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the apa heritage month please vicinity our website wwwapa.org and you'll find out mortar very short and simple i think it is effective >> thank you, greg is a great volunteer. chris was talking about the apa i got mentions i was really, really lucky to be in a village in a team of many, many volunteers that come together for the last 6 months and really work on aspects of how we want to celebrate apa heritage month there recent who many names to mention we have a team of 32 i know that many of you are here and thank you alleyway perez

that has spent a lot of time with the process. thank you al >> and france and everybody as city hall. now i'd like to invite our co-chair to come and make announcements (clapping.) welcome and thank you so much for being here today. this is my favorite part every year ars as part of the celebration we honor individual that have an impact and every year i'm just blown away by the nomination that we've received i've learned so much we don't

hear about your heros and people achieving groundbreaking innovations that's itself theme there this year. we received a number of really fantastic nominations and it was really, really hard. so the criteria lansz which based on the theme of innovation are that the individuals chauchl it creative and graug and historical that this groundbreaking achievement has successfully laid a foundation for the next generation of innovator and opened doors of opportunity and lastly the individual has demonstrated a comment to the asian-american community. we've received a number of nominates based on the guidelines and it's stroll challenging because everyone has

accomplished so much. >> after care of consideration of the career we've come to a unanimous vote for the 3 name in the course the first of which the the this individual has pioneered the personal chip set and architecture that continues to be 2 of the foundation technologies in every pc today he's got technologies and it regarded as a silicon valley visionary. for his tireless also efforts he's honored by the business league of san francisco and k go tv and was a metal of honor

rethat is awarded to the united states citizens. he's received many addict recognized in the philippines like the first eninvoluntary of science and technology. >> didn't i say this is amazing how many of you knew this. this is fantastic. well, i'd like to announce an honor rejonathan. over the years jonathan has committed time to serving the community he hearsay been wildly revoked for the impact in achieving the solutions to help safe the lives of aichlts who are affected by transports of stem cells. the donor program registry only

had one hundred and 3 that process pecks and finding a donor was impossible it kneeled him to do the nonprofit organized dedicated to a increasing the availability of bone marrow transports for asian-american. john then initiative approach has led to a steady increase in the be the match registry and today over 8 hundred thousand asian-american donors registered in the united states. i personally know people who have lives been saved through this program. a graduate of san francisco sate his commercial insurance has owned many businesses and a champion for businesses and a

council person a a delegate to the white house small business convention. jonathan leon (clapping.) our third honoree is grand master. he has been revoked nationally and internationally for his preservation of the japan through the art form drumming. as part of his initiative approach say g has the to this case could joe that provides opportunity for men, women, and children from all walks of life to learn about 85 could

drumming. c g has been trail blaurgz and k4r5bd with music's people like tony bennet. among the many honors with his name for the national endowment for the arts for authentic and contributions to his field. grand master say g. (clapping.) >> congratulations guarantee again, our our honorees please attend may 5th to honor them further. thank you. >> this is an oscar too (laughter). >> so i want to thank you all

for coming to the press conference and come to our celebration on may at the 530 we'll have a great ceremony with nuclear cultural performances with reception to follow. thank you and invite all our friends. thank

>> we're here to raise awareness and money and fork for a good accuse. we have this incredible gift probably the widest range of restaurant and count ii destines in any district in the city right here in the mission intricate why don't we capture that to support the mission youths going to college that's for the food for thought. we didn't have a signature font for our orientation that's a 40-year-old organization. mission graduates have helped me

to develop special as an individual they've helped me figure out and provide the tools for me that i need i feel successful in life >> their core above emission and goal is in line with our values. the ferraris yes, we made 48 thousand >> they were on top of that it's a no-brainer for us. >> we're in and fifth year and be able to expand out and tonight is your ungrammatical truck food for thought. food truck for thought is an opportunity to eat from a variety of different vendor that are supporting the mission graduates by coming and representing at the parks >> we're giving a prude of our

to give people the opportunity to get an education. people come back and can you tell me and enjoy our food. all the vendor are xooment a portion of their precedes the money is going back in >> what's the best thing to do in terms of moving the needle for the folks we thought higher education is the tool to move young people. >> i'm also a college student i go to berkley and 90 percent of our folks are staying in college that's 40 percent hire than the

afternoon. >> i'm politically to clemdz and ucla. >> just knowing we're giving back to the community. >> especially the spanish speaking population it hits home. >> people get hungry why not eat and give food in san franci

just about expensive eat but food for everyone and there's organizations in the city that are doing really good work making sure that healthy food it assessable to everyone.

