Mayor, mayor london breed. [cheers and applause. ] mayor breed thank you to everyontoeveryone who is joinin. No one celebrated pride like the city and county of San Francisco. Celebrate we must to make sure that our voices are heard and the federal government knows that no matter who you are and who you love, we will not be erased, not in america, not in San Francisco, not today. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge some of the leadership we have in San Francisco, people who are making a difference. Thank you so much to our state senator scott weiner for being here, who you will hear from shortly. As well as our treasure who is with us today. Your fierce supervisor rafael mandelman. Community College Board member alex randolph. And supervisor safai and another member of the community College Board, tom. And thank you supervisor matt haney for joining us as well. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the first lbgt fire chief jeanine nicholson. And thank you supervisor walton for being here as well. And our Police Department, our chief is here, bill scott. I am so excited. Have you guys seen the new flag, new vehicles of the San FranciscoPolice Department . Amazing. Thank you, chief so much. There is a freedom band that you will be the official band of the city and county of San Francisco, lgbt freed domband. You will hear from them shortly. No one celebrates pride like San Francisco. Thank you for joining us to raise the flag in our city. I know there are challenges throughout the bay area of raising this flag. In San Francisco it is not a question. It is an important part of what makes our city so special. I want to thank all of you every year for coming for the flag raising. I want to acknowledge the man behind making the celebration great, commissioner tom horn, thank you so much for your amazing support for this event. I want to say a special acknowledgment and for the parade which i cannot wait to participate in. It is a lot of hard work. We all have fun and a good time. I know that you and the Committee Work hard to make sure it looks effortless. Thank you so much for being here today. [applause. ] along with celebrating pride this month, it also is a time to reflect on our Lgbt Communitys long history of activism and resilience from the aids which ravaged our city to the war against the transcommunity that is playing out throughout this country. Since San Franciscos first pride parade in 1970, we have overcome so many challenges thanks to the courage of the Amazing Community leaders who stood up. Today San Francisco is a beacon of hope for the Lbgt Community. This years pride parade theme generations every assistance, just as generations have resisted before we in San Francisco will continue to resist. Despite the federal governments continued attacks on the Lbgt Community we will not back down until we achieve full equality. We will stand with our transgender people who continue to bravely serve our country, and in San Francisco our businesses, hour healthcare services, our work force and housing will always be open to all. In San Francisco, we are expanding gender identity options on all city forms and applications that ask for demographic information, and we are including education on our lgbt identities for City Employees as part of harassment prevention and implicit bias training. Last week i was proud to announce a new 3 Million Investment in our budget for transand lbg in San Francisco. It includes 2 million for flexible housing to keep our transcommunity housed. We know that transgender people are 18 times more likely to not be able to have housing and to be homeless in San Francisco. We are going to make the investment to support the lbgt youth by providing them with housing, employment and Case Management services. I want to thank all members of the board of supervisors and others who advocate for this much needed investment. [applause. ] we will be funding training and internship programs for transjob seekers and Community Members exiting the criminal Justice System. We are committed to continuing to backfill the federal h. I. V. As getting to zero in the effort that state senator scott weiner fought for and now supervisor mandelman continues to fight for on the board now. This will help with efforts like the win senator wiener is doing to increase access for everyone in california. Thank you, senator wiener. [applause. ] together we can make sure that no one is left behind, and this city doesnt just celebrate our Lbgt Community, we make investments and put deeds behind those words which is why we are the best city in the world, and what is so amazing so many of you play such a Critical Role in that success. I want to take this opportunity before i acknowledge the work of two incredible individuals here today. I cant move on with this program without acknowledging donna sachet for being here today. [applause. ] she and charlotte shuttl shultze only two that dress better than me. Thank you for all you do to make us look and feel good. I forgot you were there. Vicky, thank you so much. [applause. ] so i have two awards to give. First of all, i want to ask george to come up to accept this on behalf of sf pride. As i said, i know that it looks like it is easy, but it is not easy because we know the stress in getting permits anchorednating with city departments and getting everyone to follow the rules and stay where they are to stay and not lag behind in the parades, festivities, events, programs, the fundraising. I didnt mention the fact they have to fundraise to pay for these incredible activities that make San Francisco look good to the rest of the world. Thousands of people come from all over to celebrate pride in San Francisco. June is a fun and energetic and incredible month for us. Because