We dont know what day it happened . It is monumental history. Why dont we know . The sad reality of it is that this monumental occurrence was so major and unlike anything that had ever occurred before at that scale in the United States , that an effort to eliminate it from records and existence ensued. It persisted. And because of it, watershed moments in the lbgtq Civil Rights Movement followed. Such as the stonewall riots of 1969. So, the idea transgender History Month began to take shape via this train of thought. I thought about black History Month and womens History Month. Now national low recognized months. And the essential education and awareness that they bring to the general masses every year. That knowledge is critical in bringing awareness and understanding of the struggles and history that have taken place to get where we are now. When i wrote this procolumnation i had the honor of serving as director of social Justice Empowerment Initiative the transgender district the wo
Numerous history and business groups and sfmta to celebrate 150 years of cable cars. [applause] one of the celebration Partners Union Square Alliance contributed wonderful banners behind us you see. Melissa rodriguez, if you are here, stick your hand up. They are all here somewhere. Shes the ceo. Another partner, the Flood Building which is overlooked this turn table since 1904 is gifting you folks with these great flowers passed around here. They work with the alliance to decorate this cable car. Will the flood sisters please put their hands up . [applause] we really miss jim flood. Sorry he cant be here. Hes herethats right. China town merchants, fisherman whafer, downtown San Francisco parthnership all contributed to help us bring you cable car history. Mike fips and don indiscernible cable car mew museum are here and should be inside the circle and if they are not, they should make their way up. When you say cable car you see temporary photos on the side windows. We did these to te
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To you. Please, come to the graduation on the 23rd of august at conner polk at 5 30. It is my pleasure to introduce our past graduate who is is an horree today. Melanie. Who is an experience in license elect trolgs in San Francisco. Give her a grand hand for lifting update droll he had years ago and making it reality. Thank you. [laughter] hello issue everyone. Transgender History Month honors the hardships, struggles and the obstacles and trail blazer who worked hard. There is still w to be done but seeing all your beautiful face here is a testament that we are going to be resilient and over come anything. I want to take a moment to thank my mentors aria, honey mahogany. Nikki, just to name a few. The people inspired and guided me throughout my years. Thank you to the transgender district. Entrepreneurship program for helping make the dream come true. With how our Political Climate is and how it is trying to strip transgender people of our rights, it is programs like these that are vi
I am steve lee, the president of the Korean War Veterans Memorial foundation. And we are very honored to have you join us here both in person and livecast. Today, we have gathered honor all korean war veterans and their families from 22 United Nations Member States who fought to defend the republic of korea. This year, ceremony is even more meaningful as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the korean armistice agreement on july 27, 1953. The korean armistice agreement was intended to bring a complete cessation of hostilities to the korean war. But because the peace treaty is not signed over, 28,500 americans stand ready today with the republic of korea and 16 other United Nations command sending states to defend south korea. At this time, we would like to recognize our veterans and families. Please direct your attention to the center of our seating area in the Veterans Center section of the korean war. Veterans and their families in gold star families. They are in the