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>>WELCOME  ALL OF YOU TO VIVEK

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SERIES ON PUBLIC HEALTH

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THIS LECTURE SERIES IS IN

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CELEBRATION OF THE ASIAN

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PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH FROM

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

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FROM THE FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC

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AMERICAN COUNCIL, WHICH IS KNOWN

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AS FAPAC, FROM THE HHS AND OTHER

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AGENCIES LIKE FDA, CDC, HRSA,
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MY NAME IS RINA DAS, DIVISION

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DIRECTOR.

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SO WE KNOW HEALTH OF POPULATION

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IN THE WORLD IS ULTIMATELY

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DEPENDENT UPON THE SUCCESS OF

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OUR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.

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PARTICULARLY OUR PUBLIC HEALTH

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LEADERS.

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AT THE LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL

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AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

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TODAY'S EVENT IS INCREDIBLY

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MEANINGFUL TO THE AA AND NHPI

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COMMUNITY BECAUSE TODAY WE HAVE

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WITH US THE U.S. SURGEON

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GENERAL, VIVEK MURTHY, AND MAYOR

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OF BOSTON, MICHELLE WU.

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TWO GREAT PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS

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TO INSPIRE OUR NEXT GENERATION.

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SO TO START US OFF, IT'S MY

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GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE

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DR. ELISEO PEREZ-STABLE, WHO

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WILL PROVIDE WITH SOME WELCOME

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REMARKS AND SHARE SOME OF HIS

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THOUGHTS TO KICK OFF THIS GREAT

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EXCITING EVENT.

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DR. PEREZ-STABLE, TAKE IT AWAY.

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>> THANK YOU, RINA.

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AND WELCOME, EVERYONE.

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MY NAME IS ELISEO PEREZ-STABLE,

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DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL

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INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND

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HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND I'M

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REALLY PROUD OF OUR SPONSORSHIP

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OF THIS SECOND ANNUAL VIVEK

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CELEBRATION OF ASIAN HERITAGE

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THAT MICHELLE WU AGREED TO JOIN

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US TODAY IN THIS CONVERSATION.

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AS YOU HEARD, MAY IS A

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CELEBRATION OF ASIAN AMERICANS,

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NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC

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ISLANDERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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THE GOAL OF THE VIVEK H. MURTHY

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PUBLIC HEALTH LEADER WHOSE

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ENDURING EFFORTS HAVE MADE A

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AT THE FIRST MEETING, DR. MURTHY

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RECOGNIZED DR. VICTOR SAO AND

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TODAY WE HAVE THE HONOR OF

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HAVING MICHELLE WU, THE MAYOR OF

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BOSTON, ATTEND US.

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SO WE ARE EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS

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AT NIH BY INCLUDING THE MAYOR OF

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A MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED

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STATES.

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THE GOAL IS FOR THIS TO CONTINUE

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ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND IT IS

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REALLY CONSISTENT WITH NIH'S

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EFFORT ON ADDRESSING HEALTH

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IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE

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LIVED THROUGH AN ESPECIALLY

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STRESSFUL TIME WITH THE PANDEMIC

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IN A SMALL GROUP CONVERSATION A

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COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SOMEONE

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CAME, THERE WAS THIS BIG

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FIRESTORM, AND NIH RAN TO THE
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SENSE OF WHAT WE ALL FELT IN

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2020.

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TWO YEARS LATER, IT'S NOT OVER,

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BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE A MUCH

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BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT THE

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ISSUES ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO

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WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT ADDRESSING

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HEALTH EQUITY, ABOUT ADDRESSING

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STRUCTURAL RACISM AND

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DISCRIMINATION, IS REALLY

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SOMETHING WE CAN EXTEND TO MANY

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OTHER PARTS OF OUR EFFORTS AND

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OUR WORK.

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TODAY DR. MURTHY AND MS. WU WILL

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DISCUSS PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON

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VARIOUS TOPICS GUIDED BY OUR

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FANTASTIC MODERATOR, SO WE LOOK

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FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION

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BETWEEN THESE TWO LEADERS.

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SO I WILL PASS IT ON TO THE

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIMHD,

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DR. MONICA WEBB HOOPER, WHO'S

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BEEN WITH US FOR A LITTLE OVER

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TWO YEARS, AND JUST SIDE BY SIDE

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IN ALL OF THE -- IN ADDRESSING

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ALL OF THESE ISSUES OVER THIS

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TIME.

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MONICA?

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>> THANK YOU, DR. PEREZ-STABLE,

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AND WELCOME, EVERYONE.

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I AM DELIGHTED AND HONORED TO

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MODERATE THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS

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EVENT.

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THE FORMAT OF THE VIVEK H. MUR

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THEEL DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

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SERIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

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LEADERSHIP IS A VIRTUAL

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CONVERSATION OR A FIRE SIDE CHAT

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RATHER THAN A LECTURE OR A

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FORMAL PRESENTATION.

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WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING

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FROM TWO AMAZING, FASCINATING

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GUESTS AND I THINK THAT THIS IS

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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND PERHAPS

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EVEN MORE INTERESTING TO HAVE A

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MORE INFORMAL CONVERSATION THAT

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WILL ALLOW US TO LEARN ABOUT

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THESE DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS

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IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO HEAR THEIR

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PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON PAST AND

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CURRENT EVENTS, AND TO ALLOW US

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TO INCORPORATE QUESTIONS FROM

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THE AUDIENCE.

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SO YOU HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT

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ABOUT OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

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ALREADY BUT ALLOW ME TO

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INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS BY SHARING

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JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, A SMALL

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SELECTION OF THEIR NOT ONLY

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IMPRESSIVE BUT HISTORIC CAREERS.

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DR. VIVEK H. MURTHY IS THE 21ST

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SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED

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STATES.

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AS A RETURNING ROLE, PREVIOUSLY

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SERVING AS THE 19TH SURGEON

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AS THE NATION'S DOCTOR, THE

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SURGEON GENERAL'S MISSION IS TO

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RESTORE TRUST BY RELYING ON THE

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BEST SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

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AVAILABLE, PROVIDING CLEAR

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CONSISTENT GUIDANCE AND

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RESOURCES FOR THE PUBLIC, AND

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ENSURING THAT WE REACH OUR MOST

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VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

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AS THE VICE ADMIRAL OF THE U.S.

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CORE, DR. MURTHY COMMANDS A

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UNIFORMED SERVICE OF 6,000

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DEDICATED PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS

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SERVING THE MOST UNDERSERVED AND

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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

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DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD.

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AND OUR HONOREE TODAY, MAYOR

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MICHELLE WU, IS THE MAYOR OF

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MAYOR WU GRADUATED FROM HARVARD

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COLLEGE AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL.

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JANUARY 2016, SHE WAS ELECTED

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PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

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COLOR TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL.

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ORDINANCE PROHIBITING

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COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS ORDINANCE,

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WHICH GUARANTEES TRANSLATION,

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INTERPRETATION AND ASSISTIVE

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HAVING WORKED AT THE LEGAL

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OWNERS, AS WELL AS AT THE

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IN 2016, THE THEN COUNSELOR WU

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WAS HONORED AS ONE OF THE 10

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GREATER BOSTON CHAMBER OF

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COMMERCE AND IS PART OF THE

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MARIE CLAIRE MAGAZINE'S 50 MOST

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SHE WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF BOSTON

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WORKING IN COALITION TO DELIVER

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BOLD SYSTEMATIC CHANGE AND MAKE

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BOSTON A CITY FOR EVERYONE.

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A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES,

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MAYOR WU IS FLUENT IN MANDARIN

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AND SPANISH AND LIVES WITH HER

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HUSBAND AND HER TWO SONS.

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SO DR. MURTHY, IT IS GREAT TO

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SEE YOU AGAIN, AND MAYOR WU,

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CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ELECTED

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MAYOR OF BOSTON.

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THAT'S FANTASTIC!

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AND HUGELY IMPORTANT FOR MANY

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REASONS.

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AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS

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FIRESIDE CHAT WITH BOTH OF YOU.

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SO LET'S MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE

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CONVERSATION.

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WE ARE CELEBRATING ASIAN PACIFIC

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HERITAGE THIS MONTH, AND IT

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WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR YOUR

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REFLECTIONS AND PERSONAL

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EXPERIENCES THAT HELP SHAPE WHO

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YOU ARE, PARTICULARLY AS PART OF

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AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER

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COMMUNITY IN THE U.S.

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SO DR. MURTHY, MAY I ASK YOU TO

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SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH US.

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SUGGEST SINCE MAYOR WU IS OUR

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GUEST OF HONOR, WOULD YOU BE

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OKAY IF WE STARTED WITH HER?

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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I AM THRILLED AND DEEPLY HUMBLED

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TO BE HERE, AND I THINK WE'LL BE

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POPCORNING BACK AND FORTH ANYWAY

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BUT REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE

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YOUR GRACIOUS WELCOME, THANK YOU

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SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO'S

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TUNING IN.

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I AM A LITTLE OVER 160 DAYS IN

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TO MY NEW JOB AS MAYOR OF

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BOSTON, AND STILL, IN THE

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IMMIGRANT FAMILY THAT I GREW UP

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IN, THE ULTIMATE HOPE WAS FOR ME

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TO BE A DOCTOR.

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SO DR. MURTHY IS STILL THE

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EMBODIMENT OF MY PARENTS'

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DREAMS, SO -- THAT POLITICS

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THING.

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SO FOR ME THIS MONTH IS SPECIAL,

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BUT IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO

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REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF EASE AND

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GROUNDING IN WHAT BEING AN ASIAN

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AMERICAN MEANT.

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SO MUCH OF MY CHILDHOOD, I

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UNDERSTAND THOSE TERMS AND

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LABELS AS TWO SEPARATE

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IDENTITIES, AND IT REALLY FELT

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AS IF AT HOME, WHERE WE ONLY

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SPOKE MANDARIN, WHERE WE ATE

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DINNER WITH CHOCK  CHOP STICKS
EVERY

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NIGHT, WHERE MY PARENTS TOOK A

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WHILE TO BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE

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WITH ENGLISH, AT HOME VERSUS IN

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SCHOOL, WHERE I LEARNED VERY

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QUICKLY WHAT FOODS NOT TO BRING

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TO SCHOOL SO I WOULDN'T BE

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BULLIED AND THINGS LIKE THAT,

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THAT I OFTEN WAS NAVIGATING TWO

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DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND TRYING TO

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BE A BRIDGE OR TRYING TO PASS

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AND BE ABLE TO FLOW IN MULTIPLE

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SPACES.

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AND THAT SENSE OF NOT QUITE

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BELONGING HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART

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OF MY EXISTENCE, I THINK COMING,

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AGAIN, FROM AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY

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WHERE THERE WERE LANGUAGE

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BARRIERS, EVEN BEFORE MY MOM'S

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LATER DIAGNOSIS OF SERIOUS

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MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, THERE

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WAS A SENSE OF WHAT SPACES WERE

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BUILT FOR US, WHAT SYSTEMS

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DIDN'T SEE US, FRANKLY, AND SO

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MAY IS NOT ONLY A TIME TO LIFT

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UP THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT

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IDENTITY, IT'S ALSO MENTAL

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HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND FOR

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ME, THAT CARRIES A SPECIAL

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SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE I'M ONLY

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HERE IN THIS ROLE HAVING SEEN

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FIRSTHAND THE CHALLENGES AND THE

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STRUGGLES THAT SO MANY FAMILIES

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EXPERIENCE AND THE EXTRA BURDENS

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THEN WITH LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL

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BARRIERS THAT I AM WORKING TO

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FIGHT EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE

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THAT THE EXPERIENCES I BRING

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FROM OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT ARE WHAT

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WE WORK ON AND REMEMBER AND ARE

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OPENING OURSELVES UP TO WITHIN

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GOVERNMENT AS WELL.

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>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

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I THINK MANY PEOPLE CAN RESONATE

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WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

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DR. MURTHY, AS YOU REFLECT ON

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THIS QUESTION, WHAT ARE KEY

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EXPERIENCES THAT STAND OUT FROM

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YOUR LIFE AND BACKGROUND THAT

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MOTIVATED YOU TO SEEK PUBLIC

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SERVICE AS PART OF YOUR CAREER

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JOURNEY?

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>> FIRST LET ME JUST SAY HOW

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EXCITED I AM THAT MICHELLE,

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MAYOR WU, IS HERE WITH US, AND

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THAT YOU AGREED TO BE OUR GUEST.

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YOU KNOW, I DON'T MEAN TO

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EMBARRASS YOU, BUT YOU'VE BEEN

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SUCH A HERO TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN

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THE AAPI COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

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I STILL REMEMBER THE NIGHT YOU

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WERE ELECTED, MY WIFE WHO'S

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CHINESE AMERICAN WAS INCREDIBLY

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EXCITED AS WAS I AND I REMEMBER

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WE TOLD OUR KIDS, TWO ASIAN

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AMERICAN KIDS 4 AND 5 GROWING UP

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IN A WORLD WHERE THEY SOMETIMES

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FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG AND

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SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

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TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE YOU,

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MICHELLE, WHO LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE

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MY OWN TWO CHILDREN TO BE

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ELECTED TO SUCH A PROMINENT

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OFFICE IN OUR COUNTRY, I WANT

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THEM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT

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PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND SAY, HEY,

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YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A PLACE

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FOR ME.

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YOU KNOW, IN LEADERSHIP.

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MAYBE THERE'S A PLACE FOR ME IN

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PUBLIC SERVICE.

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SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW

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MUCH THAT MEANT TO ME PERSONALLY

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AND TO SEW MANY OF US.

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I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE.

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FOR ME, A LOT OF THE STORIES

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MICHELLE SHARED ARE ACTUALLY

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SIMILAR TO MINE.

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I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT HAD A

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VERY STROK  STRONG SENSE OF
IDENTITY.

