so, our cultural center, the asian pacific islander cultural center, started in about 1998.nd along with that, we started to produce this united states of asian america festival. our organization kind of was comprised of five leading asian american arts groups in san francisco, so we bound together to put on this festival every year. and it's a multidisciplinary arts festival, it has anything between visual art, dance performances, theatrical performances. even now, we have culinary events as well. so, it spans pretty much any discipline. and so, over the years, it was a curated festival, but then in the last i'd say about like five or so years, it's been an open call festival. so, we take proposals from artists who want to put on these events that we will include it into the festival from may through june. robert: that's right. and what about that theme, collective memories? melanie: collective memories. so yes, every year i get together with my staff and we talk about, "so, what's been going on in the asian-american and pacific islander communities? what's affecting us tod

for example, though asian pacific islanders are 43% of all seniors, there are almost half of those in poverty. again it's really important that we keep track of these trends so when the department is developing its procurements and entering into contracts for services, we make sure that we are partnering with agencies that can really help us reach the populations most in need. >> president serina: rose, excuse me. it might be helpful if you told us what the definition of poverty was. >> sure. so this is based on the federal poverty flesh hold, which is annual income of about $12,000 a year for a single individual. so this is really those who are at the lowest lowest income level. >> president serina: thank you. destitute. >> yes. that is often the word that we actually use. thank you. the other -- one of the other major sections in the area plan update report is the service unit plan objectives, which is basically where we say the service levels we expect for next year. what we've put on the slide is how the units for next year compare to what we put forward last year. and what you se

the asian-pacific islander is monthly. interfaith is quarterly. jewish, quarterly. lgbt monthly.small business, monthly. women's, quarterly. public housing quarterly. public housing we're just starting it. and we're in progress on hispanic, latino, muslim, and youth. >> great. the time, the place, and the date would be great, as you know that. >> thank you. >> an i had a question, too, on overtime. i'm curious to know, what is it that pumped it up above the budget? >> a reinvested a lot of money in some of our crime prevention efforts, and although some of it was planned, some of it was unplanned. we had a spike in robbery, for instance, and we need to put presence in an area. a good example was visitation valley when we had -- what we believe were robberies involving chinese community members. we had to put deployment out there and fixed posts and that type of thing. it is a very expensive way to police, particularly when it's not planned. what we try to do is work our budget so we have room to do that and right at the break even point, and we have these type of incidents like i

followed by asian pacific islanders, white and latino. >> supervisor fewer: i want to mention that for long time, we used to classify asians and pacific islanders in same category. actually. if we want to actually reduce racism in our civil services in the city government, i think those two categories should be celebrated. they are completely different. the challenges that the community face are different. if you want to drill down into how we can eliminate or alleviate some of the issues iss that are pacific islanders having around employment, we need to sepate

followed by asian pacific islanders, white and latino. >> supervisor fewer: i want to mention that for long time, we used to classify asians and pacific islanders in same category. actually. if we want to actually reduce racism in our civil services in the city government, i think those two categories should be celebrated. they are completely different. the challenges that the community face are different. if you want to drill down into how we can eliminate or alleviate some of the issues iss that are pacific islanders having around employment, we need to separate these categories. i don't know what it would take to do that. if you want to get a clearer picture and drill down, if we want to look at this population specifically, separate than the asian population, chinese, japanese, korean for example, i think that we also should follow suit what the school district has done and made this a separate category. it's just my recommendation. thank you. i can't help but notice that these 9910 and 9916 jobs are amongst lowest paid workers actually in the civil service system. they are held pr

