>> Haynes: TONIGHT ON "GREATER BOSTON," I'M CRYSTAL HAYNES, IN FOR JIM BRAUDE.

THE RESULTS ARE IN FROM THIS WEEKEND'S MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

WE'LL DIG INTO WHO GOT THE PARTY'S ENDORSEMENTS, WHO'S STILL INTO THE RACE, AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE FALL.

EXPECT IN THE FALL.

PLUS, IT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW OF NO OFFICIAL PRIDE PARADE IN BOSTON.

A FEW LOCAL LEADERS JOIN ME ON HOW ELSE THE L.G.B.T.Q.

COMMUNITY IS CELEBRATING THIS YEAR.

>> Haynes: THERE WON'T BE MANY EASY VICTORIES THIS YEAR'S STATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, AT LEAST IF THE RESULTS OF THE PARTY CONVENTION ARE ANY INDICATION.

DELEGATES FROM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS MET IN WORCESTER OVER THE WEEKEND TO ENDORSE A SLEW OF CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE.

IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY TOOK THE MAJORITY, BUT NEARLY 30% OF DELEGATES WENT FOR STATE SENATOR SONIA CHANG-DIÍAZ, ALMOST DOUBLE THE 15% SHE NEEDED TO MAKE IT ONTO THE SEPTEMBER PRIMARY BALLOT.

IN THE RACE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, N.A.A.C.P.

BOSTON PRESIDENT TANISHA SULLIVAN GOT THE NOD OVER SEVEN-TERM INCUMBENT BILL GALVIN, WHO ALSO EASILY CLEARED THE PRIMARY THRESHOLD, SO HE'LL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE BALLOT AS WELL.

AND THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF MANY RACES TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.

JOINING ME TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THEM ARE ARE GBH POLITICAL REPORTER AND HOST OF TALKING POLITICS, ADAM REILLY.. AND JACQUETTA VAN ZANDT, THE HOST OF THE POLITICS AND PROSECCO VIDEO-CAST, AND A FORMER ADVISOR TO FRAMINGHAM MAYOR YVONNE SPICER.

WELCOME, Y'ALL.

>> HI.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SO LET'S START WITH THE GOVERNOR'S RACE HERE.

AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HEALEY WALKED IN AS ITS PRESUMPTIVE WINNER OF THAT RACE BUT 30% WENT FOR SONIA CHANG-DIAZ, NOT RACE BUT THE NOMINATION FOR-- IN ITS CONVENTION HERE.

I MEAN WAS THIS A SURPRISE THAT CHANG-DIAZ GOT THE 30%?

>> NOT FOR ME.

I THINK THAT IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY.

SO IF 30% OF THOSE VOTERS CAME OUT, THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUNGER VOTERS AND MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF VOTERS AS WELL, DIVERSE THOUGHTS, GROUP OF VOTERS, SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT WILL TAKE OVER THE PARTY.

THE PARTY RIGHT NOW IS SET UP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE GAME FOR A LONG TIME AND ALREADY COME IN WITH INCUMBENCY FOR A LONG TIME, THEY ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THE INCUMBENT OR PEOPLE ALREADY HOLDING OFFICE.

THIS NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JUST AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST LOCAL RACES, THAT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE PERSON AT HAND, THEIR BRAND AND THE MESSAGING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT ON THE GROUND.

SO I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT SHE TOOK 30%.

>> HMMMM.

>> I HAVE A BITS OF A DIFFERENT TAKE.

I'M NOT SURPRISED SHE GOT TO 30 EITHER, MAYBE SLIGHTLY SURPRISED THAT SHE DID AS WELL AS SHE DID.

BUT SONIA CHANG-DIAZ HAS BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS NOW THAT SHE WAS CONFIDENT SHE WOULD GET THE 15% REQUIRED TO MAKE THE BALLOT.

