dr. emilie [speaker not understood] and the whole commission and the staff for bringing this to us every year. as i struggled with a number of other district 1 richmond district leader and my staff to come up with an honoree, i'll just say i thought about the history of international women's day, march 8 every year, that's coming up on saturday, and the month that's culling that we will be celebrating this whole month, i tried to think of somebody that represented the history of the 105 years celebrating the struggle of women garment workers in new york city in honoring them, but also organizing as a key vehicle for social change. our honoree kind of represents that. as a father, i thought about my struggle on understanding my daughters inequality as a woman and as a girl and a female in society. i think my honoree or our honoree really represents helping men and boys understand power and how to disrupt patterns of inequality and sexism. and she represents the best of teaching and engaging people for that. i also thought of all the women's organizations and caucuses that emerged from [sp

. >> i am dr. emily gerber and i am the assistant director of the child system of care and i am here today in support of the receipt of this grant, which is a collaboration between the san francisco health network and our juvenile probation department. and this is actually the third second chance act grant that san francisco has received from the department of justice, for juvenile reentry, which i think is a big vote of confidence and work that has already been done, the purpose of this grant is to add intensive family treatment to the juvenile collaborative reentry service and what happens is that we have 100 to 120 youth that go out of homes each year and they receive treatment in services while their families here may receive the case management but they are not receiving intensive treatment and so the purpose of this grant is to fill that gap so that the families will receive the supports that they need while their youth are away that they can also increase the amount of contact between the youth an

the students with the success as long with the board of education fewer, and our vice president, dr. emily murase and commissioners. breed and cohen will also be commenteding the students, and rob engineers will mc the celebration that is for the black school educators and a volunteer, organization of sfusd educators and this event will take place tomorrow, wednesday, february 26th from 6:00 to 8:00 talon miller at saint mary's cathedral, and the public is invited to celebrate our academically high achieving african american students. and also to promote the art and craft of the original book making in the classrooms, students in the grades, kthrough 12 were invited to design and create their own books for the second book making competition on the west coast, the winners were selected among 50 book entries and will be celebrated at a reception that is supported by the museum. and the san francisco public library, this will be happening on sunday, march second from three to five at the contemporary jewish museum at 736 mission street and congratulations to the students and the families as w

dr. emilie morasi and many staff on the department of the status of women. we are here to celebrate rims history month and to recognize women in our community who are working to improve the lives of all san franciscans. this year the national theme for national women's history month is celebrating women of character, courage, and commitment. with this annual event, we take a moment to recognize the rich and varied contributions of women to the history and culture of san francisco. and i just want to say we really do stand on the shoulders, the women here, of so many amazing women and we in san francisco should be especially proud that when women -- women and men, when people think of women leaders in america, i believe that they think immediately of our women, our leader nancy pelosi, senator and former mayor dianne feinstein, congresswoman jackie spear, our sister from across the bays, senator barbara boxer and congresswoman barbara lee. and so many others who every day show courage, commitment, and character. i'm honored today to be part of such an importa

dr. emilie ross from the department on the status of women to make some closing remarks. >> thank you very much, president chiu. many thanks to the supervisors and to the hon he res for that amazing presentation. ~ i was especially pleased this year you recognized sandy, long-time mentor of mine who introduced me to the status on the commission of women and to [speaker not understood] who taught me everything i know about being a department head. i want to recognize my staff, associate director carol sako who really worked very hard with your legislative aids to make today happen. she was here earlier, but i really want to recognize her. before closing, i wanted to share with you some very exciting news. as you know, in 1998 san francisco became the first city in the world to enact a local ordinance reflecting the principles of the u.n. convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, an international bill of rights for women. that the u.s. has not yet ratified and is the only industrialized country not to do so. so, this landmark ordinance was made possible by a

emily suszman. thank you for being here. dr. lil llis, i wanted to start with you. you know dr. murphy personally.have been twisting arms on capitol hill to find out what is going on here. did i get the story basically right? what is the latest going on on the hill? >> the latest going on on the hill in the wake of the vote for the department of justice nominee, there's not a broad appetite to take another difficult vote. those of us in the health community don't believe this should be a difficult vote. the american college of physicians, the american college of surgeons. the american college of emergency physicians have all public si said same and similar things that we did of doctors for america during those letter-writing campaigns. if you have been in the emergency room and you have seen a victim of a gunshot wound, if you have been in the intensive care unit and seen someone cling to life, you understand that gun violence is a serious problem. with that being said, and his senate health committee hearing, dr. murthy was clear. he wants to tackle the chunk of chronic diseases. the 75% of healt

emily etheridge. caller: this is mike winters. have readknow if you the dr.ss took that they are constantly referring to. itlikes green eggs and ham, a.k.a. affordable health care. thank you. tost: the color is referring senator cruz reading green eggs and ham. it was getting late into the night, we were all a little punchy at that port. i think the collar is making the point that eventually he will come around to the health act. going out to florida. ron on the line for independents. caller: good morning. my question is, this affordable -- health care act seems to require all , to the sign-up. host: we will try to come back to you. going out to greenville, north carolina. caller: can you hear me? my question is i heard you 18-year-oldt staying on the insurance and parent -- on their parents insurance. what happened to 18-year-olds . go onlyot have jobs making $9,500 and do not reach theld -- cannot make $11,000 limit to qualify. what happens to those people? a good question. there are people, especially in states who did not decide to -- to expandte medicaid