thank you, reverend. now i would like to bring up aclu representative for northern california, who has long served to protect and expand equal rights for decades. [applause] and the individual community grown marshall award this evening is going to a versatile artist whose career as a choreographer and producer who began in 1981 right here in san francisco. welcome. [applause] next i would like to call another community grand marshal, who is a director of community outreach here in san francisco. another community ron marshall, sister romano. \ [applause] she has been 25 years with the sisters. another grand marshal, olga. \ that she is the executive director of the chicana and latino commission. morningstar is a folk artist, a veteran, and community builder. the representative is coming up right here. [applause] our final community grand marshal, mr. gary virginia. [applause] he is an activist and 25-year hiv survivor who is also one of the co-founders. [applause] who did
activities. i also want to call up and willie brown for this certificate of honor for your lifetime worth of achievements. goo[applause] you deserve it. i spend about an i arrived early. it is on characteristic for me to get any place early, but i got here early because someone lied to me, and i went to visit with the mayor. he never said one word about this kind of honor, and i am thankful, and for those of you who have never touched me, i am right up there. [applause] we got one more duty. you and i are going to present. we have done this every week. did you have done this four times more than i have, and that is to declare this to be lgbt and gay pride month in san francisco during good in san francisco. where is brandon? come on up. you have the two mayors presenting you this proclamation, as mayors do. [applause] congratulations on all your great work this month. thank you all for being here, so the mayor has talked about what a great celebration this is this
all right. [applause] fax time adopt tie it up. the mayor is beautiful o. you have got to get your sailing shopchops. good job. great job. thank you. good evening, ladies and gentlemen welcome, all you fabulous people. it is pride. [applause] it is pride, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to thank each and everyone of you for attending the flag raising ceremony, and we are excited because we have some special guests. i will be your hostess, and it is a pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco. please welcome mayor edwin lee. happy pride month. [applause] i am so happy to be here, and it is an honor to join this stage with our supervisors and jose. goolet s give a hand to our leader pelosi, the chief of police, mr. henderson from my office, and all the other leaders. thank you 3 much. we have a great reason to be celebratory the whole month, and i want to let you know i expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city to enjoy not only the
next i would like to call another community grand marshal, who is a director of community outreach here in san francisco. another community ron marshall, sister romano. \ [applause] she has been 25 years with the sisters. another grand marshal, olga. \ that she is the executive director of the chicana and latino commission. morningstar is a folk artist, a veteran, and community builder. the representative is coming up right here. [applause] our final community grand marshal, mr. gary virginia. [applause] he is an activist and 25-year hiv survivor who is also one of the co-founders. [applause] who did i miss? i got all excited seeing all these people, i forgot brokoke. if you could come join us, brooke oliver. i am like, where is she? is it, this is you. one moment while we pass these out. sister roma, olga, and morning star. thank you, and our final one, gary. ladies and gentlemen, this is the pride of san francisco. [applause] mr. brown, they all want a picture with you, t
warm, welcoming, servers, and equitable city, and this year s theme, a global economy, is all about getting the whole world to pay attention to how the quality would benefit them, so a wonderful team. i want to thank the gay pride committee and all the people. it is wonderful to see you get out of the economic doldrums and into the loves and success in the city. we have suffered many years of setbacks. we have suffered where programs we care about, services have been attractants, and this year and for the next two years i worked hard with supervisors to make sure we had conversation and restored all the funding to the cuts to hiv and aids, and we will continue making that commitment, and that should not be an issue here in san francisco. it should never be an issue. we should always talk about how we serve the residents of this city equitably, and that is why we have to make sure we have a strong economic base to make sure that happens, and at the same time we can have a poli