SO THERE WAS REALLY TO THINK THAT SHE WOULD GET THERE AND GET THERE COMFORTABLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF GETTING TO 30 CHANGES ITS NARRATIVE THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THIS RACE FOR A LONG TIME NOW WHICH IS THAT MAURA HEALEY WILL BE THE NOMINEE BARRING SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

THE "BOSTON GLOBE" PLACES IT AS A ENDORSING HEALEY'S FRONTRUNNER STATUS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IN CHANG-DIAZ DID A LITTLE BIT WORSE.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE UPENDED THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VIEWING THE RACE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU THINK THE TWO ARE PRESENTING PRETTY DIFFERENT VISIONS AT THIS TIME.

HEALEY WHO WAS BELOVED BY PROGRESSIVES GOING WAY BACK, IS CASTING HERSELF MORE AS THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL GOVERN IN THE MOLD OF CHARLIE BAKER.

MORE OF A MODERATE APPROACH.

NOW SOME HEALEY FANS OUT THERE WATCHING, YOU CAN EMAIL ME, IF ARE YOU ANGRY, DON'T EMAIL THE OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT I THINK SHE HAS BEEN MAKING THAT PITCH.

CHANG-DIAZ IS PUSHING HERSELF AS SOMEONE UNAPOLOGETICALLY TO THE LEFT OF HEALEY.

AND IT IS STILL TO QUESTION WHETHER DEMOCRATS WANT SOMEONE WHO IS IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES THAT WAY OR WHETHER IN FACT THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO IS MORE BAKER-ISH.

AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE REASON TO THINK IT IS THE LATTER.

>> I WOULD, IF I WERE ADVISING SONIA AND I'M NOT ADVISING SONIA OR MAURA, THAT IS HOW I WOULD PLAY OUT THE REST OF THIS CAMPAIGN.

I WOULD BRIPG NEW VOTERS, THAT IS WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE, WHO VOTED, THOSE ARE NEW VOTER, PEOPLE WHO ARE NEWLY ENGAGED.

I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING OUT TO VOTE AND THEY'RE GETSING TO THE BALLOT.

I WOULDN'T JUST FOCUS ON PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOWN THE LINE DEMOCRATS.

I WOULD BE FOCUSING ON BRINGING NEW VOTERS INTO THE FOLD.

>> JACK, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK BECAME GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK, THAT IS WHAT HE DID, HE MANAGED TO GET THESE PEOPLE, IT IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IF YOU CAN DO IT.

>> WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS NEW ENERGIZE THE VOTING SPACE, SO MAYBE SONIA CHANG-DIAZ IS BRIPGING TOO THE RACE, IS, HOW DO YOU ONE KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SCRT POSSIBILITY OF THE WIN, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF TIME, IS IT JUST A SETUP FOR ANOTHER RACE THAT YOU ARE RUNNING FOR?

>> JACQUE, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT.

>> I'M SURIOUS.

YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS OUTSIDE OF POLITIC, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU RAISE, YOU FUND RAISE, YOU GALVINIZE, YOU GET ALL THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER.

ARE YOU DOING TWO JOBS AT ONCE THERE ARE SOME BIG BILLS HAPPENING AT THE STATE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.

IS IT A SETSUP FOR RUNNING AGAIN IN A DIFFERENT TIME IN A DIFFERENT, MAYBE, PLACE.

>>?

I'M SURE HER TEAM WILL SAY NO, WE'RE RUNNING FOR.

AND I THINK THAT SAY REALLY GOOD, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY SMART TAKER ON IF AS WELL, CRYSTAL BECAUSE FOR ME, THERE IS WHAT YOU SEE IN A LOT OF EITHER VERY BLUE STATES OR VERY RED STATES.

IT IS IS HARD TO RUN AGAINST SOMEONE ALREADY IN OFFICE STRKS HARD TO RUN AGAINST SOMEONE ALREADY POPULAR AND YOU HAVE TO UILD A BASE.

AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT SENATOR CHANG-DIAZ HAS TO DO SHE HAS TO BUILD A NEW VOTER BASE.