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MY FAMILY IS ORIGINALLY FROM

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INDIA, I GREW UP WITH CUSTOMS,

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TRADITIONS FROM INDIA AND IT .

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WHEN I LEFT SCHOOL AT THE END OF

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THE DAY, IT WASN'T ALWAYS CLEAR

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TO ME HOW MUCH THAT IDENTITY FIT

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IN, AND MANY TIMES IT FELT LIKE

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IT DIDN'T.

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SO I STILL REMEMBER EXPERIENCES

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OF BRINGING FOOD TO SCHOOL, AND

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THEN OTHER KIDS SAYING, WHAT IS

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THAT, THAT'S REALLY WEIRD, EWW,

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THAT'S GROSS, DA DA DA, JUST

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BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR

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WITH IT.

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I DON'T BLAME THEM, WE WERE ALL

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IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT THE

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TIME, BUT IT SORT OF CREATED

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THIS HESITANCY, YOU KNOW, ON MY

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SIDE ABOUT SORT OF BRINGING WHO

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I WAS AT HOME, THAT OTHER PART

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OF MY IDENTITY, TO SCHOOL.

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AND EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T SHY

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AWAY FROM IT, IT MADE ME ANXIOUS

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AT TIMES AND I WASN'T QUITE SURE

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IF ALL OF ME WAS ACTUALLY

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ACCEPTED.

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SO THERE WAS THAT QUEST TO FIND

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WHERE I REALLY BELONGED, YOU

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KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT I WASN'T

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GOING TO GIVE UP MY ASIAN

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AMERICAN IDENTITY, BUT I WAS

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STRUGGLING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE

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I ACTUALLY FIT.

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OVER TIME, I WAS GRATEFUL TO

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MEET PEOPLE WHO I UNDERSTOOD AND

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APPRECIATED THAT PART OF ME AND

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I CAME TO LEARN MORE AND MORE

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ABOUT OTHER CULTURES AND

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TRADITIONS AND SEE MANY, MANY OF

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THE COMMON THREADS THAT EXIST

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BETWEEN OUR TRADITIONS EVEN

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THOUGH WE MAY EAT DIFFERENT FOOD

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AND WEAR DIFFERENT CLOTHES.

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SO THAT HELPED OVER TIME, BUT I

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DO THINK THAT WHEN YOU'VE BEEN

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AN OUTSIDER, THAT FEELING OF

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BEING AN OUTSIDER NEVER TRULY

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LEAVES YOUR MEMORY, SO EVEN

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THOUGH I FEEL MUCH MORE LIKE I

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BELONG NOW IN THE UNITED STATES,

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THERE ARE CERTAINLY MOMENTS

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WHERE I EXPERIENCE RACISM AND I

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KNOW MANY ARE NOT ALONE IN THAT

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REGARD, AND IN THOSE MOMENTS,

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SOMETIMES IT MAKES US WONDER, DO

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I REALLY BELONG HERE?

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THE ANSWER I ALWAYS COME BACK TO

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IS "YES."

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BUT WE'RE ALL LIVING IN A

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REALITY WHERE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS

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FEEL THAT WAY.

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AND THEN I'LL LASTLY SAY IN TERM

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OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHEN I WAS IN

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NINTH GRADE, I REMEMBER I WAS IN

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A WORLD HISTORY CLASS AND I LOVE

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WORLD HISTORY AND MY TEACHER

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KNEW I LOVED WORLD HISTORY.

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AT THE END OF ONE OF THE CLASSES

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SHE PULLED ME OVER AND SHE SAID,

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YOU KNOW, VIVEK, I CAN TELL YOU

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REALLY LIKE THIS MAYBE ONE DAY

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YOU COULD BE SECRETARY OF STATE.

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AND I REMEMBER COMING HOME TO MY

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MOM AND SAYING, MOM, MOM, MISS

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BRICE THINKS MAYBE I COULD BE

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SECRETARY OF STATE ONE DAY.

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MY MOM WAS REALLY ALARMED.

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SHE CALLED MY FATHER AND SHE

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SAID YOU NEED TO TALK TO HIM,

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HE'S THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO

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POLITICS.

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AND IT WAS JUST EMBLEMATIC OF

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THE STIGMA, REALLY, ASSOCIATED

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WITH WORKING IN GOVERNMENT

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BECAUSE MY PARENTS CAME FROM A

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PLACE IN TIME WHEN THERE WAS A

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LOT OF CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT

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AND THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR

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CHILDREN TO BE A PART OF THAT.

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AND SO IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY NOT

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JUST FOR ME, TO MAKE MY WAY FROM

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SCHOOL INTO THE CAREER OF

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MEDICINE TO SORT OF BUILDING

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TECH COMPANIES AND BEING AN

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ENTREPRENEUR, TO DOING ADVOCACY

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AND ULTIMATELY ENDING UP IN

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PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT IT'S ALSO

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BEEN A JOURNEY FOR MY FAMILY.

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I THINK I'VE COME TO APPRECIATE,

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AS I'VE GROWN UP, HOW MY PARENT

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HAVE ALSO HAD TO SHIFT AND

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EVOLVE AND CHANGE A LOT IN THEIR

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OWN VIEWS, AND I THINK AS A

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CHILD, I DIDN'T FULLY APPRECIATE

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JUST HOW PROFOUND THE CHANGES

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THAT THEY WERE NAVIGATING AND

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THE DELTA BETWEEN WHERE THEY

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STARTED THEIR LIVES, MY DAD IN

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PARTICULAR IN A SMALL FARMING

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VILLAGE IN INDIA WHERE HE HAD,

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YOU KNOW, VERY, VERY LITTLE

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RESOURCES, BARELY ENOUGH FOOD TO

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EAT EACH DAY TO ACTUALLY HAVING

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A HOME AND BEING ABLE TO RAISE A

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FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES.

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THAT IS SUCH A MASSIVE DELTA

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THAT I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO

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ACLEAVE IN MY 

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ACHIEVE IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I WAS

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PRIVILEGED TO START AT A

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DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT I'M

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GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS CHANCE TO

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SERVE.

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USUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENS AT

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LEAST ONCE A DAY IN THIS ROLE

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WHERE I THINK, GOSH, I'M SO

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FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO

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BE ABLE TO SERVE AND I HOPE I DO

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IT JUSTICE BY MAKING A

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CONTRIBUTION TO PEOPLE'S LIVES.

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BUT I'M ALSO REMINDED THAT FOR

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ALL OF US WHO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE

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OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE, THAT WE

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HAVE TO OPEN DOORS FOR OTHERS IN

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THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE

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ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY WE ARE

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PART OF REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE

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00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,560
THAT IT'S SEEKING TO SERVE AND

516
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,720
LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE IT'S

517
00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,680
SEEKING TO SERVE.

518
00:16:58,680 --> 00:16:59,800
>> THANK YOU.

519
00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,800
YOU KNOW, YOU BOTH HAVE JUST

520
00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,440
AMAZING CAREERS THAT HAVE REALLY

521
00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,840
MADE HISTORY, AND IN LISTENING

522
00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,760
TO YOU TALK, I DO HEAR THE

523
00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:11,400
COMMONALITY IN THE STORIES THAT

524
00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,440
YOU SHARED, AND DR. MURTHY, ONE

525
00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,360
OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID THAT

526
00:17:14,360 --> 00:17:16,200
STANDS OUT WITH ME WAS SORT OF

527
00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,000
THIS QUEST TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU

528
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,560
BELONG, AND I HEARD MANY

529
00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,000
REFLECTIONS THAT MAYOR WU SHARED

530
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,280
WITH US THAT ARE ALONG THAT SAME

531
00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,200
LINE, AND HOW YOU BOTH REALLY

532
00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:28,200
EVOLVED, AND I THINK IT'S

533
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,120
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO THINK

534
00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:32,520
ABOUT HOW THEY CAN INTEGRATE

535
00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,320
THEIR IDENTITIES AND BRING THEIR

536
00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,320
AUTHENTIC SELVES TO THEIR JOB,

537
00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,800
THEIR CAREER, AND I IMAGINE THAT

538
00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,880
IN BOTH OF YOUR BUILDING OF SUCH

539
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,120
ESTEEMED CAREERS AS PUBLIC

540
00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,440
HEALTH LEADERS AND PUBLIC

541
00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,560
SERVANT THE,  SERS,

542
00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,920
THAT YOU HAD MANY CHALLENGES

543
00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,000
ALONG THE WAY TO BUILDING YOUR

544
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:49,800
CAREERS SPECIFICALLY.

545
00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,560
MAYOR WU, WOULD YOU SHARE A FEW

546
00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,160
KEY REFLECTIONS ON YOUR CAREER

547
00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,000
PATH AND HOW YOU NAVIGATED TO

548
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,400
THE CURRENT POINT IN YOUR

549
00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:58,920
JOURNEY AND WITH THAT, SOME OF

550
00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:00,440
THE CAREER CHALLENGES THAT YOU

551
00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,520
HAD TO OVERCOME ALONG THE WAY?

552
00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,840
>> IN SOME WAYS, IT IS

553
00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,840
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND

554
00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,080
AFFIRMING THAT EVERY ELECTION

555
00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,200
CYCLE AND EVERY YEAR HERE IN

556
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,400
MASSACHUSETTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE

557
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,280
TO CELEBRATE SOME MAJOR BARRIER

558
00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,000
COMING DOWN.

559
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,320
WHETHER IT IS IN A MUNICIPAL

560
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:28,800
ELECTION OR IN DISTRICT

561
00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:29,680
ATTORNEYS RACE OR CONGRESSIONAL

562
00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:30,200
RACE.

563
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,440
AT THE SAME TIME, A REMINDER OF

564
00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,840
HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN, HOW MANY

565
00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,640
YEARS BEFORE THAT THESE BARRIERS

566
00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,160
AND MILESTONES HAD STILL EXISTED

567
00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:41,720
AND HAD NOT BEEN REACHED.

568
00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,880
WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR CITY

569
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,800
COUNCIL IN 2013, THAT ELECTION

570
00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,120
YEAR, WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF

571
00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,200
WOMEN SERVING ON THE BOSTON CITY

572
00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,920
COUNCIL, A 13-MEMBER BODY, AND

573
00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,200
THAT YEAR WHEN I JOINED, WE WENT

574
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,880
FROM ONE TO TWO WOMEN WHEN I

575
00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:02,600
JOINED, THEN COUNCILLOR IANA

576
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:02,840
PRESLEY.

577
00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,680
WHEN I SET OUT TO RUN, I TRIED

578
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,360
TO MEET WITH MANY OF THE WISE

579
00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:08,000
POLITICAL HEADS OF MASSACHUSETTS

580
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:08,560
AND BOSTON AS POSSIBLE.

581
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,680
I DID NOT COME FROM A BACKGROUND

582
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,120
WITH ANY POLITICAL CONNECTIONS

583
00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:16,560
OR KNOWLEDGE OR NETWORKS, AND

584
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,160
ALMOST UNIVERSALLY, THE ADVICE

585
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,560
WAS, THIS WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.

586
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,520
AND IT WAS ALL FOR REASONS GIVEN

587
00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,120
THAT WERE OUTSIDE MY CONTROL.

588
00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:29,200
IT WAS BOSTON DOESN'T ELECT SOME

589
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:31,040
FACET OF MY IDENTITY THAT I WAS

590
00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,280
JUST BORN WITH.

591
00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,480
WOMEN OR ASIAN AMERICANS OR

592
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:36,880
YOUNG PEOPLE OR FOLKS WHO WERE

593
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,520
NOT BORN IN THE CITY AND COULD

594
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,600
TRACE THEIR FAMILY ROOTS

595
00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,280
GENERATIONS BACK.

596
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:49,080
AND AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, IT WAS

597
00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,280
QUITE DEMORALIZING TO HEAR THAT

598
00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,080
ACROSS THE BOARD EVERYONE WHO

599
00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,640
KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT POLITICS

600
00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:54,800
INVOLVED HERE THOUGHT THIS WOULD

601
00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:55,960
BE IMPOSSIBLE, AND IT IS ALSO

602
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,080
AFTER I PROCESSED IT, IT BECAME

603
00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:58,680
QUITE LIBERATING BECAUSE THERE

604
00:19:58,680 --> 00:19:59,480
WAS NOTHING I COULD DO TO CHANGE

605
00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:00,360
ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

606
00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:02,480
IT'S NOT AS IF I WOULD WORK

607
00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,400
HARDER OR LONGER AND SO I RAN TO

608
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,560
GIVE VOICE TO THE CHALLENGES

609
00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,560
THAT MY FAMILY HAD EXPERIENCED,

610
00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,120
THE ROLE THAT I HAD TAKEN ON AS

611
00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,600
A LEGAL GUARDIAN WHEN MY MOM WAS

612
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,400
FIRST DIAGNOSED WITH LATE ONSET

613
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:17,880
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND THEN

614
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,960
REDIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE

615
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,600
DEPRESSION, PSYCHOSIS, THE

616
00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,200
SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME, THAT SHE

617
00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,040
BECAME FOR A WHILE VERY UNABLE

618
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,000
TO TAKE CARE OF MY YOUNGER

619
00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,480
SISTERS OR HERSELF, AND THROUGH

620
00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,520
THAT PROCESS, NAVIGATING A

621
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:35,640
COMPLEX SCHOOL BUREAUCRACY

622
00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:36,880
THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR

623
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,240
THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OR OPENING

624
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,360
A SMALL BUSINESS, THAT IS WHAT

625
00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:45,520
DROVE ME FORWARD AND IT

626
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,880
SOMETIMES FELT LIKE WHAT I WAS

627
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,200
OFFERING AS A CHOICE IN CITY

628
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,640
COUNCIL OR CITY COUNCIL

629
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,800
PRESIDENT, WHAT'S SO DIFFERENT

630
00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,440
FROM WHAT HAD COME BEFORE THAT I

631
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,360
HAD THE FREEDOM TO BRING A

632
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:00,800
DIFFERENT KIND OF LEADERSHIP

633
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,840
BECAUSE EVERY OTHER WAY, THERE

634
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,280
WAS NO WAY THAT I MATCHED WHAT

635
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,400
HAD COME BEFORE.

