and i wanted to call up angela fox, jessica castillo, victoria romero. are you here? do you want to come up here? thank you so much. i'm so delighted to present the former workers of la taqeuira with these honors. despite their hard work, discovered their employer was undermining their basic rights as workers. according to the law, they were supposed to have access to paid sick days to care for their children, overtime and healthcare, and yet they were denied all of the rights. after two of the employees were wrongfully terminated in 2016, they began to collaborate with young workers united to fight against the economic injustices that affected them and their co-workers. young workers united is a multiracial, multilingual organization, dedicated to the the quality jobs. robbed of compensation and respect, they began to organize, educating themselves about their own legal rights. these women fearlessly ignited valuable dialogues and unwavering advocacy with their employer about the basic workers rights they were deprived of. thanks to the women's determined spirit, com

[speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: my name is jessica castillo and i want to thank everyone who is here for giving us this recognition. thank you. [applause] >> president cohen: congratulations, ladies. thank you. our next commendation will come from supervisor ahsha safai. >> supervisor safai: the person that we are going to honor today has been honored recently but she deserves a lot of praise. a lot of us have worked with her over the years and she's leading her current employer and retiring. and that's ms. candace wong. she's been a champion for children and families and young children for decades. and i've had the great honor of knowing her for the past 14 years and having worked with her and what i hold dearly helping purchase a childcare center. candace never gave up on it. we finally found a way with previous mayor lee, who dedicated himself to making that happen. within the first 30 days that i was in office, we were able to cut the ribbon on that building. $5.5 million deal. 224 children. most of them paying less than $50 a month for childcare. and that's just one