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>> thank you very much secretary castro. one more round of applause, a san francisco greeting. thank you. grascias. now it is my honor to bring up roberto hernandez and tracy brown. we go back to mission girls from a long time ago. [speaking spanish] >> you know when i get up here, you have to do that response. today, it's an honor to be here in city hall. i got to drive my low rider and park it right out in front. i got the sheriff as my security
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watching my low rider. now that wouldn't have happened 30 years ago because 30 years ago i would have probably been ticketed or my car would have been towed. you know what i'm talking about? we have come a long way, low and slow. there is a lot that has been said about what's going on in this country. i just want to thank all of you that came out to the march that we had to protest about children being encaged. i want to thank you because you're standing up to close those camps. i want to thank you because you're standing up to keep families together, because in our culture, the number one thing that's most important to us is family. so the first award is famed
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after an incredible, amazing woman that was born in 1930, and i just ask somebody if i knew the math right. she is 89 years of age. i am speaking about delores. [cheering and applause] >> i met delores when i was 12 years old, when mi papa sent me away for the summer and sent me to volunteer for the united farm workers. i had no idea what i was doing but let me tell you, after a quick week of being there with
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delor delores, i thought we were poor, you go out to those farms and you find out what poor really is. delores has dedicated her entire life, a mother of nine children, and still gave and continues to give up her life to the betterment of our people. recently i was here having dinner for the 60th anniversary and we talked about how many times we were outside this building protesting. it is a beautiful opportunity to have been here that night, as well as today, we come a long way, but we still have a lot of
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work to do. what a lot of people don't know is that in my book, delores was a better negotiator than cesar chavez. i'm going to ask you to stand up for a minute, stand up. i'm going to say a chant and after i say a chant, you know what you have to say. close the caps. [speaking spanish] >> keep families together. [speaking spanish] >> dump trump [speaking spanish] >> thank you. with that, for this award for delores, i want to introduce my sister, another strong woman
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that i have had the honor of growing up with and doing so much organizing and work in our community, the one and only, and she's really brown. she's so brown her last name is brown. [laughter] >> please welcome tracy brown. [cheering and applause] >> thank you all for being here. it's truly an honor to be among so many powerful latinos. i wanted to invite our mayor breed to come up on stage and if someone could bring a chair up for her. she belongs on this stage. she is making this place inclusive and including the latino voice in what we do. she is a native san franciscan and today we're claiming her as latina.
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>> we have to have her next to our honorees. it is truly an honor to be here to recognize these three great people. i could talk about all three of them forever and i could add some stuff about london, mayor breed, but i'm only here to talk about them. it's my honor to read about her and i'm going to stay to script. you all know me. some may not. she is a role model. she is a mover and shaker. she is a -- [speaking spanish] >> she is a person we call when we need to get shit done. she will know who to call. she will bug the crap out of them until they do it. this is how we, in our community, have gotten stuff done with people like her. a legacy award, what does that
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mean? we need to celebrate life while people are living. we need to celebrate their contributions here and now. [cheering and applause] >> so, it is my honor to introduce her who has deep roots in the san francisco community, a lover of california history and san francisco history, and i mean i can ask her any question, including the haunted church on 23rd, and she will know the answer. she is a leader of the golden state. she has held numerous posts of distinction in the city and county of san francisco, including the american institute of architect, the san francisco latino democratic club, mission girls, one of my personal favoritin favoritin favori favorites, san francisco hispanic chamber of commerce, board of examiners for the building inspection, san
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francisco city hall preservation commission. she has served as a member of the port land used an advisory board. this is a lot of volunteer work. one of her primary goals in life has been to do whatever she can do to improve the quality of life for others and especially for latino business, latino families, and latino residents. through community activism and coalition, and encouraging young people to get out there and step into leadership, and use the power of voting. she has developed positive and powerful voices here in san francisco as a role model to many, and in 2010, she led the effort in reconstituting that san francisco latino democratic club with community input in supporting latino candidates
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based on criteria, rather than external politics. so we love that you're running julian. in 2012, she established the latino historical society as a reaction to the latino history and because of documentation of its historical assets, we were left out of the rezoning of the mission district. not anymore though. in 2017, a san francisco latino forum was established where she led the effort in building and she was instrumental in helping push the 1950 mission street affordable housing project. she is a licensed architect. she holds a masters of architecture, and b.a. in art. as commitment to the next generation is evident through her continued advocacy of supporting women and girls,
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community, rising superstars, and many of the people she mentored are here today and she has mentored many people over the years, who has went on to work towards making san francisco a better place for all. it is a commitment that she instills in all of us. please join me in honoring the legacy work and the award. [cheering and applause]
