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(clapping.) >> we are thrilled thrilled thrilled to be here so good morning and thanks for your patience and so we're here to kickoff our 2014 summer jobs plus program say yeah. (clapping) so i'm eric mcdonald the chief of police operating officer we're thrilled to be partnering with mayor ed lee it takes each one of us to effect the kind of changes in our community across our country we're thrilled our here your presence here represents we create a community and environment with our young people have the opportunity to
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grow and thrive and become their own leader in our community so we know that a summer job is more than a custodial kind of babysitting opportunity i was told you two weeks ago by a national fund we're not name who actually has a general disdain for the mayors youth program across the country they believe they're only custodian but those 0 transitional opportunity i know i have one of the jobs so we know it is possible and so again in addition to joining with the mayor to reach our goals but trying to have a national furnished to understand this opportunity. last year, we set a goal of 6
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thousand summer jobs and interning for the young people and 17 to be exact yeah. (clapping) and you'll be hearing more about our plans and goals from the mayor shortly but before we go there let me pause and thank a number of people and partners who to make this possible first thanks to the mayor's office who's represented the leadership team by hydra mcdonald. yeah. (clapping) the department of youth and families represented by maria sue yeah. (clapping) the office of economic workforce development represented on the leadership team by todd and ronda and thomas meyer's yeah.
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(clapping) and also our san francisco unified school district yeah. (clapping) now we also rely on a network of nonprofit partners that are workforce development entities so they're our door ways if you're representative of a doorway where young people are knocking on - (clapping) thank each you good for your leadership in this partnership and thank our corporate sponsors so our premier sponsors in 2012 pg&e and jcpenney morgan chases and bank of america and
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starbucks thing them (clapping.) you would you have seen on the billboards a number of silver partners that the enterprise and all of the partners thank all of them (clapping) and then a special shout out one of the things we've built into the program and continue is we've asked companies to become champions when you're a champion we ask you commit to hire young people and provide the financing finances but the other thing importantly is to reach out to other employers and tell them how wonderful to have the young people in their space wow. okay sorry >> my phone is calling someone.
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okay, here we go sorry. and so the opportunity to have to have employers reach out to other employers shout out to 3 that did it jimmy john by a juice and the hotel and starbucks thank you for your leading the charge (clapping) so as i said three years ago president obama issued a challenge and mayor ed lee took it to a new level 5 thousand the first sum and 6 thousand the next summer and we've reached 78 hundred none of this happens but without the u knitted ways no other mayor does it like our mayor so, please welcome our
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mayor, mayor ed lee >> thank you, eric (clapping) welcome to san francisco employers city hall. well, you looked at what's happening in our city when it comes to job we got news our unemployment rate went inton down to 4.4 percent thanks to all of you working together we brought one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state, in fact, we're just above our marina and san mateo i swear because of the san francisco they've got lower rates we've got the airport in san mateo and we buy the wine. thank you to everyone that is here today and again, thank you to eric and ann and u knitted way and to all our corporate
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sponsors here as well ginly thank you for me as mayor this is one of the most important things to do in our urban centers we can help our youths get jobs we enjoy the 4 approximately 4 percent unemployment they're probably the youth at 10 to 12 percent unemployment to make sure we do everything we can to get the youth to earn their way it allows them to get the money net to help their families and get experience in our corporate settings and thank you to all the youth that are here as well that are peppered thought the
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audience we'll hear in them and thank you to kim she began and she'll talk later i want to give a shout out she's a rising star and she'll end up managing one the hotel and if not ownership it as she graduates from sf state and thank you to another hero on the stage that someone who's interception viewed ran it down to the other side of the field and when i saw him my breath was about as short as his was when he jumped into the end zone that's mr. 49ers and he's going to speak (clapping) let me begin by saying this thank you to the departments that are with us today they're a
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great help. we're focused on the most challenged youth in our city and that's what makes our program special because yeah. it could be easy for kids that are successful and have jobs we're reaching into our public housing and the sectors of the city that hardly ever get touched and asking our employers to step up and whether hiring of slots lib starbucks is doing or giving money so the resources are there or whether doing both with the combination of starbucks and the pastry shops. or whether jcpenney morgan chase or bank of america all the employers are funding this with
