yeah. thank you, guys so much. everybody, everybody. come on. come on. dance, dance, dance. let's go. let's go, everybody. let's go. come on.

move, move. don't you want to dance with me man with somebody who loves you. with somebody who loves me. [cheers and applause] >> give yourselves a round of applause. thank you all. thank you so much. >> great job, tonight. >> thank you.

>> hi everybody. i am san francisco mayor london breed and i am excited to be here today. i want to thank the members of the community college board of trustees for joining us, including the president and other members. then we have the former trustee. this is a seat that we are

filling today. thank you so much to john rizzo and a little who are joining us. as well as alex randolph who stormed on the community college board of trustees. we have our chancellor here. so many wonderful people who have helped to keep this community college running the way that we know it should. i see members of atf, the union, or joining us here today as well. it has been sometime since our member had to vacate his seat to the community college board, but he and i have stayed in close contact because city college is really important to him. it's really important to everyone in the room here today. regardless of our differences of opinions, some of us, and one way or another, have been profoundly touched by the work of city college. growing up, this was the place that most of the people i went

to school went. i didn't even know what college really was until i was in tenth grade and fortunately, i was able to end up at a four-year university, but i was planning to go to city college myself. to not only prepare me to go to a four-year university, but to prepare me for life so i could be ready for any opportunity that came my way. when i became the executive director of the african-american art and culture complex we had so many young people who were in high school, we didn't know what to do, what they were going to do with their lives. we had young people who were over the age of 18 and had dropped out of high school. at the african-american art and culture complex we spent so much time helping people registered for the ged classes at john adams campus. some of them had gone on to not only be part of city college, but to play sports in city college. my brother got his aa degree from city college of san francisco. so many of us have some new

stories like that. we know this is an important higher learning education institution in our city and we know how people feel about it. they love city college. they want us to work together to ensure the longevity of city college, and that's why making a decision like this to appoint a member of the board of trustees is a very challenging one. blending all the needs of what needs to occur was really important to me. so i am really pleased today. i'm actually over the moon excited today to announce that i have selected morel green to serve as the next member of the community college board of trustees. [applause] i have known him, but because he was part of the community i grew up in, and you just know people. you know them from school, you

know them from hanging out at the cultural center, you just know them. there was always something very special about him because ultimately, what i appreciated about him was he was genuinely always a good person. he always made himself available to be supportive of people. despite the fact that he went to washington high school, i don't really hold that against him. we have our friendly rivalries, but at the end of the day, we care about our community. we care about the city, we care about seeing opportunities exist for people like the ones we grew up with in our community. so that is where he -- that is where his drive comes from. it comes from growing up in a community and seeing so many african-american men lose their lives, get lost to drugs and to criminal justice system, and i know, in his heart of hearts, he

wants black men like him to grow up being the norm and not the exception. he has spent his entire life working towards that goal. back in the day he worked for me at the african-american art and culture complex. i was probably his favorite boss of everybody. and what i appreciated about him was his patience, his drive,'s understanding, and how he worked with the young men of the cultural center and how he helps them to think outside of just their environment and what could be possible. they had a lot of respect for him. they said what is college? went to college? you went to clark atlanta university? what is all that about? the conversation he was able to have with them and how he got omega boys club, which he participated in and now serves as a board member, how he got them to be more actively engaged in the work that we were doing. so he has worked at so many colleges, mostly spending a lot

of his time helping people with their essays, helping them with applications, helping them and guiding them to pursue whatever their wildest dreams are and really being a mentor, the big brother, a friend, and advisor, when you think about it, it was, you know, hard to find people who would even take the time to meet with you and talk to you about those things. but he wasn't just sitting around and waiting for someone to talk to him. he took a lot of initiative to work with our kids, to talk to them, to encourage them, to hold them accountable as well, but more importantly, to demonstrate that he was here for them. and that was a big deal. and his entire career and working at places like city college, working at places like skyline college, like milk college, just in the bay area, working in los angeles while his wife was doing her residency, he was a supportive husband. i know he is so proud of that.

working in los angeles at that community college and coming back here to work at west valley, you know, everything that he has done, and all these various capacities in all these community colleges all over the state of california have centred around supporting, helping, uplifting students to ensure their success. so when the opportunity presented itself and i found out that he was back in san francisco, his hometown where he grew up, i couldn't think of anyone better to serve in this capacity then someone i admire, i respect, i trust wholeheartedly. no one more so than him. i want to swear him in at this time. you guys can get excited about that. [ cheers and applause ] are you ready to see your daddy sworn in? do you want to stand by him?

