violence, addiction, homelessness, need for job training, mental health, and those community centers that can give such a friendly and supportive gathering place for people. so, once again, i thank you all for this recognition. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you, supervisor breed. going next in the alphabet will be our district 9 colleague, supervisor david campos. >> thank you very much, mr. president. you know, on this day that we're honoring women, i think it's only appropriate that we were talking earlier about legislation, that at the very core it's about honoring women by respecting the right to

choose for themselves what to do with their bodies. it is my honor right now to call upon tom sullivan, the amazing that we're honoring unfortunately could not be here today. her name is magy sullivan. i think it's quite, quite lovely that her father, tom sullivan, is here. and it is my honor to honor -- a pride to honor a teacher in one of our schools. you know, there's something very special about teachers. [speaker not understood], kelly, the president of the teachers union here earlier. you know, teachers play a very important role in the lives of not only our city, of this state, of this country. and maggie is truly an example of what you want every teacher to be. and i'm sure that it's a great deal of pride, a great deal of pride for her dad that she has raised a daughter that has done so much.

maggie sullivan is currently the chair of the math department at philip and [speaker not understood] high school here in the portola neighborhood that i'm proud to represent. for those of you who may know remember that burton high school was actually created -- established in 1984 as a result of a consent decree following a lawsuit by the naacp against the san francisco unified school district. and the purpose of that consent decree was to really provide equal educational opportunities for all children in san francisco. and ms. sullivan has certainly helped to make that happen. she has been teaching math at burton high school for the past eight years, and she has truly been a leader throughout her tenure. she currently teaches advanced algebra honors, algebra and geometry. and i can tell you the impact that a teacher can have on the life of a student from my own personal experience is really tremendous.

and i certainly remember my geometry teacher to this day, [speaker not understood]. not only her math lessons, but the life lessons she taughtv me stayed with me. ms. sullivan is widely respected for her innovative teaching style. she encourages her students to learn from one another through creative and collaborative approaches. and she truly expects the very best of every one of her students. she was recently nominated to be one of the -- to be recognized as one of the best teachers in san francisco, and the person that nominated her said, ms. sullivan makes the subject enjoyable and holds all of her students to the highest standards. and, of course, holding the attention of young people in this day and age of facebook, twitter, and handheld devices is a pretty impressive accomplishment. and not surprisingly, in 2008 ms. sullivan was named one of the san francisco's best teachers by the san francisco

examiner. so, we're very proud to have her working in district 9. and it is truly my honor to welcome tom sullivan, her father, to accept this award on her behalf. mr. sullivan, thank you. (applause) >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to accept this award for my daughter, maggie. as you all know, teaching is not a 9:00 to 5:00 job. she is very dedicated, hard working, loves the kids, loves her school, engages in after school programs, organizes the drama club. i as her father am very proud to be here to accept this honor for her. thank you very much. >> thank you. congratulations. (applause)

>> thank you, supervisor campos. i have the honor of following david campos in the alphabet and will be making the next presentation. every year, as i'm sure is the case with all my colleagues, i have a lot of trouble picking one woman to recognize today because i think as is true for all of our districts, we have so many leaders who happen to be one. and each of us have community leaders who appear to be everywhere, doing everything, at every time of the day. in my district that would describe my honoree tina marlin. tina, could you stand up? (applause) >> it has been observed that

district 3 that i have the honor representing has some of the most significant and sophisticated neighborhood associations in the city. tina has served as the president of one of the largest and most effective neighborhood groups in the city, russian hill neighbors. since my first year in office 2009, overseeing nine committees, overseeing over 2 dozen board members and hundreds of members. i know that supervisor farrell from district 2, who shares representing russian hill with me, would agree on that. tina is someone who, in addition, though, to leading her neighborhood association, has led in so many areas. she has been the board member of the police department's northern station community police advisory board, and i want to take a moment to recognize i think captain anne mannix is here who probably should be recognized today as one of the most outstanding police captains within the police department. (applause) >> tina has served on department of public health health matter boards. she served on the executive

