it is the experience of people and our ongoing advocacy, our collective advocacy that will move society in the direction it must go to sustain life. and individual and collective action will take us to the tipping point which is within our sight. within our sight. a sustainable and livable future. ty -- thank you very much. [ applause ] >> okay. just a few closing observations. you've seen now over 500 years of civic action experience in one day. and you can see, i think, what i meant earlier today by the features of a civic personality. and what it takes to persist and to be accurate and to be open and to be inviting and to have priorities in order. years ago, when i was a youngster, we'd have discussions at the kitchen table. and one time my parents talked about something i didn't know anything about. we were talking about economic opportunity for people have a decent job and livelihood. and they said, well, what about a civic opportunity. they were all pretty community minded. i had a lucky choice of parents. we said, what's a civic opportunity. they said one that works to make a dem

along with the small business administration office of advocacy and members of congress from the house senate, i have raised concerns about the role and representation of small businesses throughout this rulemaking process. i strongly believe this proposal lacks adequate economic analysis. i was alarmed when the office of advocacy submitted comments that sharply criticized the manner in which the dol crafted the proposal. comment stated that the initial regulatory flexibility analysis was inaccurate and severely undercounted the number of small businesses that would be affected by the rule. i hope our conversation today will also touch on the impact the rule will have on small, nonprofit organizations. comment letter referenced a roundtable discussion in new orleans, where headll nonprofit operating start programs in louisiana stated the proposal would result in $74,000 of first-year costs. since 80% of this organization operating budget comes from federal programs which cannot be used to pay for management costs like labor, they would have to cut critical community services to reduce

strongly believe this proposal lacks adequate economic analysis and i was alarmed when the office of advocacy submitted comments that sharply criticized the manner in which the dol crafted the proposal. their comments stated that the dol's initial regulatory flexibility analysis was inaccurate and severely undercounted the number of small businesses that would be effected by the rule. i hope our conversation today will also touch on the impact the rule will have on small nonprofit organizations. advocacies comment letter referenced a roundtable discussion that was held in new orleans where a small nonprofit operating head-start programs in louisiana stated that this proposal would result in $74,000 of first-year costs. since 80% of this organization's operating budget comes from federal programs which cannot be used to pay for management costs like labor, they may have to cut critical community services to reduce labor costs. this is really unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on different services provided by nonprofits. after hearing from many concerned workers and bu

we need policy advocacy and implementation. we've heard today a lot about institutionalizing change. we need marketplace change to drive practical responses to identify problems. in collaboration with grassroots board that you just saw, it only took a desk and a phone that david brower from friends of the earth allowed me to sit at in his office in crowded room, we began our work. >> good afternoon, ncamp may i help you. >> it's a grassroots organization in washington, d.c. >> that's a pretty crowded room. then we changed our name to beyond pesticides to better reflect the fact that continued reliance on it was unacceptable and unnecessary. we began and continued listening to victims. and this is where we heard the stories, you may remember, termite insecticide in the same family as ddt. and despite the fact it was supposed to attach itself to organic material and not invade people's homes. we got media attention. >> if you're a homeowner or thinking of buying a home, our next story is for you and your family. >> and then got b

may be punished only when the advocacy is like lie to incite lawless action. yet the majority ignored those basic principles and upheld fredrik's punishment based on school -- school officials opposition to his message or one possible interpretation of the message. before morris wrote third, never dictated which messages amount to prescribable advocacy. that's from my descent. i see no reason why the views of state officials should control the extent of first amendment protection on campus when listeners perceptions do not determine the scope of first amendment rights in other contexts. even if fredrik had intended to promote marijuana use mover, there was no indication that his speech could have -- would have any persuasive influence on his class mates. most students do not shed their brains at the schoolhouse gate and no students know dumb when they see it. the notion that the message on this banner would actually purr said the average student or even the dumbest one to change his or her view -- his or her behavior is most implausible. the majority opinion i

and at i bri a passi for advocacy and change as action on the part of citizens and individuals.o bring people together. the fundamental precepts of that is not the win-lose paradigm, but that together we win. that means all sides first have to understand each other and thenind a shared solutn. women do that intuitively, whether we are raising children or running corporations or running advocacy organizations or running missions. that is who we are and that is how we lead. >> to all of us out there it is time we all held our hands together, regardless of our race, hard drive, our background, or our history -- our race, tried, background, or history. >> it just because it's rectly women were excluded, it is in our hands to create another history in which we include ourselves and not in which we can't -- reconnect with the >> itr forces of the earth. is time to be respectful. all of your organizations, whether they enhance or wings or roots, be honest and courageous ♪nd caring and compassionate. úg:

