smart phone with translation software to police officers. we'll hear a little bit about that from our famous chief. we recognize the domestic violence survivors need many different options and some don't feel comfortable users our judicious system so we have a need not of community agencies again who are slnt here we partner with in servicing survivors and their families and children. we're assuring accountability for visitor by striking e strictly auditing the program. finally, there's we'll have about that noisy be noisy with me now and persistent and we'll

end not only homicides but end-all domestic violence in our city. thank you for being here today (clapping) >> thank you very much vice president. we'll hear from our critical partner police chief greg (clapping) >> thank you dr. as many speakers have mentioned and i'm going to knock wood when i hear the names of the two ladies it sends a chill because those are the ones you remember and it's been 40 most but until we're talking about 41, 60 or or never it's not going to be good enough for the police department. the police department has

improved how we handle domestic violence cases. providing assessment training for officers and increasing our departments ability to talk with foreign language folks and providing officers with handheld derives r that every police officers will have a smart phone with google translations services and many, many, many languages. so short of having those officers be bilingual the officers will be on them every minute of everyday (clapping) >>. it is so critical for all survivors to report. 1 hundred percent of those cases will be presented to the district attorney for prosecution. it is so important f this is a

sanctuary city it is a city of refuge every person in this city is safe to report recalls of standing and documentation, everybody. we've created a special victims program in the city. at the get everybody in the same room with the advocates they're on the fifth floor of the hall of justice it's the cleanest floor and if anybody wants to come that's a sanctuary for anyone who wants to feel safe. our crime dot warehouses has information so reoffends are not safe and will be prosecuted to the fullest and the smart phones you have to acknowledge

suzette's i didn't she's noticed it a couple of our newer particulars are lacking the bumper stickers it's the only bumper sticker that's on a particular there is no excuse for domestic violence >> another round of applause for our police chief. next is the executive director and a member of the oversight panel a truly community leader of the community >> thank you, dr. thank you to everyone he who's here. this has been a dream of ours to have city hall glow in justice and glow in purple. thank you. thank you. we used to have about 10

homicides a year due to domestic violence and we've seen a slight reduction every year but we've heard 40 months without a known domestic homicide. it speaks to the resilience of our city per every time we've had a tragedy not only have we learned but we've made connections with community and families we that didn't also know. i want to say that the advocates and shelters and the legal services keep this trend going everyday. our leader at city hall our mayor and board of supervisors and mrld police departments but the real resilience of san francisco is going through o a tragedy and come back through and coming up from the ashes we've going up and down done it

over and over again. i want to take this moment to introduce a family i meet. i want to say we've been joining them in correspondent ever sense the first day and usually we're in court and their victim advocates are there every time they have a court appearance this family has shown so much resilience and love and offered us so many opportunities to heal. they've enriched our lives and work so i want to introduce the two and they'll talk about what they've experienced and how their resilience has healed them. thank you

(clapping) >> good evening. first of all, i want to thank bevly for visiting us out i don't take a lightly and actually domestic violence month so i appreciate the opportunity. why i'll hear. i too want to shine the light on domestic violence this evening i want to shine the light on men and women who deal are controlling partners for financial and physical abuse of everyday. love is patient and kind it does not envy it does not dishonor

other it is not easily acreage. it doesn't delight in evil it also protects and trusts and also hope and perverse that's try love. i want to shine the light for children in the home and witness domestic violence firsthand they have no way to understand. also for our sons who are notaries as likely to abuse of their own partners. it's not okay to put our hands on a mann or women. i want to shine the light on men

and women who have stepped out of those toxic relationships pr you don't have to stay there and do this alone. navigated i beg you today to get out today because tomorrow maybe too late it never came for my mom. i want to shine the light on men and women who have long been tale from our families of someone who has been bad enough by the family. empty spaces there have long been promotes and personal shauchltd u achievement and long for our mother to celebrate with us. but through it all we're still standing that. i'm here to shine a light and do

personally to bring about awareness to domestic violence and meet right or whatever. while the city of san francisco has so much to celebrate we can't forget of the nameless faces because we have so far to go in our domestic violence awareness. i want to shine the light for my mom who was loyal. my friend and encourageer and number one extraordinarily. the last homicide victim in san francisco. here life is more than a statistic emphasizing overview she was a daughter and grandmother and friend. this is what the world lost on may 18, 2010. and i want to shine a light on my mother this journey has

taught me so much about the try meaning of love and administrations. i choose to love others and forgiveness is not on option it's mooned for my healing. i recognize that love that won't inheriting hurt >> darkness can't drive out darkness only light can do that and hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that and that's why i'm here today to shine a light on domestic violence and a (clapping) >> another round of applause. those are moving words and next the speaker has championed domestic violence and i'd like to ask did other members of the

board to please join him at the podium >> thank you it's wonderful to be here with my supervisors. i have to say when ms. lewis just said anyone who's waushgd in a church have heard that love is patient and kind but i've nerve heard them uttered in the context nobody can replace our mother but we can do he everyone we can to make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again in san francisco (clapping) >> i want to thank all of you for being part of our community in san francisco. i know that every one of us have known victims whether in china counseling attain or a mother in

the bay view or fifth generation or in the sunset. we also know we can do better. last year was a tough year i want to thank my colleagues and the rest of the board of supervisors for moving forward a major supplemental to make sure we have a final domestic violence advocate here in the city government to make sure that our district attorney's office has the tools they need and brown but folks we can do better. there are 40 reforms after this person was brutality taken away from us are we've begun for 40 months without a domestic homicide but in in evidence in

