[applause] i want to get your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activists. They had seen violence and discrimination, but only saw the best of america. We are who we are as a country because we came together, stood together, and worked together. My dad is one of these guys, the older i got, the more difficult his story for a childhood was. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I was like you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said dont disrespect me, thou shall honor your mother and father. You cant look it up, but it happened. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. My history back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. He was born in america. My father would tell me that he is who
Who the heck am i . Im a man raised by two incredible parents who have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activist who have seen violence and determination but we are who we are as a country because we came together and understood together and work together. The older i got, the more difficult the stories of childhood work. By the time he was older, beach balls were falling from the sky. Let me tell you when a tsunami hit my time. I honored my father and my mother. My dad was my mom was a single mom. My father would tell me dont people i was poor. I was just poe. Po. My father would tell me he is who he is because of a conspiracy of love. People were not related to him they didnt look like him or pray for him willing to fight for him. My fathers mom was in a community that took him in and no college in my Family History but i told him you will go to college, he will go to school and he couldnt afford it. It was our turn to put a collection plate around. He commanded ther
Members. I will introduce you real quick. That sounds great. [applause] to iker want to get want to get to your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I was raised by two incredible parents. They were civil rights activists. They saw violence and discrimination, but they also saw the best of america and they know we are who we are as a country because we Work Together and stood together. My dad is one of these guys that the older i got, the more difficult the stories of his childhood were. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Son, let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I said, dad, you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He said, dont you disrespect me. My dad was born to a single mom in a segregated world. I know my Family History back to slavery was just poverty, poverty, poverty. He would tell me, boy, dont tell people i was poor. Tell them i was po. I could not afford the other two. But he was born in america.
Thank you for making this happen. Thank you sen. Booker thank you for the opportunity. We have a bunch of eager members. I will introduce you real quick. We will open up questions. Sen. Booker that sounds great. Is that ok . Thats great. [applause] sen. Booker i want to get to your questions. I want to orient you to who the heck am i. I am a kid that was raised by two incredible parents. Who have seen the worst of america. They were civil rights activists. They saw violence and discrimination, but they also saw the best of america and they know we are who we are as a country because we Work Together and stood together. My dad is one of these guys that the older i got, the more difficult the stories of his childhood were. Hes like, son, the hail, when i was young, hale was the size of golf balls. By the time he was older, the hail was like beach balls falling from the sky. Son, let me tell you when this tsunami hit my town. I said, dad, you grew up in the mountains of North Carolina. He
With the Health Justice academy and the San Francisco heath plan advisory and aim a poor magazine and a former San Francisco commissioner and because im someone that cares and i experienced trauma in my life and i have Mental Health issues. All my issues have a lot of issues that go down to my basic needs being met. And so, im someone who needs Wraparound Services in my life. Im at the mercy of the handout to survive and its still not enough. We have a crisis in my city. This is my city and my home. What i see daily disturbed my heart and what i go through disturbs my mind. Its a challenge to stay focused and not give up because i live a hard life. Mental health sf offers Wraparound Services. And that is something that we need. We need wrap around services because the issues in our life are intersected with the needs that we need to be met. Instead of that in place, what we have right now is incarcerating, criminalizing and killing us. My friend was killed by San Francisco police at th