You were to no one from being an assistant processor to a story career. Along the way, you were the dean of harvard law school. You are just my favorite law professor. Im not alone in that in 2008. Junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama. He said when i was at harvard law school, i had a teacher who changed my life. Martha. It is such a delight to be here. I have learned so much from you through the years. I love the book because it has your voice. Its compassionate. Its brilliant. It is wise. It is grounded weird it is gently provocative. Thank you. How did you come to doing this legendary career. The highest legal power to writing a book about forgiveness i wrote a book about 20 years ago about responses to mass violence. At that time, the commission in south africa had just started. I was so intrigued by the development of a new Legal Institution to deal with horrific violence and oppression. I wrote a book finding an alternative to these two different responses to
Where there is a real difference between perception and reality. That are managed by strong management teams, driven by strong purpose, where my investment, whether it is time or money, can make a real difference. I want to unpack that for a second. Really, whats misunderstood about goodwill is our mission. When i talked to most people out there, people really dont seem to understand what we stand for and why were doing what we are doing. So i think that really the best way to understand is the old story about if you catch a man of fish, he will eat for a day. If you teach them and how to fish, you will eat for life. That is what we are all about. We are all about providing Second Chances by providing jobs and training for those who have barriers to employment. Whether it is formerly incarcerated, recovering addicts , people who struggle with english as a second language, veterans, and a whole bunch of other people that really need a Second Chance. I am really proud to be part of this
This store is opening tomorrow and it is going to be beautiful. They did a great job. I want to give special thanks to the honorable mayor breed. Thank you so much for being here [cheers and applause] to the honorable willie brown. [cheers and applause] supervisor peskin, we moved from your district to your district. [laughter] i want to thank the p. U. C. , because without the p. U. C. , we would never have gotten into the building on time. Thank you to the p. U. C. [applause] i also want to thank, i will call her shelley b. B. Who is the former president of the planning commission, and aaron peskin introduced me to her and she came up to me and she said, mr. Rogers, so nice to meet you. I am 100 against your project but i have a open mind. [laughter] i said all right. And we spent three hours together. After that three hour period, she looked at me she says, i hate you and i said wise that . And she said because i am 100 for your project. [applause] i also want to thank tidewater who
Good afternoon and welcome to the november 5th, 2019 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Happy election day. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor brown, brown not present. Supervisor furer, present. Supervisor hainey, present. M arc ndelman role call . Mr. President , you have a quorum. Please join me in the believe of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republican for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, Lawrence Brian and michael balazar who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts Available Online to the public. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President. I have one from the office of supervisor valley brown. She will not be at the meeting and requests to be excused. Can i have a motion . Supervisor furer and seconded by superv
March, we dont yet have a date set. We typically sap set it six weeks out. The way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. We always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. A lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they dont know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported. [ ] good morning, everyone. I am william rogers, i am the president and c. E. O. Of goodwill San Francisco san mateo. [cheers and applause] [laughter] i want to welcome all of you, our friends, our supporters, our partners. We are here today to celebrate together the grand opening of goodwills stateoftheart training and career center. [cheers and applause] i wanted to take a moment to do a couple of things. Lets show a little bit of love to the retail team. [cheers and applause] this store is opening tomorrow and it is going t