Id like to thank the sponsors for todays event. Bear with me, it is a very healthy list. The Northern California carpenters regional council, ey, lows, jamel and tom perkins, linkedin, Russell Reynolds first bank, Community Vision and capital consulting, rubicon, kayhill construction, and oliver and company. I also want to recognize a few donors who have made the dorm possible. Tipping point. Valerie powder, the zeler box foundation, the louis r. Laura foundation and linkedin. This group, along with the city, and sfusd exemplify a Publicprivate Partnership model that has come together to meet the needs of young people in San Francisco. We are honored to have mayor breed with us here today and to have mayor Willie Browns daughter, susan brown, here with us as well. Without question, it is because of the support of mayor breed and mayor brown that we are standing here today about to open this beautiful dormitory for kids. [ applause ]. Its pretty cool. I would like to begin our program b
My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were going to hear a truly inspiring story from the halls of the psychiatric ward that was born and bred right here in new york city. When a mentally ill inmate is too sick to handle, they are sent to Bellevue Hospital psychiatric prison ward. Dr. Elizabeth ford wrote about her experiences in this new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problem our Society Faces with the incarcer
My name is nancy widen, i am the owner of the strand along with my dad, fred bass, who usually can be found in the buying desk on the main floor. Ninety years ago my grandfather, benjamin bass, founded the strand on fourth avenue, right around the corner. It was an area that was known as book row. It ran from about the 1880s to about is about the 1970s, and at its height there were 48 bookstores. Today were till run by my family. Were the sole survivor of decades of big box stores, amazon, ebooks, and we hold our 18 miles of books of new, rare and old. And tonight i am delighted that were going to hear a truly inspiring story from the halls of the psychiatric ward that was born and bred right here in new york city. When a mentally ill inmate is too sick to handle, they are sent to Bellevue Hospital psychiatric prison ward. Dr. Elizabeth ford wrote about her experiences in this new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problem our Society Faces with the incarcer
Doctors angel cano wrote about her experiences in his new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problems and our society are incarcerated and the mentally ill come together and his doctor for pointed out on the daily show amazing doesnt always mean good im delighted this important book as are the number one on some biography bestseller lists. [applause] so here to introduce the therefore it is dr. Howard owen who worked alongside dr. Ford in the department of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and sits on the jars. Hes going to tell us about fountain house and a couple of minutes. I want to say how much i deeply admire both of your works working in one of the most challenging careers possible, caring for those in our country that our country often abandons. Please join me in welcoming dr. Owen to the strand. [applause] i want to thank you and the strand for being here for this event. There are two reasons why i am here. First is because im a very old and dear
Doctors angel cano wrote about her experiences in his new memoir, sometimes Amazing Things happen. This is a place where problems and our society are incarcerated and the mentally ill come together and his doctor for pointed out on the daily show amazing doesnt always mean good im delighted this important book as are the number one on some biography bestseller lists. [applause] so here to introduce the therefore it is dr. Howard owen who worked alongside dr. Ford in the department of psychiatry at nyu school of medicine and sits on the jars. Hes going to tell us about fountain house and a couple of minutes. I want to say how much i deeply admire both of your works working in one of the most challenging careers possible, caring for those in our country that our country often abandons. Please join me in welcoming dr. Owen to the strand. [applause] i want to thank you and the strand for being here for this event. There are two reasons why i am here. First is because im a very old and dear