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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.27,0:00:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.63,0:00:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is such a blessing to work\Nat the Harlem Children's Zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.79,0:00:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an African-American-led organization\Nthat has pioneered the field
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.57,0:00:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of comprehensive place-based services,\Nfrom cradle to career.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.71,0:00:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that word, "comprehensive,"\Nis so key to what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.54,0:00:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, most interventions\Nfocus on one piece
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.90,0:00:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a complicated, giant puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.18,0:00:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not enough to solve the puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.82,0:00:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't solve education\Nwithout understanding the home context
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.44,0:00:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the home environment\Nof our young scholar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.60,0:00:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the broader context of health,\Nnutrition or criminal justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.70,0:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unit of change for us\Nis not the individual child,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.24,0:00:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the entire neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.100,0:00:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to do multiple things\Nat the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.71,0:00:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have 20 years of data\Nto prove that this works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.48,0:00:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had 7,000 graduates\Nof our baby college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.38,0:00:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've eliminated the Black-white\Nachievement gap in our schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.72,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've reduced obesity rates\Nin our health programs
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.03,0:01:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have close to 1,000 students\Nenrolled in college.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.81,0:01:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We weave together\Na net of services so tightly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.79,0:01:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that no one will fall\Nthrough the cracks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.58,0:01:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've inspired global practitioners.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.26,0:01:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had over 500-plus\Ncommunities across the US
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.50,0:01:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 70-plus countries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.05,0:01:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come and visit us to learn our model.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.91,0:01:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the problems of the globe,\Nand the problems of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.47,0:01:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not neatly siloed into buckets.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.66,0:01:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So therefore the solutions\Nmust be comprehensive,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.14,0:01:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they must be holistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.34,0:01:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we're in the midst\Nof a global pandemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.98,0:01:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COVID-19 has revealed to us\Nwhat we always knew to be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.04,0:01:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The poorest among us pay the highest price\Nwith their lives and their livelihood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.28,0:01:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's playing out every day\Nin the African American community,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.83,0:01:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're 3.6 times\Nmore likely to die of COVID
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than our white counterparts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.15,0:01:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're seeing those health disparities\Non the ground in New York City,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our nation's epicenter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.15,0:01:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to compound the impact\Nof the health disparities,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.84,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's significant economic devastation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where one in four\Nof our families in Harlem
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.77,0:02:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,report food insecurity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.47,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 57 percent report a loss of income\Nor a loss of their job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to better understand the work\Nof the Harlem Children's Zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.72,0:02:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share a story with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.35,0:02:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a second-grade scholar named Sean.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.62,0:02:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sean is a beautiful Black boy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.49,0:02:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose smile would light up\Nany room that he's in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.61,0:02:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when quarantine began in March,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.97,0:02:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we noticed that Sean\Nwasn't attending virtual school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.25,0:02:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after some investigation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.24,0:02:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've come to learn that Sean's mom\Nwas hospitalized due to COVID.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was at home\Nwith grandma and his baby sibling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was his only viable support system,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.88,0:02:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since Sean's father is incarcerated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.73,0:02:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grandma was struggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.38,0:02:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn't much food in the household,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.32,0:02:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limited diapers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.78,0:02:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sean didn't even have a computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.88,0:02:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When mom was released from the hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.81,0:02:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their challenges deepened,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.60,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they could no longer\Nstay with grandma,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to her preexisting health conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.09,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Sean, his baby sibling and his mom\Nhad to go to a shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.96,0:03:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sean's story is not atypical\Nat the Harlem Children's Zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.50,0:03:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know Sean and millions like him\Nall across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.63,0:03:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deserve to have everything\Nthat this world has to offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.85,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without inequality\Nrobbing them of that opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.58,0:03:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the result of racism
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.23,0:03:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and historical and systemic\Nunderinvestment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.87,0:03:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are now compounded by COVID-19.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our comprehensive model
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.66,0:03:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uniquely positions the Harlem\NChildren's Zone in the fight of COVID.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.73,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The success that we have\Non the ground in Harlem
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.38,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes it imperative,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.59,0:03:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is our responsibility\Nto share what we know works
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.70,0:03:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.45,0:03:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have developed a comprehensive\NCOVID-19 relief and recovery response
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.02,0:03:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.29,0:03:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was surfaced from our community,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.08,0:03:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,focused on five primary areas of need,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.68,0:04:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and already servicing\Nfamilies like Sean's.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.76,0:04:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are the following.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.78,0:04:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One, emergency relief funds.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.15,0:04:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that our families need cash\Nin their hands right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.67,0:04:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two, protecting our most vulnerable.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.50,0:04:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know our families need access\Nto essential goods and information.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.40,0:04:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is food, that's masks,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.55,0:04:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a curated resource list\Nand public health campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.35,0:04:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three, bridging the digital divide.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.28,0:04:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe that internet\Nis a fundamental right.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.09,0:04:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to ensure\Nour families have connectivity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.86,0:04:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also all school-age\Nchildren in a household
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.27,0:04:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the proper learning devices.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.84,0:04:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four, zero learning loss.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.30,0:04:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that there's a generation\Nof students at risk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.90,0:04:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of losing an entire year\Nof their education.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.51,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make sure that we are providing\Nhigh-quality virtual programing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.70,0:04:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to having safe\Nreentry planned for school reentry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And five, mitigating\Nthe mental health crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.90,0:04:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a generation at risk\Nof having PTSD,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.49,0:05:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the massive amounts\Nof toxic stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.07,0:05:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to ensure that our families\Nhave access to telehealth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.01,0:05:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other virtual supports.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.43,0:05:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have six amazing partners\Nacross six cities in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.02,0:05:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are adopting our model\Nfor their own context in their community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.12,0:05:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are Oakland, Minneapolis,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.88,0:05:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chicago, Detroit, Newark and Atlanta.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.43,0:05:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to those partners,\Nwe have three national partners,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.08,0:05:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will be sharing our model\Nand sharing our strategies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.73,0:05:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their network,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.95,0:05:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in addition to amplifying our impact\Nby policy advocacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.58,0:05:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will have impact on three levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.56,0:05:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Individual impact on the ground in Harlem,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.09,0:05:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across a number of outcomes in education,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.53,0:05:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in health, in economics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.49,0:05:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaching 30,000 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.24,0:05:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's community-level impact\Nacross six cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.51,0:05:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again through our amazing partners,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.81,0:05:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will reach an additional\N70,000 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.94,0:06:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then national impact,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.44,0:06:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only through policy advocacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.43,0:06:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through capacity building at scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.89,0:06:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our answer to COVID-19,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.76,0:06:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the despair and inequities\Nplaguing our communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.97,0:06:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is targeting neighborhoods\Nwith comprehensive services.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.69,0:06:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have certainly not lost hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.32,0:06:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we invite you to join us\Non the front lines of this war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.24,0:06:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.