you guys do when that happens if someone was accidentally or a company like lime or whatever. that's one question. and the second question i have is that i know in the past, we always. i forgot if we implemented our past limitations on the speed of these scooters.

they can pass like a regular car. so have you guys considered limiting that? and the last thing is that with those two pickup for scooters, that are on the sidewalk, somebody has to notify 311 or somebody. is there anything like that that you guys or the company on

the sidewalks pick up. and i think the last point i have is that for the increase of on the sidewalk in san francisco. have you guys contacted them and let them know to enforce this law besides what you need to do on your team. >> if i missed one question, let me know. the first question was what do we do when we learn of a collision. there are two ways that we can find out about that. one is directly from the person and then the other is sf general. we have contacts through vision

0 with sf general. so there are often times that we do find out about collisions. or we also have heard directly from the people involved. if that's the case, as maddy mentioned, you need to have a license or at least a learner's permit to operate these and sfmta doesn't have the identity of the riders. we do have the trip data, but for privacy purposes, as a public agency, we don't want to necessarily want to know where maddy is taking a scooter at any given time so there are privacy and policy measures. we refer all of that to sfpd and they handle it and we assist them in any way we can. the second question i think was

-- was it about the way that people could report devices on the sidewalk? is that what it was? >> chairman: yes. i think the second one was the devices. >> gotcha. the california vehicle code limits e-scooters to 15 miles per hour and therefore any device that's a permitted shared device needs to comply with that. i've seen personally on the streets, i don't have a radar device, but i agree with you, they do go very fast, but the vehicle code limits those devices to 15 miles per hour and also the vehicle code also prohibits riding on the sidewalk. so i guess i'll jump ahead to your last question sfpd. kind of the example with maddy,

sfmta doesn't have the authority to stop her and to check her license and that's why it's only sfpd who can actually stop the rider. i do communicate with sfpd about the sidewalk riding enforcements and so i know the number doesn't seem very large, but it has increased very recently. so i know very recently, they have been increasing enforcement on it. that said, i can't speak to their enforcement priorities, but we do have the taxi, we have a taxi work order and so when i do communicate with them, i ask they keep an eye out for that. as far as people seeing miss parked devices on the street, we have fully integrated sales

force so the investigators have their maps. so the respective company doesn't receive a taylored notification. so they have the option of going into the 311 app which we've provided access and they're able to see all of the scooters now. we've found that creating another category where another drop-down category where if you were making a report about a scooter, the company, there's enough inadvertent miscat gorization that it doesn't warrant or the benefits do not outweigh the down side meaning, for example, if you saw a lime scooter and you accidentally

put ''scoot'' that would be sent to scoot and lime would never get it. and so we did look at adding that to the 311 reporting, but like i said the most useful way we found was to have scooters. that said, if you do see any improper parking or improper riding, you can make a complaint with 311 either through the phone or on the app or online.

>> chairman: do you guys notify 311? >> yes. >> chairman: do you think that seems odd? >> that seems odd? >> chairman: yes. that the own company cannot notify you guys. >> they're aware that the device is on the street, but my understanding is the gps

particularly in san francisco, i think because of the tall buildings, they're not able to tell whether it's on the sidewalk or not or even if it's on the sidewalk if it's in the path of travel or not and that's where my investigators come in is we visit the site and if it's locked to a rack. i should say just because it's locked to a rack, doesn't necessarily mean it's improper parking. it can be locked to the rack and blocking the path of travel and in that case, that would receive a citation and as i showed on the map, the two mapses, there's the complaints and the citations which you can see the bulk of our complaints are in the northeast sector of the city. >> chairman: thank you for that clarification.

now, i'm moving to the staff. any staff members have questions? >> i don't have any questions, alex. >> chairman: thank you. do we have any public comment at this time? >> clerk: yes. we have at least one member of the public who wants to make public comment at this time. as a reminder to the public, if you want to make public comment, you can indicate your interest by clicking on the raised hand icon within the zoom webinar platform or if you're calling into the phone by dialling star 9 and you will be prompted when it's your turn.

