sisters, asian brothers and sister, pacific islander, all the people of color in the trenches, we have to start recognizing and you really have to start giving money to the ones that are doing the work and quit playing. >> reverend, healing -- okay. god sees and god knows all things. reverend, how do we as advocates develop a healing practice of our own? >> i'm going to start off needing understanding. when i got beat up as a kid, i didn't understand it. i think it impacted my life and i got into violence. i started my own gang just to fight back.

in the 50s and 60s, china town and the ieal yans of north beach did not get along. and a lot of people don't know the history and we were short and fought that law. growing up with racism as a normal thing, the d.a.c.s tied me to a fence as a little kid, one of the cutest kids of china town, but bags of water balloons they threw at me. it really hurt me and taught me to fight back. we don't want to fight back like we did back then, but it worked. and we are not supposed to promote violence and i am a minister not making up for my past, but their are some

creatives. chinatown was traumatized back then we were nobodies. and i got to go to the work for the community center and we took over public housing in chinatown and we are the beloved community as best we can. reverend jesse jackson -- i got to go quick. he helped us when there was ain't anti-asian hate in the 80s. but he just came in june and i love vincent chen. talk about solidarity. we did a vincent chen and george floyd unity event for the city. it pent a lot to chinatown and feeling like nobody loves again and why pick on the seniors? we need the moments of solidarity. we need to build housing and this country is getting rid of public housing. and we have to protect it because it's affordable.

and the thing that i'm going to end with because time is tight, when i got beat up and knifed a little and i don't know what to do. i didn't tell my friend until recently. it's been in the closet. i was too ashamed back then to tell people i got beat up. my mom -- i love my mom. my mom tried to calm me down because i said i wanted to kill and i was so angry. she said, do you know our landlord was italian and he only charge us 90 bucks rent for, you know, for a long time for years. and then after that a few years later, we got evicted. a chinese dude bought the building. and life was about contradictions but also, no, no, this is really important. life is about balance and like we need to spend money in

building those relationships. we will have a noodle fest next year so that chinese and italians can fight it out through food. okay. we used to get money and i am just sharing ideas. we used to get money from -- i won't name the foundation, but they funded us to have community kitchens. so i could bring different racial groups together in our housing to have to share a story. and time is up. i know. and you get the idea. there is creativity and turn your pain like your grandma. got beaten to death. and she is going to rename that park after her grandma. i support that. so we got to get creative out there. i'll shut up. time is tight. i know. >> lynn, i will have to make it up to you. i am so sorry. we are at time. you all have 15 minutes to go to the next building. >> wait, wait, no, we don't.

we should have at least two minutes for lynn to speak. lynn says she can make in it one minute. she a female. go ahead. >> go for it. >> sorry, i am getting competing signals from the back and up here. sorry, lynn. >> okay. healing, what healing looks like for me. is transparency. to be honest, to be real, to be wholistic. and until we can start being transparent, until we can start speaking in honesty, until we start really addressing the real issue of violence, we're going to keep repeating the same cycle. and none of us is healing, but i'll tell you today i must heal. i must be healed in order to survive. in order to continue to do the work that i do. as a mother that child was killed at 18, i have to be able

to heal. i have to be able to love. i have to be able to continue. but i must say i'm sick of and i'm tired of and i know quite often i probably sometimes seem like the mad, angry black woman, but on many occasion let me tell you i am. because i understand what it feels like not to have that healing. not to have that space to really heal. not to have that transparency. so again, until we can speak in honesty and speak our truth, we're going to continue to have these type of summits. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, miss lynn. if everyone can give a round of applause for all of you are panelists. thank you, all, so much, for

taking the time out today. you could have been anywhere, but you're here planting seeds of thought for everyone in the room. just really grateful. thank you, dr. michelle, and dr. joy, reverend fong, and miss lynn. thank you all so much. so i am sending everyone to the library to -- >> a first off, give it up. do you want to give a tip before we leave for healing? do you have a healing tip? >> okay. pay off your credit card bill. it promotes healing. it is more than bubble baths and pasta. healing is actually deep, critical work that we have to prioritize. okay, bye. >> give it up for the panel.

thank you, all, so much.

