 Advocacy is another way of marshaling, mobilizing the efforts of the community so that they can influence the legislature in terms of policy development but also in terms of funding priorities. There would be contributing to programs that impact these issues, whether it be volunteering to these issues or whether it be contributing money. We're going to break up into groups and so we're going to do a small group conversation where we ask folks to answer the questions, where do you see the issues in your life community, life community? What do you think we should be doing about this issue and what are you willing to start doing? I'm Emma Pope-Welch, I work at Memic and I came tonight because I'm a community member and I want to know what I can do to make a difference. Giving Thrive 2027's goals would mean a stronger community, it would mean stronger individuals, healthier individuals and that would make everyone's lives better. I try to help the community thrive by raising awareness, by giving time, by giving money when I can and raising awareness about the challenges that exist in our community and what the people at my workplace and the people in my community can do to help. Hi my name is Camelia Babson-Haley and I'm with Youth and Family Outreach and I came to tonight's Thrive 2027 community event because I care about what's happening with the work that Thrive 2027 is doing, I'm deeply involved in it and I was looking forward to hearing about what was new and hearing from Ann Dalton and the Senator. What does this lead to, what has it been, if it's not addressed, what goes to add? Support for children and interventions. I'm Erin Climer-Lissard and I'm a member of the Women United Child Care Advocacy Committee so I'm here tonight to show support and to learn what's happening as part of Thrive and show my interest and engagement as a community member. It means a community that's come together to solve some really big problems and committed collectively toward a future that we can see our benefit in even if we don't get immediate feedback for a particular program seeing it as benefit to all of us. It's a huge vision and it's an amazing thing to work together to accomplish. Only join committees but also be informed, go to meetings, understand what people are concerned about, what the community needs and how you can get involved, pay attention to local politics, join organizations that are doing this important work and support with your dollars. Folks, I'm talking about what do you think we should be doing about these issues. I heard a lot about increasing pay for workforce development, increasing pay for those folks who are actually delivering the services to other ones and as well as looking at what is the role of the business community in solving some of these problems and I also heard or maybe I thought I heard someone mention advocacy as something that we should be doing about these issues. In terms of that third question and I want to just kind of go through the different groups because it does kind of come down to what are we as individuals doing in addition to what we do as a group, as a coalition in this effort. In addition to the emails and phone calls, if you can, writing your testimony and support over a bill does have an impact and they do read those things. I just want to say thank you so much for being a part of this community conversation. Thank you so much for the effort that you took today in sharing your thoughts and perspectives and concerns with us. Again, thank you very much and you all have a good night.