so, the city's african-american female youth account for over 40% of drug felony arrests for african-american female youth in california, 40%, and have a arrest rates 50 times higher than their counterparts in other counties. now, why that should be is really an issue for the public safety committee, but i would argue also for this committee since educational barriers also contribute to those kinds of trends. you'll know about the school-prison pipeline. other things to consider in terms of, you want solutions based in this hearing, so i just wanted to mention a hearing that cjcj participates in we provide to juveniles in san francisco as well. the san francisco public defenders office has a legal education advocacy program, leap, which cjcj partners with that provides legal advocacy for juvenile justices, juveniles in school hearings, school board disciplinary hearings. they've had a lot of success getting students back into public school. i know that is a huge barrier. if your justice involved, getting reinvolved in public school is a huge barrier for a lot of youth. that's a program that's

i stand here as the czar of the african-american out migration. i am so happy that my supervisor in the fifth district had the courage to come forward for something 25 years ago. we brought the needs of the redevelopment to the san francisco government channel. i can't say it all right now. i am ecstatic. i am so happy that the supervisors are doing something that i call community reform. we're going to show and demonstrate not only that department, but there are several other departments that need to come before the eyes of city government. i got a unique technique call in your face. right now in your face. i have been discriminated against. yes, commissioner wiener, you can yawn all you want. i am so glad kristina stepped forward and doing the right thing in the most progressive district. i am ace dog gone in. we're going to be on the case in front of you. i know you can't deny it. >> next speaker, please. >> hard act to follow. sarah short with the san francisco housing rights. a lot of people come in when they have issues with their repairs or

however, the gap has widened, especially for african-american students. many of you might have seen the report that came out talking about the 2011 released analysis comparing the progress of california school districts. unfortunately san francisco received an overall grade of d. and in particular the african-american students as it relates to sfusd, we ranked 127 out of 128. i want to have one of our parent leaders, olivia gudeau, give a statement. >> hi, my name is olivia harris. i am a san francisco resident, also a native san franciscan. i have four children in the san francisco unified school district, at george washington carver elementary school, and martin luther king school. i'm the president of the ptsa at my child's elementary school and a member of coleman advocacy for children and youth. i am here today to talk about the achievement gap and how our african-american children are falling behind and how the gap is growing between african-american children as a group. this summer i took part in a leadership academy with coleman advocacy and learn

wasn't as rare to have african-american landlords but they were a distinct minority in side of the african-american neighborhoods. he promised an apartment. what they got was this one room hubble on the fourth floor in the attic that they can find six people to. it was a common practice among landlords both white and black because of the enormous migration of blacks to the north and the small number of available apartments to cut these apartments up into smaller and smaller ones like i was saying and they would do this when people go to work. they go to work can come home and find out you were kicked out of your apartment or your apartment was cut in half and made worse by the return of black war veterans who couldn't find housing. when you try to move outside black neighborhoods, you face this incredible racist mob violence. this is one of the most shameful parts of chicago history because particularly for black veterans who fight from the pacific or italy and all they wanted was a small apartment in these new housing states that were built after the war. they would find mobs of 3,000 or 5,000 peo

and african-americans. on the sunday before the last election in florida, african-americans and latinos combined were 51% of all the people that cast the vote on that day. how do you think governor rick scott and the republicans in florida responded to that? they said, no more early voting on the sunday before the election. all across the country, whether it's florida or ohio, we're seeing a large coordinated, well-funded attack on the right to vote and we shouldn't stand for it. but the problem doesn't stop there. it's not just voter i.d. it's not just cutting early voting periods. it's making it harder for people to register to vote. in 2008 83% of young people under the age of 30 that were registered got out to the polls and voted. follow me. the problem is that only 5 4% of young -- 54% of young people are registered. so, what conclusion do you make there? if young people are registered, they'll get up on election day and they will go and vote. so what do you do about that? let's go back to florida. a c

