Residents next up we have supervisor mark farrell from district 2. Actually, supervisor cohen, i actually had another institute thats connected to excuse me. Eric mar has another award. Thank you, supervisor. [laughter] this is another important connection. I learned about black studies at sf state through this institute, and id like to share in honoring them with supervisor breed from district 5 who is kpoo or kpoo has a strong history. But i learned about black studies through a lot of leadership. I see that Arnold Townsend is back there and a number of kpoo community jj parsons, if you could come forward. Its my honor with supervisor breed to acknowledge kpoo radio 89. 5. applause and im really hoping that in future airwaves well be hearing youre listening to kpoo radio, kpoo 89. 5fm in San Francisco. We could hear that broadcasting our San Francisco board of supervisors meetings like they did historically for many, many decades in our city. And im hoping to work with jj parsons, th
Thank you. Supervisor mar. I want to welcome all of our guests who are here for our presentations related to black History Month. And id like to ask supervisor cohen if youd actually like to take my gavel and preside over the proceedings of todays commendations. Supervisor. Yes, mr. President. Ill gladly take your gavel. [laughter] all right. Are you guys excited . Because now is the time were going to actually take a moment and honor many outstanding African Americans who have contributed greatly to the city and county of San Francisco. And as we begin to close out our black History Month, well have an opportunity to reflect not only what weve done this entire month, but also what we did last year and in previous years standing on the shoulders of rosa parkses, dr. Martin luther king, sojourner truth, those are leaders from a historical perspective. I and supervisor breed stand ort shoulders of more recent giants, like espinola jackson, like ms. Westbrook, ella hill hutch, doris ward,
Thank you very much. All right now. applause thank you. Our next supervisor will be supervisor from district 3. Thank you, madam chair. And, first of all, again, i want to welcome all of you who are here for this wonderful celebration of black History Month where were celebrating heroes, leaders and rock stars, not just within the africanamerican community, but africanamerican heroes, leaders and rock stars in our broader San Francisco community. applause and i am honored to recognize one of those rock stars, jamie alison hope, where are you . Come on down. So, let me tell you about this woman. And she is someone ive known for years who is a resident of mine in the lower knob hill area. And i knew her professional background and that was why i decided to recognize her. But upon getting her resume, i am truly blown away of what i have not known about you for many, many years. So, let me first start by saying that when she graduated from the university of tennessee, she graduated with a
In declaring february 27th ucsf philip r. Lee Institute Day in the city and county of San Francisco. And id just like to ask dr. Schmidt, if you could introduce who is here with us, too. Yes. We have here dr. [speaker not understood]. She is the director of the institute for Health Policy studies. Roberta vargas as you already mentioned, and ms. Paula fleichser who is one of our experts. I wanted to make a very brief statement. Its a real honor to be here to speak to this commendation on behalf of our staff. We have over a hundred faculty and staff at the institute for Health Policy studies. Ucsf is by far one of San Franciscos many, many treasures. But the newest discovery for medicine and Population Health often get locked up in the ivory tower and they dont make their way out onto the streets to actually help the population very quickly. So, our institutes core mission is to translate advances in science as they come forward within the university and translate them into policies tha