right now." wherever it is. touch it. if there's a part of your body you've been giving negative energy to, and one of the things i talk about -- this is hard, one of the things i talk about is how african people were taught to hate their bodies, because anything african was considered bad. there is a chapter in the book called 'being color-struck." that was one of the ways racists in the day could divide and conquer african people, by saying that one is better, they look more like me, if i'm european. what does that mean? that means my thoughts about my body as an african american

have to be positive. am i makigng sense? if my thoughts about my body have to be positive, what do i have to do about my emotions? what do i have to do? i wrote my last book, "power choices," and what i write about, every title has the word "loeve" in it. this one is "7 signposts on your journey to wholeness, joy, love, and peace." why do i keep coming back to love? everybody tap here. you are tapping a bone called the sternum. underneath that is the thymus gland. when we tap it, it releases a

hormone, and that hormone makes your heart healthier. this is a simple way to do two things. the physical heart gets healthier, but i know -- now have a more open heart. if i have an open heart, what can i do with my open heart? let me here you. -- let me hear you. what do we need more of? more hate? every time you repeat it, what are you doing? getting more pathways in your brain. i want you to take this and use it because iw ant everybody to know that if you do this every day, tap every cell in your body and say it is getting healthier,

tap your heart and say right here, right now, i open my heart to love -- i was doing a radio show yesterday with jesse jackson's daughter, queen of talk radio. yesterday on the show, we were talking about love, and a gentleman called in and said the only way to have healthy love in our community is to have a no-exit policy in our love relationships so you stay and work it out. we got a lot of flak for that. people said uh-uh, no, no, no, i don't want the exit sealed. i want to be able to get out at a moment's notice. and some of you may remember,

what did your mother teach you about men? some of it is unrepeatable in polite company, as my mother would say. everybody's mother who thought they were keeping their daughter safe would say always have your money so you can get out in case he's whatever, whatever. some were told worse things than that babout -- that about men. all the sisters said, no, no, i don't want to feel vulnerable. tap here. tap here. because if my heart's not open, i cannot be in my true power. what's our true power? it's what?

come here, supervisor. he has to volunteer with me. if my heart's not open, how am i going to treat him? have you ever seen this before? pushing people away wait, wait. here's the trick. try and come closer. at the same time i'm telling him i want love, what am i doing? will this work? will this work? >> no. >> thank you. if i want love, what do i have to do? open my heart. that takes some strength, doesn't it? it's easy to say, "i'm not going to open my heart because i don't want you to hurt me."

where's the pain if i'm doing this? where's the pain if i'm doing this? doesn't it hurt your heart to see me push love away? thank you. am i making sense? all right. the last thing, the last thing i want to say to you is if you will remember that there is research, scientific research, a woman in stanford university that has been researching -- are you ready -- forgiveness, gratitude, living with an open heart. shawna shapiro has been doing incredible research, proving that if you are able to let go of resentment -- how many

people know what resentment is? it's the poison you drink hoping somebody else will die. we are hoping the other person will feel the poison and drop dead. if we are able -- i don't care what community you come from, but especially in the african- american community, the only way to heal the wounds of the past is to forgive those who have hurt us, and dr. martin luther king said don't ever let somebody bring you down so low that you will hate them. we can't afford hate. the only pattern that heals the body is forgiveness and love.

it's what? does that not take us into the spiritual realm? because, is forgiveness not that part of us that could connect to the de ivine? i am speaking to you as a psychologist and a scientist. i am telling you forgiveness is good for your heart. it is good for your body. it is good for your mind. because positive thoughts are powerful thoughts. positive thoughts are what? powerful. can you see why? can you see why? if i have a positive thought, i can see possibility. if i can see possibility, what will happen to my vision for

life, the contribution i could make? how many of you want your life to have more blessings to count? you know you want it. you must love your body. heal those emotions and resentment using forgiveness. and you have to use love. i invite you every day to repeat these patterns. i love my body, every scel -- cell is getting healthier and healthier. i fill myself with love and forgiveness. now tell the person next to you, you are so awesome. and i want to thank you for coming out to celebrate juneteenth, because they lift us up and remind us, this is our

community. look around. say, hi, community. we are not alone out here, are we, sophie? see, we've got sophie. we have supervisor love over here. i also want to tell you, please, please keep learning. when we learn better, we do better. you know i want you to read my books, that's why i wrote them. i have classes. if anyone wants to take one of my classes, i am going to give away a class on money. come see me in back. i'd love to give you a free class, because in these economic times, we had better learned how to handle money. no romance without finance. ok. everybody do this.

[sighs] i love you. thank you. [applause] >> most preachers don't know when to shout. shout too early, too late, about the wrong thing. you just got an important lesson on what's wrong in our communities. the breakdown in these issues -- that's why our communities are healthy and we rush to hear about other stuff than the stuff that will make us better. you all need to get on her conference, and we need to have you around more often and get

some young folks to hear you talk about the issues that are really what is going on with us, the resentment, the hatred, the inability to love, to get through the past and beyond the past, that's what has us so unhealthy in our neighborhoods. thank you, and thank you for having someone today who would help us. once again, thank you so much. i left my program over there somewhere. let me right now invite up the honorable supervisor ross mirkarimi, supervisor of district 5, to greet us, and then we will move in. thank you.

