we saw a climaxing call and they have two different layers. we wanted to figure out ourselves by example and take those learning so they are one 100% clean like 2030 and 2050 for the community but we've done that and a bunch of players developed side-by-side we are 97% program we have and that is a big deal. 82% of our residents voted yes for clean water and climate, making it possible to highlight

side-by-side that to scale. we have talked about that in the most recent -- the president names the members, we do not need a quorum to take action, the impossible, the top a good report 40 mayors. all we need are those like you to come and join up sheet that. are we doing something really important? of the president here in the ceo as well. i do think we should run around the table and everybody with the nameplate is a member make sure

everyone himself mayor from sacramento. >> mcnamara from texas as maker of ohio. >> elizabeth, new jersey. >> welcome love hearing from

you. >> beverly hills and burnsville, minnesota. >> mayor of the parliamentarian. i will say i of the nearly as vice chair seven years. the role here at the conference

of what a pleasure it spent, thank you to the presidency have years and got be here one last time. after the resolutions mayor guerrero we are everyone else and stepped up and the mayor of d.c. and other vice chair. we will have guests from ukraine and canada. consideration of resolution

number 35 and 36 and 37. in the summary of resolution. a cosponsor until they are in the business possession sunday, refusing that came website mayors have to the business session register and know about. after the session have the opportunity to register unknowable member of the body as well. a member in good standing participate in the discussion about any solution mayors of the

onto body. and addition, only mayors of the affair committee and upper amendments resolutions. language here, does anyone have a new resolution? no the resolutions committed. materials and affordable housing section. and to undermine employment and interest in americans the global

trade partners and trade policies to assisting, growth and putting jobs in u.s. cities resolution 36 and ukraine affirms the solidarity and city partnership and solidarity. the world therefore and the arms race. temperatures all.

they have been with the language about nuclear war and the new version i will read aloud exchanged this morning or something. rebecca's across the administration federal funding allocated and the support system including home and security proposed 2026 upgrades to a nuclear arsenal expense and social services. basically trying to get military

spending motion to make that change. >> and redo this evidence as you just proposed. >> all in favor, say i opposed josé may. some motion carries in the resolution is amended okay any other amendments to other resolutions discussed? we need to vote on that separately box one vote on all resolution number 21 and 36,

number 37 motion in the second. i'll post make. the motion is adapted. ... >> go ahead. >> many of us in this room have not only been concerned about ukraine for years relative to the use conference of mayors but some of us we've also been privileged to attend the mayors college where twice we've seen

alive the ambassador from ukraine to the united states focus on mark rubio, then we had the virtual meeting with the president volodymyr zelensky couple of years ago. i think it just can't be under emphasize the level of support of american mayors for the ukraine against the struggle against russia. we think this is so vital and so important to the entire world that we are strongly committed to this voice their raising about the importance of maintaining their democratic integrity and the integrity of the country as a whole. just an add-on comment to reinforce the folks that are here from ukraine that american mayors are strongly committed, strongly, strongly committed to their war with russia. >> thank you. >> thank you. are there any other comments on

the resolution that was just adopted? all right. if not then got to step with. here that all-star cast of speakers coming up and we are very grateful for that. i'm going to turn over now to walk you through that, to the mayor of west sacramento. you have before floor. >> thank you, mayor holt. grateful for your presence here and getting us to the first part of our agenda. so as we proceed, and the world marked by rising tensions and global challenges and mayors are stepping up as frontline diplomats, the session will highlight how mayors are stepping into global leadership from disaster preparedness in kyoto to resilience in ukraine, trade negotiations with canada and navigating complex to

political crises. will hear how u.s. international mayors are forging cross-border partnerships and shaping foreign policy from the ground up. so our first speaker is mayor barbara of lamy missouri. she chairs use conference of mayors environment committee as part of the mayoral delegation to cop28 in dubai. a longtime climate leader ship as it he served as columbia s first sustainability manager and let the cities climate action. she is here to share insights from a recent climate conventio convention. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mayor. so i modern deputed a talk at such a great group of people talking about especially our conferences role and national relationships we have. i'm here to share a recent visit i had in japan as far as

representative of the united states for the use seven meeting. this is said that transformed itself after tragedy and continues to reeducate itself and is unimportant disaster recovery and preparedness. on january 17, 1995 at 5:46 a.m. covid express with most deadly earthquakes in japan's history. a magnitude 7.3 quake struck nearly directly under the city. over 6000, for headlights were lost and more than 640,000 homes were damaged. entire neighborhoods burned in the aftermath. this wasn't just a seismic, it was a turning point. the seriously much like the ones in children called upon to respond, recover and rebuild in ways that would protect future generations. the response went beyond physical rebuilding. the disaster sparked a civic movement in japan were over

