mic check let's go. >>[inaudible]. >> dripping like water. >> keep going. >> my hood. >> my hood. where it's good. >> is it good in the hood? >> till we die. >> trouble is what we face every day. >> what i really lack is the fresh new jeans.

i got my black hoodies and what i got is my fresh new j's. >>[inaudible]. >> because i know people. fib means. >> new tees. fresh back. it's sunny outside so you know i'm back. >> get the cash man.

got intelligent. all the other nonsense is irrelevant. >>[inaudible]. >> yeah. and my private jet, i am going to get the master's and doctorate. i am going to keep my pockets full. get back to the church. nowadays, i am going to go smart. even if i'm the only one. 25 to live to be busted for what. i am going to go to college and keep me business. to be a lawyer from the gold state and not a warrior. >> go smart, got intelligent.

get dollars. all the other nonsense is irrelevant. >> that's m-t. shaky. they did their thing. yes. >> got to get this mic fixed. we are going to have jeff come up and present an award. >> all right. that's a hard act to follow. let me tell you.

we have to go smart. every year we honor one of our own who is distinguished himself or herself as a hero for our youth. a warrior for our youth. in san francisco, that's a high calling. so many of you do this workday in and day out. it's difficult to choose one individual. but we have. and the person that we are honoring today is john osaki. now you know, when you meet

john, you might think he is privileged. the japanese youth counsel was a grass roots organization in japan town created by jeff mory. john was actually a participant in the program. he came up and i got his first summer job? gcyc. he has worked in early childhood development. substance abuse prevention. they have expanded the range to include college access. substance abuse. youth employment and youth leadership. just to give you a sense of how many people are served there

are over 8 thousand children from all /*eugt ethnic backgrounds. they help over 3 thousand youth to be the first to go to college. they put over 2 thousand youth a year to work through employment programs. we have to increase that to 20 thousand. his program as in many ways, revolutionized the way youth are employed in san francisco. the organization is often called upon by leaders and city

government to implement now programs. they are established by governor mayor gavin newsom. but beyond all that john has accomplished, we honor him for isunselfish giving. many who are mom and pop organizations. a lot of time we find that community based organizations don't collaborate or coordinate.

john has always opened up his doors. particularly those from immigrant communities. he has been a partner. he has been an individual who have reached out beyond his agency to work with other agencies who share the common purpose of searching our youth. and i know john is here with his family. his father. mr. osaki and his daughter, san and wife, julie, let's give it up to john osaki.

[applause]. >> before i say anything. can we real quick give it up for john adachi. you know. i really want to think jeff for his leadership. his willingness. you have extended your office and given us this opportunity to create positive change in your schools, in our streets and i really want to thank you for that. i want to just make a couple quick announcements. to my colleagues. i am show proud what we have accomplished. we have given a voice to many

who have suffered in silence. i want to acknowledge 2 individuals who have carried out our mission. you met angela chan from the asian law office. can you give it up for them. i also want to say to be members of the safety america partnership. our efforts have been over lookd and unappreciated, but i know what tremendous contributions we have made to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am looking forward to continuing that in the future. it feels acward to be up here. i know there are so many of you that contribute to increases safety to our schools and on

our streets. last week, i had to ask jeff, out of all the folks you could have chosen, why did you select me? he said in a larger part it was to step out. we are privileged to be a part of many diverse communities in san francisco. it has provided me with perspective with collaboration. i know you all have important work to do.

i applaud you for being here. i am to take this opportunity in challenge us all to take all the information, the ideas and the best intentions from today and make a real commitment to work together to make our schools and our streets safer. i know that's a no brainer and something said a million times in the past. but my experience to work together and really collaborate is much more difficult that most of us are willing to commit. it's easy to do things on our own. we can do things the way we want to and all the credit is ours if we are successful. we can accomplish so much more together than we ever could on our own.

to work together. the first thing we have to do is look within. it's easy to play the blame game and see the fault in others. the cbo's aren't doing they are supposed to. no it's the police's fault. it's city haul's fault. but in the end. that gets us nowhere. we can never truly work together unless we stop assigning blame. the second thing we must do. we must be open to the possibility there's a better way to do things. too often as i sat through

discussions ask encountered reluctance to change. i would ask you if we have things figured out. are children safe in schools? would we be here in our streets were safe? as i already said, i am not here to point fingers at anybody. if you are not part of the solution. then you are part of the problem. the other thing we have to be willing to do is check our egoes at the door and listen to each other. there are a lot of folks who love to hear themselves talk. but people who need to listen to what others say. working together means listening to each other and not

taking credit. we have to have faith in each other. i know it is difficult. i know there's a lot of history and disappointment much we have to start to believe in one another again. i have seen too many times when we project to others when we believe them to be. without taking into consideration who they really are. at some point. we have to be able to see in others what they can be instead of focuses on what they can't. we can find reasons to find thingses that can't be done. i am going to challenge us to look beyond what our experience says is possible. they do not confine themselves to what they think can be done.

