[applause] the hon. London breed and let me say, today is about networking, today is about coming together, but we all have to remember is we still have challenges in this country. And part of what were challenged today is to take our knowledge, to take what we learned, to take this excitement and spread this all over the city and all over the board rooms, positions as c. E. O. S of fortune 500 companies. So the goal here is to sink in all this advanced knowledge and think about ways that we can put our best selves forward, but also, we always have to remember to reach back and pull up one another. Thats what today is all about, because ill tell you, had it not been for some of the most incredib incredible women in my community, the amazing mentors who looked out for me, i dont know where id be. Ill just tell you a quick story. My first job at age 14 was working as a place called the Family School. Now, i showed up the first day. Maybe i wasnt necessarily dressed like i am in my mayora
Id like to start your time now i got to switch my strategy because you switched the goddamn topic. Would you like to start Public Comment . Nonresident, you got a lot of nerve talking about nonresident. You got 3,000 strike that you got 320,000 undocumented people that not residents in the city and county of goddamned San Francisco. And theyre not homeless. Is that clear . You got illegal immigration, getting brand new apartments, paying 2, 3 a month. Paying 3 a month for the past several years and he said he had increase in his rent and his rent has been increased to 80 a month for a brand new studio apartment. Is that fair . Then you got citizens, understand me, paying 3,000 a month for the same type of apartment. You have the audacity to talk about nonresidents paying fees. How come you dont talk about noncitizens . You have controversy over one area of the city for tourists to pay and you chance to charge yourself rent, you only charge yourself a 1 a month. Turns out its a 1 a year
Please note that ms. Arce will be 20 minutes late to the signing. Author julissa arce is making her way over to join us and take your phone calls. Here are the numbers in the 202 7488000 in the east and central time zone, 202 7488201 if you are in the mountain and pacific time zones. We will be discussing immigration policy and also what you heard the altar panel discussing. But festival of books is held every year on the campus of the university of arizona. We are covering events at the gallagher theater but outside on the university quad, quite a few different events are going on. About 150,000 people attend this annual festival and we are pleased to be a part of it. After the program with julissa arce, you will be hearing a panel on the academics and then we will do a call in program. 202 7488200. For those in east and central time zone. 202 7488201 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. Julissa arce book is my underground American Dream, true story as an undocumen
Annual festival and we are pleased to be a part of it. After the program with julissa arce, you will be hearing a panel on the academics and then we will do a call in program. 202 7488200. For those in east and central time zone. 202 7488201 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. Julissa arce book is my underground American Dream, true story as an undocumented immigrant who became a wall street executive. Welcome. Thank you for being with us. What were the first 11 years of your life like . Three hours south of mexico city. Its a beautiful colonial town. What i remember as a child i think were different than what people normally think about. I didnt grow up being poor, i had an incredible life but what i didnt realize as a child is my parents werasmy parents wereg incredibly hard sacrificing so much for me to have that kind of life they had but thats where i grew up. Host who were your guardians . Guest i lived with my grandmother and my older sisters and my parents w
But that is where i grew up. Who are your guardians . I lived with my grandmother and my two olders sisters and my parents went back and forth from mexico to United States. They imported sterling silver. Citizens, they were not undocumented . Guest but they did have visas to go back and forth. Guest my older sisters and because we live in a small tow, the Educational Opportunities were limited so my sisters moved to a different town where they were going to high school and college so i was left alone with my grandmother and my parents recognized having an 11yearold kid on her own wasnt the best so that is deciding to bring me to live with them. Host what was tortured border like . Guest a lot of people might expect a story how i crossed over the rio grande and climbed over the wall that i actually came here on a plane. Its a boring story. I had a visa and that is how i came here and that is how 40 of undocumented immigrants in the country came here on some sort of a visa that expired a