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>> so you know what i'm going to say. really on behalf of the community, it's not for myself. so, now i get my composure. thank you tracy brown. i am humbled. it's an honor to receive the achievement award. thank you mayor breed and the san francisco latino heritage committee. this award i share with my -- [speaking spanish] >> in the community. i'm only an organizing tool for the community to have a voice. it's your voices that need to be heard here at city hall. jim, oscar, sam, roberto, you
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know and you have to acknowledge that most school work that gets done in the community is by women. don't laugh. [applause] >> mom, okay. [crying] >> thank you for teaching me self determination and unconditional love. [cheering and applause] >> i love that i'm a san francisco resident. i thank my dad for the sacrifices he made and the
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gifting of my love for history. i thank the good lord for continuing to teach me how to forgive, who i need to forgive, and thank you for having a mentor like margaret cruz that mentored such people like roberto hernandez, john and isabelle. throughout my professional career, my motivation comes from the word no. no, you're not college bound material, yet i persevered and got my masters in architecture. [cheering and applause] >> no, women aren't good in interiors, so now i'm a registered architect with my own business for over 25 years here in the san francisco. the words that move me forward to get things done are -- [speaking spanish] >> which is determination. i'm a latino, a licensed
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architect and i provide employment for many students and i'm not your typical architect. i'm an architect that believes in re-investment into community, to improve the quality of life. i want to publically thank robert sanchez of casa sanchez in the back, who is a legacy business here in san francisco and antonio ruiz, who has been in business for over 40 years and employed over 100 people of color in the city of san francisco. [cheering and applause] >> i thank them because these were my two mentors when i first started my business. so, tony is the type of person that will still be out there
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running the backhoe and working with his crew. he still does it today. i was a second wave of professionals that graduated from the university with a professional degree. the first wave recruited to u.t. school of architecture where many vietnam vets like another mentor of mine, frank fung who now serves on the planning commission. many come from low income communities. when they graduate, they don't have access to strong job networks and some are found working in retail and some have changed careers. what needs to happen is creative thinking to include them in san francisco's workforce, for those architecture and engineering firms that do work with the city and to provide those paid internships so they can get
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experience. as many of you know, i spent a lot of time working on 24th street, 1 with the 24th street revitalization committee under the leadership of jim gonzales, susan, and jose medina, where we designed. i organized a group of latino organizers and planners to start urban design plans for the street. just like someone said before, when the mission district was rezoned i attended a community meeting organized by the planning department to present the rezoning plan. we found that the latino community's history and historical assets were missing from the report and major history period, being between 1960 and 2000.
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in talking with ellen martinez, he suggested that a community partner with a preservation organization to ensure the history was documented. this led to the creation of the san francisco latino historical society. soon, we were in partnership with san francisco heritage to create a city-wide latino context statement. we have been assisting the community for the use of preservation tools to protect the community with gentrification workshops, first here in san francisco, l.a., and then san diego. i'm cutting this short. also in doing this, we know that we need new leadership, we need someone that understands how important it is to keep our communities intact.
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[cheering and applause] >> to dialog with the community and to find creative solutions for all. we don't like to be talked down to like some have in the creation of those red bus lanes. it's our language and our culture that create place, not just the architecture in the streetscapes. there is a lot more work to be done. i spent over 40 years organizing here in san francisco in mentoring the next generation and leadership. i am thankful that i had the opportunity to assist in advancing latino leadership in such that dennis, susan, alicia, josh, and joaquin. i want to thank the employees
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that have become part of my family, that are here in the audience tonight. in closing, the latino community needs to work together to advance new leadership such as maria who is running for judge, superior court judge in march, 2020. [cheering and applause] >> to the community, i would like you to join the capital campaign for the new home for mission girls at 1240 valencia, the old mission police station. i want to thank you sam for his vision in purchasing this property. if you want to join, please join tracy or myself for that contact
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information. thank you for the award and -- [speaking spanish] [cheering and applause] >> another round of applause. [cheering and applause] >> behind every award is a community of vision and to speak of the importance of our next award is valerie, who works for the san francisco public utilities commission of workforce and economic programs. prior to that she served as a program administrator, and she is here to present the rosario anya award. >> thank you. i know we're running behind
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schedule so i'll make this brief. first, i want to start by thanking my mayor london bride. so if you're in a latino family or chicandle -- chicano family, thank you mayor breed. i want you to know how honored i am to present this next award. it goes to an institution that serves a population that we devoted this event to, roots of resilience and resistance. it's called the rosario anya award and she ran missions and vocational schools. tonight we have her niece here and we have food provided by her legacy organization. [cheering and applause] >> yes, so there would be good food.
