Stage. This lady, ladies and gentlemen, is a Lifetime Achievement award winner. Please, please welcome her to the stage. applause i cant think of a more deserving woman. Thank you. Come on in. Jeffery, i love you. I love you, too. Hello, neighbors. Good evening. You know, first i have to say that i heart the portola, i really do. [laughter] this is an amazing win frankly for the whole southeast sector, from Progress Park down, and its a wonderful night. Great to be here with all of you. My name is jeffery betcher. I am the executive director of the organization that emerged 10 years ago from Annette Young smith and carl pages work on the block where i live. Annette lived across the street from me and started planting flowers here or there around the block. And that changed everything mysteriously. And we figured out over time what it was that really created the change, and it wasnt the garden. It wasnt the plants. It was that annette was unafraid to cross the street and give a hug to s
Life stories, stories about kids just like you. Kids have to make decisions every day like who are you going to be friends with, paying attention in class or even showing up are all choices you have to make every day. So i want you to Pay Attention to the choices that are made in this play so that later, when we come talk to you, you can tell us how you would handle these situations. So its time for you to use your mind and listen so you can learn how to make the wise choice, the right choice, to be leaders instead of followers. Did i forget to mention . The name of this play is the fall of inaudible . Drop dead. Whats up, whats up. Welcome to the prologue. How are you doing out there . Great. I said, how are you doing out there . All right, all right, now be quiet. We are here today to save your lives. Maybe, it can happen, just listen. Were just like you, were students. We got some students from john f. Kennedy high school, and here we got some students from Martin Luther King Junior
Certainly provide me support and provide me the motivation to get up and come to work every single day. This is an opportunity to thank and praise the people that call me stop, that email me, find me on facebook, send me a twitter and pick, found me on next door. I tell you, this is your day. Put your hands together. Hang in there, were almost done. But this is the day that we get to celebrate applause im calling it the neners. You know whats interesting . Ive been around city hall long enough to watch the nen awards grow and mature into what it is today. So, i also want to give a special shout out to daniel homesy who is the originator of this. Thank you, daniel. applause also i want to acknowledge his right hand christina palone, the new director, mon, Mayors Office Neighborhood Services over there in that corner. applause and for those of you that dont know, i represent district 10, thats the southeast neighborhoods. Thats bayview, thats potrero hill, visitacion valley, its a little
Im an ares, ill be playing the role of the prince. Thats it for costumes, guys, were on a tight budget. What makes a tragedy a tragedy . The ancient greeks would say its from a king falls from grace. He was once a great king but a few scenes later he was blind and starving. Its the choices you make that determine your outcomes. Now, before we begin i want you to guys to remember this story is based on true events. This is fictionalized. We didnt paint that on that wall. Look at my store. Every time someone paints on my wall, you show up. Im sorry, but according to the citys ordinance. According to the ordinance, it costs over 200. You know who is doing it, what are you going to do to stop them. Are you the police . Code enforcement. Code enforcement, the garbage man, i dont care. I called over an hour ago. Just because my door faces the boulevard these kids treat it like its their own personal billboard or something. I mean, look at that. Probably have to come down. You going to write
No, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. Music it is related to the band, of course the musical content or isnt related to the bed. Album covers can come from anywhere. Class actress was great. We have been having so much fun. I did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. What other events take place here . We do Corporate Events that night on a regular basis. But nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. Calacademy. Org nightlife. We have details for the next few weeks. You can get tickets online in advance or at the door. Thank you so much. Thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. Culturewire on sf gov tv. Welcome home, man. Good morning, everybody. Lots of people know each other here, wonderful. It will be a great day. Welcome, everybody, welcome to San Francisco. To some of you, welcome to the presidio, welcome to this absolutely gorgeous futures without violence center. I