hi. good afternoon everyone. thank you. that's right. thank you so much for spending an■< afternoon with us today. i'm so excited to have you all here as we celebrate this major milestone for bayanihan equity center. i'm thank you. thank yoe president of the board here at becc. and it's truly an honor to welcome all of you at this

celebrate an exciting new chapter in bayanihan 25 years history. this space, six one six minutes will allow us to expand our services and strengthen get started with today's program. i'd like to introduce the bayanihan equity center's executive director, luis antoni. oh. shall i start or do you want to continuet? okay, great. mayor breed, consul general ferrer, supervisor dorsey■c. supervisor. chan. supervisor. peskin■,, our dear friend cory and miss eskander from the speaker office. cory powell. mccoy. good afternoon. i would like to wish

each and every one of you a happy filipino american history month. it's still october. and we are delhted that we're able to bwith you] month. we are at the bayanihan equity center, are■ happy and grateful for your presence this afternoon. the journey towards acquiring 616 mina started 280 days ago. 280 days. i guess when the stars are aligned right, it can■ up happen. it was the new . we had a board and staff meeting. we were looking at the prospects of the new year. we were thinking of how we can thig of how we can expand our services to the community. but alas, our space is somewhat limiting. our abilit to serve

the community. so the board uttered, perhaps we can, we cans in a new space. and that was the beginning of this journey, the first before the end of the first quarter of this year. we were so happy that we heard that mohcd had the third round for the api equity fund wanted to thank the visionaries of city hall. i want to chan fog the api equity fund with the support of the president, president peskin, and an mayor, london breed. what will we do with this space? i heare y

like it. there's going to be a lot we can do with thee to structure our programing so we can pack the groceries, but we cannot do counseling. our movie days cannot be the same as our oi rehearsal. but as you can see, this in the bigger room to have our have movie days. i hope it's not the same day. this room is a counseling room. we can see clients while we pack the groceries and sing, or have karaoke. and if people need more space for arts and crafts, we have this space■acñ. okay, so there's a lot of potential. we leave it opeke this so we can imagine, you know, how we can invate in this space.

upstairs you have the brilliant and innovative mind of the bcc staff who's who will be occupying half of the mezzanine. and then the other half, if we have partners in the community, whwoulwhile they are visiting the south of market, they they need to have a conference to be here. this is open and this this is our home. so there's a lot you know to thank. but i just wanted to make sure that, again, i would like to thank president i i'm so sorry. not not quite but see where this is going. right. one day our mayor london breed. i gotxcited there for a few minutes. for a few chan, supervisor, supervisor

aaron peskin, you know, for making it possible for us to realize a dream. we also have partners at the mayor's office of housing and community developmt,rian c, angie lee, stephen ford for making the contractingrocess for us a seamless one. i don't know if it perkins going the law office of perkins co has been very instrumental in helping us through, you know, the, from ind guiding us through all of the documents. that's why it this journey is 280 days and the i know davis is here. i don't know if john is here. they are the real estate brokers who showed us this gem in the south of market. and we are we are very

grateful. but last but not the least, i just want to thank the bcc board who partners of the consumers, there who rely on us for services and they have the confidence of coming to us all these years. it is a community effort. it is not just our effort, but we can spaces like this can be imagined when we all come together and work together. in the bayanihan spirit. thank you. i was told my work isn't done, so i have to be here for a few more minutes. i will be introducing our first speaker, who requires no introduction, but i just wanted to highlight several things. as

the president of the board of supervisors made sure that nonprofits likus resourced, that we do have we no continue serving. but i just wanted to highlight the more recent one, the pandemic. we are able to get out of the pandemic with her leadership, all of the testing sites, the covid command centers that made it possible for us to not only tousin, but to continue the much needed food security programing at the bayanihan equity center. she's there. and again, she is someone we should thank for having this capital d, our new digs. so without delay, please help welcome mayor london breed.

thank you. thank you so much, luisa, and congratulations on a beautiful place. i don't just like it, i love it. i love it. looks like you don't have to do much work, which is very niceare as filipino heritage month inber san francisco and i want to than council general ferrera for being here with us, for being an extraordinary parer cos betweencommunity of, but the entire a great person to work with, and we're so grateful and honored to have you here today. thank you so much. council general. i got to say, this is extraordinary, and this is extraordinary

because when you think about san francisco and its history, this is a city that has beenuilt by so many communities. when we talk about san francisco being ro of our diverse communities, we can really■u to so many community right heren the. and when i think about, you know, in the past and what happened and how so many people lost housing, lost organizational support, lost a lot of resources that they so justly deserve. this is really full circle when you think about the number of housing that we are building in, using neighborhood preference and seniors to make sure that they too, are a part of the fabric of the community that they were a part of building. it's been a game changer when you think about the many organizations that have been able, filipino led and also serving like united

players, west bay cool arts, and now, which is right here in the heart of the soma community, bringing transformative services to, especially our seniors, a place that belongs to you, a place that allows for the services that you need, allows for coming together as a community and especially the food pantry that was an important part of the covid pandemic when others were not able to just easily go to the grocery stores and purchase neee care of yourselves and your families. beck was there and it's only fitting that they have the appropriate space to continue to be there, to serve the community in such an extraordinary way. we are so grateful for your commitment and your service, and what's so great about the api equity fund?

