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General inamata welcoming him and the symbol of his country and knowing the origins of the origami and knowing that we have his blessing and his countrys blessing, and working with us to make the world better. And create more peace to create tolerance and acceptance for everyone and that this will always improve the quality of life for everyone on this planet. And so, it is with that, that i welcome mr. Inamata and the Council General of japan here to say a few words before we exchange our blessings to each other as cities and as countries trying to help the world improve. Council general thank you, mayor, thank you. Well, good evening, it is my great pleasure to be here, this is the 7th, and the world annual world tree of hope celebrations, here at city hall. And the rainbow world fun and mayor lee. And the San Francisco japaneseamerican community. All arranging this ceremon ....
Than this symbol. We will see the wishes, that this tree represents for all of us. And that will make this world, with our own decisions, with our own hands, more acceptance, more tolerance, as we wait with great anxiousness on our u. S. Supreme court to exhibit their tolerance in our United States for the samesex marriage that we all deserve. [ applause ] i also wanted to again, acknowledge that this is the season of giving, and hope that you will join us from now to the end of january, and a donation in the city hall when you have to visit, we have canisters for those who need food for this season, also if you would join us in the weekend of december 15th and 16th, we are going to have family orientation outside with snow day here in city hall. We are bringing snow in again. And we are going to enjoy this with our snow day, december 15th and 16th, you are all welcome to come and bring the kids and all of the extended families. An ....
Donation in the city hall when you have to visit, we have canisters for those who need food for this season, also if you would join us in the weekend of december 15th and 16th, we are going to have family orientation outside with snow day here in city hall. We are bringing snow in again. And we are going to enjoy this with our snow day, december 15th and 16th, you are all welcome to come and bring the kids and all of the extended families. And if i may say again, these holidays and what the tree represent is the best hope and wishes. The holidays should never be about ourselves. What reminds us and what this tree will continue doing, is that you have to remember others that are less fortunate, and share our hearts and our minds and our resources with them. And it is just like japan, for what they have done. If you read the papers recently, you know, that japan suffered a very harsh earthquake and tsunami a while back. And they could have easily said, that we are victims of a national d ....
Canisters for those who need food for this season, also if you would join us in the weekend of december 15th and 16th, we are going to have family orientation outside with snow day here in city hall. We are bringing snow in again. And we are going to enjoy this with our snow day, december 15th and 16th, you are all welcome to come and bring the kids and all of the extended families. And if i may say again, these holidays and what the tree represent is the best hope and wishes. The holidays should never be about ourselves. What reminds us and what this tree will continue doing, is that you have to remember others that are less fortunate, and share our hearts and our minds and our resources with them. And it is just like japan, for what they have done. If you read the papers recently, you know, that japan suffered a very harsh earthquake and tsunami a while back. And they could have easily said, that we are victims of a national disaster. But, when the country heard that the debris was c ....