of the 21st, where you couldn't wait until the 28th to award the contract -- or you could wait. it is up to you. chair campos: colleagues, it would be to provide the authority to enter into contracts subject to the ratification of this board, given the very short time line. i understand that there is no deadline, per se, but at the budget and finance committee, there was a sense that people want to get this information sooner than later. i do not know where people are in this. commissioner mirkarimi? commissioner mirkarimi: it is important, chair campos, that you meet with potentially others that are part of a larger discussion so that we all on the same page.

the synchronizing of this particular information and how that meets up with a return conversation which is scheduled in april for the budget committee on recology itself, so we should be able to synchronize with that. >> i would just say that i would add to the motion that authorized me to enter into it subject to the approval of the chair, so i would contact to the chair to make sure if there's anything there prior to bringing it back to the commission at the march meeting, and i also think, i have in the rfp that we will be contacting the department of environment to make sure they know what we are doing, so they can provide input and information to us, which is a definite part of the process. commissioner mirkarimi: i would highly recommend it, because i

think the department of environment is moving forward with the interests, and all of this needs to line up together. any conversation, however you deem inappropriate, with recology or whoever is party to this information download is important. chair campos: colleagues, any comments? commissioner mirkarimi, seconded by commissioner avalos. >> it is to issue the rfp and to authorize me to enter into the contract is subject to the next meeting. chair campos: commissioner mirkarimi, as the maker of the motion, is that your idea of the motion? seconded by commissioner avalos.

colleagues, can we take this without objection? [gavel] thank you to everyone for coming up and especially to staff, and we look forward to working with the department of the environment and all of the other stakeholders on this issue. madam clerk, will you please call the next item? clerk: item number seven, the executive officer's report. chair campos: ms. miller? >> i have no report. chair: sir? >> we have another member who is working with lafco, and she has a background in technology and recently got her master's in

public policy and is working on her mba with a focus on green business, so i just want to welcome her to our intern staffing group, and then also, just a quick update, we have received our photos for the photo contest comment nl the choosing of the finalists has begun on our facebook page, so we urge everyone to move forward with pepper -- a canastota contest -- a photo contest, and the choosing of the finalists has begun on our facebook page, so we urge everyone to move forward with it. we have 28 photographs that were submitted. just in comparison, the puc last year had a total of six entries for their water bottle contest. we did better.

i know the group was narrowing it down to the final five, and they wish they could of had a few more photographs to select in that mix, because it was very hard to get it down to the final group. if you like, i did bring a thumb drive. if you want to take a look at them, i can show them. was there another question that you had in there? >> when will the winner be selected? and then, when will they be awarded the prize? >> march 10 is the last day to choose which photograph you like the most on our facebook page, at 5:00 p.m., so at 5:01, we will know who the winner is, based on how many likes they got. we can present it at the next meeting, but if they are not able to attend, we will make sure that they get their prizes accordingly. chair campos: great.

thank you. is there any member of the public who would like to speak an item number seven? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, could you call item 8? clerk: item 8, public comment for any item not on the agenda. chair campos: is there any public comment for any item not on the agenda? sir? >> i think you heard local clean energy, and i am saying on behalf of my member groups, we do not think this is robust enough, and we would really appreciate if you could agendize for the next meeting a specific action item to have local power and another at least to brief reports on the rfp and perhaps look at the rocky mountain

institute report and just compare them and really make sure that we are doing this right with regard to cca. we are just not comfortable enough experts on cca have contributed to this process. thank you. chair campos: any other further comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. clerk: item number nine, a future agenda items. -- nine, future agenda items. chair campos: is there any comment on future agenda items? seeing none, next item, please. clerk: item number 10,

adjournment. chair campos: we are adjourned.

>> ♪ lift every voice and sing 'til earth and heaven ring ring with a harmony of liberty

let our rejoicing rise ♪ our ancestors are to be honored as the roots of the treat, and the greatness and health of the tree depends on the death and health of its routes. when we do not honor our ancestors, we become like trees without roots. there is an unbroken continuing between the realm of the living in the realm of the dead in african culture -- an unbroken continuum. the spirit pervades the everyday world of the living. in a community such as this one, we begin by honoring the ancestors, and we pour libations to honor them, and

that is what rashid is going to do. we pur water -- pour water, the primary ancestral offering, the source of life in the universe. it is associated with the womb of creation and with the fountain of life. in the spirit of honoring the ancestors, we say, praises to the ancestors of this land, the keepers of this land. praise be. praises to the ancestors of the middle passage. praises be. praises to all of those whose courage, strength, determination, perseverance, blessings, grace, blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifices have uplifted us, our community, our people. i want you to take a moment and