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[applause] >> many of our roots come from the original migration patterns of our ancestors. this migration continues today but with harsh political consequences, including the recent, but not so new policies of imprisonment, family destruction, and inhumane destruction of children. once the children come here, where can they go for a safe and supportive place wrapped in education? they go to mission education center. mission education center is the only newcomer elementary school that welcomes migrant children who come from different latino and indigenous ethnicity. unlike a traditional school, the staff goes beyond the call of duty under the leadership of their principal carla vasquez. [cheering and applause] >> there is an expectation and culture of nurturing and reinforcing the children's
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identity, which is a form of resilience. counter to the mainstream push for culture sayings, it offers societal integration without the sacrifice of losing a child's dignity and self worth. this evening is also dedicated to action, in a normal school setting there is this parent organization such as a p.t.a. or p.t.o. at this school, parents are experiencing social and economic trauma and therefore as a community, we are the collective parents and we want you to become involved with the school. they have a group that buys schools and coats for their christmas presents. you can find information in the north court later on this evening. tonight, we would like to honor mission education center. welcome them please. carla vasquez and staff. [cheering and applause]
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>> how are you? >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much. [speaking spanish] >> on behalf of san francisco unified, mission education center, and the absolutely amazing staff, please stand up. stand up. [cheering and applause] >> did i get to work with every single day to support our latino, recently arrived laity now students. thank you so much.
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[speaking spanish] >> mission education center is just a gem of a school. we've been around since 1971 to support and serve our recently arrived latino students. what we try to do at our school, what we do, do and what we strive to do every day is provide a soft landing space for our students that are coming to this country under some horrific and traumatic conditions. at mission education center, we have the honor to work with our students and our families and we're able to have our students come into our school, settle down, support their spanish language development while still teaching english and we see that our kids soar once they get to a new school in san francisco. [cheering and applause]
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>> so on behalf of the staff and the hard work that everyone does there and my beautiful little babies, i don't see any of them in the audience right now, but i'm sure they're around. thank you so much. we will continue to do this hard work and -- [speaking spanish] >> many thanks. [applause] >> the work of all these folks is so inspiring and now i would like to bring up a phenomenal woman, the highest ranking latina in labor, gentleme -- ye champion of workers rights. olga is also secretary treasurer of the san francisco labor
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council and president of local 187. please welcome olga miranda. [applause] >> olga, olga, olga. >> buenas tardes. [speaking spanish] >> for my monolingual brothers and sisters in the room, if my mother were here, she would tell me to first speak in the language that her mother gave her and then translate that into english, so if you would please allow me. [speaking spanish]
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[speaking spanish] [applause] [speaking spanish] >> now for the translation. my name is olga and i have the great honor of introducing a brother who i met on the picket lines, fighting for his members.
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i have the great privilege and honor in representing janitors. and this brother happens to be the business manager for local 261. brothers and sisters -- [cheering and applause] >> it's a beautiful building. it's a beautiful building in which we find ourselves and i stand here very proudly and very humble at the reality that this entire building, this majestic building we find ourselves in. every nook an cranny and replaster that was done when it was reconstituted, i want to tell you that every corner of this building was built with union hands and the custodians of it were also union hands, and it's union workers that keep this building running. [cheering and applause] >> the roots of resistance is
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born in the city of san francisco. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> it makes me very proud to know that i work in this city and we represent janitors in this city and they have made themselves present in the city and county of san francisco, that we can rely on a mayor as incredible as london breed, our mayor, who does not just face the animosity that number 45 has done, but she continues to face it with a challenge that the roots of resistance continue with the leadership of a mayor like our mayor, london breed. a big round of applause.
