not too long ago. mr. waung i just want to make a couple extra points. you have been a dedicated leader, not just of galileo high school but also with the association of asian teachers and you were an advisor of the senior class, advisor to the student body where i served as president and you have been an advisor to the vietnamese, samoan, chinese clubnd the korean, club, indian and students club. this man, [ applause ] you won't find a more committed man in our public school system. in addition to that,

mr. waung worked to take a number of students to visit washington, d.c. for the first time. he also worked with the asian specific clubs and the clubs to fund raise for the tsunami that happened in japan. i can go on and i don't think anyone has just really recognized you properly in terms of your commitment and activism, in terms of your involvement at public schools. as someone who attended public schools, supervisor cohen, supervisor yee. we are just so fortunate because i know that when i was a student i don't think i appreciated you as much. it was always do we have

to do that? when i look back at my time, i'm so glad that he made us take those pictures and attended dance and coordinate the dance because it taught us how to be leaders and take ownership in our pride in school and appreciated the hard work that not only you did back then but you continued to do for the students for galileo high school. it is truly my honor to give you this recognition, to thank you for your countless years of service to the san francisco public schools to the asian pacific islander community and the city of san francisco as a whole. thank you, mr. waung. [ applause ] >> hello, there. very new at

this. they told me i only get one minute to say something. it will be one minute. let me get my notes here. [ laughter ] >> that's something as an introduction here and it's something i do at school here. i always start off with something that is funny, but i have to say that teaching is not a job. it's an adventure. besides every successful man, there is a great woman. and that's my wife, lynn. [ applause ] and i have to say the other

side london breed. she was my asb vice-president 1992. i know, don't tell them, but she was great there. and i really appreciate principal mr. black shear to be here and also i have some of my associate student body officers here and i really do want to recognize norman yee because he graded from galileo and he's done a lot for our school here. that's something i want to pass off an i started student teaching at galileo about 1970. that's 43 years. everyone says how old are you and i keep saying, i

forgot. they ask me what do you teach? i teach biology and sociology. in school if it's broken you learn physics, if it smells you learn chemistry, if it jumps, you learn biology. okay. now, one of the questions that students always ask me is what made you stay this long, 43 years at galileo because i'm really not a product of san francisco. i was born and raised in santa rosa. but i had the people from the chinese community they said we would like to have you student teach there. they wouldn't let me go after that. and i had this principal from another high school, i saw it stones town and he offered me another job

at another high school in san francisco. i paused for a moment and said sir, i really appreciate this, but the students at galileo, they need me more. why did i stay that long? it's because of the love of the students here. another question one student asked me, how much do you get paid as a teacher ? and when i first started i got paid $7800 they said it's not bad for one month's work. i said no, that was for one year. so what is so important for teachers for an event like this is being asked by the board of supervisors, wow, this is really special. it means a lot. last saturday i was recognized

at the asian heritage street celebration. i got award there and said wow, this is my year. i kind of wish to buy lottery now. anyway, this is important to teachers. it's inviting us to be recognized. now, what i would like to do, just end it here. i know my time is up here. i got these awards here from my students here and i usually get some plaques at grad using and linda breed is going to be at our graduation speech too. here is what it says, mr. waung, thank you for your guidance, spirit, advice and love. you are the best and the one and only wing man. thank you very much. [ applause ]

>> it's great to celebrate and remember our history and the struggle and activism. 5 asian americans. mr. wing i'm so glad that you are honored today and you have taught many of my students here at the california child development center. i want to recognize a couple at district six. you were one of the first people i met here when i moved to san francisco in 1999. i'm proud to bring out

joyce and ---al. i was m cing that show and joyce was probably as the ticket manager in the box office when she was during that time from 1997 and 2002. last week i had the honor of commending at that event. it's actually been in the south of market for a very long time.al and joyce have been a part of our community and part of our district family. they have been south of market residents. al worked at cafe aroma and in 1997 they joined a

studio and a year later took it over and turned it into the only philipino arts venue. this became a home for me when i moved to san francisco and a place where i was volunteering, a short stand up comedy night music shows and plays. i played in an all female band. i practiced base in our apartment together. it's interesting as we talk we had these kovshgs about limited life permits and i remember when we had these events.al was such an important mentor in all of that. when we

talk about asian arts, he did so much to encourage us to participate and teaching us how to run shows and how to fold up chairs and how to run a ticket box office and how to put speaker sets together. for those of you who don't know him,al is a stand up comedian. they were also the founding members of the non-philipino american theatre and joyce is currently the administrative manager on folsom street which is the oldest center. it start at the i hotel and it was a huge part of that struggle. for many of you have not followed the i hotel, it's such an

incredible memory not because of asian americans engaged in and fought for seniors in the city, but with the seniors, with our chicano activist. it's a beautiful documentary about how our community came together to fight for philipino and chinese seniors. they continue to be active.al has served in many advisory committees, the citizens advisory committee for the action fund and we most recently appointed him to the pier 32 arena project. a project that is being proposed in our district.al was also active in the restabilization of the south of market project area committee, advocating for resources to go to critical infrastructure like pedestrian

and public safety improvement and affordable housing and open sta space. they have devoted their life to supporting this community, the south of mark community and they have a passion for what they do. we were so excited a couple months ago to announce the six street subject station which were you an advocate for. before were able to develop this partnership, there were organizations and businesses working for a better community for our family and so many work in these alley ways and some seniors and others live in this community as well and there were a few that were working to improve our city. you are a power couple and i know you are well loved in our community and our city. thank you so much for

being here today. [ applause ] most importantly, the diehard giants fan. that was the most important. >> thank you very much, jane. how did you know we were jane's fans. i just want to say thank you very much for the recognition. it actually came as a surprise and we are absolutely honored. joyce and i have been part of the south of market for years since 95-96. i will tell you, we don't have any kids so south of market is kind of our adoptive teenager now, it's been 18 years. so yeah. our kid is 18 years to us. as raising a kid, it's the same thing where you go through

is the hardships but also the joyce of watching soma grow. i would be remiss if i didn't recognize some of the folks that really helped us out some of our mentors. they have helped running the center in south of market and angelica at the south of market. i learned so much about the community and lolita and those are my heroes and thank them for giving necessity guidance. we both came in an is artist and found out about the importance of arts and building a community

and it's a two way street. we are both very honored to receive this recognition today. thank you. >> i'm overwhelmed. thank you so much. >> i also want to add that jane is a great base player too, in case you didn't know that. >> thank you, supervisor kim.

