this is commissioner hallisy.and lorraine and phil anand lamonte and the team for e presentation to me last week. this morning you mentioned the forms put together. were those forums did you put together did they just involve employees of rpd? >> yes, commissioner. as diverse as possible working group of rec and park staff. >> very good. i am wondering, and loraine, in discussion with you, you talked about your own experience with training in the bay area. i just want to know if you think with your background now in meeting all of these people in your role that are in other city agencies if rpd might volunteer to host and moderate a discussion on racial equity and invite all of the representatives, especially those in the position of hiring for other city departments, whether fire, police, water, whatever. also to have a recent hiree talk about their experience, positiontive, negative, challenges they faced. you may be doing this already, lorraine. having said that i believe many of the city agencies could learn f

this is commissioner hallisy.rraine and phil anand lamonte and the team for e presentation to me last week. this morning you mentioned the forms put together. were those forums did you put together did they just involve employees of rpd? >> yes, commissioner. as diverse as possible working group of rec and park staff. >> very good. i am wondering, and loraine, in discussion with you, you talked about your own experience with training in the bay area. i just want to know if you think with your background now in meeting all of these people in your role that are in other city agencies if rpd might volunteer to host and moderate a discussion on racial equity and invite all of the representatives, especially those in the position of hiring for other city departments, whether fire, police, water, whatever. also to have a recent hiree talk about their experience, positiontive, negative, challenges they faced. you may be doing this already, lorraine. having said that i believe many of the city agencies could learn from yo

thank you for delivering a speech, and also, thank you, commissioners buell and hallisy. i want to acknowledge this year's keep the dream alive award winners. this was such a perfect and creative suggest by the m.l.k. luncheon health and safety commission, recognizing a group of people who work so much in the background, i'm not sure that many people know we have an environment health and safety division. but in a year of covid, this team, like so many of our staff, has risen to the occasion to maybe everything possible. -- to make everything possible. this is the staff that is ensuring the wellness of our own team. this is approving and reviewing covid health and safety plans, that when we do have a covid positive staff, it is engaging providing and contact tracing and providing information to our staff so that our staff navigate this tricky time of work with confidence and support and transparency, and so it is really well deserved. the other keep the dream alive award winners near and dear to my heart is the [inaudible] and the amazing jackie and kurt grimes, and delia

thank you for delivering a speech, and also, thank you, commissioners buell and hallisy. i want to acknowledge this year's keep the dream alive award winners. this was such a perfect and creative suggest by the m.l.k. luncheon health and safety commission, recognizing a group of people who work so much in the background, i'm not sure that many people know we have an environment health and safety division. but in a year of covid, this team, like so many of our staff, has risen to the occasion to maybe everything possible. -- to make everything possible. this is the staff that is ensuring the wellness of our own team. this is approving and reviewing covid health and safety plans, that when we do have a covid positive staff, it is engaging providing and contact tracing and providing information to our staff so that our staff navigate this tricky time of work with confidence and support and transparency, and so it is really well deserved. the other keep the dream alive award winners near and dear to my heart is the [inaudible] and the amazing jackie and kurt grimes, and delia