SHE CANNOT DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUE BLUE BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO STICK WITH THE INCUMBENCY, THAT IS WHAT WE DO HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

IT'S SAD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ROOM FOR EVERYONE BUT I THINK THAT IF I WERE SONIA, I WOULD BE THINKING OKAY, IF I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON THIS RACE, I AM GOING TO BUILD OUT A NEW VOTER BASE AND JUST TURN IT OUT.

>> IT IS A REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION TO KICK AROUND.

AND I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN SONIA CHANG-DIAZ'S HEAD BUT ARE YOU RIGHT, WE DO SEE THIS PERIODICALLY WHERE CANDIDATES, IT SEEMS CLEAR FROM THE OUTSIDE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO SUCCEED.

KEEP TELLING EVERYONE THEY STILL HAVE THE SHOT, SENDING OUT FUNDRAISING PITCHES.

I THINK THAT BECOMES HARD THE MORE TIME GOES ON AND THE MORE IT IS CLEAR YOU ARE NOT GETTING TRACTION, GETTING PEOPLE TO GIVE YOU MONEY TO KEEP RUNNING THAT CAMPAIGN IS DIFFICULT.

ANOTHER CHALLENGE BEYOND WHAT SHE LAID OUT, THAT CHANG-DIAZ FACE, IN THE DEMOCRAT RACE THEY HAVE BEEN PINING FOR HEALEY TO ONE, THEY SAW HER AS THE ONE DEMOCRAT THAT COULD MAYBE BEAT BAKER, THAT MATCHUP NEVER CAME TO FREUICIAN.

BUT AS JOOK SAID, SHE IS RUNG HER FIRST STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN, CREATING A NETWORK OF POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS, POTENTIAL VOTERS AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW ON THAT IN THE FUTURE WHATEVER SHE DOES FROM HERE ON OUT.

>> Haynes: WELL, I HAD TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TANISHA SULLIVAN'S SPEECH BECAUSE I SAW THAT AS A SPANOUT MOMENT OF THE CONVENTION.

WE WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

>> THIS IS NOT A JOB THAT GETS DONE BY FILMING TSA'S.

IT REQUIRES ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT.

THIS OFFICE SHOULD BE THE SOUL AND HOLD THE PROMISE OF OUR DEMOCRACY, SERVING AS A REMINDER TO EACH GENERATION OF OUR CALLING TO MAN TEST THE HOPE, THE DREAM AND THE BELIEF OF OUR AN TEST-- ANCESTORS, THIS OFFICE CANNOT SETTLE FOR GOOD ENOUGH.

IT MUST ACTIVELY WORK FOR MORE.

>> I MEAN WHEN HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS RACE, BEING SO EXCITING, RIGHT?

AND THE UPSET WITH SEVEN TERM INCUMBENT BILL GALVIN HERE.

>> LISTEN, I FIRST OF ALL I'M ALWAYS INSPIRED BY TANISHA SULLIVAN, AS A MEMBER OF THE N, ACP AND AS A MEMBER OF THE BOSTON CHAPTER IN PARTICULAR.

SHE IS A DYNAMIC SPEAKER.

SO I HAVE NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT SHE KILLED THAT SPEECH AND SHE ROCKED IT AS SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

MY FEAR IS BECAUSE-- ALSO CON THE CONVENTION AND THE PARTY IS SUPPOSED TO GET BEHIND THAT CANDIDATE WHEN THEY WIN.

IT IS GOING TO BE INCUMBENT ON TANISHA TO HOLD THE STATE PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE TIME, RESOURCES AND MONEY SO THAT SHE CAN KEEP THAT MOMENTUM.

SHE WENT IN WITH VERY LITTLE MOMENTUM.

BECAUSE SHE WAS THE INCUMBENT BUT SHE LEFT THAT CONVENTION THE FRONTRUNNER AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT SHE CAN BANK ON.

BUT IT WILL BE HER JOB AND HER TEAM'S JOB TO HOLD THE STATE PARTY ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU WHEN YOU WIN THE CONVENTION.