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the nonprofits. i want to ask you for a moment every year i'll tried to do this and third time i get a little bit better just recall for the next thirty seconds who helped you get our first job oftentimes we only think about that we realize someone helped you those are the times when you look at 70 thousand youth of san francisco that will never forget the moment that someone helped them get they're first job and lout them to get the skills and turn from an interview they have their head down to how can i help our company be more expensive with my skills those are transitional periods of time
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like eric said and their transitional for our city i want to signal to the next generation of youth your future is here in the city and the best jobs exist in the city of san francisco and we're going to link you up to present you in the best way and allow you and your family to succeed so think about that for a moment who helped you get our first job because oftentimes you're going to do that extra more to hire the youth in san francisco. finally, i want to say this in san francisco the other thing we do besides hire people when the door has been opened to us we keep the door open for everyone else this is about opportunity it's but also the suggestion
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that we are a community of people that care for each other this is a compassionate city and also not the economic success we all want but the ability to taller than and say who's next and who can i bring through the door you doorkeepers are there to keep the door open and we're going to use that door to bring success to other families. thank you for being here and in anticipation for helping us to create 7 thousand jobs this summer for youth i appreciate it very much this city is going to be on fire for everyone. thank you (clapping.) thank you mr. mayor so for those who remember the first opportunity how many got it
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right the first time? yeah. we're creating opportunity to learn and grow. but with that it's a pleasure to introduce the ceo of the u knitted way of the bay area >> thank you very much (clapping) thanks mr. mayor and partners i want to add an extra note of what on exiled city this room is gathered and, yes the third year and a and just as much love and excitement as the first day that we started 24 program together. and the keyword is together. across the city our nonprofits you can our employers and the city government working towards the opportunity for our young people. i want to give a special shout out two weeks ago the youth
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resource fair was held and over 4 hundred young people showed you up and got coaching for resumes and get ready for those who pledge jobs the nonprofits who work with the young people and create the pipeline of kurmentd who are there to encourage our young people to step forward and raise their hands and come for the first job into you to get them prepared. a big shout out to our divining are partners this is not a one-time deal they work with the young people all summer long to be successful and add value to our company as they grow and learn. you know, i've seen a lot of phones go up and pictures taken into consideration this is the
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moment do is celibacy and post it this idea of going environmental with this effort the mayor has said we need to step up and bring others with us there is 7 thousand it's a biden big number and challenge in fact, we know there are more young people out there 0 so whatever you can do to turning around to our vendor you how about one more young person with that, mr. mayor we're delighted for u knitted way to be your partner and work with the nonprofits and make this the year the best ever again >> all right. (clapping.) thanks ann. so i started by thanksgiving our premier sponsors those who are here with us day one one is able
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to be here please help me to welcome don with jcpenney morgan chase thank you, don >> thank you for those kind words i do remember the person that helped me out with my first job that's why i'm here. so this is very ininspiring seeing a the young faces i'm don the oakland san francisco market manager i want to thank mayor ed lee and the u knitted way for this tremendous tremendous opportunity in the city of san francisco. with the creation of clear path workforce readiness training has a huge opportunity to transform the education in california
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while helping the students with 21st century careers and closing the scales gap and providing high paying job is important that's why jp morgan chase has $250 million for a readiness training called skills at the work our new initiative is the largest private sector i'm at addressing the skills gap were not enough workforce has the skills to qualify for available jobs we're not done today, we're granting $200,000 to summer youth employment (clapping) throughout the summer thousands of 20 to 15 years old will be
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placed in private and public employers. it's fantastic last year, we placed 68 hundred we're aiming to do more this upcoming year we feel? an important way to build success of the community leaving it's that is right of a 2 hundred 5 million improvement and jp morgan is launching in cities across the u.s. we're calling on every employer to please engage with that important initiative we want to employ our youth and make a difference the future starts now let's shape it city together. thank you, again, for coming >> thank you
