i cited james baldwin who says that "and they would not believe me, precisely because they knew whatas saying was true." is -- to, i think it me, the reason -- i wonder sometimes, in this age of so much whatsapp and video and netflix and movies and living in a country with so many people either semi literate or aliterate, why is it that certain kind of writing like say my essays and even my books now, they are translated -- nermeen: your novels. ,> translated into 51 languages many indian languages. when i go to speak and places anywhere in india, literally thousands show up. why? not because i am some superstar, but because everybody is looking to understand what is happening at this moment when really the era we think we know and understand is coming to an end. this is the simplest w way of saying a complicated thing, you know? literature is. radicalhat the understanding now pass to come --m not thinking of climate oh, i'm a specialist in climate change,, specialist in rebel rallies, i'm a specialist on kashmir, you know, this kind of compartmentalizing is actually thating the real

to have that reflected in the next report so numbers are good but stories or i have a quote by james baldwin somewhere or maybe quotes from providers or patients or the staff or something would help bring to life what otherwise be too objective in terms of numbers. the other is or maybe and i don't know whether this goes on online or not, but some vignettes or something that tells a story in that way. and then just in terms of presentation, i think particularly where there are bar charts where there's lots of bars, there's new ways of presenting data that is not column or pie chart that might make the numbers easier to read. again, those are nitpicking but if want to use it as a way to promote the kinds of accomplishments the department has made and to showcase that i think it might be helpful to consider some others. it's just well done, otherwise. >> commissioner green. >> i'm so impressed by this and so well done. we hear about the segments of the work in the meetings. when you see it in a report in its entirety besides being an excellent primer document and you look at the moving parts a

the first is by james baldwin. and it reads: "no from wence you came, if you no wence you came, there is absolutely no limitations to where you can go." i, like supervisor walton, grew up in public housing. at certain points in my life, i never would have been seen in a suit like this. i thank god for the opportunity to do this work. i think the residents of alice griffith have supported me, and i thank labelle shawl, i thank father shatelli, i thank adrian vandecor and our newest members. they have shared their families' stories and allowed me to come into their home, and i pray i did a little bit to push the work forward while i was here. i am going to take on a new role, but the work that we do is so much bigger than just these suits and these awards. we will continue to work in other places to continue to support the affordable housing residents. one of the things i'm most proud of is the work i did with supervisor walton, and with the support of my great organization, urban strategies. we were able to almost 1

he once said if rap was harlem, you would be james baldwin. author now. >> i'm not authoring at that level, i'll tell you that. i am very grateful and inspired that this book is out and i was able to tell a lot of my truth, write a lot about my journey to love better and love in a greater way for myself, for my loved ones around me, for strangers, for the world. and it is something that in my life, i want to, from my experiences, be able to tell my experiences so kit help others. >> one of the experiences, you explain you had something that happened to you that you think you've repressed and then it came back to you. tell us about that. >> yeah. at one part of the book i talk about being molested as a kid. i was around the age of 9. it was almost like one of those memories, i don't know exactly every, you know, pinpoint every detail of, but i do remember what that. it was something that i didn't actually even think about or talk about or, i had tucked it away in my memories for such a long time. until i was doing a film called the tail. it was

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