dr. alexander had a rare and deadly form of bacterial meningitis, which was infecting his brain.s, this healthy man was on death's door. by the time they got him to the hospital, he was in a coma. so your wife was being told that you might die? >> and that she would be raising our two boys without me. >> reporter: but as his body lay in that hospital bed with no recognizable brain activity, dr. alexander says he had already begun an astounding journey, a journey to a place he'd said didn't exist. did you believe in heaven? >> when i was younger, i thought a heaven and a loving god made sense. but through my academic neurosurgery career, i saw less and less that that could be the case. >> reporter: the journey began, he says, in a dark formless place without memory, language or time. but then -- >> i was rescued from that by this spinning melody of light that came closer and opened up and was a rip in the fabric of reality that just opened up around me. >> reporter: you describe this world as hyper-vivid. >> the colors were extremely vivid, with millions of butterflies, and these

dr. alexander says the situation is more dire than people may think. it's not just an african-american issue or even an oakland issue. it's an economic issue that impacts everyone in california. a state where minorities now make up the majority. >> when we fail black boys, latino boys, whomever it is, there's a cost attached to that. incarceration, social services, added police protection, insurance rates, the litany goes on and on and on. and it's a huge price tag. when you invest up front and you make those boys successful, you turn that, you invert that. >> good to see you, congratulations. >> thank you. >> congratulations, man, excellent. >> for chris chatman, success begins by acknowledging achievements every step of the way. this year, chatman's office co-sponsored an annual honor roll event celebrating african-american boys and girls from 8th to 12th grades who maintained a 3.0 grade point average. one of the skyline manhood development students, 15-year-old jayvon, performed a spoken word event. >> i'm 11 years old, in the sixth grade, and i ca

bankers have cocaine fueled meltdowns were on the banker who stabbed economy so what's behind this dr alexander michelle studied a group of bankers for more than a decade what she described was a factory on wall street that grinds people up and tosses them out during what i've found is that often approximately four years the picture changes performance declines not on technical skills the bankers are still superb as far as technical knowledge but chris have a two declines judgment declines ethical sensitivity could declines at about four because not surprisingly the body breaks down it's believed one percent of the general population is psychopathic so can we say wall street actually has a higher percentage dr michelle wasn't willing to go that far i would say for now there is no evidence to support that kind of claim fair enough but i also had to talk to some former wall street insiders people you may refer to as recovering psychopaths alexis goldstein spent seven years. on wall street she describes the culture it's a complete lack of empathy and it's really all about being instead of an islan

alexander. as the harvard educated neurosurgeon, dr. lexander was defined by science and logic, dismissing all claims of the afterlife but four years ago a rare bacterial meningitis left him in a coma on the brink of death. >> at 4:30 a.m. on monday november 10, 2008, i almost died. i woke up that morning with an extremely intense headache and two or three hours my brain started to shut down and that's when i lost consciousness completely and went into coma. i was gone from this world. i saw something that was nothing short of a miracle. i saw heaven. dr. oz: what he experienced not only spawned his book "proof of heaven," it also redirected his entire belief system. >> i was in a very lovely, bright valley with puffy pink white clouds and was traveling on a

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dr. sandra hernandez and tessa rivera, [speaker not understood], senior program officer for immigrant rights and integration, walter and alise fund, also known as the haase senior fund. pam david, the wallace alexander gabode foundation, stacey ma and thomas, concerned with immigrants and refugees represented today by felicia barto, deputy director. also present today are commissioner canali vice-chair of the san francisco immigrant rights commission, city librarian, luis herrera, [speaker not understood], and clementine of the african advocacy network. so, let me provide first of all just a little bit of background on the initiative. in 2008 while serving as city administrator, mayor ed lee created the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs, one of the first such offices in the nation. the intention was to better communicate with and engage our city residents while providing opportunities for meaningful participation and particularly for under served and vulnerable communities. in 2009 the city had the pleasure of collaborating with business community and philanthropic partners for the 2010 census count. we learned a lot about applying relevant street wise, street smart approaches to outr

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