,160
Speaker 1: of government has the relationships in uh in the legislature.

963
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 1: I mean, the governors should not be anybody's started a job.

964
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:27,439
Speaker 1: Nobody wants somebody's an experience. When we're coming out of

965
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: crisis that that is COVID that we're in now, in

966
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: the crisis that's in the criminal justice system, nobody wants

967
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,440
Speaker 1: somebody that hasn't been in the criminal justice system and

968
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:39,040
Speaker 1: involved in that when I was. But there is a

969
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:42,840
Speaker 1: really strong relationship nextus between being a government and be

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00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: able to start nonprofits. We started the Family Justice Center

971
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: in Montgomery County, right State's Attorney that are and we're

972
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,279
Speaker 1: gonna take that throughout the state as well because it's

973
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: a wrapper house services for families and serves people of

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00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,000
Speaker 1: color and black black man olders in particular. UM And

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00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:01,239
Speaker 1: so we need I think that's that's one of the

976
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 1: things that we need to do as governor. We need

977
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,840
Speaker 1: to make sure that we have we guess someone a dBm,

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00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:10,839
Speaker 1: an assistant secretary level that actually coordinates all the nonprofits

979
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:13,680
Speaker 1: in the state, who, what, where, and how that they

980
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 1: can get their money. So we can really streamline the

981
00:57:15,680 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: process to make sure that where people are willing enable

982
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:21,840
Speaker 1: people like John King and Westmore and some others in

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00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: this race that that have worked with nonprofits that we

984
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: support their efforts to state government. Thank you so much,

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00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:31,479
Speaker 1: and thank you for your time and in advance letting

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Speaker 1: us know that you will need to leave at this

987
00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 1: particular time for a pre appointment. So thank you so much.

988
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 1: Thank you. I appreciate it and and I'm sorry to leave earlier.

989
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 1: No worries. Thank you so much, Mr King. How will

990
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:45,960
Speaker 1: your administration lead in achieving equity for black lead and

991
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:51,360
Speaker 1: black centered organizations in state grant making? Yeah? You know,

992
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:54,480
Speaker 1: when you think about the experience we have as a

993
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:59,040
Speaker 1: state around COVID and COVID vaccine distribution, one of the

994
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: lessons that we learned as a state is how effective

995
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:07,120
Speaker 1: community based organizations that are close to UH folks that know,

996
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 1: folks that have their trust, how effective they were in

997
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:13,720
Speaker 1: helping with vaccine distribution. That should be a lesson to us.

998
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 1: We should be investing in community based organizations as our

999
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 1: partners to deliver universal childcare, as our partners to deliver

1000
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 1: re entry services, to support those who are returning home

1001
00:58:25,160 --> 00:58:28,640
Speaker 1: from incarceration, to help them find housing, find good jobs.

1002
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 1: Those community based organizations should be our partners in addressing

1003
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 1: food and security, they should be our partners and helping

1004
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:40,240
Speaker 1: people navigate access to government assistance like the rental assistance

1005
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:43,400
Speaker 1: that the federal government is made available to address the

1006
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:46,560
Speaker 1: COVID emergency. So we've really got to think about community

1007
00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 1: based organizations nonprofits as a part of the public sector

1008
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:55,640
Speaker 1: that's trying to address people's shared needs. We also have

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00:58:55,680 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: to make sure that community based organizations nonprofits can access

1010
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 1: the capital they need UH to to grow their services

1011
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:10,080
Speaker 1: UH and oftentimes, unfortunately, philanthropy does not invest enough in

1012
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: organizations that are led by people of color, and so

1013
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:16,880
Speaker 1: we've really got to make sure that UH our state

1014
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:21,920
Speaker 1: resources are helping people to to navigate access to capital

1015
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,480
Speaker 1: for UH facilities and those kinds of needs. Thank you

1016
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:29,920
Speaker 1: so much, Mr Jane, How will your administration lead in

1017
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:34,120
Speaker 1: achieving equity for black lead and black centered organizations and

1018
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:37,760
Speaker 1: grant making? Well? As someone who works full time in

1019
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:41,080
Speaker 1: a nonprofit right now, I fully understand the importance that

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00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:44,520
Speaker 1: nonprofits can have in reaching people where they are and

1021
00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:47,520
Speaker 1: taking care of those who are most vulnerable in our society.

1022
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:51,800
Speaker 1: Right these nonprofits also help the government prevent duplicating efforts

1023
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:55,320
Speaker 1: or wasting public dollars, but we need to have dedicated

1024
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:59,320
Speaker 1: funding from the government for these nonprofits instead of us

1025
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:02,760
Speaker 1: having the yearly uncertainty and struggle to match funding from

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01:00:02,800 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: previous years. It also means giving nonprofit leaders a genuine

1027
01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 1: seat at the table before, during, and after the budgeting process.

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01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:13,960
Speaker 1: And that goes back to why I'm running the campaign

1029
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:16,600
Speaker 1: the way I am, to sincerely move beyond just the

1030
01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:19,880
Speaker 1: talking points an empty rhetoric, and to show by my

1031
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:23,919
Speaker 1: actions how serious I am by engaging leaders and individuals

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01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:28,520
Speaker 1: from black lead and black centered organizations and nonprofits within

1033
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:34,240
Speaker 1: every aspect of my campaign and operation. Thank you, Mr Baker,

1034
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: How will your administration lead in achieving equity for black

1035
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 1: lead and black centered organizations in state grant making? Well,

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Speaker 1: First of all, I spent the other half of my

1037
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 1: career working in a nonprofit one as the general counsel

1038
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 1: and special assistant to UH nonprofit UH that did community development,

1039
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:58,200
Speaker 1: housing development, and job training, and then eight years with

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01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:02,640
Speaker 1: the national nonprofit Round Education Reform, so I understand it.

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01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:05,360
Speaker 1: And as county executive, one of the things I understood

1042
01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 1: is that, especially in Prince George's County, which does not

1043
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:13,120
Speaker 1: have a robust um a nonprofit community. Is that we

1044
01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,439
Speaker 1: had to bring them together for to see if there's

1045
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:20,640
Speaker 1: synergy between the nonprofits and provide a streaming of a

1046
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:24,200
Speaker 1: streamline of funds to those nonprofits. And so we did that.

