go amy. >> (clapping). >> so to my left art from balboa high school (clapping.) we have amy from mission high school (clapping.) over here we have mary go over at o'connell (clapping) >>. >> david from washington. >> we need history (laughter) so tell the truth ethnic studies for a all the youth because black lives matter

(clapping.) fall rights matter. >> two address (laughter). >> schematic traps so we can close the achievement gap i teach and balboa high school this is where i got the great pleasure to have amazing minds who are hunger to use the knowledge to change and address some of the things that our communities are facing this is andrew louis (clapping.) what i got my schedule for i look at under the ethnic studies the words that came to mind are studies of people that are

linney walked into my teachers classroom and saw the posters of different nationalities and thought that is where i belong this is why i learn (clapping.) i feel like from ethnic studies i can retain the knowledge of people's cultures with struggles they've colonel through and would they've gained from the struggles during my classrooms we watched movies not just for fun we recently watched the mask as as al gore for geminis. (clapping.) >> wow. what's this.

>> while before the max you've been held under church and the government and schools your families the media, and the work place a two-year-old is held under the family an adult is held under the government and workplace and the child in the school system and the families no matter how old you'll be under one of the institutions of power when in class i walk in i take a

deep breath and sit down and pull out my paper and pencil and i looked at the board and has a do now and with that do now it says get our mind started before the actually lesson so when doing the do now we have to think about why are we watching this movie where are we watching the matrix we're walsh it and someone asks what is is gemini it's the total body take mind to control our body to take our mind or vice versa and the words

in steve the strongest weapon and the o presentations is in the minded of the oppressed (clapping.) thank you for your time. >> (clapping.) okay. so my name is amy i'm not going to follow i'm going to have her teach my class i teach at mission high school taught there for 9 years it's an honor to be able to touch this class

it's completely transformed me and spider me to go back to school with that it as transformed me along with my students i love it everyday when i come into the class i get to hear the passion with that apologize to introduce alejondra. >> this working first of all, i want to shake your hand there needs to be more young people there are people who don't know about the comments i'd be honored if you would shake my hand

(clapping.) all right. so what you witnessed to me is exactly with ethnic studies is about being to find our own individual find your identity through our history so my name is alejondra a senior and i port ethnic studies since i was young nothing more important than my history when i went into history class i found nothing about myself or cult but i found out my identity and the filipino and the mexicans and every culture that was left out of the history books (clapping.) so my question is why what did we do wrong to not be put if the packages why not put in actually history why are we put aside under the anglo point

of view why radio we pushed until we're silent ethnic studies is our chance everyone behind me we're ethnic studies it's our chance to learn the truth down deep, deep down it is the criminal justice system and the new jim crow and the murder and the incarceration of the alderman the genocide of raze we're not paying attention to it. (clapping.) >> and so all i have to say is that if this it's not even a class ethnic studies is a

lifestyle if it was taken away you would be roving people's identities everyone that people of color have been working for it doesn't matter but as of everything this is happening we are important all lives matter and ethnic studies is the chance to teach the world that thank you. (clapping.) >> my name is marge go goldstein i've taught ethnic studies this year and we also started about 7 years ago without the district and i'm so

glad this district is not only showing up if arrests but this is about everyone's history deserves to be learned it's a crime and it's been a tupsz of the white supremacy if in our schools so all of us this is a historic moment and i'm going to introduce mike i'm sorry mike is someone i went to high school with mike gregory (clapping) >> hi, i'm mike and one thing i'd like to show you a poster our history matters it matters to me this is who we are without ethnic studies i learned so much in this class through the year

from my previous history we learned about slavery but never learned who we are this ethnic studies taught me, i'm proud to say i have this class this is like making this one of our main class not an elective not only do we get more engaged we learn about ourselves personally and this fits with our it is making me for self-confident and having this from fifth to 12 grade it would tells you how we are equal we shouldn't just each other we're all different but equal. >> yes. you all say the same struggle with this class words can't explain how much i love this

class i learn something new everyday i can use this material in my life she makes sure we know it and tests us and makes stories stuck in our heads i love her for that i might major in this i love it (clapping.) with all my peers i mean, you all know it is great i'm glad we got it (clapping.) >> good evening. i'm david cory graduated tb washington in 2000 the same year ninth grader were born it makes me old ethnics studies is a class i

wish i had as a student but reflecting i realize i actively needed didn't exist so i'm glad i have to chance to teach it including the students who want to say a few words kelly glen (clapping.) >> history is told by the winners it can be choopgd by the wishes ethnic studies teaches what is not taught in history it tells the stores stories of people it educates us about race and people but value people as individuals and is importance of solidarity and community i have learned to value individualism and cultural that may not be the same i've learned skills for the rest of my life last year my class said ethnics

studies may not continue after the next year i urge my brother to take this class it teaches essential knowledge we'll use for the rest of our lives to build communities knowledge we can use to empower people i hope that future students will have the chance to learn this knowledge and have so much fun learning what i learned in ethnics studies (clapping) and thank you very much we will continue with public comment i just noticed that the dean of the college of ethnics studies is here in the audience tonight would you like to say anything, sir. >> (clapping). >> thank you. i heard a point

about age and i also heard a lot of brilliant young students if the san francisco unified school district i think one, if i can get off the floor and generally, if i can say anything worthy of the students i was he sitting there remembering why i got into education and hearing the students speak important articulately i have to admit than i do if you take my classes you'll have to help me american education a better than when more of the american truth is told (clapping.) world education is better when a

country that sees he itself as a leader speaks for honestly to its own story and its story is a set of stories social science where there's an absolutely truth or not i don't believe i can know it but know that better by getting the most information state in the best way you put the best ideas together to see the truth if you could see it those young pornography people you've you are heard are really teaching to the future they're learning at an age what months of us didn't learn until after we get our dock transit we bend from our degrees to learn what was in the basement of the

library and to bring if that forgot they're getting it now i hope i'm around and hope they'll roll me it out teach me their reconnecting with also been there for them to learn and then reimagine the world in a way we can't do i appreciate you as educators as a member of the different portion of the state i can speak to what i hear those young people saying they'll be able to do with whatever you offer them. >> thank you very much (clapping.) (clapping.) we'll now, mr. steel would you mind preying that bottom.

