[applause.] >> l. >> evening i am a betsy carmichael parent. want to share about my story so the board and everyone is fully aware and understands where we need culturally responsive programming. i am a second generation filipino pushed out by the public schools. my american education failed me as a youth as child of immigrants with no culturally related teachers and staff. it was my parents' dream. they wanted me to assimilate. to speak only english to be american. losing my native tongue took a toll on my mental health. i was hospitalized three times before the age of 17, twice for suicide and once for running away from home. my story is not unique nor is it new. there is a growing body of evidence documenting mental health and higher rates of suicide among the filipino add do less cents. that is why i chose bes see carmichael. i have spent a lifetime reclaiming myself. i am a doctorate student in educational leadership. i teach health at san francisco city. i want to share data. filipinos are the second largest asian group in the united stat

iitit has a credible program toe betsy carmichael community. there is a special language, culture and education. it is open to everyone. please support the program. we will not allow it to disappear. thank you very much. >> good evening thank you for ago allowing us to share our concerns in english. i started in 2005 as a volunteer. i found my second home. for 14 years i haven't seen families and crumindicate for our program if there is a threat to our coming now. our program tha that is how it s cultural rehaven't to collectively thousands of students and hundreds of families in 18 years. we are all here because we leave in our program. we have seen the act to our community. because of our program ournewal immigrants from the philippines ar.our english language learners are getting the support they need. they are learning the filipino angwage and culture while develops the emotional schools and learning about their identities as filipino and fil l opinion notice african-american the. there are a -- there are a lot of homeless, exposed to viole

they also worked with the teachers, students and staff at betsy carmichael. they >> along with a number of seniors and the stakeholders that we would expect to see, we saw a couple dozen teenagers and young adults, which honestly we at the city don't do a great job of getting out to public engagement events, but somcan really did their work here. and you see a group of kids who really had thoughtful responses to what could go on in their neighborhoods to enhance and preserve their character. went to bessie carmichael to promote the neighborhood and walking safe school buses. here you see tenderloin safe passage and families who have banded together to really try to create safety in numbers. one person's crossing the street. they're much easier not to see. five people, and somebody with a fluorescent yellow vest, they're much harder to miss. part of somcan's work was to develop recommendations for the family and special use district. so from here, i'll show you some photos and bullets of those recommendations. the first ones was public art, which they're alrea