Cheryl, thank you. It is great to be here. I am excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. We have sheryl davis, who is the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. David harris he is the c. E. O. Of the oaklandbased nonprofit urban Strategies Council. And finally, zahrah farmer shes a professor at Laney College and the host of days with zahrah, which airs here on abc7. So, thanks to all of you for joining us today. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Now, before we get into our discussion, lets take a look at a recent abc7 news story focusing on challenges facing San Franciscos Africanamerican Community. Some Church Leaders want San Francisco mayor ed lee to declare a state of emergency to keep blacks from being pushed out of the city. Abc7 news was at Third Baptist Church in april as faith leaders pointed out the africanamerican population of the city is now below 6 . They say housing is a big factor. The group cites a traditionally black Senior Ho
Cheryl, thank you. It is great to be here. I am excited to introduce you to our panel of guests today. We have sheryl davis, who is the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. David harris he is the c. E. O. Of the oaklandbased nonprofit urban Strategies Council. And finally, zahrah farmer shes a professor at Laney College and the host of days with zahrah, which airs here on abc7. So, thanks to all of you for joining us today. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Now, before we get into our discussion, lets take a look at a recent abc7 news story focusing on challenges facing San Franciscos Africanamerican Community. Some Church Leaders want San Francisco mayor ed lee to declare a state of emergency to keep blacks from being pushed out of the city. Abc7 news was at Third Baptist Church in april as faith leaders pointed out the africanamerican population of the city is now below 6 . They say housing is a big factor. The group cites a traditionally black Senior Ho
Michael is a radio show host and author and film critic. He is the former chief film critic for the New York Post and cohost of pbs Weekly Program sneak previews. He has a Daily Radio Program which airs on over 300 stations across the country and reaches 5 million listeners. Is written 13 books including hollywood versus america and the ten big lives about america. Please join me in welcoming michael. [applause] thank you everybody for coming up. For sampling some of the joys of the christmas season. We can say christmas season, we can say Holiday Season if you prefer. But president elect trump says we can say Merry Christmas again. So Merry Christmas to everybody, happy hanukkah, that, they actually fall about the same time this year. In fact exactly the same time this year which is unusual. Before i begin i want to introduce this book. My wonderful wife were coming up to her 32nd, she doesnt recognize it that shes 32. But of like to say thank you to my wife doctor diane medved. Dance
She has won awards on human rights abuse exposes and on Health Insurers who rescinded coverage for sick members. Please give a warm welcome to ms. Lisa. [applause] i want to introduce the rest of our panel. We are really lucky to have a Diverse Group that can speak to many aspects of this problem. Chill is a legal scholar at ucla who has done a lot of research in the Opioid Epidemic and efforts to fix it. This is a fabulous journalist and reporter who i worked with at the paper and has written many books. She has written an amazing chronicle of this epidemic called dreamland. If you havent read it, i highly recommend it. Its fabulous and touching and tragic. Dr. Larissa muni runs and addiction clinic at ucla and helps doctors learn how to cope with victims of this epidemic and she has done research into medication responses. This is a federal prosecutor down here in the courthouse in l. A. And as an assistant u. S. Attorney, he has prosecuted doctors and drug rings and gangs that move
She has won awards on human rights abuse exposes and on Health Insurers who rescinded coverage for sick members. Please give a warm welcome to ms. Lisa. [applause] i want to introduce the rest of our panel. We are really lucky to have a Diverse Group that can speak to many aspects of this problem. Chill is a legal scholar at ucla who has done a lot of research in the Opioid Epidemic and efforts to fix it. This is a fabulous journalist and reporter who i worked with at the paper and has written many books. She has written an amazing chronicle of this epidemic called dreamland. If you havent read it, i highly recommend it. Its fabulous and touching and tragic. Dr. Larissa muni runs and addiction clinic at ucla and helps doctors learn how to cope with victims of this epidemic and she has done research into medication responses. This is a federal prosecutor down here in the courthouse in l. A. And as an assistant u. S. Attorney, he has prosecuted doctors and drug rings and gangs that move