we ve got a tremendous program for you. this is our annual black history month kickoff. it was started many, many years ago. dr. carter g. woodson had participated in the founding of black history month. he was involved in the group known as the oh, association for the study of african-american life and history. the local chapter of that group is what is now known as the african-american cultural and historical society. so it s an honor. we ve been doing this for many, many years and it s great to see so many faces out here today. right now what i d like to do is thank our partners and acknowledge them for their participateation. the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn t do it without the good folks in the mayor s office of neighborhood services. what i d like to do now is strue shall truce intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor s office of neighborhood services. good amp, family. happy black history month. could we h
african-american cultural and historical society. so it s an honor. we ve been doing this for many, many years and it s great to see so many faces out here today. right now what i d like to do is thank our partners and acknowledge them for their participateation. the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn t do it without the good folks in the mayor s office of neighborhood services. what i d like to do now is strue shall truce intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor s office of neighborhood services. good amp, family. happy black history month. could we hear it one more time? [applause] we are so honored to be here. we look forward to this every year. it s a hall mark event for the city and county of san francisco. an opportunity to reflect on the many, many contributions of african-americans in this city and how each of us has changed the gee graval and cultural landscape of this city. how fitting that we celebrate black
theaters going. i would like to think that i am not struggling quite as hard personally. what i mean by that is that in tension, that commitment. what i see is that we re here to really produce works of not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture and women of color artists. i think that that is something that has not shifted for me in 25 years, and it is good to see that brava is still committed to that kind of work. you know? happy birthday to you happy birthday to you windy will talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go with what we have on our staff. south asian managing director. african-american artistic director. latino outreach person. to us, aside from the staff, aside from the artists that we work with him being a reflection of oz, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that, just that sense of a trend. i tried to make about the work that shows the eclecticism of the mission district, as well
the whole effort even to put the indigenous woman s experience center stage is very radical. because of the state of fear, it is a hard road to hold up an institution. it really is a hard road. i am looking at where we re 25 years later in the bay area and looking at how hard it is for us to struggle, to keep our theaters going. i would like to think that i am not struggling quite as hard personally. what i mean by that is that in tension, that commitment. what i see is that we re here to really produce works of not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture and women of color artists. i think that that is something that has not shifted for me in 25 years, and it is good to see that brava is still committed to that kind of work. you know? happy birthday to you happy birthday to you windy will talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go with what we have on our staff. south asian managing director. african-american artistic director. latino