more and more as follows are are becoming interested in upper arlthd they want to joy the open green pace sea know where their food it coming from we'll look at 3 programs talking ushering agricultural and garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is a raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing

in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of recognizing that the more diversity in given space the better not to just have one thing by everything supported each another >> it provides the community with an opportunity to get their hands dirty and reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the garden

community. >> so i grew up on a farm in air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. >> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for

example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us the food they're happy that no of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to back lots

let's take a look at the food and community bonding at the free farm. >> my idea was to start growing food and giving it away. and getting my neighbors to who had space and having a kind of event that brings people together not to run our food program this time around but to share the wealth of the abundance of our welfare. we were all divorce and as part of our philosophy of working together and working together. >> what's the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for the free farm stand. >> well, we could is a generalic satisfaction but something about giving food away

it's giving something i brought that in and sort it and gave it to you it's primitive to be able to give something some basically to someone else. >> now serving number to 49 come on down. >> we have the capability of producing this food and in san francisco you can grow food all year round so the idea we're capable of prougdz food in our own backyards we're here to demonstrate an bans of food and i think that giving it away for free we show individuals it in have to be a comedy. >> we build time together and it's the strength of any ideas of the connections we'll turn

that connection and the more connections you make no mistake about it the more you can have a stronger power and not have to rely on money that's the people power. >> in this episode we've seen the urban farms and gardens provide more in fruits and vegetation people can have the special produce available it can be a place to give back by donating food to others and teach our children the connection to the earth and environment it's truly

>> this coffee memory i remember having coffee with any grappled. in the old days myelogram ma get together >> i was six or seven i made a

faces a good face. >> when i was younger i know it did something to my body. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i've been drinking coffee since i was 17 really the only thing i'm good at i was trying to find out what i was good at i got a job at the coffee shop i decided to do that the rest of my life. i like the process of the coffee and what are those beans where do they come from oh, they come from a fruit. >> the coffee stays with me since i was a kid i grew up and

opened coffee shops everybody. in the 8 i visited over 11 hundred coffee shops maybe more to see why people go to coffee shops >> we're searched the beans all over the world from east afghan and tokyo. >> when i wanted to do was get into aspect of the personal coffee and the processing and everything else there was multiple steps in making coffee and we did have a lighter roost because of the qualities of the keep once you roost it it home gisz the coffee. >> one thing about the coffee they were special blends and i

spent seven years on one blend so that's my pleasure. each bean they were all chosen and blended with each with different cultural and beans is like people and those people give me a reputation i can't buy. people love you my clients love me they take me to the moves movies. >> fell in love with coffee and went to the coffee shops the community aspect i really enjoyed. >> i think it's important to have a place for people to show up and talk to their neighbors and recorrect. your surrounded with all those behalf communicated i

communities >> i love my city san francisco has a good name my has every cultural in this planet living in san francisco it's a small city 7 by 7 but it's huge. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i really like the idea of staying in the neighborhood and living in the mission i've lived here the whole time and the community really stick to it people talk about seattle and portland now they talk about seattle and san francisco. or portland and san francisco but san francisco is definitely on the cutting-edge of the

coffee scene in the entire nation. >> there's so many romance in coffee is surrounds the sourcing of that and thinking about where it came from and how and coffee is wonderful. >> i know for a fact i was born to make coffee. i have a notice from the dad let the life i live speak for me and let's have a cup of coffee and talk about it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