Tisitation in everything we need here in San Francisco. We need to be galvanized and notdroid in solving our issues that face us. We continue to have violence on the streets and continue to have homeless issues and have so many issues that need or attention and argue and suggest need a strong catholic community. I love pope frances quote, i prefer a church which is bruised hurtding and dirty because it has been in sth streets rather than a church that is confined and cleaned from the own security. Ill say again this week, i expect as a legislator and pray as a cath lack that events are resolved in a manner similar to the resolution we are voting on today which honors the cont butions of the teachers [inaudible] my mope sh continues to be no matter what religion our Faith Community we qu move past these events. We have a long road to go, but ultimately rededicate ourselves to the mission of the chunchs and faiths and focus on being men and women for others here in the city of Saint Fran
My name is ana [inaudible] senior at sacred heart cathedral. Im here as a certain student and friend and a deeply troubled catholic. The language the archbishop wants to include identify the action of is evil and hateful and has no place in our catholic communities. Forcing teachers to sign a document is a cont rudiction of the teacher of conscious which calls on all people to reject teachings in violation including those that discriminate those in our communities yet the archbishop continues to fight for this language. Our parents and teachers do not want this and most marntly we the student do not want this. We come to school to be in a safe place to learn and ask question squz explore the faith rkts we do not inxh to school to be told we are unequal in the eyes of god. Should thee changes go forward, teachers will leave and parents will not longer trust the schools and we the student will suffer. Thank you thank you, next speaker, please my name is michael curen [inaudible] as a fre
My name is ana [inaudible] senior at sacred heart cathedral. Im here as a certain student and friend and a deeply troubled catholic. The language the archbishop wants to include identify the action of is evil and hateful and has no place in our catholic communities. Forcing teachers to sign a document is a cont rudiction of the teacher of conscious which calls on all people to reject teachings in violation including those that discriminate those in our communities yet the archbishop continues to fight for this language. Our parents and teachers do not want this and most marntly we the student do not want this. We come to school to be in a safe place to learn and ask question squz explore the faith rkts we do not inxh to school to be told we are unequal in the eyes of god. Should thee changes go forward, teachers will leave and parents will not longer trust the schools and we the student will suffer. Thank you thank you, next speaker, please my name is michael curen [inaudible] as a fre
Doing in our community who take on so many difficult issues and so many issues that require the hope and faithfulness [speaker not understood]. There are problems that arent going to be solved overnight. Theyre issues that we have to be commit today change over time and what that means and what that takes. It is a very challenging issue to deal with on the national level. 30,000 people are killed, 100,000 shot every year in this country, and almost nothing is being done. But one of the things that helps me to be able to do it and to keep the faith is getting to work with City Councils like this one. Having the opportunity to work with courageous leaders who arent intimidated by the threats of special interests who have done cutting edge work to address this problem. Weve worked with the board of supervisors in the past to introduce really innovative legislation that then has led the way to innovative legislation in the state of california and california has really created a model of wh
And i think my honoree represents supporting building up organizations and caucuses of women and alliances with general organizations in challenging institutional secondism. I want to say she is an amazing example of a leader from the Richmond District. She is the cochair of jobs with justice s. F. , she is also the cochair of the women caucus in the California Faculty Association and the president of the California Faculty Association at San Francisco state, and a tremendous leader that works behind the scenes in many ways to really empower women, students, and others in educational struggles throughout the state and in our city. She grew up in the boston area. You might hear that in her slight accent and shes here today with her husband rick claymore and friends from the outer richmond, Karen Mcnulty and others. She moved to the bear after college about the same time i did in the early 80s. ~ shes lived in the richmond for 30 years, and shes been a mom of a great daughter gabriella a