out loud and with passion and with gratitude, call up the name of those whose shoulders you stand upon. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. praises be. we call -- praises be. we call upon you all to join us in this commemoration of the past and join us in the celebration of the youth leaders of yesterday and today and those of tomorrow. we ask you to participate as we ourselves become more energized and inspired to follow their example and to take action, to be healers, peacemakers, social

justice activists. we call upon you, great ones, to ask that you give us your blessing. bless all of us, and especially, bless our youth. bless their bodies, their spirits, their minds. we call upon you, ancestors, to ask for your guidance for all of us and especially our youth. especially our youth. guide their feet, their heads, their hearts. be to their left, they're right, above, below, in back of them. we ask that all of those who are present today be more inspired, more informed, and more hopeful and more blessed and more ready to take action when they came. >> i want to thank sonya davis, one of our peacemakers in the

community. a healer, civil rights attorney, and she has been a member of the restorative justice for youth program in oakland. linda. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the koret auditorium of the san francisco public library. i'm a member of the african- american interest committee here at the library. it is our hope that you will be profoundly moved and inspired by what you hear and see today. social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the court, but in all aspects of society. this concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunity. everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest,

deserves an even playing field. every race, every color, every culture. what happened in 1955 is not unlike what is exploding out of the headlines today. it was a young person's death that started the uprising in tunisia. it is young people on the front lines in egypt. slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following suit and rising up against an oppressive government. it was a young girl who stood still when she was ordered to give up her seat to a white woman, violently taken from the bus, pushed into a police car, ridiculed on her way to the station, and shot inside a jail cell until she was bailed out hours later -- shut inside a jail cell until she was bailed out hours later. hers is a powerful story, along with that of a man who was racially profiled and accused of a crime he did not commit.

i would like to invite ronald, who garner's several proclamations from various officials, and we would like to present them to ms. claudia -- to ms. claudette colvin. we want to thank him for his efforts in securing these proclamations. if ms. colvin would come up as well. >> it is an honor to be asked to make these presentations. the elected officials represented here are trailblazers themselves. many of them have been the first in their community to hold office. for example, ed lee, the first chinese-american to be appointed mayor in san francisco, is represented in this group. so is our congresswoman, nancy

pelosi, the first woman ever to become speaker of the house in the history of the united states. [applause] tom amiano, who has been a historic figure and trailblazer, coming from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community. [applause] also, our newest elected official, supervisor cohen, with her election last november at age 32, is the youngest african-american ever to be elected to the board of supervisors. [applause] she is now san francisco's highest-ranking elected official who is african-american, one of three women on the 11-member body, and the only african- american on that 11-member body. let me read -- since we are short on time -- the letter from the united states senator,

dianne feinstein. it reads, "dear mrs. colvin, it is a pleasure for me to join your friends, family, and colleagues in recognizing you for all the work you have done in the fight for civil rights. thank you for dedicating your life to the cause of equality. you have given so much to this country. when you refuse to give up your bus seat on march 2, 1955, it ignited a spark within montgomery, alabama, that helped begin the process of change. the landmark united states supreme court case that eventually ended segregation on all buses within this country could not have been achieved without your valiant efforts that began with your testimony against the montgomery public transportation system. i commend you for your passion, courage, and dedication. very few people could have demonstrated the level of conviction you showed at the

young age of 15. young people today view you as a role model and as an important figure in the history of the civil rights movement. as united states senator representing the people of california, i commend your outstanding service to this country. i wish you good health and happiness in the years to come. sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator." [applause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause]

and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott

through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was a week right after negro history week. i like negro history week a lot because we learn about people who make a difference. that is what i want to do. teh white -- the white section

was empty, and the colored section was full, so i sat in the middle, the seat on the left, the last one in the middle. i was not thinking about anything in particular. i had a chocolate candy bar, and i was looking out the window. an older girl sat next to me. i continued looking out the window. more people got on the bus, and some more color and some were white, and soon, no more seats were available. colored folks started getting up, and white folks started taking their seats. i just stared straight ahead. "make light on your feet." other people got up, but i told myself that i would just stay seated. folks started staring at me. you know why -- you know, white

folks. [laughter] "she knows where she belongs." open " i hope she is not one of them troublemakers --"i hope she is not one of the troublemakers." me? a troublemaker? just because of how i was born? my daddy that -- got a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. board rogers was coming to town -- roy rogers was coming to town. it was for white kids only. why? they think we are troublemakers?

i do not want to make trouble. troublemaker. just because of how we are born, we have to be troublemakers. that is when i looked and saw ms. hamilton getting on the bus. wait, let me get back on -- wait, driver, please, let me get back on. ms. hamilton, she sat right next to me. "you need to get out so i can drive on -- get up