my name is gregory taku. i am 78 years old. i came from armenia. i became a citizen in april of this year. i am very proud of this. (applause) >> to prepare for citizenship takes, of course, a lot of work. you really need to relax through that process because it is, of course, very stressful. and i'll say who helped me most through this process was jewish family and children services. for a few months before my citizenship interview, i took classes with jewish family and children services through the instructor, which is me. [laughter] >> i'm very grateful. thank you, everybody. (applause) >> i'm very proud to be here and i'm happy to have left armenia so that i can take advantage of being an american citizen. (applause) >> something magical happens here in san francisco under mayor lee's leadership. before he begins the question and answer session, we have a few thank yous that we would like to make to our community and philanthropic partners for helping to make this initiative and this lunch possible. we'd also like to recognize tessa rivero call