636
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,760
AND I HOPE THAT THE PROGRESS

637
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,600
THAT WE'VE SEEN REALLY BUILDS ON

638
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,000
THAT SENSE, THAT RECOGNITION OF

639
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,520
WHEN WE EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF

640
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,600
WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE, YOU

641
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,960
DON'T HAVE TO BE BORN INTO A

642
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,200
POLITICAL FAMILY OR ONE THAT WAS

643
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,360
BORN IN THIS COUNTRY OR CITY OR

644
00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:26,600
SPOKE ENGLISH FLUENTLY, AS LONG

645
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,920
AS YOU BRING A DRIVE TO DO RIGHT

646
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,000
BY YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO BUILD A

647
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,960
FUTURE THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE

648
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:37,400
INCLUSIVE.

649
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,920
IN SOME WAYS THOSE BARRIERS ARE

650
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,240
THERE FOR THE TAKING, FOR THE

651
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,040
TAKING DOWN.

652
00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,360
IN MY CAREER, IN MY ROLE NOW AS

653
00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,400
MAYOR, IT STRIKING EVERY DAY

654
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:54,520
JUST HOW ENGRAINED SOME OF THE

655
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,120
CULTURAL OR POLITICAL BARRIERS

656
00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:56,680
ARE.

657
00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,440
THAT, IN FACT, IN A CITY WITH A

658
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,200
MECCA OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND

659
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,320
HEALTHCARE AND RESOURCES, WE

660
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,120
OFTEN SAY WE CAN'T, BUT THEN

661
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,920
WHEN YOU PUSH AND POKE AT IT,

662
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,040
IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID TO OR

663
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,080
WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE OR WE

664
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,120
DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, AND

665
00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:17,360
SO THAT BARRIER OF BELIEVING

666
00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:18,600
THAT IT'S POSSIBLE, I THINK IS

667
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,000
IN SOME WAYS OUR MOST LIMITING

668
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000
FACTOR, AND IT'S BEEN QUITE

669
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,200
EXCITING TO SEE OUR RESIDENTS

670
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,440
START TO BELIEVE THAT CITY

671
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:29,280
GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT IN

672
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,440
GENERAL CAN BE A FORCE FOR GOOD,

673
00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,520
A PLATFORM FOR PARTNERSHIP, AND

674
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,680
ACTIVISM, AND THAT HAS UNLOCKED

675
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,160
WORLDS IN BOSTON OF WHAT WE'VE

676
00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,480
BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

677
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,400
>> WOW, THAT IS FASCINATING.

678
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,400
AND I THINK ABOUT MY OWN

679
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,680
CHILDREN, WHENEVER THEY SAY THE

680
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,400
WORDS "WE CAN'T," WE CORRECTLY

681
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,800
CORRECT THAT AND SAY NO, WE'RE

682
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,000
GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD.

683
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,360
SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

684
00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:55,400
DR. MURTHY, CAN YOU ALSO TALK

685
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,640
WITH US ABOUT YOUR CAREER PATH

686
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:57,560
TO THIS POINT, AND WHEN YOU

687
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,400
THINK OF CHALLENGES, THE MOST

688
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,640
SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCES THAT

689
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:06,000
COME TO MIND?

690
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,400
>> IT'S INTERESTING, MONICA, I

691
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,280
THINK SOMETIMES THE CHALLENGES

692
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,600
THAT ARE TOUGHEST FOR US MAY NOT

693
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,000
SEEM SO TOUGH ON THE OUTSIDE, OR

694
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,200
IT'S DIFFERENT SOMETIMES ON THE

695
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,480
INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE.

696
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:16,920
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES I

697
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,880
FACED IN MY LIFE, IT'S GOING TO

698
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,200
ALMOST MAKE YOU LAUGH BECAUSE IT

699
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:21,120
WASN'T REALLY A CHALLENGE, BUT

700
00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,800
AT THE TIME IT WAS CRUSHING TO

701
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,800
ME, WAS I DIDN'T GET INTO MY TOP

702
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,000
CHOICE OF MEDICAL SCHOOL, I

703
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,240
REMEMBER WHEN I ENDED UP

704
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,560
GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE, AND I

705
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,600
ENDED UP GETTING TO MY SECOND

706
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,360
CHOICE MEDICAL SCHOOL, AND YOU

707
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:34,800
KNOW, THINGS TURNED OUT OKAY.

708
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,800
I WAS LIKE -- IT WASN'T LIKE --

709
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,000
BUT I REMEMBER, I WAS DOING

710
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,480
RESEARCH AT HARVARD MEDICAL

711
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,280
SCHOOL, LIKE MICHELLE, I WAS AN

712
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:43,480
UNDERGRAD THERE DOING RESEARCH

713
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:44,880
AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND I

714
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,400
REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO GO TO

715
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,080
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, I

716
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:48,480
THOUGHT IT WAS A PERFECT PLACE

717
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,920
FOR ME, ET CETERA, BUT I GOT

718
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:51,200
REJECTED.

719
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:52,600
I REMEMBER CALLING MY FATHER AT

720
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,960
THE TIME, I WAS REALLY

721
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:56,720
DISTRAUGHT.

722
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:57,520
YOUR WORLD GETS SO WARPED INTO

723
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,680
WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE

724
00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,480
TO BE SUCCESSFUL THAT AT THAT

725
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,560
TIME, I WAS 19 YEARS OLD, I WAS

726
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,080
LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT

727
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,840
TO DO AND MY DREAM HAD JUST BEEN

728
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:08,120
FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET, I FELT,

729
00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,200
AND SO MY FATHER, I REMEMBER HE

730
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,120
LISTENED TO ME AND HE SAID, HE

731
00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:13,760
SAID, VIVEK, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD

732
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,600
FOR YOU TO HAVE A CHANGE OF

733
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:15,880
INSTITUTION.

734
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:16,400
YOU MAY LEARN SOMETHING

735
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,440
DIFFERENT IF YOU GO TO SOMEPLACE

736
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:17,720
DIFFERENT.

737
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,000
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THIS

738
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:20,400
HAPPENED.

739
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:24,000
YOU THERE MIGHT BE A REASON THAT

740
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,120
YOU'RE BEING TAKEN DOWN THIS

741
00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,400
PATH, MAYBE IT'S THE RIGHT PATH

742
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,560
AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN IF

743
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,840
YOU HADN'T BEEN FORCED SO JUST

744
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,360
APPROACH IT WITH AN OPEN MIND.

745
00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:33,000
HE WAS RIGHT.

746
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,480
I ENDED UP GOING TO YALE FOR

747
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,480
MEDICAL SCOO. I HAD AN AMAZING

748
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,640
EXPERIENCE, I MET INCREDIBLE

749
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,040
PEOPLE.

750
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:41,960
IT WAS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT

751
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,920
EXPERIENCE THAN HARVARD, IN WAYS

752
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:44,880
THAT SUITED ME QUITE WELL.

753
00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,840
BUT I NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THAT

754
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,680
EXPERIENCE, HAD THAT DOOR NOT

755
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:50,000
BEEN CLOSED, YOU KNOW,

756
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,080
INITIALLY, SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY

757
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,920
FIRST SORT OF EXPERIENCES.

758
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,000
EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY

759
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,760
SMALL THING FROM THE OUTSIDE,

760
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:57,640
INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE

761
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,960
OF THOSE MOMENTS, I WAS LIKE, I

762
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,760
HAD HYPED UP MY EXPECTATIONS OF

763
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,680
WHAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD BE, AND

764
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,200
WHEN I COULDN'T MEET THOSE

765
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,160
EXPECTATIONS, I WAS CRUSHED AND

766
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,960
I DIDN'T SORT OF TAKE TIME TO

767
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:09,240
STEP BACK AND SAY HOLD ON, THERE

768
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,560
MAY BE A BROADER, A DEEPER

769
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,840
MESSAGE HERE OR ANOTHER PATH

770
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:14,000
THAT I'M MEANT TO FOLLOW, LET ME

771
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:18,600
EMBRACE THAT, LET ME GO WITH

772
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:18,880
OPENNESS.

773
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,360
THE OTHER THING I'LL MENTIONED

774
00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:22,160
THAT WAS AN INFLECTION POINT OF

775
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,400
ME BUT A POINT OF CHALLENGE IS

776
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,360
WHEN I WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR

777
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:25,640
THE POSITION OF SURGEON GENERAL

778
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,880
THE FIRST TIME IN THE OBAMA

779
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,800
ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR ALL THE

780
00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,360
WORLD, I WAS LIKE NOT THE

781
00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:32,120
EXPECTED CANDIDATE, RIGHT?

782
00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,920
I WAS BY 2 1/2 DECADES YOUNGER

783
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,040
THAN THE AVERAGE SURGEON

784
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,440
GENERAL, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS

785
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,960
TRADITIONAL SORT OF SPEND YEARS

786
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,880
IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH PEDIGREE OR

787
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,040
YEARS IN A SPECIFIC JOB.

788
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,360
I FINISHED MY RESIDENCY

789
00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:48,160
TRAINING, I WAS PRACTICING, I

790
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,920
WAS TEACHING BUT ALSO SPENDING

791
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,000
HALF MY TIME BUILDING A TECH

792
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,080
COMPANY, I WAS DOING SOME

793
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,840
ADVOCACY WORK, COMMUNITY

794
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:55,640
ORGANIZING WORK RELATED TO

795
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:55,960
HEALTHCARE.

796
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,400
THIS IS LIKE NON-THE TRADITIONAL

797
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,280
SORT OF BACKGROUND OF A SURGEON

798
00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:00,880
GENERAL.

799
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,200
AND FOR MANY REASONS, I WAS TOLD

800
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,320
THIS IS LIKE AN END OF CAREER

801
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,360
JOB, IT'S NOT A WHERE YOU ARE

802
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:11,200
JOB, AND SO YOU'RE JUST NOT THE

803
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:11,600
RIGHT FIT.

804
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,840
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY

805
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,440
FORTUNATE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA

806
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:17,600
AT THAT TIME AND HIS TEAM WANTED

807
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,040
TO ACTUALLY MODERNIZE THE OFFICE

808
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:19,920
OF THE SURGEON GENERAL, THEY

809
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,560
WANTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE

810
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:24,600
TECHNOLOGY TO RECONNECT MORE

811
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:25,560
DEEPLY WITH THE PUBLIC, HOW WE

812
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:26,960
THINK ABOUT THE CHANGING AND

813
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,160
SHIFTING INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

814
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,520
TO MANAGE HOW WE GET SCIENTIFIC

815
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,640
INFORMATION OUT TO PEOPLE WHO

816
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,200
MAY NOT WILL ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR

817
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,600
IT OR MAY NOT ENCOUNTER IT AS

818
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:37,280
EASILY.

819
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,360
SO I ENDED UP HAVING THIS

820
00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:39,120
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

821
00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:40,760
BUT I WAS ALSO -- THAT

822
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,480
EXPERIENCE MADE ME AWARE THAT IN

823
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,240
LIFE, THERE'S WHAT YOU DO BUT

824
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:45,200
THERE'S ALSO LUCK.

825
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,920
AND AS MUCH AS I THINK I MAY

826
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,440
PINPOINT THE MOMENTS WHERE, YES,

827
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,480
I WORK REALLY HARD FOR

828
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,960
SOMETHING, I ALSO KNOW THAT

829
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,960
WITHOUT LUCK AND SORT OF THE

830
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,520
STATE OF THE UNIVERSE, ALL THESE

831
00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,520
OPPORTUNITIES WOULD NOT HAVE

832
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,800
CREPT UP.

833
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,440
THERE'S A THIRD I WOULD SHARE

834
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,000
WITH YOU THAT HIGHLIGHTS ONE

835
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,400
OTHER THING BESIDES HARD WORK

836
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,120
AND LUCK AND THAT WAS PEOPLE,

837
00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,680
SPECIFICALLY THE PEOPLE YOU

838
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:10,240
LOVE.

839
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:11,240
THIS EXPERIENCE WAS SHORTLY

840
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,760
AFTER THAT, ABOUT A YEAR

841
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:13,840
AFTER -- A FEW MONTHS ACTUALLY

842
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,360
AFTER I WAS CONSIDERED FOR THE

843
00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:17,480
POSITION OF SURGEON GENERAL

844
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:18,000
ULTIMATELY THE PRESIDENT

845
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,920
NOMINATED ME, AND WHAT EVERYONE

846
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:22,920
THOUGHT WOULD BE FAIRLY SIMPLE

847
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:23,960
CONFIRMATION PROCESS TURNED INTO

848
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,440
A 13-MONTH MISADVENTURE, IF YOU

849
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,720
WILL, AND IT WAS A CHALLENGING

850
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,240
TIME BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE

851
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,440
MOMENTS WHERE LIKE WHEN YOU GO

852
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,920
TO CONFIRMATION YOU CAN'T REALLY

853
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,440
SAY A WHOLE LOT PUBLICLY YET

854
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,480
YOU'RE BEING TALKED ABOUT A LOT

855
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,400
PUBLICLY AND OFTEN NOT IN THE

856
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,080
MOST POSITIVE WAYS, AND I REALLY

857
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,240
FELT THIS SENSE OF SHAME, LIKE I

858
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,880
HAD LET DOWN MY FAMILY AND MY

859
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,400
FRIENDS AND MY MENTORS BY NOT

860
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:50,480
BEING ABLE TO SORT OF GET

861
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,160
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW,

862
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,560
EASILY AND SUCCESSFULLY.

863
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,480
AND IT WAS BECOMING A CHALLENGE

864
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,520
AND VERY FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT I

865
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,800
WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH

866
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,480
CONFIRMATION, THEY GAVE IT A 1%

867
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,600
CHANCE OF WORKING OUT.