removed byhe is virtue of his knowledge and advocacy over 400 pharmaceuticals in the last 40 years that were either ineffective for their purposes or downright dangerous. he did it on a tiny budget. think lot easier to that's it's a lot easier than we think to make change at the basic change in a country comes through civic activities and it spills over into better politics. if we don't have better politics, it is because not enough people are cynically active. >> have you invited senator sanders to speak? guest: we can't invite people speaking -- people running for elected office. i hope c-span will cover it. host: ralph in michigan, you are next. theer: i want to call about system -- the money and corruption in the political system. more like ag we are plutocracy dominated by the corporations and by the wealthy. especially with the citizens united decision that just opens the floodgates for money from the corporations to dominate state, local, and federal positions. --ust don't see how money is it is going to be a huge flood of money into this election and it is going to control the c

. >> i don't get a sense he get a sense that the advocacy position has been let's work very good hard to build those four houses on this site and the compromise we'll move the tree. >> as opposed to how are we're going to keep the tree here and build a house or houses on this site what happened to the tree advocacy i hear a lot about the developer advocacy. >> sure. >> how do we fit 4 houses on the site i don't hear and mr. buck is my hero he gained any respective tremors what about the tree what about let's keep the tree and build three houses or two houses what he said to the tree huggers. >> can i respond. >> sure. >> i will say we felt the best way to have the tree relocated having i have been doing that for 12 years before mr. buck took in my previous position we've denied the removal of a tree before this board or any other entity and have that tree ultimately be preserved we think of we've been routing overturned by the board with a development project whether or not that that project is sent back to the board or a proposal we've agreed repeatedly and some of the fellow commiss

>>are you asking how we prioritize those advocacy's?that is something that guides our lobbyists throughout the year and we do flag bills that we believe that departments would be interested in viewing and we do it send them back to those departments to do a review and they send them back to us. >> are there any members of the public that would like to testify on this item? i see mr. planteholt i if there are no others i know mr. planteholt that you have a lot to say and you have been looking at this for many years so we will give you a little bit of extra time.go ahead. >>i am bob planteholt part of my black ground that had may be helpful is that i have had 7 1/2 years on the sunshine task force and i was 2 years on as an officer on the ethics committee.i am using all that background but in addition, my advocacy at a state level i was cochair of a group that got 2 bills vetoed after being passed by 2 separate departments. take a look at the legislation committee. look at the website. you will look at 0 posting of minutes for months and

i actually think, especially for for an advocacy organization, not a political advocacy organization but an idea advocacy organization the answer has to be s. you have to keep reinforcing that argument. because most americans are decent people and need to hear that argument and because the people who have children and others who are injured by them are need to hear it. the children and others who need to be influenced by that argument needs to hear. i want to say one more thing it's probably not in adls wheelhouse but peter touched on it before which is another thing related to children that has concern in this campaign is that we have this really ugly racial and religious discourse. we also have this really degraded course in sexual discourse. i think they may be interconnected. the permission structure for one allows the permission structure for another but the notion that you have to worry about sitting with my kids were old and in this but if you had a nine or 10-year-old and you're sitting watching the presidential debate, mention this for the presidential candidate made referen

wilfrid laurier university professor darren mulloy talks about the john birch society, a conservative advocacy group organized in the late 1930's. c-span tv interviewed mulloy in providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. globally, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. in foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam, those cons of places. >> who was john birch? prof. mulloy: he was an american missionary and a soldier who was killed at the end of the second

and i actually think, especially for an advocacy organization, not a political advocacy organization, but an idea advocacy organization, the answer has toby. you have to keep reinforcing that argument. because most americans are decent people and need to hear that argument and because the people -- the children and others who are injured by that argument need to hear it. and the children and others who can be influenced by that argument need to hear it. i just want to say one more sentence. it's probably not in adl's wheelhouse, but peter touched on it before. another thing relating to children that's really concerned me in this campaign is we have this, you know, really ugly racial and religious discourse. we also have this really degraded course in sexual discourse. i think they may be interconnected. sort of the permission structure for one allows the permission structure for the other. but the notion that you have to now worry about sitting there with your -- my kids are older than this, but if you had a 9-year-old or 10-year-old and you were sitting watching a presidential debate

