Three part process, one of the parts where they had to write a letter or an essay, explaining why they want to go, and why they should be selected. The second part they had to maintain a 2. 0 gpa. And in the third part was they have to display Good Behavior at school as well as at the boys and girls club. The requirement for the 2. 0 was i think as far as next time, not sure if that will be part of the requirement because like i said one young lady after she got a passport and a ticket and everything come to find out she was not even in school. And we thought of her going now, she was going to school and have the gpa is over a 2. 0. And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in
Have to display Good Behavior at school as well as at the boys and girls club. The requirement for the 2. 0 was i think as far as next time, not sure if that will be part of the requirement because like i said one young lady after she got a passport and a ticket and everything come to find out she was not even in school. And we thought of her going now, she was going to school and have the gpa is over a 2. 0. And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in the studio, i dont know who got the most out of it, you guys or the kids . Really. And it comes through here, and even as you are speaking now. And i told the kids, and i use the phrase a lot the world is bigger than the block.
And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in the studio, i dont know who got the most out of it, you guys or the kids . Really. And it comes through here, and even as you are speaking now. And i told the kids, and i use the phrase a lot the world is bigger than the block. Yeah. The most important piece of it, is their academic diplomas that she can get is their passport and i mean, obviously, for me, history and culture is just the basis of who i am and what i do. And so but for you to take them actually there, i mean, that is greater than anything that they read in a book and you read in a book. So we are going to make it happen again, and you know, he has already kicked himse
Of the requirement because like i said one young lady after she got a passport and a ticket and everything come to find out she was not even in school. And we thought of her going now, she was going to school and have the gpa is over a 2. 0. And so it might be something that somebody needs to, you know, to get their grades up. And i think that the point that i wanted to make was that there was preparation, which i felt was key. And a lot of thought went into that. And i know that you talked about, you know, the impact that it had on the young people, but having seen you and the other adults in the studio, i dont know who got the most out of it, you guys or the kids . Really. And it comes through here, and even as you are speaking now. And i told the kids, and i use the phrase a lot the world is bigger than the block. Yeah. The most important piece of it, is their academic diplomas that she can get is their passport and i mean, obviously, for me, history and culture is just the basis of
Yeah. Jj. Officer johnson, chief, captain sullivan, you know, this is just such a lesson to me and i feel like in the time that i have known you on the commission, i have learned a lot and one of those things is that you have this bold idea where there is a million different points that you could just say that this is not going to work and whenever you are trying to do anything in the world and what i am just amazed by is that the level of difficulty in pulling this off. And you know, i sometimes i have to take the kids up to sacramento to testify before the assembly and i am panicked to have them in the car for 90 minutes and i am a mother of three. And so taking the leap, and bringing people into it and making them a part of this and then having just the kurage, and it is what you stand for, you stand for the future for these kids and they know that and you are a powerful stand for them and it is such a point of pride for this department, i cant, i cant tell you how proud i am to ser