868
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:04,200
THANKFULLY THE PRESIDENT NEVER

869
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:05,600
SORT OF GAVE UP AND WANTED TO

870
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:06,920
KEEP PRESSING AND ULTIMATELY,

871
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,400
YOU KNOW, THROUGH GOD'S GRACE, I

872
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,360
WAS ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED, BUT IT

873
00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:11,400
WAS ONE OF THOSE VERY DARK

874
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,640
PERIODS IN MY LIFE WHERE I FELT

875
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,080
VERY ALONE AND VERY ISOLATED.

876
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,360
AND I ACTUALLY DID WHAT YOU'RE

877
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,960
NOT SUPPOSED TO DO DURING THOSE

878
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:19,800
MOMENTS, WHICH IS INSTEAD OF

879
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,000
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT I

880
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,360
REALLY CARED ABOUT AND WHO I

881
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,360
KNEW CARED ABOUT ME, I WITHDREW

882
00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,600
MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND THAT

883
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:28,600
JUST DEEPENED THAT SENSE OF

884
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:29,720
LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, AND IT

885
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,640
WAS ONLY REALLY TOWARD THE END

886
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,720
THAT I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED

887
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:34,680
PEOPLE, LIKE MORE THAN EVER,

888
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,680
LIKE IN MY LIFE, AND I SORT

889
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,160
OF -- AND I REALIZED A LESSON A

890
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,360
FRIEND TAUGHT ME YEARS LATER

891
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,640
WHICH IS THAT SO OFTEN IN LIFE,

892
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,440
IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE LACKING IN

893
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:45,480
FRIENDSHIPS, IT'S THAT WE'RE NOT

894
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,320
EXPERIENCING FRIENDSHIPS.

895
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,600
LIKE MANY OF US HAVE PEOPLE WHO

896
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,280
CARE ABOUT US AND LOVE US, BUT

897
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,440
WE MAY NOT REACH OUT TO THEM, WE

898
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,920
MAY THINK THAT IT'S BEEN TOO

899
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:53,960
LONG, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO CATCH

900
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,800
UP WITH THEM, MAYBE THEY DON'T

901
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,800
WANT TO HEAR FROM ME.

902
00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,120
SO OFTEN WHEN WE REACH OUT, WE

903
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,520
FIND THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE

904
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,960
WHO WANTS TO HEAR FROM US AND

905
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:03,160
WHO'S WILLING TO SUPPORT US.

906
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:04,560
AND I WAS BLESSED TO FIND SOME

907
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,520
OF THOSE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.

908
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,960
BUT ALL OF THOSE EXPERIENCES

909
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,040
SORT OF CAME TO TEACH ME THAT

910
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,080
YES, HARD WORK IS IMPORTANT,

911
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,400
YES, HAVING AMBITION IS

912
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,960
IMPORTANT, BUT HAVING A HEALTHY

913
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,200
RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF LIKE

914
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:17,920
LUCK IN THE UNIVERSE IN THESE

915
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:18,960
PROCESSES AND ALSO JUST KNOWING

916
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:20,280
HOW MUCH WE ALL NEED PEOPLE, THE

917
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,480
PEOPLE WE LOVE AT VARIOUS STAGES

918
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,560
OF OUR JOURNEY, THAT THAT HAS

919
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,280
REMAINED WITH ME CERTAINLY

920
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:28,920
DURING THIS SECOND TERM.

921
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,000
>> THANK YOU.

922
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:36,200
REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION OF

923
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,120
CHALLENGES AND HOW YOU MANAGE

924
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:39,640
THEM.

925
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,000
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A

926
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,720
DIFFERENT SUBJECT, ONE YOU'VE

927
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,200
BOTH TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR

928
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:44,600
COMMENTS SO FAR.

929
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,000
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE

930
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,360
AUDIENCE TO USE THE SEND LIVE

931
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,680
FEEDBACK BUTTON THAT'S BELOW THE

932
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,240
SCREEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS,

933
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,160
AND WHEN WE APPROACH THE END OF

934
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,200
THE CONVERSATION, WE'LL DO

935
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:57,920
QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

936
00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,840
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL

937
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,360
HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

938
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,800
AND THERE WAS A 2019 SURVEY ON

939
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,320
DRUG USE AND HEALTH AND IT FOUND

940
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,040
THAT ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC

941
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,080
ISLANDER INDIVIDUALS WERE LESS

942
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,120
LIKELY TO SEEK MENTAL HEALTHCARE

943
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,600
COMPARED TO OTHER RACIAL AND

944
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:14,880
ETHNIC GROUPS.

945
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,680
AND IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL

946
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,400
BARRIERS, SURVEY RESPONDENTS

947
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,800
ALSO REPORTED STIGMA AS A

948
00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:21,480
NOTABLE CONCERN.

949
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,440
AND WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT OVER

950
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,280
THE PAST TWO-PLUS YEARS WITH THE

951
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,800
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THIS ELEVATED

952
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,200
INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF

953
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,000
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT HAS

954
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,040
BEEN NOTED WIDELY, MAYOR WU,

955
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,680
PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH IS AMONG

956
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,000
THE PRIORITIES OF YOUR OFFICE.

957
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,480
WOULD YOU SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

958
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,360
ABOUT COPING WITH MENTAL HEALTH

959
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,280
CHALLENGES IN GENERAL BUT ALSO

960
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,680
AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE

961
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,960
HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER

962
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:47,440
INDIVIDUALS WHO REPORTED

963
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,040
ELEVATED SENSE OF STIGMA, AND

964
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:50,640
ANY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR

965
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:51,640
OVERCOMING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED

966
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:56,320
WITH SEEKING HELP?

967
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,800
>> I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM

968
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,800
TODAY WITHOUT THE HEALTHCARE

969
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,800
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS IN

970
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:10,880
BOSTON FOR MY MOM.

971
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:11,640
PARTICULARLY THE MOMENT WHEN I

972
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:12,920
WAS IN LAW SCHOOL WHERE IT

973
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,760
REALLY FELT LIKE WE HAD ALL HIT

974
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:19,120
ROCK BOTTOM AND I REMEMBER MY

975
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,280
MOM WAS IN THE MIDST OF A PRETTY

976
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,720
INTENSE DELUSION.

977
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,880
SHE HAD LEFT -- WAS EXPERIENCING

978
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,080
AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS AND IN

979
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,280
THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WAS OUT

980
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,000
OF HER HOME SORT OF KNOCKING ON

981
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,640
NEIGHBORS' DOORS AND TRYING TO

982
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:40,480
HELP, BUT NO ONE ELSE WAS

983
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,400
HEARING THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS

984
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:41,920
HEARING.

985
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,400
THE POLICE WERE CALLED, WE WERE

986
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:45,360
GIVEN THE CHOICE, IS SHE GOING

987
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,000
TO THE POLICE STATION OR TO THE

988
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:48,080
HOSPITAL, OF COURSE I BEGGED

989
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,800
THEM TO TAKE HER TO THE

990
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:51,800
HOSPITAL, AND SHE ENDED UP

991
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,600
STAYING INPATIENT AT MASS

992
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,920
GENERAL FOR OVER A WEEK IN THE

993
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,680
PSYCHIATRIC WARD.

994
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,320
AND THAT REALLY SAVED HER LIFE.

995
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,080
BUT TO GET TO THAT POINT AND THE

996
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,240
TREMENDOUS UPS AND DOWNS, IT HAD

997
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,480
TAKEN YEARS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS

998
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,520
THE ACTUAL TREATMENT AND

999
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:16,680
SERVICES AND HEALTHCARE THAT WAS

1000
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,000
A DIRECT RESPONSE TO WHAT SHE

1001
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:20,240
NEEDED.

1002
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,640
AND PART OF THAT WAS INSURANCE

1003
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,040
SYSTEMS AND TRYING TO FIND

1004
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,560
COVERAGE THAT WOULD CONNECT WITH

1005
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:30,800
A PROVIDER WHO SPOKE HER

1006
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:32,400
LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE

1007
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:32,840
CULTURAL CONTEXT.

1008
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,040
A LARGE PART OF THAT WAS SHAME

1009
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,240
AND STIGMA, WHERE FOR THE FIRST

1010
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,400
YEAR OF WHAT WE WERE

1011
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,400
EXPERIENCING AS A FAMILY, I

1012
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:41,680
BARELY TOLD ANYONE.

1013
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,440
AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO

1014
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,040
EVEN TELL MY CLOSEST FRIENDS TO

1015
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,840
EVEN TO REACH OUT, AS DR. MURTHY

1016
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,960
WAS SAYING, BECAUSE IT JUST FELT

1017
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,400
LIKE WE HAD DONE SOMETHING

1018
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:53,960
WRONG.

1019
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,480
AND MY MOM REFUSED, TO THIS DAY

1020
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,440
STILL HAS A HARD TIME TALKING

1021
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,440
ABOUT THIS AS A MENTAL HEALTH

1022
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:01,200
CHALLENGE.

1023
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,880
I THINK AS A SOCIETY, WE'RE

1024
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,720
TRAINED SO MUCH TO SPEAK OPENLY

1025
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:07,720
ABOUT PHYSICAL AILMENTS, BUT

1026
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,720
THEN IF SOMETHING IS SORT OF

1027
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,800
ABOVE THE NECK, IT THEN

1028
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:15,600
CONNECTED TO YOUR CHARACTER OR

1029
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,880
YOUR STRENGTH OR YOUR WILL OR

1030
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:20,920
YOUR BEING.

1031
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,960
AND WE'VE SEEN THIS DOCUMENTED

1032
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:23,880
IN DATA TOO.

1033
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,240
THERE ARE RESEARCHERS IN BOSTON

1034
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:26,880
WHO DO WORK SPECIFICALLY ON

1035
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,400
STIGMA WHO HAVE SHARED WITH ME

1036
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:30,720
THAT IN FACT THE RESEARCH SHOWS

1037
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,000
THAT DISPARITIES IN TERMS OF

1038
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,920
LIFE EXPECTANCY HAVE NARROWED

1039
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,440
ACROSS ALMOST ANY WAY YOU COULD

1040
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,680
COUNT THEM OVER THE LAST 20

1041
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:39,920
YEARS.

1042
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,840
THERE'S STILL TREMENDOUS

1043
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:42,640
DISPARITIES THAT WE NEED TO

1044
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:43,760
ADDRESS BUT THEY HAVE NARROWED

1045
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:44,960
IN MANY WAYS.

1046
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,800
BUT ONE WAY IN WHICH THEY

1047
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:47,760
HAVEN'T NARROWED IS FOR

1048
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,200
INDIVIDUALS LIVEING WITH

1049
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:49,520
SCHIZOPHRENIA.

1050
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,160
THAT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR 20

1051
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,400
YEARS, EVEN AS MEDICAL TREATMENT

1052
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,800
HAS IMPROVED, EVEN AS THE

1053
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,040
LEARNINGS THAT OUR HEALTHCARE

1054
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,840
COMMUNITY HAS DEVELOPED HAVE

1055
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,800
DEEPENED, THAT, IN FACT, STIGMA

1056
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,880
IS SO DEEPLY ROOTED IN

1057
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:07,920
INDIVIDUALS' ABILITY AND

1058
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,000
WILLINGNESS TO ACCESS CARE, AND

1059
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:11,800
IN SOCIETY'S RESPONSE WHEN THEY

1060
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,360
ARE IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT IT CAN

1061
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,480
BE IN SOME WAYS QUITE

1062
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,520
OFF-PUTTING WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO

1063
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:20,920
END UP IN THOSE SPACES WHERE

1064
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,160
CARE IS ADMINISTERED.

1065
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,840
BECAUSE YOU FEEL SO INVISIBLE

1066
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,400
AND WE HAD HAD MANY EXPERIENCES

1067
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,520
PRIOR TO BEING AT MASS GENERAL

1068
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:34,280
WHERE, AS AN IMMIGRANT WHO

1069
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,440
DIDN'T ALWAYS SPEAK ENGLISH

1070
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,600
FLUENTLY AND CERTAINLY WITH AN

1071
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,720
ACCENT, I SAW MY MOM DEHUMANIZED

1072
00:34:39,720 --> 00:34:42,040
IN MANY SPACES WHERE WE WERE

1073
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:42,920
THERE SPECIFICALLY TO REACH OUT

1074
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,200
AND GET HELP.

1075
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,880
AND SO ACROSS THE CITY, WE KNOW

1076
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,120
THAT THE NEED IS GROWING.

1077
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,520
I HEAR FROM EVERY TOUCH POINT OF

1078
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:52,840
CITY GOVERNMENT, WHETHER IT'S

1079
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,480
CRISIS CALLS COMING IN THROUGH

1080
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,640
911, THE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY

1081
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,200
OF MENTAL HEALTH BEING VERY MUCH

1082
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,320
INTERTWINED WITH THOSE CALLS, OR

1083
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:04,840
IF YOU ASK ANY SCHOOL NURSE IN

1084
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:09,560
BOSTON AND BEYOND, I ASSUME, THE

1085
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,560
WAIT LISTS FOR MENTAL HEALTHCARE

1086
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:12,600
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE

1087
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,280
DEPTH OF NEED FROM STUDENTS WHO

1088
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:16,400
HAVE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH IN

1089
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:17,560
THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE

1090
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,800
PANDEMIC, OUR SENIORS WHO HAVE

1091
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,000
FACED GRIEF AND ISOLATION AND

1092
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,840
ANXIETY, THIS IS REALLY GOING TO

1093
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,120
BE THE EPIDEMIC AFTER THE

1094
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,000
PANDEMIC, AND WE TRYING TO DO

1095
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:32,760
OUR BEST IN BOSTON TO USE

1096
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,000
FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE,

1097
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,400
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, ARPA

1098
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:38,400
FUNDS, TO CHANGE SYSTEMS AS

1099
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:39,280
WELL.

