and he said his name was and geronimo. and from there, a friendship really started and grew. i am so proud to be able to call that guest my close personal friend. we're all of the drummers. we talked about that. the last day, second to last day, i was sitting down with him having my lunch, and he tell me how he has been trying so hard to get a job and he had no luck, because he suffers from mental illness. he told me that even though he is unemployed and has to rely on welfare, he still volunteers every day. he finds ways to give back to the community, and that was so inspiring. here was a man who some might say hit rock bottom, but he had so much in dignity and so much love for his fellow human beings that he would go, even in a situation, and go and work for the betterment of mankind. it was that point that i said there are no excuses. i in my presence here is a challenge to all young adults, teenagers. you're never too busy. you're never too busy for social justice. you are never too busy to address poverty and to fight it. so i challenge my fellow students. please, even i

>> i started as a lawyer working on the case but geronimo pratt, a black panther case. that ended up after 27 years to be proven. and we have learned that law enforcement' officers had good evidence or statutory evidence, let people commit perjury, said in the room and -- sat in the room to destroy evidence to convict someone who was innocent. and that is how i started my career as a lawyer. when i started that case, i began thinking this was a big conspiracy to frame this man. what i learned is -- and i discussed this with geronimo -- we are experiencing men and women who thought the end justified the means. they thought they had a bad man and it was ok to do anything necessary to convict him. as i look back on my career, present and future, i think we see that that is the concept that runs through police misconduct. i am sure there are officers who were just bad, let's say. i think officers see what they consider bad people, and they feel like they have to do what ever it takes to convict them. and i have seen it when i was a young lawyer, when we had narcotics teams,

and geronimo and i look forward to the new dining room with open minds and open -- open minds and open hearts. thank you. [applause] >> i like that no excuses motto. that is a good one. thank you. over the years, and i think i have heard it today, many people, when they come here, they referred to it as sacred space or holy ground. people from different backgrounds come together, and like kathy and kevin a share, they share a meal. together, we find our common humanity. that is what really binds us together and transforms us for the better. and i think that there is no greater model for that kind of service, that dedication and devotion to bringing that, and humanity to the fore than our franciscan friars who are responsible for funding at st. anthony foundation. they have given san francisco and st. anthony's dining room a place where all are welcome just as they are. as we mark this special day for st. anthony's, i now invite father john harden, now the provincial for the order and the president of our board of trustees. father john. [applause] >> ok, linda, you can start your clock

the author of the book "seal target geronimo," chuck pfarrer . [applause] everyone thinks it is so tough. it is interesting, it is dangerous. what do you have to be as a person to be a navy seal? >> i think the candidates are a little bit crazy. i did not think that would be enough. i think everyone who is in the military can tell you it is a team sport. if you want to be a member, you have to be a team player. that is what it takes. >> this book goes through the history of bin laden. it goes through america's commitment. the navy seal program began in the early 1960's? >> we will created by president kennedy in 1962. the same time he created the green beret. the green beret -- we were facing possible soviet intervention in europe. the green beret was designed as a lead behind force. if you are going to train people, you have to have mastered your own subject matter. they were professional, special operators. president kennedy created the seal team from underwater demolition teams who had served in the pacific. also, normandy, pre-invasion. the s

did you ever hear of geronimo? everybody heard of him. yes here of custer? yes. here of mackenzie the actual greatest fighter? never heard of that. >> john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? and no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people not only to an editor who gives me many which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. the answer to why they tended to we bottled up and prisoners of their region. 700 copies go to schools and libraries and the distribution so i saw my opportunity. i took it. the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it is it is the best kind of a school you can get from the most beloved history professor to use a vehicle the comanche tribe which is very cool in itself but to teach you how the west was one. it was not one by the white people until it was lost by the comanches. they constituted an incredible physical barrier to everything that happened in th