Commission, you may comment under item 4, general Public Comment and will be continued to item 13, if you do not have the opportunity on item 4. Last, when you are making Public Comment, please address your remarks to the commission. The Commission Neither the commission, nor staff will respond to questions during Public Comment, but the commission may may ask staff to respond once Public Comment is done. So with that, we are on item 2, the president s report. Im going to defer to comments made under another item. Thank you. Thank you. Any Public Comment on this item . Being none, Public Comment is closed. Were on item 3 of the oh, before we get started, commissioner buell, item no. Hold on item no. 11, the open space Fund Undesignated contingency reserve victoria Manalo Draves park. I know supervisor kim wants to address this issue and she will appear here at 10 30 and well call that item out of order when she is. Ed with, that item 3, general managers report. Good morning, commission
Struggling schools in our area by creating partnerships between the school and other Community Resources, resources that all benefit local families. Por ejemplo, the schools, along with Neighborhood Community organizations, train parents to serve as mentors. Well tell you more about this Great Initiative a little later in our show. Right now, though, we elect a new president this year, and Immigration Reform is one of the most controversial issues of the campaign season. In parts of our country and, believe it or not, in parts of our area, there are still pockets of antiimmigrant sentiment. This week, abc7 partners again with citizenship now , a hotline campaign to guide people through the often complex citizenship process. Dozens of hotline providers will be on hand all week to offer free information to thousands of callers. Here to talk more about this annual event, attorney andres perches lemons and sofia carreno from the City University of new york. Cuny is also a big part of the c
Pros and cons. Video of an 18yearold on the sidewalk as the police handcuffed him, sparking cries of Police Brutality last week. But some say that body cameras recording the entire incident would have muted the outrage. It would have shown the incident from the officers point of view from the beginning to the end. Stephen advocates of body cameras and those with deep concerns spoke out. Much of the discussion centered on what images will be withheld under the current proposal. It would include assaults from Police Officers . We would always protect the identity of a witness to a crime, always. Representatives of the Muslim Committee raised concerns. They fear that granting the Public Access to video will. Urther victimize muslim women among the crowd today, a contingent for black lives matter, denouncing the concept of police body cameras. Of timenk it is a waste and a deflection of the relationships we need to be talking about. The university of virginia student filed a lawsuit follow
Nail polish, they would. At the very least the sentiments at the heart of imperial todomesticity has shaped wars in destruction. I would warn at times these sentiments have also kept americans from recognizing certain damage that american attacks have done to foreign women and children, even if their bodies have been spared. Afghan i afghani women and children have lost many things held dear. Bombs have destroyed their lands. Too many family members have died violently. Their country has been thrown in a period of turmoil. In times of war, american domesticity causes us to focus and shifts our gaz ae away from the tragedies of war. Americans can avoid reckoning with the violence women and children experience when the men, the communities and the landscapes they love are deemed legitimate targets for death and destruction. Thank you. [applause] my thanks to darren and matt for putting on this conference and for inviting me. I think matt actually deserves the prize for the person who has
Feelings about the loss of dean carol lancaster. Carol was a great colleague over the last years. I traveled with her, worked with her, and when i was secretary, we looked for and created a lot of partnerships with the school of Foreign Service and so my thoughts and prayers are with carols family and friends and the entire university community. She would really love to have been here because she would have heartily approved of this gathering, and she was instrumental in the creation of the first ever anywhere in the world Georgetown Institute for women, peace, and security. So for me this is yet another wonderful opportunity to talk about the work that georgetown is doing in partnership with so many others. And the model that georgetown is providing through the institute, which is on the brink of being replicated in other places around the world who recognize the significance of taking the subject of women, peace and security and integrating them within a world class Academic Institut