>> I THINK THE EXAMPLE IS PRETTY INTERESTING TO KICK AROUND, ZAKIM BEATS GALVIN FOUR YEARS AGO AT THE CONVENTION BUT BEAT HIM BY A SMALLER MAR KIN THAN TANISHA SULLIVAN DID AND THEN YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, JOSH, FORMER BOSTON CITY COUNSELOR, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A WHITE MAN RUNNING AGAINST ANOTHER WHITE MAN, IN A MOMENT WHEN VOTING RIGHTS AND THE QUESTION OF REPRESENTATION AND POLITICS HAD NOT BECOME AS HOT BUTTON AND IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE TODAY SO IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE BETWEEN THAT RACE AND THIS ONE.

HOWEVER THAT RACE DID SHOW THAT BILL GALVIN HAS A STRONG BASE OF SUPPORTERS AND THOSE PSA'S THAT TANISHA SULLIVAN HIT THEM FOR RECORDING ALL THE TIME, THEY WEREN'T, VOTERS HAVE RESPONDED, AT LEAST SOME VOTERS.

I'M NOT SURE WE'VE SEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY COME OUTPOST CONVENTION AND SAY ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE OUR ENDORSED CANDIDATE AND THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP YOU AND TO TAKE DOWN THE PERSON WHO YOU BEAT.

I'M NOT USED TO SEEING THAT, SO I WOULD PREDICT THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS MOVING FORWARD.

AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER.

>> THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE KOFN VENGS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE THE ENDORSED CANDIDATE, YOU GOT THAT ON THE BALLOT.

BUT.

>> YEAH.

>> I ALSO THINK TO ME I THINK IT SHOWS THAT GALVIN IS VULNERABLE.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HE'S BEEN AT THE CONVENTION AND LOST TO SOMEONE WHO HAS CHALLENGED HIM, SEVEN TERMS IS TOO LONG.

AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE.

I KEEP RINGING THIS ALARM ABOUT NEW VOTERS, NEW DIVERSE THOUGHT VOTERS AS WELL.

IL MILLENIALS AND ZELLINIALS ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD.

I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THIS RACE, IN THE MID TERMS AND THE LOCAL RACES.

>> CAN I JUST CONFESS, THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD THE TERM ZELEN YALS EVER AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL CALL MY KIDS NOW, THANK YOU.

>> FOR PEOPLE RIGHT ON THE CUSP.

>> THERE YOU GO, THAT'S RIGHT.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE BECAUSE IT HAD TO GO TO A SECOND BALLOT AND HERE YOU HAD ANDRE CAMPBELL AT 39 PERCENT, QUINTON PALFREY AT 39, SHANNON REAR DISON AT 22% AND THE SECOND BALLOT YOU HAD PALFREY AT 54% AND CAMPBELL AT 46%.

SO THIS RACE, WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THIS IS THE NEW PHASES THAT ARE GETS INTO SOME OF THESE STATEWIDE RACES.

WE KNOW THAT SHANNON REAR DON AND ANDRE CAMPBELL BOTH CITY COUNSELORS, SO NOW THEY'RE RUNNING FOR THE STATEWIDE OFFICE.

LOTS OF NEW FACES THAT WE SAW AT THE CONVENTION THIS YEAR.

>> DEFINITELY.

I AM MOST INTERESTED IN THIS RACE.

JUST BECAUSE THE STATE OF BLACK AMERICA IS REALLY AT A CROSSROADS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM AND SO I THINK WHAT A LOT, WHAT I THINK ARE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP IS FOCUSING ON A LOT IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RACES.

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO EITHER STAND UP AND TELL-- AND ALSO HOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.

YOU ABOUT I THINK THAT I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT MANY PEOPLE LEFT THE CONVENTION ON THE SECOND BALLOT.

AND THAT'S WHERE MAYBE ANDREA HAD LOST A LITTLE BIT OF VOTERS BECAUSE SHE WON THAT FIRST ONE.

