That has been accomplished at the goodwill. Chris, i think we might be able to up that offer if you are interested. [cheers and applause] come talk to me. I am serious about that. [laughter] i have been a resident in San Francisco for 30 years and i have had the opportunity to work for three Companies Based here as well. I care deeply, very deeply about this city and this community. I cant even tell you have touched i am to see what is happening today with goodwill and all that you guys are doing. Very much appreciate it. We are thrilled to be part of this process and we have been a partner of goodwill for the last 14 years. Jason ford who is on my team is a member of the board and unfortunately couldnt be here today, but very much sends his well wishes. We have been able to donate not only in software grants and in training and education and curriculum, as well as the building out of the maker space, which was incredibly important to us because we feel as if we need to actually help the people that you are training here, to learn some of those advanced hightech degrees. There is advanced learning and innovation that you will see. I really encourage you to visit it. We are thrilled to be here. We appreciate the partnership and all that you do for this city and worldwide. Thank you. [applause] i now have the pleasure of introducing the Bay Area Giving Program manager from google. Google is supporting a future of work initiatives that funds digital training and Certification Programs in partnership with goodwill and you spend your career supporting social Impact Initiatives throughout the bay area. Welcome. Thanks. [applause] thank you so much. Before i get started, you also have to take my call, too. Make sure we connect. [laughter] that is right. Thank you for letting us join this beautiful space. Im really excited to be here. I lead bay area area giving. We really strive, specifically to introduce make sure people can work with the economy. Thank you for being our spokesperson. Goodwill is one of the most innovative ones in the country and very near and dear partner to google. Was this visit to San Francisco in our meeting with tanya which inspired us to do a 10 million nation will nationwide grant to goodwill across the country. Since we supported this initiative, the goodwill Digital Career accelerator has supported over 93 good wills across the country and has helped more than 250,000 people received training and Digital Skills that are required in a majority of jobs, much like the training that chris has received. We are proud of the fact that goodwill is part of this program and proud of the fact it was born here in the bay area in San Francisco, in our home base. In particular, we are proud of the i. T. Support professional certificate, the program that teaches anyone who requires skills for a role. Without the need for a bachelor s degree. Nineteen people have graduated from this Program Thanks to google and we have had the honor of meeting many of these graduates. You all have met chris here today. We appreciate we appreciate the work you are doing. We are looking forward to hearing more stories like this one in more story like chris and looking forward to hearing the impacts that this new Community Space will have on the acceleration of the Economic Opportunities of others. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Last but not least, we have i would like to invite mar and adam. They are both from phil tangs office and Kamala Harris office who would like to share a few words. [applause] thank you, will. I am with Assembly Member philip tang. Something cathartic about being here 30 years ago about this week, i bought my first halloween cost costume when i moved to San Francisco. I was younger, thinner, think judy garland, that was my goal at the time. That was about the timing met you, too, will. Phil couldnt be here today, but , you know, San Francisco, i thank you said we are a city for everyone that works for everyone , and where everyone can work. Theres something really powerful about that statement. The state legislature has worked very hard over the last nine years to reduce prison sentences , review prison sentences, to make sure that we have opportunities for californians and goodwill has been a leader in that to allow people, as mayor breed said, with criminal histories to be able to get jobs and we want to thank you. And for people with Mental Illness and Mental Health challenges, they say the best thing you can do for a person with a Mental Health issue is to get them a job. So we want to thank you, goodwill, for all you have done. Thank you, google, microsoft, all of the other partners who have supported goodwill. We can only turn around the challenges of our city with the work of everyone and this is just a great example. On behalf of the state assembly, i want to present you with this certificate congratulating the opening of this new facility. [applause] hello, i am with senator Kamala Harris office. She wanted to send a quick note over to you all in terms of congratulating you for this new space and taking an oath to break the cycles and iterations of poverty. She was most interested in your work on working with the Young Adult Court and making critical interventions with young people trying to change their lives. Goodwill is a longstanding champion a positive change for communities. Best wishes on the brand grand opening of the new headquarters. [applause] all right. That