1 00:00:05,739 --> 00:00:06,373 I'd love for you to 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:07,608 paint a quick picture, Alex 3 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:09,142 of just like what really 4 00:00:09,209 --> 00:00:10,043 is going to go on here. 5 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:12,112 I mean, yeah, we talked about 6 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:13,447 you know, the kind of 7 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:14,748 mission statement thing there 8 00:00:14,815 --> 00:00:15,449 but like 9 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:16,517 paint a picture for us. 10 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:17,417 Like, we're sitting right here 11 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:18,151 in our senior space. 12 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:19,086 So this is one of the programs 13 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:20,287 that's ready to go 14 00:00:20,354 --> 00:00:21,522 because so many of our seniors 15 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:22,356 once they've retired 16 00:00:22,422 --> 00:00:24,358 they just seem to disappear. 17 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:25,325 We don't see them anymore. 18 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:26,226 So we want them to come out 19 00:00:26,293 --> 00:00:26,827 and have a place 20 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:28,028 to hang out 21 00:00:28,095 --> 00:00:28,729 right next door 22 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:29,730 to our children's library 23 00:00:29,796 --> 00:00:30,664 where they can help young 24 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:31,632 young readers. 25 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:32,499 But the special thing that 26 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:33,967 I want people to know, Murv 27 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:34,868 is that we're only designing 28 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:36,603 about 25% to 30% 29 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,672 of the programs here. 30 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:39,973 Because we want the community 31 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,241 to come in and say 32 00:00:41,308 --> 00:00:42,843 'You know what we need?' 33 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:43,911 Like, someone came in here 34 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:44,878 the other day 35 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:47,181 who's newer to their job 36 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:47,814 and they said 37 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:49,616 'We need an NABJ, like 38 00:00:49,683 --> 00:00:50,517 National Association 39 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:51,351 of Black Journalists.' 40 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:52,252 There's one in Milwaukee 41 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:52,853 that I'm sure you're 42 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:53,520 familiar with it. 43 00:00:53,587 --> 00:00:54,154 I am. 44 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:54,855 But because there's a 45 00:00:54,922 --> 00:00:55,589 space to host it 46 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:56,857 someone said, 'We got to 47 00:00:56,924 --> 00:00:58,525 to do a Madison version.' 48 00:00:58,592 --> 00:00:59,760 That's the beauty of this space. 49 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:00,727 Like, that's not my job 50 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:01,428 to do that. 51 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:02,896 A journalist came in here 52 00:01:02,963 --> 00:01:03,664 and said that. 53 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:04,598 Others have come in and said 54 00:01:04,665 --> 00:01:05,265 'You know 55 00:01:05,332 --> 00:01:06,733 we need a doula program. 56 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,402 Can we do that here? 57 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:09,503 We need self-defense 58 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:10,604 programs for 59 00:01:10,671 --> 00:01:12,039 Black women and moms. 60 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:12,673 Do we have 61 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:13,340 can we do that here?' 62 00:01:13,407 --> 00:01:14,074 So for me 63 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:15,676 the beauty of the program is 64 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:16,510 when we have space 65 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:18,345 to come in together and say 66 00:01:18,412 --> 00:01:20,280 'Let's create an association' or 67 00:01:20,347 --> 00:01:21,014 'Let's do something 68 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,449 to bring all the Greek 69 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:23,550 organizations together.' 70 00:01:23,617 --> 00:01:25,085 The beauty of this is 71 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:26,053 I built it 72 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:27,721 I've worked to fund it 73 00:01:27,788 --> 00:01:28,856 but the community is going to 74 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:30,591 have to fill it.