for the first public commenter, barry, you've been permitted to unmute. >> caller: hi. good afternoon. i'm running late to go to work because i find this presentation extremely interesting. it's probably maddy and philip, i've never seen such a better job presenting how this program works and how the complaints are being handled. so i appreciate it. i might try and recruit you to do a presentation for taxi drivers in the near future based upon how well you did today because i'm sure we have a lot of questions. first, about the insurance requirements. what are the and maybe if the you can provide the insurance requirements. it's really disturbing to see only 15 citations. i can probably say you can get at least 40 times more than that in just one month. i'm really disturbed. i think what needs to happen maybe is you do an administrative fine for by the inspectors so they don't have

the police authority to issue actual moving violations. so maybe create an administrative fine for those violating certain laws. also, it'd be great to know if they're allowed to use the transit lanes. i see a lot of them use the transit lanes which interferes with the buses and the taxis and i'm not exactly sure if they're permitted to do that. and also there needs to be better markings, maybe at night, you can barely see the lights on them. maybe they should be flashing instead of just a solid color and they should each have a different color so we know which one they are so if we do file a complaint, then we can do the correct one because only during the day or when they're actually stationary can you see which company is involved with

that particular scooter. and last but not least, an issue about hitting pedestrians. i've heard too many horror stories and i would like to know what -- how many we didn't include how many people have been injured and especially horribly by getting hit by one of these scooters. supervisor peskin made a big deal of it recently during a supervisor's meeting about the physical damage caused by the scooters and the mental anguish, the ptsd by having one basically nearly hit you and also the ptsd i experienced on the streets when they run the red lights all in front of you when you're moving. thank you very much. >> chairman: thank you for your comments.

i'll just mention you don't need to respond to public comment. do we have anymore public commentors? >> i do not see any more public comment at this time. >> chairman: thank you so much, maddie. and i'm sure we're going to see you again. >> chairman: now, we're moving on to correspondence by deborah upland.

>> thank you everyone. i will be very as quickly go through this as quickly as i can and the report will be posted at the m.o.d. website on monday. so in the director's report for this meeting, i have provided information about most recent developments regarding j.f.k. drive, recreation and parks department and m.t.a. have completed much of their community engagement. the survey of the public regarding the jfk closure has been closed and the results are being tabulated and analyzed and this will be one of the

primary agenda items for the m.d.c. meeting next month in february. also provided information about work that's being done this winter to plan for next summer's summer together program which makes summer camp experiences available to disadvantaged families and youth and children in san francisco. and in response to complaints that m.o.d. received last summer, we pulled together a collaboration team that includes the department of children, youth, and families, recreation and parks department, and san francisco

unified school district to plan for an accessible camp experience. and

the disability and aging department is about to release a request for proposal for an organization to manage the planning and development of that center as construction starts.

m.o.d. continues to be involved in covid response and recovery and in october and november, m.o.d. supported a booster vaccination pop-up clinic at the lighthouse for the blind. i think we've already told you about that one. and that was successful as a program. in response to a request from disability organizations for san francisco public needing to continue to offer virtual ways for the public to participate, san francisco city hall meeting runs have been upgraded to be able to support hybrid public meetings and that will start -- that has already started with the board of supervisors and other policy making bodies.

m.d.c. is a passive needing body and will be required to continue to operate virtually through the screen. m.o.d. is also supporting an open source. [please stand by] about where

signals have been installed and where they're going to be installed. also included in my report information about legislation with the board of supervisors, some of which have been mentioned in this meeting and that concludes my report. >> thank you for that.

thank you very much for your staff on behalf the disability community. >> yes, so that's the last meeting we received numerous correspondence. i will not be reading them here just for the sake of the sheer volume, but we received over 150 e-mails from members of the public expressing their interest and support for remaining

car-free. >> remaining car-free? >> yes. >> for j.f.k.? >> i'm not aware of any correspondence other than that. >> thank you. so we are going to item number 11. public comments. >> yes, i just want to reply to orchid in the chat that asked for clarification.

