Important positions or some tremendous progress, i dont know where else to look because this is a great start. Yes. applause but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different departments. Melva davis, kim brandon, willie adams at the port, chuck collins, [speaker not understood], the reverend amos brown, denise tyson, linda richardson, sonya harris, patricia thomas, veronica honeycut, these are just the names of a few of our commissioners who are heading up those very important divisions of our city. And they are joining with me and with the supervisors and with the Department Heads to do what mrs. Obama asked us to do. Whenever we occupy these public positions throughout the city or throughout the state or throughout the nation, we do the right thing, we keep the doors of opportunity open and enriched for everybody else. And were already seeing it happen. Yesterday i was at the luncheon for the boys and girl
Believed in an idea that were all created equal and that were willing to risk and that were willing to risk their life in the purchase soul of a lofty promise in america. Today we celebrate black History Month and the catalyst to progress that the emancipation proclamation as well as the march on washington provided us. We are familiar with the incarnation, whether its the work of gandhi, mother theresa, or nelson mandela, people who have carried the torch of love and equality into the dark caves of tyrany and emerged bloody, but unbowed, they are examples of loves true limitless potential. Thank you. applause and even, and even in the face of institutional hatred, the legacy of their work is a beacon for the world that loves will triumphant at the end of the day. Its triumphant because love, brotherhood and togetherness bind us together as americans. Its who we are as america. Its in our dna and those who are not part of this plan, who are not part of our constitution will eventually
[laughter] no respect. [laughter] fortunate for al williams im almost done. Today we stand on the great shoulders of the folks that have come before us. And i wish you all a very happy and empowering black History Month. I do have one piece of business that id like to share with you. On tuesday, i, along with the cosponsorship of supervisor breed introduced a resolution celebrating the 100th birthday of sister rosa parks and commemorating the modern civil rights leader for her courageous and declaring for her courageousness and declaring february 4th rosa parks day in San Francisco. applause i thought you might like that. Im done. Thank you. [laughter] thank you. Supervisor. And now there are a couple other people, sheriff mirkarimi has joined us. [speaker not understood] is in the room with us as well. Reverend amos brown is with us. Welcome. applause now supervisor breed will bring us brief remarks. Hi, everybody. applause so happy to see all your Smiling Faces in the audience. Happy
Good afternoon, everyone. All right. Welcome to city hall and happy black History Month here in San Francisco. Nobody got it better than San Francisco. applause thank you, naomi. I want to thank you for that introduction and just a recall of what i said earlier this week. But i also said something else, too, that i want you to continuously know the way i have attempted to manage this great city of ours for everybody. That is, im not shy about asking for help. And when it comes to the challenges we have in the africanamerican community, we need help. And i have been deliberately assembling a very Important Group of people who are going to help me get the job done. And youve seen some of these people already. They are malia cohen, london breed at the board. They have to face all the different politics. But i know theyre going to be great partners with me because weve got the right objectives to happen. We want everybody included in the city. We have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nu
In looking at this effort. I have the honor today to introduce mayor ed lee who has made equality the cornerstone of his career. As a civil rights lawyer, he sued the Housing Authority to improve the standards of living for Public Housing tenants. And he also sued the Fire Department so women and people of color could get equal opportunity. As the director of this citys human rights commission, he expanded contracting opportunities for women and people of color. And today as mayor, he makes sure our City Government reflects the diversity of this great city. On monday we were together, as i mentioned earlier, i College Track on 3rd street in bayview where the mayor give his state of the city address. His administrations focus is on creating jobs, making sure that all of our residents have access to those jobs,st and from local hireness and job readiness, training and placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayors leadership. Ladies and gentlemen, id like to introduce