the senior community i have no dough san francisco will be the ultimate pilot project for us it will show how we can make that work and better and how we can role it out to the rest of the country over time so thank you all thanks for joining us i looked forward as i threaten i'll look forward to reporting on the success of this program the bay area is a spectacular place to roll out the program and many more years of success thank you. >> (clapping) >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. coning i think we've heard that before what happens in san francisco so goes the rest of the country so today, we're joined by that and leader of the beautiful city and county of san francisco david mention her worked on a number of issues for this quality of

life please please join me in welcoming district 4 supervisor katie tang. >> thank you, thank you very much everyone and of course i want to on behalf of mayor ed lee that couldn't be here he would have loved to thank comcast in rolling out our second pilot not united states in san francisco but i know sitting at the table many of the nonprofit leaders and community leaders as well ann he's son her phone the department of the aging and adult services and self-help for the elderly they've been trying to allow companies to be able to come in and better serve our senior community and the populations that do not have access to internet so i know how important that is having growing up in a household where my family gjtd

to america i went yesterday to my parents' house my fabricates showed me a game he download i can't believe that all the things the wealth of the information and the services available for the seniors and how important that all of us learn again, i want to thank comcast and you've bench working hard and we can close the digital divide.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you. >> (clapping). >> thank you acting supervisor tang for being us to mark that special occasion i'm delighted to announce the supervisor that advocates for the seniors on behalf of providing did digital literacy to seniors supervisor

christensen (clapping.) hi julie overwhelm to put you to work. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good morning. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good morning. i'm happy to be at lady shaw's and thank you, annie for hosting us here today, i'm very happy to see the former assembly me that man david chiu good morning david it was when david was supervisor i first became familiar with some of the programs to open up technology to the seniors i'm glad to have him here and welcome to the acting mayor and supervisor wiener. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> and a special thanks this

morning to comcast for making those programs and service available to our seniors and city hall the government can't do it all i'm very, very graph to comcast the last time i did an announcement like this we were standing in a school yard with young children i'm happy to be here at lady shaw with the seniors i love everyone in district 3 but a special spot for the seniors so i'm grateful to comcast for making those services available those to members of our community.

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> so thanks too to the community technology network and to the community living campaign and to self-help thank you to ann and our folks at the aging and adult services it takes a lot of people that make a program available to the community so we know we rely on the nonprofits for help and grateful to them in this case. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i know when we built the new north beach library we were

asking people what accident we want to the new library one the new things more computers and we went from 3 to 15 computers in the new north beach library every time i go in i see somebody sitting at every single one i'm anxious for the san francisco retirement board to be able to take advantage of this tool to community communicate and explore. >> (speaking foreign language.)>> >> soy know we have our smoke

deterrents snuffed at lady shaw and the city has lines to make our sidewalks save and better internet it is a great times forelady shaw thank you to comcast (clapping.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> (clapping.) thank you very much supervisor christensen now our next guest

represented district 3 serving as the first asian president from patterns he understands the importance of incurring all communities with the resources they need my sincere pleasure to introduce pro tem for the assembly david chiu. >> (clapping.) >> (speaking foreign language.) >> good morning it's great to be back i am usually in sacramento if the middle of the week fortunately, i didn't have committee and this was such an important announcement we or are center the technology and innovation san francisco has been leading 21st century economy but we know we have a real visible divide we know if

you're a senior less likely to be on the internet and low income less likely a chinese or latino guilt less likely to be online and it is obvious if you're a chinese senior who is of fixed income less likely to on the internet. >> and thank you to comcast acting mayor skaing i've been trying for years to get my parents on and twenty-four hours my father sent a facebook request to my district director and my mother texted me the second time if her life she's received a consumer scam to me that's a really, really big step what comcast in partnership with

the city and project sponsor with lady shaw about change how the seniors that able to joy their lives and get for health care information and connect with our children and grandchildren to find a cheaper place to invest our friends and visit your friends in china and hong kong those are some of the benefits i'm delighted to work with great barns go solar to be here with my succession and supervisor wiener and supervisor christensen like all of us we're a thousand percent dedicated to making sure we have a hundred percent hundred percent of our san franciscans who get online i'll close with one last thing i'll give all my e-mail address once our o'ly want to here how the guidance will win their next

