Tell you a little bit about the peef president cook sorry, tracey, i wanted to wait until miss casco started your time. Go ahead. So what happened is a lot of people have been coming to the peef advisory committing and pitching us proposals that they want to see happening at school does. It can be a whole new program for immigrant students, it can be community schools. Weve had different pitches come to the peef oversight committee. We actually dont entertain new proposals. Thats not part of the process, and i just wanted to share the process with Board Members because im not sure that you know that thats the process . So we are a group of very qualified individuals thank you for the appointments from you guys . We have the capacity to look at other proposals if there was a process that would be opened up . And with the eraf money becoming available in addition to whats already there, were hoping that there can be some opportunity for us to given sig insight give insight. So i put this
Committee, and i just wanted to tell you a little bit about the peef president cook sorry, tracey, i wanted to wait until miss casco started your time. Go ahead. So what happened is a lot of people have been coming to the peef advisory committing and pitching us proposals that they want to see happening at school does. It can be a whole new program for immigrant students, it can be community schools. Weve had different pitches come to the peef oversight committee. We actually dont entertain new proposals. Thats not part of the process, and i just wanted to share the process with Board Members because im not sure that you know that thats the process . So we are a group of very qualified individuals thank you for the appointments from you guys . We have the capacity to look at other proposals if there was a process that would be opened up . And with the eraf money becoming available in addition to whats already there, were hoping that there can be some opportunity for us to given sig ins
Live, anyone, because again, as someone who grew up in Public Housing, i remember so many people didnt even want to come to my neighborhood. I remember when people didnt want to come to west point. I remember the challenges that existed in this community. We will change that. This is a first step, and there are so many people to think in making this possible. I want to thank the residents. [applause] because the people who live here were sceptical. They said wait a minute, look at what you have to do to the western edition, we dont want any problems, and the fact that the resident said okay, we will take a chance, and we will work with you, and work with city officials, and we will trust you to do this thing right, and we will hold you accountable, that means something. We made this possible because you trusted our ability to make this thing right work for you. I want to thank each and every one of you. I want to thank the mayor touch office of housing and Community Development, kate h
And the first asianamerican to be elected in San Francisco as the public defender. His film the slanted screen and you dont know jack the jack soo story shined light on asianamericans in hollywood. We lost a lot of good people over the several years years frr asianpacific islander community, you guys. Woes pat, brother ed lee, my brother howard danzell, steve orilio. May they rest in peace and now we lost jeff. So i want to bring up a young brother from the asianamerican community, here today to speak about his involvement in the asianamerican community, my brother paul osaki, yall. Hes the executive director of the Japanese Culture and Community Center of northern california. Give him a welcome. [applause] that was one of jeffs dance moves, just like that. [laughter] take your time, player. Well, as you can see, im not that young. No one has called me a young brother in a long time. But i feel young. Id like to begin by offering my condolences to you mutsuko and lauren, the adachi fam
Hope she will inspire all of you as she does all of our staff thank you. Welcome. [applause] thank you. What a wonderful crowd to have today. Wow. This is beautiful. First of all, i want to extend a warm welcome and thank thank you for participating to our interface leaders interfaith leaders. And i also, of course, extend our warmest welcome to our did terrys, london threet. [cheers and applause] to our dignitaries. London breed, reference dr. Amos brown. [cheers and applause]. Danny glover, civil rights leader and distinguished actor. [applause] , the director of homelessness and Supportive Housing division of the city of San Francisco. [cheers and applause] , and captain matthews, one of the very few africanamerican women captains in the force. Thank you. We thank them for their leadership and helping solve some of the most difficult problems in our community. I would like to thank all of you, our neighbors, community partners, our guests, you are here today, in the sacred heart cho