[♪♪♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪♪♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to

do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that service today here it is an actual, tangible service people can leave with it. >> i am with the hearing and speech center of northern california, and we provide a variety of services including audiology, counselling, outreach, education, today we actually just do screening to see if someone has hearing loss. to follow updates when they come into the speech center and we do a full diagnostic hearing test, and we start the process of taking an impression of their year, deciding on which hearing

aid will work best for them. if they have a smart phone, we make sure we get a smart phone that can connect to it, so they can stream phone calls, or use it for any other services that they need. >> san francisco has phenomenal social services to support people at risk of becoming homeless, are already experience and homelessness, but it is confusing, and there is a lot of waste. bringing everyone into the same space not only saves an average of 20 hours a week in navigating the system and waiting in line for different areas, it helps them talk, so if you need to sign up for medi-cal, what you need identification, you don't have to go to sacramento or wait in line at a d.m.v., you go across the hall to the d.m.v. to get your i.d. ♪ today we will probably see around 30 people, and averaging about 20 of this people coming to cs for follow-up service. >> for a participant to qualify for services, all they need to do is come to the event. we have a lot of people who are at risk of homelessness but not yet experiencing it, that

today's event can ensure they stay house. many people coming to the event are here to receive one specific need such as signing up for medi-cal or learning about d.m.v. services, and then of course, most of the people who are tender people experiencing homelessness today. >> i am the representative for the volunteer central. we are the group that checks and all the volunteers that comment participate each day. on a typical day of service, we have anywhere between 40500 volunteers that we, back in, they get t-shirts, nametags, maps, and all the information they need to have a successful event. our participant escorts are a core part of our group, and they are the ones who help participants flow from the different service areas and help them find the different services that they needs. >> one of the ways we work closely with the department of homelessness and supportive housing is by working with homeless outreach teams. they come here, and these are the people that help you get into navigation centers, help you get into short-term shelter,

and talk about housing-1st policies. we also work very closely with the department of public health to provide a lot of our services. >> we have all types of things that volunteers deal do on a day of service. we have folks that help give out lunches in the café, we have folks who help with the check in, getting people when they arrive, making sure that they find the services that they need to, we have folks who help in the check out process, to make sure they get their food bag, bag of groceries, together hygiene kit, and whatever they need to. volunteers, i think of them as the secret sauce that just makes the whole process works smoothly. >> participants are encouraged and welcomed to come with their pets. we do have a pet daycare, so if they want to have their pets stay in the daycare area while they navigate the event, they are welcome to do that, will we also understand some people are more comfortable having their pets with them. they can bring them into the event as well.

we also typically offer veterinary services, and it can be a real detriment to coming into an event like this. we also have a bag check. you don't have to worry about your belongings getting lost, especially when that is all that you have with you. >> we get connected with people who knew they had hearing loss, but they didn't know they could get services to help them with their hearing loss picks and we are getting connected with each other to make sure they are getting supported. >> our next event will be in march, we don't yet have a date set. we typically sap set it six weeks out. the way to volunteer is to follow our newsletter, follow us on social media, or just visit our website. we always announce it right away, and you can register very easily online. >> a lot of people see folks experience a homelessness in the city, and they don't know how they can help, and defence like this gives a whole bunch of people a lot of good opportunities to give back and be supported.

>> hello everyone. welcome to the bayview bistro. >> it is just time to bring the community together by deliciousness. i am excited to be here today because nothing brings the community together like food. having amazing food options for and by the people of this community is critical to the

success, the long-term success and stability of the bayview-hunters point community. >> i am nima romney. this is a mobile cafe. we do soul food with a latin twist. i wanted to open a truck to son nor the soul food, my african heritage as well as mylas as my latindescent. >> i have been at this for 15 years. i have been cooking all my life pretty much, you know.