1047
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 1: Um as governor, I would do the same thing across

1048
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:32,040
Speaker 1: the state to make sure that we're targeting the nonprofits

1049
01:01:32,080 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 1: so they're actually is money, not just programmatic because a

1050
01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:38,200
Speaker 1: lot of people can give you programmatic money, but it's

1051
01:01:38,240 --> 01:01:41,439
Speaker 1: the administrative money so that they actually can go after

1052
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:43,960
Speaker 1: some of the grants and some of the uh, some

1053
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:48,440
Speaker 1: of the non the philanthropic opportunities out there. But we

1054
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 1: also want to make sure that we're we're something you

1055
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:53,440
Speaker 1: touched on in the question, and that is it's not

1056
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:57,040
Speaker 1: just it's the arts and culture that are important because

1057
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 1: we can actually fund these nonprofits that will help economic

1058
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,480
Speaker 1: development in our areas like Prince George's County or Lightwhood

1059
01:02:03,560 --> 01:02:07,440
Speaker 1: Nancy Navarro did in Wheaton in Montgomery County, and what

1060
01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:10,280
Speaker 1: we did in Suitland in Prince George's County, what Baltimore

1061
01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:12,880
Speaker 1: is doing. So we have to make sure that we

1062
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,880
Speaker 1: one have leadership at the at the state level that

1063
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:20,919
Speaker 1: understands this and brings everybody together. Thank you so much,

1064
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:24,840
Speaker 1: Mr Baron. How will your administration lead lead in achieving

1065
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 1: equity for black lead and black centerate organizations and state

1066
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,080
Speaker 1: grant making? Well, I want to be clear that I

1067
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 1: would bring a fundamentally different approach to governing and to

1068
01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 1: funding in state government based on the funds would go

1069
01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:43,360
Speaker 1: towards programs and policies that again don't just sound like

1070
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:46,400
Speaker 1: good ideas, but have been tested and shown to be

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01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:52,800
Speaker 1: effective now and particularly have been shown effective and underserved populations,

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Speaker 1: including communities of color. Ideally, that is a situation and

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01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:02,080
Speaker 1: it should be prioritized where it's a uh the program

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Speaker 1: is led by or developed by a person of color.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you one example, uh of what we would do.

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Speaker 1: There's a program that was developed by an African American

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Speaker 1: cardiologist in Los Angeles that pairs black barbershops with pharmacists,

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Speaker 1: so when patrons come in to get their hair cut,

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Speaker 1: they get screened for high blood pressure and if needed,

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Speaker 1: they get medication. It was shown to reduce the rate

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Speaker 1: of uncontrolled high blood pressure, which is a leading killer

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Speaker 1: of black men, by more than fifty That's a huge

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Speaker 1: effect and very big public health impact. We should be

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Speaker 1: doing that across the state of Maryland. So that's the

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Speaker 1: ideal situation. That's and that's a situation. It's a black

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Speaker 1: it was developed by a black gentleman, a doctor um uh.

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Speaker 1: There are others that are uh developed by African Americans,

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Speaker 1: some boy uh, people who are not of color, but

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Speaker 1: have been shown to be very effective for underserved populations,

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Speaker 1: and we should prioritize those as well. Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Mr Perez. How will your administration lead in achieving equity

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Speaker 1: for black lead and black Senate organizations and state grant making.

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Speaker 1: I've spent a lot of time in Maryland in the

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Speaker 1: nonprofit sector. I was board chair for an organization that

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Speaker 1: helped immigrants coming to Maryland from around the world, from

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Speaker 1: the African Continent, from Latin America, Central America, and elsewhere.

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Speaker 1: So I I love this question because I think the

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Speaker 1: state can play a really, really catalytic role in helping

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Speaker 1: make sure we preserve our heritage, we understand our history

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Speaker 1: and we never repeat the mistakes of history, and we

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Speaker 1: help emerging communities move forward. So I'm committed to creating

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Speaker 1: a fund that's dispersed in partnership with local community based

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Speaker 1: organizations so that we can make sure that in every

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Speaker 1: zip code across the state where we have UM black

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Speaker 1: populations other communities of color, that we are addressing those needs,

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Speaker 1: whether it's UH in Talbot County. There we we had

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Speaker 1: a longstanding um UM campaign to finally remove UH monument

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Speaker 1: that was a monument to the Confederacy, and the nonprofit

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Speaker 1: sector there played such an important role. These are examples

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Speaker 1: of things we need to do when we when we

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Speaker 1: invest in communities in this way, we help expand healthcare,

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Speaker 1: we help expand educational opportunity, We help expand opportunity UH

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Speaker 1: to learn, to earn, and to participate in civic life.

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Speaker 1: And as someone who has done this UH in Maryland

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Speaker 1: for a long time, UH, this is near and dear

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Speaker 1: to my heart and I want to make sure we

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Speaker 1: continue to grow it and I will do that as governor.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr Risk, who our viewers who are watching

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Speaker 1: bear with us. We only have two more questions, so

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Speaker 1: we ask that you hang in. But while you are listening,

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Speaker 1: please be sure to share this link right now to

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Speaker 1: five friends on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to make sure

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Speaker 1: that folks are tapping in in addition to your Instagram.

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Speaker 1: The next question, I will start with Mr Barron. Many

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Speaker 1: have called the eighteen months since George Flord's murder a

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Speaker 1: period of racial reckoning in this country. Yet since that

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Speaker 1: time we have seen a lack of follow through on

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Speaker 1: financial pledges from corporations, a decline in public sentiment and

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Speaker 1: support of defending black life, and in Maryland, for example,

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Speaker 1: a doubling down on the investments and law enforcement under

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Speaker 1: the banner of refund the police. Nationally, we saw an

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Speaker 1: uptick in the conversation about race and equity as we

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Speaker 1: approached the presidential elections and in the Georgia Senate runoff

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Speaker 1: After that. However, legislation demand by black voters has since

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Speaker 1: stalled with the absence of executive leadership. In Maryland, black

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Speaker 1: voters make up forty three of the Democratic electorate and

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Speaker 1: thirty one of the Electric overall. In short, is it

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Speaker 1: possible for black voters to hear prom this is during

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Speaker 1: a primary election that becomes compromises during a general election.

