Community and your trust in us and our work in nonprofit in serving the broader community. Thank you so much. applause applause now up in the batting order, supervisor farrell. Thank you, president chiu. I believe my honoree is still running in the building, if you will. If we could skip over. Sure, thanks. Slide to district 1, supervisor mar. Thank you. To all the honorees, were really lucky to have such an amazing array of different types of leaders from the Filipino Community. The choice for the Richmond District today is i think one of the most inspiring and creative people that helps to build our movements with his messages of hope and struggle. I wanted to say the legacy theme, id say that tony robles, if tony can come forward. [cheering and applauding] understand why im saying this. There is a mural at San Francisco state that the league of filipino students and filipino activists created and artists. It shows the struggle in the philippines and the connection to the u. S. , peo
That were very proud of. Im honoring him for his social justice work. He has been active in the Asian American community for over a decade. I know he looks a lot younger than a decade, but he has been extremely active. Hes been involved in grassroots activism in the Asian American immigrant worker and lgbt communities on both coasts of the country and his vision for social justice is grounded in the realities of those communities. After graduating from Brown University and ucla law school, chris worked as a Ford Foundation new voices fellow where filipino advocates for justice in oakland before joining the positive Resource Center in San Francisco as a staff attorney representing clients living with hiv. He is currently the executive director of the asian law caucus which works on housing rights, immigration, labor, and employment issues in the Asian Community and ha been very active in effecting positive social change on the policy level here in San Francisco and right here in our own
There are now at least 75 cases in six states most right here in california. Kpix 5 kiet do is in san jose this morning with news of a letter that has a warning for some bay area parents. Kiet. Reporter good morning. We have been told that this letter has been drafted yesterday afternoon. Its a collaboration between the office of education and the department of Public Health here in Santa Clara County meant to guide and inform parents how they can protect their children during the Measles Outbreak. Meanwhile, across the bay area, more measles drama unfolding. This time in Alameda County as 30 babies have been put in isolation. It turns out a purposely unvaccinated child visited a kaiser Doctors Office in oakland. As a precaution, infants and toddlers who also went to the office have been told to stay home and away from other kids. We caught up with sixmonthold livia simon who is on week three of four of isolation with no signs of illness. People say that its a personal choice not to va