. >>> asian-pacific islander month will be kicking off next month. >> kit is down the hall live with us. >> reporter: coming live, we are celebrating asian-pacific heritage history month, and we have been doing this for about 15 years. this is a chance for community members to come in and celebrate all things asian and tell us what is vague and important happening in their lives and mix and mingle with the management and staff of reporters and anchors. and, we exchange ideas and also celebrate what it means to be asian. and, we do that through food. our attendees come hungry with high expectations and asian culture. it is one of the biggest senses to run out of food wehave learned the hard way not to do that. also, we had the music society playing some of their music. and, we have some local artist here as well. so, here we are very passionate about telling stories within minority communities, black, latino, lgbtq, and if you have any kind of story happening in your life that you want to share, would love to hear about it and we love telling ghost stories and we are passionate about t

democrats asian pacific islander caucus. thanks for being here. it's my 45th birthday today. today. and my question is, how can we encourage more asian americans and pacific islanders to get involved in public affairs and to seek leadership roles in government and politics, and thanks for running. >> oh, thank you. it's a massive challenge because right now asian americans vote, donate and run for office at lower levels than other parts of the population. and certainly growing up as a skinny asian kid, my parents were like, oh, you're going to run for president some day. it was doctor, lawyer and then the list stopped, more or less. so we have to do more to show asian americans that we need to step up. we need to give back to this country that's done so much for us. i'm optimistic that my run for the presidency will help make that case to people around the country. >> thank you. >> you mentioned your parents never imagined you running for president. i understand when you told your mother you were going to run for president, her reaction was -- that's nice. >> it was like, that

asian pacific american film festival, started by professor louis kalahar* ten years ago. and i think every year, we broaden kind of the understanding of what are asian-american and pacific islanderves, right? and so, we like to bring that to people through the medium of film, but then also incorporating live performances, so we're excited to have aileen perform some of her poetry this year. robert: have you incorporated this kind of thing before? malathi: we have. last year, we had jason magabo perez, a well-known filipino-american poet. so, yeah, every year it's a different theme, but yeah. robert: you want to be kind of multidimensional. malathi: yes, absolutely. robert: yeah. are you kind of excited about being a part of that? aileen: yes, we're actually presenting a poem that's a collaboration with four other people. it's in spanish, japanese, and english as a way of introducing this documentary, "the ballad of shin miyata," who is tokyo-based and who brings chicano music from la to japan. robert: yeah, i've heard of that. actually, i think we've talked about this before on our show. that does add quite a dimension, huh, to the presentation. malathi: it does, definitely. and

the breakdown is asian pacific islander 36% and african american 28%, hispanic, 17%, other is 3% and white is 16%. you can see the bayview is a very diverse community. it's changed a lot over the years and i'm unfortunate enough to work with two outstanding supervisors. supervisor walton is the district 10 supervisor. he handles approximately 90% of the district. we work together quite a bit and attend meetings together and meet to discuss strategies to improve the district, to solve problems and then supervisor hilary ronen is the district 9 san francisco and her portion is bayview and we work with the monolingual community and in terms of dealing with community issues. my staffing is broken down to myself as the captain and three officers and two civilians on my captain staff. there are two lieutenants on day watch, four sergeants, 57 officers and two police service aids. on night watch there's two lieutenants, nine sergeant and 76 officers and two police service aide. then we have the station investigation team which consists of a lieutenant, five sergeants and two officers. under

need the services, maybe don't know, maybe have some feelings about that and that could be asian pacific islander, filipino, latin american, as well. so we just started this with the office to talk about different geographic areas to get the message out. >> okay. and i know we're bringing on a new samoan coordinator to get the message out. i would love for them to connect with your department so they could help with this effort. >> i would love that. >> that's it. thank you. >> thank you for the presentation. can you bring up slide six, the question -- i had a couple questions around this slide. so this is showing students that have had two years of pre-k and the readiness. all students compared to students, right, that have had that two years. would you expect those numbers would be higher, so the numbers are 65 and 69, so a 4% difference? >> well, this is our more robust data, so i'm -- it's our first time sort of taking a little with the more intensive ones? whereas before, it was just the literacy overlay? so i would like it to be higher. it could be higher, but i think it's demonstrated -- w

