josie is very well known in the community as someone you can count on to help in any way. let's give her a well-deserved round of applause. josie reyes. [applause] >> the director of 311 service center is also going to give the award for community. this award is also a very, very well known and very well-liked woman in the latino community. let me just tell you a few things -- [applause] >> just a few highlights. i could also going on and on telling about your contributions and your achievements. her family migrated from mexico to california in the early 1960's and worked in the farm fields. it's a very common story. she received her b.a. in latino american studies from the university of california at santa cruz. in 1974, while organizing with the progressive movement in argentina, she was arrested, tortured and ultimately held for 16 months as a political prisoner. a successful grassroots campaign organized by her family and friends, that gained her release in 1976. she is well known for her community activism. she has served in boards, planned parenthood, and leadership s

a well known community goes back forty seven years peter and came with their friends dorothy mclean to live in a trailer near the village. when their efforts to grow vegetables succeeded others followed. campaigners for the eco friendly lifestyle began arriving at findhorn from around the world during the one nine hundred seventy s. the community grew from twenty to one hundred fifty members. as we come through this landscape here we start to move into what we call a poem a culture a garden. garden is the same thing as co-creating with nature working with nature one of the reasons why i came. because of meditation spiritual progress but also working with nature. gibson was one of the first settlers. he's lived. his house is one of the eco village is an attraction it's made from whiskey barrels we were looking for would particularly

community to expand civil rights and public education. we have a history of working together. mayer brown, and reverend brown knows very well. in the early 1970's, a community leader from japan town and let the board informed of the african american roundtable to improve relations between japanese and african americans in the western addition, but it is going to take a lot more than just groups coming together to talk about stereotypes and misperceptions. for these tragic deaths, they must rise a responsibility to reach out beyond our communities and make sure that we understand that there is a cost to holding misperceptions and believes that oppress us all. thank you. [applause] >> we have got a great program for you, and for those of you who have attended in years past, you know that we celebrate with song. we celebrate with dance, and we celebrate recognizing different cultures from around the world, so leading off today is a wonderful performance by students -- yes, they are all students. they are -- their organization is called the golden gate bong what association. these young women are students at san francisco state u

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as well, i think we should support community developments that have food marts within them as well. >> ms. morris? >> hi, in the bay view, we did have a farmer's market, but it didn't go so well and it wasn't really participated. but we have community-based organizations like hunter's point that are going to get a juice bar. so maybe working with our current non-profits like hunter's point family gardens and creating a juice bar, making our major train, have more edible, desirable food in the neighborhood, as well as supporting the fresh and easy in the other developth. but immediately, we need to make the major changes, which is holding foods accountable for giving our community quality food in the bay view area. >> mr. moss? >> i'm steve moss. i think first we need to understand that a lack of a grocery is an indication of a community that has larger needs. when you have a wealthy community that has jobs, there are grocery stores. so here we have a community that is deficit in jobs and public transportation and all kinds of things, and the supermarket and access to grocery store is

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community reform. the thing they are going to be very well received by the community. it says about the mayor's economic work force working collectively with the community, and it also mentioned fillmore. community reform is what i'm going to be lobbying for the next -- [bell rings] supervisor maxwell: thank you. next speaker please. >> i am a resident of san francisco. i am an educator and the mother of a son who attends st. paul's elementary school. i am a community member in san francisco. san francisco is my home. i love it here and i want to stay here. one of the ways that may make it possible for me to stay here on my limited educate a salary, i have to just make a complement to the mayor's office of housing and to the board for really providing an amazing surface -- service to san franciscans. now that i know about it, i have found the mayor's office of housing staff to be compassionate, well-intention, and very professional. what i'm speaking directly to right now is that one-time waiver of the requirements. i do understand your concern regarding making sure th

