items not on today's agenda but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. agenda item no. 13, correspondence agenda item no. 14, councilmember comments and announcements. item 15, adjourn. >> thank you. today as we continue the discussion with people on disabilities and employment to focus on bettering employment on disabilities it's important how to keep in mind how the two are connected. veterans returning from vietnam war had acquired disabilities. the anti-kwar movement gave rise to the disability rights movement in the 70s and veterans disabilities often crossed the threshold between the two communities and veterans got lost. soldiers returning from the recent conflicts, many of them with visible disabilities remind us that the connection is there and veterans with disabilities are still members of the disability community and part of the struggle for equal rights and community integration. on a personal note i'm very happy that one of our councilmembers was able to organize the event for today because this is a special time to be able to connect the t

when i attended one of my first mdc meetings and i thought, gosh, that guy works hard. i look forward to seeing you around, although i'm a little bitter that you leave the party planning to me and that's big shoes to feel and i have no expectation that i'm going to do half a job as you did but i continue to working with you. >> my just closing statement i this is to echo what joannea was saying is thank you, paul for being a mentor as well and not just colleagues but a friend and there is a lot of love there and you deserve our appreciation. [ applause ] >> i will be back for the other party. [ laughter ] >> thank you. moving on to -- before we get to information item no. 7, we believe we have instruction from councilmember lara? >> good afternoon, in view of veterans day a couple weeks ago and to ensure that veterans are not only recognized but their efforts are appreciated, i thought it would befitting that the council talk about veterans with disabilities and thank you for the introduction early about why the veterans community and disabled community need to have con

derek, it's really been a pleasure working with you as a councilmember of mdc and also even with the independent living resource center. i really admire you as such a young person that has so much talent. i really admire you and i'm going to really miss you. i'm hoping that you will keep in touch. you know taiwan is a very long ways but there is always e-mail and skype. >> i can't get away from skype. i thank you so much, roland, when i first started, when i first met you, i heard about your reputation and all the hard work that you have done. so, just right back at you. >> thank you. > thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> now on to the next item on our agenda. we'll be moving the report from the disabilities disaster preparedness committee meeting to our january. >> [inaudible] >> not a problem. >> the disability disaster preparedness committee meeting met on november 7, th, at the beginning of the month in room 421 of city hall and one of the most important items of the agenda was actually a demonstration of the video remote interpreting system offered through language lines so

agenda item number ten, public comment items not on today's adeny da but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. each speaker is limited to three minutes. agenda item number eleven, information item, report from co-chair supanich. >> agenda item 12, information item, report from director of the mayor's office on disability. agenda item number 1 3, information item, correspondence. >> agenda item 14, discussion item, council members comments and announcements. >> agenda item number 1 5, adjournment. co-chair, roll call, please? >> yes. [roll call] >> thank you. >> nearly 25 years after the passage of the american with disability act, 83 percent of people with disabilities are still unemployed, according to the u.s. department of labor the rate is at 13.2 percent. and defined as people who did not have a job or were available for work and actively looking for work. and the disability council decided to devote a series of meetings, this month to mark the occasion of national disability employment month, we will look at the city of san francisco and the effort to employ people with disabilities and

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