to my pleasure to welcome the most powerful pinay power leaders. pinay. [applause] thank you very much for being here in san francisco. i wish you great success with this conference and getting together. thank you very much. [applause] >> did you know, and some of you do, i know. do you know that the first known philippine note to come to america were actually ship workers who jumped ship in st. malo, louisiana? and what they did was, true to form, they created a shrimp industry in louisiana. they tried the shrimp harvest in louisiana, which is equivalent to the good old filipino hippie, right? because there's no refrigeration in the philippines, we would try everything. we dried the fish and shrimp. this is through history. st. malo, louisiana, the first known filipino immigration. thank you. number two, i think that we honor those women who have been very influential in their own ways, and it is always part of our tradition that we honor those who have led us to where we are. but they are here today, and i just want to a knowledge once again, author, wr

what is that all about -- he never explained to me pinay power. i want to welcome everybody from all across the country who is here. i also want to make sure recognize -- because we had the mayor of hercules, right? myrna, my counterpart, thank you very much. we have the former mayor of the sleepy town of colma. thank you for being here. and also the former mayor of davis. thank you. [applause] i wanted to recognize my immediate counterparts and welcome all of you here to san francisco. you know, talking about pinay power -- [pronunciation corrected. ok, i will get that all day tomorrow. i have been very fortunate. i have been very lucky to work with hydra. not only does she know everything that is going on, she knows everything that i am not supposed to know. she was telling me about all these nice relationships that occurred that i do not even know about. also, i wanted to recognize the president of the filipina women's network. mayor lee has been a great leader, too. but when i have a chance to promote and appoint people into powerful positions

by the way, the network has been instructing me about -- to make sure that i know what pinay power iso. thank you. i said it wrong. you see, they're still teaching me. because as i grew up, all i knew was pinoi. the bay area fashion week, the filipino nurses association of northern california. of course the filipino international book festival. the filipino-american art's exposition, which of course hosts the parade and festival. and then, of course, there is the fantastic san francisco manila sister city. i want to give a special thank you to dennis normandy. thank you for your wonderful leadership on the sister city and for your great work on our commission as well. thank you very much. [applause] we want to recognize the incredible diverse accomplishments of all of our filipino-american contributors to our city and to make sure we look forward to continuing that strong relationship as we go forward in our city. so it is my honor to present today, on behalf of our city and county, the filipino american history month proclamation. you may join the council general, and please, the hon

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