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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> and most importantly that you see the outcomes. So I am going to turn it over to the Council <br /> President, would you like to make any comments? <br /> Council President Tim Scott stated,No, I am good to go. <br /> Councilmember Voorde stated,No <br /> Councilmember Preston stated,No <br /> Committee Chair White stated, What I would like to do in terms of open discussion, looking at <br /> those priorities, I did reach out to the president, President Henry Davis and asked him which <br /> department head he would like to be at this meeting and he mentioned, Aaron Perri. I would like <br /> to acknowledge that Johnathon Jones is with us as well and Alkeyna Aldridge from Community <br /> Investment. Did I leave anybody else out? <br /> Council President Tim Scott interjected, Alkeyna's right hand person. <br /> Committee Chair White stated, Thank you. When we come up with priorities, what does that <br /> mean? How do we come up with those priorities and you know, what information is needed, as it <br /> pertains to those other four (4) priorities? What has or what is being done in support of these <br /> priorities? Who do you need to meet with? Who should be at the table with you and also looking <br /> at a strategy, you know have a plan, with measurable outcomes. Timelines so that as we move <br /> forward you can look at for example,programing at the Center,job creation and how do we move <br /> beyond that priority and move it into a reality. And first, we need to know what is exactly <br /> happening in terms of programing. A lot of it is information, but also making sure that as we look <br /> at the programing you have seniors, young adults, high school students, and primary students, so <br /> the programing should be very comprehensive. I want to open that up for input, discussions, and I <br /> want to get your feedback to make sure that I have correctly summarized those priorities. And <br /> when you do speak, we ask that you share your name and address for our records. <br /> Mr. Davis stated, Councilmember White, I think you did a great job at explaining the follow up <br /> and that. I think that the group's intent at this point is wanting to be at the table as it relates to <br /> programing within the Charles Black Center. This came about because there was a discussion with <br /> Sam Centellas about what was going on across the street and there was a brief discussion about <br /> programing and programing ideas that were on the table that had been discussed on an ongoing <br /> basis about the Charles Black Center. That's when we were like hey, I am sure many of us from <br /> this organization have something that they would like to see happen or have something to say. <br /> The other part of that conversation is the City study that was done here recently with the racial <br /> wealth divide disparity study and it showed really bad things within the African American <br /> population. But it was terrible, and it was money driven, financial driven. But we do know when <br /> there are no jobs and nothing really going on economically, crime happens. It happens a lot more <br /> and faster so our thought as a group was how can we as a group help put something in place <br /> generationally that could help build the economics in this area. So the first thing we would point <br /> to was jobs,but then somebody would ask are they ready for jobs.Well I can't answer that question <br /> today, how do we train our children later on. I am not talking about someone that is twenty years- <br /> old, I am talking about someone that is in elementary or middle school. How do we get them <br /> prepared for future jobs? Whether it's the trade unions, some type of IT skills set, something that <br /> EXCELLENCE ( ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 l f574.235.9173 I TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 3 <br />