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[cheering and applause] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> a big round of applause. [applause] >> i would like my brothers and sisters to come up in this area. this is our award. [cheering and applause] >> i am not typically giving the
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acceptance speeches, but i give the hell raiser speeches. good morning everyone, i'm an elected officer and representative of labors local 261. i have been a card carrying member of the labors international union of north america for over 20 years. i am both honored and excited to be here with you all on behalf of an organization that changes people's lives, including my own and i'm very proud of. first i want to make sure that everyone knows that we understand what goes into something like this, commitment, thoughtfulness, deliberation of planning, especially by the sist siste sisters, so that our community, the latino community is well represented, appreciated and honored as appropriately as possible here tonight at city hall. of course we are truly grateful to our mayor london breed for recognizing the laborers tonight. thank you mayor.
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[applause] >> we are also so lucky to have a mayor that grew up in one of our close knit communities, that knows what it means to play in our playgrounds and attend sunday service here, one that had to look for a job here, struggled here, made long lasting friendships and built relationships here, one that became successful here and is a role model to this community in particular, one who truly cares about all of us. we also know that the mayor knows the importance of not only labors union, but the importance of the trade union movement in general to the latino community. i do think what sets the labor apart is our open door policy. any community member who is willing to enroll in a preapprenticeship program or apprenticeship program in order to scale up and be successful,
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will have an opportunity to make prevailing wage, with a pension and healthcare for themselves and their entire family. [cheering and applause] >> my organization recently celebrated its 100 years in existence. the majority of our members called and may still call the mission district home. our slogan is honor, integrity, and strength. that's echoed by over half a million members in this country and 5,500 members here at local 261. every single day our leadership, both elected and ranked in file, look for perspective members and for community members, whether you're in the union or not. we believe it's the least that we can do to honor and respect our retirees, like mario and all the men and women that built our union for the benefit of its deserving membership and the
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families in both the public and private sectors. it is an honor and privilege for me to stand with our mayor, the other honorees and committee and sponsors, and the workforce heroes that could not be with us here today to accept this recognition on behatch -- behalf of the members past and present. >> thank you sister. [applause] >> so it is with a heavy heart that we would like to accept this award and dedicate it to our brother raphael a.k.a. ralph a.k.a. super hefe, an instructor and union member with local 261 and the labor for close to 40 years. we lost him on sunday.
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it's an opportunity to acknowledge his passion, his dedication and the integrity he performed on his job on a daily basis. it rubbed off on me just by being around him and i'm sure anyone that was around him, he had the same effect as well. he provided individuals with the necessary skills to succeed in our history. with his untimely departure, it impacted us that have been impacted by his positive presence, in a position to carry on with his memory and the legacy that he's paid. you'll be greatly missed brother, we love you. thank you. [applause]
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[applause] [applause] [♪] >> is it cool enough in here for
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everyone? may we have another round of applause for all the extraordinary honorees? [applause] >> we wanted to be sure that we also recognize some of the family members of rosario, mene who is also here, rosario's niece, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> we're so fortunate that as we celebrate latino heritage, that we focus on those who said a few words of those who are our elected officials and it's an honor for me to introduce one that protected our city's resources to ensure that the most vulnerable are served through resources in the most vulnerable communities. so please join me in welcoming
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our treasurer, jose cisneros. [applause] >> another round of applause for our honorees tonight. how great are they? beautiful. thank you all of you. [applause] >> i am very excited to be here with you and honor this incredibly strong community that i also am proud to be part of. i wanted to share one piece of information that i'm not sure many of you know. did you guys all know that of all the city elected, the two longest serving current city elected are both latino? those are, and they are me, and the great city attorney dennis herrera. [cheering and applause]
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we all know it's important to represent and we all know it's important to work hard for our community, but i know i speak for me, dennis, and all the elected when i say we are only able to do the work we do because of all the support we get from all of you. i personally want to thank everybody in this community and the entire city for supporting us as we work to make san francisco the very best it can be. thank you very much everyone. [applause] >> thank you you guys. [cheering and applause] >> there is so much talent in this city. one more round of applause for all of our honorees for their hard work and commitment for san francisco. thank you so much. the next person i want to bring up to this stage is a blossoming artist who is already showing her strong roots of resistance. after arriving in the united states at only 10 months old,
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janet lopez has grown into a voice of reason in the complex world of immigration. a tireless advocate for individuals with deferred action for childhood arrivals like herself. she is a member of ideas, improving dreams, equity, access, and success. an organization at san francisco state university where janet is a student for undocumented students, which aims to improve institutionalized support and to create an opportunity for undocumented immigrants, pursuing higher education and boy does she have some ideas. please join me in welcoming janet lopez to the stage to recite her poem, see me. [applause]
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>> hello everyone, how are you doing? good. thank you for the introduction. i just want to thank kimberly and emma for allowing me to be here today and just share what i created. as it was said in the introduction, the name of my poem is called see me. i think i should have named it an immigrant's rant but see me sounded more poetic so i went with that. so, yeah. >> no longer human, no longer a woman, no longer a sister or a daughter. i am seen as nothing more than a political controversy.
