the mission is to empower patients and pacific islander americans in civic and public affairs to educationtive participation, and leadership development. >> civic engagement, leadership development, and community servthe theme of tonight's evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asian-americans in the state of california and our nation. >> ok'ing. -- ok. i would like to introduce our host for this evening. very well known as the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep san francisco safe, solvents, and successful. he reformed city pensions. his focus is on economic development, job creation, and building san francisco's future. a great job, especially for helping out families. we want to keep families here. i also wanted to mention a little bit of his past. he was born in 1952 in the beacon hill neighborhood of seattle, washington. his parents immigrated to the u.s. from china and the 1930's. his father fought in world war ii and worked as a cook. he passed away when the mayor was 15. his mother was a seam

we looked at ways in which the district was preparing african-american and latino and pacific islander students for college and jobs and found shocking racial discrepancies. in 2008 we found that 5 out of 6 latino students and 9 out of 10 african-american students were not enrolled in the a through g classes needed for a four-year collegeful and may not have even been informed that these classes were an option. * college so, going back in history a little bit, before '98 the district included the a through g courses sequences as part of the graduation requirement. in 2008 they did not. so, if you look back on -- excuse me, in '98 there were 52% of african-american students out of that class that were eligible for college. however, in 2008 only 16.2% were eligible. san francisco unified class of 2010 graduation drop-out rate prior to a through g, prior to that graduation requirement, there's was 63% african americans that graduated and 19% that had dropped out. and we highlight this mainly to show that although the graduation, the a through g requirement is here now, it was a problem in

its was no secret to coleman advocates parents and students that african-american, latino and pacific islanders were receiving a different quality of education. in 2007 we found that african-americans were ranked dead last in api scores for all major urban school districts in california. this was the low below even special education students in their api scores for [speaker not understood]. the next year coleman fought for the board of education to close the achievement gap. that resolution to ensure the upcoming district strategic plan was focused on addressing the racial achievement grape in inequity in our school. thankfully the board passed that unanimously. however, the gap has widened, especially for african-american students. many of you might have seen the report that came out talking about the 2011 released analysis comparing the progress of california school districts. unfortunately san francisco received an overall grade of d. and in particular the african-american students as it relates to sfusd, we ranked 127 out of 128. i want to have one of our parent leaders, olivia gudeau, give

a white, black, asian, pacific islander. people of hispanic origin may be of any race or so they are found in each of the categories as hispanic is a ethnicity and not a race. we have been correctly reporting for the guidelines as far as race reporting lead to our data collection and have a category for hispanics. we are able to capture through the booking system at the jail. to extract ethnicity information, depending on what the commission would like to see, reporting information to those bodies, it would remain the same as we give them what they asked for. internally, to the police department and the pleasure of the commission, if you like to see any ethnicity broken out, the new world system has 19 different ethnicities on top of the four races with about known. and you'll be able to do that for you. the one thing about the cable system, for whatever reason they used a sea to report asia and pacific islanders. when we contact, we merely informed them to just -- that indicates occasion. the director is going to work to ch

it is not just any asian-pacific islander. it is the most -- is the most vulnerable better on metical -- medical. i know some are saying the building has historic significance. is there anything that could acknowledge what a community institution it has been, like a plaque or some kind of panel in the building? >> i would be happy to address this. as part of our mitigation measures, we are in the process of documenting the building. in the new building, there will be an entire area on the wall that is dedicated to displaying all those historic pictures and also pictures of the building as well. >> my understanding is there are a number of other community benefits, including the areas that you enter, the place where people sit on the bench. could you talk a little bit about that? >> sure. part of the landscape design has created spots as you walk of jackson street. we oftentimes see our seniors sitting in the open areas in front of the buildings right now or coming into our lobby and rusting. the new hospital design provides th

asia pacific islanders. legal outreach. central american resource center. a whole host of community experts in making this national opportunity a dream come true locally for our students and their families. so i believe that we have community members who could speak to this action from the mission community. thank you. >> thank you. >> public speakers? that signed up for today, jim, ava, wade, emanuel, clarissa. come on up. press the button and you have two minutes each. >> hi commissioners. my name is jen, i'm a communitied a and i work with our immigration program with undocumented pacific islander youth. i'm very grateful this resolution was presented today. thank you so much commissioner maufas and those of you in support of defered action. we not only represent the mission high school community but the overall san francisco community and the thousands of students that would benefit from this program and just to add on that, we are hoping not to have just one community forum at mission high school but a several and hope that the school district can iden

