your next question comes from joe fittipaldi. mayor breed, you spoke of the black student union, not to take away from the vaccine discussion, but can you talk about what support you've offered the black student union and what you think lowell high school should do to support them going forward? >> mayor: out of respect for the students, we had a lengthy conversation, and i want to make sure that they are comfortable with me sharing information from that conversation. but i did offer to help support them through this process, to help facilitate conversations with administrators and others. sadly, what they're enduring is something they should not be experiencing. and, unfortunately, this is not a new challenge at lowell. several years back, other african-american students had faced similar issues around race and discrimination. and it is definitely important that we respond to it. and, to be clear, respond to it in a way that provides an opportunity for these young people to have an environment where they can learn and thrive, ju

your next question comes from joe fittipaldi.ayor breed, you spoke of the black student union, not to take away from the vaccine discussion, but can you talk about what support you've offered the black student union and what you think lowell high school should do to support them going forward? >> mayor: out of respect for the students, we had a lengthy conversation, and i want to make sure that they are comfortable with me sharing information from that conversation. but i did offer to help support them through this process, to help facilitate conversations with administrators and others. sadly, what they're enduring is something they should not be experiencing. and, unfortunately, this is not a new challenge at lowell. several years back, other african-american students had faced similar issues around race and discrimination. and it is definitely important that we respond to it. and, to be clear, respond to it in a way that provides an opportunity for these young people to have an environment where they can learn and thrive, just

your next question comes from joe fittipaldi. mayor breed, you spoke of the black student union, not to take away from the vaccine discussion, but can you talk about what support you've offered the black student union and what you think lowell high school should do to support them going forward? >> mayor: out of respect for the students, we had a lengthy conversation, and i want to make sure that they are comfortable with me sharing information from that conversation. but i did offer to help support them through this process, to help facilitate conversations with administrators and others. sadly, what they're enduring is something they should not be experiencing. and, unfortunately, this is not a new challenge at lowell. several years back, other african-american students had faced similar issues around race and discrimination. and it is definitely important that we respond to it. and, to be clear, respond to it in a way that provides an opportunity for these young people to have an environment where they can learn and thrive, ju

your next question comes from joe fittipaldi.ay from the vaccine discussion, but can you talk about what support you've offered the black student union and what you think lowell high school should do to support them going forward? >> mayor: out of respect for the students, we had a lengthy conversation, and i want to make sure that they are comfortable with me sharing information from that conversation. but i did offer to help support them through this process, to help facilitate conversations with administrators and others. sadly, what they're enduring is something they should not be experiencing. and, unfortunately, this is not a new challenge at lowell. several years back, other african-american students had faced similar issues around race and discrimination. and it is definitely important that we respond to it. and, to be clear, respond to it in a way that provides an opportunity for these young people to have an environment where they can learn and thrive, just like any other student at lowell. >> thank you, mayor breed. yo

your next question comes from joe fittipaldi. mayor breed, you spoke of the black student union, not to take away from the vaccine discussion, but can you talk about what support you've offered the black student union and what you think lowell high school should do to support them going forward? >> mayor: out of respect for the students, we had a lengthy conversation, and i want to make sure that they are comfortable with me sharing information from that conversation. but i did offer to help support them through this process, to help facilitate conversations with administrators and others. sadly, what they're enduring is something they should not be experiencing. and, unfortunately, this is not a new challenge at lowell. several years back, other african-american students had faced similar issues around race and discrimination. and it is definitely important that we respond to it. and, to be clear, respond to it in a way that provides an opportunity for these young people to have an environment where they can learn and thrive, ju