schools recognizing them that closed achievement for african-americans are listed here. closing the achievement gap for latino students are listed here. english language learners similarly. so one thing we asked our principals to share with us is in your voice what you attribute to some of these accelerated growth areas into, and recently we had the opportunity to hear them share with their colleagues and we tried to summarize a few examples of that. i'm not going to read all of these points but i want to point out some of the things that were mentioned by our principals starting with the first row there. our principal at rosa parks, paul jacob son and you were recognized as a school closing the gap for english language learners. we know that the data has improved 19-point 2%. what is going on there? the principal in the description gave three categories. i focused. i fixed. i featured. they talked about structure and assessment. they made a conscious effort at reducing suspensions and having restorative practices and pay attention to english development as well and coll

african-americans in 2008 had an unemployment rate of 11.9% now up to 14.1%.course the president is not solely responsible for that, it was the great recession caused by the republicans but there has not been a lot of action to specifically address that community in terms of making it better. latinos and whites have suffered but not at the rate african-americans have. when you move oh household income real median income for african-americans is just over $32,000, that's a gigantic difference. in 2005 for whites was $135,000, moved down to $110,000 now but when you look at african-americans, it goes from 12 for us to just under 5,000 so that's a gigantic problem. the congressional black caulk with us is aware of this. the head of the caucus has given fiery speeches where he says president obama, hope on, hope on and encouraging them. he also did say: >> i think that's a really interesting comment. now, we're going to bring in our own professor she is of course at brown university and attended a black caucus foundation 40 second annual conference and has an inte

and african americans. on the sunday before the last election in florida, african americans and latinos combined were 51% of all the people that cast a vote on that day. well how do you think governor rick scott and the republicans in florida responded to that? they said no more early voting on the sunday before the election. all across the country whether it is florida or ohio, we are seeing a large coordinated well-funded attack on the right to vote and we shouldn't stapped for it. but the problem is it doesn't stop there. it's not just voter id, it is not just cutting early voting periods, it's making it harder to register people to vote. in 2008, 83% of young people under the age of 30 that were registered got out to the polls and voted. the problem is that only 54% of young people are registered. so what conclusion do you make there? if young people are registered they'll get up on election day and vote. what do you do about that? let's go back to florida. a critical state, a battleground state what di

he won 13 primary answers caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes.2007 within senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> when we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run and michelle said to him, would what do you think you could contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure. the day i get elected, i think the world will look at us differently and i think millions of young people across the country will look at themselves differently. >> he always said that he didn't think that the outcome of the race would depend upon the color of his skin. he thought that american people would make their decision based on who they thought was best positioned to lead our country. >> obama saw that his youth, he was only 45, his o early opposition to the iraq war, and yes, his race, could work in his favor. he believed he could win. >> if you sense, as i sense, that time is now, to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fears, and make good on the debt we owe, past and future ge

never spent much of his effort on african-americans.simply his efforts matter here. >> -- unlike some presidency did not spend any rhetorical effort explicitly in excluding these people but he simply ignored them. and he did attack groups and individuals and it made more than his fair share of such attacks it was an assault on behavior rather than demography. he never attacked people for their class or race but only for their behavior. he failed economic wireless, and jeered at the john and in the so at, selfish and cynical to describe them. he undermined their status, question their motives, and caricatured them with a demonic plea. he made them up but of many famous joke. never quite the same. he was as capable of using interest humor. continued growth is the only evidence we have of life get growth and progress in variable and inevitably are opposed at every step, bitterly and blindly wouldn't that be fun to be the target of such an attack. enemies are not treated as people with legitimate concerns the festival of reasonable point of

in the post civil rights era, african-americans from al sharpton to jesse jackson. congresswoman shirley chisolm took on the challenge. >> the next time a woman of high office runs for office in this country, she should be respected. >> he wanted to bring issues of women and blacks and establish the democratic party establishment and the black leader establishment. so she ran to raise policy issues like i did many years later. >> chisolm did not win any primary votes, but she did get 362 votes at the convention. when jesse jackson ran, he still faced a challe lengechallenge. jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1998, he won 14 primaries in caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007, senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. >> we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run. and michelle said to him, what do you think you can contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure. the day i get elected, i think the world will lo