BUT I ALSO THINK YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE-- THIS IS A GOOD TIME IF PRI ADVISING ANDREA AND I'M NOT ADVISING ANDREA BUT IF I WAS I WOULD COME OUT OF THIS CONVENTION KNOWING, OKAY, THERE SAY GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

I NEED TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH.

I NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT GAP IS AND GO TO THOSE PEOPLE AND SAY HERE IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I AM ON THE BALLOT BUT NOT ONLY THAT THAT YOU COME OUT AND VOTE FOR ME.

THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE.

>> I WANT TO TRY THE NONADVICE THING TOO.

I THINK THAT ONE THING WE SEE, AND I AGREE THAT JACK IS ON TO SOMETHING, PEOPLE DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE CONVENTION, NOT STICKING AROUND, THAT PROBABLY HELPED PALFREY BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN HAMMERING CAMPBELL, CRITICALLY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR HAVING THIS SUPERPAC THAT FORMED AS SUPPORT WHEN SHE RAN FOR MAYOR-OF-BOSTON LAST.

HE HAS SAID REPEATEDLY THERE ARE DONORS TO THIS SUPERPAC THAT MAY BACK ANDREA CAMPBELL.

YOU MIGHT WANT HER REGULATING IF SHE IS THE AG AND THAT WILL COMPROMISE HER.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUTSIDE MONEY OUT OF THIS RACE.

AND TO MY EYE AND EAR THE CAMPBELL CAMPAIGN HAS NOT YET COME UP ABOUT AN EFFECTIVE REJOINDER TO THAT.

THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE THEY TRIED SAYING THAT PALFREY WAS TRAFFICKING IN MISINFORMATION BUT THAT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE CLAIMS ABOUT POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST SEEM TO BE JUST FACTUALLY THERE.

I THINK SHE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A BETTER RESPONSE.

AND TO DO IT PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE PEOPLE'S CONVENTION OF THIS RACE HAS NOW CHANGED.

>> AND IF I WAS PALFREY THOUGH I REALLY WOULDN'T HANG ALL OF MY HATS ON THAT.

BECAUSE ANDREA DOES HAVE A-- AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN POINT TO HIS RECORD AND SAY WHERE WERE YOU ON THIS.

HOW COME YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ON THIS.

SO IF I WERE HIM, I WOULDN'T GO TOO, TOO HARD.

I WOULD JUST RUN THE RACE THAT I NEED TO RUN.

AND I WOULDN'T DO ANY-- IF PRI HIM.

AND I'M NOT HIM AND I'M NOT ADVISING.

BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT QUINTON IS GOING TO HAVE TO, IN MY OPINION, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW HIS RECORD.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STANDING UP AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO I THINK HE'S GOING TO HAVE-- HE'S GOT AN UPHILL BATTLE HIMSELF.

IF I WERE HIM I WOULD FOCUS ON THAT.

>> SO IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE, WHAT ELSE DO PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION, IN TERMS OF THE STATEWIDE RACES AS YOU COME OUT OF THIS CONVENTION?

>> YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ARE DEFINITELY THE MOST INTERESTING TO ME.

BUT IT'S WORTH REMINDING PEOPLE, YOU HAVE A RACE FOR LT.

GOVERNOR, TOO.

KIM DRISCOLL, THE MAYOR OF SALEM ENDED UP GETTING THE PARTY'S ENDORSEMENT IN WORCESTER, BUT THAT'S NOW A THREE WAY RACE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS RACE FOR STATE AUDITEDDER PITTING CHRIS DEMPSEY WHO SOME PEOPLE REMEMBER FROM NO BOSTON OLYMPICS AGAINST THE STATE SENATOR.

SO THOSE RACES ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL.

