For those of you dont know me, im janet and tilts a pleasure to be here today for the irish flag raising the irish are optimists and irish flag raising i saw the sunshine slow the rain clouds thats what day i today is all about the irish helped shape San Francisco and including buildings and engineering and science and medication and education, government and Public Service. My father thomas yes, maam graduated in 1949 and immigrants found opportunity and warm welcome in San Francisco and found the love of his life my motel whose family where in the county and my siblings and i were raised with great pride in the Irish Heritage and microphone feedback welcome to introduce to i your mayor of 0 San Francisco mayor london breed clapping. all right. Good afternoon everyone who is so great to be here with each and every one of you to celebrate the flag raising that represents are your bond and continued work and growth what did you Irish Community here in San Francisco this this years theme is unit sf i appreciate leaning the United Society and all the work they have done and continue to do to make sure we are building bridges we are working together and were doing everything we can to move San Francisco forward. It is so great to be here. With the lord mayor of clark mayor ma carbohydrate thank you. Obeys here to celebrate this occasion and thank you to our Council Generally been a great addition to San Francisco we appreciate and value our work relationships in the centuries of what it means San Francisco has been celebrating st. Patricks day for one hundred and 73 years celebrated with the history and vacation dwelling the relationships bringing us toyota this this year this is anymore special lord mayor celebrating 40 years of the sister relationship between San Francisco and cork clapping. it is no wonder that so many of our learned are joining us i want to take a moment to recognize them thank you to the chief marianne for being here and corresponding this event clapping. thank you to the members of board of supervisors i ask you all to stand supervisor safai, supervisor dorsey and others. Thank you very much. clapping and also want to thank our Assembly Member matt apprenticeship any for being here as well clapping. and finally, recognize that the Public Safety over there our paul our police chief bill scott and fire chief Jeanine Nicole son and i know a beloved member of the Irish Community is here the former parade kathleen banning clapping. shout out to the residents bigger john who is joining us as well clapping. and the cochair the Sister Committee for being here. clapping. and finally, i know that i served as grand marshal a while ago i feel like every single year im passing the torture i want to thank the folks for coming to San Francisco 1979 developing his company more importantly continuing to be a course of inspiration and making sure that you are supporting youre one hundred and 40 people being sf as well as the cooperer field and Treasure Island thank you for your work and congratulations clapping. i want to also recognize the family of michael administering joining us and let you you know, his memory is recognized during this time as a here member and grand marshal we appreciate your work and commitment to the Public Service during the grand marshal dinner i met his son with the San Francisco pd thank you for being here today clapping. so much xiechltd so much rich history and amazing people lipped unit 19is part of the theme this year so as we celebrate it is about bringing communities together. It is about recommending our challenging times but also recognizing that San Francisco and our Irish Community represents row silence coming up with the stronger and better than that than ever before so many of you with our stories of row silence and your stories around coming to San Francisco before crocker or other places we know at that time was not easy but today were here with over 67 thousand people of irish decent has the prior chief joan talked about Public Service and Police Officers and firefighters and people who have established their own businesses and Construction Companies engineering and many people who helped to lead and would build the city and county of San Francisco guy we recognition and recognize the history and in order to move our city forward and i want to ask the lord mayor of crocker as well as the Council General to come down to accept that official proclamation. That cement well officially proclaim that irishamerican friendship today in the city and county of San Francisco clapping. oh, wait a minute what im a news lerlt and change it is now officially irishamerican heritage month in San Francisco clapping. to celebrate the most were going to light city hall up in green make sureme i back to get our pictures and in is 16 the day we host one of the biggest st. Patricks day in the United States light city hall up in green make sure you join us and have a wonderful time thank you all so much. clapping all right. Thank you. Thank you, mayor london breed and now like to ask Council General from ireland to come up this is the month clapping. thank you, thank you joanne the state of an the overview of happy st. Patricks day were celebrating on this we have setting of this great home it is great thourn. Thank you. Today you read the irish side over flag over city hall we celebrate the connections to this great city to a home of a wonderful mix of the peoples where there is unit and comfort and diversity and heritage poisoning success and failure and resiliency a city that is long home for the irish a community helped to shape and forge many relationships in this city thank you, mayor london breed i was reminded i remain jealous this year for the lord mayor and i dont think none jealous for any jacket but mayor, i witnessed the work for the people across the city and little irish and thank you for making in day special for st. Patricks day for us in the Irish Community. And want to thank you to the team miriam and everyone involved in city hall thank you to the supervisors we had a great day not board yesterday thank you, commissioner chambers for the presentations in city hall that will continue and to liam and the board of directors of the United Irish Society thank you for your work to marry that the st. Patricks day celebrated and the entire irish for the relationships with that country and city and at the as phone call o for the support for my family and i offer decades almost after a year and a half and looking forward to as the mayor referenced to under united 70 sf sophomore the grand marshal tom very welldeserved tom and youre good people made a tremendous quack in the city and region thank you for that and also to the family of honoree grand Marshal Murphy thank you for being here a wonderful honor to be the honorees grand marshal and other big year forever irish and this region 40 years of the history relationship im deliberated that underlines the relationship and significant progress and Culture Center on 2025 and progress with the common america and have the championship the biggest championship in the United States this year and in the city and in august and you might see me there as well this is a year the hundred anniversary of diplomatic relationships with the United States a very special relationship and talk about on that over the coming days and weeks st. Patricks day we promote ireland and relationships we just