and sheryl davis known as sister davis to the kids and to the community has been a long time advocate in the western edition community. her service to the community especially youth and transitional aged youth have garnered her respect throughout the city. she is known for special programs such as momagic, connecting our most at-risk youth to school programs and employment opportunitis and community involvement and she also formed collective impact, which works to leverage capacity by bringing a host of the youth-oriented programs to the table and her works and accomplishments are so well known she was recently nominated for an award at the prestigious jefferson awards. jefferson wards are given nationally and locally in honor of community and public service in america and sheryl davis is our local hero and winner of the jefferson award and so congratulations on that. sheryl davis herself has not only answered the call to action, but inspired countless of others to step forward. we are honored to have her in the city because she has young people looking at their lives and wanting to b

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next we'll hear from sheryl davis >> i'm grateful and the western districts 5 has present a joint advocacy program strrtd around youth and public housing we would like the city and departments work together in the same way that the city and county works together. in 2011 and in my opinion some of the needs that were identified weren't respected or considered during the finding. i want to say that when we go through this and talk about the area of the children and youth leaving when i say that and talk about the rfps 94115 has the maureen and pacific heights how do you know where the need is? and the community serves hundreds of youth and students if they're not being funded we have true concerns where we've been work with the police department and the school districts and trying to a identify needs and issues. the american pedestrian - most of the programs that got cut have effected the youth. students that are attending scored significantly he lower and the district - there are tons of status that talk about 94115 that weren't considered. >> i'd like to let the folks know that they've set

i want to ask sheryl davis to come up. [ applause ] she has folks from the magic zone with her here. you know, it's really an honor to stand before the san francisco board of supervisors, and honor somebody who i have the highest respect for. it