ANY STATEWIDE RACE IS IMPORTANT BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF NATURAL DRAMA THEY DON'T POSSIBLE QUITE THE SAME WAY THAT THE ONES WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DO.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE SHOULDN'T DO THEIR RESEARCH.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MISSED, THEY BOTH MISSED ON THE CONVENTION IS TANISHA GOT OUT THERE AND TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE EITHER ONE OF THEM, CHRIS OR DIANA TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

WHEN I THINK OF AUDITING I THINK ABOUT A LITTLE MAN IN A GRAY SUIT IN WITH A BRIEFCASE AT MY DOOR SAYING I WANT ALL YOUR RECEIPTS AND ALL THOSE.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, AND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HANDLE.

AND YOU COULD TAKE A GOOD LESSON FROM JESS GOLDBERG, WHEN SHE RAN FOR TREASURER SHE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT OFFICE IS SUPPOSED TO DO AND WHAT SHE WILL BRING TO IT.

>> Haynes: ADD WILLAL REILLY AND JACQUETTA VAN ZANDT, THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU.

NEXT UP, WHEN BOSTON PRIDE ANNOUNCED LAST SUMMER THAT IT WAS DISSOLVING, FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS OF ITS BOARD IGNORING MARGINALIZED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, IT RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF THE CITY'S ICONIC PRIDE PARADE, FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW.

BUT WITH L.G.B.T.Q.

GROUPS ORGANIZING THEIR OWN EVENTS AND PARADES AROUND THE CITY AND STATE, THE CELEBRATION LIVES ON.

AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS STEPPED UP AS WELL, WITH THE CREATION OF BOSTON'S FIRST OFFICE OF L.G.B.T.Q.

PLUS ADVANCEMENT, WHICH JUST LAST WEEK NAMED ITS INAUGURAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, QUINCEY ROBERTS SENIOR, WHO JOINS ME NOW, ALONG WITH TRE ANDRE VALENTINE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRANSGENDER POLITICAL COALITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Haynes: FOR SURE.

AND CONGRATULATIONS, QUINCY.

I WANT TO ASK, YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THIS NEW OFFICE, HOW WILL IT ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMPLAINTS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> SO WE LIVE IN A VERY DIVERSE CITY AND WE HAVE A MAYOR WHO IS WILLING TO PUT RESOURCES TO A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST BECAUSE I MYSELF, I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER AS WELL.

SO I WEAR TWO HATS.

I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND I WORK FOR THE CITY.

SO THIS OFFICE IS A HUB.

WE ARE NOT A CATCH ALL.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM BUT WE WANT TO BE THE HUB SO WE CAN AMPLIFY WHAT TRE ANDRE ARE ALREADY DOING IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE CAN GET BACK TO THE GRASSROOTS ESENCE OF PRIDE.

AND HOW IT ALL BEGAN.

SO THAT IS WHAT THIS OFFICE IS REALLY HERE FOR.

JUST TO AMPLIFY THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY AT THE CITY SO LGBFQ PLUS THAT THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM AS WELL AND AMPLIFY WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING.

>> I'M INTERESTING THOUGH BECAUSE AS WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING IN ALL OF THE GROUPS AND ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH MANY DIFFERENT AGENDAS UNDER THAT UMBRELLA.

HOW DO YOU GET FOLKS TOGETHER AND BE THAT HUB AND TRY TO BRIDGE SOME OF THOSE TIES OR SOME OF THOSE HURTS THAT FOLKS IN THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED.

>> IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING.

BUT MYSELF AND TRE ANDRE AND A GROUP OF OTHERS HAVE GOTTEN A HEAD START BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

BEFORE THIS OFFICE WAS EVEN ESTABLISHED WE WERE ALREADY MEETING AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO WITH NOW THESE RESOURCES FROM THE MAYOR WU AND THE ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER.

AND I VPT MET WITH EVERYONE.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS BEFORE THE LAUNCH OF THIS OFFICE.

BUT AGAIN, I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAME ROOM AND THAT IS JUST A CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE IN MY FUTURE STACH WILL HAVE.