is our program today. I just want to say, everyone, thank you so much for coming. I want to thank all of the goodwill staff and what we will do is there will be tours over here. Theres lots of classroom stuff and theres also food. Please enjoy. Thank you all for coming very much. [applause] [ ] go ahead and cut it. [cheers and applause] it did take a village. I was really lucky when i was 14 years old to get an internship. The difference that it made for me is i had a job, but there were other people who didnt have a job, who, unfortunately, needed money. And they were shown to commit illegal acts to get money. That is what i want to prevent. [ ] today we are here to officially kick off the first class of opportunities for all. [applause]. Opportunities for all is a program that mayor breed launched in october of 2018. It really was a vision of mayor breed to get to all of the young people in San Francisco, but with an intention to focus on young people that have typically not being able to access opportunities such as internships or workbased learning opportunities. Money should never be a barrier to your ability to succeed in life and that is what this program is about. Theres always these conversations about young people not being prepared and not having experience for work and if they dont get an opportunity to work, then they cannot gain the experience that they need. This is really about investing in the future talent pool and getting them the experience that they need. It is good for everyone because down the road we will need future mechanics, future pilots, future bankers, future whatever they may be in any industry. This is the pipe on we need to work with. We need to start developing talent, getting people excited about careers, opening up those pathways and frankly giving opportunities out there that would normally not be presented. [ ] the way that it is organized is there are different points of entry and different ways of engagement for the young person and potential employers. Young people can work in cohorts or in groups and thats really for people that have maybe never had job experience or who are still trying to figure out what they want to do and they can explore. And in the same way, it is open for employers to say, you know what, i dont think we are ready to host an intern yearround are all summer, but that they can open up their doors and do site visits or tours or panels or conversations. And then it runs all the way up to the opportunity for young people to have longterm employment, and work on a project and be part of the employee base. Something new, to get new experience and meet people and then you are getting paid for it you are getting paid for doing that. It is really cool. I starting next week, i will be a freshman. [cheers and applause] two of the things i appreciate about this program was the amazing mentorship in the job experience that i had. I am grateful for this opportunity. Thank you. Something i learned at airbnb is how to network and how important it is to network because it is not only what you know, but also who you know to get far in life. During this program, i learned basic coding languages, had a had to identify the main components and how to network on a corporate level. It is also helping me accumulate my skills all be going towards my College Tuition where i will pursue a major in computer science. For myself, being that i am an actual residential realtor, it was great. If anybody wants to buy a house, let me know. Whenever. [applause] it is good. I got you. It was really cool to see the commercial side and think about the process of developing property and Different Things that i can explore. Opportunities for all was a great opportunity for all. We were aiming to have 1,000 young people register and we had over 2,000 people register and we were able to place about between 50 and did. We are still getting the final numbers of that. Over several weeks, we were able to have students participate in Investment Banking they were able to work with our team, or technology team, our engineering 20 we also gave them lessons around the industry, around financial literacy. There are 32,000 young people ages 16 and 24 living in San Francisco. And imagine if we can create an opera skin it just opportunity for all program for every young person that lives in Public Housing, Affordable Housing, low income communities. It is all up to you to make that happen. We have had really great response from employers and they have been talking about it with other employers, so we have had a lot of interest for next year to have people sign on. We are starting to figure out how to stay connected to those young people and to get prepared to make sure we can get all 2400 or so that registered. We want to give them placement and what it looks like if they get more. Lets be honest, there is always a shortage of good talent in any industry, and so this is a real great career path. For potential sponsors who might be interested in supporting opportunities for all , there is an opportunity to make a difference in our city. This is a really thriving, booming economy, but not for everyone. This is a way to make sure that everyone gets to benefit from the great place that San Francisco is and that we are building pathways for folks to be able to stay here and that they feel like they will belong. Just do it. Sign up for it. [ ] [ ] its great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. I