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4.A. - Page 41(!FC <br />PENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER <br />• Her neighborhood mostly Hispanic but might not have the same participation/benefits as <br />rest of community in RWC; police presence not as positive; strong concern for <br />gentrification <br />• acceleration of gentrification impacting POC in inequitable ways; people forced out of <br />area because unaffordability of living, not sanctuary city, presence of ICE <br />• hardly any Black people in RWC anymore while Fair Oaks used to be mostly Black <br />(wondering what happened?) <br />• can see and empathetic about gentrification concerns even if doesn't affect him (speaker) <br />personally because of his economic advantaged status; seeing other people having to <br />commute 2 h and thinks not ok- people should be able to live close to their work. <br />• segregated neighborhoods: seeing same people as her in her neighborhood. Seeing that <br />she doesn't have same experience with police as white person (example: not bothered if <br />she is loitering) <br />• Sequoia High School, PTSA really engaged, equity, creates opportunity for students <br />especially in COVID to success at schools. <br />• Shooting school because budget issues, rezoning kids to other schools mostly white high <br />income, kids have to mix with other kids and "some parents" where concern about it. <br />• Education: families faced some challenges as segregation, eliminating schools to people <br />don't drive, how this can go thru? <br />• Should be inclusion to people that have not voice <br />• Living near to Sequoia Hospital is really weird to see a police car, concerns about why it <br />is more presence of PD in another area <br />• Some areas have not contract, especially areas where is not PD jurisdiction <br />• Many people from the community don't feel comfortable <br />• my identity has been tokenized and it's painful to watch. Equaling BLM to Trump. We <br />don't have a renter's association. My father had a job and lived on the streets of RWC. <br />First generation. It's difficult when others have a one -million -dollar house. Devaluing <br />low income people. I feel like we don't matter as much. Cleansing out brown people. <br />Tired of weaponizing my identity as a person of color in RWC. <br />• been in the community 25 years. He raised a family and did not pay attention to the <br />community. Joined org. 2020 with school, city health had eyes and ears open. Watching <br />the city become more gentrified and worried we are losing that. <br />• white mother of biracial kids. Kids have been amazing teachers about white privilege. <br />• Woodside High School the new Menlo -Atherton, like a private school fundraiser. Racist <br />issues. Her black son was rejected by white parents to date their white daughter. Daughter <br />transferred to Sequoia and found it welcoming. It's painful for her microaggressions from <br />black to Hispanics. Asked the school to talk to kids about talking on social media about <br />racist conversations. Ask to get people involved at Stanford with SPARKS- Police <br />partnerships <br />• works at Boys and Girls Club in RWC. The exhaustion in the older kids to make mistakes <br />in front of other kids. Students of color need resources in schools to support them for <br />access and equity. <br />• led the ethnic studies at MA for sports nights. Teachers are white and cannot relate to <br />being ethnic and challenges that leads to truancy. <br />• Before moving here, aware of this idea of there being 2 RWC- white ppl would live in <br />one area and black/brown would be in another- i knew that before i moved here <br />77 <br />