Business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. Within the parks majestic canopy are stories. Stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. Stories about conflict and peace. Stories about gentrification and equity. Stories about constancy and change. Stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. Stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. About love gartherings and solitary strolls. Stories about communities neighborhoods and families. Stories about all of us. On a personal note, this park is my post important place. No other place knows me better. This park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. Golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. The Trail Network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to find myself. During my time as our parks director i had the
Represent the president s council on sports, fitness and nutrition has submitted written testimony which will appear in the record alongside other testimony from the session. As a reminder all witnesses are asked to keep to five minutes for the prepared testimony. And as you can see if the timers on the wall in front of you we are doing our best to keep to that. I will now yield each of you five minutes. Good afternoon distinguished members of the commission. Project manager with the Sport Society program of the aspen institute. Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony in the future sports in america particularly the state. Admittedly bring a diverse perspective to the states hearing when i started coaching at 18 although i found a service to many families particularly underserved communities coaching quickly became a calling than a career but not in the way i thought. Rather than learning an inning living as a coach i became a Coaching Researcher first at uc barkley than int
Business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. Within the parks majestic canopy are stories. Stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. Stories about conflict and peace. Stories about gentrification and equity. Stories about constancy and change. Stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. Stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. About love gartherings and solitary strolls. Stories about communities neighborhoods and families. Stories about all of us. On a personal note, this park is my post important place. No other place knows me better. This park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. Golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. The Trail Network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to find myself. During my time as our parks director i had the
Business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. Within the parks majestic canopy are stories. Stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. Stories about conflict and peace. Stories about gentrification and equity. Stories about constancy and change. Stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. Stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. About love gartherings and solitary strolls. Stories about communities neighborhoods and families. Stories about all of us. On a personal note, this park is my post important place. No other place knows me better. This park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. Golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. The Trail Network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to find myself. During my time as our parks director i had the
Business and jobs it is a oasis through the joy, misery, growth, invasion. Within the parks majestic canopy are stories. Stories about class, about race, about nationality and religion. Stories about conflict and peace. Stories about gentrification and equity. Stories about constancy and change. Stories about stewardship and stories about destruction. Stories about technology and nature, about celebration and suffering, about all arts, music and food. About love gartherings and solitary strolls. Stories about communities neighborhoods and families. Stories about all of us. On a personal note, this park is my post important place. No other place knows me better. This park watched me fall in love, raise my two daughters, make friends, build my career. Golden gate park helped me work through struggles and challenges and helped me find joy, health and inspiration. The Trail Network and tree canopy offered me privacy and shelter to find myself. During my time as our parks director i had the