for example, there are many clubs such as the g.s.a., the bsu, ace, and the the asian pacific islander student union. at gateway, there is a place where everyone. the teachers at gateway are all amazing. every teacher i have encountered is friendly and supportive, and the space they create a safe and welcoming. something i find extremely important is how every teacher accommodates every student. they listen to our feedback, they're flexible about adjusting to our needs, and they make me feel like my values are acknowledged. i also love the education at gateway. the subjects we learn are important to me, for example, we learn in depth about internalized and interpersonal and institutional racism. and seminar class where we learn about our personal health and well-being, we are taught self advocacy and growth mindsets. i feel fortunate to get a good education here. gateway provides many opportunities and resources to help ensure that we are all productive and prepared. for example, gateway offers many jobs and internships. gateway works hard to prepare us for college and support us all t

health on the report of african americans in san francisco, and the report revealed that asian pacific islander, caucasion, and latinos live an average of ten years longer than african americans in san francisco. exercise increases the amount to live longer independently, fights depression, and alzheimer's disease. it will enhance physical and cogniti cognitive health. the community center will also have activities going on on saturdays, so there'll be an increase of 50 units of service this year and 190 next year. some funding this year are going to be spent on buying some new tables and chairs for the center. the chairs -- i've been there several times. the chairs are really old, and when you exercise, it's good to have something to be able to lean on or stand -- or lean against. some exercises will be chair exercises. the table's the same situation. you need something to balance on and help to get up. the chairs are going to have wheels on them so they can be easily moved. they're also going to have locks so they don't go roaming freely. so some funding -- i'm sorry. let me go back to where

london to make sure if you're a female cadet, if you're an african-american cadet, hispanic, asian-pacific islander, you have the same opportunities to excel. the environment is embracing all. i think you committed that there would be some kind of town hall or public events that would give you or others in the coast guard an opportunity to voice some of the positions that you just had taken. mr. schultz: we're working with the local chapters of the naacp. we have much -- we have expanded the local relationship here, inviting them into meetings. i sent the vice commandant up there a couple weeks ago to meet with the faculty senate individually. he met with a wide cross-section of the faculty. i was up there for the cadet annual leadership address. we're taking these issues head-on. the difficult conversations are the absolute necessary conversations we have and we will not shy away from those. , younoticed your testimony said in your words the coast guard is appropriately positioned in the department of homeland security. discussion, ime do not know if it has been raised here, about the positioning

with this forum, we women of color, black, indigenous, asian american, pacific islander, inex anti-muslim, today we are kicking off the presidential season -- -- muslim, today we are kicking off the presidential season would advance a national conversation to help voters distinguish which candidates stand with and for women of color in our communities. [applause] does thatate that best and most consistently will win the nomination and the white house in 2020. [applause] "she the people" is about a politics we have not yet seen. we want a people were people can live with dignity. we insist that whoever receives our votes will govern with our deepest values and full humanity in view. remember, we are a powerful voting bloc, one of five voters in primaries are women of color, and we are 25% of the voters in key, swing states, texas, south carolina, georgia, florida, but in case people think electability starts in the south, let's remind the country we are also the strongest democratic party voters in virginia, pennsylvania, ohio, michigan and california. [applause] the stakes could not be hi

london to make sure if you're a female cadet, if you're an african-american cadet, hispanic, asian-pacific islander, you have the same opportunities to compel. the environment is -- excel. the environment is embracing all. that is the enterprise coast guard headquarters commitment, my personal commitment, the superintendent's commitment and i look forward to changing the narrative around that. i would like the academy to be most inclusive -- it is a tremendous institution. we've got to make sure we're working inside the fence line and we have to work on the narrative and the national perception outside the fence line. but we're 40% female and the cadet corps. that is fantastic. if you go up there, cadets, female cadets are in leadership, the regmental commander is currently a female cadet. doing great things, leading the corps. so you have my full commitment to this situation. mr. blumenthal: thank you. and i think you suggested and committed that there would be some kind of town halls or public events that would give you or others in the coast guard an opportunity to voice some of the positions th

