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-We've achieved a

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lot in Rainier Beach.

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-Inside our schools

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and on our streets.

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-We're preventing crime.

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-And we're restoring...peace.

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♪♪

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(school bell rings)

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(♪) Once upon a time (♪)

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(♪) in a nursery rhyme,
there were three bears. (♪)

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(♪) How many? Three bears. (♪♪)

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-I am Miss Metz.

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I am a teacher, a lover of
books and a cat mommy.

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(chidren laugh)

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When I first started,
it was more

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old school being hard nosed
and that kind of thing.

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Go ahead
and make your talking circle.

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PBIS is positive
behavior intervention support.

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What is one thing
I like about myself?

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You look for the positive
and you reward the positive.

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It starts with
the teacher-child relationship

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and then it works

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towards the children
relating to each other

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and creating that trust.

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Should we do a friendship
squeeze?

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(children in unison) Yeah!

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-It's them knowing that there's
someone there to ensure

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that they're going to
have stability in their life.

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(children cheering)

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It's opened

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my eyes to being kind
and treating them

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with positive reinforcement,
a positive attitude.

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Nice.

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And that can't hurt anybody.

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I love it.

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Beautiful job.

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♪♪

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-PBIS is an opportunity

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to demonstrate
to our community expectations.

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-My name's Stew. 
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.

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-Leon, good to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

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-We're really trying to amplify
this.

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These community
values of safety, respect

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and responsibility.

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The idea is
what's being taught in

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schools is getting reinforced
everywhere.

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-Three maple bars.

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-We are in the community
people know who we are.

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Look, they got our flier up.

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We're being intentional
in making relationships

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and getting to know
people by name.

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-I feel comfortable to see them
like friend.

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Anything else for you today?

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-Nope that's it.

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-We're trying to 
build the power

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of the community voice
here in the South End,

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you know, a neighborhood
that's been disadvantaged

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as long as Seattle's
been a place.

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-PBIS has helped helped us
to connect the community.

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When we are doing
the healing spaces,

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you see people coming
together.

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-My legacy is to make change.

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-Our community
healing space activation

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was in response to a number
of violent incidents

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that occurred
in our neighborhood,

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particularly two young men

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that died in the Safeway
parking lot.

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And so we thought about
what does it feel like

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to be in a space of healing?

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-Giving somebody
grace can change their life.

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-And so instead of us

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criminalizing people
in the parking lot,

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which is a lot of
what's been happening, right?

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What we're doing is we
are embracing our community.

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We're loving on our community.

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You're welcome.

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Safeway reported out
that there were 12 incidents,

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shots fired in a Safeway
parking lot in 2020, and in 2021,

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since we've been in that

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space, January 29th,
there's been zero incidents.

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-I do what I do
because I used to be that kid.

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I used to be the kid
who was getting kicked out.

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I used to be the kid who
didn't feel valued or worthy.

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We're focusing on these kids
and we're helping them

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heal, helping them grow.

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And so I think that
that's going to be

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what's going to be beneficial

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for our society,
our world, our community

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in the days to come.

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Because when we're healing our
youth,

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then they know how to do that
on their own.

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-All right.

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Here we go! Here we go, here
we go.

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-Safe Passage
is an organization

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that focuses on the South
Seattle community

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and trying to reach the youth

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and trying to turn them
before they reach a light

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they don't want to be
a part of.

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We had a situation
at the store earlier.

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Somebody
was trying to take something.

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The team comes
to Rainier Beach,

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and from there

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they just patrol
the neighborhoods

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and make sure that everything
is staying safe.

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Here,
let's get them some food.

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Get them something to drink.
Get them some water.

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Get them to calm down.

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And as we meet the kids and

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the community, adults
included,

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we just try to treat them
like family,

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let them know that
they're loved.

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Come on out -- eat.

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Sometimes
we'll go into our own pockets

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and feed'm 
and just spreading love.

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I love this community.

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I feel like it takes a village

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and I'm just going

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to do my part.

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-We've made some

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big changes in Rainier Beach.

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-But we're not going to stop
the work we're doing.

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-Because
when you make a circle,

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you make a line
that doesn't end.

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-You create an opportunity

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for a new beginning.

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♪♪