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i am undocumented, but undocumented is not who i am. these politicians have dressed their words in white robes and manipulated them so well. those who forgotten where their ancestors came from claim i'm the illegal act. it confuses you. your ignorance has fooled you and fueled your hatred. i speak to my grandma in broken spanish. at times i can say more with my hands than with the tongue, and yet you ask me why i speak english so well. no, i don't clean houses like my mother, but even if i did, i would be proud because it's my mother who told me as long as i'm not stealing, there is nothing to be ashamed of. part of me wants to make you feel how i feel when a nine digit number stopped me from doing things you don't think twice about. driving to the store could be the moment that changes our
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lives. you mistaken the ordinary for your privilege. i know you don't understand. if i wasn't undocumented, i probably wouldn't understand either because how could you understand how much i need agency over my own body, the way that a child needs their mother. how the fragments of freedom distributed in a 2 year work permit will never be enough. how i didn't know the price of being here is realizing that my parents are also children who will never get to see their parents again. how much longer do you need to realize that you are merely the product of a racist nation that doesn't want me until -- unless i have a 4.0 g.p.a. they said they're here to protect you and illegal immigrants like me are a danger to you and your jobs. you have been taught to think of immigrants with a negative
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connotati connotation. i'm so tired of defending my parent's decision to bring me to this country and i'm losing patience. most of the time i feel hope. hope that you will see me just as you see others. i hope you have the power to save my people and by savemy people, i mean save our people. you need to redefine what undocumented means to you. undocumented, let the word fill you with the courage of brave migrants that risked everything, and i mean everything to give those they love a chance at the world that denied them. undocumented, let it fill you with the memory of those who tried and didn't make it and all that is left are bones in the desert with no name, no grave, and no dignity. don't you know that these borders were manmade and don't you dare forget that man has not always been right. now can you see us?
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can you see me? thank you. [cheering and applause] >> i think we can have a louder applause for janet and the power of art in poetry in our community. thank you janet. [applause] >> for those wise, powerful, and moving words. we're so proud of you to have a young woman that speaks truth here in san francisco, paving the way for us, your peers, and showing the past generations there is hope for the future and challenge to take the action we need to today. rising to that challenge is something that our final speaker knows quite well. a san francisco native, born
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from immigrants from el salvador, the honorable judge daniel flores. [cheering and applause] >> he's a fighter, tirelessly to defend the rights of all communities in san francisco, from his internship during law school, to founding his own firm. judge flores has risen the ranks. he embodies everything that our community is capable of and we support each other. i can tell you from community event to community event, to park, to festival, to parade, to street fair, to coffee shop, every place, this man is ensured that he is connected to the words and wisdom of our community. he serves in the superior court of san francisco where he proceeds over juvenile justice cases and keeps children safe and on the right track. please welcome the honorable judge daniel flores.
