litia eely. nob [inaudible] wloo ever the euros used her home for the peoples staging move: i also want to acknowledge a friend and a mentor and in my opinion a genuine american hero, steven bingm. i want to ecothe sentiment of earlier speakers, black history is a celebration of the achievements of african americans locally and across the country, but it also a cautionary tail about the unfulfilled promise of america. given the back drop of the dramatic exodus of working families and communities of color and african americans particular from san francisco there is much work to do in this city. this loss of more than 50 percent of the african american population in the city is of absolute alarm and what rur city will become. they can't afford to live in the city and that isn't the legacy we want to leave for our children and grand children thmpt mosake that is uniquely san franciscan is also evidence of the inescapable truth that each culture is highly dependent on the other for success. though it