Francisco committee for human rights in the philippines and i will be reading a statement from aaron lee, brandons brother. My name is aaron lee and i was born, raised and he educated in San Francisco. I want to thank the supervisors and president y for sponsoring this resolution for my brother. He helped others. His work began here in San Francisco where he used his Early Childhood Development Education from the city college of San Francisco to help elementary schoolchildren succeed in their academics in addiction to enjoying outdoor wreck rowation. For the past nine years, he was to protect land, water and air of the Indigenous People in the philippines in addition to documenting Human Rights Violations towards people who are working on various social issues. I am asking for your subpoena or thsupport tohelp brandon be evaa medical team back to San Francisco for his safety and access to specialized medical treatment and rehabilitation from his injuries. He was just transferred to ano
So i would like to see when i go through all this due processes, if the city is able to provide Legal Assistance for people who have medical laws that have been broken against them. Supervisor yee thank you. Next speaker. If you could please not start my two minutes yet. I have to set up a video. My name is nurse lee. Thank you, board. I am a member of the San Francisco committee for human rights in the philippines. Ive born and raised in San Francisco. Im a sunset kid like brandon lee. Thank you to supervisors mar, haney and ronen. Brandon lee, if you know about his story, he has given his life to the famed rice terraces of the philippines and Indigenous People that have managed this ecosystem for over 2,000 years. Brandon was a volunteer and he not only sacrificed monetary gains but it nearly government him his life being gunned down outside of his home. I was in the philippines when we heard about brandon being attacked. And we went to the General Hospital and i wanted to show you a
Early Childhood Development education from the city college of San Francisco to help elementary schoolchildren succeed in their academics in addiction to enjoying outdoor wreck rowation. For the past nine years, he was to protect land, water and air of the Indigenous People in the philippines in addition to documenting Human Rights Violations towards people who are working on various social issues. I am asking for your subpoena or thsupport tohelp brandon be evaa medical team back to San Francisco for his safety and access to specialized medical treatment and rehabilitation from his injuries. He was just transferred to another hospital because of a hospital infection he contracted. I am also asking for your help in urging a congressman pelosi to initiate a formal investigation attempted assassination of my brother and supporting a congressional hearing using u. S. Tax forces for the philippines and philipines hash police. Police. I have been carrying for him for over 12 hours a day as
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