francisco, are african-americans working on. of the work in san francisco -- homes, webcore and they do not hire african-american. and i'm saying that something's got to be done. and you guys -- the supervisors, and whether you know it or not, one day this is going to boil over. and when it does, everybody will say they don't know anything about it. but as i was telling some guys the other day, most of you don't know, i'm a veteran, and a disabled american, a war veteran. and i don't understand how i can be in the military, and fight for a country that they got laws now that prevent us from working in it. something is wrong with this whole thing. and particularly the city of st. francis to say there's not one, not one african-american firm working on any job in san francisco. >> president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i live on 6th street between howard and folsom -- >> clerk calvillo: please speak directly into the microphone. >> yes, if you say so. i put up with no riffraff. they got -- look like some -- and people do aggr

it's a school that's been recognized for closing the gap for african-american students. it's narrowing that. and there's a few things they're doing. they're engaged with their colleague principals on the topic, focused on exclusive practice for daunts with special needs. there's a lot of collaboration happening with teachers. they're using a lot of assessments to gauge how student's learning is progressing. they're having family events in the evenings based on math, same thing with charles drew, higher expectations, bringing in supplemental programs, software; focus on literacy and lots of collaboration time for the students -- the teachers to plan together. and then the secondary schools again just to name a few examples, you see some similar elements, some common planning time for teachers, enhanced after school and summer opportunities, enhanced student support, mental health, et cetera. so, some of the slides that didn't show tonight we showed to our board on tuesday night, there are other indicators. suspensions have gone down dramatically. our attendance is going u

was he the one who could break the barrier and become our first african-american president? >> i do wish that he would run. i do wish he would run. and if he would, i would do everything in my power to campaign for him. >> if obama did decide to run, he wouldn't be the first african-american to try for the white house. in the post-civil rights era, african-americans from al sharpton to jesse jackson to congresswoman shirley chisholm took on the challenge. >> the next time that a minority person or a woman runs for high office in this country, she or he will be regarded as a force to be respected. >> shirley chisholm ran because she wanted to bring issues of women and blacks and challenge the democratic party establishment, and the black leadership establishment. so she ran to raise policy issues like i did many years later. >> chisholm did not win any primaries in 1972, but she did get 152 delegate votes at the convention, an important step forward. when jesse jackson ran in 1984, he still confronted history. >> when i ran in '84, the idea met resistance. like, are you serio

right now i am here to say that my name is ace and i'm the african-american of migration czar outside of city hall. i have been there through the unfinished agenda of migration and all of it. lee knows that and everyone else in the city knows that. i'm here to proclaim that i'm the czar. and everything, all five issues, education, economic development, all those issues are something that's been passed down under, hasn't been taken care of. i'm glad to see the education part of this is coming forth because without the ebbv indication we cannot have nothing. i'm here to say and ed lee, hear me loud and clear because it starts from room 200. everything that -- all these boards, they're listening right now. mr. ed lee, this a-c-e and i'm telling you i'm on the case and we're going make sure that we implement this outmigration in my lifetime for my three kids. the thing about it, why i'm so adamant, ladies and gentlemen, i've been doing this for 20 years. but i have children that have children that have children. so, therefore, i'm here representing three cs. it is sort of historical. yes,

a lot of peep carry those cards that are not african american. but i think the point is to make it more inclusive. let people know that we're not just about race or issues that you can agree with. that being said, i do support activism and to have a voice out there but as an african american who incidentally happens to be pro life and who is not in support of the gay marriage amendment, there is that part -- organization have voice or other people like me? i think if you're going to represent the african american group as a whole then you need to at least be able to advocate both sides or at least expose everyone to both sides. let people make informed decisions. that's where i fall back. i think it's a great thing, she's young, i believe the president is 37 and it's nice to hear that they keep calling her young at 44. i'm 46 i feel like -- [laughter] i feel like i'm hot to trot now. i think it's a great thing, and the fact that these young women of today need role models, i do it in my community, i'm sure you do as well. but it's a real -- there