>> thank you very much. we'll now continue with public comment i have 3 students from the student advisory committee (calling names). >> would you please come to the podium you have 2 minutes each please (clapping.) >> press the bottom please and identify users. >> good evening superintendent carranza and the board of education i'm a representative the advisory committee council we courage the board to finish this resolution on behalf of the any constituents it is a great

opportunity a class i've take advantage of in my high school i believe it is important for all students to take it is a tree free class opened any and my peers minds to a citizen of identity and expose us to ethnic history and individuality and also put a stress on community and our fellow people this is something we have in all our schools thank you yourself time. >> yes. yes (clapping.) >> good evening superintendent carranza and president fewer and board of education

my name is jonas and i'm here on behalf of the s ac c we're basically taught through history through the people that ♪ power we're not taught the history through the people who does not usually learn how the people make through the struggles they face and the challenges basically we would like to push this resolution through and hopefully institutionalize ethnic studies into our curriculum hopefully into the future this will be possible as well thank you all for listening >> (clapping). >> good evening superintendent carranza and president fewer and the board of education islands is mr. chavez i represent san

francisco international high school on behalf of our constituents i'd like to courage the board of education to pass this resolution because i have had the opportunity as a newcomer myself to work with other newcomers and see them integrate themselves through ethnic studies learn their own culture and stories in ethnic studies and seen the growth over the past two years it's been a pleasure to witness all the things we've achieved and it would be a dream for me to see those students in all schools to support those students coming here hoping for a better life and being taught what they people have originated through not only what the people in power have lived through thank you. (clapping.) >> thank you and now i'd like

to call amy from san francisco state university (clapping.) >> hi i'm amy i'm the society dean at the sfaufrs i'm charged with curriculum matters at the university and i just like to impress to the board the board fully supports the district in their endeavor today we got approved in the ethnic studies the 12 unit certificate for teevenz for social service and law enforcement any professionals in the bay area we are working on getting a social science teacher pipeline that is actually centered within the ethnic studies to courage our students to become teachers

thank you very much (clapping.) >> so i know it's crowded at the podium when i call your name you have two minutes to speak (calling names) so everyone you have to minutes each please thank you. >> hello everyone my name is rosy a junior at balboa high school ethnic studies is very important if all high schools and middle school for people of all ages

in ethnic studies are students that take ethnic studies it's important we build a community full of color but every one of all raze we get to learn about the cultural background not only born in american but all around the world like everyone here eave built a community that love themselves and love all the people around them on the inside and outside and, yes i don't want to hear about your story but learn about all our stories together (clapping.) hi, everyone i'm kimberly i work at kohlman advocates but i'm a proud graduate of sfusd i went to bottle and graduate if independence high school and

went to middle brain college that is an elicit school if vermont like another teacher from washington i wish i had ethnic studies i feel very strongly that students are not prepared for higher education unless they've gone to ethnic studies it takes a lot through a person of color to enter into an institution to hold our own you need the language to defend yourself and your people you need young folks need to have that voice before you go to college thank you. (clapping.) >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi

there's a saying that states that. >> your name, please. >> awe leaf sorry there's a saying that says until a lion tells his own story of being hunted the wonderful thing about medical examiner we're a nation of many stories the sad thing we are only taught from one prospective ethnic studies helps us to view our own history it is sad that history is only telling us one side of the tour we're missing auto the pieces without the pieces we need to know where we come from and in order to grow as people (clapping.) >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi my name is vasquez.

>> wow. looking at me, i'm just kidding i never got the opportunity to take ethnic studies but i had a teacher that did an 0 wonderful job of infusing ethnic studies but there's nothing better than learning history from the point of view of the teacher i don't see any of any faces or people in here how can i say i'm that beautiful if i don't have a book to tell me that i have or supposed to learn about when i got the opportunity to research and be able to educate my peers i can say i learned more in one class of high school in four classes anothers city college i've learned any critical thinking a lot of people don't

think that a position has anything to do anything with racism but i feel that ethnic studies has taught me to have self-value we need to climb up the ladder together we can empower people to build the pyramid the aztec foundation is the 67th wonder of the world someone that took offer any people has a beautiful saying that warms my heart to see everyone i almost started crying please i love ethnic studies and, yes ethnic studies sorry - >> (clapping.)

>> next speaker >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi sorry my name is jimmy and thank you i gown to freshman sorry i worded that wrong when i went to homeroom in my freshman year i got a schedule it said ethnic studies i if not it so i switched out now a regret it so but i had a track with the teacher and i like learn a lot about history when i interact with people and what i've noticed it that our history shouldn't be an locomotive class i feel it should be required because it is our history

and i feel that people should honor our history thank you. (clapping.) >> good afternoon. my name is is ms. hernandez i'm here to support ethnic studies it is important to know about the hardship of the families and learning the histories is only lens is only a disservice to the human population is insufficient it will give representation to those who voices is urban harder it provides people with steroids of our granting grandparents and people that lived through depression having ethnic studies is no longer denying truth i'm embassy went on to college i