when you think of shanti and the shanti l.i.f.e. program, think of me and countless others like me who with the program cannot only survive but thrive while living with aids. i thank you for listening. >> hello. i moved to san francisco in 1979. i live in ross mirkarimi's district. i was diagnosed with full-blown aids in 2005. having lost many friends early, i figured it was my time to go. i looked in the dar one day and saw the shanti l.i.f.e. program. i made that call. my life is completely turnaround since that time. i cannot stress enough love and support that these people gave to me. because of their inspiration, now volunteer on a regular basis. i've seen many people in power to start taking responsibility for their lives. people are affected and are not. if you get the people on the ground vote are infected and still with the reason to live and care and take care of our tribe, you have more people working in infection rates will go down. thank you very much. the shanti l.i.f.e. program works. [applause] supervisor mirkarimi:

there is an opportunity to say the program, the shanti l.i.f.e. program for people like myself and potentially many more people. please consider keeping us, keeping shanti going and servicing that project for san francisco. i thank you so much for the opportunity to be able to be here and share that with you. thank you. [applause] supervisor chu: thank you. >> hello, supervisors, and thank you. i am the executive director of the lavender youth recreation and informational center and facilitator for the community partnership for lgbtqt youth. 43% of middle school-age and 39% of middle school age transgendered you skip school due to a lack of safety, compared to 11% of their heterosexual counterparts. for high school, 18% of lgbtq youth and 15% of transgenic skit school due to lack of safety compared to 15% of their heterosexual counterparts peer over 1000 youth in san francisco so identified as lgbtq you. the services are on that -- and prepared to provide what they need to drive and in many cases, the institution itself is the barrier to safety and