The 40th annual american book awards. I say it is very appropriate that we are holding this ceremony on the day of the dead. In San Francisco. And in california, and at the end of the west. Not just geographically mind you, you go any further west, you are in the east. Far east. So just this last month, afghanistan turned 18. I say its you say is going to vote . Congressional budget for every 24 hours the war cost hundred and 74 million. So in a city named for st. Francis, who city fathers and mothers now treated citizens as if they were merely detritus of capitalism, is trying these big two. And if state named for a black lesbian amazon clean of the islamic faith took up on that, but these are just the names that we know right now. Because there are monday names for this place became long before any of us were here and there will be monday names to come. In fact the origin of those names came from a group of people who arrived from youre up are increasingly starting to up here within
Shes the librarian of congress been there since 2015. Before that she was the executive director at Dance Heritage Coalition where now she provides outreach to artists and national preservation. This is vitally important. Im a dancer in another part of my life and im excited about this. She advises organizations on how to find funding or assistance for records and coauthored with an attorney a book on copyright and fair use to navigate issues. She is also really interested in how the art next to other parts of history and culture and that is very much what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i will say no more and offer libby smigel. [applause] thanks. I really am thrilled to see all of you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. I want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk about things that i really care about dearly. And also, i am looking forward to you offering comments and questions at the end. Because one thi
We are going to grow and think about that through generations and apply that locally as part of the community. Thank you so much. This first question is for the entire panel. You discussed what your organization focused on. What are you finding to be the Biggest Challenges you face in this field . Thanks for the question. It is always top of mind to think very much about the people in the community that are the beneficiaries of the work that we do. It is easy to look around to see the challenges. We have income inequality and housing issues, transportation challenges. People commuting long hours. This affects young people. They are working harder than ever to get an education. We want the bay area to be a place to find a great job. Thinking about Young Persons development, there are some challenges that are natural. Curt talked about the Youth Development work. Young people have to have a sense of belonging and attach to a teacher or community organization. They have to be offered the
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Good morning. Welcome to the San Francisco chamber of commerce breakfast here at the chase center. It is a pleasure to see you all. Thank you for making this part of your early day. It is a pleasure to welcome you to the chase center. I am scott bud man, technology and Business Reporter for nbc news in the bay area. I am honored to be your master of ceremonies today. I am a native of east oakland a warrior fan my whole life. Can you believe this building . This is amazing. The team has come a long way and this building is going to do a lot of amazing things. We are here to celebrate the openings of chase center, the new home of the Golden State Warriors. This will be a one of a kind destination to take in championship basketball and concerts. Both members of the community and around the world will take in these amazing, amazing acts. We are fortunate today to get an inside look at this awesome arena and hear how it will benefit sports and entertainment. We will also hear how the Warrio