binh for the translation, and for your advocacy as well. i have a couple questions.now, you point out in your testimony that use husband was arrested this second time as he was leaving the house to meet with a delegation from the european union who were in vietnam for the annual human rights dialogue. i'm wondering, first of all, i believe the dialogues are essentially, but they should not be seen as a substitute like the government of vietnam that commits egregious violations of human rights against its own peoples dialogue is great. no one is suggesting that it needs to be suspended, but needs to be -- like the lifting of an arms embargo, like greater trade and other kinds of interactions. i'm wonders if any of the americas have raised their voices in support of your husband after he was arrested, again, en route to meet with them. to dialogue with them. trunks i am not sure what transpired between the conversation of my husband and the european union delegates who met with my husband prior to his arrest. i do know after his arrest, they actually contacted me and m

but allow them to be more effective in their advocacy.will engage tens of thousands of idealists in this ra of corporate wealth on our dcy. i have my own two college students now. while i've been with pirg for more than three decades, that might be the most motivating reason of all for me to keep on. thank you. [applause] >> all right. now for something of a patron saint of our environmental movement in this country. lois gibbs runs the center for health, environment, and justice. i think that pretty well covers it, don't you? don't know what else you could add to that. and of course rose to prominence in the environmental movement by taking a stand in her home area, love canal, many, many moons ago. she discovered that, you know, people were not willing to stand up, government officials, some of her own neighbors, some of her family, et cetera. they say it's been pointed out a couple times here today that the opposite of courage is not cowardess, it's conformity. lois has always -- she stood up in her own community and then became a symb

will take another 10 or 20 years for this to take cold and what is interesting is or accidental advocacy because you believed in it before john view did not become a public features -- a public figure on your own it happened because of an event and some talks but now the you have retired and your show is no longer on give me a moment. [laughter] you are now working full time on this cause several give his sometime to speak about the public side. >> "the washington post" labeled me the new and strong advocate for the right to die a after i had attended three dinners about compassionate choices they did these dinners and they felt very strongly that my presence would attract large donors and each of those was 20% each paid $2,500 to attend so that those genders i did nothing but speak of john and to speak of how he died and my belief he should have had to race so npr and my own station felt that i attend a those tenders i had crossed a line of journalistic ethical behavior with which i did not agree i have already attended to dinners and we all came together and altogether we were committe

it actually happened over the course of years, of advocacy, and organizing. and alliance building. and dealmaking. and the changing of public opinion. . it happened because ordinary americans who cared participated in the political process. [applause] pres. obama: so -- [applause] that's nice, i helped. [laughter] look, if you want to change this country for the better, you better start participating. i will give you an example on a lot of people's minds, the growing inequality in our economy. over much of the last century, we have unleashed the strongest economic engine the world has ever seen, but over the past two decades our economy has become more and more unequal. the top 10% of earners taken half of all income in the u.s. in the past, a top ceo made 20 times the average worker. today, it is 300 times. wages are not rising for families. if we want to reverse those trends, there are a bunch of policies that would make a big difference. we could raise the minimum wage. [applause] we could modernize our infrastructure. we can make college more affordable. [applause] we can close

a great deal of advocacy use that makes use of their economic power and use of political process. that is what i think has enable #d this to gee on for as long as it has. so, i think everybody has come to the ends of their rope. >> okay. thank you very much. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local biz and challenges the san franciscans to do their shop and dine in the 49 within the by supporting the services we help san francisco remain unique and successful and vibrant so where will you shop and dine in the 49 san francisco owes itch of the charm to the many neighborhoods people coma greet and meet it has an personality these neighborhoods are economic engine seeing the changes is a big deal to me especially being a san francisco native and it is important to support the local businesses but also a lot to over here it is nice not to have to go downtown i think that is very important 0 for us to circulate our dollars the community before we bring them outside of the community for the time we have one dollars in the community is the better off we a