the correspondence was supporting j.f.k. drive being car-free. i will now open the public comment. from the public, as a reminder, make public comment using the zoom platform. you can use the raise hand, or you can indicate by typing into the chat or q&a box. you can also type your comment into the q&a box and have it read by the clerk. you can dial star 9 to raise your hand and you will be prompted when it's your turn to speak if you're on the phone. so our first public commenter, barry, you are permitted to unmute. >> yes, hi. good afternoon again. i'm going to head off to work here but i wanted to hear the meeting and make a public comment here.

you know, we are just as much concerned as taxi drivers to have access to the concourse area and the other amenities of golden gate park. we need access from the north side, for many reasons. we haven't been given complete access. in fact, the cab driver almost got cited and he had a wheelchair in the trunk. going through 9th and lincoln is not acceptable to us for many reasons, one the time it takes to do that, the cost it will take for the passenger, the time consuming process to get to someone in the park that may not be there by the time we get there, and many, many, many other reasons. so i urge this council to take a more proactive stance regarding access to places like this where the bicyclists and skateboarders and others don't really give a

hoot about your needs and your accessibility. it does not come across during public comment at the m.t.a. board meetings and similar meetings and where they actually understand that the limitations and the necessary accessibility for the seniors and disabled communities. i would appreciate that you actually make this a top priority over the next few months because it's not about the young museum trying to take care of themselves, but it's about making it accessible to everybody, including the seniors and disabled. also, the issue of the garage. the garage is not acceptable. it is not acceptable to go into the garage. there are more important -- it's more important for people such as folks that we have you dropped off in front of the venues, particularly the academy

of sciences and the museum, as well as the conservatory of flowers and the botanical gardens. i urge you to please help us help you because we will not -- we will not spend an exorbitant amount of time to use the other entrances and exits that will be disadvantageous to you, the consumer, and the passenger, and us as the provider of those services. thank you, have a great weekend and happy new year 2022. >> thank you for your comment. are there any other comments from the public? >> there are no other members of the public that indicated they want to make public comment at this time. >> thank you. i'm moving to item number 12.

are there any members that have comments at this time? hearing none, i just want to say thank you very much of the staff for helping us to do this and so i just want to say that --

[inaudible] >> so for that i just want to say thank you and i will call the adjournment for this meeting. >> second. >> thank you.

>> are we done with the meeting? >> sure. >> okay thank you.

>> it was an outdoor stadium for

track and field, motorcycle and auto and rugby and cricket located in golden gate park, home to professional football, lacross and soccer. adjacent to the indoor arena. built in the 1920s. the san francisco park commission accepted a $100,000 gift from the estate to build a memorial in honor of pioneers in the area. the city and county of san francisco contributed an additional $200,000 and the stadium was built in a year. in the 1930s it was home to several colleges such as usf, santa clara and st. mary's for competition and sporting. in 1946 it became home to the san francisco 49ers where they played nearly 25 years. the stayed de yam sat 60,000 fans. many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game

against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as

well. >> welcome to the first -- let me take my mask off.

so you guys can see who we're talking about. my name is aaron. i'm the executive director of the northern california martin luther king, jr. community foundation and we're elated to inaugurate with our partners the san francisco human rights commission. and the university of san francisco. hope will spur a continuation year over year to launch our annual holiday celebrations. as we come to you tonight, there are several urgent issues and urgent matters that we as a community and as a country are faced with and need to come to grips with.

