congratulations, aurora. [applause] >> barack, all i have to say is -- aurora, all i have to say is, omg. calling to the podium at this time, joan. good to see you, joan. >> i am the executive director of the native american aids project. it was founded by a group of gay american indians back in 1984 as the american indian aids institute. we have become the most comprehensive hiv/aids organization for native americans. besides providing care and prevention services for our community, we also strive to create a home for the most disenfranchised members of our community. those who are struggling with hiv, those who are struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. one of the things that we share with the honorees tonight is that we strive to create a sustainable and of the community. -- healthy community. i would like to present our fourth honorinee. marvin grew up in a rural community in arizona and has been living in san francisco for nine years. he is a member of the navajo nation and has dedicated his life to

congratulations, aurora. [applause] >> barack, all i have to say is -- aurora, all i have to say is, omg. calling to the podium at this time, joan. good to see you, joan. >> i am the executive director of the native american aids project. it was founded by a group of gayam

it is aurora that stepped up in this project. she put that together. there is also the outcome six years later, up to 70% of the services that people came in with, they did not come for emergency services. it came because there was a spiritual group that aurora was running. to this day, a lot of the folks who participated from this program still are connected. they were brought back into the community and into the ceremonial community. it was not addressed in just a medical follow-up. it was really bringing people together. and finally, having allowed people to have relations. one of the things that she had to come around, she spoke very briefly earlier. sometimes, the community can make you who you are. on the other hand, it also takes a special individual to step forward and say, a understand the importance of traditional knowledge, traditional people, the principles that are very central to a lot of our spiritual ways. she carries the medicine of the people. she can carry on the traditional [unintelligible] a number of things she continues to bring

>> sí. >> no se pierda aylín mújica dos los días en aurora, por ahora nos vamos y de esta

the issues that aurora had to deal with, the friendship house association of american indians, all the other programs that serve native people are huge. so are some of the challenges that we are faced with. we have the lowest life expectancy. 500% higher for tuberculosis. american indians have the highest rate of diabetes and other americans 195% higher. native americans have the highest rates of alcoholism. suicide is one of the highest health disparities that impact our community. access to treatment and care is the lowest for native americans in san francisco alone. they are clearly underserved populations, the city and county of public health. one of the key issues to really underscore is why we're here. we're healthy, but we're here. i think one of the other important things to point out, it is not all american and alaskan natives. we have a post-colonial stress disorder. we don't come to city funded programs and therefore we must not exist or we are very healthy. that is not the case when you look at all of the other statistics. in talking about all of these health disparities, o

aurora, come on out and then joined our dancers. nathan, come on out.honorees, joined our dancers. and good to see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah.

aurora, come on out and then joined our dancers. nathan, come on out.honorees, joined our dancers. and good to see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we will have larry harrison, will you lead our dancers out? robert leroy will be the last one to exit. and we do that because after our dancers leave, as they are making their way out, a veteran should be the last one to leave that arena. when you are ready. please stand if you are able as our dancers make their exit. i want to thank each and every one of these dances for coming out, helping us to honor our own. no. traditional dancers, string dancers, grass dancers, no. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well. our bets the war dancer. thank you. good singing, good

. >> eso dice jorgelina sÁnchez, aurora, la que trae el nuevo amanecer. >> hay vida. >> sÓlo pregÚntenlegrÍa, y mucha compaÑÍa. >> terminar el dÍa con amistad, con amor, con un abrazo. con una palabra bonita de un compaÑero. >> aquÍ no hay tiempo para la soledad, aunque a veces es difÍcil combatirla. >> una reciente encuesta de la asociaciÓn de personas retiradas, revelÓ que una de cada tres personas mayores de edad se sienten solas esta temporada. >> hay que ser optimista en la vida! maÑana van a estar mejor. pensar que va a ser un dÍa extraordinario. ♪ >> es una obra de vida que tiene un final feliz. y una nueva oportunidad para compartir el espÍritu de la navidad. >> felicidades a todos! >> en miami, florida, univisiÓn. >> muy bien por ellos. para terminar en una buena nota navideÑa, miembros de este club, celebaron el dÍa de navidad de su especial manera. esto es en la capital alemana. unas 30 focas, varios vestidos de santa claus y hasta uno como neptuno, se reunieron para cantar, tomar vino, y festejar la fecha. pero pronto saltaron las ropas. nos vemos a la noche. ojalÁ nos acompa

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aurora borealis over a cemetary, a bark, a howl. at the edge of history, and there was no time. shouts traced circles of breath, all futures. time was light and sound spilled out of it, flickered and fell under blue windows, faults gone and too much wind. we come round, make circles, blank as a clock, still velvet damage on the edge of history. >> and this belongs to a book on evolutionary letters. it is called grandpa. -- it is called "rant." the word palace was a greek city-state. you cannot write a single line without a cosmology a cosmogony laid out before all eyes. there is no part of yourself you can separate out saying, this is memory, this is sensation, this is the work i care abuot, this is how i make a living. it is whole, it is a whole, it always was whole. you do not make it so there is nothing to integrate, you are a presence, you are an appendage of the work, the work stems from hangs from the heaven you create every man, every woman carries a frimament inside and the stars in it are not the stars in the sky without imagination there is no memory without imaginatio

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for a man running for local office in aurora, illinois, a whole lot. issac wilson's name will appear on the ballot next year, but there were questions because of his unusual middle name-- "count de money". wilson says "count de money" really is his middle name. his birth certificate proves it; it's not a campaign stunt. and tom, if elected, wilson says he'd gladly serve on the finance committee and "count the money". >> tom: he's lucky his middle name isn't oscar otherwise his initials would be io double u. >> what were his parents thinking. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, december 16. i'm susie gharib. good night, everyone, and good night to you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. good night, everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org