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(clapping) again what we hope your appreciating and know you're a part of an amazing set of partnerships so don and thank you to the jp morgan chase team i want to call upon another stellar partners that is hiring on a year round basis and recruiting other employers to be part so, please welcome david chiu (clapping.) good morning, everyone and eric thank you for this introduction. it's great to be here this is my third year and proud to be with my partners at starbucks. i want to take you back three years ago when u knitted ways and starbucks i didn't know what was i getting into i challenged
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my team to come with a mind of taking age we talked about a job but the difference is we took action from then on we've continued to take action in 2012, we came with the goal to hire 20 youth and hired 204th of july for the summer but with the partnership of match bridge we came to hire 50 we hired 60 year round. the job to us at starbucks it's not only a way to make a living but hope young people with a career and from - this is most first job. the starbucks is the organization that our jobs
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include height benefits and tuition grrments so when a youth comes to us they get the same health care i get (clappin (clapping) you know, i individually remember the first year when we did the resume workshop and interviews we hired julie guatemalan in her senior year the job helped her with customer service and the training a great cup of coffee but gave her the skills of confidence she ran for president thought her school and julie is accrual second year at san francisco state and works in
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an urban store you talk to julie and ask her what is special she'll tell you at the 18-years old she starred her 40 k one plan. this summer (clapping) with the partnership we're here and ready to act together this year we're doubling to what we dmimentd we committing to one hundred jobs this year (clapping.) all right. and i'm very proud along with my partners to be a champion to help others this is a really good cause this is my third year it gets better every year that's a moment of acting together and individually you make american
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people effort but together we'll make a great impact so mayor ed lee thank you. we'll return with more opportunities so thank you (clapping.) thank you >> all right. so we're almost at the moment to ask you to pledge so get our pledge cards ready you can feel free to increase the number next we'll hear from the star of the show now navaro is a big star but she's taken charge a opportunity of a couple of summers ago please welcome elizabeth kim (clapping.) good morning. i'm elizabeth will kim i'm currently a
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supervisors and 19 and geary in the richmond district i started out as a bar rest and now a supervisor. (clapping.) thank you. i'm currently a hospitality major at the san francisco state university. and i'd like have to say if it wasn't for the hiring event that happened with match bridge about two years ago i wouldn't be focused on a career path and not talking to you. it all started actually, let's go back to stage one i grew up in a low income family in the bay area. growing up in a protecting family was not easy for me. since birth i had to if he said
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for myself i had the love from my mom but seeing my older sister helped to pay rent 16 i believed this was the kind of responsibility i would take on that shaped me. as soon as i was old enough to get a job i nailed my first entrust at navy and was with them until my freshman year at san francisco state. i knew that was sort of the last chapter ending my youth and time to move on and acquired is job at the singapore airlines that started my interest in the joufrm industry but i was 18 and
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this type of work was not right so i ended that as well. i was jobless and definitely on my own in the big city at the 19 paying my own bills and rent it was definitely not easy to not rely on my parents i had to work in school so i applied to numerous different places and not getting the feedback and wasn't sure what ivories doing wrong and not hearing back if the employers i was going through a transition in life growing up and facing reality it was a tough period struggling with money and issues with the family so after that my friend bree white posted an ad working with starbucks in 2012 and that
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they were hiring from numerous starbucks locations around the city so i applied through match bridge and was given a call back about two days after i headed down to the headquarter and had an interview. that experience of just thinking back on it was an amazing thing to reflect back on i got the job at the hotel negro in downtown and match bridge worked with starbucks and me to shape around my school schedule maybe this location wasn't the right location being a student and juggling a job wasn't easy so i got a job near 19th and geary where i started at. and through that i i was a
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supervisor about a year and learning the different types of people and learning the community and service industry that's opened a gateway and it helped me to find my passion in helping others and learning about the industry and serving go others not only in my community but the customer service industry and indefinitely opened my eyes to study hospitality and tourism if it wasn't for match bridge i wouldn't be studying the broadcast industry but i've found my passion in helping and serving other and through match bridge and reflecting back when i was at a match bridge hiring event i said chris, i
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