. >> well, the community colleges in the united states provided students with skills training and a lessensive path to a college degree. the vice president's wife joe biden, a career teacher, is presiding over the day-lon summit that includes representativefrom community colleges as well as business, philanthropies and government. >> let's call on mike to educate us on what the forecast is coming up. >> a lot of sunshine, slight chance of a shower today. let's see if any of those clouds are building. don't see too many right now but we will tonight and tomorrow. and after that some warm weather for the weekend. >> mike, thank you. and th big announcement today that uld bring governor schwarzeneer and the silicon valley back together again. >> and the new edition expected to bring more power to thwhite house. ♪ >> tickets for the giants' division playoff series starting thursday night are alrea sold out. however, you still have a chanc to buy tickets to the national league championship series should the giants advance. the tickets go on sale at 3:00 today. only available at the team websi

he's well liked in the community. officer gallagher, the permit officer in northern station, said that he is personally ok with 2:00 a.m. but that it is their policy to recommend 1:30 on all of these applications. so i hope that you will take that into consideration and allow comet club to continue operating as it always has. this is a really good neighborhood, little venue, it doesn't create a lot of commotion, it doesn't make a lot of noise. it's just a good place to hang out. there's a little tiny dance floor, that's not going to change. it's going to stay the same. we didn't include these in your file, but i've got all these letters of support from the neighborhood historic association and all the businesses of the union street merchants' association and all the individual letters from the surrounding community. it's a well-liked place. and i don't think there's a cause for concern with these changes. as i said, the only people who made any comment to city planning were under the impression that somehow there was

well, in order to sustain recovery, as we all know, a mutual support network is vital. and from a tribal standpoint, it's community support. because unfortunately, with faces and voices, what we are striving to do is continue to battle the stigma of discrimination that people with an addiction continue to face. well, in indian country, it's almost twofold. you have still the struggling addict that is criminalized and when they get into recovery, if they have a mutual support network and the community embraces them and continues to nurture them on their recovering journey, they are successful. but it's important. i mean, you can go to- i'll use a personal example of myself. when i sat there and having been raised off the reservation, i had tried traditional 12-step meetings, counseling, inpatient, outpatient, something just wasn't working. because even though i would go into these 12-step meetings, i just did not feel a part. for whatever reason at that particular time, i did not feel a part. well, when i went to the reservation and got into a culturally specific recovery plan that taught me culture and tradition,

community center the kooks finish preparing the food. everybody is expected to join in the. the history of what is now well known community goes back forty seven years. came with their friends. to live in a trailer near the village. when their efforts to grow vegetables succeeded others followed. campaigners for the eco friendly lifestyle began arriving at home from around the world during the one nine hundred seventy s. the community grew from twenty to one hundred fifty members. working with nature. meditation. working with nature. gibson was one of the first settlers. he's lived. his house is one of the eco villages. it's made from whiskey barrels we were looking for wood particularly. which is very hot and whiskey barrel great. right now the water to speak. and that's the way to get. inside the whiskey barrel everything is just as simple and ecologically pure as it is outside as a village veteran craig is in charge of several ecological projects. very simply quite simply. it was not difficult really wonderful because we were. doing everything for the. people we're not trying to create something. demons

i actually think that the production is serving a great historical purpose for the catholic community as wells the community at large. >> reporter: the members of the cast of more than 80 are all volunteers, with one exception, mary herself, played by professional opera singer joanna cole. for her it's the culmination of a lifetime of association with mary mackillop's josephite order. >> i was educated by the nuns from kindergarten right through to high school. i really like to play australian women and australian heroines, and i think she's a very special heroine for australia to look at, a very special role model. >> reporter: australians aren't known for being an especially devout people. but when an aussie is recognized on the world stage, the entire country celebrates. in addition to the musical, there's a new postage stamp bearing a picture of mackillop and a light display on sydney's famous harbor bridge with mary mckillop's image. >> she was a visionary and a pioneer, and i think her story should be told from that point of view. i think we should be very proud of the fact that this fa