[applause] >> chairwoman: next, i wanted to call up hadagu, and i so sorry if i'm messing up your namean you pronounce it? >> hadagoo. thank you for having me. i am raised in san francisco. i went to school locally, and i've been on the commission for several years now, and the reason that i think that this commission is important, and that being in this commission is very important, is that at a time like today, when there is so much hopelessness, this commission gives the community hope. and the most important thing that i've seen this commission do is allow space for im grapt immigrants to feel like they're welcome. our duty as americans, and specifically sa san franciscans, and as a san franciscan who has been welcomed here as a refugee from sudan in 1986, i think it is very important to have a space when the whole country seems like it is saying, you are not welcome. we want people to know that we, immigrants, are welcome. this is our home. this is where we belong. this commission has sessions where community members can come here and say, we are a member of this community. most r