african americans. ruth is trying to change that. she's starting outdoor afro three years ago hoping to reunite african americans with nature. >> it's a social media and in person community that inspires and celebrates african american connections to nature. >> today, there is a national following, creating an online community for african americans to share story autos there are thousands and thousands of members across various social media platforms we get 80,000 eye balls on our facebook page and about 10,000 people engaging on our web site. and despite numbers the national park service says 1% of park visitors is african american. mam map says that doesn't mean they're not enjoying nature. >> outdoor afro organizes outings and camping trips like this one. the idea to get more african americans out into nature. >> we yes. we do camp. most definitely. >> linda says it's helping diminish the stereo type african americans just don't camp. >> historically black people have been a part of nature at the time brought over from the contine

african-americans. we should make informed decisions so we should know the platform of the republican party, we should know the platform of the democratic party so we can make these informed decisions and have informed conversations with our peers and know what it is we're speaking about and know what it is we're voting for, so that's what i want it push for and speak about today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon everyone. my name is andre washington, i'm the 81st sga president of moorehouse college, special shoutout to spellman ladies that are presents, to our sisters over there. essentially, i want to implore everyone in this auditorium and everyone that may see this reporting that essentially, we have to be engaged. 2012 is a critical election. since the time of president obama's election, there have been several laws and actions taken to suppress this voice in this room of african-american youth, african-americans in general, the elderly, those who change elections. we are here to send a resounding m

african-american males in particular. the evidence is somewhat overwhelming. only 55% of all black students graduate from high school on time with a regular diploma. on average, african-american twelfth grade students read at approximately the same grade level as white eighth graders and the twelfth grade were lower than significantly lower than any other racial and ethnic group. in march 2007 editorial, phillip jackson from chicago's black star project. there was no longer a need for dire predictses, apprehension about losings a generation of black boys. it is too late. a generation in education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, and parents we have lost a generation of young black males. they have the worst grades, the lowest test scores and the highest dropout rates of all students in the country. data goes on and on as we have heard and recounted and talk about oprah winfrey the -- past how many years. young men of color charted away from educational success sites among the finding 65 percent of all males incarcerated in the united states are a

roosevelt wanted african-americans -- such rhetoric tented to naturalize a lower position of african-americans in the hierarchy and did little to address or alter that. throughout his rhetoric he did strike an issue of fairness and for him fairness demanded the deferral of some demands on the system that he considered acceptable and workable or poorly timed and he never consistently favored one group above others politically or rhetorically but instead relied on language like quote we know the human factor which enters the largely into this picture and we are trying to apply to all groups needing aid and assistance and not merely to a few scattered her favorite groups. demanding more than a president is like week to give you meant he would castigate u.s. selfish or unwilling to share or is unfair. this rhetoric had a powerful nationalizing function for citizens encouraged to think of themselves as heart of the greater national hole rather than members of small local or state-wide communities. he deeply believed in the importance of the reality of democracy is central fairness and argued consis

you see a lot of bright young african-american males.s shocking when you see that high school graduation rate is low. >> these students are part of a targeted program which helps them prepare for graduation. >> when i came to this program, it really taught me a lot about college. lot of things they told me my parents told me. they didn't really go to college. >> this particular program is connected to abbott, which stands for academics individual determination. >> programs like this are an improvement with not on african-american males but students in general. just getting them thinking about college is where we need to start. >> it's more of us as brothers, so we do things outside of class. >> but back in class, the goal is to raise the graduation numbers even more across the county. >> the number's low. nationwide it's good but our expectations are a lot higher. i know we can do a lot more and do better i think under the leadership of dr. dans, we're able to keep the initiatives that are here. >> the 57% graduation rate for african-ame

opponents say reverend sharpton does not speak for the entire african-american community. >> i think many in the baptist faith and in the committee will say he is gone renegade with his belief on this issue. i do not think he killed a lot of clout. >> the pastor at internal polling indicates more voters oppose than support same-sex marriage. >> one man is dead tonight after am early morning standing around 2:00 a.m. in the 2700 block of west north avenue. police found a 34-year-old man on the ground and unresponsive. we are told the at tambrands to his upper body. he was taken to shop, but died later -- we are told he had stab wounds to his upper body. he was taken to shock trauma but died later. down anmen chasexd victim around 2:30 is today avenue. -- yesterday afternoon. police he taught -- police believe he tossed the weapon before running off. >> city police said the man on your screen is believed to of robbie 7-11 in the 5700 block of bel air road at gunpoint on tuesday. he was wearing a white tank top and blue jeans. also with glasses on. anyone who may be able to help locate

