finally, i'd like to thank and acknowledge my family who joined me here today, my husband dunn aston alison hope and my sister in the struggle for social justice [speaker not understood]. thank you. (applause) (applause) >> our next award will be presented by supervisor carmen chu. >> thank you very much, supervisor cohen. i want to invite up my honoree al williams. (applause) >> al williams is a resident of district 4 and has been for a very long time. he's done a number of different things i'll list some of these things out, some things you may recognize. he's the president of the african historical and cultural society and has been for the last 10 years. he also serves on the board of mission council on alcohol abuse. there are many city projects which you may not know, but al is also been involved w. the san francisco cruise terminal, one that had an exciting announcement today. the san francisco general hospital, a hospital that we all care about. mission bay project. he's also worked with the p.u.c., dpw on a number of different projects across the city. and so on today i wanted to ho