. >> hello i am harriet larkin and here from renaissance parents of success and nonprofit in the southeast sector. however we serve all children city wide and by children i mean youth. we also support the families and we were not defunded for our specialized team, social justice program or work force development programs that were developed by our children who are black and brown and yellow, and we are asking for their support. by not receiving the support it sends a message to the children who work hard collectively from different communities and different ethnic backgrounds that they don't matter and the focus was actually the right for african-americans to remain. every time you go to a meeting that is the focal point of the young people want to address that and it's not recognized. the group that the developed the program is diverse was not -- one of the comments is it's not diverse. i am personally offended because one of the comments there was not enough post secondary education among the staff. our staff has been doing this work for more than 20 years. any other agency, even the cit