broud proud of who we are, and thank you very much. thank you, mayor lee. we are about to bring up our keynote speaker. but i did want to mention we also have with us david campos who s joined us. let s welcome supervisor camp ovements and dr. veronica hunnicutt is here also the so with that we re at the point where we really want to get to the real meat of this thing today, our key note speaker. i mentioned earlier we ve had a strong partnership with bring the exhibition we have now with the kinsey collection through the kinsey foundation and no stronger partner could we have had than the san francisco public library under the leadership of luis herrera. luis has been let s give luis a [applause] luis has been a real up toer in standing with us in doing what s necks necessary to make this happen. stuart shaw, ann carroll is back there. everett, the people in the production department who have helped us. you will see all the hard work they have provideded when you g
and thank you very much. thank you, mayor lee. we are about to bring up our keynote speaker. but i did want to mention we also have with us david campos who s joined us. let s welcome supervisor camp ovements and dr. veronica hunnicutt is here also the so with that we re at the point where we really want to get to the real meat of this thing today, our key note speaker. i mentioned earlier we ve had a strong partnership with bring the exhibition we have now with the kinsey collection through the kinsey foundation and no stronger partner could we have had than the san francisco public library under the leadership of luis herrera. luis has been let s give luis a [applause] luis has been a real up toer in standing with us in doing what s necks necessary to make this happen. stuart shaw, ann carroll is back there. everett, the people in the production department who have helped us. you will see all the hard work they have provideded when you go over to check this exhibit.
important work to document the contributions so that we can justify why we need to make a special effort to make sure that there is no outmigration, to make sure that there are jobs. to make sure we protect the family structure. because from my heart and where i come from and what my family is all about, i know what it is to be helped by the african-american community. i know that that s been a strong tring and thing and we wouldn t have survived without that kind of kep help. so i leave you here today to let you know what s in my heart and mind and let s kick off this celebration to unite everybody in this city and be broud proud of who we are, and thank you very much. thank you, mayor lee. we are about to bring up our keynote speaker. but i did want to mention we also have with us david campos who s joined us. let s welcome supervisor camp ovements and dr. veronica hunnicutt is here also the so with that we re at the point where we really want to get to the real mea
the other supervisors up here and the oop leaders and al williams and the historical society who are doing very important work to document the contributions so that we can justify why we need to make a special effort to make sure that there is no outmigration, to make sure that there are jobs. to make sure we protect the family structure. because from my heart and where i come from and what my family is all about, i know what it is to be helped by the african-american community. i know that that s been a strong tring and thing and we wouldn t have survived without that kind of kep help. so i leave you here today to let you know what s in my heart and mind and let s kick off this celebration to unite everybody in this city and be broud proud of who we are, and thank you very much. thank you, mayor lee. we are about to bring up our keynote speaker. but i did want to mention we also have with us david campos who s joined us. let s welcome supervisor camp ovements and dr.
and so today we ask that as we continue on the journey. that we might be able to do justice, love kindness, and walk hummably humbly with our god. may you bless this time together and all god s children say amen, amen, amen. and now if you would stand for lift every voice and sing, sung by leah suites. ok. everyone can join in with me. lift every voice and sing tell up in heaven rings rings with a harmony of liberty let our rejoicing rise high as the listening sky let every sound loud as a roar rolling sea sing a song full of the faith that the horde has brought brought us sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us facing the rising sun of a new day begun let us march on to victory as one [applause] thank you. i m al williams, president of the board of the san francisco african-american historical society. we d like to join, and trevor, in welcoming you all to this annual 2011 kickoff program for black history