it came about under the who will be speaking in just a moment. she helped to the fact y aapi serving organizations did not have their own place, did not have their own secure footprint in community, and the realization that this cements your home and gives you that level of protection, so that organizations like this are here long term and for futurege happy that my office had an opportunity to play a role in helping to do the work, to see the investments, to purchase so many of these buildings, and to provide city resources to make these dreams as really the least the city could do for the harm that has been done in the past that have

really separated and destroyed the fabric of so many of these communities, whether it's here in the soma neighborhood or the fillmore or the mission. this really is a chance for us tori investments and to ensure the growth and protection of extraordinary organization like this. for generations to come. d i'm so happy to be here to celebrate this great milestone. thank you all so much. how about you? thank you so much, mayor. next we are honored to welcome consul general neil frank ferrer from the philippine consulate. the consulate has been a long, valuable partner in supporting the filipino community. and we're grateful to have you toda, congen. thank you. mayor london present filipino community

leaders. magandang tanghali po sa lahat. good afternoon. firstly, i would like to congratulate the bayanihan equity center led by executive direor luis antonio and the board for acquiring this new place with the■9 support of the city. congratulations to you, and i'm sure that you will be able to service more once you start operating in this beautiful facility and place. as the mayor has earlier noted, and as miss luisa mentioned, this october, we are celebrating filipino american history month, where we remember and celebrate the contributions of millions of filipinos and filipino americans who have called the united states their home. and theyude r two veterans and their families who immigrated to san francisco and other cities her%ie in the y area. and we are also marking tomorrow, actually, october 23rd, the milestone 80th annivey the battle of

leyte gulf, which is the largest naval battle in human history, where over 200,000 american soldiers ledge fought shoulder o shoulder with filipino guerrillas and soldiers, launching the campaign to liberate the philippines during the second world war and through your announcement today, we honor the sacrifices of all the men and women who fought for the freedom and the democratic way of life that we enjoy today for providing welfare to filipino veterans and their families, and for educating younger generations of filipino americans about our proud history. the philippe consulate general expresses its profound gratitude to the bayanihan equity center for keeping the flame of our veterans heroism alive and well into the modern times, and my sincerest appreciation goes to mayor london, breed and the city government for your support to the bsp and to the other filipino american organizations

in the city. indeed, it takes a village to uplift the community, and i am deeply grateful to the city and county of san francisco, led by mayor london breed for being an important ally and a friend and partner of the philippines. maraming, maraming salamat po. mabuhay ang bse. mabuhay yang san francisco. maraming salamat. i'd like to introduce a representative. excuse me. i'd like to introducs been a strong advocate for equity community building. and we are fortu t thank you. thank. it is great to be with you all and it is again that it's good to be able to showcase the partnership that we have in this city and the amazing leadership that you have that we have in city hall, and that we do work

together t community for far too long. our aapi community, including our lipino american community, have been told that we don't belong. we are others. we from , and sometimes go back to where . but here today is a milestone that we are saying we're here to stay and we belong. we belong here to say that we do this with a lot of hard work from the community, and that we came along with the ride and to say, how can we make this work for our community and with our community? but i also want to say, you know, there's still a t of work ahead of us, ahead of us to say, let's continue to make sure that bayanihan is funded and funded well the serve we need to continue to make sure for generations to come that they too, that they know that they belong here. thank you.

great. thank you for those remarks. supervisor chan. next, i'm honored to welcome supervisor aaron peskin, who's been another strong supporter and are grateful to ongoing partnership. consul generalr. t. lua. to the beck staff and directors, on the occasion of you 25 years in having a permanent home, bayanihan coming together, i want to thank supervisor chan as the chair of the budget committee for bringing the entire board, and n subsequently with the mayor to create the aapi equity fund, and then proses made in this case,

promises kept. but many promises made and promises broken■ñ, promises made by the united states of america relati to giving veterans benefits and even u.s. citizenship. those were promises broken promises made to the community at the i-hotel and manilatown for having housing and being part of a community. thoer promises broken, and today i am proud of the city and county of san francisco for a modicum ofth pru luisa. i met luisa when she was 12 years old when she staed in 1999. the fact that you have stewarded and grown this organization to what it is today and now in january, will open your doors in a permanent home is just remarkable. those are