you need to hold him -- hold his hand on the other side while he raises his hand. there you go. are you going to help them too? all right. here we go. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i merella green do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the

duties upon which i am about to enter, and during such time as i serve as member of the board of trustees for city college of the city and county of san francisco. >> congratulations. [applause] >> it is of traditional african culture that i requested, and i was given permission to address you by my elder, who is my father-in-law. i would like to begin with a moment of silence for both our african-american and taiwanese brothers and sisters who were

murdered and others physically and emotionally wounded by the senseless violence in both buffalo new york -- buffalo, new york and southern california. thank you. i greet you today in a moment of amazement. this is a celebration and i want to acknowledge and honor your presence in time. i won't be long. to the honorable mayor, i thank you for this appointment to the board of trustees of city college of san francisco. to our honorable dignitaries, of both the city and county of san francisco, and specifically the illustrious city college of san francisco, i'm honored to become part of it collective group that takes the time out of our already busy lives to provide service to others. to my lovely wife, dr. janelle greene and my children,

corinthian and providence, i thank you for allowing me to share myself with the community and the residents of our home town. not your hometown, my home town. additionally, to my family and friends, both here physically and in the spirit, thank you for your continued support throughout my life. 's graduation season so this is important. let s. be genuine and thoughtful to the class of 2022 as we see them parade around the city in delight this season. i was fortunate enough to attend my first graduation at the age of four years old. it was in a purple graduation hat made out of construction paper and glue, along with my favorite red and white hawaiian shirt that i graduated from the preschool program at city college of san francisco in 1981. [applause]

it was because programs like this that allow my mother to complete her credentials to become a head start teacher and wally don't remember much about the ceremony, i often look at the photos that were taken and think about how that moment played a pivotal role in my pursuit of education. throughout my time in the san francisco unified school district, and my apologies, madame breed, clearly the greatest high school in the city, george washington high school, i always knew that higher education was an option in my pursuit to becoming a productive member of this society and that is why i am here today. i am someone who is dedicated to the advancement of higher education for all people. to be born and raised in this city and to still be her as a resident is a rarity within itself. i feel that it is my calling to assist those in which i pride myself in my area of expertise,

which is educational leadership and management. with a concentration in higher education. what i promise you today is simple. i promise my attention, dedication, persistence, and advocacy for all students at city college of san francisco. i hope that i have your support, your trust, and your assistance as we all fully understand that it takes a village to raise our children and teach our adults. please know that i take this mayoral appointment seriously, as i understand that this opportunity allows me to further assist in life transformations that not only affect students, but their families, neighborhoods, and our city and county as a whole. with that, i shall close by saying thank you. go warriors, tonight, and go rams forever. [applause]

>> this neighborhood was lived for approximately 22 years. >> yeah, like 21 years. >> 21 years in this neighborhood. >> in the same house. >> we moved into this neighborhood six months after we got married, actually. just about our whole entire married life has been here in excel. >> the owner came to the house and we wanted to sell the house and we were like, what? we were scared at first. what are we going to do? where are we going to move into?

the kids' school? our jobs? >> my name is maria. i'm a preschool teacher for the san francisco unified school district. >> my name is ronnie and i work in san francisco and i'm a driver from a local electrical company. >> we went through meta first and meta helped us to apply and be ready to get the down payment assistant loan program. that's the program that we used to secure the purchase of our home. it took us a year to get our credit ready to get ready to apply for the loan. >> the whole year we had to wait and wait through the process and then when we got the notice, it's like, we were like thinking

that. >> when we found out that we were settling down and we were going to get approved and we were going to go forward, it was just a really -- we felt like we could breathe. we have four kids and so to find a place even just to rent for a family of six. and two dogs. >> we were going to actually pay more for rent and to own a house. >> it feels good now to have to move. it feels for our children to stay in the neighborhood that they have grown in. they grew up here and they were born here. they know this neighborhood. they don't know anything outside san francisco. >> we really have it. >> we'd love to say thank you to the mayor's office. they opened a door that we thought was not possible to be opened for us. they allowed us to continue to live here. we're raising our family in san francisco and just to be able to continue to be here is the great

lesson.

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