i like cooking ribs, chicken, links. my favorite is oysters on the grill. >> i am the owner. it all started with banana pudding, the mother of them all. now what i do is take on traditional desserts and pair them with pudding so that is my ultimate goal of the business. >> our goal with the bayview bristow is to bring in businesses so they can really use this as a launching off point to grow as a single business. we want to use this as the opportunity to support business owners of color and those who have contributed a lot to the community and are looking for opportunities to grow their business. >> these are the things that the

san francisco public utilities commission is doing. they are doing it because they feel they have a responsibility to san franciscans and to people in this community. >> i had a grandmother who lived in bayview. she never moved, never wavered. it was a house of security answer entity where we went for holidays. i was a part of bayview most of my life. i can't remember not being a part of bayview. >> i have been here for several years. this space used to be unoccupied. it was used as a dump. to repurpose it for something like this with the bistro to give an opportunity for the local vendors and food people to come out and showcase their work. that is a great way to give back to the community. >> this is a great example of a

public-private community partnership. they have been supporting this including the san francisco public utilities commission and mayor's office of workforce department. >> working with the joint venture partners we got resources for the space, that the businesses were able to thrive because of all of the opportunities on the way to this community. >> bayview has changed. it is growing. a lot of things is different from when i was a kid. you have the t train. you have a lot of new business. i am looking forward to being a business owner in my neighborhood. >> i love my city. you know, i went to city college and fourth and mission in san francisco under the chefs ria, marlene and betsy. they are proud of me. i don't want to leave them out

of the journey. everyone works hard. they are very supportive and passionate about what they do, and they all have one goal in mind for the bayview to survive. >> all right. it is time to eat, people.

. >> president yee: of the 26 neighborhoods we have in west portal, it's probably the most unique in terms of a small little town. you can walk around here, and it feels different from the rest of san francisco. people know each other. they shop here, they drink wine here. what makes it different is not only the people that live here, but the businesses, and without all these establishments, you wouldn't know one neighborhood from the other. el toreador is a unique restaurant. it's my favorite restaurant in san francisco, but when you look around, there's nowhere else that you'll see

decorations like this, and it makes you feel like you're in a different world, which is very symbolic of west portal itself. >> well, the restaurant has been here since 1957, so we're going on 63 years in the neighborhood. my family came into it in 1987, with me coming in in 1988. >> my husband was a designer, and he knew a lot about art, and he loved color, so that's what inspired him to do the decorations. the few times we went to mexico, we tried to get as many things as we can, and we'd bring it in. even though we don't have no space, we try to make more space for everything else. >> president yee: juan of the reasons we came up with the

legacy business concept, man eel businesses were closing down for a variety of reasons. it was a reaction to trying to keep our older businesses continuing in the city, and i think we've had some success, and i think this restaurant itself is probably proof that it works. >> having the legacy business experience has helped us a lot, too because it makes it good for us because we have been in business so long and stayed here so long. >> we get to know people by name, and they bring their children, so we get to know them, also. it's a great experience to get to know them. supervisor yee comes to eat at the restaurant, so he's a wonderful customer, and he's

very loyal to us. >> president yee: my favorite dish is the chile rellenos. i almost never from the same things. my owner's son comes out, you want the same thing again? >> well, we are known for our mole, and we do three different types of mole. in the beginning, i wasn't too familiar with the whole legacy program, but san francisco, being committed to preserve a lot of the old-time businesses, it's important to preserve a lot of the old time flavor of these neighborhoods, and in that capacity, it was great to be recognized by the city and county of san francisco. >> i've been here 40 years, and i hope it will be another 40 yeararararararararararararararr

>> flyshaker pool was a public pool located on sloat boulevard near great highway. it operated from 1925 to 1971 and was one of the largest pools in the world. after decades of use, less people visited. the pool deteriorated and was demolished in 2000. built by herbert flyshaker, pumps from the pacific ocean that were filtered and heated filled the pool. aside from the recreational activities, many schools held swim meets there. the delia flyshaker memorial building was on the west side of the pool. it had locker rooms with a sun room and mini hospital.

in 1995, a storm damaged one of the pipes that flowed to the ocean. maintenance was not met, and the pool had to close. in 1999, the pool was filled with sand and gravel. in 2000, the space became a spot for the san francisco zoo. these are some memories that many families remember swimming at flyshaker pool.

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