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just days ago the american library association reported that this past fall found unprecedentedd 330 challenges to their books. in november, i was fortunate to speak at a librarian convention and i was shocked to learn that the act of providing equal access to books and resources has become more politicized and exhausting than ever. the act of banning books is not just happening in our classrooms but happening in our libraries across our nation and our discourse. i'm sure you don't remember a time in your childhood when your parents were god-like. 200 feet tall, all knowing, all encompassing. as long as they were around, you were safe. for me, that smoke screen faded early. when i landed at jfk airport at age 7, i saw my parents shrink down to mere mortal size. overnight they were reduced to fallible being just as confused and for me, library books and their characters never lost that holy quality. over the years i learned to fear all authority figures under the threat of discovery and the deportation i somehow never feared librarians for they were the host to my best friends, the on

the american library association this path found in unprecedented 330 challenges to their books. in november i was fortunate to speak at a library convention where i was shocked to learn the act of providing equal access to books and resources has become more politicized and exhausting than ever. the movement to ban books isn't just happening in our classrooms. it's happening in libraries across the nation and discourse. i am sure you remember a time in your childhood when your parents were godlike, 200 feet tall, all-knowing, all encompassing. as long as they were around, you are safe. for me that a smoke screen faded early. when i landed at jfk airport at age seven i saw my parents shrink down to mere mortal size. overnight they were reduced just as confused and afraid and lost as i was. they included charlotte and wilbur and remained my northstar's for friendship. at the times i feel singularly odd. i just need to think of the rats of nam. it was through the library that i learned for the first time about the work of thurgood marshall and ruth bader ginsburg and it was there s

recently the foundation awarded the san francisco public library $2 million to work with the american library associationeers in the industry learn how they can replicate the service model that we are doing here in san francisco. >> that's great. well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >> he is a real leader that listens and knows how to bring people together. brought this department together like never before. i am so excited to be swearing in the next chief of the san francisco fire department, ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome, jeanine nicholson. (applause). >> i grew up total tomboy, athlete. i loved a good crisis, a good challenge. i grew up across the street from the fire station. my dad used to take me there to vote. i never saw any female firefighters because there weren't any in the 1970s. i didn't know i could be a fire fighter. when i moved to san francisco in 1990, some things opened

recently the foundation awarded the san francisco public library $2 million to work with the american library associationrn how they can replicate the service model that we are doing here in san francisco. >> that's great. well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. i'm derek, i'm hyungry, and ready to eat. these vendors offer a variety of the streets near you. these mobile restaurants are serving up original, creative and unusual combinations. you can grab something simple like a grilled cheese sandwich or something unique like curry. we are here in the average eight -- upper haight. you will be competing in the quick buy food challenge. an appetizer and if you are the winner you will get the title of the quick bite "chompion." i am here with matt cohen, from off the grid. >> we assembled trucks and put them into a really unique urban settings. >> what inspired you to start off the grid? >> i was hel

socialing and cultural shift in postwar library american programming and design and reflection of principles of the modern public library by the american library association after world war ii. the park side library is an amissing and multifaceted hub of community life as the other libraries are throughout the city and provided our diverse families, seniors and community with multifaceted services for over 70 years. my daughter grew up there reading books from the imaginic tree house to harry pot and volunteer there in middle school. and she this friday evening we are having our annual out door movie night at the square next to the park side library. it is just the center of community life in the district. ip excited about initiating the historic landmark. it is part of the on going efforts by myself and my colleagues melgar and chan of lifting update importance cultural heritage and landmarks on the west side. i want to thank supervisor chan, melgar and peskin for cosponsoring and look forward to move thanksgiving forward i submit. >> thank you, supervisor mar. >> supervisor melgar. >> thank you, clothes today i'm introducing a motion to sit in closed se

recently the foundation awarded the san francisco public library $2 million to work with the american library association to shine a light on our best practices here in san francisco, and really help our peers in the industry learn how they can replicate the service model that we are doing here in san francisco. >> that's great. well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> so i grew up in cambridge, massachusetts and i was very fortunate to meet my future wife, now my wife while we were both attending graduate school at m.i.t., studying urban planning. so this is her hometown. so, we fell in love and moved to her city. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> i was introduced to this part of town while working on a campaign for gavin, who is running for mayor. i was one of the organizers out here and i met the people and i fell in love with them in the neighborhood. so it also was a place in the city that at the

recently the foundation awarded the san francisco public library $2 million to work with the american library associationctices here in san francisco, and really help our peers in the industry learn how they can replicate the service model that we are doing here in san francisco. >> that's great. well, thank you so much. i really appreciate you coming on the show, mr. lambert. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, chris. that's it for this episode, we will be back shortly. you are watching san francisco rising. thanks for watching. >>> when i shoot chinatown, i shoot the architecture that people not just events, i shoot what's going on in daily life and everything changes. murals, graffiti, store opening. store closing. the bakery. i shoot anything and everything in chinatown. i shoot daily life. i'm a crazy animal. i'm shooting for fun. that's what i love. >> i'm frank jane. i'm a community photographer for the last i think about 20 years. i joined the chinese historical society. it was a way i could practice my society and i can give the community memories. i've been practicing and get to kn

she could also try -- [inaudible] library association, the african-american part could help you with that and also with the national library -- [inaudible] in bethesda, maryland. the recycled is i like dr. anderson. i'm 71, and our house -- [inaudible] we had hundreds of books. [inaudible] my question to dr. anderson is, i was really taken aback by a comment that was made earlier -- i'm not angry with her. i was just wondering -- [inaudible] i wanted to run something across dr. anderson to see if i could get back -- [inaudible] hockley taught young people and let them know that this is not history, this is like, this is what we live. my parents and grandparents talk to us like this was -- [inaudible] this is not history. this is a continuum. thank you and it's really wonderful to see you. >> guest: thank you. so the question is how do we, you know, we are consistently are stunned by the lack of knowledge about tulsa, about, you know, so how many folks, until they saw watchmen they didn't even know that also happened. who know about, when i'm teaching the civil rights movement i start