Approve. Member rajeo. Yes. And chair williams . Aye. All right, so we are adjourned. It is 4 33 p. M. Thank you, everyone, for sticking with us and well see you tomorrow. Thank you. Bye, everyone. See you tomorrow. The meeting is closed. Just want to notice we didnt have. Can you call the roll . Im going to read my script first. This is held by web x modifying requirements for inperson meetings during the coronavirus disease emergency. This committee will be convening remotely until the committee is authorized to meet in person. Public comments will be available on each item. Each will be allowed three minutes to speak. Comments during the Public Comment period are available by calling 14156550001. Again its 14156550001. Access code is 1469968636. Then pound and then pound again. When connected, youll hear the meeting discussion, but will be muted and in listening mode only. When the item of interest comes up, press star 3 to be added to the speaker line. Speak clearly and slowly and
No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
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