delighted to welcome you here to the correct auditorium. every year we begin our celebration of black history month at the san francisco public library in january with our more than a month programming. and we continue our unapologetic celebration of black history and culture year round through the activities of the african american center here at the main and this year we re also celebrating the lunar new year and the year of the rabbit. having a joint celebration of these two special occasions is really long overdue. the library is so excited to host this special program and partnership with the san francisco human rights commission and so many amazing community organizations. but before we get started, i want to give a shout out in particular to two phenomenal women. the first is claudine ching, executive director of the san francisco apa heritage foundation. and dr cheryl davis , the director of the human rights commission, and recently published children s book author. y
asian american to be appointed to serve in this role. i am so delighted to welcome you here to the correct auditorium. every year we begin our celebration of black history month at the san francisco public library in january with our more than a month programming. and we continue our unapologetic celebration of black history and culture year round through the activities of the african american center here at the main and this year we re also celebrating the lunar new year and the year of the rabbit. having a joint celebration of these two special occasions is really long overdue. the library is so excited to host this special program and partnership with the san francisco human rights commission and so many amazing community organizations. but before we get started, i want to give a shout out in particular to two phenomenal women. the first is claudine ching, executive director of the san francisco apa heritage foundation. and dr cheryl davis , the director of the human right