supervisor mirkarimi. >> when i was with speaker pelosi, honoring the center's work, there are still 1 of 50 children in the u.s. qualified as homeless, and one in 8 are on the cusp of losing their mortgage and going into default or foreclosure. and unemployment after 6 months continues to grow. sobering statistics, and yet i

said to the speaker, my god, what would the country be in if it was not for the election of president obama, making sure that great cities like san francisco continue to move forward. the crowd erupted in applause, because they realize how severe the condition has been. mary rogerds would remind us of those realities. she would remind us that last year was the conclusion of redevelpoment in the fillmore, and remind us of the prospective new beginnings of redevelopment in the southeast sector. she would remind us to remain

vigilant and true to the vision of what it means to make this city prosperous for all and do all we can to prevent the hemorraghing of the community. with so much progress happening in the southeast, considering the progress we have seen in the fillmore, we have not had the hazards we had seen years before. the lowest crime rates in san francisco are in the fillmore, and that has to do with the collective work of police and

community leaders in making sure we take back our streets. that prompts the kind of vitalization we want to see. mary helen would say, hey, maybe we should bring juneteeth back to fillmore, or bring them together alternating each year for the celebration. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. as usual, right on point. i just had someone who works in housing in bayview tell me that since 2009, there has been about 1400 foreclosures in bayview. we'd like to think that doesn't touch us in san francisco

because property is so expensive. that is not the case, and we have to quit ignoring that fact. it is our responsibility. i would like to introduce -- it is interesting, because someone said to me yesterday, man, how i miss mary rodgers, and i said i miss her too, because her being gone is one of the reasons i have to work so hard in my community. she is not here, and everyone is having to step up. with juneneeth, the next speaker, lou garrett, took over the presidency, and juneteenth has not missed a beat.

they do this every year. this is still america, and they don't do it with all the resources so many other festivals you see happen in san francisco have. there are folks who give money to other places, and to be honest with you, they won't give money to juneteenth. they don't see it as important. for these people to do the job they do with the resources they have is monumental, and i want to thank them for their hard work. i will point a few out to you. let me present to our sponsors those people who do hang in with us, support us, who think juneteenth is important. we want to thank them publicly

right now. mr. garett is going to do that now. give him a hand. [applause] >> what he keeps forgetting to remind us of, we were at state college together many years ago, and we have been doing the same thing for many years together, starting in 1971. so thank you for your support. i want to thank supporters. i would ask sponsors to come up, and i want to offer them a certificate of appreciation. at & t. [applause]

>> good morning. rather, good afternoon. on behalf of at & t, let's give applause and congratulations to the juneteenth committee. one of the things i think we should celebrate is the people who have a vision in san francisco know that juneteenth is a whole weekend, and you will have activities throughout the city that are educational as well as fun, teaching you about health. we think it is awesome, and we are happy we got the call from supervisors maxwell and dufty so we can continue to show you

we are in your neighborhood and we care. if anybody's looked at our new ads, there is something called "rethink possible." i would like to think we share the spirit, to refresh the desire to achieve for all. let's have a good time, and thank you again to the committee. [applause] >> another strong sponsor, comcast. [applause] >> good afternoon.

i am glad to be here to give you a greeting. we are proud to be a sponsor this year. we believe in investing in comunities where our sponsors live and work, so this is part of that. juneteenth is certainly a celebration to rejoice in how far we have come, to remember those who got us where we are today, and a moment to reflect on how much further there is to go and how much more work there is to be done. i am proud to say that comcast will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us to get that quality. thank you so much for having me here today. thank you.

>> this year, we would like to remember linda for all the work she has done with comcast supporting us. there is strong support of juneteenth for linda, but she is under the weather and was not able to come. but i want to thank her for her support over many, many years. >> ucsf medical center. [applause] >> thank you for letting us be a part of the celebration.

>> wells fargo. [applause] >> it is a pleasure to be here today with all of you. this reflects the beginning of indepndence. independence to become an entrepreneur, obtain financial security, and i am proud to work for a bank that supports my community and me in my career aspirations at wells fargo. on behalf of the 1800 team

members in the bay area, wells fargo wishes you all a healthy, wealthy, and properous juneteenth. thanlk you very much. happy juneteenth. >> medical center. [applause] >> i've been working with california medical center for some time, and reverend dyson has been working with juneteenth. she wanted to send her regards, that she would love to be here, but she went to a graduation. >> i will be brief, because i

hear you get more applause that way. i am vp operations at cpmc and i would like to congratulate everyone and wish you a happy juneteenth. take care. [applause] >> another strong supporter, someone here from lennar. where are you? oh. [applause] >> in the spirit of the day, i want to thank the committee. i want to thhank the supervisor for 10 years of working in

bayview-hunter's point. i appreciate you. we are pleased to have been part of this celebration. thank you. >> another strong supporter, p g & e. [applause] >> i would like to say this is not the first time i have sang an entire black national anthem, but it is the first time i have seen it signed, so i thank the organizers for making sure everyone can appreciate the

celebration. we understand how important it is to the african-american community. that is why we have stepped up again this year and will continue to support the community. and thank you to the organizers, everyone who has put in hard work. thank you. [applause] >> i am going to say goodbye, because my beautiful daughter is here, and she came home from ucla to ride in the aids ride, so i will go and take her for some medical support so she can do this ride. anybody having a birthday today?

this week? uh-oh. i see you pointing to her. this is for you, sweetie. anybodyx is for you. anybody else having a birthday this week? yes, sir, please, not. [applause] >> ok, dr. williams, thank you very much. next would be safeway. they are not here. [applause] bart. [applause] someone representing