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Our Group Agreements-Amplify Black voices-Keep your phone or device muted if you’re not talking-If you’re able to, please turn your camera on-Step up, step back-One mic, one voice-Not a debate - we’re here to share and listen

(1) What inequities are you most concerned about as it relates to education or services for Black youth?(2) While the City doesn’t operate the school district, many City departments serve youth and their families (Health, Parks & Rec, Libraries, and Economic Development). What services and programs could be offered for youth in our City that will help eliminate racism and racial inequities?(3) How can the City collaborate with LBUSD, LBCC, CSULB, and other partners in education to reduce the inequities among Black youth and other youth of color, including youth with disabilities, trans and non-binary youth, and youth in foster care?(4) Picture a Long Beach 10 years from now where Black youth and other youth of color are thriving. What does it look like and how did we get here? What are your ideas or recommendations for making this a reality?

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The high school graduation rates for Black and Latino students are more than 85% but only 30% of Black and 36% of Latinx students graduate meeting UC/CSU requirements.

Upcoming Speaker Order: #1 Sam Platis, and #2 Lenore

the declining of success of black students has happened under Dr. Felton Williams watch

Next speakers: (1) Jessica who just private messaged me; (2) Jenn, (3) Tonia Uranga

The City’s Health and Human Services department has an ambassador program linked to the development of the Youth Strategic Plan. In fact, some of those ambassadors are on right now. Should we hear from them?

Hello :) How is the turn to speak given?

Ana, I believe raising your hand or messaging the host

Ana, feel free to raise your hand in zoom, raise your hand in real life, or dropping a line in the chat, which you did :) Chrysta will call on you when it's your turn.

Upcoming Speaking Order: (1) Jenn, (2) Tonia Uranga, (3) Vanessa Acota

*Acosta

Yes Eli, we would love to hear from the youth ambassadors

Speaking Order: (1) Tonia Uranga, (2) Vanessa Acosta (3) Ana Luna

Thanks, Teresa. I see Marissa, Alexis, Ian, and I believe Gabriel here.

Looking at suspension rates and practices is very important. While correlation does not equal causation, we need to acknowledge that 23% of youth that are suspended end up having contact with the justice system.

@jenn 😊

Speaking Order: (1) Vanessa (2) Ana

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trauma-informed curriculum

culturally relevant education

Teachers need to have: Teacher Diversity Training: needs to be critical where they analyze the oppression that their students of colors are going through,

Police don’t make student’s feel safe they actually make students feel scared on the other hand

I am with a wetlands protection group (the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust) and we believe strongly that access to the natural world is a right for all people, not just those with the resources to travel etc. We have been sponsoring educational field trips for kids who participate in Long beach’s BeSAFE program and for some Long Beach schools but we would like to do more. Please email me suggestions and partnership ideas at elizabeth@lcwlandtrust.org

Your skilled facilitation is seen and appreciated, Chrysta. Thank you for your commitment to equity of voice and the process to ensure it.

recommendation for the City: create a web page that list and clearly delineates the difference in roles and responsibilities of the city and LBUSD, and list collaboration between the two, shared funding sources, etc. As well as, info on how to access LBUSD.

Great idea Jerlene, thank you.

the youth ambassadors can go before me if we run out of time

Student’s need to have Ethnic Studies part of their curriculum so they feel powerful from k-12, they Need to gain Cultural Equity

American Public Health Association declared police violence as a public health issue back in 2018

Agreed. Great idea, Jerlene.

City of Long Beach does not have any dedicated funding. Youth programs and services are always at risk of being cut. Its difficult to track and see how young people are being invested in in the city

dedicated funding for youth*

recommendation for City: when violence occurs in our city near our schools, or when our children are in transit to or from....that there is a joint respond from LBUSD leadership and City leadership. last year we had r

last year there was r

last year there was two incidents and neither LBUSD or the city stepped forward to respond, both claimed it was the others responsibility.

love you alexis, you got this

Thanks, Alexis!

Thank you Alexis- you are doing great and I appreciate you sharing story and ideas with us. We are lucky to have you as an Ambassador with the City.

If any one that is running youth leadership programs or is part of a program. I’d love to join anything that can help our youth.

love hearing from the youth! 👏🏾

i'd like to go next … i'm a youth ambassador

Thank you for being our last speaker Marissa, you raise extremely important issues that need to be addressed. Thank you for being a Youth Ambassador for the City.

yes defund the police and reinvest in black youth and youth of color and their families

another silent violence upon these communities is environmental justice which impacts all aspects of life, health foremost- and the youth continue to show up and speak up on those injustices, pushing for change in policies to protect our shared future

yes marissa!!

Good thing Marissa has the last word, because that's impossible to follow:). #Knowledge

marissa! 👏🏾

I would like to thank the City’s youth ambassadors for being here and joining the conversation. I would remiss not to share and give credit to ALL of the youth ambassadors that have contributed to the development of the youth plan and the Invest in Youth campaign, especially our black, and trans colleagues that have led many of our conversations in the past, and now, understandably are looking to us and their peers to keep the conversations going. Marissa, Alexis, Jenn, and Ian, y’all have made them proud.

Recommendation: Teachers play a key role to dismantle racial oppression in classrooms. The notion of one group is superior or raising above the other group should be eliminated through teaching class on racism and structural violence.

LBUSD must engage local cultural bearers in addressing cultural inequities within the curriculum.

Youth were great. Where are the teachers and counselors in this process?

Great for them to listen

true^

Please have report from LBUSD in regards to the demands recently made to remove SRO's & Police from schools when report comes back to council

Ana feel free to reach out — 310-953-7411

All teachers should be given credit for enrolling in the LBUSD Ethnic Studies classes, especially if they haven’t been introduced to these new cultural narratives.

Thank you!

Thank you, Teresa.

Thanks, everyone.