of sf pride and this committee, the work they do means so much to our city. On behalf of the city and county of San Francisco, i would like to declare which day am i declaring . [laughing. ] today june 3rd as sf pride day in the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you so much. [cheers and applause. ] i have one more special award. I also get the honor of presenting the annual teddy worthington award to a legendary film maker and writer. This award recognizes individuals who have contributed a longstanding large body of work in the Lbgt Community. Sharcheryl is a central part ofe queer new way of young film makers. Watermelon woman has won critical acclaim. Her project was one of the top must see film innist films. Today she is continuing the body of work with awardwinning sear rears. Series. She will give me the ending. It is amazing. It is my honor to also declare today as cheryl d un yee day for your amazing contribution and the work you have done to not only advocate for the Lgbt Community but the work you have done to shine a light on people of color who are often times disenfranchised to tell our stories and how we should be represented in film. It is beautiful to watch and see and those people love you out there just as much as we do. Cheryl, come on up. [cheers and applause. ] first of all, congratulations to all of the grand marshalls for this years pride parade. Can you all please stand or wave your hand so we can see you. Thank you. And last but not least, cheryl, do you want to say a few words . Say hello to the folks. Hi everyone i am proud to be the grand marshall awarded with the award. I have been working for so long to bring the margins to the center. I have been working really long to make what is invisible visible. In this day of independent media and television and the browning and blacking of images, i am making the invisible and visible invincible and thank you. Thank you so much. With that, i will turn it back over, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the city, enjoy pride month in the city. Lets have an amazing time. Make sure you dont forget to go to our restaurants and spend all of your money, too. Thank you so much. Thank you, mayor breed. Now it is my honor to introduce you to someone who has done so much work in San Francisco and now leading the way across california. Our state senator scott weiner. [cheers and applause. ] thank you, and i want to thank the mayor for being an extraordinary ally to our community. Thank you, mayor breed, for everything you do. This city is in amazing hands under your leadership. Thank you. This is my 23rd San Francisco pride. My 29th overall pride since i came out as a gay man a long, long time ago. Time flies. I am optimistic for our community in many ways. This community that been through so much in terms of the hate crimes and the worst of the hiv aids crisis and housing crisis and all of the other weighs in which our community that struggled over the years in San Francisco and elsewhere. We are so resilient and the Community Comes back and comes back and gets stronger and stronger. I am so proud to be part of our Lbgt Community, particularly in San Francisco. That doesnt mean we dont center challenges. I think pride is the right time of the year for us to recommit to celebrate and recommit to the fight. Of course, we know what this guy is doing in washington, d. C. In the white house to undermine and harm our community including our children, attacking children. It is something that it is hard to fathom that you have a president of the United States who would attack lbgt children. Apart from what he is doing and we are fighting back hard to make sure california goes in the other direction, we have our own challenges here as an Lbgt Community in San Francisco and california. We are continuing to criminalize the Lbgt Community. We are continuing to see obscene rates of homelessness in our community, particularly our youth and 40 of Homeless Youth are lgbt. We continue to not be supportive enough of our Transgender Community in terms of what our transkids have to experience in terms of what transpeople experience in the criminal Justice System or in the lack of employment or access to healthcare right here in california. We are not doing enough to support our lbgt seniors. Too many are going to the closet when they enter longterm care. We have challenges. The good thing is in San Francisco we are leading the way in confronting those challenges, whether it is the great work in the jails to treat lbgt inmates with the dignity they deserve or the groundbreaking work we have done with seniors and Homeless Youth. We are taking that statewide. This shouldnt depends on where you live. I want to close. In terms of h. I. V. , there is a narrative we have defeated h. I. V. We havent. We have so much more work to do in california. We have dunk am done amazing work to reduce infection rates. We need to end h. I. V. Lets recommit and have an amazing month. This community deserves it. Thank you. [applause. ] thank you so much. Next we have our champion here on the board of supervisors, the only out gay member of the board of supervisors big responsibility, and he is doing it with charm and grace. Please welcome rafael mandelman, our supervisor. [applause. ] thank you, for all of the amazing work that you do. Every time we get the queers and friends together, this is a beautiful and wonderful group. Happy tried 2019 everybody happy pride 2019 ever body. Thank you for bringing us here today, mayor. You have been a champion. Senator wean you wiener it is go have you back and thank you for your leadership. This is a very big pride. Folks know i it is the 49th anniversary of our San Francisco pride parade but 50th anniversary of stone wall. [cheers and applause. ] now