Miry’s List founder Miry presents the July 2019 Program Snapshot to the LA County Board of Supervisors.
Supervisor Hilda Solis and Supervisor Hahn, Chair responded and commended us on the work we are doing here in Los Angeles.
“YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES WHAT MOST OF US REALLY BELIEVE AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT, AND THAT’S HAVING OPEN, HELPFUL ARMS TO THOSE WHO ARE RELOCATING HERE AS REFUGEES. SO THANK YOU.”
“SHE’S CREATED THIS INFLUENCE THAT CUT ACROSS ALL BARRIERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER ARE GIVING TO HELP RESETTLE REFUGEES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND I MET SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES. AND MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU. CONTINUE TO DO YOUR GREAT WORK, AND WE LOVE WHAT YOU’RE DOING. ”
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MIRY WHITEHILL: HI THERE. MY NAME IS MIRY WHITEHILL. I'M THE
11 FOUNDER OF MIRY'S LIST. WE ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
12 WORKING HERE IN LOS ANGELES WITH FAMILIES RESETTLING AS
13 REFUGEES. I WAS IN HERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WITH HILDA
14 SOLIS, AND YOU GAVE US THIS CERTIFICATE, AND I WANTED TO
15 UPDATE YOU. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE STARTED AND LAUNCHED A
16 PROGRAM CALLED WELCOME NEIGHBOR, HELPING NEIGHBORHOODS IN LOS
17 ANGELES GET INVOLVED HELPING RESETTLING FAMILIES HERE. AND
18 SINCE WE LAUNCHED THAT PROGRAM IN JANUARY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF
19 SUPERVISOR SOLIS'S OFFICE, WE HAVE SINCE ACTIVATED OVER 71,000
20 PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES, GETTING DIRECTLY INVOLVED TO SUPPORT
21 THE FAMILIES WHO ARE NEWEST HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS
22 COMMUNITY, AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SOLIS, FOR THE SUPPORT
23 THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE FAMILIES, ALL ANGELINOS HERE, THE
24 FAMILIES WHO WERE BORN HERE, BUT ALSO THE FAMILIES WHO ARE
25 NEWEST HERE AND OUR NEWEST NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU.
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2 SUP. HAHN, CHAIR: THANK YOU.
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4 SUP. SOLIS: MADAM CHAIR, CAN I JUST GIVE HER A SHOUTOUT? SHE'S
5 BEEN INCREDIBLE. WORKED OUT OF HER HOME ON HER OWN, AND THEN
6 CREATED THIS INFLUENCE THAT CUT ACROSS, I THINK, ALL BARRIERS
7 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER ARE GIVING TO HELP
8 RESETTLE REFUGEES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AND I MET SOME OF
9 THOSE FAMILIES. AND MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU. CONTINUE TO DO
10 YOUR GREAT WORK, AND WE LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU.
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12 MIRY WHITEHILL: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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14 SUP. HAHN, CHAIR: YES. AND MAY I ADD MY BIT OF
15 CONGRATULATIONS, AS WELL. IT REALLY-- I THINK FOR SO MANY OF
16 US WHO SOMETIMES ARE FRUSTRATED BY SOME OF THE RHETORIC COMING
17 OUT OF THIS COUNTRY AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BE
18 SETTLED HERE, YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES WHAT MOST OF US REALLY
19 BELIEVE AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT, AND THAT'S HAVING OPEN, HELPFUL
20 ARMS TO THOSE WHO ARE RELOCATING HERE AS REFUGEES. SO THANK
21 YOU.
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23 MIRY WHITEHILL: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