am desi, chair of Economic Development for soma filipinos. So that [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and its also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. I studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. Working at imarket is amazing. Youve got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. When i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of Filipino Food, it was like oh, wow, thats the closest thing ive got to home, so, like, im going to try everything. Fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. I havent tried the adobe yet, but just smelling it yet brings back home and a ton of memories. The binca is made out of different ingredients, including cheese. But here, we put a twist on it. Why not have nutella, rocky road, we have blue berry. Were not just limiting it to just the classic with salted egg and cheese. We try to cook food that you dont normally find from Filipino Food vendors, like the lichon, for example. Its something that it took years to come up with, to perfect, to get the skin just right, the flavor, and its one of our most popular dishes, and people love it. This, its kind of me trying to chase a dream that i had for a long time. When i got tired of the corporate world, i decided that i wanted to give it a try and see if people would actually like our food. I think its a wonderful opportunity for the filipino culture to shine. Everybody keeps saying Filipino Food is the next big thing. I think its already big, and to have all of us here together, its just it just blows my mind sometimes that theres so many of us bringing bringing Filipino Food to the city finally. Im alex, the owner of the lumpia company. The food that i create is basically the filipinoamerican experience. I wasnt a chef to start with, but i literally love lumpia, but my food is my Favorite Foods i like to eat, put into my favorite Filipino Foods, put together. Its not based off of recipes i learned from my mom. Maybe i learned the rolling technique from my mom, but the Different Things that i put in are just the Different Things that i like, and i like to think that i have good taste. Well, the very first lumpia that i came out with that really build the lumpia it wasnt the poerk and shrimp shanghai, but my favorite thing after partying is that bakon cheese burger lumpia. There was a time in our generation where we didnt have our own place, our own feed to eat. Before, i used to promote filipino gatherings to share the love. Now, im taking the most exciting filipino appetizer and sharing it with other filipinos. It can happen in the San Francisco mint, it can happen in a park, it can happen in a street park, it can happen in a tech campus. Its basically where we bring the hardware, the culture, the operating system. So right now, im eating something that brings me back to every Filipino Party from my childhood. Its really cool to be part of the community and reconnect with the neighborhood. One of our largest challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigon, theres little communities there that act as place makers. When you enter into little philippines, youre like where are the businesses, and thats one of the challenges were trying to solve. Undercover love wouldnt be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our Community Partnerships out there. It costs approximately 60,000 for every event. Undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipinoamerican culture. I think in San Francisco, weve kind of lost track of one of our values that makes San Francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. Weve become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. When people come to discover, i want them to rediscover the magic of what diversity and empathy can create. When youre positive and good morning everybody. Thank you. It brings me such joy, gratitude, pleasure to welcome you to the rededication of ellis gardens. I hope you will join me in welcoming to the podium our mayor, london breed. Mayor breed i thought you were going to the project and talk a little about it. Fine, i will get started. Thank you everyone for being here today. I am excited about this project. This is the city and county of San Francisco working hard to fulfill a promise. A promise to so many people who live throughout San Francisco in Public Housing, in conditions that no one should have to live in. A few years back when i first started as a member of the board of supervisors, i met with mayor ed lee to talk about priorities. My number one, two, three priority as supervisor was Public Housing in San Francisco as a whole, not just my district. Mayor lee supported the fact that we needed to do Something Different because the kinds of conditions that existed for so many years and the amount of money that we received, there was no way to get to a better place. Over 20 years of my life in plaza east, i live in those conditions. The neglect, the bathrooms that didnt work, the mold, the conditions that you live in when you have had to live that way for over 20 years is something you never forget. This is why nothing is more important to me than changing the kinds of conditions that people live in. Here with 94 units of housing for people who are part of our very vulnerable community, our seniors, People Living with disabilities, people who have challenges, not only physically sometimes but also many of our low income residents. They