were losing an important community advocate and neighborhood leader collin last week. many of you are here to honor her on behavior of our neighborhood. we are submitting this on behalf of ms. cloilg and i want to thank supervisor campos and supervisor avalos but this is on behalf of our entire office. some of you may remember he she was our black history month in 2011 and we reprinted that certificate. so on wednesday night many of you got word she wouldn't make

it through the night and a many of us went to the hospital to be by here side. it was an incredibly diverse group and until the nurse explained how diverse our group was we had members of the trarnd community african-american filipino community to form a circle of love around her and i know that supervisor ca possess was there. i truly was able to be there and we watched her pass on peacefully. we sang to her. she was a community organize and agree testator and a voraciously leader and good friend.

she's a district 6 community leader but she was active among the city's campaigns. she recently celebrated her 54 birthday per this took us by surprise because we saw her in those hallways. she had hiv and she wanted to - she's a former exclusive and a former board member and served on your sense advisory committee as well as the community affirmative action network. she also worked at the san francisco tennis union and she

was vice chair of the lgbt community. in addition to her tireless action around the senior support she was an actual member of our pedestrian safety work group. she's a former resident on our apartment building on sixth street. she pushed for a sixth street project. in fact, many of the members of the community said they came for her and i see them here today. she was recognized by assemblyman tom at the lesbian gay trarnd caucus.

she was burn no memphis tennessee and she was an inspiration important. er work on the lgbt meeting she personally knocked the doors and told folks that about the challenges they faced. she served on the board of supervisors trans mark at the site of the former cafe where in august of 1966 trarnd community members responded to hateful

protests. she was a performance an charles lounge with her music. she hit the streets for the outreach from the western community plan, which we passed this spring to access to medical marijuana. she was partiality fiery and honest. she fought for you for her last days and it was truly on honor to be there with you as we held her with our circle of friends. she's survived by her mother and four sisters and brother. the fundraising efforts are in gear and the expenses are costly and we want to encourage folks to give to her campaign as well as meals on wheels and you can

specify in the comments you want it to go to the memorial. we want to fly her family out for the memorial. i want to give an opportunity to the board of supervisors to speak as well she touched many of the members of the board of supervisors and again ask you can sign her accomodation. i think each one of us had dear relationships with her. she not only represented the best of san francisco but our values. we all knew her as partiality and fire you didn'ty a buff

personality she fought for trarnd rights and health care. it's hard to imagine who will fill her role but resting in peace >> thank you supervisor kim actually for holding a special dedication. i worked with her since 2005 i can't think of an activist that was more complete she really brought so many issues to the forefront and could be counted on as one of the activists for district 6 south of the market and i did tenderloin. i learned so much from her over the years. what i just remind of how i

served with her on the people's budget sorry the san francisco people organizations. she real made it a strong effort this was hard on her to educate a lot of people about trans gender rights and the rights of african-american and other groups especially whoits to serve organizations like san francisco. people's organizations. and i thought that effort she put forward forced a lot of people to look inward to see if they could be better people she did that for me. and that great sacrifice that came with a lot of pain. every time i saw her she'd ask about my family and we'd talk

about here family back in memphis and the challenges of, you know, reaching out to her family over the years so we have someone who's given a lot to san francisco and i'm not sure san francisco gave back to her but she certainly has many people in the community who love and looked up to her and will live in her memory >> supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. i'll be very brief as supervisor kim noted i had the opportunity to visit her that very day before she passed. you know, one of the most incredible things about this job is that by virtue of being in this building and the office we hold we get to meet some pretty incredible people who flock to

this building to advocate for a number of issues. one of the things i'll you also remember about my job as a supervisor is the kribld people i've met over the course of that time as a supervisor. as she is narrow the top of that list. in terms of the people that i have looked to in terms of what they bring to their advocacy she brought a great deal of passion and energy but she also was someone who was not just thinking about her own interests and the interests of the community and the communities that she directly belonged to she was always thinking about other people and that's something that doesn't always

happen when you see that advocacy. i don't know what happens to people when they today and the especially unique breed of people who are advocates who decade their time but i - i'd like to believe that somehow those folks who have come to this building for so many years are somewhere watching down on this body of what we do this this building the people's house. and i know that if that's the case that ms. collins will join the greats and see what we do. i know i'll be thinking about her anytime we as a board and supervisor has to vote on something that involves social

justice and protecting the rights of people that involves the rights of people who get the equal opportunity in this society. anytime there's someone who has needed that's not being met and anytime this board is asked to vote and support that group i will be thinking of ms. collins and i know she'll be loaning down on us to make sure we do the right thing so rest in peace >> thank you supervisor campos supervisor wiener. >> i won't preep what's been said about her tremendous involvement in the community. but i want to just note that i

think what distinguished her in a lot of ways is the incredible respect for which she treated other people. there's sometimes a tendency in politics to demon i see people probably too frequently here in san francisco. but then there are some people in politics and she's definitely among this group who are authentic in their fight but who also recognize that it doesn't have to be person and you can disagree with someone on a

laundry list of issues and still be respectful of that person and understand there will be times you're on the same side. we certainly had our political disagreements but she treated me with respect and there were plenty of issues that we were on the same side whether it was hiv funding or any number of issues and i think it really spoke to her maturity and it made her that much more incredible. i know we're going to miss her a lot >> supervisor mar. >> thank you. i wanted to say briefly that she was a special person as supervisor wiener was saying she had a heart, she was

