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care providers and businesses called brockton knocks down diabetes continues to partner together to combat a growing public health crisis in the state's seventh largest city. diabetes. brockton has health rates of hospitalization due to diabetes that are nearly twice the stage average. last year this coalition of organizations led by the old colony ymca secured a $1.2 million grant to fight diabetes and other chronic diseases. to tell us more about the work going on in these two towns to fight the growing issue of diabetes we have invited al whit center, joyce dwyer, and finally, jennifer white,

public relation for harbor one bank, a partner in several local projects that focus on basic human needs. welcome to urban update. thanks for coming in. and albert, let's start with you. let's talk about some of the. basic reasons behind this high rate of chronic disease and diabetes in brockton and stoughton. >> i would say that part of sit probably due to environmental issues, meaning that lack of fresh fruits and vegetables, lack of green spaces, strong contributing factors towards incidents of do you understand. in addition to that brockton has a large community of people from other cultures and part of that is that there is this whole millionth that the more you eat, the better you are the more prosperous you are.

it's almost considered to be not right if you were to eat healthy, or something like that. so some lack of education around diabetes management or what could contribute to a healthier lifestyle. >> talk to us about your jeannie you be the how and why you set up looking for strategic partners to raise awareness to that problem. >> i think brockton is unique in the sense that there was a coalition of people that came together who saw the need that this incidentals of diabetes needed to be -- let's make a an attempt to eradicate it. and it wasn't just the health providers or the health entities a that were rallied behind thanks but we were able to get

the y as well as the american diabetes association to come together and develop this coalition, and there's about 40 strong that are part of the initiative and we are working to eradicate this disease. >> very impressive. jennifer white talk to me what attracted harbor one bank to this organization. >> yeah, you're wondering what does the bank have to do with diabetes. but five years ago my predecessor and others really went out and did a needs assessment of what was facing the brockton community and diabetes is a major health crisis, and it was a community issue that was affecting our employees as well as customers. so we wanted to convene folks around this issue.

get our employees out, and really be part of this coalition of as al mentioned 40 plus strong. but brockton is the tight-knit community. we've been there almost 100 years, and we feel strongly about really getting to the root causes of this issue. >> joyce dwyer, menaced menaced in our introduction that there's good news in the fight. talk to me about why the cdc contributed toward the coalition's efforts in this specific region. >> i think some of what al and jen has already said, and that is there's definitely a need for access to care and healthy living within brockton, as well as the way that that city with stoughton at this point has come

and provide services to route the city of brockton and instituten, and that's that collective impact of having all those folks around the table, and the diversity of programs we have been able to offer and tonight continue to grow over the last five years has been recognized by the cdc. >> albert, can you falk more about i guess, specifically about brockton knocks down diabetes. what it is, and how people can participate. >> so brockton knocks down diabetes is a great event. it usually takes place in the month of june. and what's unique about it is the city of brockton is open to anyone in the area that wants to learn more about diabetes. there are a plethora of free activities that are provided. so for example i could go to the y and have a free membership

i could talk the audibles there are things for approximately people living with type one. it's a plethora of activities that are available around diabetes. and pit culminates with a walk as well as a minute health fair, where people can actually be screened. gets more information, celebrate the success of brockton and celebrate just living a healthier lifestyle. >> jennifer white, talk to me about -- what do coalitions like this that will bring such a diverse group of partners what community. >> i think it's huge. i think one of the things we've collaboration, we talk about some of the environmental factors, access to transportation or healthy foods. these are complex problems, and a single entity isn't going to solve it. but when you bring a

who can share their expertise and resources together, you get better results. i think the other thing that we've learned is to look at the community, see what's good, so what we go we can plug in. don't recreate the wheel but find things that are working. last year, during brockton knocks down diabetes, we wanted to reach out to more kids, to we partnered with a long-term road raise and as a result we were able to engage more kids in our educational programs, so finding what's good and plugging into that, and as al mentioned celebrating the community. >> and joyce, what about the -- what is this addition funding allowing the coalition to do to combats the growth of diabetic. >> so this particular funding really has a look at the most vulnerable population in the city of brockton. we find that

serving with this grant has very limited access to any type of care or food or physical activity. so collectively. we all get together and we really help work with the faith based organizations to give these people more access to care. and explain the disease process of diabetes. so they're aware that they're predisposed to diabetes, and we have been working on translation and will interpretation, so we've been using interpreters to help us with language barrier p we also been working to translate materiality. >> and i see you have up on the screen there diabetes and coloradan tick disease screening sunday february 7 at st. edith stein on east main street in brockton.

were in the fifth year of this brockton knocks down diabetes. how do you feel about where it's going, the impact you've been having? >> i see where we began and i see where we're at now and i think that in itself speaks volumes and the fact that we have 40 some odd members of this coalition. and it's growing and not only that i would definitely say that i have even received questions from other communities. this is a great initiative. can we model it. so i see it as growing but i also see it as eventually becoming a national model for eradicateing domestic violence. >> ask what would you like to say the to the people in the brockton stoughton community, the greater brockton area about this? >> it's a wonderful event. come out. it's free, and i do stress free. but it's also a time where we can celebrate community and the the health of our community. >> and we'll leave it right