1 million soldiers mobilized. this led to formal legislation support nonprofit activity and community based recovery efforts. what struck the most when i was visiting his have kobe leverage this moment to instill a culture of preparedness. acheson policy but in everyday life. from community groups of national legislation the emphasis became through reseller gets through collaboration. in may i was able to visit with the other g7 countries. one of the most powerful expenses from my visit was here. this is the earthquake memorial museum formerly called disaster reduction in human renovation institution. you can see lines listed. i have different levels for where water was at that time. 1995 you could see that blue line is where the water came up along this area. they have items recovered from the earthquake on display for committee members and visitors to see. along with each one tells the story of the person who collected that article.

for that item. these are really moving. i will point out that also interactive displays where you could hear the voices of the families and really talk about things with their community leaders here but it's not just the museum as mama appears also an education have. this is of the most exciting of people taking pictures but it's an interactive exhibit where they teach students about risk and resilience. they have a clear message, that the goal is not just remember, it's to prepare. they say we never forget. kobe ads and we never repeat because we prepare instead. and it was more than just, it's more than just having that museum and educational institution. al-sisi vincent expos. i was there when you're having a disaster and future expo. it's held in the spring and its community based, family-friendly

and focus on passing on knowledge. you can't tell in this picture is the sum in members are learning how to move a body, learning how to prepare and people connect and move. what are the best tips for that? that kid is three. they really involve the whole family. it has to be departments in situ in businesses participating and sharing practical disaster preparedness and insight acidified civics lesson focus on adaptation. to the point we talk about how you taking so i'm looking did something similar to bring something back to columbia. one of the other things that was moving to me, this is american park which yes, it's built a fully but it is america. american park and its a reminder of what was lost. and what was revealed. this this is a preserved secf the wharf after the earthquake. it shows the force of nature allows you to walk around it d see the lessons they learned. for then it was important to

these public spaces to carry this memory but also has hope. this is, this is put in 25 after the fed and it's a mix of mourning and motivation come something all of our cities can learn from. for me it's impossible to think how i can learn from this and bring it back because their transformation was born under disastrous legacy is one of innovation, resilience and inclusive education. we know is mayors were often the first responders but also the longtime stewards of our cities features. kobe from he reminds us investing in commuting memory, education and infrastructure can save lives and can also build stronger more connected communities. so thank you. >> thank you, mayor buffaloe for sharing your perspective is very insightful. next up is the present of her u.s. conference of mayors where

mayor ginther recently returned from warsaw, poland, where he met with ukrainian mayors and signed a formal memorandum of understanding to strengthen city to city recovery and engagement. he also signed a second m.o.u. with ukrainian association f district and regional councils for a platform for long-term cooperation and exchange. mayor ginther will share to my takeaways from a recent canada and mexico trade summit hosted in april of the u.s. conference of mayors where mayors from across the north american came together to oppose harmful tariffs and identify new ways to strengthen cross building say relationships. mayor ginther, we look forward to hearing your remark. >> thank you so much, mayor guerrero. i will make my comments very brief because we have some dear friends who have traveled from far away that i would love to yield the balance of my time to come to share their thoughts. as mayor guerrero mention, i was able to meet in warsaw with our

ukrainian partners. when we spent time together and hearing their stories, their most recent updates from this incredible, unjust and reckless war that's been waged upon them by russia, the displacement, the impact of families, schools, healthcare facilities, just some devastating, devastating impacts and really appreciate their willingness to share but also their willingness to engage with us to make sure that we are making very clear our commitment to their efforts to protect freedom and democracy. that helped shape the idea for the mechanism of regular communication and sustained support for ukrainian cities during rebuilding. and so to formalize that support i proudly signed two m.o.u.s as was mentioned.

one with ukrainian mayors and another with the association of ukrainian cities whose executive director who has joined us here today. we're also honored by the presence of mayor from -- courageous leader, courageous leader from of the cities most affected by this war. we are committed to working alongside both our ukrainian mayors and leaders. and in no mayor barnett will speak more to our engagement in the canadian mayors try rattle -- trilateral summit as well as our visit to the federation of municipalities in ottawa earlier this month and ongoing work there. and obviously we'll hear from mayor calkins as well. at this point if it's all right with you, mayor guerrero, i will invite the mayor to share some comments and thoughts and welcome him officially to the u.s. conference of mayors.