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Speaker 1: What message do you have to non black voters who

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Speaker 1: consider themselves allies about their role in this election and

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Speaker 1: ensuring the integrity of your commitment to black voters. So

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Speaker 1: it's a great question. First of all, I just want

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Speaker 1: to make clear that I will pick a cabinet that

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Speaker 1: reflects the full racial diversity of Maryland. That's number one

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Speaker 1: I've I've made that pledge. Number two in terms of

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Speaker 1: this is an extremely important issue. It's a matter of

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Speaker 1: basic human rights. We've all seen the inequities and the

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Speaker 1: criminal justice system. UM, it's it's not just human rights,

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Speaker 1: basic human rights. It's a matter in some cases of

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Speaker 1: life and death. So it is a top priority for me.

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Speaker 1: One of the and I was actually very proud of

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Speaker 1: Maryland the legislature for the sweeping police reforms that were enacted,

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Speaker 1: including UM changing the use of force standard, enhanced least training, screening,

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Speaker 1: body warrant cameras, independent investigations of police misconduct. The piece

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Speaker 1: that I would bring in the implementation of those reforms,

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Speaker 1: that is I believe critical to their success, is a

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Speaker 1: focus on evidence about what works and what doesn't. So

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Speaker 1: in the area of police training, for instance, there are

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Speaker 1: many different kinds of training, procedural justice training, use of

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Speaker 1: force training, implicit bias training, de escalation training. UM do

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Speaker 1: they actually work? Which of them actually work best to

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Speaker 1: reduce police use of force and increase community trust? We

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Speaker 1: really don't know those are testable. That's what I would

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Speaker 1: do as governor. We would test those, see which are

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Speaker 1: most effective, expand them which are not effective, and we

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Speaker 1: would either retry, re revise them, retest them, or move

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Speaker 1: on to something else. But that's the way to make

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Speaker 1: these reforms ever more effective over time. Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Mr Baker. What message do you have to non black

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Speaker 1: votis who considered themselves allies about their role in this

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Speaker 1: election and ensuring your integrity of your commitment to black voters. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think they have to be willing to And I

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Speaker 1: said this to my children during the the racial awakening,

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Speaker 1: and um, I think Maryland is in a prime position

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Speaker 1: to actually deal with this and show the rest of

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Speaker 1: the nation how to deal with it. And that requires

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Speaker 1: not only African Americans and people of color here, that

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Speaker 1: requires everybody in Maryland who understands this vividly to do

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Speaker 1: the things that we did when I was County Executive

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Speaker 1: one before we even saw Ferguson. We revamped our police department.

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Speaker 1: We put more instances on de escalating, and we had

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Speaker 1: a police department at a history of racial injustice and

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Speaker 1: and UH and and shooting an unarmed African Americans but

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Speaker 1: we change that around, and we changed it around where

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Speaker 1: we were able to actually reduce homicides in the county

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Speaker 1: by but also we do the number of arrests. We

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Speaker 1: also didn't increase the amount of money we split spent

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Speaker 1: in our police department. Instead, we put more emphasis on

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Speaker 1: health care for residents, job training, transportation and those things.

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Speaker 1: So what I would say to the non white reson

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Speaker 1: to the non African American or people of color, how

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Speaker 1: can we help that is to understand that we need

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Speaker 1: to make fundamental changes in our system here in the

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Speaker 1: state of Maryland, and we can do it. Um. My

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Speaker 1: running mate comes from the second largest jury, the largest jurisdiction,

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Speaker 1: and the most diverse jurisdiction. That's a reality. And so

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Speaker 1: having folks embraced that, UM, as we um make policies,

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Speaker 1: it's going to be very important. So for me, it's

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Speaker 1: actually speaking with how we not only appoint people, but

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Speaker 1: how we actually invest in in programs and so UM,

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Speaker 1: that's what I would say to our folks to support us.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Mr Perez. What message do you have to

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Speaker 1: non black voters who consider themselves allies about their role

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Speaker 1: in this election and ensuring the integrity of your commitment

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Speaker 1: to black voters. My message to um all voters is

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Speaker 1: to look at my record. My my entire life's work

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Speaker 1: has been about jobs and justice. I've never hesitated to

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Speaker 1: take on tough fights. I prosecuted an l a p

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Speaker 1: D officer pre Rodney King. That's how long ago I

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Speaker 1: was doing police reform work. I took on predatory run lenders.

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Speaker 1: When I was the head of the Civil Rights Division,

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Speaker 1: I settled the two largest fair lending cases in the

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Speaker 1: history of the Fair Housing Act, including one involving Wells Fargo,

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Speaker 1: where I insisted that we settle a case that enabled

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Speaker 1: thousands of Baltimore residents, black residents of Baltimore who had

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Speaker 1: been victimized by unscrupulous practices to get the necessary relief.

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Speaker 1: I have spent my life fighting for health care for

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Speaker 1: uninsured populations, just proportionately populations of black and brown people.

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Speaker 1: This has been my life work. Making sure that the

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Speaker 1: right to vote is sacra sanct That has been my

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Speaker 1: life work. And so to all Marylanders, I would say

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Speaker 1: to you, we must join this effort together. Civil rights

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01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:12,599
Speaker 1: remains the unfinished business of America. We have a long

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01:12:12,640 --> 01:12:17,200
Speaker 1: way to go in the battle for economic opportunity for

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Speaker 1: racial justice, and as your governor, this will be a

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Speaker 1: top priority. I applaud the Democrats and the legislature who

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Speaker 1: class police reform, who who passed the Kurwin Blueprint, who

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Speaker 1: did so much to address racial equity. You did it

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Speaker 1: without any help from the governor. I will be that partner.