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is really that will effective, so i think he has a platform, and an amazing platform. it's a huge irony because it's not through lack of talent that these people are not there. >> boycott, if he boycotted i suppose it would be a 1-day story, but knowing chris rock

can -- >> people are going to be watching for that reason. >> i'm sure he'll say a number of memorable things. but at the end of the day, do you think this is something we should care that much about? afterall, it's entertainment. some people, including a number of black actors are saying it's just that big of a deal. or is it a big deal, because even though this is entertainment because this is our culture. >> absolutely. represent the best of the best the industry, and so by this nomination, the message that they're sending is that there aren't enough black or latino or asian, because we're not just talking about black, we're talking about minorities. it's sending a message is there enough black or latino talent and that's wrong. >> before we go i want to take a

talked about this before on the show, talking about politics, presidential campaign is really roaring ahead now. we're getting up to the time when people are voting. donald trump, i guess as allah tina we've talked about your thoughts about donald trump, and when we were on the show months ago, did you think we would still be talking about donald trump? >> of course not. i think -- i mean this is all new territory for everyone. it just seems like he gains more steam and more popularity, the most brazen and antiimmigrant and offense i and insulting as he gets, so i really don't know what the end game is. there's still a lot of time. that's my -- we're still ten, 11 months away from the actual election day. there's still a lot of unknowns.

and the primary. >> you don't speak for all latinos, but i guess if your opinion, is there anything donald trump could say or do that could win him a significant -- enough amount of the latino vote? >> i don't doubt that there are people that simple these with him who are latino and asian. latinos come until all different shapes and sizes, so i'm sure there are a lot of latinos that are going to feel inclined to vote for donald trump but there's not enough of them. >> okay f when we have you back on we'll we'll hash it out then. okay, marcela garcia, thanks for coming in. coming up, protester at logan international airport rally at

the minimum wage the $15 per hour for airport workers p right here on urban update, we'll be

backdrop of the martin luther king jr. holiday, some 200 labor advocates and logan international airport workers rallied at the airport to call for a 15-dollar an hour minimum wage for airport workers. the peaceful protest was described the call for higher pay as an important element of the southerly and economy justice king advocated during his lifetime. organizers pointed autothat logan generates close to $9 billion a year in economic activity and the low wages show a major injustice at the heart of an economic engine for the region. the plan's civil disordinals

incident. one of those arrested was seui union vice president for local 615 roxanne in a rivera. and karl, a baggage hander at the airport. welcome to urban update. thanks for coming in. congratulations, by the way, on your election there in chelsea. why were you out there on monday? you were an elected official. why do you feel so strongly about this cause? >> well, living so close to the airport, a lot of my constituents are employees of airport. my city is gentry if iing. having somebody to represent you

whether you get paid $17 an hour with benefits or making minimum wage and having to depend on government assistance and me being little bitted by the people i feel it's important for me to be there to speak on their behalf. now, you were willing to put yourself out there, you protested and being arrest. tell me why. >> i don't think there's a better way to celebrate the legacy of dr. martin luther king, by getting arrested and protesting. given that he actually was assassinated just standing with sanitation workers. and the issue, the fight for the airport workers is a fight for justice at the airport and many of the folks are immigrants and women of color, people of color. and that even they they work full-time at the airport they have to rely on public assistance.

i think that's wrong. and anything that we can do to not make these workers invisible is important, and so i felt strongly about that. and not only myself but others took that step as well. >> so you were arrested and put in a holding cell. they put those ties behind your back. >> yes. >> did it hurt? >> it was uncomfortable. okay, well, you madeira point. it was worth it, i assume. >> yes. >> karl, talk to us about your real life situation, what you do, how much you going to paid, and i guess what would a raise of -- what difference would it make in your life. >> so i'm a part-time employee for a contractor, and i do baggage handling handling and customer service.

workers would be that it would help -- it would allow the -- >> and you get paid how much? >> $11 an hour. >> now, would you like to see -- do you think more elected officials should be getting involved in taking a position on any? >> absolutely. i haven't reached tout anybody. i just kind of do what i have to do. i did reach out to some people ho helped me within my campaign and part of the people who are -- i'm an activist by nature, so a lot of the people i'm associated with. but i definitely people that elected official, you're voted in by the people and you have an obligation to represent them. we have these big considerations making money off the backs of people who can't speak the language, if you're in the going to speak an their behalf i don't think we're worthy of being in that officer.

this a reality? who holds the cards? who are you aiming your fire at? >> i think it's twofold. one is the airlines, the aarons have create this situation where they've out sourced the jobs of folk that clean the planes, handle the baggage, wheelchair assistance. so they basically haven't gone to low road contractors that basically they will create these poor working conditions, so is airlines can really inverses in more high road contractors that can pay decent livable wages. >> karl, i guess, as a baggage handler who makes $11 an hour, what do you want to say to the people powers that be. >> if anyone puts in their time and labor into any job, with regards to at the airport or wherever else they deserve fair

and so like bernie sanders says throughout his campaign that deserves $15 around an hour, because everyone deserves fair and just wages. >> so you're feeling the burn there. i guess, do you feel that this protest was a success and i guess where do you see things going from here? >> so we feel it was a success. first,s our goal was to have a peaceful protest, which we felt we accomplished. we also wanted to make sure that the travelers know that poverty wages and poverty jobs still exist at the airport and we believe that's wrong. so we feel that will we've accomplished that. >> and again you're talking about as we said in the introduction here, a $9 billion industry and that's the point you want to press on to everyone as well. well, we're going to have to wrap it up there because we're out of time. thank you all for coming and okay.

urban update. i'm byron barnett. have a great sunday everyone, and go pats, bring back a win from denver today.