why don't we move to our next presentation by supervisor scott wiener. >> thank you, mr. president. i today will be honoring mary young. march -- mary who i know is well-known in this room in part because she's been a mentor to more than one member of the board of supervisors. mary is just an incredible leader in our community and particularly in democratic party and also in the api community. she is someone who has a work ethic in so many

different areas beyond any work ethic that i have seen while doing community work in this city. mary is one of these people who is so incredibly modest that sometimes you might not realize that she's a chair of our san francisco democratic party as she's running around at events, helping out the volunteers and doing any work that needs to be done because mary is really one of those people that are working to advance in our community who understand that true leadership means everyone working together and leading by example instead of leading by -- i got to know mary when i first ran through the county central committee and she taught me how to file my papers. she mentored me over

the years and now i'm trying to help mary where i can in the knowledge that i have gained in my tenure. it's one of those relationships where we teach and help each other. whenever you see mary at any meeting or event, she seems to always be surrounded by groups of young people, young activist. young democratic party activist, young api emerging activist and it's always this group following her around and it's sort of the mother duck with the ducklings behind her because she's such an amazing mentor and teacher. mary, we can't say enough wonderful things about your leadership in the community and i know there are many many more years to

come. so congratulations. >> thank you very much supervisor wiener and thank you to the board and to president chiu for giving me this honor. the relationship i have with scott is long and i think that it probably embodies the best of what can happen in politics in a city where you can respectfully disagree and come together and still work for the common good. earlier today i was at a funeral for a very long time democratic activist. people in committee for a very long, a generation past yours. she was a long time activist and started with mayor masconi and through mayor larry brown. she was so generous with her time and so passionate. she was kind and the people that came

to her service a lot of the old guards, linda post, patty murn, represented a generation really well. we were really passionate about democratic values. i'm honored to receive this toed and really honored to receive it in her memory. she was so fabulous. thank you very much. [ applause ]

>> thank you supervisor wiener and to our democratic partner mary jones. as those pictures are being finalized, our next presentation by supervisor john avalos. >> thank you, weed like to call up mario -- mr. sagittarius. we have a video to play?

>> mario dam era of the a.k.a. power strug. has joined many groups like atmosphere and d j shadow. has joined the stage with snoop dog and received critical acclaim for his albums. mario was born in nigeria after his father who was a doctor and his mother was

a nurse and recruited in the philippines as health care professional. his family immigrated to the u.s. in 04. as a youth mario was raised in working class neighborhoods in st. paul minnesota where a mix of cultures -- with native american youth shaped him what it means to be a man of color and how to use hip hop. since 2005 he settled in san francisco where he continues to use his music and continues to do advocacy. mario started volunteering at the philipino community district where he

worked with migrant youth that addressed violence prevention, cultural identity and leadership development and creative writing. in 2009 he joined the staff with the philipino community where he found housing for low income housing. he also helped many find sustainable employment. mario was a basic laborer from lights to manufacturing and manual labor and in the industry. it's helped him relate to the issues in the community. recently he organized a filipino group for fighting immigrants rights. i have watched mario in action on many many occasions. the charisma you see that he's put

in his hip hop art is with as well and i'm a great admirer of your work and what you do in the bay area as well. mario with district 11 resident and i see him on the street, i see him in the park jogging, running to the park. he's a big use are of maclaren park as well. i'm excited about the future that you have and you are going great places to help our communities move forward in this city. you just graduated in the community college and i expect to see you struggle and it's a great honor to be able to provide you our commendation here by the board of supervisors. >> good afternoon everyone. first of all thank you

supervisor avalos for the recognition and thank you to the board for this recognition and recognizing api's in the community. there is so much to say, but what i will say is because i'm being highlighted as an artist. many years ago i used to just make music and i was really inspired by groups like public enemy and people that were really critical of things and i felt what i was saying. when i came to california in the bay area specifically when i saw people taking actions to address these problems and address these contradictions. ways in expiring. at some point i decided i needed to not just fight with my pen but also fight with my feet, be on the streets and be in the community and learn from people in the community and many years later, because a lot of the things i mentioned as an artist, it's

five years ago, now i'm more into a community organizer. with that said, this recognition means a lot to me. my parents, i'm going to send a picture to them and text it and they are going to say, wow, that's great. but in reality, this is for everyone in our neighborhood, everyone throughout the city, all the disenfranchised in our city and those that are suffering from various forms of exploitation and this is in reference to them. i'm not the type of person that really likes to get a lot of attention, but if i did i would have told them to all come here and do this part because that's what this recognition is really about. it's not about me or even the work at the fcc. it about their lives, their situation and how we are all moving forward to addressing the problems and creating a better tomorrow. thank you very much i see you

guys a lot here and i will see you again. if you do have a day off because i know you are all busy, we do play a lot in the city and you can come and have a beverage and watch us perform, that would be as well. thank you. [ applause ]