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Speaker 1: That's what we need in Maryland, a partner with a

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Speaker 1: proven track record. In believe we must be having some

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Speaker 1: technical difficulties. I will proceed on to Mr King, what

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Speaker 1: message do you have to non black voters who consider

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Speaker 1: them salves allies about their role in this election and

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Speaker 1: ensuring the integrity of your commitment to black voters. And

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Speaker 1: try to share with folks what it feels like to

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Speaker 1: have deep fear as the police officer approaches your car

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Speaker 1: because you know how many unharmed black books have been

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Speaker 1: killed in those police interactions. I try to share what

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Speaker 1: it's like to have to say to your children and

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Speaker 1: your nieces and nephews that they have to think about

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Speaker 1: their interactions with police with a sense of great care,

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Speaker 1: uh about how they interact, what they say, how they

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Speaker 1: hold their body because of those incidents. And then I

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Speaker 1: say that reckoning with black lives is not enough. We

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Speaker 1: actually have to take the actions to show that black

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Speaker 1: lives matter. The policing reforms at the General Assembly pass

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Speaker 1: those those were important start, but not enough. And the

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Speaker 1: governor's use of this refund the police language. Governor Oven's

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Speaker 1: use of that language is really a dog whistle. The

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Speaker 1: truth of the matter is there's no community in the

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Speaker 1: state that's seen a reduction in funding for policing. The

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Speaker 1: question is are we investing the other things that would

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Speaker 1: help us to actually achieve public safety? Are Are we

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Speaker 1: investing enough in violence prevention, addiction treatment, mental health services?

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Speaker 1: Some are jobs programs for young people, re entry supports

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Speaker 1: for folks who are returning from incarceration. Are investing enough

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Speaker 1: in apprenticeship programs and job training programs at community colleges

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01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:27,040
Speaker 1: that help people access economic opportunity? Are we investing in

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01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 1: public transit and folks can get to where their jobs are.

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Speaker 1: Governor Holding canceled the Redline project in Baltimore City, locking

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Speaker 1: people out of access to jobs, and then complains about

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Speaker 1: issues of crime and violence, not recognizing the policy choices

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Speaker 1: have created the environment we face. So we need a

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Speaker 1: much more ambitious response as a state to actually fulfill

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Speaker 1: the promise that black lives matter. Thank you, thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for that answer, Mr Jane, What message do

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Speaker 1: you have to non black voters who consider themselves allies

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01:14:58,680 --> 01:15:01,200
Speaker 1: about their role in this election and and ensuring the

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Speaker 1: integrity of your commitment to black voters. Look as a

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Speaker 1: starting point, we need to show non black voters that

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Speaker 1: is not radical to demand accountability when black and brown

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Speaker 1: people are being murdered by public servants. Secondly, black voters

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Speaker 1: deserve to have a governor who can be held accountable,

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Speaker 1: who's detailed in the policies proposed, is very accessible and

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Speaker 1: genuinely includes them in the decision making process. That's why

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Speaker 1: I'm running an entirely volunteer run campaign, engaging black and

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Speaker 1: non black voters from day one into every aspect of

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Speaker 1: my operation. That's also why I've shared a comprehensive criminal

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Speaker 1: justice platform since January which strengthens the coalitions between black

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Speaker 1: and non black voters. This includes ending extreme sentences for children,

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Speaker 1: ending the money bail system, ending for profit prison contracts,

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Speaker 1: treating opioid and drug use as a disease, not as

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Speaker 1: a crime, Investing more mental health professionals inside the school

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Speaker 1: and in our criminal justice systems, preparing those in prison

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01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:00,679
Speaker 1: for life outside of prison, limiting the influence of ice,

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01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:04,479
Speaker 1: having independent oversight and eliminating r s, r s, looking

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Speaker 1: at issues in a comprehensive way, and being detailed and

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Speaker 1: specific in these solutions. So that brings us to our

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Speaker 1: last question. And Mr Jane, you hit on it when

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Speaker 1: you said detailed and being spacific. That is exactly the

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Speaker 1: last question that I have for tonight. Tonight, we've heard

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Speaker 1: black people referred to as people of color. In fact,

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Speaker 1: we've heard it multiple times in all of our politics

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01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:41,280
Speaker 1: on the local, state and the federal level. We also

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01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:44,640
Speaker 1: here that once we left all tides, that all of

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01:16:44,640 --> 01:16:49,320
Speaker 1: the votes will rise. Do you understand that, based upon statistics,

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01:16:49,760 --> 01:16:53,080
Speaker 1: that the black community is often left out even when

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01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:57,720
Speaker 1: other communities of color are lifted. Do you understand that,

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01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,920
Speaker 1: if elected, what will you do and your administration and

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01:17:02,200 --> 01:17:05,479
Speaker 1: even if you're not elected, what will you do and

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01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:09,720
Speaker 1: your administration to ensure that a pacific black agenda, not

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01:17:09,800 --> 01:17:15,800
Speaker 1: people of color, not disenfranchise black agenda? Since this is

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01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:18,880
Speaker 1: our Black party, what will you do to ensure that

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01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:22,559
Speaker 1: a black agenda is delivered? Mr? King will start with you,

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01:17:24,280 --> 01:17:27,559
Speaker 1: I hope people will go to our website, John King

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01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:30,679
Speaker 1: for Governor dot com and look at our Black agenda.

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01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:34,200
Speaker 1: We've tried to lay out very specifically what needs to

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01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:39,040
Speaker 1: happen in economic development and education, in criminal justice and

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01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:45,160
Speaker 1: healthcare to tackle the very real disparities experience by black Marylanders.

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01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:48,640
Speaker 1: And as I share, my my family has lived those experiences,

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01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 1: both the reality of the cruelty of the institution of slavery.

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01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:54,720
Speaker 1: But my grandmother also graduated from the University of Man

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01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:58,200
Speaker 1: and Eastern Shore in eighteen ninety four, and we realize

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01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:00,559
Speaker 1: in our family how powerful hps to use our as

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01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:04,640
Speaker 1: an engine of social mobility. Uh in this In this campaign,

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01:18:04,760 --> 01:18:07,440
Speaker 1: what I hope folks will do is look very specifically

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01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:11,439
Speaker 1: at what candidates are committed to do their willingness to

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01:18:11,479 --> 01:18:14,080
Speaker 1: be specific. There are a lot of platitudes, a lot

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01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:17,080
Speaker 1: of talk about things folks did long ago. What I

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01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:18,960
Speaker 1: want to know is what are people gonna do to

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01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:23,360
Speaker 1: tackle their very real challenges that Marylanders are experiencing? And

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01:18:23,439 --> 01:18:27,519
Speaker 1: we should elect a candidate who's committed to transformative leadership