SO PUTTING TOGETHER A STAFF SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN EVERY CITY, EVERY BOROUGH OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET INTO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THE POLITICIANS THAT WANT TO HELP AS WELL, TO ADD MORE RESOURCES TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

SO IT IS A COALITION, THAT IS WHAT I AM KNOWN FOR IS BUILDING COALITIONS AND GETTING PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, HAVING DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, AS YOU SAY, CRYSTAL, I MYSELF DEAL WITH SOME TRAUMA FROM PAST PRIDE AND JUST FEELING UNWELCOMED AT BOSTON'S TRADITIONAL PRIDE.

SO NOT ONLY AM I COMING FROM A PERSONAL LENS, I'M ALSO COMING FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON'S LENS.

SO I THINK HAVE I A GOOD INTERSECTIONALLITY HERE GOING THAT WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, TRE ANDRE, I WANT TO SCI, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE STATE LEVEL IN MANY COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE THIS.

WHAT DOES HAVING AN OFFICE IN BOSTON OPEN UP SPECIFICALLY FOR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, MEAN FOR THE FOLKS NOT ONLY IN "GREATER BOSTON" BUT PERHAPS IN THE-- STATE.

>> I REALLY THINK IT OPENS A LOT OF AVENUES, NOT ONLY TO JUST BE HEARD BUT TO ALSO HAVE THE WORK BE DONE.

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST STOP AT MAKING LAWS.

IT MEANS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE LAWS.

ACTUALLY FURTHERING THOSE LAWS.

ACTUALLY LIVING BY THOSE BOUNDARIES, RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO OPEN UP THE DOORS, NOT ONLY TO CONVERSATIONS BUT FOR THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD AND HAPPEN.

>> I THINK BACK TO SOME OF THE CLASSES, ESPECIALLY IN 2020 WHEN YOU HAD BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS AND PRIDE EVENTS GOING ON.

HOW DO YOU THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND THEN NOW KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IF WE CAN KNOCK ON WOOD THERE, HOW DO WE BRIDGE AND FIELD SOME OF THOSE HURT THERE?

>> I THINK IT IS ABOUT CONNECTION, RIGHT.

CONNECTION, CHANGES MINDS, IT CHANGES HEARTS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED.

WE HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE'VE BEEN FINDING WAYS TO CONNECT, RIGHT.

AND I THINK NOW HOPEFULLY THROUGH AGAIN, THE KNOCK ON WOOD, THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT AGAIN BECAUSE HONESTLY NOTHING BEATS CONNECTING WITH SOMEONE FACE TO FACE, ONE-ON-ONE.

IT'S HARD DOING THIS VIRTUALLY.

I WAS AT PRIDE IN PITSFIELD, I WAS AT PRIDE IN QUINCY, AND THERE WAS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK WITH SOMEONE FACE TO FACE.

SO I THINK THAT THE CONNECTION, THAT HUMAN INTERACTION WHERE YOU CAN JUST SEE SOMEONE FOR WHO THEY ARE, THAT IS REALLY GOING TO GO A LONG WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAY.

>> WE ARE IN PRIDE MONTH RIGHT NOW WHAT DO WE SEE AS THE MAIN GOAL AND MISSION AS YOU GO FORWARD.

I KNOW YOU BOTH ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.

QUINCY, YOU HAVE THIS NEW OFFICE.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN GOALS AND MISSION FOR THIS MONTH, PARTICULARLY, AND FOR THIS TIME THAT WE LIVE IN NOW?

>> YEAH, FOR THIS OFFICE, IT'S NEWLY ESTABLISHED AS OF JUNE 1ST.

SO THE FIRST MISSION FOR THIS MONTH IS JUST MAKES SURE THAT I'M AMPLIFYING EVERY EVENT THAT I KNOW ABOUT.

SO THAT IF YOU DO HAVE EVENTS WE DO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE A QUOTE UNQUOTE CALENDER OF ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT I KNOW ABOUT.

