200 thousand and barbara told me without the floor nothing else [inaudible] some of us were together 10 years goy when we celebrated [inaudible] i can say to my colleagues in wash ington it wasnt just about transportation but Economic Growth of the community and now the spiritially and intellectual and cultural life of the community. This is really a cause for great celebration. It is a recognition the arts are central to who we are as a country. [inaudible] over and over again, but more importantly and more personally to everyone here, lets the art sing to the community. [inaudible] every time we come here, one of the [inaudible] always say our community has the word unity in it. It brings us together. A person who works very very hard to bring us all together newly wed supervisor [inaudible] she is a champion for bayview Hunters Point and housing and fairness and safety in the community, the list goes on and on. [inaudible] how beautifully she spoke about the opera house inside and w
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For the critical work in the community. Next is tiffan marie johnson. [applause] mrs. Johnson is a clearly beloved teacher at Leadership High School in San Francisco, founder of h 2 o production and phd candidate at the universesty of california, berkeley. [applause] thank you all for your incredible advocacy in the community. Next we have liz jacksonsimpson. [applause] the executive director the success center, a long time advokate in reentry in the community and mother of many in the neighborhood. Give a hand for liz jackson. [applause] thank you all for your incredible work. Without this work that you have done, our community would be much less equal and much more poor. Next we move to hrc hero award for organization. Is this better . Thank you. Sorry about that, trying to share the microphone. Move to the hrc award for organization. The First Organization is united playaz, a violence prevention and Youth Development organization that provides a comprehensive range of services to pr
For there bayview opera house, Ruth Williams memorial theater. [applause] everybody wants to go ahead and grab a seat or find a place to stand. We are so thrilled that the sun is shining on the bayview today. Im tom ducaney and director of Public Affairs for city and county of San Francisco, director of San Francisco parks commission. On belandfall of my colleagues and commissioners it is a honor to welcome you all for the ribbon cutty for newly renovated bayview opera house and Ruth Williams memorial theater. [applause] the city of owns and operates 4 brick and mortar culturalsenter buildings, all of which provide Affordable Access to high quality arts and culture in communities across the city. Built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. I want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. In the front row we have family
Booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. Doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. On behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing Racial Justice in San Francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. Assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in sacramento. We have supervisor malia cohen. And i believe do we have Supervisor Scott Wiener here today . No. President breed was going to try to join us as well. We also have [inaudible] george gas gone. Im also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of San Francisco public works, mohammed nuru. Bayview opera house vise president theo [inaudible] [applause]. And also our brilliant Landscape Architects walter hood. [applause [. I want to ocknowledge the San Francisco Arts Commissioner is. We have jd veltram in the audience. I believe c