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01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:33,360
Speaker 1: that finally advances us towards racial justice. Thank you so much,

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01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:36,559
Speaker 1: Mr Perez. If elected, what will you do in your

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01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:39,920
Speaker 1: administration or even if you are not elected, how will

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01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 1: you continue to use your influence to ensure that a

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01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:47,800
Speaker 1: black agenda is delivered. Well, I certainly understand that black

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01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:51,519
Speaker 1: people feel that way because the facts supported. Uh. We

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01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:54,439
Speaker 1: have the hyst incarceration rate of black men in the

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01:18:54,560 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 1: United States, look at the racial disparities and maternal infant

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01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:03,200
Speaker 1: mortality here in Maryland. We can do so much better

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01:19:03,439 --> 01:19:07,360
Speaker 1: for Black Marylanders in this state. And that's why I

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01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:09,720
Speaker 1: invite you to go to Tom Perez dot com and

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01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:12,839
Speaker 1: look at our Black agenda. Our black agenda is truly

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01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:17,320
Speaker 1: about opportunity, our black agenda. When we have every person

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01:19:17,400 --> 01:19:20,040
Speaker 1: in this state having health insurance, and I have a

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01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 1: plan to do that, black Marylanders will be the primary

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01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:27,360
Speaker 1: beneficiary because when you look at the ranks of the

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01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:32,759
Speaker 1: currently uninsured, Black Marylanders are disproportionately represented. When we invest

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01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 1: in making sure that every school has gifted and talented

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01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:40,200
Speaker 1: and um A P offerings for their students, that will

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Speaker 1: help schools where we have very very high percentages of

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01:19:44,240 --> 01:19:50,760
Speaker 1: Black Marylanders. When we address economic justice, environmental justice, I

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01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:55,560
Speaker 1: should say making sure that communities where we have disproportionate

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01:19:55,720 --> 01:20:01,120
Speaker 1: Black populations that have been disproportionately impacted by climate instances

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01:20:01,200 --> 01:20:06,320
Speaker 1: and and racial injustice. That's how we will help black Marylanders.

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01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:08,920
Speaker 1: So please go to Tom Perez dot com to look

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01:20:08,960 --> 01:20:12,320
Speaker 1: at our Black Agenda, because our Black Agenda is all

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01:20:12,360 --> 01:20:16,080
Speaker 1: about making sure that zip code never again determines destiny.

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01:20:16,120 --> 01:20:19,280
Speaker 1: And this has been a big part of my life's

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01:20:19,280 --> 01:20:22,439
Speaker 1: work and will continue to be moving forward. Whether I

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01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:27,920
Speaker 1: thank you, Mr Jane, If elected, what will you do

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01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:31,040
Speaker 1: in your administration or even if you are not elected,

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01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:33,479
Speaker 1: how would you use your influence to ensure that a

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01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:38,240
Speaker 1: black agenda is delivered. The most sincere and genuine thing

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01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:40,320
Speaker 1: that I can do to prove my commitment to Black

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01:20:40,320 --> 01:20:44,600
Speaker 1: Marylanders from every county is by sharing my very detailed

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01:20:44,680 --> 01:20:49,599
Speaker 1: and specific and comprehensive policy proposals about eleven months ago,

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01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:53,120
Speaker 1: since day one when I launched my campaign back in January.

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01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:56,200
Speaker 1: It's by making every single event I host on my

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01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:59,680
Speaker 1: campaign free and accessible so that you can meet me,

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01:21:00,040 --> 01:21:03,400
Speaker 1: share your concerns, and ask questions directly from me. And

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01:21:03,439 --> 01:21:07,080
Speaker 1: it's by giving you Black Marylanders a real seat at

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01:21:07,080 --> 01:21:10,320
Speaker 1: the table, not just in my future administration, but in

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01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:13,479
Speaker 1: my current campaign. From day one, you will not be

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01:21:13,560 --> 01:21:16,439
Speaker 1: lied to or forgotten about or gas lit because you're

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01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:21,240
Speaker 1: already integrated into every single aspect of my campaign, both

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01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:26,200
Speaker 1: policy wise, strategy and outreach wise. Thank you, Mr Baker.

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01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:28,720
Speaker 1: If elected, what will you do in your administration or

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01:21:28,800 --> 01:21:31,040
Speaker 1: even if you are not elected, how will you use

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01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:34,759
Speaker 1: your influence to ensure that a black agenda is delivered? Well?

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01:21:34,840 --> 01:21:37,920
Speaker 1: Since I've graduated from law school at our university, I've

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01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:40,639
Speaker 1: been working on the black agenda. I started my career

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01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:44,200
Speaker 1: working in some of the most challenging areas in d C,

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01:21:44,400 --> 01:21:47,840
Speaker 1: which are all black, and working on homelessness, working on

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01:21:47,880 --> 01:21:52,559
Speaker 1: housing affordability, working on job creation, and that led to

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01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:57,680
Speaker 1: the legislature where I represented majority UH African American neighborhood

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01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:01,280
Speaker 1: where the issues that we face where our quality of

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01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:06,720
Speaker 1: our schools, healthcare, job training, transportation in these neighborhoods, and

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01:22:06,720 --> 01:22:10,880
Speaker 1: so as county executive of majority African American county, every

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01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:14,160
Speaker 1: day that we created jobs, we created jobs for African Americans.

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Speaker 1: Every day that we provided those who didn't have health

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01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:22,160
Speaker 1: insurance or what uninsured um insurance, we were helping African Americans.