advocacy's comment letter referenced a roundtable discussion in new orleans, where a small nonprofit operating head start programs in louisiana stated the proposal would result in $74,000 of first-year costs. since 80% of this organizationâs operating budget comes from federal programs which cannot be used to pay for management costs like labor, they would have to cut critical community services to reduce labor costs. this is unacceptable, especially for rural and poor areas that rely on different services provided by nonprofits. after hearing from concerned business owners, i urged an extension of the comment period to allow employers and employees to examine the proposed rules and comment carefully. shortly after, the office of advocacy wrote a similar public comment letter, requesting a 90 day extension of the comment eriod. unfortunately, these request were denied by secretary perez. i have serious concerns with president obama's proposed changes to overtime regulations, which would negatively impact the ability of small businesses and other organizations to operate effectively.

a great deal of advocacy use that makes use of their economic power and use of political process. that is what i think has enable #d this to gee on for as long as it has. so, i think everybody has come to the ends of their rope. to the ends of their rope. >> okay. thank you very much. so you can't save money? it's easy as pie! brown bag your lunch instead of going out. six dollars saved timed 5 days a week times ten years is 21,000 bucks! that's a lotta lettuce. small changes today... big bucks tomorrow. feed the pig.org. >> good morning and welcome to san francisco board of supervises budget and finance committee meeting for may 25, 2016. i'm mark farrell and clar and joined by supervisor katy tang as well as jane kim. we will be joined by norman yee and scott wiener. want to thank lichbda wong and jessie [inaudible] charles kremenak from sfgtv. >> silence cell phones and leck trainic devices. documents should be submit today the clerk. items will appear on june 7, board of supervises agenda unless otherwise stated. >> colleagues we have a lengthy ajendsa. >> item 1, resolution a

what are the other things i think is quite interesting for all of us here israel but your ask the advocacy. because you believe strongly in aid in dying for john but you did that become a public figure speaking on behalf of aid in dying on your own. it happened because of some event, some talks and thinks he got involved in. but now, and this is important part. now you want to once you've retired and your show is no longer on -- going to take me a moment for that -- you want to move on to working full-time and is caused. so i wanted to give you some time to speak about the public side of aid in dying. >> you know, it was the "washington post" who labeled me a new and strong advocate for the right to die, after i had attended three dinners, attended three dinners, sponsored by compassion and choices. they did these dinners as a fund-raising vehicle and felt very strongly that my presence would attract large donors. each of those dinners was for 20 persons, each of whom paid $2500 to attend. at those dinners i did nothing but speak of john, and to speak of how he died, and my belief that he

and i said i am very said that it has come to this, because i do not feel i was there in an advocacy position. i was there talking about my own husband. i want to correct one word you said. i am not retiring. [laughter] [applause] i am -- >> i stand corrected. [laughter] >> i am simply stepping away from the microphone after 37 years of doing two hours a day, 10 hours a week of "the diane rehm show"ment -- show. i am 79 years old, i will be 80 in september. it is time for someone else to have that glorious real estate. >> no. [laughter] [applause] >> so we are in the process of thinking very hard and very carefully about what comes next, and the management at wamu has been in touch with so many people, so many stations. npr has been involved. something really, really good will come into those two hours. i really believe that. i will miss being with all of you every day. there is no question of that. but i am going on to do other things. i have appeared in a play about alzheimer's, and we've done that play in washington, in l.a., in san diego, in boston, in raleigh, indianapolis, and

so the advocacy of those families really help those -- their husbands survive. announcer: when was jeremiah denton release and when he -- and when did he set foot on reconciling and? pedal --ey: he was a pow for seven years. jerry denton and 10 other american pows were known as the alcatraz 11. these pows were so effective as leaders and so frankly obnoxious that the north vietnamese kick them out of the hanoi hilton. if you can imagine how disruptive you have to be to be detention.of a pow they were among the highest-ranking officers. so the first plane out of hanoi on february 12, 1973, jerry denton happened to be the highest-ranking officer. the plane landed at clarke airbase and he walked out and stepped onto, you know, free soil for the first time in almost seven and a half years and gave these beautiful three sentences that were the first words americans heard from pows. wasuncer: jeremiah denton promoted to add million 1980. how long did he serve in alabama and how was he as a legislator? a lotta powswhen returned home, they found that america had changed