1100
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,560
SO WE'RE DEDICATING A CHUNK OF

1101
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:41,480
OUR FEDERAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO

1102
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,080
TRY TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE

1103
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:44,480
IN THE WORKFORCE.

1104
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,920
THERE ARE VACANCIES AND

1105
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,000
SHORTAGES IN STAFFING ACROSS THE

1106
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,560
BOARD IN ALMOST ANY INDUSTRY,

1107
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:51,840
BUT PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES

1108
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,160
TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND

1109
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,960
HEALTHCARE, FOR PROVIDERS OF

1110
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,800
COLOR, FOR MULTILINGUAL

1111
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:57,560
PROVIDERS.

1112
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,200
IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE

1113
00:35:59,200 --> 00:35:59,800
SERVICES AVAILABLE.

1114
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,760
TO REALLY FEEL SEEN AND

1115
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,320
CONNECTED AND ABLE TO ACCESS

1116
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:06,760
THEM, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE TO

1117
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:07,960
SEE PROVIDERS WHO LOOK LIKE

1118
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,080
THEM, WHO UNDERSTAND AND COME

1119
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:10,800
FROM OUR COMMUNITIES.

1120
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,800
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO LAUNCH

1121
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,360
AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD PARTNER

1122
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:15,600
WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE

1123
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,280
INSTITUTIONS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN

1124
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,960
AND THEN DIRECTLY CONNECT

1125
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,440
PROVIDERS OF COLOR, CLINICIANS

1126
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,160
WHO ARE MULTILINGUAL TO OUR

1127
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,560
LOCAL HEALTHCARE CENTERS, OUR

1128
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:28,200
HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY HEALTH

1129
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,400
CENTERS AND HOPEFULLY THEN

1130
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:31,720
CHANGE THE CAPACITY OF OUR

1131
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:37,240
SYSTEMS TO BE RESPONSIVE.

1132
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,360
>> I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC THAT

1133
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,480
YOU'RE WORKING ON THESE AREAS

1134
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,360
AND CHANGING SYSTEMS OF CARE TO

1135
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,760
ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE

1136
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,800
TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF

1137
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,880
ACCESSING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE

1138
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,360
CARE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF

1139
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,200
DEHUMANIZATION IN SETTINGS WHEN

1140
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,800
CARE IS SOUGHT, THE CHALLENGES

1141
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,040
TO RECEIVING CARE, AND THEN OF

1142
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,840
COURSE THE IMPORTANCE OF

1143
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:56,480
DIVERSIFYING THE WORKFORCE.

1144
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,040
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DO

1145
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,120
WISH YOUR MOM ALL THE BEST.

1146
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,520
BECAUSE I KNOW THE JOURNEY OF

1147
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,080
DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH

1148
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:05,880
CHALLENGES CAN BE LIFELONG,

1149
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,280
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CONDITION

1150
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:07,520
IS.

1151
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:10,480
BUT I DO WISH HER THE BEST.

1152
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,720
DR. MURTHY, LET'S TALK A LITTLE

1153
00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,200
BIT ABOUT AN AREA THAT WE KNOW

1154
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,080
IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THAT

1155
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,800
YOU'VE WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY

1156
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:17,640
ABOUT, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS

1157
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,920
A LITTLE EARLIER IN TERMS OF

1158
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:19,920
YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, BUT THE

1159
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,200
CRISIS OF LONELINESS AND SOCIAL

1160
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:23,360
ISOLATION, AND IN FACT AN

1161
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,120
EXCELLENT BOOK THAT YOU AUTHORED

1162
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,200
CALLED "TOGETHER, THE HEALING

1163
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,880
POWER OF HUMAN CONNECTION IN A

1164
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,040
SOMETIMES LONELY WORLD" FOCUSES

1165
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:34,320
ON THIS VERY TOPIC.

1166
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,400
WE KNOW SOCIAL ISOLATION OR

1167
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:37,800
FEELINGS OF LONELINESS CAN PUT A

1168
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,120
PERSON'S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL

1169
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:39,800
HEALTH AT RISK.

1170
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,120
SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY

1171
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,640
CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU WOULD

1172
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,000
OFFER FOR ADDRESSING SOCIAL

1173
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,000
ISOLATION FOR BOTH YOUTH AND

1174
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:51,080
OLDER ADULTS, AND ARE THERE ANY

1175
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:51,600
CULTURALLY SPECIFICALLY

1176
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,560
CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE SHOULD

1177
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:55,200
KNOW?

1178
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,760
>> THANKS, MONICA.

1179
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,400
LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING,

1180
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,160
REFLECT ON MAYOR WU'S STORY

1181
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,200
ABOUT -- HOW POWERFUL IT IS HOW

1182
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,280
SHE SHARED SO OPENLY ABOUT HER

1183
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:07,920
MOTHER'S STRUGGLES AND THE ROLE

1184
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,280
SHE PLAYED IN ADDRESSING THOSE.

1185
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,600
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS I

1186
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:12,640
THINK ALLOWED THIS STIGMA AROUND

1187
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,000
MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY IN

1188
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:16,840
AAPI COMMUNITIES TO SORT OF

1189
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,280
CONTINUE AND TO PERSIST IS THAT

1190
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,600
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE

1191
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:25,920
ACTUALLY SHARING STORIES SO IT

1192
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,320
SEEMS LIKE THESE ARE ISOLATED

1193
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:30,120
CHALLENGES, PEOPLE CONTINUE TO

1194
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,120
GLANCE AT YOU LIKE SOMETHING MAY

1195
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,240
BE WRONG WITH YOUR FAMILY.

1196
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,040
THAT'S HOW I FELT WHEN I LOST AN

1197
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:37,360
UNCLE TO SUICIDE WHEN I WAS IN

1198
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,400
HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS A REAL

1199
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,440
SHAME AND AWKWARDNESS AROUND

1200
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:41,080
TELLING PEOPLE.

1201
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:42,600
BUT WHEN PEOPLE STEP UP AND

1202
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:43,880
SHARE THOSE STORIES, IT REALLY

1203
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:44,760
PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN ON

1204
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,480
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPACTING ALL

1205
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,000
OF US IN SOME WAY AND ALL OF OUR

1206
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,200
FAMILIES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

1207
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:52,520
,

1208
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:53,880
THESE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

1209
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,440
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW

1210
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,280
POWERFUL, WHAT MAYOR WU HAS DONE

1211
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,360
IN SHARING HER FAMILY'S

1212
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:00,720
EXPERIENCES.

1213
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,600
I THINK THE ISSUE OF LONELINESS

1214
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,560
AND SOCIAL CONNECTION IS TEEPLY

1215
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,080
TIED  DEEPLY

1216
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,280
TIED TO MENTAL HEALTH.

1217
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,520
WHAT THE MAYOR DESCRIBED, WHAT

1218
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,520
SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE TELLING

1219
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:13,400
US, BOSTON, ALL AROUND THE

1220
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:14,400
COUNTRY, WHAT CLINICIANS AND

1221
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:15,560
HOSPITALS ARE TELLING US, WHAT

1222
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,360
PARENTS ARE TELLING US IS VERY

1223
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,440
CONSISTENT, WHICH IS THAT THERE

1224
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,160
IS A WORSENING MENTAL HEALTH

1225
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:21,400
CRISIS.

1226
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,400
WE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

1227
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,040
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, JUST TO BE

1228
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:30,040
100% CLEAR, DEPRESSION AND

1229
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,800
ANXIETY.

1230
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,880
SUICIDE WAS INCREASING IN THE

1231
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,360
DECADE BEFORE, WE SAUDI PRETION

1232
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,840
AND ANXIETY LEVELS RISE, WE SAW

1233
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:40,160
LONELINESS LEVELS PARTICULARLY

1234
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,040
AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REALLY AT

1235
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,400
EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH LEVELS.

1236
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:44,280
THERE ARE MORE ADULTS IN OUR

1237
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:45,960
COUNTRY WHO STRUGGLE WITH

1238
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:46,680
LONELINESS THAN HAVE DIABETES,

1239
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,440
YET THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH

1240
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:49,640
ATTENTION AND FOCUS WE PUT ON

1241
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,960
ONE VERSUS THE OTHER.

1242
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:57,520
WE NEEDLESS HOW TO REALLY BUILD
SOCIAL

1243
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:58,040
CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY.

1244
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,200
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MENTAL

1245
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:00,360
HEALTH CRISIS, I THINK THERE ARE

1246
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:01,560
AT LEAST THREE BIG FACTORS THAT

1247
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:02,200
ARE HAPPENING.

1248
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:05,320
ONE IS THAT WE HAVE A SERIES OF

1249
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:06,760
CRISES THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING,

1250
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,240
WHICH I THINK ARE DIMINISHING

1251
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,680
THEIR HOPE FOR THE PRESENT AND

1252
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,840
THE FUTURE BUT ALSO CAUSING THEM

1253
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:12,800
TO EXPERIENCE LOSS.

1254
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,800
THE PANDEMIC IS ONE OF THOSE.

1255
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,160
HOW MANY OF US LOST PEOPLE THAT

1256
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,520
WE LOVE DURING THIS PANDEMIC?

1257
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:20,080
NEARLY 1 MILLION AMERICANS.

1258
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:21,240
BUT IT WASN'T EVEN JUST THE LOSS

1259
00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:21,800
OF LIVES.

1260
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,800
IT WAS THE LOSS OF JOBS FOR MANY

1261
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,400
PEOPLE, THE LOSS OF EDUCATION

1262
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,800
FOR MANY KIDS, THE LOSS OF

1263
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,600
TEUPTS 

1264
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:29,800
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE FAMILY AND

1265
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:30,480
FRIENDS DURING THE LAST TWO

1266
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:30,800
YEARS.

1267
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,800
SO YOU PUT THOSE CRISES TOGETHER

1268
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,200
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, RACISM AND

1269
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:35,960
OTHER CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE ARE

1270
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,200
FACING IN, FOR MANY YOUNG PEOPLE

1271
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,440
THAT I TALK TO ACROSS THE

1272
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,120
COUNTRY WHEN WE DO ROUNDTABLES,

1273
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,000
THEY ASK THE QUESTION, IS THE

1274
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,680
FUTURE REALLY BRIGHTER THAN THE

1275
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:44,320
PAST?

1276
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:45,120
BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE

1277
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:46,440
CHALLENGES AND WONDERING.

1278
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,080
THE SECOND FACTOR ACTUALLY IS WE

1279
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,520
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT A SOCIAL

1280
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,000
CONNECTION, WE KNOW FOR DECADES,

1281
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,800
BACK OVER AT HARVARD AND OTHERS,

1282
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:56,800
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE

1283
00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:00,000
OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX DECADES

1284
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,440
IN PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN

1285
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,880
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY,

1286
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,160
SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND THAT'S

1287
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,520
MANIFESTING IN PHYSICAL AND

1288
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:09,400
MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

1289
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,400
YOU ADD ALL OF THIS ON TOP OF

1290
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,440
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS, IT'S VERY

1291
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:15,960
HELPFUL TO SOME PEOPLE BUT THEN

1292
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,880
ALSO ADVERSELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S

1293
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,200
SOCIAL CONNECTION, RELATIONSHIPS

1294
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,120
IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.

1295
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:24,440
YOU HAVE A PERFECT STORM FOR AT

1296
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,840
LEAST SOME FACTORS THAT ARE

1297
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:26,840
DRIVING, BROADER CHALLENGES THAT

1298
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,800
WE'RE SEEING WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

1299
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,320
BUT IF WE REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS

1300
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:32,280
OUR MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND

1301
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:33,600
MORE BROADLY IF WE WANT TO THINK

1302
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,880
ABOUT HOW TO IMPACT HOW PEOPLE

1303
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,200
PERFORM IN THE WORKPLACE, HOW

1304
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:40,440
OUR KIDS COULD IN SCHOOL, HOW

1305
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,040
NEIGHBORHOODS FUNCTION, WE DO

1306
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,400
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO

1307
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:44,440
REBUILD SOCIAL CONNECTION AND

1308
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:44,720
COMMUNITY.

1309
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:45,400
THIS SOMETHING ISN'T WE TALK

1310
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:46,800
ABOUT VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE TO SAY

1311
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,760
THAT YOU'RE LONELY IS LIKE

1312
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:48,880
SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT LIKABLE

1313
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:49,760
TO MANY PEOPLE.

1314
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,320
TO SAYING THAT YOU'RE SOMEHOW

1315
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:52,400
NOT LOVEABLE.

1316
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:53,640
EVEN WORSE.

1317
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,680
AND YOU KNOW, I SAY THIS AS

1318
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:56,680
SOMEBODY WHO STRUGGLED WITH

1319
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,920
LONELINESS FOR YEARS, ESPECIALLY

1320
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:58,400
AS A CHILD.

1321
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,160
I NEVER TOLD MY PARENTS, EVEN

1322
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,520
THOUGH I KNEW THEY LOVED ME

1323
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:03,280
UNCONDITIONALLY, EVEN THOUGH I

1324
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:04,440
KNEW THEY WOULDN'T JUDGE ME, BUT

1325
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,000
I JUST FELT THIS PROFOUND SHAME

1326
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,400
AT SAYING THAT I WAS LIKE REALLY

1327
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,000
LONELY IN SCHOOL, IT'S BECAUSE I

1328
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,000
WAS REALLY SHY AND HAD A HARD

1329
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,000
TIME MAKING FRIENDS EVEN THOUGH

1330
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,200
I REALLY WANTED TO HANG OUT WITH

1331
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,000
OTHER KIDS.

1332
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,800
I DIDN'T REALIZE AT THE TIME I

1333
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:16,600
WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.

1334
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,320
YEARS LATER, I TALK TO CLASS

1335
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,400
MITES, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I FELT

1336
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,720
THAT WAY TOO, I WAS LIKE, GOD, I

1337
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:24,480
NEVER KNEW THAT WE WERE ALL

1338
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:25,480
STRUGGLING WITH THIS.

1339
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,360
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE

1340
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:28,320
STRUGGLING WITH THIS IN

1341
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,960
ISOLATION.

