what the united states attorney is or what they do or anything like that, but i was nominated by president obama to be the united states attorney here two years ago. yes, my boss. [ applause ] and i m honored to represent him, the president, the administration and the department of justice in northern california and in san francisco and in that capacity to welcome you here today to see this movie screening. there are 800 san francisco public high school students here today. so thank you for being here. [ applause ] it s really amazing. really amazing. there are 2400 of your classmates sitting in movie theaters around this city as we speak, all of you are watching the film this morning together. so we really appreciate it. we laid down a challenge to oakland. oakland has now pledged to screen the film between now and october 4th and we heard from san mateo county is now pledging to show the film to kids in san mateo county. so you really started a movement in the bay area and
first and foremost, if you have a cell phone, turn it off or put it on vibrate. okay? turn it off or put it on vibrate. the second thing i m going to ask, i know how much fun it is to get on a bus and leave school, and go somewhere else and you are sitting next to your friends but this is where i m going to get serious on you. we re coming together today and i said we re going to experience something together today. i mean that very seriously. we re going to experience a movie today that i think is going to touch each and every one of you. so as we prepare for what we re going to experience today, i m going to ask you to please be very respectful of what you are about to experience and i want you to be very reflective and think about what does this have to do with me? how does this affect me and the people i have worked with or studied with or grown-up with? you have lot of adults here in the room today and if you feel like you have to talk to someone or step out, be sure
employee in the use of investment of over $4.7 million in the city s money that they have invested in the employment education, mental health, housing, and treatment. we have also created specialized caseloads for those high-risk transitional-age youth, including gender-responsive caseloads so we can meet the needs of our young men and women. in addition to that, we have an enhanced collaboration as a member of the gang task force in working with the department of public health crisis response services and also utilizing sanctions and reward given to us by realignment legislation, including the use of electronic monitoring technology. in addition to that, we will be opening a community assessment services center that will provide wraparound services, again providing opportunity to change their lives. education and service and skill development is key for long-term change. thank you. [applause] ok, i know it is getting hot in here. hang on. we only have 13 more speakers. jus
because we re being called to action. we re being called to do something about this epidemic. and i know you san franciscans, i don t care how young you are. i don t care what age or what grade you are. the best thing i know about san francisco, no matter where you come from is that we appreciate each other, where we come from. we appreciate your diversity. our diversity is our strength. the more different we are in backgrounds that makes san francisco fantastic. you know that and i know that. that is why we love our city. that is why we want to ?qp here and live here and raise our families here as because this diversity is our strength. don t let anybody bully you. don t allow them to say your differences are weaknesses. we all talk about the need to diversify the leadership in our country and i want you to know that. there are some good examples and i want to single out rooftop element school k-8 has the bully ambassador program where every week some 50 students meet togeth
we re going to experience a movie today that i think is going to touch each and every one of you. so as we prepare for what we re going to experience today, i m going to ask you to please be very respectful of what you are about to experience and i want you to be very reflective and think about what does this have to do with me? how does this affect me and the people i have worked with or studied with or grown-up with? you have lot of adults here in the room today and if you feel like you have to talk to someone or step out, be sure to contact that adult and do what you need to do. but this is going to be an experience, folks, that is going to change all of our lives today. so i want us to experience it with that kind of respect, and that kind of reverence. so i really appreciate your cooperation. like i said, i couldn t be more proud of all of you. so with that, i want to introduce you to the united states attorney, who is melinda haig, who is going to say some words to you.