i m going to ask all uven to take, when you go to d.c., on the main floor of the main gearly gallery at the american history museum, the most visited museum in the world, there is george washington to the left, the american flag to the middle, and the kiprusoffy collection to the right. and i just want you to know that because you know, luis was trying to tell you who the kinseys are and you know what? you need to know who s speaking to you so sometimes you sit up a little bit better and you listen, but we are very grounded in what we re doing and we ve lived in san francisco back in the 1970 s. we ran a million square feet for der xerox out of south san francisco. we ran the oakland branch in oakland for three years there where i had 100 black folks working for me in 1977, just so you know. so we got our roots in the right place. we got our hearts in the right place. and it s a joy to be here in san francisco at this beautiful building here in city hall. i want to thank
gas station. these are the kinds of stories that need to be told because it is not just about recognizing african-americans, it s about what african-americans have been doing for us as a society for many, many years. so when i have a chance to talk about my life because i m just new rookie payor, wants to know how am i thinking, where am i coming from, i m going to tell about these stories that never get told because they re about life. they re about contributions. they re about how we relate to each other and so i am so proud to be up here with malia cohen, who is going to create many, many new stories to come along with all of san francisco and the other supervisors up here and the oop leaders and al williams and the historical society who are doing very important work to document the contributions so that we can justify why we need to make a special effort to make sure that there is no outmigration, to make sure that there are jobs. to make sure we protect the family struc
jobs. to make sure we protect the family structure. because from my heart and where i come from and what my family is all about, i know what it is to be helped by the african-american community. i know that that s been a strong tring and thing and we wouldn t have survived without that kind of kep help. so i leave you here today to let you know what s in my heart and mind and let s kick off this celebration to unite everybody in this city and be broud proud of who we are, and thank you very much. thank you, mayor lee. we are about to bring up our keynote speaker. but i did want to mention we also have with us david campos who s joined us. let s welcome supervisor camp ovements and dr. veronica hunnicutt is here also the so with that we re at the point where we really want to get to the real meat of this thing today, our key note speaker. i mentioned earlier we ve had a strong partnership with bring the exhibition we have now with the kinsey collection through the kins
principles. one, two whom much is given, sch required. and a life of no regrefments and let me say this, the second is harder than the first because live a life of no regrets means you life in the present tense. you have to make decisions while they re coming at you because if not you will say boy, i wish i d done that differently. so practicing this notion of no recigarettes difficult. we have a saying, god grant me a gift that i need so i can give it to someone else that needs it more. that s a hell of a practice. you hear what i just said? you can t have a blessing with a closed fist. and a lot of us walk around with both our fists closed all the time and think that you re going to get some blessings. in baseball, you get a glove and you throw the ball back. some of you got two gloves on your hands. you got to take one off. because that s the only way you can share and god does not bless us unless you give to others first. ok? all right. i got our good friend ron brown the
coming from, i m going to tell about these stories that never get told because they re about life. they re about contributions. they re about how we relate to each other and so i am so proud to be up here with malia cohen, who is going to create many, many new stories to come along with all of san francisco and the other supervisors up here and the oop leaders and al williams and the historical society who are doing very important work to document the contributions so that we can justify why we need to make a special effort to make sure that there is no outmigration, to make sure that there are jobs. to make sure we protect the family structure. because from my heart and where i come from and what my family is all about, i know what it is to be helped by the african-american community. i know that that s been a strong tring and thing and we wouldn t have survived without that kind of kep help. so i leave you here today to let you know what s in my heart and mind and let s