they focus on what must be done. and we must find a way to work together. not for ourselves. not for our organizations. but because there are children out there that need us to. there are children out there who need us to dream and take risks and do more than we ever thought was possible. thank you very much. >> give it up for john osaki. >> this is at community award for serving san francisco youth.

and now we have a special award. this is a surprise. i am not going to ruin it. >> good afternoon everybody. i am mernella woods. i am a social worker from the juvenile admission. today, well, as we all know, those of us who have anything to do with the juvenile justice system. there is a lot of bad news that we hear a lot of time. there's a lot of heart ache and a lot of tragedy. before we get to the good news part, which we're going to do

today. i would like us to take a moment of silence to honor and remember the youth who were unfortunately succumb to live styles. let's take a moment and remember our loved one. thank you. so today, there's also some good news. it does happen and it's important we acknowledge it. in 2003. the george, the young man we will acknowledge today.

george became my client. the district attorney's office wanted to charge him as an adult. he did go to the youth authority, which is unusual in this county. the reason we with want to honor george today. he made it through that system. it's important we acknowledge him. >> i am marsy from the public defender's office. i have always known the potential george has. so working at the public

defender's office. i worked in making an exit plan to present to the board to let the board know this young man from being in custody, fortunately he was released and currently george is attending a community college in the process to transfer to a 4-year college to become a registered nurse. he's also found his passion, which is united music. so i am very proud of him and happy to be a part of honoring him today. mr. george, come on up here.

on behalf of the public defender's office, george is being presented a $500 check. >> i like to say thank you. number one for mernella woods. patty lee, marsy and to my mother. for the time i was in the youth authority, djj. you know, i learned a lot because when i got into the situation, when i went throughout the situation at the age of 16. i didn't think i was going to get out of that situation. my mother was always there for me, number one.

i didn't see that before i got into the situation. for the youths that don't see it yet, your parents are for the most part always there for you. sometimes you don't see it. sometimes it takes something dramatic. i stay positive instead of being negative. the number one thing that i can say over all, because i'm not going to stand up here and preach. the can say that when you do something, be dedicated and if it's not beneficial. it's detrimental. if you don't know what that means, go look it up. it took me a long time. but i'm here. i want to thank god.

there's numerous names. it's man, i'm here and i want to thank everybody who supported me going through what i was going through. music is my passion. i sing. until you see the youth performing here today. express yourself. like, yeah. that's what i have to say. >> thanks everybody. >> let's give it up for george. not only is george going to

school, he has also working 2 jobs. and now i will like to introduce doctor crumb donohue. doctor donohue. team trauma recovery using team work community. it's amazing what work they do for our young teens. >> i want to give mad props to george.

i heard your story today. i have goose bumps, because i am so proud of you. jeff adachi helping you get there. go prosperous. i think the word that i have been using and i think it's true, it's integrity. if you go with passion. like jeff said in his speech, check yourself at the door and go forward and things will happen. don't try to solve the world a problems by yourself. in you can solve yours, you world will prosper and get better. thanks. so i run the trust clinic. i am one of the pediatricians.

about 20 of us. there's a young man sitting here. i know you. from the general. her son is the tallest. i know this is about the schools. we want you to know, we are there at the general to help you. i help work with to 2 trauma surgions. i work in the team clinic. a lot of us know these kids. a lot of these kids are getting shots. 100 people almost got murdered last year. first graders are taking guns to school. i don't have to give you bad numbers. once they get shot.

they fall in our lap. they are in the icu. they are fairly angry kids. these cases for us medically. they formed a group where we have multiple services working together. this is a little bit about what john was talking about. we work with trauma group. physical therapists. social workers. san francisco unified. we have meetings and talk about the kids and give them the services they need. hyland inspired us to start a

program. they were amazed how well we knew our kids. we can try to help them get back in school, get them services and get them fixed as much as we can. the other problem we had. the hyland has twice as much trauma we have in san francisco. hyland has that huge swam that goes from ghost town to family. i live in the eastbay. we inspired us to start the wrap around program. everybody has gotten services

there. what roshell started, she took 3-case managers. mike, javer. are they here today? so this is the way you make your community work. you know these communities really well. if i kid gets shot. someone is on call. they meet the family. they are angry. the kid might die. we quickly mobilize and try to help them with as many services they need. that was a way the general could step outside it's