. >> speaker: good afternoon, liz jackson simpson, ceo of success, and i'm here to advocate for mr. andre. andre has been part of the success in the family for nearly a decade now. and he has helped us to launch so many new initiatives for our reentry population. and largely, they have been in our training programs and our transitional programs that have lead to permanent employment. to afford folks that are making a living wage. that is a true festment him as he said been a credible messenger, and that's one of the new initiative in his launching with the district attorney attorney and with the juvenile department, if it was not noert expertise that there is no way that we would be able to get that program launched and off the ground. and this is part of a national movement that hails from the folks on the east coast in bringing these initiative to san francisco to see some systemic change going on. andre is the first one here every day and the last to leave and has helped to shepherd hundreds of people through training through, transitional employment and into lucrative jobs in th

. >> good morning, supervisors, supervisor i'm liz jackson simpson, ceo of success centers and i'm heremr. anthony. as you know, success has been around for over 40 years and provide education and development services largely to the the reentry population and to marginize community members. and mr. slaner, has been a supporter and i can say that he can throw a party and that's what we need to stimulate the economy. he has helped us with numerous fundraiser, we were established by superior judges and you know that judges can't fundraise. so one of the first tasks that i had to do was kick the judges out and rebuild the board. and learn how to throw really nice events and continue to support us to this day. with that said, we would like to advocate and support mr. slandgler for this position. >> thank you. come on up. >> good morning, board and fellow san francisco an i'm corey i'm a former executive of the castro lgbtq district, a drag performer and a night life bartender. as a well as trans and queer activist. i'm speaking on behalf of my colleague steven torres. i met steven on septemb