1342
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,000
I THINK NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO

1343
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,040
TALK ABOUT AND HELP PEOPLE

1344
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,000
REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT

1345
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,800
EVIDENCE YOU'RE BROKEN.

1346
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:38,720
LONELINESS IS A SIGNAL LIKE

1347
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:40,320
HUNGER OR THIRST, IT TELLS US

1348
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,080
WE'RE LACKING SOMETHING WE NEED

1349
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:43,680
FOR HUMAN SURVIVAL, THAT IS OUR

1350
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:44,720
HUMAN CONNECTIONS.

1351
00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:46,440
NO MORE REASON TO FEEL ASHAMED

1352
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,560
IF YOU'RE LONELY THAN IN YOU'RE

1353
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,680
HUNDRED GREESM 

1354
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:51,040
HUNGRY.

1355
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,120
HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN AND BUILD

1356
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:54,800
CONNECTION IN OUR LIVES?

1357
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,080
PART OF IT IS A CULTURAL

1358
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:56,360
CHALLENGE.

1359
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,360
MUCH OF MODERN SOCIETY IS A

1360
00:42:59,360 --> 00:42:59,840
WORK-CENTERED SOCIETY.

1361
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:04,560
WHEN I FIRNED  I FINISHED MY
TRAINING AT

1362
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,160
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

1363
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:06,120
BACK IN THE DAY, IF I SAID I'M

1364
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,120
GOING TO LEAVE AND GO TO A SMALL

1365
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:09,000
TOWN IN AMERICA WHERE I DON'T

1366
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,200
KNOW ANYBODY AND NO COULD 
CONNECTIONS

1367
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,960
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ME THE

1368
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:14,960
CLAIRE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

1369
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:15,760
MEDICINE, IMAGINE THAT, STRAIGHT

1370
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,160
OUT OF TRAINING, CHAIR OF THE

1371
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,360
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, PEOPLE

1372
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,800
WOULD THINK WOW, HE REALLY MUST

1373
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:24,720
TAKE HIS CAREER SERIOUSLY, GOOD

1374
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:25,760
FOR HIM.

1375
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:27,440
IF I SAID I'M MOVING TO A SMALL

1376
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,200
TOWN IN AMERICA, MY FAMILY IS

1377
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,800
THERE, MY FRIENDS ARE THERE, I

1378
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,720
ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A JOB, I'M

1379
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:34,600
GOING TO MOVE THERE BECAUSE OF

1380
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:35,920
MY FAMILY, I KNOW WHAT THE

1381
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:36,680
WHISPERS WOULD HAVE BEEN.

1382
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,200
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE HE WAS

1383
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,480
REALLY AMBITIOUS, HE HAD SUCH

1384
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,080
HIGH PROSPECTS, I GUESS HE JUST

1385
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,400
LOST HIS AMBITION, WHO KNOWS

1386
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,400
WHAT'S GOING ON.

1387
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:46,680
THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF SOCIETY

1388
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:47,800
THAT IS VERY MUCH CENTERED

1389
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:48,480
AROUND WORK.

1390
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,000
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH WORK.

1391
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,320
WORK GIVES US PURPOSE.

1392
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:52,440
ALLOWS US TO CONTRIBUTE TO

1393
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,280
SOCIETY, ALLOWS US TO EARN A

1394
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:55,920
LIVING WAGE HOPEFULLY THAT CAN

1395
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,000
SUPPORT OUR FAMILY AND OUR

1396
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:57,560
FRIENDS.

1397
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,440
BUT IN LIFE, WE HAVE TO

1398
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:00,960
PRIORITIZE, RIGHT?

1399
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:02,880
I HAD TO REALIZE THE HARD WAY

1400
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:04,080
THAT EVEN THOUGH I'VE ALWAYS

1401
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,080
PRIORITIZED PEOPLE IN MY LIFE,

1402
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,120
THE REALITY IS THAT I WAS

1403
00:44:06,120 --> 00:44:07,400
PUTTING WORK AHEAD OF PEOPLE

1404
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:08,120
MUCH OF MY LIFE.

1405
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,800
AND I CAME TO SEE THAT VERY

1406
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:11,760
CLEARLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

1407
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:12,920
SO I THINK THE CULTURAL

1408
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,280
CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS, HOW DO WE

1409
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,600
REBUILD A PEOPLE-CENTERED

1410
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,040
SOCIETY, A RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED

1411
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:19,200
SOCIETY WHERE WORKPLACES

1412
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,800
ACTUALLY CREATE THE KIND OF

1413
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,000
FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKERS SO THEY

1414
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,520
CAN ACTUALLY BE THERE FOR THEIR

1415
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:25,240
FAMILIES DURING TIMES OF NEED

1416
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,600
BECAUSE OUR RELATIONSHIPS REALLY

1417
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,840
DO MATTER, WHERE SCHOOLS GIVE

1418
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,440
YOUNG PEOPLE TOOLS FOR BUILDING

1419
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:32,400
HEALTHY RELATION SHIMS FROM AN

1420
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,200
EARLY AGE AND SEE THAT JUST AS

1421
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:35,520
IMPORTANT AS THE SKILLS WE GIVE

1422
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,800
THEM IN READING AND WRITING

1423
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,360
BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO HELP

1424
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:40,360
THEM BUILD RELATIONSHIPS  THAT

1425
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,000
WILL SUSTAIN THEM IN THE LONG

1426
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:41,320
TERM.

1427
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,240
AS A GOVERNMENT, HOW DO WE ALSO

1428
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:46,000
INVEST HERE, NOT JUST IN THE

1429
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,640
RESEARCH THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP

1430
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,080
BETTER AND BETTER WAYS TO

1431
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,200
STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO

1432
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:52,400
IN IDENTIFYING THIS AS A

1433
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:53,760
PRIORITY IN BRINGING

1434
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,000
STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO DEVELOP

1435
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:57,360
A NATIONAL REGIONAL LOCAL

1436
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:58,800
STRATEGY FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO

1437
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:00,160
STRENGTHEN CONNECTION IN OUR

1438
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:00,480
NEIGHBORHOOD.

1439
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:01,640
WE ARE ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW

1440
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:02,920
WORKING WITH THE U.S. CONFERENCE

1441
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,520
OF MAYORS AND OTHER ELECTED

1442
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,120
LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO

1443
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,920
THINK ABOUT HOW TO BUILD AN

1444
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:09,880
AGENDA AROUND CONNECTION AND

1445
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,040
COMMUNITY AS WE COME TO THIS

1446
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:13,000
PANDEMIC, REALIZING IT'S GOT TO

1447
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,240
BE PART OF WHAT WE DO TO HELP

1448
00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,200
LEARN FROM THE PANDEMIC AND

1449
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:18,560
STRENGTHEN OURSELVES, NOT JUST

1450
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,280
FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC, FOR OTHER

1451
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:21,680
CHALLENGES THAT MAY COME OUR

1452
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:21,840
WAY.

1453
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,320
THIS ISSUE IS ONE THAT'S VENEER

1454
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,760
AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

1455
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:26,960
 VERY

1456
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,600
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AN

1457
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:29,560
EFFORT TO REBUILD THE FOUNDATION

1458
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:30,520
OF OUR COUNTRY.

1459
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,360
IF THAT FOUNDATION IS STRONG, WE

1460
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:33,720
HAVE HEALTHY SCHOOLS, WE HAVE

1461
00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:34,880
WORKPLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE

1462
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:36,000
PRODUCTIVE AND CREATIVE, WE HAVE

1463
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,800
PEOPLE WHO ARE HEALTHIER AND

1464
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,640
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, AND WE

1465
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:41,000
HAVE COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE MORE

1466
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:42,320
TIGHTLY CONNECTED TO ONE

1467
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,400
ANOTHER, WE CAME TOGETHER AT THE

1468
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:44,880
BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC BUT

1469
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:46,280
THEN WE SPLINTERED, RIGHT, IN

1470
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:48,240
MANY WAYS AS A COUNTRY AS THE

1471
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:49,560
PANDEMIC PERSISTED, AND IF YOU

1472
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:50,720
LOOK AT THE COUNTRIES THAT DID

1473
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:52,600
REALLY WELL AROUND THE WORLD, IT

1474
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:54,360
WASN'T THE COUNTRIES THAT HAD

1475
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,200
THE MOST MONEY, IT'S ACTUALLY

1476
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:57,800
THE COUNTRIES THAT HAD THE MOST

1477
00:45:57,800 --> 00:45:58,800
TRUST BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, THE

1478
00:45:58,800 --> 00:45:59,320
MOST CONNECTION BETWEEN

1479
00:45:59,320 --> 00:45:59,800
INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR

1480
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,400
GOVERNMENT.

1481
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:03,200
SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO

1482
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:03,520
REBUILD.

1483
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,520
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE

1484
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:06,600
FUNCTIONING OF SOCIETY AND IT'S

1485
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:08,080
WHY WE'RE LAUNCHING IN THE NEAR

1486
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:09,400
FUTURE A BROADER INITIATIVE

1487
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:10,240
AROUND CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY

1488
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:13,400
FOR THE COUNTRY.

1489
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:14,560
>> CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY.

1490
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:15,400
I LOVE IT.

1491
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,040
YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO ASK JUST

1492
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:19,000
ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I'M GOING

1493
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:20,240
TO DIRECT AT MAYOR WU AND THEN

1494
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,080
I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER -- WE HAVE

1495
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,960
A VERY ACTIVE AUDIENCE WHO IS

1496
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:25,080
SENDING IN LOTS OF COMMENTS AND

1497
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,200
QUESTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO TRY TO

1498
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:27,640
GET TO AS MANY OF THEM AS WE

1499
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:27,800
CAN.

1500
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:28,920
BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, MAYOR

1501
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:30,400
WU, ABOUT A TOPIC THAT IS NEAR

1502
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,800
AND DEAR TO WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED

1503
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,480
ON AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON

1504
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:35,480
MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH

1505
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,240
DISPARITIES, AND THAT'S

1506
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:39,280
ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES

1507
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:40,800
AND ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY.

1508
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:41,640
I'VE BEEN DELIGHTED TO LEARN

1509
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,000
MORE ABOUT YOUR OFFICE AND

1510
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:43,960
YOU'VE EXPRESSED YOUR COMMITMENT

1511
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:48,800
TO ENDING DISPARITIES,

1512
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,080
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND OUTCOMES

1513
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:54,880
AND YOUR OFFICE IS FOCUSED ON

1514
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:55,920
LONG-STANDING HEALTH DISPARITIES

1515
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,240
WE KNOW ARE CAUSED BY MULTIPLE

1516
00:46:59,240 --> 00:46:59,600
FACTORS.

1517
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:00,920
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE

1518
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,800
STRATEGIES YOUR OFFICE HAS TAKEN

1519
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,400
OR IS PLANNING TO TAKE AND WHAT

1520
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,000
ONE CAN DO TO ADDRESS

1521
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,520
DISCRIMINATION AND REDUCE HEALTH

1522
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:08,240
DISPARITIES?

1523
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:13,240
>> SO OUR STARTING POINT IS A

1524
00:47:13,240 --> 00:47:14,440
HEALTH IN ALL APPROACH.

1525
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:15,640
I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT THE PERSON

1526
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:17,560
LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THE CITY

1527
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:23,640
WHO I JUST FOLLOW HER LEAD IS

1528
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,040
DR. OJUKUTO, DIRECTOR OF THE

1529
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:26,000
BOSTON HEALTH COMMISSION.

1530
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,800
PREVIOUSLY THIS HAD BEEN A ROLE

1531
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:30,960
THAT WAS IN SOME WAYS INSULATED

1532
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,600
FROM THE CITY AND LAYERED WITH

1533
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:34,400
DIFFERENT BUREAUCRATIC SPACES IN

1534
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:35,320
BETWEEN, BUT ONE OF THE FIRST

1535
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,200
THINGS THAT I DID COMING INTO

1536
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,280
OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

1537
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,840
PANDEMIC AS WELL WAS TO CLEAR

1538
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:49,440
THAT AWAY AND ASK HER TO BE THAT

1539
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:50,960
VOICE FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1540
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:51,840
SO THROUGH HER LEADERSHIP AND

1541
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:53,480
HER TEAMS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO

1542
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:56,760
NOT JUST PUT BAND-AIDS ON ISSUES

1543
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:58,000
STEMMING FROM COVID-19 AND THE

1544
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:04,080
PANDEMIC BUT TO REALLY LAY A

1545
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:05,880
FOUNDATION FOR ALL OF THE

1546
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:06,680
TARGETED INTERVENTION, PROGRAMS

1547
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:08,000
AND SERVICES THAT WERE NEEDED

1548
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:11,880
LONG BEFORE THIS VIRUS THAT ARE

1549
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,640
DIRECTLY EXACERBATING.

1550
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,320
ONE STRATEGY SO MAKE SURE WE ARE

1551
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:18,000
WORKING AND PARTNERING DIRECTLY

1552
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:19,200
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BAW

1553
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,400
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY

1554
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,960
CAN PROVIDE THAT OUTREACH, WE

1555
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:25,680
CAN LOOK TO MAKE CONNECTION, WE

1556
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,760
CAN OPEN UP TESTING CENTERS OR

1557
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,880
WALK-IN SITES FOR VACCINATION,

1558
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:32,680
BUT THE MOST THAT COULD MOVE THE

1559
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:34,400
NEEDLE IN BOSTON WAS ALWAYS WHEN

1560
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:39,240
WE DEFERRED TO LOCAL COMMUNITY

1561
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:39,800
ORGANIZATIONS, GRASSROOTS

1562
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:40,400
LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO

1563
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,000
ALREADY HAD THE RELATIONSHIPS TO

1564
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,080
BE ABLE TO REACH PEOPLE

1565
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:46,040
DIRECTLY.