>> thank you, mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, today we speak about the future, future that we're building together, one that is risen from the ashes of the world with signs of life and hope and prosperity. i speak of the future of ukraine. the city has -- unimaginable destruction and has unbreakable spirit of its people. it is a rich history of strategic location and potential. before the full scale invasion, it was important reputation of an additional center -- communication appear in stronghold of agricultural

development. today, much of the city lays in ruins. but it's -- since the beginning of 2025, russian forces have carried out 22,000 attacks against our community. 878 guided bombs have been dropped. the community continues to suffer from ballistic missile attacks and droned on a daily basis. the structure of critical confrontation and social -- as well as business and residential

buildings. i invite you to become part of the shared investment, and investment in people, in resilient, , in recovery and in hope. our goal is to create conditions for dignified -- for those most affected by war, including families displaced and lower-level groups. despite the. >> we are talking about -- i am proud to share memorandum of cooperation with city of columbus, ohio, in implementing social projects and community development. we are deeply grateful to mayor ginther, president of the u.s. conference of mayors for his support our upcoming initiative.

thank you, mayor. [applause] >> among our top priorities in the creation of medical center, it will include -- this facility -- for thousands of individuals who have -- trauma from the war. it will provide essential medical, psychological and social support and integrate and produce -- [inaudible] we are also committed to advancing education, particularly through partnerships with the international community. we believe that quality education is key to rebuilding

society, especially for children and young people who learn -- by war. in education is ultimately in ukraine's future. in generations who will lead our country towards -- these projects are not just another set of programs. these investments in people, people who know -- [inaudible] rebuild the future. these initiatives also hope intangible opportunities showing them that they are not alone. our cooperation and our partnership are a reflection of community to build, justice, and the rule forever ukrainian. thank you. your continued support and

solidarity, we are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder. only together we can overcome -- and after crisis with democratic. glory to usa. slava ukraini. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. i want to introduce at this table delegation -- president of ukrainian association of regional -- region councils.

[applause] >> well, joining us today is tom cochran, executive director is also here with us regarding this particular matter is important to him. tom, would you like share any words since you've been along with mayor ginther have been a very supportive of ukraine since day one. >> we are so pleased to have you here today who represents the cities of ukraine. and we were very fortunate to have the relationship we have with sem which is federation of canadian municipalities. -- fcm. >> we continue to struggle with the ukraine issue in our own government, but i think you can feel the love and respect inside

this organization what your country is going through. we will continue to work with the mayors on your side and our side to give you strength. and you can on it. now, we will also, we had a trilateral summit, one in washington with the mexican mayors and canadian mayors. we went to the fcm which is federation of canadian municipalities, and we've also been invited by claudia sheinbaum who's the president of mexico to come there in september. and mayor ginther and i that with the economic minister in february. and so that will complete our relationship this year with the three countries, mexico, canada and ukraine. so with that, thank you for

being here. and let us continue. thank you. >> thank thank you, tom. and thank you, mayor ginther and mayor and tatyana, thank you all for your powerful testimony and resilience as shown by the resolution that reaches past america's mayors stand firmly with europe and ukraine, and are committed to supporting our country's come to your countries recovery and reconstruction from the ground up to thank you for joining us today. and now we turn to rochester hills mayor brian barnett, past president of the u.s. conference of mayors. he recently attended the federation of canadian municipalities in ottawa and discomforts of canada, u.s. and mexico trade summit. mayor barnett who recently hosted a a delegation of canan

mayors will discuss the importance of cross-border connections, municipal diplomacy, and navigating trade challenges. representing a city near the canadian border he has been advocating for fair trade to protect businesses and consumers. mayor barnett, over two. >> thank you, mayor. whoever set up this speak in light of did me no favors here fishing speaking letter. thank you for your comments and your powerful words. we reminded we all have struggles sometimes when we hear those of others, particularly of our brothers and sister mayors and ukraine, we realize we might not have it as bad as we think we do. thank you for your continued leadership and for being here today. appreciate them. yes, and thank you, mayors, for just a few minutes to share something real proud the u.s. conference of mayors is taken a leadership role in. at a think it is a natural place

