. >>> good morning, my name is christine lim and i'm the director of [speaker not understood] san francisco performances. i'm here to urge your support of the grants for the arts. san francisco performances was founded in 1979 with a mission to bring great artists of the world to perform in san francisco and also from the very beginning to facilitate these artist connections to san franciscans outside of the concert hall, in the schools, in the community as educators and advocates for creativity, imagination, humanity and democracy all instilled by the arts. just a few examples. for over two decades at the san francisco community music center, san francisco performanceses has brought great artists like pianists andrei [speaker not understood] [speaker not understood] to perform and engage in conversations with audiences in the mission district. in san francisco public schools by the jazz pianist have worked with students in music and literature to inspire and explore ideas. these sessions were provided free of charge to our partners and to the beneficiaries because of the grants for the art