1566
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,040
SO BUILDING THAT SENSE OF

1567
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:48,920
COMMUNITY AND TRUST AND WORKING

1568
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:50,240
DIRECTLY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE

1569
00:48:50,240 --> 00:48:51,320
BEEN ON THE GROUND AND IN THE

1570
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,480
FIELD FOR YEARS IS KEY.

1571
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:55,840
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE SURE

1572
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:58,720
THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT ALL

1573
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:00,000
ASPECTS OF POLICY, WHETHER IT'S

1574
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:03,760
HOUSING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OR

1575
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,000
PUBLIC SAFETY OR THE APPROACH TO

1576
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,080
HOW WE ARE PLANNING FOR OUR

1577
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,920
EDUCATION SYSTEM TO RECOVER,

1578
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:12,600
THAT THE CONNECTION AND

1579
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:14,960
INTERSECTION WITH PUBLIC HEALTH

1580
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:16,720
IS REALLY ELEVATED IN ALL OF

1581
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:17,200
THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

1582
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:18,400
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.

1583
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,280
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF

1584
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,000
COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN AND

1585
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,520
QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW THAT WHAT

1586
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,200
YOU ARE SHARING IS REALLY

1587
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:26,080
RESONATING WITH PEOPLE.

1588
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:27,600
HOW DO I KNOW?

1589
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,040
WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME

1590
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:30,120
EXAMPLE.

1591
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,200
SO SOMEONE WRITES, ONLY A

1592
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,320
COMPLIMENT, I CONSIDER IT RARE

1593
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:34,520
AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PERSON

1594
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:35,680
WHO'S HAD GREAT SUCCESS TO

1595
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:37,120
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LUCK PLAYS A

1596
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:37,600
ROLE.

1597
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:38,840
AND I ONLY WANTED TO SAY THANK

1598
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:40,600
YOU TO VIVEK MURTHY FOR SAYING

1599
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,360
THAT AND FOR MODELING GREAT

1600
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,400
LEADERSHIP TO SUCH A LARGE

1601
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:44,880
GROUP.

1602
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,120
SO LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

1603
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,040
THERE ARE A COUPLE QUESTIONS

1604
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,360
THAT HAVE COME IN WHERE OUR

1605
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:50,480
AUDIENCE IS INTERESTED IN YOUR

1606
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,760
ADVICE AS IT RELATES TO CAREER.

1607
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,480
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THOSE

1608
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:57,800
QUESTIONS AND EITHER OF YOU FEEL

1609
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,760
FREE TO CHIME IN.

1610
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,040
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, DUE TO

1611
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,320
EXPERIENCES WITH DISCRIMINATION

1612
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,120
AND RACISM, I GREW UP PASSIONATE

1613
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,640
ABOUT MY IDENTITY AS AN ASIAN

1614
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:08,000
AMERICAN WOMAN.

1615
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,040
AS A RESULT OF SPEAKING UP ABOUT

1616
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:11,920
DIVERSITY ISSUES, I'M ALSO

1617
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:19,200
LABELED AS THE TOKEN ASIAN OR AM

1618
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:20,920
EXPECTED TO BE AN EXPERT ON ALL

1619
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:22,400
ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES.

1620
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:26,720
I STILL WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN

1621
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:27,760
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES.

1622
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:30,480
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE FOR A

1623
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:31,400
YOUNG ASIAN AMERICAN

1624
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,280
PROFESSIONAL STARTING OFF THEIR

1625
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,000
CAREER IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE?

1626
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,000
>> DR. MURTHY, YOU GO AHEAD

1627
00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:36,200
FIRST.

1628
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:37,200
>> SURE, SURE.

1629
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,280
FIRST OF ALL, I'M SO GLAD THAT

1630
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,200
YOU'RE ASKING THE QUESTION,

1631
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:42,600
BECAUSE I DO THINK WHAT YOU'RE

1632
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:43,280
REPRESENTING IS THE FACT THAT

1633
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:44,280
ALL OF OUR VOICES REALLY DO

1634
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:49,200
MAKER IT WHEN IT 

1635
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:50,600
MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING

1636
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:51,800
SURE AMERICAN IS A HOME FOR

1637
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:53,640
EVERY GROUP, INCLUDING AAPIs,

1638
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:54,680
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT

1639
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:55,640
EACH OF US CAN DO.

1640
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:57,200
IF YOU ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT NIH

1641
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,120
AND THERE ARE GROUPS, AAPI

1642
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:00,520
GROUPS THAT ARE HELPING TO

1643
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,080
ADVANCE THE PARTICIPATION OF

1644
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:03,440
AAPIs IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF

1645
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:04,880
RESEARCH FOR THE NIH COMMUNITY

1646
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,120
OR THAT ARE LOOKING TO HELP

1647
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:08,920
REPRESENT MORE ABOUT THE AAPI

1648
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,040
COMMUNITY TO THE BROADER NIH

1649
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:11,320
COMMUNITY.

1650
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:12,400
THOSE ARE GOOD GROUPS, I THINK,

1651
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,000
TO BE A PART OF AND TO LEND YOUR

1652
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:14,520
VOICE TO.

1653
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,680
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, IN
IN

1654
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,120
THE SPHERES THAT WE OCCUPY,

1655
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:20,400
WHETHER THAT'S OUR OWN WORKING

1656
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:21,360
GROUP AND WORKING DIVISION OR

1657
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:22,600
WHETHER IT'S A BROADER AGENCY

1658
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,080
THAT WE'RE A PART OF, I THINK

1659
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:27,600
ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTRACT FROM

1660
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:28,920
OUR OWN EXPERIENCE AND OUR

1661
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:29,320
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

1662
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,280
WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK FOR EVERY

1663
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,320
MEMBER OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND

1664
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:36,200
PACIFIC ISLANDER AND NATIVE PA

1665
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,800
WINE COMMUNITY, 

1666
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:41,320
HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY BUT WE CAN

1667
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:43,400
HELP PEOPLE LEARN AND BROADEN

1668
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,360
THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE AAPI

1669
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,160
COMMUNITY.

1670
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:50,360
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE

1671
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:53,760
EXPERIENCED RISM  RACISM AND

1672
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:54,960
DISCRIMINATION, IT'S EASY TO

1673
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:56,280
HOLD SOME OF THAT BACK, BUT IN

1674
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:57,600
THESE MOMENTS TO BE ABLE TO

1675
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,280
SHARE MORE AND HELP PEOPLE

1676
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:00,200
UNDERSTAND US AND OUR COMMUNITY

1677
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,560
IS ACTUALLY VITAL.

1678
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:03,680
THE LAST THING EYE SALE IS TO

1679
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:05,720
LEND YOUR SUPPORT TO OTHER

1680
00:52:05,720 --> 00:52:09,840
MEMBERS OF THE ASM API AAPI
COMMUNITY

1681
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:11,200
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THIS IS

1682
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,160
A TIME WHERE -- NONE OF US ARE

1683
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:15,000
NEVER ENOUGH ALL THE TIME BUT

1684
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:15,960
TOGETHER WE CAN BE ENOUGH ALL OF

1685
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:17,160
THE TIME, AND THIS REQUIRES US

1686
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:18,400
BEING THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER,

1687
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:21,880
REACHING OUT PROACTIVELY TO

1688
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:22,480
SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

1689
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:23,680
YOU NEVER KNOW FROM THE OUTSIDE

1690
00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:27,000
TESTIMONY PEOPLE ARE HAVING A

1691
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,360
TOUGH TIME BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A

1692
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:29,480
SOCIETY THAT TELLS US YOU SHOULD

1693
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:30,920
GLOSS IT ALL OVER AND LOOK LIKE

1694
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:31,960
WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING TOGETHER,

1695
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,520
WHETHER THAT'S IN REAL LIFE OR

1696
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:36,000
ON INSTAGRAM OR WHEREVER IT IS.

1697
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:38,880
SO CHECKING IN ON YOUR FELLOW

1698
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:40,280
AAPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS

1699
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:41,720
IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW ARE YOU

1700
00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:43,240
DOING, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS

1701
00:52:43,240 --> 00:52:45,640
PANDEMIC, THIS IS A TIME WHERE

1702
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:47,000
HATE CRIMES AGAINST MEMBERS OF

1703
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,320
OUR COMMUNITY HAVE SKYROCKETED.

1704
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:51,400
MANY PEOPLE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS

1705
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,120
WHO ARE IMPACTED, MANY PEOPLE

1706
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:54,800
FELT LIKE THEY WERE LOOKED AT

1707
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:56,480
DIFFERENTLY AS THEY WALKED

1708
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:57,280
THROUGH THE TOWN AND THROUGH

1709
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:57,840
NEIGHBORHOODS.

1710
00:52:57,840 --> 00:52:59,240
SO THIS IS A TIME WHERE I THINK

1711
00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:01,080
PROACTIVELY CHECKING ON ONE

1712
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:03,040
ANOTHER, HAVING SPACES ACTUALLY

1713
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:04,200
TALK ABOUT HOW WHAT'S HAPPENING

1714
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,000
IN THE WORLD IS AFFECTING US AND

1715
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,280
AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS

1716
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:09,400
SO, SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE

1717
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:10,520
OTHERWISE MOST PEOPLE DON'T

1718
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:12,840
ALWAYS HAVE SPACES WHERE THEY

1719
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:14,680
CAN TALK ONLY ABOUT HOW WORLD

1720
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:17,440
EVENT AND ESPECIALLY EXPERIENCE

1721
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,000
OF RACISM IS IMPACTING THEM.

1722
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,840
SO JUST A FEW THOUGHTS.

1723
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:22,240
BUT LET ME TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR

1724
00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:22,880
WU.

1725
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:24,200
I'M SURE SHE HAS MUCH BETTER

1726
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:24,680
SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU.

1727
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,440
>> I WAS GOING TO START BY

1728
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,960
SAYING I UNDERSTAND AND HEAR

1729
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:28,360
THAT FRUSTRATION.

1730
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:32,040
I HAVE LIVED IT AND IN BOSTON --

1731
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:35,280
WELL, I GUESS NATIONALLY, I WAS

1732
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:36,240
TOLD IN THE COURSE OF MY

1733
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:38,600
ELECTION AS MAYOR THAT IF YOU

1734
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:42,080
COUNT ALL OF THE LARGEST CITIES

1735
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:43,440
IN THIS COUNTRY, VERY, VERY FEW

1736
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:44,840
HAVE EVER HAD AN ASIAN AMERICAN

1737
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:46,000
MAYOR AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF

1738
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:49,240
THOSE WHO HAVE, HAVE BEEN ASIAN

1739
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:49,920
AMERICAN MEN IN THOSE ROLES.

1740
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:51,720
SO IN SOME WAYS IT'S STILL NEW

1741
00:53:51,720 --> 00:53:54,280
FOR US AS A COUNTRY TO SEE ASIAN

1742
00:53:54,280 --> 00:53:56,040
AMERICANS IN CERTAIN LEADERSHIP

1743
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:57,880
ROLES, AND WE ARE WORKING

1744
00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,840
DILIGENTLY AND WITH HOPEFUL

1745
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:00,880
DETERMINATION TO KEEP BUILDING

1746
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:04,320
THAT PIPELINE AND BOOST THAT

1747
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:05,680
VISIBILITY, BUT I AM ONLY THE

1748
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:07,400
SECOND EVER ASIAN AMERICAN TO

1749
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:09,440
SERVE IN BOSTON CITY GOVERNMENT

1750
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:16,240
AT ALL, EVER, SAM NEUN ELECTED

1751
00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,320
TO CITY COUNCIL FROM 2005 TO

1752
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,280
2009, I'M THE ONLY OTHER ASIAN

1753
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:24,040
AMERICAN WHO'S EVER SERVED, SO

1754
00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:28,320
IT WAS A VERY -- ANYISH  THEY
WOULD TURN

1755
00:54:28,320 --> 00:54:30,040
TO ME AND SAY, WELL, AND IT WAS

1756
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,240
MANY MOMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

1757
00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:33,440
FOR EDUCATION.

1758
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,200
SO I THINK ONE POINT I WANT TO

1759
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:38,560
MAKE IS THAT AS DR. MURTHY SAID,

1760
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:39,320
ENCOURAGING AND BUILDING THE

1761
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:41,400
PIPELINE AND REACHING OUT TO

1762
00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:42,360
OTHER ASIAN AMERICANS TO BOOST

1763
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,640
OUR LEADERSHIP AND VISIBILITY,

1764
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:48,000
WHEN YOU DO HIT A TIPPING POINT,

1765
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,040
IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE.

1766
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:51,480
WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL,

1767
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:53,680
THERE WERE ONLY TWO WOMEN OUT OF

1768
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,800
13 AND EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT THE

1769
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:59,000
WOMEN COUNCILLORS, WHAT WERE WE

1770
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,800
DOING, WHAT WERE WE PLOTTING

1771
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:02,000
TOGETHER, WERE WE VOTING THE

1772
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:03,120
SAME WAY, DIFFERENTLY?

1773
00:55:03,120 --> 00:55:06,400
THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE TWO MORE

1774
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:08,160
WOMEN WERE ELECTED.

1775
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,800
BUT IT STILL HAPPENED.

1776
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,560
IT WASN'T UNTIL SIX WOMEN OUT OF

1777
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:14,080
13 WERE SERVING THAT NOW TODAY

1778
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:17,760
WE'RE A NA  MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL,

1779
00:55:17,760 --> 00:55:25,120
YOU DON'T HEAR THE TERM "WOMAN

1780
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:26,200
COUNCILLOR" ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S

1781
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:29,080
JUST EXPECTED.

1782
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:31,360
IT CAN BE A BLESSING BUT ALSO A

1783
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:32,440
TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY AND

1784
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:37,440
BURDEN AT TIMES TO BEAR THAT

1785
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:38,880
SORT OF HEADWIND THAT YOU'RE

1786
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:39,440
MAKING.

