Good evening, im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Its an interview youll see only on abc7 news. David . This is one of the churches helping people seeking asylum. Because her husband is still living in iraq, we have to protect her xdidentity. This young woman has much to lose. Were changing her name to shushun. Sheamong the estimated arter million christians who has been persecuted in iraq. They have abducted many young women, killed husbands and selling women as slaves shes with the Nonprofit Group mothers against murder. I want tiebl to sleep, not worry about when they will be coming inside to kill me. Her husband remains at risk. Isis tricked them of their money and yubls. I wish i can see him behind me. Shushan is not alone. Bay area religious leaders are stepping in to help. We have to stan together to and in this case, its the ultimate humanitarian case someone being persecuted for beliefs so, they pray, even for isis. It sends a message to isis theyre vabl because were trying to ce
Investments for proposed theater and hotel, providing new positive activation to the community and acts a gateway to the broadway and greater chinatown area. It will bring locals and visitors alike and utilize an area that has long been underutilized. We urge you to support the resolution before you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Beverly shuper, joe radner, et cetera. Beverly, no . Okay, well go to joe ratner. Good afternoon im joe ratner. I have only been a resident of San Francisco for four years, but my family goes back four generations. My grandfather and mother were born here. And i have a lot of very close ties and a lot of relatives in the city. And when i was visiting, before moving back here, i always going to Teatro Zinzanni was always a highlight of my visit. I think they really fit beautifully into the sort of bohemian history of San Francisco, and im looking forward to the opportunity for my younger daughters to attend their camp, which my teenager enjoyed very
With them. I am originally from the midwest and there is no better way to see the bay area, there is a place for you at zinzanni. A few years later, i am here, getting a masters in the Early Childhood and now the executive director of childcare. I have had two children that are the actual better versions myself since then, and i feel like our children might be aerialists, they might be scientists or musicians or educators, but it makes us so proud to be part of this community, that will reflect so much possibility back at them. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker will be carolyn, followed by stephanie greenberg, followed by beaver bauer, et cetera. Good afternoon, any name is carolyn guatier and here to speak in support of the Teatro Zinzanni from the point of view of charitable organizations of which teatro has been a great supporter. We serve children, adults and elderly in homeless shelters, hospitals, convalescent homes, zool for special needs children, on and on. We produce 600 sho
I would urge you not to let San Francisco let the Art Community die, because of the tech boom. Be responsibility for the raising back of the Art Community in spite of the tech boom. Thank you. Thank you. Karen quest. Thank you. Well, my three favorite words in the world to hear a kid say i did that. The educational arm of Teatro Zinzanni affords children an opportunity to learn skills of theater and circus in a safe, creative and fun environment. They may not choose theater as their lifes work, but what an enormous contribution to a childs life. The benefits of of learning circus arts are detailed in the handout that i brought. Hope you got it. Social emotion, social and cognitive skills focusing on each childs development at their own pace. I have been teaching circus and theater in San Francisco for over 30 years with San Francisco cultural institutions as the pickle family circus, which is why i moved to San Francisco, make a circus and Teatro Zinzanni. Any opportunity to encourage,
Family. They put us together on the show. They put the dishwashers on the show and make fun of it even if we bring a little tiny part of the show and people saw that reaction and said wow, my cocktail waiter is doing the child can can. This has been an experience working there and thank you to Teatro Zinzanni for showing me how the american hospitality. Because i am from mexico, and then when i come here, i saw these Beautiful People and they feed me. They always give us a family bill, and then we have an opportunity to talk to each other with all the performers, all of the Beautiful People, cosmopolitan people, thank you for the opportunity. I wanted to come to support those guys, and to bring [ inaudible ] thank you. Thank you very much. Bill hanson. My name is bill hannah and live five blocks from the proposed construction site. I have attended several of the Community Outreach presentations. The outreach has been very good on this project. Everything that i have heard about the siz