rail system, which is highly regarded and is available to all and provides great transportation, signage in 3 languages, including Arab, etc. Veolia is not associated with the policies of Israel at all, but operates within Israel. Boycotting Veolia is not fair, she said. She noted that any agency using federal funds cannot discriminate and Veolia does not. It is just an untrue negative campaign. Ms. Otte said Veolia would be happy to provide written information. She also reiterated that they do not union bust 80% of their people are unionized. – The next speaker was Roberta Hurtig of the Samaritans. Chairman noted he was previously on the Samaritan’s Board. The Samaritans is a suicide prevention group operating in Massachusetts, which has been working with the MBTA and MBCR for 10 years. She says MBCR it” regarding “gets suicide prevention and has shown its commitment to it. Ms. Hurtig asks that whomever the Board supports that they ensure that suicide prevention gets the support and attention it deserves. The next speaker was Rev. Bruce Wall of the Global Ministries Church of Roxbury, MA. Rev. Wall stated that that commuter rail services presents an important route for African Americans to get to jobs. Blacks in Boston are largely excluded from executive positions and entrepreneurial opportunities, he said. It is important that and brown- owned” businesses are included in the “black commuter rail matters. One of the major shareholders in Keolis is of concern to
rail system, which is highly regarded and is available to all and provides great transportation, signage in 3 languages, including Arab, etc. Veolia is not associated with the policies of Israel at all, but operates within Israel. Boycotting Veolia is not fair, she said. She noted that any agency using federal funds cannot discriminate and Veolia does not. It is just an untrue negative campaign. Ms. Otte said Veolia would be happy to provide written information. She also reiterated that they do not union bust – 80% of their people are unionized. The next speaker was Roberta Hurtig of the Samaritans. Chairman noted he was previously on the Samaritan’s Board. The Samaritans is a suicide prevention group operating in Massachusetts, which has been working with the MBTA and MBCR for 10 years. She says MBCR “gets it” regarding suicide prevention and has shown its commitment to it. Ms. Hurtig asks that whomever the Board supports that they ensure that suicide prevention gets the support and attention it deserves. The next speaker was Rev. Bruce Wall of the Global Ministries Church of Roxbury, MA. Rev. Wall stated that that commuter rail services presents an important route for African Americans to get to jobs. Blacks in Boston are largely excluded from executive positions and entrepreneurial opportunities, he said. It is important that “black and brown- owned” businesses are included in the commuter rail matters. One of the major shareholders in Keolis is of concern to