professor cotler's advocacy for human rights in all corners of the globe reminds us of the powerful words luther king. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere. most recently, professor cotler's lifelong commitment to human rights led to the creation of the center for human rights, named after the swedish diplomat that saved thousands of hungarian jews from nazis in world war ii, only to tragically disappear after being captured by soviet forces in 1945. as you might expect from professor cotler's leadership, the center has a distinctly international scope in its advocacy for human rights. focusing on issues of pressing contemporary importance, such as human rights in iran. in february, his work on behalf of the center wrought him to the geneva summit for human rights and democracy. we are so pleased that his work now brings them back to indiana university bloomington. please join me in welcoming professor irwin cotler. [applause] prof. cotler: think you for that warm and heartwarming introduction. i come to indiana amongst such a community of scholars, i feel very much at home.

wilfrid laurier university professor darren mulloy talks about the john birch society, a conservative advocacyroup organized in the late 1930's. -- latent -- late 1950's. c-span tv interviewed mulloy in organization of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a conservative political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has its headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the john birch society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. more broadly, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. they opposed the civil rights movement. in terms of foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam

a great deal of advocacy use that makes use of their economic power and use of political process. that is what i think has enable #d this to gee on for as long as it has. so, i think everybody has come to the ends of their rope. >> okay. thank you very much. ethics commission for may 23, 2016. i will call the roll. commissioner hayon, here. commissioner andrews, here. commissioner keane,

i caught up with her for her advocacy venture and diversity in silicon valley.rivers of minivans coming to a block near you. sliding into the space with google as copilot. cbs shares popping slightly in extended trading, better-than-expected first-quarter results. from then ad sales super bowl and grammy telecast. just under $4 billion, up 10% from the same quarter last year. $473 million, up 20% year-over-year. but it was not all good news. york,g me now from new our editor at large, cory johnson, and bloomberg entertainment reporter, lucas shaw. >> les moonves talked a lot about it. advertising sales are up 31%. john chen: those are -- lucas: those are huge numbers. even if you take the super bowl out of the equation, it is still pretty impressive, when you consider readings are down in every tv network. emily: it is interesting, because cbs is exploring strategic options around the radio division. it is certainly an interesting thing they are looking about -- looking at. it is also just as interesting when you look at, as lucas was just talking about, the net

she talks about her new advocacy group one year after losing her discrimination -- gender discrimination suit. we are one hour from the close of trading. julie: stocks are continuing their downward march. at this point, we have a lot of pessimism around the globe. we had disappointing manufacturing data from china and the u.k.. that pessimism remained in place threat the session. that said, we are bouncing off the lows to some degree. part of the reason why might be the turnaround we saw in apple shares. going into today's session, we had an eight-session losing streak aired but the shares are down seeing back today. we are seeing an increase in those shares of more than $1.50. this being the most heavily weighted stock in the s&p 500, it is having at least a little bit of an effect of creating a floor. shares over the course of the day in wide. the dow and the s&p are in yellow and green. they pretty much matched movement for movement throughout the day, although apple clearly is up in the indices are still down. david: keeping the market afloat. energy leading the declines. julie: yes,

important shift in treatment because a lot of the pows were on their last legs at that point so the advocacy of the families helped their husband survive. >> so moving forward when was he released and when did he then set foot on u.s. soil again? >> so he has been a pow for almost 7.5 years. and they were so obnoxious that the north vietnamese kick them out. that's the kind of guy he was and focus on defientd but they were among the high quest ranking officers so on that first plane out on february 12th, 1973 jerry denton happened to be the highest ranking officer and played at clark air base and walked out and stepped on to free soil for the first time. >> he ran for senate in alabama and won. how briefly did he serve and how was he as a legislator? >> a lot of pows returned home and found that america had changed. they had been behind bars in a foreign country for 7 or 8 years and jerry denton felt that the moral compass of the country shifted a little bit. he thought it was really important to be in public service not only to fight for the people in his home state of alabama but also try

second, both the sba office of advocacy included that want department's flexibility grossly under estimates the cost of the rule small business. i was shocked by the department's low ball estimate of the amount and i'll never my client time on the compliance. third, the cost of small businesses will be higher if the department decides to automatically increase the salary levels over here or to make changes to the duties test. finally, increasing the salary level to 54/40 or even to the 47,000 that politico recently reported will not result in giving america a raise, employees are unlikely to see higher paychecks. the small business owners i have talked to cannot afford to give a salary increase or pay over so so they must adjust in other ways. demoting demoting management employees to hourly workers, requiring them to clock in and out, closely monitoring the hours they work. decreasing the flexibility to take time off for family with out losses and pay, taking away bonuses and other employee benefits and depriving employees of opportunities for the the one thing small businesses cannot do,

