mr. pickens >> good evening commissioners. i'll rollened pickens director of the san francisco health network. i'm here on behalf hof myself and my cochair from [inaudible] who you heard is away with director garcia at the conference [inaudible] have the pleasure of cochairing the black african american health initiative. we have a few members of the smaller design team in the audience and will ask if they stand and be recognized. there were others. you note from the previous presentation we have 2 main groups. we have a small design team that consists of staff from the population health division and the network. there are about 17 or 18 of us and there is a much larger black african american health think tank that has over 70 individuals from throughout dph that helps to guide the planning and dlib raishzs of this group. i won't speak long because i want you to hear from the people doing the work, but just as a overview, many know over the past 2 or 3 decades there are several attempts to try and tackle the health disparities