I have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. And which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. Supervisor olague likes to remind me we share the district 5 represented by milk. And were here today to remember supervisor harvey milk and mayor George Moscone who were brutally assassinated decades ago. And we gather every year to remember, and not just to remember and to mourn, but also to remember the positives and to remember frankly both of these great men and what they contributed to our community. You know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. We are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was such an incredible trail blazer, not . In just getting elected, but in being a great leader and always holding his head high for our community. And i know when i was first sworn into office, one of the
City and to the people, to his friends and to his colleagues and to the citizens who are the fabric and texture and color of San Francisco. So, all of us can stop looking at the death of George Moscone and start to put him firmly in our hearts so we can see the likes of him in new community leaders, young artists, queer and colorful, innovators and students, all inside our magnificently and uniquely diverse and neverchanging city. San francisco will never be what it was, nothing in life will be. But as i heard recently, we are always nostalgic for a time that never was and often wanting to avoid a future that is inevitable. Will change in San Francisco as in everywhere is inevitable. And change can be beautiful. We are all of us the agents of change. As george and harvey were. Each one of us is the story teller of our lives and the lives of the people weve lost. And that wasnt always the case, as willie mentioned. But because of the likes of george and harvey and so many others, all th
Good afternoon, everyone, almost good evening, and welcome to San Francisco city hall. Im supervisor scott wiener. I have the honor of representing district 8 including the castro on the board of supervisors. And which district are formerly represented by harvey milk. Supervisor olague likes to remind me we share the district 5 represented by milk. And were here today to remember supervisor harvey milk and mayor George Moscone who were brutally assassinated decades ago. And we gather every year to remember, and not just to remember and to mourn, but also to remember the positives and to remember frankly both of these great men and what they contributed to our community. You know, with respect to harvey milk, there will never, ever be another harvey milk in our community in terms of what he represented for our community in terms of a step forward. We are now elected lgbt peep to office and harvey was such an incredible trail blazer, not . In just getting elected, but in being a great le
Georges mile wide grin and dramatically imperfect teeth, i saw on the pedestal so many things that i didnt know were there. I saw the names of my brothers and sister inside a heart, my dads favorite movie, quotes by him how much he considered being mayor, honor bestowed on him, and the things made possible for people who didnt have power, who didnt have voice, there was so much more on that pedestal than death. And, so, i think its time to reclaim George Moscone from the narcissistic legacy or the senselessness of dan white or the well intentioned world of hollywood or the better intentioned world of theater. Its time to reclaim him from the places where the real george gets lost in the story of others, even in my own. And we gift him back to the city and to the people, to his friends and to his colleagues and to the citizens who are the fabric and texture and color of San Francisco. So, all of us can stop looking at the death of George Moscone and start to put him firmly in our hearts
Are here. And all these years later, weve made a lot of strides in the Lgbt Community, but we still have so much work to do around hiv issues, around our youth, around discrimination, around transinclusion, and all the things that we know that harvey had he been here today would still be working on and leading on. And, so, we have to keep doing our work. And frankly, we cant take for granted that queer people are going to keep getting elected to office if we dont work on that and focus on that, well quickly slide back. So, were here today to remember and also to look forward. So, it is my great honor to turn the mic over to our mistress of ceremonies, one of harveys legislative aides and now the director of Emergency Management in San Francisco and one of my absolute favorite people in city hall, the great ann kronenberg. [cheering and applauding] i have to move this mic down a little bit, supervisor. Welcome. Thank you all so much for coming and honoring mayor moscone and supervisor h