it actually happened over the course of years, of advocacy, and organizing. and alliance building. and dealmaking. and the changing of public opinion. it happened because ordinary americans, who cared participated in the political , process. [applause] look, if you want to change this country for the better, you better start participating. i will give you an example on a lot of people's minds, the growing inequality in our economy. over much of the last century, we have unleashed the strongest economic engine the world has ever seen, but over the past two decades our economy has become , more and more unequal. the top 10% of earners take in half of all income in the u.s. in the past, a top ceo made 20 or 30 times the income of the average worker. today, it is 300 times. wages are not rising for families. if we want to reverse those trends, there are a bunch of policies that would make a big difference. we could raise the minimum wage. [applause] we could modernize our infrastructure. we could invest in early childhood education. we can make college more affordable. [applause] we ca

, oral advocacy from bessy but she to others who department know her one gentleman wrote it was years before she acknowledged him passing in the hall in labor department, and it was only when he was assigned a brief to write that they began a relationship, and she would address him by naming. i actually thinks it was on her part she was not a frivolous person and wouldn't extend herself without reason. but she wases quite generous. my relationship with her was far more personal and friendly. it was very little other than some wonderful introductions to other lawyers. and i was reminded in her paper, that she actually wrote two of my reference letters. [laughter] two letters to become admitted -- [train] [laughter] to maryland in d.c. bars. but i do think there was a soft side to her. she saw a little bit of herself in me as that little girl from new orleans and i'm going to stop now to let the train pass. [laughter] >> there another audience question? okay. so we're going to wrap up in a couple min minutes but i'd like each of you to take the opportunity to tell your favorite story th

we do a lot of advocacy. we go into the treatment act and the feds have floors and let the states violate all over the country. we did a report on that. you have legislative highlights and statutes enacted with el met and swimming tool safety and 10 or 12 other areas. and try to use them as models in other areas. here's a kid's place. californians love their license plates. we got the heart and plus sign as symbols and the money goes to children, millions of dollars are flowing. they have to have a special group to review them because californians are so creative like old f and a heart. millions of dollars are flowing in. litigation we had big wins in one case where we got the money increased to foster care providers because they were not paying what the feds require. they went to court and had morrison and forester with us. they were doing a pro bono case with us and got the compensation to 570 to $780. the group homes call 7,000. we want them with families and not group homes. that's where the adoptions com

against children and family members is the perview of the office of the secretary of events family advocacy program and unclear how well and integrated and coordinated are these various offices and their procedures and services. second, because of the high rate of premilitary victimization experiences of military recruits, screening and services for such experiences is warranted to help prevent revictimization. third, one thing i do know about the military is its strong focus on leadership development. leaders need to be trained and held accountable for recognizing signs of co-victimization and revictimization such as avoid coping signs and risky behavior like heavy alcohol use. and to help refer those individuals to appropriate services. leaders should also take appropriate measures to modify the conditions that exacerbate any form of victimization as well as repeat victimization. these include monitoring the development for stimuli including graffiti and banter that mop vulnerable populations such as abuse survivors. leaders should clarify and support the paths to resources that targets s

michael redd the-- led the advocacy group but at a recent forum on diversity he reportedly said black and latinos lack the skills needed for the profession. that set off a firestorm of criticism. he later went on facebook to say the reporting of these comments was a deeply inaccurate portrayal of the dialogue which took place that day. >>> a bomb scare that ended up putting joint base andrews on lock down. officials say a woman walked into the control center saying she had a bomb strapped to her body while emergency responders and a bomb unit showed up. they said the woman had no explosives and took her into custody. >>> they tell feds is not so fast, the major repair work that we've been telling you is coming, the federal transit administration wants metro to start now, not later. jack evans says there is a difference of opinion and he wants the two agencies to talk about it. one thing commuters tell us, major repairs will make a bigger mess to the end of the school year. >> i don't know how they are going to do it.>> we need a reliable way to get in and out of the city. >> the gener