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william and kate wrap up their south pacific tour in william and kate wrap up their south pacific tour in traditional island style. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with trouble on the trail. a new nbc news-wall street journal poll shows mitt romney falling behind in the presidential race, and that was before news of his secretly recorded videotape dismissing nearly half of american voters. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington. she has more on all of this. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: our polls have the latest numbers, president obama five points ahead of mitt romney. this as romney tries to bounce back from what he said on tape last spring. here is what mitt romney was secretly recorded saying last may about the 40% of americans who don't believe in taxes. >> who believe they're entitled to health care, housing, food, you name it. my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. >> reporter: with cameras now in ful

duchess of cambridge, prince william and his wife kate danced in traditional costumes on the pacific island of tabalu. look at those moves. wow, will. it was the final stop on the royal couple's tour of the far east. i want to put that on loop. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed a 13,564 after adding 11 points yesterday. the s&p lost 1. the nasdaq was down a fraction. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 108 points while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 239. >>> monetary easing by japan's central bank gave markets overseas a boost this morning. on the heels of aggressive stimulus here at home and in europe the bank of japan once again boosted its asset purchase program sending the nikkei to a four-month high. just weeks after declaring bankruptcy japan airlines made a respectable market return. meanwhile, many japanese retailers in china are losing business as escalating tensions over disputed island chain has sparked protests forcing companies to close for days. >>> back on the street, a gloom

the couple is now headed on to the pacific islands in some of the most remote reaches of her majesty's realms. we're told to expect some of the most brilliant images from this journey, but the question is what will everyone remember-- those pictures or the ones in that french magazine? seth doane, cbs news, australia. >> brennan: and that cbs evening news. i'm margaret brennan. cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgthe loe deal. national hockey standoff and the bay area consequences >>> his new killed while riding a ,,,,

whole purpose for this -- that i put together is for the japan town community, and also for the pacific island -- to get together and also for the local performer, to have a place to perform. we also have a live show for the community. if the kabuki theater concerns the noise, i will cooperate with them. i really need the full license to extend the music to midnight. and also -- i am doing this to create jobs for the youngsters. we created 39 jobs already so far. we get together -- for a ga thering and also, this is for the public to meet there. a lot of parties there for fundraising. we have had entertainment, and not one incident of trouble. i urge you to approve the conditional use for me. >> thank you. >> we may have questions for you. go ahead and ahve a seat. >>-- have a seat. [unintelligible] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am nancy from sundance cinemas. we operate the kabuki cinemas next to the restaurant at 165 post street. we've operated this since may 2006. a year and a half ago, we gave up the lease and a new operator began to remodel. our former restuarant manager worked ther

they danced on a pacific island. it was the final stop on their tour of the far east. >>> now, here is the first look at the dish of scrambled politics. actress susan sarandon says how romney dealt with the reaction were quote, entertaining. she agreed with joy behar, it made romney look like scrooge. he said running for president in the youtube era, you realize you have to be very judicious in what you say. anytime you run for the president of the united states, you are on. >>> jesse ventura is floating the idea he may run for president. he mentioned radio host howard stern as a possible running mate for an independent ticket. >>> orrin hatch of utah is being called an old guy by his opponent. the 80-year-old hatch might retire or die before his term is through. the hatch campaign called the comments outrageous and offensive. >>> blt steak is running a presidential poll based on burger orders to be decided in two weeks. the mitt romney burger features a utah style and the other has kobe beef hawaiian style. >>> mr.

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it is hispanic, pacific islanders, white, native americans, it is everybody. when they leave that room, they go back to their communities that are segregated. they, too, do not like it. it is a barrier that has to be torn down. i know it works. being in there for the last four years, we make it a point that everybody mixes up, even the seating. you do not just sit with a black person or a white person. it is about all of us, or none of us, and that is the bottom line. it has to be that mentality. >> it is a way to control the prisoners. it takes the pressure off the guards and everybody else. they say we want to stop violence, but you promote a violence by segregating. when an individual comes, the first in the asking, where are you from? what is your nationality? that is how to divide and conquer. that is the way the united states is made up. that is how you work. north and south vietnam, for instance. they divide people so that the pressure will not be on them. that is how i see the system. i see it in prison, how they divide inmates. it is scary if inmates

. >>> australia is sending asylum seekers to a new detention center on the pacific island nation of nauru. 30 refugees believed to be from sri lanka will be the first sent to the facility under australia's controversial new offshore policy. refugees often risk a dangerous sea passage to australia by way of indonesia. the australian government is reportedly -- or reportedly is discouraging new arrivals by starting deportations to nauru. meanwhile, australia's human rights commission said it had serious concerns over the rights of the asylum seekers in nauru. >>> turning now to the philippines, a major environmental concern in the country is dynamite fishing, which threatens fragile barrier reefs. but local officials and environment activists have a unique solution. they are scaring away fishermen who use explosives with statues of the virgin mary and baby jesus placed deep below the surface of the ocean. and on this day over 40 divers made an underwater pilgrimage to the religious icons. one member of an environmental protection group says the strategy hasn't completely stopped the dynamit

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