for the conference to lead on because if you see what's happening across much of the globe, you see these cities leading in many ways. there's a lot of frustration at the federal level and when you see the private sector, you see industry and where you see other people connecting is really at the subnational level where cities are working with other cities to get things done. i think perhaps the greatest example of that has been the newly found friendship relationship and maybe newly discovered relationship with our friends in canada. of course we had as president ginther said a wonderfully successful trilateral summit in d.c. with a group of mexican, canadian and u.s. mayors. i think it would the remarkable take away from the above that meeting and conversations with those mayors as well as the visit we took to ottawa a month or so ago was just how much we have in common.

we were able to sit in for bit of the fcm. i see some of our fcm friends on the site over there. it was remarkable with the exception of the flags behind us the issues were the same. public safety, it was communicating with residents, it was housing, it was support for or lack of from the federal government anxious undersell saint yeah, we get it. we feel the same thing on our side. perhaps the issue that spot is most together has been issue of tariffs and i've been very outspoken on this. really not wasn't something i commend office on or was passionate about this six months ago but just i think a role as mayors is to store retail and to tell the impact of legislation and discussion at the federal level on our residents. as i begin to talk to my residence in my city particularly my business owners, the city that is in the shadows of ambassador bridge across the way from windsor and candidate

is honorable and trading partner in the state by far. it's probably yours, too, if you live anywhere north and east of the colorado. it's probably canada. my businesses have said that this is horrible. this is detrimental. these are not left-wing university acting mr. is a largely conservative leaning business owners who probably voted for the president. who are sharing the challenges, a survey among our business committee and they said that 30% of my business is in place from ten to 1000 or where planning a leading off in 2025. participant 25% reductions in sales. the number that hit me the most was that over 50%, almost 60% had zeroed out all capital investment in 2025. that to me in the city is where innovation happens. it's where growth happens and new jobs are created.

that made that personal to me. that made that not a national issue but immediately local issue for me and what could i do to begin to combat that. what started as getting to know some of my neighbors, mayor, i spent more time with more l consent have with my kids this year. that of the war, and my parenting that it is anything else. we develop a great friendship and that perhaps cherub una but sometimes opportunity arise as in the leadership of the conference we develop stronger partnerships with sem and canadian neighbors. i think were making a difference. i think folks are hearing and you've seen again the biggest challenge is the uncertainty. i said this in, see of the day. imagine if your ceo of a small company with 25 employees and you're making a a product, products in canada mexico are or anywhere in the globe, the other part of study was only about 20% of the companies in my city get

all the products of use. tariffs affect 80% of my businesses. that's a lot right? imagine trying to predict with the product is going to cost to build in three months and was going to cost to sell, you can sell -- just a way with tepco from ten, 20, 150, back to zero, being reassess. it's an impossible game. i'm using my voice with the strength of the conference of mayors and many of our male colleagues joining with our canadian brothers and sisters to share the challenge for this and destroy tell about what this is happening. what the ramifications are in the streets of a city that is a very purple city and a very purple state and hope we get as many years to assess possible. so i appreciate the support of the u.s. conference of mayors. we have credibility. we have resources and a deep history of leading on issues like this. proud to add my voice to that and proud to introduce mayor

dilkens to share perhaps more on the canadian side of this. >> thanks very much, mayor barnett. appreciate your leadership on the u.s.-canada file but also friendship with developer i think that more time with my kids some not sure where your kids are. [laughing] it has been a pleasure getting to know you and we appreciate we appreciate all your advocacy quite sincerely. as border city mayors and mayors whose communities are deeply impacted at affected by tariffs especially as relates to the automotive industry in particular i want to say thank you for all of you for stepping up. i sat on the big city mayors caucus in candidates part of the federation of canadian municipalities and enjoyed this morning by a of st. john new brunswick and turkey nerd in canada on the east coast, wasn't in fight as one would be hardest hit as result of tariffs put on by president trump is released to candidate. so we're here for one reason just to continue to keep building the strong relationship between our organizations to

seek your continued support to in the ongoing trade dispute between canada and united states and for decades for decades and decades, back before mexico as part of the equation. he goes back to lease the 1960s, can become united states and now mexico we have created quite a remarkable trait relationship and we've had the straight relationship as as a result of choice. dennis because it's been better for businesses and all kennedy's and all countries, it's been better for families who benefited from those business relationships and is good for government. it's good for communities. we're stronger together and were stronger because of that formal trait relationship that we have developed. usmca which assigned by president trump during his first term in office the one he called the greatest radial of all time, just a few weeks ago he reinvested when prime minister carney visit, he says he lets usmca. so do we. and working quite well for quite a long time.