how much money does the african-american, latino community, the samoan community get out of the capital project? what is the unemployment rate of the same people that we're talking about? where do you spend your money? because you can't wait till a kid gets to school then all of a sudden he's going to do something and they come up with no money in their house, home. for the parents to help kid. and that's the city and the school district. take a look at how much money that went towards communities that we are talking about. it's cause and effect. if you don't put the money out there in those communities, look what happened out at the school, tearing down the willie brown academy. no blacks. and then you get out here and talk about everything else, but cannot talk about the real problem. the real problem is it's discriminatory and exploitation and lockout of those communities. the black community, the latino community and of course the -- everybody that's locked out. we need to deal with that. now, give me the statistics on that. i heard statistics on everything else. i haven't heard one

last year there were 105 african-american students at martin luther king. this year there's 92. so, again, the outmigration is evident that's there. >> how does the outmigration tie into this, the m-o-u? >> it really doesn't. it's just the fact that the school -- it will be less students to be working with. and with that in mind, we feel as though we should be able to have a lot more success because we have less students we're dealing with. >> is there a budget associated with this m-o-u? >> this budget is beings raised by the group itself. and i know they're working with wells fargo, bank of america. and at this point they have only had groups that have shown interest, but no money has been raised as of yet. >> so, what happens' the projected budget, which i'm sure -- what is your aspirational goal? >> i think it's around 100,000 or $120,000. >> is that for one academic school year? >> yes, one academic school year. and also in mind how to be expand totion other schools, particularly in the bayview, thurgood marshall, and as the funds come in. >> so, the purpose again of the m-

an african-american in the white house. >> an african-american named jesse barry.r a lot, she couldn't have imagined a 25ieral2 25-year-old would be working office. imagine working for a president named barack obama. >> ruby visited the white house, the norman rockwell painting of her integrating the school in louisiana and the president stood there with her and said, ruby, because of your courage at the age of 5 or 6 i'm here today. >> reporter: president obama is the product of our turbulent history. all that came before led to him, but it's become clear over the past four years that he needs to continue making history. the moment he becomes just another incumbent president, bogged down in the status quo, he will lose something vital since we first met him. his historic self. >> we don't have the power to make people. stories, and judge president obama, because every president gets judged in relation to this. >> secured him for his african-americana heritage, but the goal is to be an african-american who is also a great president. >> reporter: barack obama entere

african-americans are part of that inclusiveness.hey are part of the thinking voters that understand that america is moving forward. so our voters will recognize the hardships that we are trying to overcome. frankly, however, tleel liz that the equality and social opportunities are premiere to improving their economic opportunities. and i might just say that not only the spirit, but the sacrifice of dr. martin luther king is well embeddeded in african-american voters throughout the nation. we don't want to go back to our social and civil rights being denied for promises about our economic rights. we realize president obama is standing with us on economic rights, education, pell grants which will be cut by the romney administration, medicare which will be cut by the romney administration, unemployment insurance which is necessary for those trying to get a job will be cut by the romney administration. and investment in infrastructure which will be cut by the romney administration, african-american voters are not monolithic, they don't

i muskets and african-american males males on the board. luscious do it, were together make that happen. i'll work with you. i know director and pilot of the program. >> thank you. i appreciate all your hard work. if it wasn't for you of an accomplished the things i accomplished. >> thank you for which you're doing. just go for it, brother. [applause] >> congressman tried to commit thank you for your courage we will be forever indebted to you. my question goes to 1963 march on washington. it was written as you are asked to tone down the speech. as you reflect back to that time, would you do that over? >> yes. julian bond should respond to this. julian was the communication director for the student not violating court dating committee had he made advance copies available to different people and some people texted a speech and and didn't like it. but they thought it was a little too radical, maybe a little too militant for the day. do you read the words today, really it's just scary soft and meek really. but mr. randolph --a philip randolph a