Served as the special assistant for human rights and began her career as a journalist reporting from places such as bosnia, kosovo and zimbabwe and was the director for the human rights policy at the kennedy s school. Her book a problem from hell was the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 also the author of the bestselling book the fight to save the world and o the most recent book we wl bebeec discussing today the education of an idealist is was published by harpercollins in september of this year and ive just learned it is shortlisted for the irish book prize. Congratulations. [applause] and one more time please join me in welcoming samantha power. [applause] theres a reason this is my first trip to austin. We are going to start off the session with a brief reading. I want to set the stage for the conversation and i thought the reading i would do today is one that speaks to the challenges that we are facing figuring out how to engage with people that we disagree with vehemently so this is the sc
You talk about Affordable Housing, well, where are all these families kids going to go to school . Just think of how many students, and one gentleman who very aptly said, a nurses assistant assistant, a custodian, the teacher, how did these people get the education in the first place . A lot of them dont have parents who can afford tuition, and i am so fearful that city college will just be really in a very dangerous position if you let a project the way it is now go through. I really appreciate going forward, looking forward to the e. I. R. , that you really wrap your arms around what is good for the college and the students and the future students. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Can some of these be handed out . Okay. I am a longtime faculty member at city college. Many people have said things. I just have a few details. Yes, i find it strange to call it call it balboa reservoir. It has never had water, i have always called it city college. We have hand the land we have
This is critical is that the end . It is. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good evening. My name is doug and im here representing habitat for humanity of San Francisco. Im excited to be here this evening alongside our partners. Habitat for mission is to provide highquality space, decent, affordable and Sustainable Housing to hardworking clients in San Francisco and san mateo county. We do this by partnering with cities, community leaders, donors, volunteers and homebuyers to build and sell homes affordably to qualified families. This project would be responsible for city subsidized forsale units for working families whose Household Income is around 100 of a. M. I. These families are what we call the missing middle. They are typically working as nursing assistance, construction workers, teachers, daycare staff , all of whom are vital to this community. Too often they are willingly displaced because they cannot afford to stay. Those families this family seduced day often live in substand
Provide highquality space, decent, affordable and Sustainable Housing to hardworking clients in San Francisco and san mateo county. We do this by partnering with cities, community leaders, donors, volunteers and homebuyers to build and sell homes affordably to qualified families. This project would be responsible for city subsidized forsale units for working families whose Household Income is around 100 of a. M. I. These families are what we call the missing middle. They are typically working as nursing assistance, construction workers, teachers, daycare staff , all of whom are vital to this community. Too often they are willingly displaced because they cannot afford to stay. Those families this family seduced day often live in substandard and overcrowded homes. They live in places where children do not have space to do homework or to play, or families cannot grow and thrive in a healthy environment. There reservoir project can make a significant and meaningful contribution to the city
Good morning and welcome to mosaic. Im ron swisher. Its a privilege to host mosaic. Im especially excited today, because were speaking about youth. We always talk about youth as our future. But youth is our present. Youth with all of its possibilities, all of its potentially can become real with us in the present. I know that as a pastor for nearly 50 years, im excited when theres youth involved in the church and involved in the community. But i think thats true of all institutions and organizations from education to the government to you name it. To politics. When you have youth. Im excited for my guest this morning. Regina jackson the director of the east Oakland Youth Development center and jay da white, who is also an active person in that organization. I always like to start with telling a little bit of your background, regina. Your history and your involvement. Oh, thats a long story. Let me see, lets wrap it up. I have been in oakland for 50 years. So oakland is my home. I found