1965, in march of 1965, dr. king came to selma, alabama, to lead a march. that march was to bring light to the plight of the african-american citizen in the southern states. the major issue with that plight had to do with voting rights. jim crow laws in the south, as many of you know, curtailed the ability of black folk to be able to participate meaningfully in society writ large in the united states. so they created their own community behind the veil so to speak, to create a vibrancy that was able to bring out a personality and a personality such as martin luther king, jr. to be able to highlight the ills

and the plight of this nation. and so on that journey in selma, dr. king began to negotiate with the white house and with congress to pass the 1965 voting rights act. there was in the congress and white house to do so. the marches were ensued. many of you know that the late john lewis as beaten brutally, josa williams and diane nash, beaten brutally, many were beaten brutally, just for seeking the right to vote. on march 21, after the protection of the united states marshalls took a five-day journey, 54 miles down from

selma to montgomery to preach or to preach to the nation all 27,000 or so, to bring light to this issue of voting rights. in august, 1965, the voting rights act was passed. fast forward three days later on march 28 -- three days after dr. king had led that march, dr. king stood in the pulpit of san francisco's grace cathedral as part of their installation service of that new cathedral and stated that this issue, the issue of racism, was the negroes burden "and america's shame". after the voting rights act was passed, 50 years later, 2013 shelby county versus holder

stripped from that voting rights act the provisions that safeguarded the voting safety of african-americans in the south. fast forward to today and we're finding a new assault, a more insidious assault on voting rights in our nation. so we're calling on all of this as we're here this evening and look out through this weekend to call a friend and to call their senators and to call their friend's friends and all of us to get out and push our congress and our senate to enact the voting right legislation that is before them. the freedom to vote act and the john lewis advancement act. voting advancement act. we want to make sure that those are passed.

that's why our theme this year is toward justice. dr. king's -- one of dr. king's favorite sayings, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. it is that bending that is the hard work that we of goodwill must do. we must bend that arc toward justice. and i believe tonight, as you enjoy this inspirational program, my hope is that you will be edfied and empowered to bend that arc toward justice. thank you so much. [applause] >> please welcome to the stage, nationally renowned recording

artist d1. >> thank you so much for having me, san francisco. looks good! my name is d1. i'm going to get straight to it you all. the motto i live by is three up. i need everybody to throw three fingers in the sky right now. these three right here. i'm from new orleans, louisiana and what i like to say when i throw them up is be real, be righteous, be relevant. that's the motto for everything in life. let's go, man. yeah, yeah, mic, check, one two. i'm so thankful. throw your threes up. in the middle, throw our threes up. come on. when you see the threes up. you know what they represent. be real, be righteous, be

relevant. what? everybody, when you see the threes up, you know what they represent. what you say? come on. be real, be righteous -- up top. [ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ i could been rich, but that's another story] and bring my father honor ♪ ♪ they call me jeffrey dahmer. ♪ i mean your content sucks ♪ ♪ i can't cosign that ♪

♪ look at these mean mugs ♪ ♪ every time i come around ♪ ♪ everybody got these mean mugs] you know how long it's been since i seen love net ♪ 10% of the people live the life they dreamed of ♪ sfloet i don't focus on the not ♪ ♪ i just focus on the top, san francisco. ♪ let's go be real, be righteous, be relevant ♪ ♪ what you say ♪ ♪ what you say ♪ ♪ dee 1 ♪ ♪ i didn't just get in the rap game to be another artist. i did not get in the rap game to be another rapper. i got in the rap game because i

know that god has a plan for my life. and even if i didn't have it all figured out, i know if i use my gift to make god proud and help people, i would end up where i'm supposed to be. this is called i'm no god. for the hook, i need everybody to say, i know god got a plan for me, but i don't know what it is, i'm just out here trying to handle my biz. let's go. check. [ ♪♪♪ ]

♪ never know how long we got here ♪ ♪ that's why i'm in the rush snoetd ♪ people think they untouchable ♪ ♪ until they get touched. ♪ ♪ every day i be hustling ♪ ♪ i ain't trying to play the victim ♪ ♪ i never ask the question ♪ ♪ could you pray for me ♪ ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ but i don't know what it is ♪ ♪ i'm just trying to handle my biz ♪ ♪ san francisco! and you and you! ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ come on, sing it loud! ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪

yeah ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ too many people in my city found dead lately ♪ ♪ and my girl been leaving me on read lately ♪ ♪ i ain't even tripping ♪ ♪ i told you, i showed you, loved you, support you ♪ ♪ but you can't be trusted ♪ ♪ cut you off like i don't know what ♪ ♪ delivering that music that my family felt ♪ ♪ flow so hot it makes the butter on your pancakes melt ♪ ♪ i see people be complaining about the hand they dealt ♪ ♪ only getting one life and i know i'm too blessed ♪ ♪ i keep my 3's up ♪ ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ but i don't know what it is ♪