an activist commented to many things when she would address my daughter she would crouch down to her eye level and we had a lot of conversations about her gender so she made me more aware of trarnd i knew her as james when we worked together and the transformation as some has said was incredibly beautiful to me. i want to say that gabriel has made a great point about her sexuality but with a heart and tremors ability to see beyond barriers to bring people more

together. and i'm standing because i have so much respect for heroin of the sons was called black butterfly and i'll read a couple of lines. black butterfly sale across the waters black butterfly set the skies on fire so the ageless time can quash your wins. your face was as sure as the stars and your free now. black butterfly sale across the waters and tell your son's and daughters how beautiful a thing and set the skies on fire. that's her >> i will rerecognize supervisor kim. >> i was to bring up a few

things tony is here to accept the accomodation. i don't see tony maybe i can invite up the group and some think can speak on behalf of the group i see several folks, of course. >> we're going to ask you to step up. >> is tony here? is there someone that wishes to speak on behalf of the group i want to thank you all for being here. >> thank you supervisors.

one of the very inspiring things that she said about being an advocate and having the heart of an advocate and being a community organizer was to have the heart and encourage to stand up and speak up. and that's one thing she was not afraid to do she spoke her mind growing up in a time and community and fighting for who she was. she had to make sure that people listened. she make sure that when she

spoke people heard. just convoke words from her about herself. i was born in the city of memphis tennessee in that 1958 to a teen mother. i move forward in life to where i am today, i'm a happy 54-year-old female trarndz. i started my transmission from male to to female and i'm the oldest daughter and big sister to 8 caring loving sisters and a brothers but it's my work as a community organizer is were any heart is. and with the ability to understand legislation and to do community work is just ideal for me and with the ability to speak well, in public is another one

of my trademarks. i love it when the winter rains begin so i can set back and read has much as possible. here as at the senior disability action i stand up for my trarnd brothers and sisters by being on the san francisco trans march. >> hi my true feelings about her. i first met her at the senator group center by open house san francisco. we introduced ourselves then came her. i said to myself oh, no, not another loudmouth person and later i found out you can't tell anything about a person on the

first impression. i got to know her, she earned my respect and admiration she had this passion and desire for whatever she was fighting for. he feel a heavy loss for and lvnlt community. i named her because i knew she wanted it and would be great at it. i knew no one else was going to nominate her arrest i left there knowing she was a fighter and left the task force in great hands and i got to know her when i got involved with trans march.

she made it happen. aside what whether or not else she was doing she was a very busy lady. i will miss the burning desire she had to fight help all kinds of people. i'll honor only the people i amir you're a screaming queen an icon and a devon >> how many other individuals would like to speak for her. why don't i suggest the following could you ask a unanimous consent for this to

happen. >> 3450i78 is 1932 kelly. i will tell you something about her, she will be up there looking down on her hoping you vote the right way but she'll spend some of her time organizing in a better place so we'll have better housing and there will be more help for these who get there when we're older and when we're journeying. and there will not be people looking at down on us because of our race, religion, gender or our choice of gender. shell see to it because she's an organizer and when i die you're still an organizer so thank you

lady and take a little bit of time to come down here on tuesday and watch those people (laughter) >> i'm here representing the city of refugee and the city of christ. i met her in 2002 and i'm from memphis also she said you need to get involved we need more women of color on say front lines so he was tuff when she was marching first year lgbt rights. and i said where do you get all this energy from and she said someone has got to do it. the spirit really does move and she'll be watching by to her rest my sister your another foot

so you recalled gone the work is not edify someone is going to take your place >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i want to say thanks to jan for staying with her that night and all the activities. when we first found out it was about a week before she passed. things happened really quickly and we did our best to reach out to everyone and let them know her health was deteriorating quickly. but it's fair to say that she he

was surround by all of us as she passed and that there was as jan mentioned a diverse group of folks literally around her be and she she was nonresponsive for the last 48 hours she was crying as she passed and i felt she felt us loving on her and telling her we loved her. and for those who weren't there to feel comfortable rarely are we surround by a loving group. and the doctor said so too . she was so many things

>> thank you. next speaker, please as you know i had missed almost a whole decade of city hall politics and i love city hall politics by one thing i can say is she would say you're not going although down there so one thing i'll also remember she said go down there and voice your opinion and don't let one person make you not want to come to city hall. that's one thing i'll remember to make sure i voice my opinion on different things that are going on in the community and district 6 because if we don't things will pass you by and we will be saying should have,

could have would have. >> i'm here representing both the san francisco trans march and the advisory committee. nevertheless, this has been a major loss to our community and i want to thank you supervisors who had kind words to say. it's going to be difficult to fill her shoes and it saddens me we're phasing difficult times in san francisco for the nonprofit's are sometimes priced out of san francisco unfortunately, i want to respectfully ask you to honor her memory as much as possible by continuing to have a place in the city of san francisco.

i hope you will agree with me thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i'm ms. billy cooper and she was a dear friend of mine. she didn't let any grass grow under her feet. she was a go-getter and she was the one underneath my wings. i'm really going to miss her and know i'm a carrier on her legacy and be a good person yesterday and tomorrow i'll be a much, much better person because of her >> thank you president. >> excuse me. sir, this is not public comment this is