francisco was active as a member of the california commission on asian and pacific islanders americanaffairs. advising the governor and legislature on issues affecting the islander communities. a member of the california world trade commission, a member of the california transportation as advisory board and a board member of the california acupuncture board regulating the practice of acupuncture and asian medicine in the state. as if that wasn't enough, he was president of the u.s., china and preservation confucius foundation to promote relationships between the united states and the pacific rim. francisco was instrumental in shaping the political careers of many local leaders, including then president to the board of supervisors angela alio and over the years, francisco became well-known as a prolific fundraiser and a community relation's consultant on a local, state and national level working with congressman mike honda, former california greg davis, formal state senator john burton and former san francisco mayor willie brown, jr., among many others. he was a mainstream for many pol

this is from a facebook photoee which described the event as a asian-american pacific islander gala to's inauguration. also a registered political committee which is called the national committee of asian-american republicans. guess who's the head fund-raiser of the national committee for asian republican americans? it's the massage parlor lady. of course it is. to attend this inaugural gala co-hosted by the trump committee you had to pay this ticket to get in, which apparently hundreds of people did. but there were also named sponsors of the event according to someone who worked on fund-raiser for the event those named sponsors for this gala paid anywhere between $5,000 and $15,000 to be listed as a major sponsor of that event. all of the checks of the people who attend that evmt, all the checks from the big dollar sponsors, they were all made out to that asian-american political commity to the national committee of asian-american republicans. that's who everybody made their check out to. everybody who bought a ticket, all of the sponsors. and then all of the money promptly disappeare

wonderful differences, our difference of race, whether we're black or white, indigenous, asian-pacific islanders, biracial. triracial. whether we choose not to define a race. our multiple faith traditions that we have. our wonderful ethnicities and genter identities are not meant to pull us apart. but instead to pique our curiosity so we know how to lean into each other and grow together as community. our differences are a blessing, not a curse. [ cheers and applause ] in this vision, the one that we are starding for today. we are measured by our commitment to a shared humanity and to a shared world. not the measure of our bank accounts or our ability to impress others. as we listen to the candidates, we should not just -- we should listen not just for the one issue. or for the one people. but for all the issues. and all the people. that are represented in this room. in the intersection of all of our demands that have been lifted out. women's rights, workers rights, racial justice. reproductive justice. we're coming in this place to be able to lift up the ability to have control and destiny over

self-help, we'll be doing outreach within their community in particular because it is the asian and pacific island community, they have a pretty brought reach, and they also have programs that can feed into it internally. >> it's not a problem of not filling -- >> no. i anticipate it's going to be very successful. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you. >> i know self-help has their own inhome support staff service. is this training also open to the citywide besides their own staff? >> oh, absolutely. they'll be doing outreach to the wider community, not just their own staff. >> okay. another question i have is, like, the fringe benefit for part-time is 27%. isn't that a little bit high? i don't know -- i've been out of the workforce for such a long time. what does the 27% include? i know that when i was working, you have to pay health benefit for people that work 20 hours and up per week, but some of them are at, like, 10%, so are they still paying the housing insurance or what? >> yeah. i mean, the way the staffing is -- i mean, some of these, they're being shared across programs, so for example, you

it was described as the asian-american pacific islander inaugural ball to celebrate trump's inaugurationt was hosted by a trump campaign advisory board, the advisory committee to the trump campaign, also a registered political committee which is called the national committee of asian-american republicans. guess who is the fund-raiser. it's the massage parlor lady. of course it is. to attend this inaugural gala, co-hosted by this trump advisory committee, you had to pay a bunch of money for the ticket, which hundreds of people did. but there were also named sponsors. according to someone who worked there, who was interviewed by "the palm beach post." the main sponsors paid between $5,000 and $15,000 to be listed as a major sponsor. that person who worked directly on it said all the checks from people who attended, all the checks from all the big dollar sponsors, they were all made out to that asian-american political committee. to the massage parlor lady's committee. that is who everybody made their check out to, everybody who bought a ticket. all the sponsors. and then all of the money p