the advocacy community was surprised and we were surprised and no one knew about this. we still don't know why the ordinance was drafted this way to exclude [inaudible] from rent protection but need to very quickly close this loop hole. we know we have many long term survivorers of hiv libing in san francisco, people who are aging and people who have gauchb to hell and back who suffer mental trauma from their own health roller coster as well as lost a sig cnts amount of their social circle. they can't afford to pay higher rent. we don't need several hundred long term hiv survivors in san francisco become housing unstable and perhaps homeless. this legislation closes that loop hole, extends rent control effective today to [inaudible] subsidy recipient. i want to thank supervisor campos and breed for their cosponsorships and also want to thank the aids legal referral panel for bill [inaudible] and jamie rush working with us on this legislation and colleagues look forward to moving this quickly to the board and to gaining your support and thank you supervisor cohen for add

applause] advocacy and community engagement moderate the session. this has been such a high energy day. we are going to continue to die issues.capital i want to remind everyone that you can send your questions to texting with my husband. i am looking for questions to come in. nonpartisan organization. we are uninvolved whatsoever in campaign politics. advocates and we are partisans but only of the adl mission and our policy. sometimes in an election season our issues are propelled to the floor of the debate. hasn'tmpaign season exactly been an exception. as weve heard our voice were calling out bigotry and stereotyping as part of the debate. we are a movement intent on making an impact. we are so happy to have our panelists here to help us wrap our heads around this moment. we started our conference group with a session on the art of perception. to how difficult it can be see things that are hiding in plain sight. our expectations were out of sync with what happened in this primary. what did we miss? all start with you. thank you for having me and a

secondly, michael was brilliant in combining legal advocacy and political advocacy. cut you had from beth stevens where they brought the case against the former defense minister in el salvador -- amy: guatemala. >> guatemala, i'm sorry. and brilliantly sue them by following the subpoena and the summons while he was graduating from harvard. the respective of what happened legally with the case, the man was finished because that was the front-page news throughout autumn olive. when he filed the guantanamo case, he did not think he had a prayer of winning, but he was going to do this to come as susan anthony said 100 years ago, keep up the drumbeat of agitation, political education and agitation against what he thought was an oppressive u.s. policy in which we all know is an oppressive u.s. policy. juan: i want to -- >> combining legal activism. juan: i want ask you about his pioneering work in the center's pioneering work in using this obscure alien tort act to go after international criminals. >> peter weiss and rhonda copeland geithner this up until -- 30 years ago.

. >> i don't get a sense he get a sense that the advocacy position has been let's work very good hard to build those four houses on this site and the compromise we'll move the tree. >> as opposed to how are we're going to keep the tree here and build a house or houses on this site what happened to the tree advocacy i hear a lot about the developer advocacy. >> sure. >> how do we fit 4 houses on the site i don't hear and mr. buck is my hero he gained any respective tremors what about the tree what about let's keep the tree and build three houses or two houses what he said to the tree huggers. >> can i respond. >> sure. >> i will say we felt the best way to have the tree relocated having i have been doing that for 12 years before mr. buck took in my previous position we've denied the removal of a tree before this board or any other entity and have that tree ultimately be preserved we think of we've been routing overturned by the board with a development project whether or not that that project is sent back to the board or a proposal we've agreed repeatedly and some of the fellow commiss

secondly, michael was brilliant in combining legal advocacy and political advocacy. cut you had from beth stevens where they brought the case against the former defense minister in el salvador -- amy: guatemala. >> guatemala, i'm sorry. and brilliantly sue them by following th subena and e summonwhile heas graduing om harva. the spectivef what hpened gally wi the case,he man s finish becausehatas the ont-page news thrghout tumn oli. whene filedheuantanam case, id not tnk he haa prayerf winnin but he s gointo do this to comes susaanthony id 100 yrs ago,eep uphe drumbt of agition, politil educatn and itation ainst wh he thght was oppssive u. policyn which all kno i an oppresse u.s. picy. juan: i want to -- >> combining legal activism. juan: i want ask you about his pioneering work in the center's pioneering work in using this obscure alien tort act to go after international criminals. >> peter weiss and rhonda copeland geithner this up until -- 30 years ago. there had been no suits against foreign dictators, for human rights abuses in u.s. courts. so they did not have