Anyone who knows her, knows that she is never afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has done so much to empower and support especially young people across my district, our city and the entire state. Crea is a Second Generation san franciscan and currently lived with six beautiful children. Her grandfather immigrated from his home in mexico. He was an activist working alongside sister chavez and willie brown. In his footsteps she is a Community Organizer and advocate in the city. She was a part of the anti Displacement Coalition and later served as director of the Homeless Prenatal Program where she supported 200 pregnant women. She is the director at the young Womens Freedom Center. The organization which is headquartered in district six that worked within cancer rated women cancer rated women and girl, heal from trauma, advocate on behalf of themselves and sister and transform the conditions, systems and policies that lead to intergenerational cycles of poverty. At 16 she was
District two honourees. It is truly inspiring to celebrate these stories and to recognize how immigrants are the backbone of this country and i am proud to be in San Francisco where we not only recognize that but we celebrated. Colleagues, today i am proud to honor alberto and lily meyer. They are longstanding members of our neighborhood and they, like all of our honourees, are a testament to the strength and importance of our diverse communities. Alberto first came to San Francisco from mexico as a chemistry student at San Francisco state. After college, he returned to mexico, h. Which is when he met his wife. He was on vacation in veracruz and she was there helping her mother run a restaurant. Together they moved back to San Francisco in 1981 to start their life together and they spent a beloved fixture on union street ever since. With nothing but their tireless work ethic and lilys family recipes, they started a small Catering Company in 1987 and it should come as no surprise to any
Stop the criminalization of all people in the country. Lastly i celebrate this as long as we continue to work for a World Without cages and to abolish ice. Thank you also much. [applause. ] next up is supervisor haney. Supervisor haney thank you for organizing this. Today i am so proud and excited to honor the committed, brilliant, activist activist Community Mother ms. Gomez. Anyone who knows her, knows that she is never afraid to fight for what she believes in. She has done so much to empower and support especially young people across my district, our city and the entire state. Crea is a Second Generation san franciscan and currently lived with six beautiful children. Her grandfather immigrated from his home in mexico. He was an activist working alongside sister chavez and willie brown. In his footsteps she is a Community Organizer and advocate in the city. She was a part of the anti Displacement Coalition and later served as director of the Homeless Prenatal Program where she suppor
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