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" Children in urban communities suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome in higher proportions than veterans, and they need therapeutic outlets, which arts and drama has proven to provide. "
Need
Stress
Veterans
" Compton is this amazing place with a rich history. I see it as a new Brooklyn. "
History
Place
Amazing
" From a planning perspective, I thought Compton was phenomenal. It has a huge potential to be a great city, and I always bet on the underdog. "
Perspective
Thought
Great
" Having a diverse council is necessary in order to make sure that all constituents are represented well. "
Well
Sure
Order
" I actually grew up in the City of Pasadena. "
Actually
City
Grew
" I didn't have a traditional college experience. I didn't have a social aspect to it. I was always involved in working and going to school. "
School
Always
College
" I have always believed women have so many natural leadership qualities. They just need opportunities and access. "
Opportunities
Leadership
Need
" I knew I would work in a community that I would like to live in, but I had no idea that I would ever go into politics, even though some of my classmates thought I would. "
Community
Politics
Thought
" I know what it takes to move cities forward. It's not about rhetoric and great speaking, but it takes relationships. "
Know
Great
Forward
" I'm very tough. Come to a council meeting, and you'll see it. "
Come
Council
Meeting
" I research best practices and recipes for success and failure to craft personalised policies for my city. "
Success
Failure
City
" I think when people think of Compton, of course, they always think of gangster rap. But if you ever had an opportunity to go to Compton, you would know that Compton is a beautiful city. "
Beautiful
City
Go
" I thought I could make change by just working at ground level, but to change a community, you have to change policies. "
Community
Working
Thought
" I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis. "
Been
Calm
Crisis
" I've always understood that, as a woman and as a person of color, I would always have to work harder; I would have to have thicker skin. I would have to be more mindful of my reactions, the way I spoke to people. "
Woman
Work
Color
" My heart is really in building coalitions. "
Heart
Really
Building
" People who come from Compton - they're overcoming so many challenges that most people don't have to overcome, but that creates special tenacity and different skills that you just can't manufacture. "
Overcoming
You
People
" Political positions do not belong to the officeholder; they belong to the people that place us in office. "
People
Belong
Office
" Progress comes at a price. You have to be willing to make tough calls and take the hits. "
Tough
You
Take
" Seeing people decide to choose love instead of hate is phenomenal. "
Choose
Love
Seeing
" The Compton I knew was from my mother, and it was beautiful. It was this close-knit community, and people cared about one another, and it was safe. "
Beautiful
Community
Mother
" The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap artist. "
Artist
Him
Young
" There's so many opportunities, economically and socially, and just the location advantage and all the great institutions that are here, that this community is definitely poised for a huge revival. And so, when I think about Compton, I think about redemption. "
Think
Community
Great
" We all have a social responsibility and have to be mindful of what we do and say. "
Responsibility
Social
Mindful
" When I was a kid, I thought I would be an entrepreneur and maybe at some point go into law school. "
Thought
School
Law
" When we look at the investment decisions into the city of Compton, the small business community and global corporations and retailers and all of those types of services that decide to come into the community to serve it, they look at the perception, how does the brand work with the local community. "
Decisions
Community
Business
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