conducted a decade of that marked the political body island of ireland some dark and some light by this year our theme is looking at the ireland in the future and in the world he threw the lens of our youth that is the theme the Irish Government theme across the United States and this year but more importantly lets joy ourselves today and joy ourselves for the next few week thank you, thank you clapping . Now like to perfect segue our first performance is by cal tick voices enjoy. music . singing . And i shall clapping. thank you cal tick voices a round of applause clapping. and next gives me great pleasure speaking with marty joe owner since 1963 the year before i was born Murphy School of dance led by mary joe murphy. music . clapping thank you to the Murphy School dancers another round of applause the mayor asked if i would do the steps maybe after an irish coffee ill to ask the lord mayor, i had the pleasure to meet last time and mary please join me at the podium welcome. Dear mayor london breed dear members of board of supervisors and members of london breed and exclusive members of city hall i brought jan as your honored guests thank you, so, so much for hosting this very, very important encouragement event and my dear friends i have if i may unfortunately, raise irelands flag to recognize this day this is a bold much meaning reflection recommending the celebration of irish culture to the identity and particular events and journeys of irish people across kirnts of time and event rfkdz on the resilience and ambition and attitudes and mechanisms a deep sense of pride with an emotional pride and sense of hope for not giving up in the face of challenge. My dear friends ultimately so many to learn from such stories thats the first message and not judge the irish stories but the other stories across the world not just in San Francisco i didnt across the world as well and my dear friends my second message has before you get us on an important journey and democracy i talked about with mayor london breed with threatened of democracy our prirn or partnership is a light of opportunities and for me those opportunities are together more in a devoted world more before and the restoring is one of the bridging poem to the and has inspired and mature benefits of projects and over the last 40 years and also like to thank the San Francisco crocker committee for their hard work with your executives and for hard work and volunteerism and so my second message is that we purview past years since Dianne Feinstein and the lord mayor john signed agreements and joan in crocker and send him our best wishes and always remember Dianne Feinstein and for her work and for International Democracy but still much to do we need to continue our journal today and many roads and my third message my dear friends to ask the festivities in preparation for the anniversary a song has been stuck in my head but the lyrics to the beautiful scenery and bringing San Francisco indeed a song for several years on the chart in ireland since 1984 so this is dedicated to you and i have no doubt other mayors so the people in the audience who are from ireland if you know this walking. Were falcons build their nests and they fly they know the call of firemen in any breasts and against the sky where twisted rock they run down to the sea and living on the western shore for the sunset ask for anymore he stood by there is a lot to see and sank. Song for ireland and talking along the day try to make you stay. And joe how have news and singing songs to past the night away and watch the silver dancing in the sun and living on your western shore for the sunset ask for more i stood by your atlantic sea and sank a song for ireland and i sink a song for ireland clapping. thank you so much. clapping laughter . To conclude dear mayor london breed and my friends lets reflective on the learning for the racing of the flag and continue to renew our journal together in the relationships and lets remain true friends as is lyrics sank thank you for the opportunity to address you in that beautiful, beautiful palace clapping. thank you, mayor. Mccarthy if you tire you can go to the Entertainment Industry and [off mic. ] beautiful, beautiful. Charming before i call up the next speaker someone i want to introduce when a who has met joan someone i know since i was a little girl and my family and father and wonderful public sovereignty this is deputy chief former president please stand dermot clapping thank you. Thanks for what youve done for the city i love this city big city and small town i went to high school with his drought terry require were getting close towards of end id like to make sure we introduce liam frost did a great job of the Irish Society clapping. ethic, of course, i get to follow the talented sirens and all the speakers im the president of units Irish Society of San Francisco and demeanor met was my procedures i want to say wow. One hundred and 73 years for the irish have been celebrating and it was brought to our attention no longer the same day but sfaipd for the month of mark and this can only happen from when one hundred and 74 years ago like our tom and you decided to get to the and celebrate the Irish Heritage and could angle last this many years have mayors will i london breed that welcome us with the irish flag raising and doing everything we can to celebrate our parade so mayor london breed and her staff foster and others helped to organize this and then the Council General smith and jennifer is the Advice Council all those people make piano last one hundred and 73 years and id like to um, supervisor supervisor stefani for putting on the reception and continue the staff with joe and others organizing and any ask chris to council u come up and give little mayor a token of our appreciation for having us a vase in ireland clapping [off mic. ] there we go. Put this on the shelf. Any for the parade every year this gongs and not like and we can do better the only people that know there is a hip and now have jan im not sure james understood how much work but thank you to james and his family for allowing him to do all that work clapping. as well as the whole board of units irish sovereignty i was handed this board and like being on a big ship and all i have to do it stay out of the way and every year everything is done the business the hospital and the day cape county of los angeles day and looking to ask the Rose Committee to one of our events to make that agent better and next to get more people to support this. Put own this parade we need a lot of help in the city and got nick with the sf mta rec and park phil and others and the staff and, of course, Jeanine Nicholson and asking a lot of them to do the work we appreciate that. clapping you know, there is a boss but are face to face with the captain jason from northern station and their staff of a toby moore and frank and you accessibility adam shaw. When we have those meetings were sitting across the table those are the ones that gets this done for one hundred and 73 years i appreciate the City Employees taking care of of us so once again thanks clapping. id like to congratulate and thank our grand marshall tom and his wife may mary and as honoreey grand marshal it is huge honor to be a grand marshal of San Francisco but a lot of work we ask a lot of those people most of these guys want to be in the background we ask them to go on tv and theyre not me but they do that and