 Welcome to this edition of Abel Denone, the one and only program that focuses on our needs, concerns, and achievements that are differently able in Vermont and beyond. I'm Loren Seiler. I'm Loren Seiler. And on this, on the phone edition of Abel Denone, we have Shakemo Sajame of the Partisan Simes. He's the editor of the Partisan Simes. And myself, Loren Seiler, I happen to have a column with the Partisan Simes called Able to Speak Up, which is based on Abel Denone, and it's an opinion column, everything from housing to homelessness and the like. And the Partisan Simes is a local paper within the Partisan Center of the Bronx. Thank you for joining us, Shakemo Sajame on this edition of Abel Denone. You see, economic development will not come to a neighborhood unless there's a step in that, step in person and step in poverty. So 10 years ago, we decided that we will make public safety our priority number one for our acquisition. And we launched several, you know, programs designed to number one build bridges among residents, among, you know, the residents and law enforcement, among religious leaders and community activists. So that culminated into this December. So, you know, among the groups that were active in building peace and harmony and quality of life in the Bronx, we've decided that, you know, why not take the month of December with a lot of religious groups to celebrate and make it a big month. And let's make it every day in December a day where we truly celebrate people for existence, harmony, love, and anti-violence. And that, you know, we are very happy that we will be celebrating our 10th year anniversary promoting peace in the month of December and along with 22 other nations in the world, this December movement. So we're excited about it, you know, the month of December has officially, you know, because Christmas, because Christmas in Oslo, South America, Kwanzaa, it shouldn't be, I mean, it's okay to accept gifts, but, you know, we should accept peace and harmony first. You know, you know, then a gift. So would you agree that we as a people and as a nation and as the world need to change to have more peace in this world? Because there's too much military spending. There's too much problems going on with our administration, etc. How would you, in your opinion, deal with that? So that we spent almost $15 trillion in global conflict and $15 trillion. So United Nations said, if we have $250 billion, we will eradicate poverty. I mean, hunger. If we have $200 billion, we will send every boy and girl to school, meaning universal, global, universal education. Now we spent $15 trillion in conflict in the United States. Since you said about hunger, you know, Trump is getting ready to turn around and, you know, I'm sure you know about the free lunch program, okay? So that schools have. Trump is getting ready and he wants to get rid of that. So why are you getting rid of a program that people need? Some school lunch programs, that might be the only meal a child may get throughout the whole entire day, both breakfast and lunch and some schools are serving dinner. What is your take on that? You said 35 percent. Wow. Wow, okay. So you have, you know, you have a situation, nothing, but they come from Celtics and these Celtics are not stable. They move from Celtics to Celtics, border to border, you know, neighborhood to neighborhood and they are hungry, they are tired, in most cases they don't have, you know, and they have so much physical and psychological trauma and, you know, you could have, you know, the, you know, the resources, these schools, this is a genocide. So, but again, they said elections have consequences. I think Trump need to, you know, need to be very careful concerning who they elect so that, you know, these entitlements that people who need will not be eliminated. And as far as the school, as far as the school lunch is concerned, I've done some research and it's pretty alarming. Do you know that half, since you're going to be running a school next year, do you know that half the people, half of people who throw out their school kids, they throw out the school lunch, right, and it ends up in the garbage? So, and, you know, you can feed armies with that food. I mean, it's just ridiculous. Go ahead. You know, these kids are coming from homes that have a very responsible adult in the state's life, whether they're biological parents or adoptive or whether they're in shelter. So, some of these parents are no better than the kids. Therefore, you know, part of discipline in parents is how far the lunch is because if the child will not eat it or is not healthy or whatever, so then the school should dedicate the adult in this kid's life. So, there are lots that can be done. One of the programs we have in our school, we call it compound defect. And what we mean by compound defect is that a lot of kids who are struggling in school, it's not that they're dumb, it's not that they're bad, anything, but they are circumstances that is hindering their progress. And the only way you can help them, you know, become a keeper, if you can find out what is holding them, what is bothering them, what is hurting them, what is preventing them from, you know, from succeeding and then you dread it. So, which means that the advocate is not only in the school, but, you know, throughout the child's life and community and anything that attach to that child must be known and what is the address addressed. So, we call that compound defect because, you know, negatives are compound, so it is positive. Poverty, poverty. Poverty is the same. Yes, it's homeless. So, now, is your school going to be educating parents as well? Like if a parent doesn't have their GED, or is that going to, you know, factor into anything? Yes. One of the programs also we have lunch with only the PR stress, PR stress, meaning that, you know, because we serve, you know, diverse parents' populations. We have parents who are new immigrants, you know, to the system. We have parents who did not go to school or who did not finish different high schools. We have parents, you know, who are very busy, even though they cannot participate. So, you know, a wide variety of differences. So, it is the schools, again, moral responsibility to find out where needs are, you know, where they need an address. So, if, let's say, the homework is not being done because the parents cannot help their child. Not if the parents can help their children with math and science and whatever. Yeah. Then either you provide it in-house, or you provide a referral where the child can get that help. And in cases where, you know, you can provide, you know, English a second language, or you can provide GED programs for the parents to compete. So, but the bottom line is you cannot have achieving student population. Are you going to have a separate program within your school dealing with disabled, especially, students? Like in schools, you know, certain requirements dealing with specialized population is not affordable to us. So, what we do is we have the linkages, you know, where we can refer, you know, schools that are deemed very high performing. And so, where the child can get what they deserve. Because, you know, if a child is schooled in an environment that is not conducive for learning because of who they are, for their, you know, their physical needs, then you're wasting that child's time and then you're also causing harm. So, even if the child needs to be transported to Manhattan to get what they deserve, so be. But the most important thing is that the child be in an environment that is conducive for him or her, you know, to take it as crime. How are you going to deal with bullying? Yeah, how are you going to deal with student bullying and all of that stuff along with that, because that's a huge issue. And that's going to mentally scar a child. In terms of school bullying, you have people around the nation that commit suicide because of it. So, how are you going to deal with that issue? Bullying any type of thing because most two weeks of the child coming to the school are spent making sure that this child completely adopts our policies and rules of environment. And sometimes it's challenging. But after the second week, the child began to, you know, to adopt and realize that, you know, it's a different environment. For example, you know, when a child was enrolled, you know, they usually say, you know what? My parents said that if somebody hit me, I'll hit them back, blah, blah, blah. We said, no, there are possible, there's no hitting. There is no hitting back. The teacher is responsible for your safety and well-being. If anybody says something bad or anybody does something bad, it is the teacher's responsibility to take care of them and you. Because if you take matters into your own hands, both of you will be punished and both of you will be suspended. So, after the end of the second week, they should adopt our environment and they become family, no problem. Well, we would like to thank you for joining us on this edition of Ableton on Air. We'd like to thank Shaqem Musa Jameh of the Park Just At Times. You do wonderful work in the five boroughs and in this world. We just want to thank you for joining us on Ableton on Air. For more information on the Park Just At Times and my column, able to speak up as well as other things with the Park Just At Times, you can reach them at www.ParkJustAtTimes.com. Again, thank you, Shaqem, for joining us on Ableton on Air. We really appreciate it. Continue to pride them at the future for you and your family. Okay, thank you. We would like to thank our sponsors, Washington County Mental Health. We mount support services and all that Israel. Thank you again for joining us on this edition of Ableton on Air. I'm Lauren Seiler. I'm Alvin Seiler. See you next time.