cultivate a better environment for youth with disabilities for practices shown in their website such as how to be a better mentor, how to provide a better school assignment and how to be more active physically. in addition the website provides a contact page and information sheet on what are the rights of youth with disabilities which is really great because i didn't know about this before entering the youth commission. also the yufd unified school district with children youth and their families and support for families with disabilities and they provide after school programs and site coordinator is and students and supporting students with disabilities through professional development days which is going to be beneficial for

them in the future. the second step program is one that the unified school district provides and the purpose of it is to teach students from preschool to the eighth grade social emotional skills, management, self-regulation, executive function skills. the rethink curriculum provides caregivers, teachers and parents, with fundamental questions with questions and follows instructions. i worked at the y mca and worked with people with disabilities. these little skills help me build a better relationship with them. beyond differences is by active middle school and trains student how to create

an inclusive learning environment for the peers. it's interesting to see the youth from the main population how they build relationships with the youth. it's great to see how much that school is advancing compared to some. so there are also peer to peer program at sf usc. it's a club i'm part of at balboa high school and washington and mission mission and everrett middle school. the one on one friendship between students with developmental disabilities with the goal of breaking barriers. this program empowers you to engage with one another to change the system so that there is justice for all students. lastly there is the wellness center program. which is pure

resources and promotes respect for all students including those with different sexual orientation and people with learning disabilities. all of these support the program with providing students opportunities to succeed. so our committee this year is really focused on this as we mentioned before and we wanted to see how our peers at school how they viewed special education and how much they knew about disabilities and people with disabilities wechlt created this informal is survey and we distributed to 85 high school students and we found that nearly half of all the students would like to learn more about special education and only 17 percent really considered themselves familiar with special education. >> so our goal as you can see

from the is survey we wished we did reach out more to young people but it's still amazing to see how many want to learn more and how little they know about their peers in their school. that's why we created three main goals. the first is four youth in disability to be seen more than a youth with disability but to have the same potential as someone else to make a positive difference in this world like we are up here to make sure that they are able to do this and that they have the equal opportunity. san francisco is one of those rare cities where you accept a lot of people no matter how they look, what background them. we want to make sure that san francisco continues towards that pathway and make sure that young people with disabilities are equally accepted and we create that value and norm of respecting one another. our third goal is to create

better inclusion, tolerance and acceptance for all students no matter where they come from, how they look and what digit they might have and to continue and grow as anyone else. >> our resolution is to support the sf ufc implementation and promotion of programs that build understanding, acceptance and friendships between students with disabilities and students in general education. encourages the student to further prioritize and expand existing programs and curriculum that directly engage and educate you about disability and inclusion for all. >> so we as a committee think that your work as council is amazing. we think it's great that you work on stuff that

we feel so passionate about. we want to thank you all and welcome you for giving us this presentation. we would like to end this presentation for asking for your feedback. we would like to have your support for the proposals -- promotion of the sf program. we think it's important that this program directly edge -- engages you because we want you to stay involve with people and learn more about disabilities. our second is feedback on a resolution which we passed at a meeting a few months ago as a full youth commission and we passed out copies if you guys want to read it over. and lastly, we would like an inquiry to the council regarding similar efforts on the city's part. we as a committee are really

unique because we are able to work with both the city of san francisco as well as sf usd and we want to get a wide scope as to what san francisco as a city is doing. thank you. if you have comments or questions, we would love to answer them. >> first off, on behalf of the council, on behalf of the staff. thank you so much for coming out here today. this is a really big step, i think and future partnerships between the youth commission and we really appreciate your consideration for stopping by today especially your patience and hanging out there. it was a very contentious day of discourse as you are aware of. we really appreciate your patience during this whole time. i just had a few quick questions. what input did you

receive from students with disabilities specifically in your special education classes and what was your outreach to enforce the feedback? >> for us, all three of us in track directly with students who have disabilities outside of the commission. we kind of, this time our work is still continuing. right now we focused more on the students in general education. but, we totally can see our next steps being reaching out to students and special education and their teachers and the aids. right now we are using our own personal experience. >> i also met with you a couple months ago. i got some greaten put from all of you especially because my friend is in that group. it was nice to hear her after that actual meeting. we didn't know we were going to bump into each

other there. after that we had long conversations about it with other people that had disabilities. a lot of them do like it but they want to make sure that, from sarah's point of view she wants to be sure in creating awareness bringing youth with disabilities into classroom but they are speak of it because of their experience. even though i have a little sister, i can't speak for her. she would have to tell you what it's like. it's not that we want. we want more for the mainstream youth to actually understand, to at least be welcoming. i think that's where me and sarah and other friends agree on and we want to make sure they are not left outside in the classroom or cafeteria or odd table. we want to make sure they are socializing. that's a big

part of high school, right? you are making friends. how are you going to leave high school without making friends. >> there is no saying in the movement, nothing about us, without us. that really brings the crux to this issue here. which we've -- i really appreciate support. you are reaching out to the general student population and talking about this important issue. my suggestion would be moving forward to create a workgroup and doing specific outreach amongst the schools specifically to youth with disabilities beyond the scope of your outside activities which is still great and that helps to provide that insight. but just to create a workgroup to move forward with additions maybe resolutions with other types of means so that way we can get more feedback and there is more of an inclusive to this actual measure,

