safety committee in 2020 had a 50 percent increase in black nurses in the last 4 years think, one and 60 thousand new black nurses (clapping.) we've had a 28 percent increase in african-american in computer occasions in the last 5 years clap in the 1990s i was on the implementation team at counsel when we created the first computer academy in california and glad to see katherine here today (clapping.) and because of the historic

investment that speaker pelosi led from 2021 to 2022 a $9,000 average increase in african-american immediate income so brings us to our theme for today african-americans in labor. back in 2012 after 9 years of - the royal king allowed me to have the dock me with the king job with mandel. after i talked to him, i called

the late dianne feinstein senator and mayor brown. and that is correct pelosi to ask donor an interview and in the time i made the request do we completed the interviews for 48 hours, so to get all 3 of them to stop whatever they were doing talk about the royal king and they all that king was responsible for their careers. so i want to give you a sense of the new traffic light of blank organized labor in san francisco

and the bay area to labor standards for everybody because without these diminished people we wouldn't - you wouldn't have the national labor relationships act. so roy king came here from fresno in 11937 but got here was a foundation had been laid the strict of 1934. some of the people were involved in it were students. so we think what was those students doing in the strike of 34 in san francisco. we lived in this, 35 um,

lombardi street in san francisco right where the cable cars come. that's where he lived in 1934 and 35. and in our book come to the water we had he was one of the founder of san francisco labor union and went down to selma a hang out with jimmy caughey and raised money for the labor movement. so one of the other people sergeant johnson came here at at age and won his first prize in the arts

association. so when the new deal happened blacks couldn't get jobs in the new deal age but somehow sergeant johnson was hired for projects but a supervisor. and so if you go to the national maritime museum see his photo on the front a depiction of strikes of 34; right? >> and on the back we have his - that shows some of his other specialities in terms of to - but unfinished. because he walks off the job. when we proposed

that the bathhouse will be a complete job for the wealthy. i've been a expert for the maritime i'm i'm trying to understand how does a black man get in this position? and then be so bold that we walked off the job and then continues to - so that is the kind of history of courage and dedication that foretells organized labor. so we found the research on the hotel witnessing come 1934 where randolph gave a speech and part of what we didn't know before

was that the san francisco naacp had to pick even though the conference in order to randolph to speak for the neighborhood recognizes as the first black union. so that's the foundation that leroy king comes into the part of garner for a group of black members of the international long shore and warehousing so why would out of all the people in the district why would nancy pelosi cho choose him to be at elector of the election of barry recognize obama to be president?

>> well as we shown in the documentary that was local 10 iou you provided the funding and volunteers. and then that was all o w irked that refused to - in the san francisco bay area that sparked the end of apartheid in south africa. one thing who had a hand in the jim crow apartheid. so that it is the sorry about that traffic light of black labor motorist in

san francisco as we mentioned people like hunch who was a secretary of o w u and irked the coalition of negro labors who went turned into core (unintelligible) started out a draft man and became the national chamber of commerce in 67, it was will was the co-chair of the mobiletion committee the deliberation of south africa so not only was the labor most of the concerned with their own welfare but the international i look at the papers of john

pittman who had a paper called the spokesman in the 1930s had a list of all the african-american colonial resistance in 19 thirty beginning to that was out of for the labor movement. so as our people take their place in the next phase of history, and this is very important to me because i actually one thing i won't see in my bio is graduating from high school i didn't graduate i got suspended; right? to for our

young people you need to understand that people like lift ev'ry voice and sing roadway king had to leave the country and go to canada in the 1950's like johnson and who insured we had san francisco housing development corporation, african-american art and encouragement complex for martin luther king waterfall. they fought for it nobody handed to them they did the work and so as you learn about the history don't - have random facts and dates by the what the workload

and dedication and understand if you're called upon to rise to that same level. so i'll end with an example of how history um, impacts our young people. back in 2003 we did the history in san francisco history. three hundred and innovators of historical and culture society. you'll see the plazas at o ferry terminal street 64 people we use their folks and the relatives. so when we designed it i said we need people in the community to actually do the interviews. so

after specifically gang members. one of them to get a picture of the community they live in this is after 2003. so 2007 some of you in law enforcement remember. there was a gang war in western edition. 7 young men got shot at the same spot. in a twenty-four hour period and somebody should figure out maybe; right? but that's how bad things got. so we went out to all the shot callers all of the collectionist in the western edition someone was a

shot caller and we talked in the middle of night and tell him the people that those complexed remain. because all of work of them were names for people that are active in building the community. not that your not representing - and so and dr. brown remembers we talked and had a circle of elders around us, we can't go to the grocery store or walk down the street but calm down we need jobs; right? and a scholarship and we gave them the - what black works

and leadership and churches has been in san francisco, nobody got shot. in the worst condition. so um, i've been working for the last 5 years and the reason i'm developing the cooperation corporation and we had the steepest reduction in crime in new york city to the power of black history all the authority is nothing that we happen to claim culture sovereignty over that is the most 0 important property in the world. so last 25 years since johnson and bert williams and

someone black in san francisco has been among the most famous people in the world. so we have to make sure that people know the standards of excellence, they're impact on the world, and they are in a position to say things even had you thank you for your time and want to remind you to move forward dr. caterer is starting black history welcome back i thank you and if you're no member have to society, you should join. if you are, there's a manipulating table over there and if you are - then get something else to join. because those people have

been doing the work for 70 years and give them a hand (clapping). >> thank you, thank you john. thank you. >> for your work. >> and timing is perfect we are just about out of time here and for this thank you for being here. and john want to acknowledge um, my colleagues on the board over here and membership and in our program there is an application for membership we love to have you join us in this work so important that we continue to do the work we're doing. thank you for being here. and for the support you all provided for the years and enjoy the rest of

black history month and the rest of the year and get about the work of learning one conceptual thing we look at what is happening on the national level, i'm often reminded we don't think of 1964 as the count when barry goldwater was length for the president of the united states and now a conditional mansion of that movement and was a link game we are to make sure we're in the long game to get others to do the work and not just for the african-american community but all the san francisco. so we thank you for being here.. um, join us in this work and have a good rest and have a beautiful day today so

(clapping.) thank you. >> >> making to may grandkids a program all about pop ups, artists, non profits small business in into vacant

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