for is opportunities to facilitate these conversations and dialogue about these really difficult issues. you know we understand issues of race and social justice in american history context are very, very deep and very very complex. so that s very much a part of where we are today and we still have a long way to go. but from the community s perspective to the extent that i would feel comfortable speaking on behalf of my neighbors i apologize. it s just the you have to i have such deep ad mere ration and appreciation for the sense of community in the sandtown winchester community. this is a very critical time. but again, today i was so proud to see everybody out cleaning up standing up to say this is not right in terms of destroying
so the story of the san tell and winchester community goes like this. since 1968 my neighbors have been working to rebuild from the stories we all know following dr. king s assassination 50 years ago. for me it s a little bit personal to the extent that i was born in baltimore in 1968 just a few months after that horrible time in our history. but our community and i m so proud of my neighbors today, particularly for stepping up. and working so hard to reclaim the community. particularly from those who were trying to destroy it. we know those issues over here are very complex. certainly not going to solve those overnight. from a community perspective, what we are looking for is opportunities to facilitate
city police department. i want to make it clear to everyone that not only do i stand in unison with these community leaders here but i stand in unison with this mayor. as we all move together forward for a better and truer baltimore. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you. next i d like to ask mike barb i know i saw you somewhere. where is mike? very active in the san town community and with habitat for humanity. mike. sorry. i know it s barb. it s been a long week. i understand. so my name is mike barb. my title in my day job is chief officer of programs and community engagement for habitat for humanity on the chesapeake. but i m also a resident of the winchester community for almost the past ten years.
baltimore urban league. the announcements tonight about curfews to be imposed tomorrow night and no school in the public schools tomorrow in baltimore, what s your reaction to that? well, lawrence it s a sad day in baltimore when the community is mourning the passing of freddie gray and especially the wib lyly the winchester community. when you think about what has taken place, it just didn t take place over the last few weeks. baltimore has been suffering from the neglect of our neighborhoods for a number of years. now what we re seeing is the devastating effect of poverty in those neighborhoods. they ve called for the national guard to bring peace back to the community, it s going to take some time. it s a sad day for baltimore