we stood there for about three minutes and gwenn left me. so it was just me and folks from me and the omi community having a conversation. we talked for 45 minutes. they said for so long people have come into this community and do things and you need to be about it. and today, we're about it. cheer cheer. [cheers and applause] so i think as two organizations we're collaborate together just to provide some of the work readiness training we're doing in district 10 and really just want to allow gwenn and her team the resources that they need to ensure that we don't just come into the community and provide economic sustainability. we're about economic mobility. and that's one of the things we'll focus here at the hub. so i want to thank everybody who was involved. of course, our phenomenal mayor, mayor breed, supervisor safaye, supervisor walton, who has quietly been behind the scenes but he's never quiet. pretty sure you know that. our director joaquin torez and gwenn, all of my team at young community developers. when you look in this room, th

my name is gwenn carr. i am the mother of eric garner.ive years ago my beloved son eric was murdered by people who were supposed to serve and protect. on july 17th, the nypd police officers approached my son, one of them put him in an illegal chokehold. eric cried out 11 times, i can't breathe, 11 times he said i can't breathe. but those officers who were on the scene that day, they didn't seem to care. eric died that day. there was a video that captured the incident, including the choke hold and my son's cry saying that he couldn't breathe. this went viral around the world. so my thought today how come no one was held accountable? no one was held and charged for my son's death. not only the officer that murdered my son, but all the officers who were on the scene need to stand accountable for his death that day. i will never forget that day in july. i got up that morning and i spoke to eric, i spoke to him about ten minutes and afterwards we said our goodbyes, he said, i love you mom, i said i love you too, eric. never knowing that would