we appreciate that thats why were honoring people like them and past fire chief joann thats she talked about Mercy Hospital and mike murphys kids behind me i worked with mike murphy with my son at bayview station a small town and its amazing i get to honor people like. So thank you, clapping. and as always have to thank my wife i get a lot of phone calls she looked me and roles her eyes okay, honey. The support i get from here is amazing. And i appreciate and love my wife and want to shout out also to every board member they in the same boat so thank you, clapping. this is the season to celebrate being irish and i invite everyone to become irish for the season and let us unit San Francisco. Thank you. clapping. thank you, liam. This concludes this part of ceremony and irish coffee or two i know again, the generosity of supervisor stefani down the hall you on your doors we appreciate that thank you. Thank you. Um, thank you, mayor london breed and i was going to say i want to congratulate tom hunt a your family as grand marshal the wonderful experience and mike murphy thank you, ferry the attracts to our city before we conclude mayor, i the president to briefly count the voices have you come up for a certificate. laughter. this is mary who oversees cal tick voices clapping. im going out a limp are i still principal at sanity rustling of papers. and wonderful principal and next mary joe murphy and school of dance clapping. great job. clapping thank you, everyone for joining us happy st. Patricks day and month thank you, london breed. Good roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. The light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. Working with kids in the ocean that arent familiar with this space is really special because youre dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. When i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. Well get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who dont like the beach. Its too cold out, and its those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. Over the last few years, i think weve had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. Surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. Weve start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. Swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all not being anxious. So when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p. E. Credits. Just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. But now that weve been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids thats consistent, and the word has spread, that its super fun, that you learn about the ocean. Starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. We usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. We once did a special trip. We were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. We get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. Once we go to the beach, i dont want to go home. I cant change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. Our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. I dont really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didnt think id like, like, ended up being my best friends. Its a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybodys doing it for themselves. Its great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. It can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. I feel significantly, like, calmer. It definitely helps if im, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go surfing, and then, i just feel, like, im going to be okay. It gives them resiliency skills and helps them build selfconfidence. And with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. I went to bring my family to the beach and tell them what i did. I saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. For some kids that are, like, resistant to, like, being in a Mentorship Program like this, its they want to surf, and then later, theyll find out that theyve, like, made this community connection. I think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. For kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. We go on 150 surf outings a year. Thats yearround programming. Weve seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. I just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that theyre engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and how theyre doing, like, in general. What i like best is they really care about me, like, im not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun. Were creating surfers, and were changing the face of surfing. The feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. Its definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but its definitely fun. It leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kids going to go out and do. I think its really magical almost. At least it was for me. It was really exciting when i caught my first wave. I felt like i was, like it was, like, magical, really. When they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know their face lights up, you know you have them hooked. I was on top of the world. Its amazing. I felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. It was, like, the scariest thing id ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after who doesnt love cable cars . Charging emissions and were free which were proud of you know, its not much free left in the world anymore so we managed to do that through donations and through our gift shops. You got a real look and real appreciation of what early transit systems are like. This was the transit of the day from about 1875 to about 1893 or later, you know. Cable car museum is free, come on in. Take a day. Come down. Rediscover the city. You can spend as time you want and you dont have to make reservations and its important to be free because we want them to develop a love for cable cars so they do continue to support whether they live here or other places and people come in and say, yes, i have passed by and heard of this and never come in and they always enjoy themselves. People love cable cars and theres none left in the world so if you want to ride a cable car, youve got to come to San Francisco. That what makes the city. Without the cable cars, you lose part of that, you know, because people who come here and they love it and they love the history ask they can ride a cable car that has been running since 1888 or 1889. Wow thats something. Cant do that with other historical museums. Rarely, have i run into anybody from outside who didnt come in and didnt feel better from knowing something about the city. Its a true experience youll remember. I hope they walk away with a greater appreciation for the history, with the mechanics with people are fascinated by the winding machine and i hope the appreciation, which is a part of our mission and these young kids will appreciate cable cars and the ones who live here and other places, they can make sure there will always be cable cars in San Francisco because once they are gone, they are gone. Its the heartbeat of San Francisco that founded the cable and the slot and without the cable cars, yeah, we would lose something in San Francisco. We would lose part of its heart and soul. It wouldnt be San Francisco without cable cars. [bell ringing] department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to our marcht