though supply chains as a result of the agreement we sign, , thoh supply chains are tightly integrated on the automotive side and i'm the american -- these auto supply chains are amongst the most tightly integrated of an industry and our country's, between our two countries. mexico is a significant part of the integration can vertical integration of the supply chains. two and half billion dollars worth of goods across the u.s.-canada border every day. 8 million jobs in the united states are connected to trade with canada. canada is your largest export market and we are your largest export market as well. we some were good steel and use a mortgage to us than any other countries on the planet. u.s. nc for the most part has really benefited all three countries. that change at the end of january of this year and again as mayor barnett has set its all about the uncertainty. people are not making investments. they are pausing decisions. that is impacting the book of

business for businesses on both sides of the border. it's the on-again off-again tariffs ever shifting deadlines that are put forward. it's result in all of that investment being paused, jobs lost and increasing costs on both sides of the border. we need to stand together and encourage our government to get back to the negotiating table to help resolve these disputes. we know the u.s. conference of mayors has been active on this file from the very beginning. resolution march come hosting trade summit along with your letter of support for senator kaine resolution called for into tears on canada was greatly appreciative and i think my friend mayor ginther from columbus for leading the charge in that front anyone else who has played a part and can this issues across the finish line. we acknowledge it can recognize it and i will tell you it means a lot to all of us in canada to see her friends in the united states standing with us. trade resolution to consider today also sure your partnership but with more to do together. this past week at the g7 in

canada president trump and prime minister carney said they would work to reach a conclusion to the outstanding issues over the next 30 days. i hope that's true for all of our sakes. on both sides of the border when you to keep up the pressure on our political leadership at end of the staff at the uscm and fcm portray closer together to monitor the opportunity to influence i'm also asking each of you keep up the pressure with your senators, congressmen and congresswomen and the trade dispute. it's bad for business, that the families are culturally it's bad for communities. on our side we commit to do the same. thank you very much for inviting us here today and for your continued partnership. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor dilkens and mayor barnett for your invaluable insights here on a neighboring commitment to this critical issue, sharing with us your personal experience and was

going on your jurisdictions and keeping the front and center as we continue to move forward. and our mayors leadership of this is incredible. we will continue to work with you. next we will have to close the session chief engagement officer with the american jewish community. melanie provide update on the evolving israeli-palestinian crisis and its implications for u.s. cities including how municipal leaders can foster dialogue in committee recites at home. thank you for joining us. please go ahead. >> thank you so much. thanks for the opportunity at this good to be with you all today. what i'm about to talk also underscores what you've also been discussing which is how important is for mayors to get the forefront of what's happening around the globe and to really lean into your role as international leaders. because we know what happens globally impacts locally what can happen locally can have global impact. i can avoid to thank you for

this opportunity. i'm the chief engagement officer of the american jewish community. we are a global nonprofit nonpartisan organization. we are an advocacy organization on behalf of the jewish people and we are a proud partner of the u.s. conference of mayors. do my best to get a high level overview of the most complex conflict in the most complex moment in that conflict in the most complex part of world in about three minutes. so bear with me. when we first discussed this presentation it was really focused on an update on the situation between israel and hamas and was happening in gaza. ip since the israel has launched a preemptive strike against iran and iran has responded so there's now a full-blown war between israel and iran. it's important to understand how this is all truly interconnected. so a few points to bear in mind. the iranian regime is a world for most state sponsor of terror through its network of proxies

hamas and palestinian islamic jihad in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon, a popular mobilization force in iraq and the houthis in yemen and iran and his terror proxies have launched attacks in europe, latin america and asia across the middle east and has been responsible for the death of thousands of americans. fiorini regime is also an egregious human rights abuser including the suppression of protests, the persecution of minorities and the discrimination against women, to put it mildly. we know that has blown which is right on israel's northern border has helped its people hostage essentially for decades with the support and backing of iran. and the iranian backed hamas is responsible for the october 7, 2023, massacre which 1200 israelis were killed and more than two 250 were kidnappedn

