i will comment that the san francisco human right commission has been around for over 50 years. rs, we have stood for the right of san franciscans, and visitors to san francisco, our citizens and friends to coexist with dignity, and freedom from prejudice. as we look at the landscape today, and what the administration is doing, and we recognize that the issues that are under pending immigration are fundamentally human rights issues and we look at the fact that asylum is fundamentally a human rights issue. we are proud to be here, in a city where we would never turn our backs on people who are in need of help. we never do turn our backs on people who need help. we are proud that we can be part of this conversation, looking to be a collective effort to help ensure that regardless of who is making decisions in washington, that we don't forget that our charge is to think about, and the dignity of all people who are in need of help, and to assist them and that is the fundamental mission of the human right commission, and we look forward into an informative hearing and to continuing th

i am a vice chair at the san francisco human rights commission. the chair could not be here this morning -- this evening so i will be chairing the meeting. will thank all the folks who are in tendons to discuss this important topic and i will ask the commission secretary to read the roll call. w

the san francisco human rights commission and our external partners in our community organizations like coleman advocates. all of these other folks that are willing to show up, and help us build our capacity. this is the time right now. it is more important now than it ever has been. i am very excited that our district, as it always does is leading the way. when i talk to educators across the country, they are amazed at the work we're doing doing. this is one more step. thank you all for the support. i am very excited as we move forward. >> any other comments? seeing none. roll call vote. [roll call] [applause] >> special order of business. adoption of the sunshine proposal from the trend to the united educators of san francisco. can i have a motion to second on the adoption? >> second. >> tonight we have our team from labor relations for recommendation. >> the recommended action on this item is that the board adopts the sunshine proposal from the san francisco unified school district to the united educators of san francisco. >> thank you. we don't have any public comment on this item.

african-american achievement and leadership team, the san francisco alliance a black school educators, blacks for the future, the san francisco human rights commission, opportunities for all, and to anyone and everyone who played a part in this event. hundreds of students came and met with recruiters from nearly all of our high schools. many students were accepted on the spot and they received scholarships on the spot. congratulations. [applause] >> i would like to remind families and caregivers over the next few weeks, our district is having our back this week, the week of september 9, is elementary school back-to-school week. next week, the week of septembes back back-to-school week, and that week of september 23 is a back-to-school for our high schools. if you would like to attend a back-to-school event and meet your students teachers and see what they are doing this year, please contact your school. president cook that ends my announcements for this evening. >> thank you, doctor matthews. number three, student delegates report. >> our first item, we had the student leadership opportunities to serve. we would like to promote leadership and engage

i am a vice chair at the san francisco human rights commission. the chair could not be here this morning -- this evening so i will be chairing the meeting. will thank all the folks who are in tendons to discuss this important topic and i will ask the commission secretary to read the roll call. w the courtroom is present. >> great. i would like to thank the staff are putting on this meeting thank you to our clerk. san francisco government tv who are recording this meeting for prop -- posterity and no one is sitting in the director's chair. at this point, i will ask, you can read the next item. >> so, we have public comment on items not in the agenda and we have one public comment or -- one public speaker. >> this is for public comment on items not on the agenda. so anyone who is here to speak on the transit issues will have a public comment period for that later on. this is for people who want to speak on items within the purview of the human rights commission were not on this evening's agenda. you're welcome to step up at this time if you haven't

event in partnership with the san francisco alliance of black school educators, the mayor's opportunities for all program, black to the future, and the human rights commission. i hope to see you all there. finally, all san francisco unified schools and offices will be closed for labor day on monday, september 2nd, and we will see everyone back on september 3rd. one final announcement, this evening, we are going to welcome our new student commissioners, and i like to call forward to the chief chief to introduce them to us. >> good evening. each year we go through a very challenging process of selecting two students to serve on the board of education. at what gets harder and harder every year is we put two students on the board and they knock it out of the park and every year they get better and better and the bar is raised. we are challenged with, can we possibly find two students again this year that can match the students that we had last year. we are lucky and confident that we have found the two that will do this. i am really excited tonight to introduce you to -- come on up, jet and betsy. [applause] betsy attended alvarado elementary school and became

san francisco's thriving economy. led by executive director, cheryl davis of the human rights commission. it allowed the majority of our interns to have a paid internship. this is a tremendous opportunity and a blessing for the students. as we all know, internships are unpaid. this allowed to alleviate that burden of going this summer and allowing to pursue your dreams of actually being in the workforce one day. we are extremely grateful for the opportunity to have worked with osa, hrc and partnering agencies who really played a critical role in the success of our program. we are extremely grateful for the leadership trainings, the trainings for our employees for the summer, as they got to learn about our accountability when it comes to getting paid. an overview of our summer program. paul henderson explained it the dpa's internship provides a unique opportunity to learn about how local government enforces laws and effects policies. teaching professional skills that apply well in this context as well as many others. you may choose to develop any skills that interest you. such as interview

when the san francisco police department decides to explore re- engaging and participating in the f.b.i.'s joint terrorism task force that we would convene the joint commission between the human right commission and the immigrant rights commission so we can have a robust, and open dialogue, debate and get as much input as possible. >> thank you. duly noted. i shall differ to both commission directors to keep us informed on this area did thank you, commissioner. i think that brings us to the end of this evening's hearings. i would very much like to thank all of you who have stayed with us for the duration. it has been a long evening but it has been a very worthwhile evening. we are thankful for you for your time and your presence. i would like to thank the members of the immigrant rights commission and the human right commission. the board of supervisors, especially the staff of the immigrant affairs and the human rights commission, particular shout out to both director upon and davis are being here. thank you for your leadership, and your staff. tonight's testimony, i think we can agree was heart wrenching and compelling. we thank all of the speakers for their courage and for shari