committee of the north beach community coalition and helped to advocate during a ten-year saga the north beach library which will hopefully be built soon. and tina is a small business woman. for those of you who love fine jewelry, she has owned and operated a jewelry design business called palet original. now, i am also a huge personal fan of tina marlin because not all neighborhood leaders are always positive and up beat. and that is tina marlin. not all neighborhood leaders are well liked by everyone that i know, and that is tina marlin. and not all neighborhood leaders know how to build a positive sense of community in the way that tina has. i also want to take a moment to recognize tina's family who is here, three generations of marlins who have been a real testament to your family leadership. after four years tina is stepping down as the president of russian hill neighbors and as you do that i wanted to take the opportunity to honor you today as the nominee and honoree for district 3. congratulations, tina. (applause)

>> thank you, president chiu. you didn't tell me that i would have to speak, and i'm speechless. most of you who know me know this is a rarity. as i have stayed in this chambers, given public comment, i have always been in awe of the building, of you who sit our elected officials and our gracious and under, you know, some unique situations at times. and never did i think i would be honored. this is a tremendous honor to me. without my family, my husband mike, kevin and kelly, my heart, and there are three young people here who own my soul. julian, katie rose, [speaker not understood], and the wonderful people i have -- who make me look good.

the board of russian hill neighbors, all of you, and i truly believe that collaboration and inclusion is a winner every time. and every time i come here and watch you do just that, it makes me feel like doing it a little bit better and i can't stop without thanking my parents for having the good sense to send me to 16 years of all women schooling. and for me having the good sense not to get kicked out of any of them. [laughter] >> so, with that, this is truly an honor that touches me deeply, and thank you. thank you all. (applause)

>> following me in the alphabet is our district 10 colleague, supervisor malia cohen. >> thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everyone. this is definitely one of the highlights of the year. i'd like to just take a moment to recognize and thank the commission on the status of women commissioners and staff. thank you for your leadership. i also want to acknowledge the friends of the commission as well for their heart felt

leadership. one more acknowledge many. our corporate sponsors and community partners, thank you very much for helping us honor and recognize the heroines of our society. with that, please welcome marlena jackson. (applause) >> this is a new woman that has come into my life. we met -- we had one phone call and i think we just hit it off and hit the ground running ever since. this woman has an incredible talent and vision when it comes to educating and training the next generation of young girls to take over the stem industry. that's the science, technology, engineering and math. she is a scientist at one of the leading biotechnology companies. she is the founder of next gene girls. this was started at the

grassroots, an organization commit today empowering young women for under represented communities to see themselves in science by introducing the girls to the wonders and the many -- to wonder of the many different scienceses such as engineering, technology and math professions. this is a visionary woman i set before you and it is a privilege to be able to honor her. but a little bit about who she is. she was born in the most beautiful part of san francisco. she was reared in the most wonderful promising talented part of san francisco. and without any further ado, you guys probably guess it had. that's bayview hunters point. you got to give the lady some credit. so, mom and dad, thank you very much for raising outstanding woman. (applause) >> now, ms. jackson, she understands the roadblocks and challenges many of our young people face when it comes to growing up in a challenged community around such as bayview hunters point. but she wants to change that.

she wants to change the fact that often women, not just women of color, are sometimes considered to be invisible and silent. so, instead she is inspiring young girls to embrace the challenges and she's helping them to develop self-confidence so that they are able to see themselves as future leaders. and, so, how could i not honor a woman like this? ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to introduce to you again marlena jackson, my honoree. [cheering and applauding] >> i think first it's my honor to thank all of you, and especially thank malia cohen for honoring me. sometimes i kind of felt overwhelmed because i did not take this in. i have my dad crying over there and i haven't started yet. [laughter] >> but, you know, sometimes when you go throughout your day and you sometimes face barriers and you say to yourself, well, how can i be a visionary for my community?

