last night we were urged to look at the mandates of training for lgb q youth. it was a law passed years ago about how lgb q effects the youth in the memory programs. and now we understand their noting taking care of the youth how they're to be trained and to be sure we understand about this issue which sexual orientation. so our hearing is geared to how the city is meeting this goal and how we can meet our 12 end arrangements >> thank you supervisor coming possess. >> thank you very much good afternoon everyone. thank you for joining us today, i want to bring to our attention that february 4th was the 1 hundred birthday of rosa parks. and i think we will be voting on a reduction today to recognize rosa parks. the other thing i want to speak today, i am the board representative for the retirement system when is dedicated to the trust act as well as distributing benefits. i want to shed some light on this process. first it is the policy it's a long-standing policy of this board to engage within a company and our ability to use our proxy to appeal to their human n

they are the founders of the lgb t movement in china and taiwan, and we welcome you. [applause] again and again we show up for each other, add new people to our family and unfortunately at times this members of our family. we have had an unusual number of deaths this year. our staff and board members lost parents, grandparents, a key task force volunteers and tragically a child. and we lost a dear friend and co-worker in san the green who, as many of you know, was an extraordinary woman who worked for the task force for a decade and greeted people at creating change at the registration desk every year. sandy, sandy was not afraid to say there was a black straight woman and was part of a family working for civil rights for all [applause] iso wish -- i so wished she could have seen the president's speech. she would have loved it. but it does not weaken us. it does not have to weaken us. in this room of our chosen family as well as those who are mall the way to 5 miles away and could not be with us we have known for a long time that unfortunately there are those to dedic

they are the founders of the lgb t movement in china and taiwan, and we welcome you.applause] again and again we show up for each other, add new people to our family and unfortunately at times this members of our family. we have had an unusual number of deaths this year. our staff and board members lost parents, grandparents, a key task force volunteers and tragically a child. and we lost a dear friend and co-worker in san the green who, as many of you know, was an extraordinary woman who worked for the task force for a decade and greeted people at creating change at the registration desk every year. sandy, sandy was not afraid to say there was a black straight woman and was part of a family working for civil rights for all [applause] iso wish -- i so wished she could have seen the president's speech. she would have loved it. but it does not weaken us. it does not have to weaken us. in this room of our chosen family as well as those who are mall the way to 5 miles away and could not be with us we have known for a long time that unfortunately there are those to dedicat

we were worried about the havoc that an anti lgb t president might cause for our lives, our country, and our world. we have come together in years when our renewed hopes that some state referendum would confirm a swing in the national mind-set were dashed. there have been years when we would come here to lift each other out, to assure each other that change would happen, that change was happening despite our losses and despite our fear, that something might never change the national sentiment, but this is not that year. this is not one of those years. this year we come together to celebrate. this year, this year was the year when enough people stood together, joined together and said it death, enough. enough was being in margent -- marginalize, being treated like we and our families and our votes don't count. [applause] women, latinos, african-americans, and progressive people of faith came together in communities across the country and made the deciding difference at the ballot box. last year for those of you are here you will recall that both been jealous, president of the naacp an