AgdaPkt 2020-10-05 Special Study Session

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4.A. - Page P�Fc PENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER • Remember growing up taught to be scared of neighborhoods like that - drove by N. Fair oaks • I want child to not feel the same • Was told that "north of this street" - "west of this street"- 2 RWC, those 2 community things were real • Agree with "^^ that was an image i also had. I still experience it - as an Indian, there's not many, I have walked and don't see others. Traditionally very white- neighborhood • Have had experience with police- it was positive/helpful- light skinned person of color and also the opposite • Also, what is others experiencing • Saw a video on how police engaging - alarming video • Defending the police rhetoric online • Been to city council meetings - a lot of those speaking are those of privilege - i know some of who are commenting- • There is some POC, that have spoken and don't feel heard, or muted • Don't have experience with wealthy side of town but feels there's a lack of resources/less funding on east side of El Camino; notice when basketball teams play each other there's a disparity, technology is slower to get to east side; recent example with shelter in place, school district sent out a directive that no drive through graduations - several schools on the west side didn't follow that, seems like a sense of entitlement • Taught 5th graders for 6 years at Garfield, boy students would get stopped by police for fitting a description at 10 years old; stable housing. Housing security has really affected students, got in the way of focusing on school; homelessness and multiple households were barriers for students to focus on their futures • white lady interesting to speak about it, benefit from a lot of the institutional, long-term things; recognize that there is entitlement, not a lot of action to change it; live in central neighborhood, recognize that police engage with her differently than neighbors; looking at leadership (boards, commissions, elected), not reflecting our community, colors the way we work; work with young people that are in/at risk of being in juvenile justice system; treated as criminals vs. kids; intention there but not the greater focus/push that we need to achieve greater equity • as a white person, have a very specific experience that is not shared by friends of color, very little to no interaction with police, which is great/how it should be; don't live in a fancy neighborhood (Eagle Hill), people are pretty happy, it's safe, that's the definition of success; that's not what she's hearing from friends of color; almost living in a different city; gap between the groups; disturbing to her; very neighborhood -specific, walking in Emerald Hills or Fern Hills area, very different, affluent, white as compared to the "flats", feels people there are seen as lesser, less desirable; cultural and racial divide between these neighborhoods; Eagle Hill is also vast majority white; not specific to RWC but don't see community doing anything to combat it; how do we make housing affordable to 99%, make sure multiple families aren't living in a single apartment, how do we help people live a more dignified life, not assuming people are lazy • spend a lot of time walking from downtown to north, pass through the jails, huge foreboding buildings, have done jury duty there, have to pass through these huge county jails, reminder of racial inequity; experience/hearing from people he knows, know it's primarily black and brown people in jails, even though it's clear that on drug charges, 78