how can i make change in my community? and, so, that was really my inspiration for wanting to start my own organization, next gene girls really to celebrate our young women in the bayview hunters point community and really be able to give young girls from that community something to aspire to. i think i have been very fortunate and blessed to have some wonderful people in my life who mentored me and got me to that place where i'm able to have a career at genentech and i love -- i'm very passionate about what i do in science. and, so, my hope for me on that level is, you know, do i start the next cancer drug, do i help the next person who is suffering from a disease that yet does not have a cure? so, how can we inspire our young girls to really start to think of themselves very differently? and i think at the end of the day, when a teacher can ask an entire class what do the sciences look like?

and in particular my 9 year old daughter when she raises her hand, she says, a scientist looks like her mom. so, i think when we are able to do that, i think we have truly changed the perception of how girls kind of feel and think about themselves. and that's really what i wanted to do with next gene girls. i want young girls to really look differently about how they feel and think of themselves. so, it doesn't mean that they may not necessarily do science as a career, but we are about inspiring to think of the many different career options that are available to them. so be it that they through science, they get an mba, they become a venture capitalist. they are becoming your scientistses who are sitting at the bench. i think those are all real possibilities for the students -- for the young girls, particularly of the bayview hunters point community because that is where [speaker not understood]. my parents were born in san francisco. my grandmother migrated here from louisiana.

and, so, we are four generation bayview hunters point residents. we are very proud of that, and we want to be able to figure out how we can make change in that community and really start to inspire young girls to really think about stem as a really truly viable career choice for them. and, so, through science that's how we're going to start to change lives. thank you very much for honoring me. >> thank you. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you so much, supervisor cohen. let's go to our next colleague,

representative in the middle of the alphabet, supervisor jane kim. >> thank you. and i actually have a video to showcase my awardee today. i just want to say it's great to see such a diverse array of women leaders in multiple fields. the woman that i'm recognizing today is [speaker not understood] who is a small business owner in district 6 in the tenderloin. and i will let the video speak for itself. [video presentation] >> this is a long time proprietor [speaker not understood]. on the ground floor [speaker not understood]. 10 years ago, right in the heart of the tenderloin.

[inaudible] >> you're doing great, sweetheart. >> [speaker not understood]. my two sisters, [speaker not understood]. my husband is [speaker not understood]. my br they are [speaker not understood]. so, we are really [speaker not understood] team, a very strong team. >> the service that she offers, low-cost food here at manor house is so important to the seniors and other low-income people who live in the tenderloin. >> she gives you more than you can eat. i love the [speaker not understood] down here. these are my neighbors and this is mimi, and this is the big night out. >> [speaker not understood] mash potatoes, corn and [speaker not understood]. that's really good.

♪ >> you got shrimp, you got steak, you got corn. what area -- this area here is going to cook all of [speaker not understood]? those are great. >> [speaker not understood]. not even for myself, [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood] she was closed about sick months. what you see now is the renovation. >> my customer is not my customer, is not my friend. i build my relationship with 16 years. i earn their respect. >> you got people that come here [speaker not understood]. she says don't worry about it.

>> [speaker not understood], it's her generosity of spirit. she's just a very genuine person. >> even if you can't afford anything on the menu, people come in here just to get off the street and sit there, have a time out. >> mimi's been doing this for a long time. she helped a lot of peepful. she helped me when i was in my addiction. >> this is not just a place to get cheap food. [speaker not understood] and great community. >> [speaker not understood]. i tell them, we love you. >> so, i want bring up mimi yee up here. i don't know if don, a member, would like to come up as well.

mimi, i'm not going to make you speak. i'm really touched that you came today. i have been trying to honor mimi for months. she is an institution in the tenderloin neighborhood and she is a woman who is one of my heroes and someone who i really respect for what she does. she has maintained the small business and restaurant in the tenderloin for 17 years and she just retired three weeks ago to the chagrin and sadness and tears of many of our constituents and residents. as the video showcased, she is a place where our residents feel comfortable going to where they can afford to come and sit down and have coffee, a breakfast, or lunch. and really grateful also to tenderloin development corporation for encouraging these types of small businesses by subsidizing them so they can be there for our residents. people believe these types of businesses can't exist in san francisco. mimi is a testament to the fact it can.