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[cheering and applause] >> good evening. [speaking spanish] >> i want to begin by saying how honored i am to be here before you tonight in our beautiful city hall. to the host committee and to mayor london breed, thank you for giving me this honor tonight. we gather here to celebrate our culture that is complex, beautiful, and bold, a combination of cultural influences throughout the world, that finds a way to strengthen and unite us here in the united states. in particular tonight, we honor those who maintain our culture and ensure our progress. [speaking spanish]
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>> our city is changing before our very eyes. for [applause] >> our cultural presence must remain strong. to the other fighters to protect our cultural presence here in san francisco, i encourage you to fight on and thank you for being a protector of latin x culture here in san francisco and to make sure we're not erased. [applause] >> it is fitting that the award go to the mission education center elementary school. it's a school that dedicates itself to helping newly arrived children transition to mainstream education. this is much of what rosario dedicated her life to, as we all know. i'm a proud beneficiary of that
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community empowerment. i stand before you with full reck nation that i am a blessed person, and privileged person. i am privileged to have been born in the united states and to be a male and to be able to speak english. that privilege was not bestowed on me by anyone else than this community, its unity and its ability to take care of others. >> my parents immigrated in the 1970s. they resnted a garage because they could not afford an apartment. they heard to the vocation center where they learned some engine and got some job training as well. this is where they metro sar -- met rosario, which was a budding
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leader at the time. my mother worked in an office settling and my father was a cable slicer, working in manholes and climbing up telephone poles. rain or shine and around the clock if necessary. these were the jobs with decent wages, advancement opportunities, and union benefits like the jobs made available by our cesar chavez awa awardee. [cheering and applause] >> it is only with that financial stability that my parents were able to focus on my education and to prioritize that, to prioritize that at a time when childhood education was rarely spoken of. they enrolled me in preschool at the mission ymca. there i learned to speak english, there i developed a thirst for knowledge. 20 years later, that preschooler
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was a college graduate and law school intern here on valencia. [cheering and applause] >> i graduated law school. i graduated law school with honors and after working four years for a law firm here in san francisco, i opened up my own practice. for what? to be able to take my own clients. [speaking spanish] >> at age 38, i went around san francisco to ask people to entrust me to be one of their superior court judges. i campaigned throughout every neighborhood in the city, but on election night, i was on 24th and mission. [cheering and applause]
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>> on election night, we were on 24th and mission, mariachi blazing, waiting for the polls to close. there are so many people that helped me get to where i am today. [cheering and applause] >> i thank you all from the bottom of my heart. all of this is a reflection of the beauty of our culture, the beauty of our community, and i share my story with you because when we talk about building bridges, when we talk about community empowerment, this is not empty rhetoric. this works. i'm proof of the fact this works. there are successful latinos and latinas throughout this great nation and that's what we should expect from each other. i would be remised if i fail to mention my family. my beautiful wife joins me tonight. [cheering and applause] >> my son danny as well. [cheering and applause]
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>> our daughter is being a good student at home because she has a big test she's concerned about tomorrow. good for her. my wife, another san francisco native, another latina, and doctor. this is what our community is about. [cheering and applause] >> we heard from so many elected officials tonight. i am just explodining inside wi pride. i want you to think of something for a moment. those elected officials here in san francisco that we have, throughout the state, throughout the nation, they give us pride. we did not elect them alone. people, millions of people of every race and creed have elected latinos. why? because they know we have the skill, ability, and -- [speaking spanish] >> to lead.
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that's why. these votes show unequivocally that the attempts to stereotype us, to limit us, to place us in subservant roles will not work. being latin x in the united states is an advantage and not a detriment. [applaus [applause] >> we have obstacles just like everyone else, but we have a long history of overcoming obstacles and turning our trials into triumphs. let's hole our heads up high. we're a beautiful and powerful people, worthy of respect. let's extend our left hand out, ready to pull up the next generation of immigrants that come through and raise our right hand high remembering that sometimes we have to fight for what we deserve and cherish. [speaking spanish] [applause]
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>> thank you so much judge flores. we're so lucky to have you here. to our speakers, to our honorees, to our brothers and sisters in labor, to our educators, to our artists, to our traditions, to our people, tonight was made possible by our generous sponsors. there are many of them so i want to thank them all for their contributions tonight before we move on to dance and food and celebration. thank you to facebook, sterling bank, to local 261, s.c.i.1021 local 21, local 2, san francisco labor council, to the carpent carpenters, to mission neighborhood centers, tommy's restaurant, mission language
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vocational school, latin s.f., sonya, mayor willie brown, good samaritan resource center, bay area community resources, road map to peace, maria -- we love that there is so much energy in this room. [cheering and applause] >> and now don't go away because there are margaritas, enchi lad das, so we want you to enjoy all of that. we also want you to enjoy the performance. as they exit the stage after their performance, feel free to follow them into the courtyard so you can enjoy some amaziing food. now if you weren't paying attention, you are going to miss out on the enchiladas.
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>> this noting will come to order. i will call the roll. (roll call). >> president james loyce: before we get started i would like to read a statement from the commission. thank you for attending today's meeting. there have been several articles about the property of public