promises made and promises kept. and if i could, luisa, with supervisors dorsey andhan, give this to you from the board of supervisors on the occasion of opening up your permanent home a quarter of a century in. spacex. thank you, supervisor peskin, for your remarks and the nice little award. next up, we have supervisor matt dorsey. thank you for coming today. thanks so much, everyone. so i am in the enviable where i'm eah that i get to come to events like this and bask in the glow

of successful policies that i playedeally no role in doing. but i want to express my gratitude to my colleague, supervisor, and longtime friend, supervisor connie chan and board president aaron peskin, for their work. i think, you know, as as i go along there, there i will be going to events where i actually did play a role in it.t just as the district six supervisor, but also as a resident. i live a block away. i want to say welcome to the neighborhood and what it means to me as a beneficiary of hoinom the fino instrumental in creating trinity place, where i live, as a supervisor who represents the soma filipino cultural district and all the cultural benefits that san francisco derives from that. and especially now as our city is undertaking an economic comeback, it's inspiring to see the number of filipino community

businesses that are really driving the restaurants that are opening and the it is francisco. and i just want to say on behalf of a grateful board of supervisors and city, thank you. and then the other thing, too, whenever it comes to the filipino community, i also feel that there is i want to express that there is a special place in my heart for this commity, and people may wonder why an irish italian guy who grew up in massachusetts would have a real bond with the filipino community. you know, on the on the west coast and would be 100% right. because when churches opened up after covid, i started going to saintt patrick's and those of you who are catholic should know this. saint patrick's has the best candles in christendom. those things burn all week. and when u want to have, you want to go to

saint patrick's and light a candle. but what i found there was also when i recognized some some fellow parishioners, what i found there was also a enomenal faith community, and it means a lot to me to be a part of that. every sunday i sit by saint anne. i come over, ce 0 mass. but this community, culturally, in terms of its obviously its faith community, means so much to me. its an honor for me to be a part of this. and congratulations on this new facility. thank.■3 thank you neighbor. we'll invite you to karaoke soon. and finally, i'd like to introduce someone very special to bcc, alicia iskander, who has been both a clientd a do world war two veterans. alicia'r mission, and we're honored to have her share a few words with us. hello everyone! i'm happy to

be here and i am happy to be lid my gratitude to allhe members and the staff of bayanihan equity, headed by allow me to rd this on my language. mayor bree, consul general ferrer, supervisor peskin, manga kagalang galang na panahon. magandang hapon ako si alicia iskander anim na taong gulang ng pettorano na digma ang daigdig ang aking ama ay siyam na po taong gulang at at madalas ng nasa bahay dahil sa kanyang eda. mayor breed, consul general ferrer, supervisor peskin and other spected guests. good

afternoon. my name is alicia escandor, an 8068 year old daughter of felix luna, a filipino world war two veteran. my father is now 97 years old and stays stly at home due to his advanced age. ang aming familia i na two to pinag malaki ang bayanihan equity center sa kanilang bagong opisina. maraming ni tulong ang bsi sa aking ama at nakaraang dalawg limang taong tulungan po nila ang aking amang makakuha ang benepisyo mula bais at mag proceso. aming bisa ng aking kapatid na si priscilla na punta sa america, patuloy pa rin kaming binibigyan si nang ration na malaking tulong sa aming familia. my family and are very happy and proud of the bayanihan equity center for their new office. bec helped my father a lot for the last 25

years. bec for va benefits and assisted him with the immigration visa processingqd fr me and my sister priscilla to come to the united states. bec continues to provide us with regular food assistance, which is a tremendous help for our family. alam kung tulungan ang senior na siya ang bsi ang aming familia. i love sa nagpapasalamat sa mga tahanang bsi sa pa ni miss luisa antonio. hindi naman ang isang tagumpay ng bqe sa kanilang mission mag shelby sa ating pamayanan sa matagalpa ng panahon. i know bec helps a lot of seniors, so on behalf of my family, i would like to thank the bec staff. under the leadership of miss luisa antonio and wish them success in their mission to serve the community for years to come. thank you so much everyone. ■phave a great day and god bless us all.

thank you for those words and thk you all again for all the speakers who came and really your support. not only your support, funding wise and with your leadership, but everyone here for your support, for taking some time out today to see our space. we've been in an exciting part of soma called sixth and mission for quite a while. soma is still very exciting as we all know, but it's nice and quiet so we can really dedicate some time and services for our seniors and more populations to serve as well. now, i'd like to invite all of you if there's still any more. there's coffee still. thank you. thank to our new friends and neighbors at sightglass. and we had some filipino pastries left as well. and with that, do we have anything else? got the thumbs up from luisa? that means we're

good to go. and for those who want to stay, we're also doing some tours of the upstairs so you we're all talking about as well. great. thank you. meeting of the san francisco public works commission. today is friday, november 8th, 2024.

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