she really resisted coming here and i just really want to thank you for being here to be acknowledged. i decided to honor mimi because i thought she would not be here today. i felt her story was important to share with the city. it's more about mimi and knowing there are individuals like you who are just incredible figures and share so much love with the city and with our residents. and i was at captain garrity's police station meeting last night. when i announced way honoring you for women's history month, 60 or 70 residents erupted in applause and the captain also wanted to thank you and he misses you tremendously. so, thank you for being here. >> thank you. (applause) >> thank you, kim. thank you, supervisors. thank you, everybody, for this great honor. i want to start off by thanking

so many people who have helped me along the way. my father, my sister and my family who has pitched in and support me during those great years. my wonderful staff members who have stood by my side and helped me make the restaurant so successful. i also want to thank you, my customers, who become my friend and who make the restaurant more than a restaurant. over the course of 17 years because of the wonderful kind people, the restaurant become a community where everybody, regardless of age, background, come together to eat, talk, and celebrate. it is you who come out day

after day to support me. and i think because you gave me the chance to achieve my dream. last, but not least, i want to thank you, the wonderful people of tndc who gave me so many opportunities and gave me the tools to achieve. most of all, i want to thank you, don. don, thank you for helping me when i need a ride and thank you for being so supportive and understanding. most importantly, thank you for being a friend. with you as a leader, i am looking forward to see the many other ways the tndc stewardship of the tenderloin will help the community grow and shine.

words cannot express how honored i am to receive this award. so, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, jane kim, and thank you, everybody. thank you. (applause) >> thank you, supervisor. our district 1 colleague representing the m of the alphabet, supervisor eric mar will make the next presentation. >> thank you, president chiu. i'd like to ask if gail [speaker not understood] could come forward. thank you to dr. andrei shorter and the status of friends of

women as well for choosing a really important topic. our district's honoree is a teacher, and i think teachers make the world go round. and i think education is the great equalizer in our society. and as we talk about gender equality, gender equality in math and science is such a critical area. and i'm really pleased with such great honorees, but i'm focusing on an amazing, amazing teacher who began over 45 years ago at washington high school. and i think there's a lot of ego pride in our neighborhood. she is an amazing toeholder we are honoring for women's history month. her contribution is in the field of mathematics at washington high school, go back over 40 years. and she is always encouraging and challenging girls and young women to study advanced courses and to consider opportunities in majoring in math and science and going on to really apply their learning.

but i think she's -- when i review the different comments about her from less experienced teachers and students, the words that come out are nurturing and supportive and just a really person that brings everyone together as well. one of the events that washington high does is the pie day or pi day. i know in the math department the teachers bring different types of pies. it is an atmosphere of sharing and mutual support she brings to really support not just the students, but also fellow teachers. she is a san francisco native who attended star of the seal elementary in the richmond. she grew up in the sunset, though. and she graduated with a bachelor's in math from san francisco college for women, now usf lone mountain campus. she later got her master's degree with a focus on secondary math education from usf in ysidro 79. she began teaching, i mentioned, in '67 as a student teacher at washington high

school ~, was hired in '71, and she became a prominent figure serving as a math department head through the '90s and through 2011 and also starting the advance placement or ap statistics program at washington that we're very proud of in 1997. some of her greatest accomplishments include her promotion of stem or science technology and engineering and math courses for young girls and women, not just at washington high, but throughout the school system. in the '70s she observed a national trend in our public education system that saw a steady drop out of female students in upper division courses. since then she focused her energies and work to lead project that lead greater numbers of women and girls in advance calculus and statistics classes. but also really responsible for a great increase in the ap exam

scores at washington high. she also frequently encourages her former students, young women to share their experiences working in the math related careers from her classes to their work in the industries as well. really supporting equality and gender equity in tomorrow's work force as well. i wanted to thank dennis kelly from the teachers union and linda plaque who i believe are here that stand behind our math teachers in the school district as well. she also helped to organize the expanding your horizons conference which is an outreach program designed to meet the potential needs of young female students in career field, predominantly performed by men through hands on experience. she creates programs. she shows through example and she nurtures and supports her students. overall her work has boosted the confidence, nurtured and actively supported young women in academics and to be a productive force and a be