north there was 8 thousand calls. that's how we feel about this. we know we can do better and all of us working collectively. the mayor had a proclamation he put in a beautiful glass box to showing some of our leaders we have a less budget but i have a proclamation proclaiming this month to be domestic violence month and i'd like to ask a woman who represents all of you two are survivors bevly upper ton could you please join me in accepting this (clapping) >> i want to thank you for your leadership and the board of supervisors for this recognition of domestic violence month but

this year i want to honor the lewis with this proclamation domestic violence month is extra special because you're here with us so, please. all right. everyone look up center city hall. we'll close together with a beautiful song but before that i just wanted to thank my colleagues from the police department, from the district attorney's office, juvenile probation department and sheriff's department and the sole he family is represented among the city we have university women from house leader nancy pelosi offices and

the l s democratic club and the family violence council is here in the house as well. let's give everybody a round of clauses (clapping) >> and, of course, we thank our director the people who work everyday open those issues who are holding up their signs, please give them a big round of applause so to close the program we'll hear this lady whose performed in tokyo and completely welcome her (clapping). >> thank you. the song i'd like to sing is going out to all of those of you who are in support of this

organization and those of you who are still secretly experiencing abuse of relationships beside the 32 programs that san francisco has for abuse of i'd like for you to know that there's somebody who needs this. who made the mountains. who made the trees. tell me who made the rivers. that flows to the sea. and who hung the moon and the stars in the sky. it's somebody bigger.

than and i. who made the flowers up and bloom in the frame. tell me who can who writes the song or the robins do sing and who sees the rain when the earth is dry. and it's somebody bigger than and i. he can he will the the way when the road is dark. keeps me calm.

with love he'll walk beside you till all it's done right here with me. i - filled with despair who can who eminence encourage to just march on from there. who gives me love that will never, never die. it's somebody bigger, i tell you

it's somebody bigger, you know, it's somebody bigger than. you can you and i (clapping) thank you. god bless you all. >> meet us back here february 14, 2014, we'll be rising in one against violence against women. thank you very much for coming. be safe

>> welcome, welcome welcome. to the ground breaking new strands theatre (clapping) this is i've been dreaming about this for 20 years and it's to incredibly tlifrl it's fm happen p were on central mark we've got government on two side and an incredibly rich neighborhood filled with defy ideas and we hope to be part of the amazing dialog. we're next door to our custom

shop and it was the incubator ofor neighborhood. we have been know eleanor. when they arrived from san francisco we looked at where we're here and with the help of terry shulman we turned this into a community based on art space. we've welcome dozens of groups into the community to share that space with us. we'll have argue teacher training here and accessible programs and we realized that market street is happening. it's important that arts groups as we also do take the lead in creating civic discourse. we're going to begin build open

it. in this space we've got the supermarket orange will a new theatre and front of the of that it will be a 2 hundred seat black box theatre and a double story lobby. great coffee we promised. to really welcome the neighborhood and to light up this block. part of what gives me joy is expanded the story of kc e t. this city helped us donors and trustees people that work here and they helped to rebuild gary and we knew that c e t are here.

a lot of the students raise your hand. the merge theatre folks standing here we've got educational proomz programs. we're deeply involved with this neighborhood and we incubate a lot of newark. it's such a beautiful cathedral of a spates. in the another way for us to partner with the community. this this space we hope to produce newark and engage new and local and old after the. we hope to share this space. in the a neighborhood filled with arts. a lessons king and luggage store. we're privileged to be part of this community.

we look across the street to the museum. thank you for being here today. we know we've got the art community here and scott wiener is a big supporter. thank you scott. it's been an amazing journey. we'll see a rich array ray the hope is it will be a way for k correction e it to acknowledge the education and training i training is an numerous part 3 will transform this city. i want to quickly acknowledge a lot of community arts based on organization that have helped us in this journey that were i want

to thank john the director who helped us spearhead this and our amazing architects and plant consultants and everybody who helped us realize this project. the nearest and dear it are the k c e t folks nancy liv stone for one. rusty >> patty and last but certainly not at least the jeff the amazing member of the board he was a respectableer when nobody thought of this was going to happen. we're standing across from a revitalized u.n. plaza with hope in our heart from a city that leads in the art and cultures.

and jeff was really a wonderful supporter >> it's my worst nightmare i'm following kari and this is exciting for any donor that's how i felt about bringing this to market street to advance k c e t for new works in collaboration of after the fits with the possibilities of the central corridor. arts transforms neighborhoods especially at night. in the case of k c e t and our master students brings tremendous energy through this

door. ac ta inefficient taken the lead in market street focusing on smaller arts organizations. mayor lee our support and enthusiasm is sincere and it makes you a nature leader of this awesome city (clapping) >> having been under no circumstances on the ac t board with 10 years i can speak with authority about caring kari. in this fast lane makes her mind race faster. i'm honored now in my captain of chair of the capital campaign to

nouns some fun stuff it's 32 1/2 millions and we've received many million dollars in new tax credits we've raised $10 million in private contributions to date from our mayors board and a if i other good friends of ac t. today, i'm to nouns one gift it's a $5 million equivalent from an awe moms duo donor. with those gifts our campaign is 6 and a half million dollars (clapping) arrest so we're getting close but we need hope kari and a allen told me to say that percent this is as picasso said

it's first an act of distribution so bring down the hammer. next up my good friend and an awesome mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping) >> thank you well jeff and kari congratulations. i've just been allotted a tour with s o m and plant organizations to take a at the theatre. let me tell you it is transform active for this corridor. i know how hard supervisor wiener and kim and mark leno when we all had been thinking about how to reinvest in this whole life corridor on market street. we were waiting for