The second semester. We teach students how to dress and speak in interviews so because of the resources and skills ive learned from the work shop, im currently an intern at bank of america. If i continue to work it bank of america, they will fund my College Tuition for the next four years, so please support our funding so low income youth like myself can have more opportunities and support inspiration and encouragement. Thank you. Hello, my name is ben navaro and im with the same beacon program. The programs gives us empowerment as youth to go out and reach our dreams. I suffer from depression on and off because sometimes i dont eat, i know how that feels going hungry, and all that. These internships and after School Programs give me a sense of empowerment to go out there and make a difference in life. Its hard when you dont have those resources there, maybe the money is not there or its not enough support to back it up. Currently i got into an airport internship with the workshops wit
And im representing sciu, 101 and one thing i want to i just want to say that im a San Francisco native. I grew up here and i grew up in the mission. Whats happening to this city right now is outrageous. I dont even recognize whats going on in this city anymore as far as everybodys moving out. Nobody can afford to live here. Its ridiculous. My clients, i cant house my clients anymore. Its sad. They come into my program, we treat them for three months and theyre right back on the streets and guess what, it recycles all over again back to general hospital, back to our program. Its a crazy vicious cycle that need to end. We got 1. 5, thats great. We need the other 1. 5. Were behind on what we need. Its imperative we get this. I want to stress i want to give a special shout out to the young kid thats have come out here to testify and speak their mind, awesome. Im so proud of all of you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is jason and i work with Progress Foundation and i work
Now is outrageous. I dont even recognize whats going on in this city anymore as far as everybodys moving out. Nobody can afford to live here. Its ridiculous. My clients, i cant house my clients anymore. Its sad. They come into my program, we treat them for three months and theyre right back on the streets and guess what, it recycles all over again back to general hospital, back to our program. Its a crazy vicious cycle that need to end. We got 1. 5, thats great. We need the other 1. 5. Were behind on what we need. Its imperative we get this. I want to stress i want to give a special shout out to the young kid thats have come out here to testify and speak their mind, awesome. Im so proud of all of you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. My name is jason and i work with Progress Foundation and i work with those with disabilities and children with severe emotionally disturbances and i think all the people that came out because ive worked indirectly with all of these agencies. We don
Mentally ill and also with those with drug and alcohol issues. Ive chosen this field because i believe in helping our fellow man and i believe people have a Second Chance. Ive been doing this work for over 15 years and right now and also im a shop stewart at my work and im representing sciu, 101 and one thing i want to i just want to say that im a San Francisco native. I grew up here and i grew up in the mission. Whats happening to this city right now is outrageous. I dont even recognize whats going on in this city anymore as far as everybodys moving out. Nobody can afford to live here. Its ridiculous. My clients, i cant house my clients anymore. Its sad. They come into my program, we treat them for three months and theyre right back on the streets and guess what, it recycles all over again back to general hospital, back to our program. Its a crazy vicious cycle that need to end. We got 1. 5, thats great. We need the other 1. 5. Were behind on what we need. Its imperative we get this.
And children with severe emotionally disturbances and i think all the people that came out because ive worked indirectly with all of these agencies. We dont do this job on our own. Its a big web of people that help each other and thats why the funding is important because if one of these fall off the planet, that makes a hard job a lot harder. Just an example of one of my coworkers left after two months of working she left to go to a cold youth factory that paid her more, you know. She was a great coworker, but i remember what one of the kids said, a kid barely 12 years old saying you dont give a [bleep] about us. Youre going to leave in two months anyway. She was right. Thats what they say. When hopefulness is seen at that young of an age, it makes everything so hard. Thats just an example of what happens and how important this funding is. I just hope we make awe the right decisions and that we have the ability to continue doing this work and helping the city out. Thank you. Thank you