A Voice at the Table

WHAT IS ONE QUESTION YOU WOULD P
WHAT FUTURE WOULD YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN? HOW COULD YOU DO YOUR PART
AND NOT BENEFITING FROM THE DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVED? • WHO SHOULD INVEST IN
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTH PROGRAMS)? • WHY AREN’T WE TAKING CARE OF OUR PUBLIC SP
OR LEADERS TO INVEST IN THE RESTORATION OF THESE AREAS? CAN WE HAVE RUNNING PL
SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN-OWNED AND BLACK BUSINESS? • HOW CAN OUTSIDERS HELP? S
MUCH OF YOUR INCOME DO YOU SPEND ON SMALL BUSINESSES PURCHASES? • WHAT’S NE
AREN’T THERE MORE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES? • HOW DO WE STOP GENTRIFICATION? •
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR FUTURE TEACHERS? • HOW CAN WE FIX THE STR
HOW ARE WE AS A COMMUNITY GOING TO BUY BACK THIS AREA AND MAKE IT GROW? • WH
IS A TRASH CAN? • WHAT HAPPENED? • WHAT IS YOUR HISTORY AND WHY DON’T YOU TEL
UNITY MEAN? • WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? • WHY DO W
HAVE LIVED AND HELPED BUILD THE COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD TO STAY AND HAVE A SAY IN
HOW DO WE KEEP RENTS AFFORDABLE SO WE DON’T RUN RESIDENTS OUT OF THE NEIGHB
VISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY? • WHO HAVE WE INSPIRED AND WHO HAVE WE ENCOURAGE
TO THE GENTRIFICATION AND POLICIES THAT DO NOT SERVE US AND CHANGE THEM? • WH
• WHY AREN’T THE BLACK CHURCHES DOING ANYTHING ABOUT HELPING THEIR CONGREG
FIGHT AGAINST GENTRIFICATION. • WHO/WHAT IS STANDING IN THE WAY OF WHAT IS NEE
COMMUNITY CAN BE CREATED? BUT IF THE QUESTION IS TO BE ASKED, LET THERE BE PEO
Y’ALL FOOD SO GOOD? • HOW CAN WE SHOW BETTER SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER? • H
CAN WE BUILD FOR US BY US!? • HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE NEED FOR A BROADER RA
COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS A SAFE SPACE? • WHAT MORE DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE? T
INFLUENCE WE’LL HAVE. • THE WORLD IS CHANGING, DO YOU THINK THAT WE CAN? • WHY
CAN WE DO BETTER? • HOW CAN WE GROW AND BUILD TOGETHER? • WHAT CAN WE D
CHANGE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN’T CHANGE FOR YOURSELF? • IF YOU WOULDN’T RAISE
GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS AND BUILD A FRIENDLIER ATMOSPHERE? • HOW DO WE EM
WE WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD EACH OTHER? • HOW CAN WE RECLAIM OUR SPACE IN TH
HOW CAN WE HELP KEEP SPACES? • WHAT CAN OTHER COMMUNITIES LEARN FROM THE W
PREVENTS YOU FROM INVESTING, POOLING RESOURCES, AND BUYING THE COMMUNITY IN W
WANT TO ASK ANYTHING. WHO WILL ANSWER ME EXCEPT MYSELF? • HOW CAN WE COMBA
OF ROXBURY? • WHY ARE WE ALLOWING GENTRIFICATION TO HAPPEN WITHOUT ACTIVELY S
YOU DO IF YOU DID NOT HAVE TO APPEASE ANYONE OUT SIDE OF YOUR SELF? • HOW CAN
INSTEAD OF OPERATING IN SILOS? • HOW DO WE SURVIVE AND MAINTAIN OUR CULTURE IN
DO WE HEAR FROM ELDERS ABOUT WHAT THEY’D LIKE TO SEE RESTORED FROM THE COMM
• WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE IN ROXBURY? • WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILDREN? •