To you four. You dont just do this every day of your lives creating miracles in your own organizations and for your community, but on top of what you do every day, you took on one of the hardest projects and you made it happen and you are all in my book heroes. I cannot thank you enough. I could not have more respect for you and i salute you all. You are amazing. Congratulations and thank you. [applause] before everybody speaks, supervisor walton, would like to say a few words. Thank you so much for honoring these amazing people. It is always great to see when Community Comes together and takes their own destiny by the horns and all of you made this happen together with the entire Mission Community and everything i am definitely not going to forget her. But nothing makes me prouder then to see my friends, my colleague in the fight, my own legislative aide, and of course, Work Together with all of you to make this possible for communities. I want to congratulate you all and appreciate t
I dont know how you did it to this day, but they did do it. They got together, they got a loan from the help of our mayor who gave 1 million to be able to provide the underlying financing so they could go and get a loan from the bank to purchase the whole building. They joined with other lawyers in the community, other latino leaders like Victor Marques who served as a lawyer, and they saved this building. I will never, for the rest of my life, forget what you did for this community. Forget the blood, sweat, and tears that you put in to making this happen because it was almost impossible. It truly was almost impossible. I couldnt find a way out and you did. That is why the people of district nine and the latin ex communities forever grateful to you four. You dont just do this every day of your lives creating miracles in your own organizations and for your community, but on top of what you do every day, you took on one of the hardest projects and you made it happen and you are all in my
On behalf of everybody all the folks here at sixth i, welcome. Thank you. Thank you very much for coming. We at pmp always enjoy joining forces with sixth i to put on author events. This synagogue and Cultural Center is now 15 years old and its founders and separately deserve a lot of credit. [applause] the deserve a lot of credit for transforming displaced into the vibrant Community Institution that it is today. We are delighted to be hosting jodi kantor and megan twohey. [applause] they are of course the New York Times reporters revealed to the world Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse. Their book, unite tonight is the riveting revealing account of how they develop their blockbuster story and its consequences in spurring the me too movement. As they note in their preface in the wake of the weinstein expose, which broke in october 2017, it wasnt as if i damned law had come down wall. Many, many women not just in this country but around the world spilled forward to tell their own
This synagogue and Culture Center is now 15 years old, and its founders and staff rerealy deserve a lot of credit. [applause] they deserve a lot of credit for transforming this place into the vibrant Community Institution it is today. Were delighted be hosting jody kantor and megan twohey. They are of course the to two New York Times reporter who reveals to the world Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse. Their book she said is the rifting revealing account how they developed theyre blockbuster story, and its consequences in spurring the metoo movement. As they note in their preface, in the wake of the weinstein expo expo say which broke in act 2017, it was as if a dam wall had come down, many, many women not just in country but around the world, spilled forward to tell their own stovers mistreatment. In addition to the pivotal impact the jodie and megan roz recording that the way they went about confirm the story, that others before them had tried to nail, provides a terrific case
Author and Journalist Bob Woodward at an event hosted by politics and prose at the synagogue. This is one hour and a half. [cheering and applause] good evening. [inaudible] on behalf of everybody and those folks here welcome and thank you very much for coming. We had tnt always enjoy joining forces with six and i for author events and the synagogue and Cultural Center is now 15 years old and founder and staff deserve credit. [applause] they deserve a lot of credit for transforming the space into the vibrant Community Institution it is today. We are delighted to be hosting jodi and megan. [applause] they are two New York Times reporters who reported on Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse in their book is the riveting revealing account of how they developed their blockbuster story and its consequences in spurring the Metoo Movement. As a note in their preface in the wake of the weinstein expoee which broke in october 2017 it wasnt if it was is a dam wall had come down. Many women no