♪ i see you! ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ i really mean that you all. ♪ and you and you and you ♪ ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ i know god got a plan for me ♪ ♪ yeah what's up ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ i'm a strong black man ♪ ♪ i ain't got it all figured out, but god got a plan ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ i appreciate you all, man. thank you all so much. yeah. you all make sure you all streaming all these songs. this next song is off my upcoming album that drops an

february 10. it's called finding balance. you can preorder it on itunes. i'm asking you all to do that because as an independent artist it means we make a statement on the chart, with god-fearing music. this is called finding balance. preorder that and it drops on february 10. before i was a rapper, i was a teacher. i had to take a chance. ♪ see if it's meant to be ♪ ♪ i took a chance on me ♪

♪ i did not compromise ♪ ♪ i used to want to be the president in 4th grade ♪ ♪ till my teacher said i wasn't smart enough that was wild ♪ ♪ from that day forward ♪ ♪ i no longer was dreaming big. ♪ i graduated college then i had a revelation ♪ ♪ my best friend got you areded ♪ ♪ can't live with hesitation ♪ ♪ i chose a path most people didn't approve of ♪ ♪ i stopped chasing security ♪ ♪ started chasing love ♪ ♪ nobody's entrepreneur in my family ♪ ♪ so when i quit my job to rap they didn't understand me ♪ ♪ this ain't just a hustle ♪ ♪ this is part of my purpose ♪ ♪ if i'm too scared to chase my own dreams then life is worthless ♪ ♪ i'm the underdog but my god keeps me strong ♪ ♪ taking a chance on me ♪ >> you all make noise for the band right quick.

♪ taking a chance on me ♪ ♪ i've got bleed these dreams ♪ ♪ even if it means i lose everything ♪ ♪ i had a job and a side hustle finding balance ♪ ♪ one paid me money the other helped me nurture my talents ♪ ♪ i used to sleep three hours a night that ain't healthy ♪ ♪ i made $40,000 a year that ain't wealthy ♪ ♪ through these lyrics inspiration i'm providing ♪ ♪ i made a promise to the students that i used to teach ♪ ♪ i'm going to be successful without xreemzing my beliefs ♪ ♪ just to prove that it's possible so you can see ♪ ♪ what happens when you put your talents in g.o.d. ♪ show people a better way ♪ ♪ i'm going to beat the odds

with my hustle and my faith ♪ ♪ taking a chance on me ♪ ♪ born to be wild and free ♪ ♪ see if it's meant to be ♪ ♪ i took a chance on me and it worked. ♪ even if it means i lose everything ♪ finding balance, album, february 10, preorder it right now. you heard me. love. this next song for the ladies. at the end of the day, we don't need to be making songs about women if it's calling out their name and disrespecting them. we're going to show you love, that's when we make music about you. personally, the working women in here, i don't think the world is ready for you. so this song, let's go. we're going to say i don't think

they ready for you. ♪ i know you got a mama ♪ ♪ i know you got a grandma ♪ ♪ i know you got a wife ♪ ♪ this for all the women ♪ ♪ you snap and go crazy you going to be doing jail time ♪ ♪ people throwing shade, but you don't forget ♪ ♪ nobody was around ♪ ♪ don't forget to treat yourself ♪ ♪ wear your crown ♪ ♪ every day look yourself in the mirror and know your worth ♪ ♪ you in church and it feel like the pastor talking to you ♪ ♪ world are trying to pull you down, but god pulling you