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01:22:22,400 --> 01:22:26,840
Speaker 1: Everything we thought about, from UH job creation to transportation

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01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:30,400
Speaker 1: to police accountability was all a black agenda to make

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01:22:30,680 --> 01:22:35,160
Speaker 1: UM Prince George's county and therefore make Maryland better. I

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01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,240
Speaker 1: want to do the same thing as Governor. I think

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01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:40,320
Speaker 1: we can lead the example to make black people's lives

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01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:43,759
Speaker 1: better throughout the state of Maryland and show the nation

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01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:46,960
Speaker 1: how you can do it and make it so that

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01:22:47,080 --> 01:22:50,879
Speaker 1: everybody feels a part of it. So UM I will dedicate,

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01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,519
Speaker 1: and I have dedicated my life to make them pure

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01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:57,120
Speaker 1: black black Americans have a better quality of life than

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01:22:57,160 --> 01:23:01,120
Speaker 1: they had before I came here. Thank you, and finally,

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01:23:01,240 --> 01:23:04,479
Speaker 1: Miss severe in our last question, if elected, what will

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01:23:04,520 --> 01:23:06,840
Speaker 1: you do in your administration or even if you are

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01:23:06,880 --> 01:23:09,799
Speaker 1: not elected, how would you use your influence to ensure

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01:23:09,800 --> 01:23:14,879
Speaker 1: that a black agenda is delivered. So my entire career

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01:23:16,120 --> 01:23:21,920
Speaker 1: has been devoted to UM identifying and expanded, working with

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01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:26,040
Speaker 1: government and philanthropy to identify and expand programs that have

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01:23:26,120 --> 01:23:28,640
Speaker 1: been tested and shown to make a big difference in

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01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:33,240
Speaker 1: people's lives, not just overall, and really not just for

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01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:38,559
Speaker 1: people of color, but in most cases for uh uh

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01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:42,840
Speaker 1: populations that are black or in some cases primarily Hispanic,

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01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:45,680
Speaker 1: but a lot of them have been shown specifically, like

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01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:48,559
Speaker 1: the black barbershop example, I gave before and some of

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01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:51,880
Speaker 1: the early childhood programs and keep public charter schools to

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01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:55,040
Speaker 1: have effects, to really make a big improvement in the

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01:23:55,160 --> 01:24:00,439
Speaker 1: lives and outcomes of of black students and youth. Um

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01:24:01,479 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 1: one other piece an innovation that we would bring to

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01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:08,160
Speaker 1: government when we roll out a new initiative to scale

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01:24:08,240 --> 01:24:11,760
Speaker 1: these up statewide. For instance, some of these ideas we

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01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:16,799
Speaker 1: will require an independent assessment, a rigorous assessment, the results

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01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:18,760
Speaker 1: of which will be reported to me as governor, and

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01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:21,639
Speaker 1: to the voters and to the legislature at the same time,

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01:24:21,680 --> 01:24:25,960
Speaker 1: so that everyone will see did this thing actually improve

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01:24:26,760 --> 01:24:30,800
Speaker 1: for example, high school graduation rates, not just overall, but

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01:24:30,960 --> 01:24:36,560
Speaker 1: for communities of color and specifically for you know, Black students,

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01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:39,519
Speaker 1: Hispanic students and all the rest. So you want us

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01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:43,600
Speaker 1: to take my word for it whether UH African Americans

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01:24:43,600 --> 01:24:46,439
Speaker 1: are doing better off under these initiatives, people will be

1424
01:24:46,479 --> 01:24:50,400
Speaker 1: able to see it for themselves. Thank you so much.

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01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,880
Speaker 1: And now we will start with closing remarks. At the

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01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:56,080
Speaker 1: beginning of our forum, we win in ABC order. Now

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01:24:56,120 --> 01:24:59,880
Speaker 1: we'll go in reverse ABC order, starting with Mr Perry

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01:25:00,240 --> 01:25:04,840
Speaker 1: with closing remarks. Well, thank you again for allowing me

1429
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:09,320
Speaker 1: to participate remotely and again I apologize for not being there.

1430
01:25:09,880 --> 01:25:13,160
Speaker 1: I am so honored to have been part of this discussion.

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01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:17,000
Speaker 1: And people ask why you're running for governor? Uh, And

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01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:20,120
Speaker 1: I say, I'm running for governor because I learned a

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01:25:20,120 --> 01:25:22,680
Speaker 1: long time ago. Um, there was a sign at the

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01:25:22,720 --> 01:25:25,240
Speaker 1: Department of Health and Human Services where I used to work,

1435
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,160
Speaker 1: a statement from Hubert Humphrey. The moral test of our

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01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:31,479
Speaker 1: strength strength as a nation is how we treat those

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01:25:31,479 --> 01:25:33,639
Speaker 1: in the in the dawn of life, our children, how

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01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:35,960
Speaker 1: we treat those in the twilight of life, the elderly,

1439
01:25:36,200 --> 01:25:38,559
Speaker 1: and how we treat those in the shadows of life.

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01:25:39,439 --> 01:25:43,440
Speaker 1: Black Marylanders have all too frequently been left in the shadows.

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01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:47,080
Speaker 1: Black youngsters here in Maryland have all too frequently been

1442
01:25:47,120 --> 01:25:52,479
Speaker 1: denied access to basic opportunity. So many challenges lie ahead,

1443
01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:55,920
Speaker 1: but you know what, so much progress has been made.

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01:25:55,960 --> 01:26:00,439
Speaker 1: I applaud Speaker Jones and others for their black agenda.

1445
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:04,160
Speaker 1: What you have done, What was accomplished in this past

1446
01:26:04,280 --> 01:26:08,200
Speaker 1: legislative session in Annapolis, in the middle of a pandemic

1447
01:26:08,640 --> 01:26:12,639
Speaker 1: was nothing short of remarkable. And again, what happened then

1448
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:16,519
Speaker 1: was done all despite the governor. Not with the governor.

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01:26:16,880 --> 01:26:19,519
Speaker 1: Imagine what else we could do if we had a

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01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:23,200
Speaker 1: dance partner. I want to be that partner, and as

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01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:26,360
Speaker 1: your partner, you will have my promise that what I

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01:26:26,439 --> 01:26:30,040
Speaker 1: have done for the past thirty five years of my career,

1453
01:26:30,680 --> 01:26:34,240
Speaker 1: which is fight for opportunity, fight for jobs, fight for justice,

1454
01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:36,880
Speaker 1: will be exactly what we will do and we will

1455
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:40,280
Speaker 1: measure it. You will see an administration that looks like Maryland.

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01:26:40,400 --> 01:26:43,120
Speaker 1: You will see an administration where black Marylanders have a

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01:26:43,200 --> 01:26:46,800
Speaker 1: seat at the table, a voice, a megaphone, because that

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01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,280
Speaker 1: is how we succeed. I look forward to this opportunity

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01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:54,599
Speaker 1: and I am so grateful for your willingness to allow

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01:26:54,640 --> 01:26:58,000
Speaker 1: me to participate. Thank you, Thank you Candice, as well

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01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:06,240
Speaker 1: you Mr King Clothes and remarks. Thanks grateful to our

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01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:09,280
Speaker 1: Black party for the opportunity a part of this conversation.

