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asult work all most 30 years ago. i was schooled and trained and mentored by strong women many were survivors of domestic violence. many of the issues i experienced in my own life and it was only because of somebody taking the time to care for me, it was because of a strong mom and grandma that i'm here today and able to do as wanda said, wake up every morning grateful for the opportunity to go to work and make a dif rrnsh in the lives of young people and dhat work is only possible because of community because of the amazingstaff at larken street and all you who care about san francisco and children youth and families and vulnerable populations and i cant thank
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you enough for what you do is allowing me to bring my daughter quhoo is my guiding light and where i learn the most and for whome i astatic who gets to live and be educated in san francisco. thank you. >> con gratulation mrs. adams, we appreciate all the work you do here in san francisco. next we'll call on sfr visor catty tang from district foyer
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>> thank you very much. i ptd to con gratulate all the honorees today. thank you for reading. as a person who is a product of public education i'm thrill today honor someone who is a teacher in the public school system. i would like to call up [inaudible] thank you for being here. cara is a kindergarten as francis scot key which is sth school i went to and she worked as a educator in the san francisco unified school district for 5 years. during the 2013, 2014 academic school year she was faced with a challenge and that is how we learned about her. we found out about her through the new jz i think that is sth case with many teachers, they seldomly acknowledge all the great work they do so we are here to do that for you. cara
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was presented with this challenge of proiing a cohesive and consistent education to a student named olive diamond who was diagnosed with cancer. supported through every aspect of treatment. olives family and cara turned to technology. home bound education problem-caras classroom began filming messages to omive made into dvd's and dropped at her house to work. soon after olives diagnoses, [inaudible] allowed carea to become her home bound teacher and provided 5 hours a week of at home instruction. cara and olives family used ai pad and face
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time as a means of communication. this allowed her to esee her class mates. we have a short clip from the news that we'll give a glimps into the work cara has done for her student, olive. if we can go to the screen quickly. [inaudible] >> coming together to have one of their [inaudible] merely a year ago olive diamond now a first grader was diagnosed with t quell lem foama. she was pulled out of school to begin treatment. at the time cara was her kindergarten teacher
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nob during a visit to the family home cooper came windup a idea. they had fice time on the computer. i had her work on a i pad on the home and on the table [inaudible] using 2 i pads one at olives home and the other in the classroom the feature was able to include olive in the daily lessen from the hospital or home. the class mates knew what to do. [inaudible] sat in the back or next to the table [inaudible] put it closer so she could see. the parents say olive never missed a day instruction. [inaudible] the idea has inspired other teachers to do the same. another teach rb at
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the same school was recently diagnosed with cancer. with a use of a i pad she is reading for her classroom every day from her home while undergoing cheemo therapy. >> she will never forget how she stayed connected to had class mate and how the teacher did everything to stay connected [inaudible] >> olive is now a happy [inaudible] with a passion for learning. [inaudible] in san francisco, leang abc 7 news >> i think you can stee through the innovative use of technologyology uvwas able to participate in lessen 30 to 40 minutes each day as long as treatments allow. through the coordination of the parents and teacher olive advance today the
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first grade and olives first grade teacher was unable to continue the technology until she returned to scoom fully. we want to thank cara for passion and dedication for insureing olive and everything is teaching and their continued education is a successful one. cara demonstrates how innovative thinking and the use of technology can enhance lunching for all san francisco student no matter the situation. i know the principle sheala [inaudible] states cara teaches with our great teaching skill squz most importantly from her heart. i am using my i pad to read my notes about you. i'm proud to share cara and her story today as we celebrate weaving the stories of womens live for this month. thank you very much cara. >> i would like to say thank
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you so much. i'm truly honored to be recognized alaupg with such a amazing and empowering group of women. i'm a teacher and like all teachers i work hard and care about each and every student in such a way i feel their future is my responsibility. last year my definition of being a teacher and overall ideas of teaching changed as i was face would the challenging task of meeting the needs of all the students in my class along with olive at home or in the hospital. with technology and the help and support of the students family, member of the staff at the school, administration and student community we were able to create a virtual classroom full of love compassion and lurjing. i'm proud to say with the use of technology, the chileds is a first grader who
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is enjoying her wish at disney land. today and accept this honor with her in mind. this experience tautd me that technology is a tool all teachers can use in order to make content accessible to all populations including student with health impairments, english language learner jz children with special needs. it must be said technology can only be used by the teacher to drive instruction if it is funded and maintain so i urge the supervisors and public in this room to take a closer look at how teachers and classrooms within your own districts and communities are using technology to change the lives of students every day and to find powerful meaningful way to support them. thank you.