through ♪ ♪ to all the ladies, all the queens. everybody put your hands up. and let me hear you sing. let me hear you sing. i don't think they ready for you ♪ what you say ♪ ♪ i don't think they ready for you ♪ ♪ what you say ♪ ♪ you got a head on your shoulders ♪ ♪ believe you don't care behind your baby ♪ ♪ be working double shifts all day behind your baby ♪ ♪ you pray behind your baby ♪ ♪ two parents in one ♪ ♪ you made a way ♪ ♪ do the mvp ♪ ♪ you my wce seven days out of the week ♪ ♪ but you ain't weak, you deep ♪ ♪ they might not know it now ♪ ♪ but soon as your kids get older ♪ ♪ they'll appreciate the weight

you carry on your shoulders ♪ ♪ yeah, you the one i wrote it for ♪ ♪ you deserve a standing o ♪ ♪ okay, okay, all the ladies in the house ♪ everybody let me hear you say, let me hear you say. i don't think they ready for you. what you say? i don't think they ready for you. break it down. break it down. [ ♪♪♪ ] i hope you all enjoying this as much as i am. i hope you all enjoying this as much as i am. my name is dee 1. on streaming platform, that is dee 1. but on social media, it's dee 1

music. so make sure you all following, you heard me? this is my instagram and youtube. dee, the number 1, music. i only got a minute or so before i get out of here. so, look, i'm going to freestyle. i'm going to freestyle off the top of the dome ♪ i'm going to take this last minute ♪ ♪ i'm from new orleans but now i'm in atlanta, that's 404 snoetd ♪ i'm cool, i don't blink you see ♪ ♪ because i got my homey uncle steak with me ♪ ♪ people see i work so hard and they be really ♪ ♪ i going to do it until the devil try to kill me ♪ ♪ i ain't scared of nobody ♪ ♪ this is the story of a one-man army ♪ ♪ i don't care what comes against me ♪ ♪ nobody can harm me ♪

♪ this is a story of a one-man army ♪ ♪ yeah. i love you all. i really love you all. martin luther king, jr., we love you, too, brother. it's because of you, that we get to do what we do. we're going to keep your legacy alive, man. san francisco! i'm out! i love you all. thank you so much. >> give it up for dee-1. come on, guys, one more time, dee-1. welcome to the stage, ms. cheryl davis. >> wow. all right. hello, hello. thank you, all, for being here.

i enjoy listening to dee-1 and the idea and notion of like i'm going to be chanting that all night, be real, be righteous be relevant. i have to tell you, i know some of you have had heard this before. i was a kindergarten teacher and dee was the middle schoolteacher. and every time i hear dee-1 talk it reminds me of one of my poe pems and it says, the first line says i love a lot of things like my cousin comes to visit and you know he's from the south. because every word he says just kind of slides out of his mouth. i like the way he whistles and the way he walks, but i love the way he talks. i love the way dee-1 talks. i love the way he raps, speaks and provides encouraging words. as we are here tonight, thank you, all, watching online, those who are here in the audience and

took the risk and joined us tonight in person. dee, you came to this space station, we talk about social justice, conscientious rappers, you know, you didn't talk about it tonight, but your students and the impact and this idea of justice. and fighting for this work. what is that for you? what caused you towards -- what is calling you towards justice? >> well, my spirit never seems at peace when i'm allowing people to be messed over or taken advantage of or when the underprivileged are not given a fair opportunity at winning in life. my spirit isn't at peace. my spirit isn't at peace if i'm using my god-given gifts to spread negativity and hatred. anything other than spreading love, knowledge and empowering

people, doesn't feel right to me. you know that nothing in the world beats that inner peace feeling. that comes from knowing that i'm taking the road less traveled. i'm in the entertainment industry where social justice and activism is seen as something they want to push to the fringes. and i want to push it to the mainstream because as long as i'm on this earth, there is people worth fighting for. >> as you talk about justice, you talk about social justice, but you've also been advocating for financial justice, financial literacy and making sure folks understand from student loan debt to investments in terms of taking care of your community. i know you've been giving money out in your community. >> i have. i have. being from louisiana, you know, we're a hot bed for hurricanes, so we just got hit by hurricane ida in late august of 2021. so many thousands of louisiana