hostage we know they're still 53 possibly 52 hostages remaining and we think about 20 are still living. the situation in gaza is truly dire at this point as result of the attack and reality that israel could no longer accept a terrorist living right next door to it that was lobbing missiles at and infiltrating its communities. it's fighting against hamas which fully embed itself both within and underneath its civilian population. it's a very, very complicated and challenging situation. it's not an easy way to fight in the kind of battle and we know the civilian casualty have been enormous an incredibly, incredibly difficult. so why now with iran? what created eminence initials response to iran? we know i ran an intelligence has shown iran had been rapidly increasing its nuclear program and ballistic missile development. the regime has dramatically obstructed infections concealed

nuclear materials and operated covert enrichment facilities and was actually for the first time formally censored by the international, the u.n. warsaw agency, iaea on june 12. it's also made it clear it's not take a series about diplomacy, about making progress in any diplomat solution and with the nuclear threshold coming fast and for many of the mayors with traveled with us to israel and to have heard for decades that there will come a point of no return with iran's nuclear program, then absolutely cannot be allowed to reach weapons grade enrichment, that point was reached. and so with that threshold approaching and iran's clear and game of the destruction of visual which fits that time again and they're very clear to note as jewish history has taught us if someone shows you the committed to your destruction can you believe them. unfortunately that's the

situation that israel finds itself in now. so in iran and its proxies through hezbollah, hamas unless he can regime change in israel. they're seeking the full destruction of israel. the targets israel has identified have been military targets, intelligence targets, leadership targets and then actually done quite a bit. they've had a lot of success by their metrics. in terms of taking a lot of capacity and attacking some of not directly nuclear sites but where many of the nuclear production facilities and composed of the nuclear program are housed. i ran on the other hand, has been firing hundreds of ballistic missiles at population centers in israel. thankfully because israel has a strong and defense system, most of those missiles have been intercepted but a good many have fallen. the been a number of casualties as well as tens of thousands of

homes and businesses and properties impacted and damaged. so he remained to be seen whether the use will intervene, and if so how do but israel has made it clear it's created a strategic operational plan that he could execute without the involvement of any country. i wish i could prognosticate and what will happen with the united states but we know none of us can. i want to be really clear about one important point, and that is israel's battle is not with the iranian people. it is not with the palestinian people in gaza. start with the lebanese people on its northern border. it is with these machines that all again back, , funded and supported by iran that it held their own populations really hostage in these incredibly oppressive and violent leadership. it's a really, they deserve more. they deserve to all the peacefully and prosper early which is not possible with these

current fundamentalist leaders in charge. a quick word about the distribution of aid in gaza what you know is very important to everyone, import all of us. it's crucial to understand. it is an incredibly challenging situation to deliver and distribute aid. the logistics of it are very, very hard and very active war zone and a very complicated and small space. we know so much of the aid is been going in, and of intense and tons and tons and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of trucks full of 80 going in, they can get into gaza but the distribution has been really the problem. it's been very difficult to find a way come mechanism to really this to the aid in an effective way. they been a lot of issues with hamas stealing the aid,, stockpiling, warehousing for themselves and/or then selling it to the population at exorbitant prices. so recently i gaza humanitarian

foundation was launched in may 2025 with the whole goal of finding new ways to distribute aid safety population really work around hamas so they are not trying to go through them to distribute it. there have been some horrific reports of mass casualties at this vision size of many of you have seen. these reports are all being investigated. it's very hard to verify exactly what is happening through social media in gaza. but there's a lot of interest in trying to ensure that the people of gaza are able to not just survive. we all want to see them thrive. want to see this conflict come to an end. we want to see the hostages return and want to see the beginning of a rebuilding of this important part of the region. so what does this mean for mayors? i will say this quickly. this is a time for vigilance. you've all seen what's happening in your communities with the rise of antisemitism.

urban attacks certain on muslim communities. if you have persian iranian community is i would urge you to be reaching out to them just checking in and see how they're doing. we know iran has proxies and people who are, who have been fundamental lies and radicalized for all over the place. there could be lone wolves come people are part of some small terror cells that we know are many around europe and we know they exist around the united states as well. it's really time to stand touch with the law force or, keep in close touch with her jewish community, is really canaries, palestinian communities. you are leaders and german opportunity to create that vision for a future, my people we have to stay in conversation with each other. we are all part of communities together and it is in our interest to make sure we are not alienating other and we're all

working towards peaceful resolution both for our citizens here in the united states and certain for all those around the middle east for in such a volatile time. it's a changing yet rapidly changing time if want to get optimistic i really hope this time next year the east will look somewhat different and that we'll start to see a sliver of possible of what a better brighter phillies could look like. i just went off you and wishing for a peaceful and prosperous future for everyone in the region. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. very important update that we all need to hear and your guides for mayors as we have people in our community that we need to stay in touch with and just make sure our communities are safe and engaged. we have a couple more minutes. i wanted to open up for any couple of questions if anybody has -- yes, mayor. >> thank you very much. it's good to see you all.