AGAIN, I'M ONLY ONE PERSON SO IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS AND SEEING THIS, BOSTON.GOV/LGBTQ PLUS, PLEASE SUBMIT ALL EVENTS, NO EVENT IS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL.

PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL BECAUSE THIS IS A KID FRIENDLY, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT THAT WE ARE PROMOTING.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, PLEASE SEND THAT TO ME.

AND THAT IS MY JOB THIS MONTH IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF PRIDE.

BECAUSE THAT IS HOW PRIDE STARTED.

>> Haynes: TRE?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT FOR ME WHAT IS THE PRIORITY IS MAKING SURE THAT TRANSAND NONBINARY GENDER ARE COMMUNITIES HAVE A SPACE, A SPACE THAT IS, FEELS SAFE, AND IS INCLUSIVE, AND NOT ONLY HONORS OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIES BY ALSO IDENTIFIES AS A COMMUNITY.

AND YOU WILL BE DOING THAT AGAIN WITH TRANSMARCH AND FESTIVAL SATURDAY JUNE 25 AT FRANKLIN PARK.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE BECAUSE IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME.

>> Haynes: WHAT DO FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY DO TO SUPPORTS THAT COMMUNITY?

>> I THINK IT IS TO GET INVOLVED IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM, WHETHER IT IS BY-- COMING TO EVENTS, BY SEEING IF THERE ARE MAYBE PLACES THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AND OFFER UP YOUR SERVICES.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU DO SO AS YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK AND AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WORK.

>> WE MENTIONED AND I DON'T WANT TO END THIS SEGMENT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT, WE MENTIONED ABOUT THE THE EXPERIENCE IN OTHER PRIDE EVENTS.

I WANT, QUINCY I WANT TO YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT IN THE TIME WE HAVE, AND THEN HOW FOLKS CAN DO THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOW TRE ANDRE-- WE HAVE BEEN PROTESTING PRIDE FOR MANY MANY MANY YEARS, THIS IS NOT NEW HERE IN BOSTON, INCLUDING MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND.

HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEN YEARS AGO AND NOW, PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.

AND NOT JUST QUEER FOLK, STRAIGHT FOLKS ARE LISTENING TO US NOW, SO NOW WE HAVE A PLATFORM.

WE'RE BEING HEARD AND SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT SO PLEASANT TO WORK WITH IN THE PAST, THEY HAVE KIND OF GONE AWAY, SILENT, AND NOW WE HAVE THE VOICE, WE HAVE THE LOUDER VOICE.

AND I REALLY WANT TO COOP TALLIZE ON THAT WHILE WE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION BECAUSE WE KNOW JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MOVEMENT, IT GOES IN AND IT GOES AWAY.

SO WHY WE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION WHILE PEOPLE ARE BEING RESPECTFUL OF OUR REALITY IN OURS TO ALLITY, WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT, AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS JUST MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING US A FAIR SHAKE, ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AS TRE ANDRE SAID, ALLOW US TO LEAD IN THESE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.

TAKE A STEP BACK IN SOME OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE ARE HAVING.

AND JUST LET US STEP UP TO THE FOREFRONT.

SO THAT IS THE CHARGE THAT I HAVE AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE LEADING THIS DEPARTMENT.

AND HAVING A MAYOR THAT IS WILLING TO PROVIDE AND INVEST THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY AS TRE ANDRE SAID MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD AND BRING ABOUT ACTION TO THESE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO MANY YEARS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR AMPLIFYING THIS AND PRIDE.

I ALWAYS SAY BEYOND PRIDE BECAUSE IT IS JUST A MONTH AND WE WANT TO BE CELEBRATEDDED, NOT TOLERATED 365, SO IF ALLIES OUT THERE ARE LISTENING, IF YOU CAN DO THAT OR POTENTIAL ALLIES THEN YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT AT OUR TABLE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL SAID.

I WANT TO THANK YOU >> Haynes: QUINCEY ROBERTS SENIOR, TRE ANDRE VALENTINE, THANKS.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

I'M CRYSTAL HAYNES.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

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