Black leadership oral History Collection posted by university of virginia posted by hostedity hsoted by university of virginia. She talks about growing up surrounded by artists and musicians. She also discusses her early political career before her election the senate as a democrat from illinois. She served as ambassador to new zealand during the clinton administration. The interview approximately an hour and 45 minutes was conducted by julian bond. Carol moseley braun, thank you for our explorations in black leadership should best leadership. Senator braun thank you. Happy to be here. And made a huge difference, because in that year, or maybe the year after, we moved from the heart of chicagos black belt to a neighborhood that was on the cutting edge of integration. As a result, i was able to go to a public school. Starting in the third grade. It had previously been all white. Traumas as a result of that. This was a result of the time of that whole nuclear scare. When rocks would be t
What to do you think . Its great. Should we accept it . I think we are good. These are our replacement kits. This what happen when you get teenagers from one is asleep and these two are up. These are who we have now. Good job, guys. Christmas begins. The holiday starts. Our last one. We are excited about it. Congratulations to our Award Winners here. Thank you, guys. Our work here is done. Are you guys ready . That was easy. The easiest parts. Happy holidays. We will see you around. Announcer the Christmas Tree will be debt ridden on the next week and put on display in the white houses blue room. The Christmas Tree will be decorated and the next week and put on display in the white houses blue room. Announcer rescuing animals and switching school and hospital and prison cafeteria to meatless menus. The founder of peta and the head of other activist groups participated. Ken when i joined the team in the beginning i recall talking to my bosses, Paul Schapiro and christie, who works for t
Relationships and which would unfortunately be severed if she were forced to move. I would like to believe that we are a society that treasures our seniors. The best service to the seniors of university mount lady home would be that they could remain in place the rest of their lives. University mount is not just a facility, its a community. A place of warmth and care and loving people that work there and friendships. I urge you to support university mounts continued operation. Thank you so much. Thank you. Before you go, can i ask you applause i think sometimes we lose the human side of this. Could you tell us just a little bit about your mom . My mom will be 89 july the 24th. My mom was a world war ii [speaker not understood]. There are a couple world war ii veterans there. Shes not the only one. Bruce is also a world war ii veteran. He would have been here had he been able to. Many people that would have actually like to have been here havent been able to. My mother worked all her li
And then they go out and borrowed 1,700,000. Where is that money . They put it in their pocket. They didnt use it for people. So, there must be something to do about this. Thank you very much. Im opposing closing that and i hope we will continue that because we need it in portola district. The seniors need that place. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. applause supervisor campos, my name is gene [speaker not understood]. First i want to thank you for holding this meeting. I was pleasantly surprised to hear your comments and concerns in regard to the closure of the university mount as well as i was surprise today hear what the Mayors Office did. And what director mcfadden and her office did. Id like to comment on what director mcfadden said about san franciscans being able to retire and live their life out in San Francisco. My mother, when she married my dad, moved into the Bayview District in 1944. My dad had lived in that house since 1928. My dad was at university mount befor
Restricted to a retirement home. And, so, what is the board of directors going to do applause what is the board of directors going to do when we change the zoning so that only a retirement home can operate in this building . Can you respond to that . I can respond personally, but not as the board. Well, in that case we would pursue other options. I think you will. So, unless thank you. Unless we have any questions from my colleagues supervisor yee. Just a quick question. In looking at the sales of the building and then what the proceeds may go to, i couldnt figure it out with the numbers that was in front of me. After using the proceeds to pay your debts, using some of the proceeds to help out in transition, so forth, what would be the surplus or the balance after that . And what would you be doing with it okay. The surplus is not entirely clear because we have some ~ a couple of obligations which have been specifically identified. One is the withdrawal liability for the employees pens