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01:27:10,040 --> 01:27:12,960
Speaker 1: You know, when I was a kid, after my parents

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01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:17,240
Speaker 1: passed away, I moved around different family members, different schools,

1465
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:19,439
Speaker 1: and I struggled like a lot of kids who have

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01:27:19,479 --> 01:27:23,000
Speaker 1: experienced trauma. And I actually got kicked out of high school.

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01:27:23,320 --> 01:27:25,680
Speaker 1: And the first United States Secretary of Education have been

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01:27:25,760 --> 01:27:27,800
Speaker 1: kicked out of high school. And it would have been

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01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:30,000
Speaker 1: easy for folks to give up on me as happens

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01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:32,880
Speaker 1: for so many young people, but they didn't. They chose

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01:27:32,920 --> 01:27:35,800
Speaker 1: to invest in me, and I was blessed by that.

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01:27:36,520 --> 01:27:39,519
Speaker 1: And I'm sitting here today despite the challenges I had

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01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:43,680
Speaker 1: as a kid, not because I'm special, but because there

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01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:46,200
Speaker 1: were the right interventions at the right moment, the right

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01:27:46,240 --> 01:27:49,200
Speaker 1: public institutions that intervened in my life, teachers and a

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01:27:49,240 --> 01:27:53,120
Speaker 1: school counselor. And that doesn't happen for enough folks. Uh.

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01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:56,840
Speaker 1: We're leaving opportunity to chance for too many folks in

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01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:59,640
Speaker 1: Maryland and as a country, and so ultimately for me.

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01:27:59,680 --> 01:28:04,360
Speaker 1: The agenda is about ensuring justice, ensuring equity, ensuring that

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01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:09,800
Speaker 1: our public institutions are schools, uh, our higher ed institutions

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01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:14,160
Speaker 1: are approach to housing and transportation and criminal justice actually

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01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:19,479
Speaker 1: ensures access to opportunity for black Marylanders. And I'm committed

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01:28:19,479 --> 01:28:21,519
Speaker 1: to doing that as governor, and I hope folks will

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01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:23,120
Speaker 1: join me in the movement that it will take to

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01:28:23,200 --> 01:28:28,120
Speaker 1: get that done. Thank you so much, Mr Kane, Mr Jane,

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01:28:28,360 --> 01:28:36,080
Speaker 1: closing remarks place opportunity once again. My name is Ashwani Jane,

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01:28:36,080 --> 01:28:38,640
Speaker 1: and I am running for governor to make our politics

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01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:43,160
Speaker 1: more inclusive and accessible for you. The black Marylander. That's

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01:28:43,200 --> 01:28:46,280
Speaker 1: why I've already built one of the largest grassroots campaigns

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01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:48,960
Speaker 1: in this state. I'm the first AID wide candidate in

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01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:53,200
Speaker 1: the United States to be volunteer run, and make all

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01:28:53,240 --> 01:28:56,080
Speaker 1: my events free. I'm also in a different county every

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01:28:56,120 --> 01:28:59,280
Speaker 1: day through my mobile campaign offices. And while I would

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01:28:59,280 --> 01:29:02,360
Speaker 1: be the nation's youngest governor, I have the experience and

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01:29:02,439 --> 01:29:05,559
Speaker 1: the perspective needed to serve you all well. I've worked

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Speaker 1: in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. I helped manage

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Speaker 1: the political appointee process and the Obama White House and administration.

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Speaker 1: I worked to get over four hundred thousand Marylanders access

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Speaker 1: to healthcare when I was at the U. S Department

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Speaker 1: of Health and Human Services. I worked on affordable housing

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Speaker 1: programs at the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development,

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Speaker 1: and I helped get the n i H and the

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Speaker 1: f D A billions in additional funding when I was

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Speaker 1: then Vice President Biden's director of outreach for the Cancer

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Speaker 1: Moon Shop. And equally important, I'm a product of Maryland

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Speaker 1: public schools. I'm a son of immigrants and minority owned

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Speaker 1: small business owners, and I'm a cancer survivor who knows

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Speaker 1: exactly what it feels like to be written off or

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Speaker 1: have others make decisions for me instead of with me.

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Speaker 1: And I know that is something that black Marylanders know

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Speaker 1: all too well. So if you like to learn more

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Speaker 1: about anything that I discussed tonight, or have a one

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Speaker 1: on one conversation with me, you can visit Jane for

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Speaker 1: governor dot com. Thank you so much, Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Mr Jane, Mr Baron closing remarks, please back to the

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Speaker 1: big picture, which is that on many long standing problems

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Speaker 1: in our state, primarily affecting underserved populations, we are stuck.

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Speaker 1: We've had stagnant wages for forty years for low and

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Speaker 1: moderate income Marylanders, the bottom of the population. Our poverty

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Speaker 1: rate is no different than it was in the numbers

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Speaker 1: I gave on education, really no different than they were

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Speaker 1: twenty years ago. Um, we are just we are not

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Speaker 1: making progress for an astonishingly large share of the population,

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Speaker 1: and the problems as I've described they gave the numbers

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Speaker 1: are that much worse. We all know that for Marylanders

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Speaker 1: of color and black Marylanders. You could roll the take

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Speaker 1: back to the gubernatorial elections of the nineteen nineties, and

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Speaker 1: for God's sakes, they're still talking. They're talking about many

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Speaker 1: of the same problems, the need to urgent need to

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Speaker 1: improve education, shann and the schools in Baltimore and all

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Speaker 1: the rest um. I would break us out of this cycle.

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Speaker 1: I want to pioneer a new governing approach in our state,

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Speaker 1: one where we're not just rolling out the next new

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Speaker 1: plan and hoping it's gonna work. We've done that. We've

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Speaker 1: been doing that for decades. I mean, twenty years from now,

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Speaker 1: our kids gonna look back and say that we faced

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Speaker 1: all these persistent problems and we just kept on doing

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Speaker 1: the same thing again and again. Or will they say

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Speaker 1: that Maryland led the nation, we pioneered a fundamentally new

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Speaker 1: approach to governing based on evidence about what actually works

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Speaker 1: to improve people's lives, and that we finally move the

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Speaker 1: needle on education and stagnant wages and healthcare and racial

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Speaker 1: equity across all of these areas. That is the Maryland.

