i'm michael lambert. i'm your city librarian, and from the bottom of my heart, it just fills my heart with joy to see all of you beautiful people in this

i'm michael lambert. i'm your city librarian, and from the bottom of my heart, it just fills my heart with joy to see all of you beautiful people in this auditorium today. this is the first event we've had in the main library for 17 months, so yeah. thank you so much for being here. i want to thank president walton, president of the san francisco board of supervisors for honoring us with his presence today and for all his leadership and support this past year. we appreciateyo

michael lambert, our city librarian. our board m.t.a. board of directors sharon lye. linda sue. rafael. we've got a ton of women leaders here i just wanted to recognize. maggie wheeland. and virginia don hue. thank you so much for being here with us today. [ applause ] now, it's getting hot so please bear with me two mr. speakers and you're going to see it's worthwhile. two speakers. the first one is going to be kimberly ellis. she has started with the city not long ago as leading the helm on the department of status and women. she's no stranger to the women's empowerment. kimberly. [ applause ] >> each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women those, of course, were the words of the incomparable maya angelo. the women here today stand up for ourselves, for each other and for all the women who will come after us. good afternoon everyone. i'm kimberly ellis. i'm the director for the department of the status on women. our mission is to promote the equitable treatment of women and girls and nonbinary people with a particular focus on populations in need. today

michael lambert, our city librarian. our board m.t.a. board of directors sharon lye. linda sue. rafael. we've got a ton of women leaders here i just wanted to recognize. maggie wheeland. and virginia don hue. thank you so much for being here with us today. [ applause ] now, it's getting hot so please bear with me two mr. speakers and you're going to see it's worthwhile. two speakers. the first one is going to be kimberly ellis. she has started with the city not long ago as leading the helm on the department of status and women. she's no stranger to the women's empowerment. kimberly. [ applause ] >> each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women those, of course, were the words of the incomparable maya angelo. the women here today stand up for ourselves, for each other and for all the women who will come after us. good afternoon everyone. i'm kimberly ellis. i'm the director for the department of the status on women. our mission is to promote the equitable treatment of women and girls and nonbinary people with a particular focus on populations in need. today

i'm michael lambert. i'm your city librarian, and from the bottom of my heart, it just fills my heart with joy to see all of you beautiful people in this auditorium today. this is the first event we've had in the main library for 17 months, so yeah. thank you so much for being here. i want to thank president walton, president of the san francisco board of supervisors for honoring us with his presence today and for all his leadership and support this past year. we appreciate you, president walton. all right want to thank thank -- all right. want to thank director davis and her amazing leadership. director davis, thank you so much. we appreciate your partnership. again, it feels so good to use this space after 17 long months, and as your host, i do have a little bit of housekeeping for you. the public rest rooms are located just outside the back door. if you follow the curved wall to the right. we have faucet water just across from the latino room where you're going to do some workshops later, and we also h

i'm michael lambert. i'm your city librarian, and from the bottom of my heart, it just fills my heart with joy to see all of you beautiful people in this auditorium today. this is the first event we've had in the main library for 17 months, so yeah. thank you so much for being

michael lambert, our city librarian. our board m.t.a. board of directors sharon lye. linda sue. rafael. we've got a ton of women leaders here i just wanted to recognize. maggie wheeland. and virginia don hue. thank you so much for being here with us today. [ applause ] now, it's getting hot so please bear with me two mr. speakers and you're going to see it's worthwhile. two speakers. the first one is going to be kimberly ellis. she has started with the city not long ago as leading the helm on the department of status and women. she's no stranger to the women's empowerment. kimberly. [ applause ] >> each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women those, of course, were the words of the incomparable maya angelo. the women here today stand up for ourselves, for each other and for all the women who will come after us. good afternoon everyone. i'm kimberly ellis. i'm the director for the department of the status on women. our mission is to promote the equitable treatment of women and girls and nonbinary people with a particular focus on populations in need. today