1787
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:43,280
I THINK FOR ME ALSO, ONE BIT

1788
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:44,600
DEPENDING -- THIS MIGHT APPLY

1789
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:47,520
ACROSS INDUSTRIES IS TO THINK

1790
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:47,960
ABOUT BUILDING THOSE

1791
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,160
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION AND

1792
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:51,240
COALITION BUILDING OUTSIDE OF

1793
00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:54,080
TIMES OF CRISIS AS WELL, IT'S

1794
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:55,600
ONE THING TO FEEL LIKE NO ONE IS

1795
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,200
GOING TO SPEAK UP WHEN THERE'S A

1796
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:58,080
TENSE MOMENT EXCEPT FOR YOU AND

1797
00:55:58,080 --> 00:55:59,680
THEN YOU'RE ALWAYS PUT IN THAT

1798
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:00,000
ROLE.

1799
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:01,960
THERE'S ANOTHER THING TO -- IT'S

1800
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,600
ANOTHER THING TO WORK WITH THE

1801
00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:07,600
LARGER ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY TO

1802
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,360
PLAN FOR THE CHANCE OUTSIDE OF

1803
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:13,640
THOSE URGENT TENSE MOMENTS TO

1804
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:15,200
HAVE REAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT

1805
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,400
WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE AAPI

1806
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,960
CULTURAL AND LEADERSHIP

1807
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:24,000
CELEBRATED TO HIGHLIGHT THE

1808
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:24,880
COMMON STRUGGLES THAT OUR

1809
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:26,800
COMMUNITY HAS HAD ALONGSIDE AND

1810
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:27,320
IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER

1811
00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,360
COMMUNITIES SO THAT IN THOSE

1812
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:31,480
TENSE MOMENTS AND IN THOSE

1813
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:32,840
EMERGENCY CRISES OR CONFLICTS,

1814
00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:34,000
THERE'S A DIFFERENT CONTEXT TO

1815
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:34,960
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU

1816
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:38,760
HAVE BACKING YOU UP.

1817
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:39,280
>> WOW.

1818
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:40,720
WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND

1819
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:41,800
COMMENTS, AND I REALIZE THAT OUR

1820
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:43,080
TIME IS SHORT AND I WANT TO BE

1821
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:44,880
MINDFUL OF THAT, SO TO THE

1822
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:45,960
AUDIENCE, I WANT TO THANK YOU

1823
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:47,000
FOR SENDING THOSE QUESTIONS IN.

1824
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,200
I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF

1825
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:52,520
THEM IN.

1826
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:53,680
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST OFFER AN

1827
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,200
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SHARE

1828
00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:56,920
ANYTHING ELSE TO HELP, ANY

1829
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,600
LESSONS LEARNED OR ANY IDEAS TO

1830
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:02,200
HELP INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION

1831
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,280
AS WE CLOSE TODAY'S

1832
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:07,120
CONVERSATION.

1833
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:09,200
WOULD EITHER OF YOU -- MAYOR WU?

1834
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,080
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

1835
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:11,600
ME.

1836
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:15,320
IT IS A JOY AND AN INSPIRATION

1837
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,320
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE,

1838
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:19,480
DR. MURTHY, IN YOUR LEADERSHIP

1839
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:21,400
ROLE, AND THANK YOU, MONICA, FOR

1840
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,080
SO SKILLFULLY MODERATING AND FOR

1841
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,120
ALL THAT YOU DO IN YOUR ROLE

1842
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:28,360
EVERY DAY.

1843
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,720
I THINK FOR A LONG TIME, I FELT

1844
00:57:30,720 --> 00:57:35,000
LIKE RAISING MY HAND FOR A

1845
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:35,920
LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SOME WAYS

1846
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:44,760
MEANT I HAD TO GO AGAINST OR

1847
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:45,640
UNLEARN HABITS WHEN I WAS

1848
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:46,920
GROWING UP, THE HIGHEST PRAISE

1849
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:52,160
MY PARENTS COULD GIVE ME WAS

1850
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:53,360
CONNOTATIONS OF RESPECTFUL,

1851
00:57:53,360 --> 00:57:55,080
OBEDIENCE BUT NOT ROCKING THE

1852
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,000
BOAT, AND POLITICS SOMETIMES

1853
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:58,000
FEELS LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT,

1854
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,760
WHERE YOU HAVE TO DEFEND YOUR

1855
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:02,400
VIEWPOINT, GET IN THERE AND

1856
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:02,960
LEAD.

1857
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:08,960
BUT IN FACT, I REALIZE THAT I

1858
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:10,720
WAS AS BOXED IN IN HOW I WAS

1859
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,520
THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND

1860
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:14,720
WHO HAS THE CAPACITY AND ABILITY

1861
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:16,200
TO LEAD AS ALL THOSE WHO HAD

1862
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,480
COME BEFORE ME.

1863
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:20,280
AND IN FACT THE CULTURAL VALUES

1864
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:21,360
THAT SO MANY ASIAN AMERICAN

1865
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:24,480
FAMILIES AND SORT OF FIRST

1866
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:25,400
GENERATION CHILDREN HAVE BEEN

1867
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,680
RAISED WITH IN IMMIGRANT

1868
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:28,880
FAMILIES ARE THE EXACT VALUES

1869
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:30,040
THAT WE WANT IN PUBLIC SERVICE

1870
00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:35,680
OF A CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY AND

1871
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,080
REVERENCE AND APPRECIATION FOR

1872
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:38,560
HISTORY AND THE GREATER GOOD AND

1873
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:39,720
YOUR ROLE IN WORKING HARD TO

1874
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:41,360
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

1875
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:44,840
SO I HOPE AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE

1876
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,320
TO LEAN INTO WHAT MAKES YOU

1877
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:48,600
AUTHENTICALLY YOU, YOUR

1878
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:50,200
IDENTITY, YOUR CULTURE, YOUR

1879
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:53,800
FAMILY, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND

1880
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:56,240
TO -- WHEN YOU'RE FACED WITH

1881
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:57,840
THAT PROSPECT OF DO YOU REACH

1882
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:00,920
OUT FOR THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO

1883
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:02,760
THINK OF IT NOT SO MUCH AS ARE

1884
00:59:02,760 --> 00:59:03,760
YOU PERSONALLY AS READY AS YOU

1885
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:05,400
COULD BE FOR THAT, BECAUSE

1886
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:07,520
CHANCES ARE YOU PROBABLY ARE

1887
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,120
PUTTING TOO MUCH EXPECTATION ON

1888
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,640
YOURSELF AND SAY WELL, I NEED

1889
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:12,960
MORE EXPERIENCE, I NEED MORE

1890
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,080
TIME, ET CETERA.

1891
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:18,000
INSTEAD THIJ OF  THINK OF IT
OUTSIDE YOUR

1892
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:19,040
OWN BODY, WHO WILL REPRESENT

1893
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:20,560
YOUR COMMUNITY IF YOU'RE NOT AT

1894
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:21,200
THAT TABLE, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE

1895
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:22,560
WILL BE MISSING OUT ON YOUR

1896
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:23,800
LEADERSHIP IF YOU'RE NOT

1897
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:24,120
OFFERING IT.

1898
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:26,800
WE'RE IN A VERY URGENT MOMENT IN

1899
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:29,880
OUR SOCIETY, IN OUR COUNTRY'S

1900
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:34,720
POLITICAL HISTORY, AND IN THE

1901
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:35,920
PLANET'S HISTORY RIGHT NOW, AND

1902
00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:38,440
SO WE NEED EVERYONE WHO CAN

1903
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:39,800
POSSIBLY LEAD TO STEP UP AND

1904
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:43,360
OFFER THAT LEADERSHIP.

1905
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,320
WE NEED TO BUILD A SOCIETY WHERE

1906
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,000
WE CAN SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND

1907
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,560
TRUST IN EACH OTHER TO WORK

1908
00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:51,880
TOGETHER TO GET THERE, AND I'M

1909
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:54,760
SO HONORED TO BE PARTNERING WITH

1910
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,280
THOSE IN POST -- IN THIS

1911
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:58,880
ADMINISTRATION AROUND THE CITY

1912
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:00,320
AND COUNTRY TO DO OUR PART AND

1913
01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:01,480
HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE A

1914
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:02,680
DIFFERENCE AS WE LOOK TO PASS

1915
01:00:02,680 --> 01:00:04,640
DOWN THIS WORLD TO OUR KIDS AND

1916
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:05,320
GRANDKIDS AFTER THAT.

1917
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:06,760
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

1918
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:08,200
ME.

1919
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:10,440
HAPPY AAPI HERITAGE MONTH.

1920
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:15,400
>> WE ARE AT 2:00.

1921
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:16,360
DR. MURTHY?

1922
01:00:16,360 --> 01:00:18,680
>> I'LL JUST BE BRIEF AND SAY

1923
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,120
THANK YOU TO MAYOR WU FOR BEING

1924
01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:22,200
THE INSPIRING LEADER YOU ARE,

1925
01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:24,800
FOR GIVING SO MANY OF US HOPE

1926
01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:30,000
AND TO MONICA, TO RINA, TO THE

1927
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:33,080
WHOLE TEAM AT NIMH WHO HELPED

1928
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:34,840
MAKE THIS LECTURE SERIES A

1929
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:35,400
REALITY.

1930
01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:39,560
THE AAPI IMLEUNT IS A  COMMUNITY
IS A VITA
L

1931
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:41,880
PART OF A AMERICA, YOU ARE A

1932
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:43,080
VITAL PART OF AMERICA, WE WANT

1933
01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:43,760
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT.

1934
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,160
AS MAYOR WU WAS SAYING, THIS IS

1935
01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:47,600
A TIME WHERE THE NATION NEEDS

1936
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,280
AAPI LEADERS TO STEP UP IN

1937
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:51,200
VARIOUS CAPACITIES, AND A LEADER

1938
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:52,880
CAN MEAN THAT YOU LEAD AN AGENCY

1939
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,280
OR AN EFFORT WITHIN NIH, IT CAN

1940
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:56,800
MEAN THAT YOU RUN FOR OFFICE, IT

1941
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,200
COULD MEAN THAT YOU TAKE THE

1942
01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:00,440
LEAD ROLE IN BRINGING YOUR

1943
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:01,280
COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO CREATE A

1944
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:03,640
SPACE WHERE THEY CAN TALK AND BE

1945
01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:06,680
TOGETHER AND SUPPORT ONE

1946
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:07,000
ANOTHER.

1947
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:08,320
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO LEAD

1948
01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:09,200
RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST KNOW THAT

1949
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,400
YOUR VOICE AND LEADERSHIP ARE

1950
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:12,000
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BEFORE,

1951
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:13,360
AND FINALLY I WOULD JUST SAY

1952
01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:14,320
WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THE

1953
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:15,800
WORLD RIGHT NOW, PRIEST ALSO DO

1954
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:18,400
TAKE  PLEASE ALSO

1955
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,440
TAKE SOME MOMENTS TO TAKE CARE

1956
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,560
OF YOURSELF, TAKE CARE OF YOUR

1957
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:23,440
FAMILY, YOUR LOVED ONES.

1958
01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:24,840
THIS IS NOT A SHORT SPRINT WE'RE

1959
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:26,000
IN THE MIDDLE.

1960
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:26,640
THIS IS A MARATHON.

1961
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:28,840
THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO NEED

1962
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,560
AAPI ENGAGEMENT AND LEADER FOR

1963
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:32,920
YEARS AND YEARS TO KO. WE ALSO

1964
01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:33,960
WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN

1965
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:36,000
THAT ENGAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE,

1966
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,200
SO TAKE THOSE MOMENTS, TAKE CARE

1967
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:38,200
OF YOURSELF AND KNOW THAT YOU

1968
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:41,200
ARE A VITAL PART OF AMERICA AND

1969
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:42,080
YOUR VOICE IS MORE NEEDED THAN

1970
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:42,440
EVER.

1971
01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:43,400
SO APPRECIATE YOU FOR DOING

1972
01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:44,440
THIS.

1973
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:48,040
HAPPY AAPI HERITAGE MONTH.

1974
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:49,000
>> ELISEO, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE

1975
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:49,280
MOMENT.

1976
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:50,840
I JUST WANT TO -- BEFORE YOU

1977
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:52,200
CLOSE US OUT, PERSONALLY THANK

1978
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,160
BOTH OF YOU FOR REALLY

1979
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:55,200
FASCINATING AND THOUGHT

1980
01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:56,400
PROVOKING CONVERSATION, AND ON

1981
01:01:56,400 --> 01:01:58,080
BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS

1982
01:01:58,080 --> 01:01:59,920
EVENT, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AT

1983
01:01:59,920 --> 01:02:03,400
THE NIH, THE FEDERAL ASIAN

1984
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:04,520
PACIFIC AMERICAN COUNCIL, THE

1985
01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:07,360
CHAPTER, AND THE OTHER AAPI

1986
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:09,280
GROUPS AT SISTER FEDERAL

1987
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,080
AGENCIES FROM FDA, CDC, HRSA

1988
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:13,360
THAT WORKED REALLY HARD TO PUT

1989
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:15,200
THIS EERCHT TOGETHER AND I KNOW

1990
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,720
YOU ARE BOTH SO BUSY SO WE'RE

1991
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:19,000
APPRECIATIVE YOU'VE TAKEN TIME

1992
01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:20,960
TO BE WITH US TODAY.

1993
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:21,360
DR. PEREZ-STABLE?

1994
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:22,800
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MONICA,

1995
01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:25,360
FOR AGAIN MODERATING THIS IN A

1996
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:26,400
MAGNIFICENT WAY.

1997
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:27,760
VIVEK, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU

1998
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:29,160
AGAIN, AND MAYOR WU, I HOPE TO

1999
01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:31,080
MEET YOU SOMETIME WHEN I GO TO

2000
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,880
BOSTON SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR.

2001
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:36,320
SO THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR

2002
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:36,600
ATTENDING.

2003
01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:37,000
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2004
01:02:37,000 --> 01:03:23,560
>> THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYONE.