ORDER-2016-135 : Appointment of Lata Bhopale Williams, 24 Henry Ave., to the Commission on Women for a three-year term; said term to expire on the last day of February 2019

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▶ 1:19:12 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: seven is order 2016 135 appointment of Lada Bhopal Williams 24 Henry Ave to the Commission on women for a three-year term said term to expire on the last day

▶ 1:19:36 Speaker 4: of February 2019 hello everyone thank you so much for this opportunity to speak to you about this very important Commission that's being formed and I want to thank the mayor as well for getting this committee together this the commission in terms of my particular interest is i have two daughters one is a sophomore at boston college and one is a senior here at melrose high school and will be going to brown university this fall and I they both attended the Melrose high school and when I think about the Women's Commission one of the things I think about is what would I like to do to make things better for the women who are coming up after us and I think that a lot of focus has been on preparing students in general academically but I

▶ 1:20:40 Speaker 4: have felt that they are not prepared as emotionally and socially and therefore they can fall prey as you probably heard in the in the headlines to a lot of different types of abuses and so one of the things that I'm interested in it would be to one introduce the the concept of consent and to talk about it not only with our young women but also with our young men because that is something definitely that their colleges that they will go to or you know even in life should be an issue for everyone and so that's something that I'm really interested in and I think as a lawyer I am probably most comfortable being an advocate and so I think I have feel very strongly about certain things but I also feel that without buy-in from other people you're just not going to get very

▶ 1:21:57 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: far so thank you very much questions or comments from members of

▶ 1:22:04 John N. Tramontozzi: the committee how about one from not not a committee member well here's our ward one representative right and I appreciate you volunteering for the Commission and I think truly you'll be one of the leaders of that Commission in that in your capacity and again we thank you as we thank all of those lovely young ladies volunteering up on this commission thank you thank you

▶ 1:22:40 Speaker 3: thank you very much motion to recommend second we have a motion to recommend all

▶ 1:22:43 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: seven orders taken concurrently as was voted on earlier for passage from Alderman Inferna and seconded by Alderman McAteer-Margolis. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. The order will be recommended for passage to the full board meeting. You are not required to be there for for that meeting. We will get in touch with you after the final vote. I do want to just take one brief moment to say thank you all very very much for coming down and introducing yourselves to the Board of Aldermen tonight. It was wonderful to hear about some of your backgrounds and and particularly just want to say thank you for stepping up all our boards and commissions require very dedicated volunteers and have excellent volunteers who give of their time but starting something from from scratch I think takes a it's a particular challenge and an exciting one so thank you for being part of it thank you thank you thank you motion to adjourn the motion to adjourn from Alderman Boyce L second by Alderman Inferno, all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We are adjourned.

▶ 1:23:45 Speaker 6: Michael, you're up.