residents were impacted, including my own family. my parents are still displaced. they lost their house. my sister was displaced. my grandpa, i had to move him in with me. with that said, i'm blessed that i have a fan base around this whole country that trusts my heart when it comes to doing work to help the people. so we started the mission vision. that's the name of my company. with the funds we were able to raise, we were able to take a bunch of families around new orleans and sponsor them for the holiday season. and literally, pulling up to people's jobs, houses, church, no matter where they were and people who were directly impacted, we were able to bless them financially. there is no better feeling. i'm always trying to find more ways to give back and be impactful. i can't do it by myself.

people help water these seeds and bring them to fruition. >> so say a little bit about the financial justice in terms of student loan debt. are you still doing work with sally mae? >> i put out a song in 2016 called sally mae bank. i'm a proud college graduate and i did take out student loans. i didn't know what i was doing and i had to learn the hard way. yeah. you all feel me, yeah. that being said, when i signed a record deal and i got a big lump sum for money for the first time in my life, thankfully, i had shared all my desire to fit in and be cool and have a whole bunch of material possessions and name brands define me. being financially literate and debt-free defines me. so i paid all my student loans

back. i did the song, sally mae and we've gone around the country and given out thousands of dollars this college scholarships so students don't have to take out as many loans. you hear me? we've been giving out fish and teaching them how to fish. i'm coming to the schools and doing the assembly. they say, dee-1, this is the most lit assembly we ever had. he performed for us and at the end of the day was able to bless students with scholarships, so that's amazing and i'm humbled by that. >> thank you, all, so much. finding balance, the album, february 10. go on itunes and preorder it. we going to make a statement. peace and love.

>> please welcome to the stage national recording artist the soul singer, accompanied by house band mark phillips and top of the mark. [ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ and you can find the fighter ♪ ♪ ♪ we going to work it out ♪ ♪ and move mountains ♪ ♪ we going to work it out ♪

♪ and move mountains ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ i'll rise like the day ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ i'll rise unafraid ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ and i'll do it a thousand times again ♪ ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ high like the waves ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ in spite of the ache ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ and i'll do it a thousand times again ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ you ♪ ♪ you ♪ ♪ you ♪

♪ it feels like it's getting hard to breathe ♪ ♪ i know you feel like dying ♪ ♪ but i promise we'll take the world to its feet ♪ ♪ and move mountains ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ i'll rise like the day ♪ ♪ ♪ in spite of the ache ♪ ♪ i'll rise up and do it a

thousand times again ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ all we need ♪ ♪ all we need is hope ♪ ♪ for that we have each other ♪ ♪ and for that we have each other ♪ ♪ and we will rise ♪ ♪ we will rise ♪ ♪ we'll rise ♪

♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ i'll rise like the day ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ i'll rise unafraid ♪ ♪ i'll rise up ♪ ♪ and i'll do it a thousand times again ♪ ♪ and we will rise up ♪ ♪ high like the wind ♪ ♪ rise up in spite of the ache ♪ ♪ we'll rise up and we'll do it a thousand times again ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ for you ♪

♪ i will rise up ♪ ♪ you will rise up ♪ ♪ we will rise ♪ ♪ we'll rise up ♪ ♪ high like the day ♪ ♪ we'll rise up ♪ ♪ unafraid ♪ ♪ we'll rise up and we'll do it a thousand times again ♪ ♪ for you ♪ ♪ you ♪ ♪ you ♪

>> thank you so much. [applause] they call me the soul sanger. so if you're looking for me anywhere, just type in the soul sanger. i'm going to do another cover song i hope inspires and moves you. [ ♪♪♪ ] am i in denial ♪

[ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ all i want to do is take the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do is be free ♪

