one of the california planned parenthood. live from cnn center, this is cnn cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin in ukraine where two largest cities are taking fire from russia heavy weapons. in kyiv the mayor says a number are trapped after a missile attack earlier this morning. he says at least two people have been hospitalized. ukraine s air force says russia hit the city with at least four missiles launched from strategic bombers. while in kharkiv, officials say russian artillery again pummeled residential areas leaving at least two injured, a number of apartment buildings were truck along with a medical facility. and regional official says russia may be preparing a ground attack in eastern donetsk region. he says russia is massing forces there including armored vehicles. and in germany, f 7 g7 leade are gathering. we saw president biden arrive for a meeting with chancellor scholz. and dominating the agenda of course is russia s war in ukraine. there is
Community and your trust in us and our work in nonprofit in serving the broader community. Thank you so much. applause applause now up in the batting order, supervisor farrell. Thank you, president chiu. I believe my honoree is still running in the building, if you will. If we could skip over. Sure, thanks. Slide to district 1, supervisor mar. Thank you. To all the honorees, were really lucky to have such an amazing array of different types of leaders from the Filipino Community. The choice for the Richmond District today is i think one of the most inspiring and creative people that helps to build our movements with his messages of hope and struggle. I wanted to say the legacy theme, id say that tony robles, if tony can come forward. [cheering and applauding] understand why im saying this. There is a mural at San Francisco state that the league of filipino students and filipino activists created and artists. It shows the struggle in the philippines and the connection to the u. S. , peo
That were very proud of. Im honoring him for his social justice work. He has been active in the Asian American community for over a decade. I know he looks a lot younger than a decade, but he has been extremely active. Hes been involved in grassroots activism in the Asian American immigrant worker and lgbt communities on both coasts of the country and his vision for social justice is grounded in the realities of those communities. After graduating from Brown University and ucla law school, chris worked as a Ford Foundation new voices fellow where filipino advocates for justice in oakland before joining the positive Resource Center in San Francisco as a staff attorney representing clients living with hiv. He is currently the executive director of the asian law caucus which works on housing rights, immigration, labor, and employment issues in the Asian Community and ha been very active in effecting positive social change on the policy level here in San Francisco and right here in our own
It makes the Filipino Community center really stand out. And just this year the fcc was instrumental in the timely certification of filipino [speaker not understood] to be required to be provided for city services. Lastly, the fcc has help build grassroots leadership in the neighborhood and multiracial solidarity with various organizations in district 11 to fight for Affordable Housing in the upper yard site, at the balboa park station, city investment, in workforce and economic programs, and more for youth, family, and Senior Services in the district. Terry ballan is here as a representative from the Filipino Community center. If you would like to share a few words and i want to thank you personally for your great work leading this organization of many, many leaders, many staff, but many more volunteers who really are the glue to the Filipino Community in San Francisco. Thank you, supervisor avalos, and thank you to all the Board Members for honoring the filipinoamerican History Month
This is an organization that promotes healthy children and families by providing services to prevent child abuse, Domestic Violence and ensuring that our families are safe. And i can certainly tell you, colleagues, and i think many of you know amors work. He has been able to impact hundreds of families and children in ensuring that the city of st. Francis really takes care of her own. With that in celebration of filipino History Month i want to thank amor and i see that supervisor cohen would like to add a few words. Amor on behalf of our constituents in district 3 and many districts around the city i want to thank you for everything youre doing. Supervisor cohen. Thank you for allowing me a moment just to also lift up and honor amor sanity whition owe. ~ santiago. Youve been incredible to the valley since you stepped n. I think your leadership transcends any kind of ethnic boundaries, any kind of class boundaries. You have a good heart. You have a wonderful nature about you that reall