thank you, madam chair. first of all it's an honor to be here with ukraine. i have to share with you that since the war we have that even though they have tried to ban is in florida from flying flags and i hang up flag at my dais for ukraine as well as israel. this at home to me personally on friday, my dear friend is a peer they were in a bomb shelter on friday in israel. this is real. israel has been under attack for over 3000 3000 years. i think it behooves us to call out misinformation, standup. we need to unite. i want to thank the many, many clergy that have united with the jewish community, many in my community as well as i'm sure in yours. i have a mosque, i have four

square miles, i have 20 churches, catholic church, i jewish center, so we are very diverse and a very welcoming community. the first time in history of my city on wednesday that we had two armed use officers at the city hall. we are one of the largest jewish populations in south florida. we help our hot body paragraph helped our mosques. but please if you know this misinformation, make sure you stand up against it. we ask you to unite with our jewish and muslim brotherhood under assault. i met a woman last month that actually, to want to go i went to cuba with on a federation mission that the jews of their had to leave and come either to

miami over to venezuela and now they're in miami. but she was an iranian jew. she was displaced from oppression. we're talking about oppressive regimes. we are not talking about the modernization. we are blessed, bryant and a group of us went to saudi arabia a couple years ago, and we look at the progress and their openness and acceptance. take note in their somewhat silence and working towards adriatic -- there a a course. is there any surprise that on october 7 was happening when our ambassadors and people from all the arab nations were uniting and discussing peace. i feel your pain. i feel the pain of israel he said. we all need to not have this

disinformation out there. thank you. thank you for your hard work. i followed adl. obvious on the jewish so i follow everything, but adl has great information, great, real snippets of factual information and response over 10,000 acts of antisemitism. that is a 200% increase in antisemitic acts that is now become violent in our communities. if that violence hit the streets it's going to impact everyone,, whether you are jewish, christian, muslim. it's really is home to many religions, too. i cut off by bully pulpit but i thank you, but i, and i thank you all the signed on with and

continues to support those that are oppressed and under attack in this country come in this role, so thank you. >> thank you, mayor cooper. would you like -- >> one more. so the retired fourth-generation autoworker engineer i really appreciate the forbes gift god to because as you know 20% is on michigan jobs are affected by the automotive industry and even hundreds of thousands more. i know how it's affected my family over decades so thank you for doing what you're doing with the automotive work at the tariffs, really appreciate because the jobs are real. people are losing them right now. i know i get i retired at those that are working with the are sending me the resume because they are losing their job so thank you very much for that. in terms of the interfaith work we do, we have hindu temples so interfaith groups they constantly. i do want to stress also with you, it's important to costly

check out of the. pics every month were having meetings. not only are our policeman watching over these houses of worship over having joined meetings every month to talk what's happening behind the scenes. because as you know your faith houses know it's going on in the communities. you can meet with the police but they tell you what's happening on the ground. pre-shoot all the work community is doing there. busy we also stand with ukraine so thank you very much. thanks for all your work. >> absolute. thank you, mayor, for that information. yes, go ahead, tatiana. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i can together for some important meetings. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i'm not only the head of ukrainian region but and the head of one region next to the front line. [speaking in native tongue]

>> translator: and when i say thank you for supporting ukraine, it's very important for us. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: and this is very important for us so you will support us to victory. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i want to invite all of you, all mayors of the u.s. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: and thank you from the congress of ukraine and mayors. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i want -- [inaudible] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: thank you and we are fight all of you to e for the future collaboration.

>> thank you. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> we sincerely thank all of our speakers today especially the mayors and foreign guests who travel here from ukraine in canada, and to all of your speakers to make the u.s. conference of mayors such a special place to connect. shared best practices and serve as a vital resource for local leaders. thank you so much. we are adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the mayors what about on c-span2 this afternoon or a conversation on criminal and

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