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>> okay, con gratulation, thank you for being here and we are at our last honoree. last but not least at this time i would like to recognize supervisor eric [inaudible] >> what a example of women that make history every day with all the organizations that are represented as well. i'm eric [inaudible] from richmond. i want to thank you emily
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[inaudible] from inschool board and commission on the status of women mpt our generational leaders like jan morrison and so many that are here today, the honoree we have chosen is a amazing champion fighting hunger and food insecurety. her name is maria stokes. i think the honoree for richmond is such a great example of a ordinary person who does extraordinary things every day. when i see her riding to work or the family as well, she is a amazing person and a san francisco resident since 19 [inaudible] school edge children that go to argon
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elementary. she works as chunication director for project open hand, a amazing non profit organization that provided over 1 million new trish ameals with love and i think that is a common theme within one year. it is a common theme of food is love and the love that is provided with every single meal, every 1 million per year who is with love to the sick and elderly neighbors in san francisco. project open hand has been one of the key leaders in challenging hunger and food insecurety in the city with the food security task force. in 2014 i know maria led effort to raise awareness for hunger. kevin [inaudible] to see what it is like to live on 4.56
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cents per day and the challenge that the millions of people that live ochb food stamps and snap throughout the state and country. to understand the challenges and the feeling of hunger. today in san francisco we found out from the report commissioned 1 in 4 san francisco residents, that are over 200 thousand people are at risk for food insecurety. it may be a child or grand parent going to bed without a full stomach. maria has taken it to heartthality is unacceptable that in one of the richest cities in the world that so many go to bed hungry or are
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worried about nutrition every day. after spending 10 years in the corporate seblther in advertising she decide to transition to the non profit sector where she helps improve the lives of others. at projeblth open hand she is part of a team and master at social media in telling a story so i think weaving of womens stories is important that uzdethat in the work she does. i want #d to say every day project omen hand provides nob nub and those that are critically iland those with disabilities in the community. she point to the store front where project open hand is but there is a room to grow green house that is developed at the esite. you can walk by on polk street. they are big supporters to
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reduce sugary beverages and have healthier food in the city as well. she and pauject open hand lead by example every day. they are force for good in the community throughout the city. maria is long time member of the bicycle coalition and encourages people to bike. i think she is a amazing roll model as a community leader mom and non profit worker as well. she and the family ride to and from work each day. mrs. stokes is a example of a ordinary resident that does extraordinary things every day. con gratulations for another incredible leader, a woman making history in san francisco. maria stokes.
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>> i'm the last one so i'll try to keep it brief. i want to eco all the others sentiments. thank you very much for nominating a great group of women and to be included in that ask a honor. i just cht to close with a call to action. i think that is the important message and take away here. as someone hat does communications in my roll at project the work is hearing peoples storeies and doing something about it mpt we live in an amazing city and think when we hear these stories of people struggling and people trying to get by, it is so important to act. project open hand was founded by one womeen who required. she was a grand mother and had a friend that
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died of a critical illness of hiv and she started to do something. she fed 7 people from her kitchen. today we do 25 meals a day and a million a year. you can start a fire and think people need to take action and support our community and that is my message for today. thank you so very much again. >> that concludes our program for the evening. i want to say con gratulation to all of the honorees today. some amazing stories and amazing women. we want to thank you sfr responding the afternoon with us today and thank you to the commission on the status of
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women for coordinating these event. there will be a reception at the mayors conference room, which is on the other side of the building room 201 for the honorees and families and friends after this conclusion. again, thank you for being here today and one more construction on my honoree, the ungala will actually be on april 4th. thank you all for bheeing here and con gratulation to the honorees. >> okay, madam clerk. at this time we'll wurn to roll
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call. supervisor mar you are next to introduce new business >> thank you to the honorees. as we mentioned in the previous part of the meeting i'll introduce >> excuse me supervisor mar we still have business to conduct so if you exit quitely >> i'm introducing a hearing request to foin the discussion of the double standard and the efforts to support non profit workers and organizations in the city to keep up with the cost of doing business and cost of living. i'm also introducing a hearing request today with supervisorgeny kim and [inaudible] regarding the
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abankrupt decision and announcement from the city college administration to close the tenderloin civic center campus at elisstreet and other development within the city college community. a lot changed since a number of us including i called for the cities first hear ings on city colleges accredidation crisis over 2 years ago and the crucial economic impacts that we identified from our budget analyst report thot shows how much benefit the city has because of the city college system. not just to the the city economically, but also the work force. at that time we are also learning about the anticoffs the accreding commission for the junior colleges, but we also focused on the importance of city college as a economic driver and helping people out of pover ety in the city. we stood up
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to [inaudible] from english classes. english learners need and rely on city college. non credit and skill building technology class jz other courses while they don't always lead to a degree gives san franciscans the skill and job and profession develop needed. that is what st. is about reflecting the cities needs. in our bijt and legislative analyst office report in 2013 we quantifyed the econom ic impact of city college is more than 300 million kls annually to the city. 2 years later a trial brought by the city attorney demonstrated that city college was not given a fair hearing and the accredters broke the law. the schools
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finances are stabilized for the time being and a turn around in state funding with prop 30 and the college has a significant reserve and the publicly elected board of strust ease has been displaced in a highly questionable process and expected to be partially reinstated again in the summer. mine while city college isn't out of the woods. it lost a unprecedented number of student, down by about 1 quarter of the accredidation crisis. the civic center campus was closed this jan displacing 1 thousand student without a time line of returning. it faces uncertainty as it moves through the next phase. i call this hearing fooreview these rent events and bert understand how
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we as a city can keep supporting our city college. thanksgivings to supervisor kim whos district highly impacted civic center and [inaudible] campus closeier occurred and also supervisor campus who advocate #d for city college. i think a number of you know that san franciscos school districts arts festville is this week. i believe young artist make san francisco fun vibrent and a great place to live and the art festville is a city wide demonstration of creative diversity and vision. formally called youth at art, they celebrate the work of student all over san francisco and it is celebration especial
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