Johnson to walk to the chamber door and be turned away; i do not want the people that i grew up with, my friends and family, people that i was raised with to not have a seat; i want to introduce my special guests, my little brother, the rest of the family. How long is the other one going to be . We will see you later. Will see you at the reception. My little brother is handicapped with me, paul, please stand. Dont mess with me. My brother is not that little. He and i were grew up together in the same house, in the same conditions, in the same circumstances. Sadly i did lose a sister, and another brother not able to be with us. It is a good feeling to have a brother who was in the same struggle to be here today, both raised by my grandmother, who has alzheimers and could not be here today. She would be really proud of us both. Im here representing the family. Paul is here as the man of the family. Who will be one of the as in my office4. These people from the very beginning met with me
Client and the survivors that we work with in the community. I want to start by thanking mayor lee for the authorization of the womens act, a key piece of legislation. applause this award is special but in some ways the work should always continue to live on beyond just me as an individual, beyond any individual in the work should always live on in us together when we talk about collaborating in sfr San Francisco. For the longterm in the future. The Asian Pacific legal outreach was founded in 1975 to promote cultural and legalistic services to the most marginalized in this community and i had the benefit of standing on the shoulders of giants with the agency had a sister relationship with other agencies Amazing Agency such as the asian women shelter, Cameron House and arica. In this fight against domestic violence, what is legal work . What is a restraining order out a piece of paper if there is no shelter or safe place . Such as the ones that provide for the survivors. But is a togeth
Its so great to see a full house like this. It means the world to us and to the whole cause of antitrafficking. We are waiting for mayor lee. My name is Nancy Goldberg, cochair of the seven cisco collaborative against Human Trafficking. I wanted to introduce my past chair, and my new cochair. When i tell people of my involvement their shock to hear that San Francisco is in major definition of Human Trafficking. They think it is people from other parts of the world. There are also so many right here, from our own bay area communities. In the city that is out of Human Trafficking we are also committed to being an agent of change. I want to give you a brief history of sf cat, San Francisco collaborative against Human Trafficking. In response to what we saw is a growing problem, four organizations formed up in 2008, the Jewish Coalition against Human Trafficking; National Council of jewish women, jewish reel fund, we then realize would needed a wider coalition in order to be more effective
Think both emily but also Nancy Goldberg for your interest as well not only interest but your work as a native san franciscan to do everything that you have been doing to end this too. I am privileged today to recognize a number of individuals who have been strong, strong advocates, people who have gone way beyond the duty but also deserving of recognition for all their advocacy work. The first person i would like to introduce is these years recipient of the abolitionist the word for advocacy, staff attorney with with the Asian Pacific legal advocacy services, 2013 abolitionist awardee for advocacy, cindy lu. Apl applause we also have someone whose services have been both exemplary and deserving of recognition. She is a founder and executive director of Freedom House. She is the 2013 abolitionist award for providing exemplary services, em. applause we also together in collaboration with the status of women, with supervisors, Department Heads, the Human Rights Commission we wanted to ma
To not have a seat; i want to introduce my special guests, my little brother, the rest of the family. How long is the other one going to be . We will see you later. Will see you at the reception. My little brother is handicapped with me, paul, please stand. Dont mess with me. My brother is not that little. He and i were grew up together in the same house, in the same conditions, in the same circumstances. Sadly i did lose a sister, and another brother not able to be with us. It is a good feeling to have a brother who was in the same struggle to be here today, both raised by my grandmother, who has alzheimers and could not be here today. She would be really proud of us both. Im here representing the family. Paul is here as the man of the family. Who will be one of the as in my office4. These people from the very beginning met with me , stayed with me, supported me, drove me around, listen to the drama, and stood by my side through it all. I have to say it was one of the most incredible