possibly even from that too create is surveys from that workgroup to send out to students with special education classes, teachers and so forth and of course we would love to be able to provide our own recommendations which is i'm sure the mayor's disability office is looking forward to. councilmember roland wong? yes. thank you for the information. i grew up in an era with special education that we were educated from the mainstream of the school district. of course it's always good for improvement and they have come a long ways of stream lining kids with disabilities into regular school setting and with the accommodation. it's been very successful and now i'm glad to see that it has gone a long

ways. i will support the youth commission and people with disabilities all the way. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> cochair supanich? >> hi, i want to thank you for your advocacy and activism and to remind you that altruism is not dead. also i want to as a cochair i can suggest that we write a letter of support for your resolution and get that to you soon so that you can include it when you go out there garnishing support for your work. that's one way that we can collaborate with you. i would also encourage you if you can to come to one of our executive community meetings. that's where we roll out ideas for presentations and areas we want to cover topics for

consideration. if there is anything that you can continue to that discussion, we would love it. the meetings are tuesday, this following tuesday afternoon from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.. at mod offices. that's 1155 market, first floor. okay? we can write that down for you. >> okay. >> i have a comment from councilmember kostanian? >> you know i come from way back. and i had many many disabilities and i had no programs like this, nothing. so, i think every person that comes with a disability no matter what year it is, they are looking eagerly to find people to comprehend, understand, have concern and love and enthusiasm to

encourage them to keep going forward. by what you are doing, you are not only doing that for the people that you are working with. you are doing that for your city, for the parents and for all people who are involved with that to really be collectively involved in going forward to help people with all disabilities. so congratulations on what you are doing. thank you. >> to the chair? hi, guys. first of all, we are all back here feeling like the proud parents of all of you and we truly, the council truly saves the best part of the meeting for last both with anna's presentation with the history and your presentation and your activism and we couldn't have asked for a better celebration of the 24th anniversary of the ada with you guys. we also

want to let you know since we are running really late to stick around because we have a small token of appreciation for you. with that, we look forward to working more with you. >> thank you. >> then just one final congratulations to you. it's been wonderful to hear your presentations today and see the face of the future and follow along the lines of the council's commitment to write a letter in support of your resolution. our office will do the same too with great enthusiasm. thank you. >> thank you. >> any comments from the audience? >> comments from the audience is wow.

comments from the bridge line? okay. thank you again for coming out today and thank you for all of your hard work and efforts. it is very much appreciated and we look forward to working with you in the future. moving along, we are going to go ahead and strike item no. 10, information item report from the disability disaster preparedness committee. we'll be putting that on the next council meeting's agenda in lieu of being over time. moving on to item no. 11. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc, each speaker is limited to 1 minute. thank you. >> is there any comments? if so, please come to the front. you have one minute.1 minute.

>> any of the meetings taking place. communication would be great. that's it with housing issues and housing coming up with condos conversions. will seniors and seniors with disabilities be addressed with condos conversion. and one more thing about i didn't know, wasn't informed about the various bus line discussions and when they say, little omissions, this is new. my block, two 2 blocks are being severely affected and a

lot of this will be more homebound. thanks to that. willie brown had a van suggestion in counting number of patrons on this line or that in this time. perhaps considering those little known routes and maybe van coverage for those and that's where willie brown i think he spoke about that and introduced that. it will be great. >> thank you. any other comment on protected bike ways -- item no. 11? okay. item no. 1. -- 12. information item. correspondence. >> there is no correspondence for this months meeting. >> thank you very much. item no. 13. discussion item. councilmember comments and announcements? councilmember roland wong? >> yes, i just kind of like

to remind the audience that please join us at the independent living resource center of san francisco. we are going to have a grand opening. we are relocating and a commemoration of the ada. it's this saturday july 26th, from 10 :00 a.m. to 3 :00 p.m. at 825 howard street. the ground floor between 4th and 5th street. there will be lots of fun and have food, free food. and a second thing i would like to kind of mention is that we had the van ness brt, the bart rapid transit.

we would like to see that we can write a support letter regarding the shelters on the route. thank you. >> thank you. with that. we move on to item no. 14. we shall adjourn. thank you again for those who stuck it out and we went to over time here today. we had a lot of great discussion. we will have our next meeting third friday in september. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> this is in memory of veil. let's observe one 1 minute of silence in her honor. please.

>> thank you. with that, we adjourn. we'll see you next time in september, third friday for our next council meeting. thank you. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

>> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with construction and the way to change the world starts here. >> we are about to take a bike ride. we have 30 cyclist. i'm really excited to hit the road and see what the city has in

store. >> i definitely recommend it to people. it's a fun afternoon and you learn so many things. >> this is so much fun. i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more susta

>> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room.

>> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography.

>> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in

the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it.

we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of

field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center

focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. >> 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 c