world series and want to be connected here with you david dot chiu and thank you comcast we look forward to hearing from you. >> all right. it is time to fill up his e-mail address 24 project will take place in the bayview to thank you to comcast great to see a great program i know someone that is extremely proud to be part of the internet the champion of low income seniors and families you name it in the bay area since 1981, in fact, annie has managed self-help for the elderly a vital program for the range of serves for over 35 thousand seniors in the bay area that

excludes heartache and education social, recreation programs and even serving meals over 15 hundred bay area seniors what a pleasure annie the president and ceo of self-help for the elderly. >> thank you (clapping.) thank you so much laura and welcome to the lady shaw and the self-help for the elderly center center in june scott adams tenant the graduation this is the new program the sf ran for the parts 9 years and every year we train 14 will 15 to 21 and teach them computer skills and internet skills but more important community skills and leadership scott was in my year annie your dream of standing the

internet may come true i can't say too much by wait for my good news. >> i'm sorry david but, yeah really within don't short months upcoming here comes lorraine calling us to prepare for to announcement she's been working day and night thank you, laura i can't and scott for being ore partners for the last 10 years the program was not only wonderful to the children but every graduation the parents of those kids would walk up to scott and me and that is correct us from the daughter to the young 15-year-old that didn't touch the computer because their

recent immigrants but they bloom and mature scott and a were amazed at the videos at the past graduation when scott present the computer the laptop you know and all united states wonderful gifts to the kids it almost seemed to send them off with such a wonderful career boosters so on behalf of the digital connectioners and on behalf of the communities thank you to comcast thank you to scott and lauren in a. (clapping.) >> i was tauths many, many years ago by a wise member that if you have a dream and you want your dream to come true share that with as many people as you can while launder in a taught the families with the school children and lunch program children we were happy to do that every time i have a chance

i say lauren in a what about the seniors i think i'm going a thank aaron and polio that left hand to the knew so we have been talking about how to get the last 20, 30 thousand low income seniors contending to this internet and get information an heartache and go to dmv for appointment and look at the customer kind of reports but more important to connect with their families and friends that makes a different to the quality of life i think david everything starts and begins in san francisco so you choose the right city to have our pilot i'm almost certain that with anything that the community agencies partner with comcast that will not only

meet our expectation but steady exceed that i hope you'll not put the cap an whatever number you have (laughter). >> no cap so 40 thousand seniors with the program you'll welcome them with open arms so thank you david for a wonderful staff and thank you to all of our seniors they've been supporting the sf connected classes we started out center about 15 years ago and the secretary of chamber of commerce felt the challenges of a nonenglish and gnlt seniors learning the internet but gordon and emily students to learn almost thing you know that is relevant to making his life and now coming back to teach the

class as a volunteer and he lives in the east bay (clapping.) so i want to thank jarpd jordan's and teach the seniors they have the by itself students they care, they really learn and listen and david we have patience so we know that we waited for a long time but finally our dreams are coming true thanks gun for again for the 999 is like a gift i know that our senior population will really embrace it thanks again. >> (speaking foreign language.) >>

(clapping.) okay. >> so my job is ask one of the consumers it speak directly to you ms. tracey lee so tracey will speak in english a immigrant from vietnam and

coming to learn about the internet and computer classes. >> good morning, everybody. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i have been attending computer classes this center for more than two years i've learned how to get on the internet for to meanwhile to connect with any friends and family and learned how to get on the internet to catch a movie and crochet pattern for knitting and he almost do anything that i want to do on the internet i want to have the internet at home to get on the internet at my convenience but right now not connected with the internet at home i'm thankful in cardiac

arrest can over the low-cost not only to the san francisco retirement board but i sdashthd like me future (clapping.) thank you so much for that sharing your story don't start shopping on the internet that gets you in trouble then a beg bill and annie you keep giving us those dreams they keep on coming true it is so exist to be part of the internet essentials programs to seniors and the pilot program take place in our belook forward san francisco connecting low income seniors to the power of the sgrekt into our homes to get everyone on line it is important and vital we thank comcast for playing such a major role thank you for being here it was simple a pleasure being hereyou.

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