♪ all i wanna do is be free ♪ ♪ you tell me why ♪ ♪ every time i step outside ♪ ♪ i see my people down ♪ ♪ oh, ♪ ♪ i'm letting you know ♪ ♪ there ain't no gun out there that can kill my soul ♪ ♪ oh, no ♪ ♪ all i want to do is take the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do is take break the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do be free ♪

♪ all i want to do is be free ♪ ♪ all i want to do is break the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do is break the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do is be free ♪ ♪ all i want to do is be free ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ]

♪ all i want to do is be free ♪ ♪ all i want to do is take the chains off ♪ ♪ all i want to do is break them off ♪ ♪ all we want to do is be free ♪ ♪ all we want to do is be free ♪ ♪ free ♪ ♪ all we want to do is be free ♪

♪ be free ♪ [applause] thank you. >> one more time for the soul sanger! and please, give a round of applause for our house band, marcus phillips and top of the mark. [applause] and now, a virtual performance from hope briggs.

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[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ let it shine ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ]

[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ we are not afraid ♪

[ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ the truth shall make us free ♪ ♪ the truth small make us free ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ]

♪ we shall all be free ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] [ ♪♪♪ ]

♪ we shall overcome some day ♪ ♪ some day ♪ >> please welcome to the stage, derek brown. >> thank you, thank you, so much. derek brown. senior director of the leo t. mccarthy center at the great university of san francisco and it an honor and privilege to be here today. to all the crowds that are here right now, you all look fantastic. thank you so much for coming out, as well as everyone online tuning in. thank you so much for coming out. i hope you are all enjoying the show. i know i am. it has been a great honor to partner with some extraordinary organizations. like m.l.k. nor cow right here

in san francisco, with m.l.k. with aaron and all the incredible work he's doing as well as dr. cheryl davis with the san francisco human rights commission. and myself, as i said before, i'm with the leo t. mccarthy center and for us, we're really focused on service learning, being in service to others and really preparing students for a successful life in public service. so that being said, as we honor m.l.k. day, i want to encourage you all -- i'm sure everyone is going to be doing this, it's a day of service, a week in the service, but i want to encourage you all to continue with your service throughout the year. continue to be in service with others. that's pretty much the work we do with the students. i'm about to take my seat now. but i want to say thank you so much for coming out. enjoy the rest of the show and look forward to seeing you next

time. thank you. >> to continue our towards freedom, please welcome to the stage i am rebel. >> how you all doing tonight? good? everybody having a good night? my name is i am rebel and my music is special to me because i write not only about me, but the people who are marginalized and the people who are not normal, but everyday people struggling to get it together. so this music is for you. i hope you love it. i hope you're encouraged. and let's have some fun tonight. [ ♪♪♪ ]

dproet ♪ i am here to guide you forward ♪ ♪ because the pain you feel is burning ♪ ♪ let's pick up the pieces for you ♪ ♪ so you can carry on ♪

♪ i'll help you face all your fears ♪ ♪ because the pain you feel is the burden ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ] ♪ i know what you're going through ♪ ♪ i am outcast too ♪

♪ you can overcome the hatred and abuse ♪ ♪ it's not your fault ♪ ♪ because the pain you feel is burning ♪ ♪ pick up the pieces so you can carry on -- >> this is my favorite part -- ♪ you will make it out of this ♪ ♪ i know from my own experience ♪ ♪ not the time to throw in the towel ♪ ♪ you're almost there ♪ ♪ [ ♪♪♪ ]

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[ ♪♪♪ ] thank you, guys, so much. woo. my name is "i am rebel". you can fall all of my music -- i did drop a album last year, woo hoo, my first one. you can find it on all digital outlets. my name is i am rebel on all social media. this next hope, i wrote it in a dark place. and in those dark places there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. so this is talking about that dark place, but it's talking about coming out of it as well, so i hope you get it. [ ♪♪♪ ]

♪ i'm sick and tired ♪ ♪ of being here ♪ this pain, these scars ♪ ♪ [ ♪♪♪