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Speaker 1: That's the future I want from Maryland, and I'm asking

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Speaker 1: for your help to get us there. I appreciate the

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Speaker 1: very much, appreciate the opportunity to be here, and I

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Speaker 1: would like to uh. I would like to continue the

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Speaker 1: conversation during this campaign and as Governor, I will reach

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Speaker 1: out and be a full partner to our Black Party

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Speaker 1: and to UM and to include that Black Marylanders in

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Speaker 1: my cabinet and my government generally. Thank you so much,

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Speaker 1: Mr Baron, Mr Baker, closing remarks, thank you our Bling

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01:32:26,360 --> 01:32:29,599
Speaker 1: party for having us tonight and hosting UH this form.

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Speaker 1: I think it's very important in the issues that were

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Speaker 1: raised are critical UM. Like many UH folks in Maryland

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Speaker 1: across the United States, I was a quarantine witness at

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Speaker 1: America's and the Maryland's UM historic fork in the Road,

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Speaker 1: and I can sit on the sidelines having been a

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Speaker 1: legislator for eight years and an effective county executive of

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Speaker 1: the largest, second largest jurisdiction in the state of Maryland.

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Speaker 1: When I knew that the things that I learned could

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Speaker 1: help leverage for us in move this state into the

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Speaker 1: into the right direction. And so I'm running because I

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Speaker 1: believe that it's not about what you say or even

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01:33:08,080 --> 01:33:11,080
Speaker 1: about what you believe, it's the ability to get things done.

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Speaker 1: UM folks are gonna say the right things, that are

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01:33:13,880 --> 01:33:15,800
Speaker 1: gonna believe the right things, But if you don't know

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Speaker 1: how to actually run a government, it's not gonna help us.

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Speaker 1: And so I want to do that. I don't want

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Speaker 1: to be the state's next caretaker. I want to move

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Speaker 1: Maryland forward because I believe Maryland can show not only

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Speaker 1: the state, but can show the nation how to come

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Speaker 1: to racial awakening and justice and do it right and

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Speaker 1: be the leader, which is what we should be in

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Speaker 1: the state of Maryland. So I want to UH work

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Speaker 1: with county executives and mayors UH to move us in

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Speaker 1: the right direction. UM. I want us to be an

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Speaker 1: example for the nation. As I said, I hope to

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Speaker 1: earn your support. I want you to know that you

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Speaker 1: already have mine. Thank you, Thank you so much. That

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Speaker 1: concludes our agenda for Black Maryland. I want to thank

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Speaker 1: our Black Party again to the leadership's staff and all

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01:34:07,560 --> 01:34:10,360
Speaker 1: of the supporters all over the country. My name is

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Speaker 1: Tesla Figaro. You can find me at Tesla Figaro on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: And thank you again to the candidates for allowing me

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to ask the tough and most necessary questions.

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Speaker 1: I'll now turn it back over to Miss Hollin's Worth.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Teslin, and thank you to all

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Speaker 1: the candidates who took your time out however long you

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Speaker 1: were able to stay with us. UM, so thankful for

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Speaker 1: your time, for your thoughts, for your energy, and most

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Speaker 1: importantly for your attention to an issue that is really

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Speaker 1: important and near and dear obviously to my heart, but

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Speaker 1: to the heart of many UM Marylanders across the state. UM.

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Speaker 1: I hope that this is just the start of a conversation.

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Speaker 1: I look forward to having more one on one and

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Speaker 1: perhaps more candid conversations with each of UM the candidates

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Speaker 1: where we are able to talk through and a bit

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Speaker 1: more in depth about more of the issues, because, as

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Speaker 1: we spoke earlier, these these issues that we spoke about

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Speaker 1: for this ninety minutes, with just a taste of the

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Speaker 1: things that are on the mind of black Marylanders and

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Speaker 1: honestly black people across this country. We are thirsty to

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Speaker 1: have leadership that is actually listening to the things that

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Speaker 1: we are saying, Leadership that is actually willing to be

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Speaker 1: committed to what they're what they're promising, and actually following

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Speaker 1: through once they get into office. It has been far

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Speaker 1: too long that we have been neglected as voters, far

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Speaker 1: too long that our voices are used to elevate UM

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Speaker 1: particular candidates or parties, and not long enough where we're

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Speaker 1: actually able to say, these are the things that have

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Speaker 1: happened in my life and how my life has improved

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Speaker 1: as a result of being involved in the political process

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Speaker 1: and sharing my thoughts with people who desire to be elected.

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Speaker 1: I think Maryland has an opportunity for us to demonstrate

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Speaker 1: that that can be different, UM, that we can show

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Speaker 1: that the power of people, and particularly black people UM,

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Speaker 1: is something that can really cause a tide shift across

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Speaker 1: the country. And so I look forward to each of

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Speaker 1: you being partners with us and doing that work UM,

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Speaker 1: and not shying away from the difficult questions and shining

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Speaker 1: away from the people that you perceived to be difficult.

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Speaker 1: So thank you again, thank you Teslin for taking your time, UM,

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Speaker 1: and thank you to everyone for watching. I hope you

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Speaker 1: have been informed by this conversation as much as we have. UM.

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Speaker 1: The work that we are doing is really important. We

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Speaker 1: are based building and states across the country, with a

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Speaker 1: focus on those states with a significant population of black

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Speaker 1: voters UM, and we can only do that work through

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Speaker 1: the generous contributions of those who believe in what we

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Speaker 1: believe UM. We invite everyone to visit our website www

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Speaker 1: dot Our Black Party dot org to learn more about

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Speaker 1: what we're doing, and also to make a donation UM.

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01:36:43,520 --> 01:36:47,479
Speaker 1: Your support actually helps us build and educate and train

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Speaker 1: voters and community leaders and others who may aspire to

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Speaker 1: office UM at some point in the future. So thank

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Speaker 1: you and have a wonderful night.