in San Francisco we know the modern Civil Rights Movement began in 1966 with the compton cafeteria riots, but i think we can still acknowledge that stone wall is a big deal. Now, madam mayor, we both grew up in San Francisco. You and i both know so many communities are under stress in San Francisco with our overheated Real Estate Market and displacement across the city. On friday you brought us out to the sunnydale Housing Project to focus energy and attention and light on a community that for far too long our city has shamefully ignored. At that event you announced your budget, which is your statement of values. I want to thank you for your commitment around the housing needses all of our communities in the city and particularly the lbgq community. We talked about the extraordinary 3 Million Investment for the first time in transcommunity housing needs. That is a big, big deal. I want to point out and celebrate the 79 new units opening at open house this summer right now. [applause. ] i know many folks in this room worked on that adding to 40 units opened two years ago. It is partially due to the work of this mayor when she was on the board of supervisors that there are queer people going in those units. Thank you for that and all of your work to ensure our generations every assistance will be able to age and remain in San Francisco. I know we are just getting started. Those open house units are the first. I am excited. With that we have such a fantastic group of Community Grand marshalls that i have the honor to introduce to you today. I will start with api equality Northern California. [applause. ] where are you . Very good. Api equality Northern California builds queer and transgender fire to trans form the Community Livelihoods from scarcity to abundance through their Movement Building they envision a world where all queer islanders can be affirmed in bodies and communities as their full authentic selfs. Api equality Northern California. One more round of applause for them. [applause. ] for our extremely queer district two Catherine Stephanie who has joined us. [applause. ] our second Amazing Community grangrand marshall is ms. Billy cooper. She is a 60yearold who has worked for years in h. I. V. Positive community engagement. She has traveled and spoken for both communities. She is a 30 plus year survivor living with h. I. V. Who works with her recovery family because she has been clean and sober for 15 years. Ms. Billy cooper. [applause. ] vince. He is a gay Pacific Islander, aid aids survivor who has dedicated more than 30 years to aids activism and he currently runs the program for longterm survivors at the aids foundation and cochairs the aging work group of the longterm care council. He was executive director of Regional Networks and founded the Pacific Island aids action group and served as United Nations delegate. applause . Is vera here . She is amazing. She has been encouraging people to experiment by attending public events. By creating costumes utilizing Recycled Materials they help discover unique visions in free workshops. They have marched in the San Francisco pride parade since 1995. Entertaining the ftca and bookmobile. Vera sphere. [applause. ] last, but not least by any means, ms. Donna persona. The open house video with donna is absolutely amazing. Donna is an activist for transgender rights. She served on the boards of transmarch and day of remembrance and on the main streets after the comptons coms cafeteria. She raised the first transgender flag at city hall with mayor breed. The play recreates the transgender history and including sf weeklys best of 2018, donna persona. [cheers and applause. ] this is such a great group of grand marshalls for 2019. I am excited to watch you celebrate this month and be honored. With that happy pride again. [applause. ] thank you so much. You are doing such amazing work. It is my honor to bring up our last speaker. The executive director of sf pride has done amazing work with pride. We are sad that he will be leaving pride this year. He has done so much amazing work. Please join me in welcoming george and thanking him for his incredible service. [applause. ] thank you, clair, mayor breed, supervisor mandelman. I have many of our team joining us. As mayor breed mentioned, there is a lot of work to do to put this event on. These are just some of the people that help make it work. I would introduce you buy name but i only have three minutes to do my talking points. I have more Board Members. We have Board Members and staff here today. We are excited to be here to kickoff pride month with all of you. We are really grateful for the excellent relationship that we have with the city and many of the agencies that we have to work with to pull this event off. It is true i am leaving after this years event. I will be working with rec and park. I intend to volunteer for pride when i can and do as much work for the city as i can. The Global Pride Movement has proven to be an effective and enduring agent for change. It is the modern movement San Francisco has been the leader in the space as supervisor mandelman mentioned we had o our own rising. This is part of a trilogy, generations every assistance. Last year was generations of strength. As we were putting together the plan we fixated on the word generations and that that meant and the generations of people whose shoulders we stand on and who came before us to make it what it is today. Next year our theme is generations of hope. You can see how that plays out to the 50th anniversary. Every year we celebrate individuals and organizations, local heroes who have done so much to give back and build the lbgq community. In addition to the grand marshalls that supervisor mandelman pointed out we have award des here. I want to acknowledge them. China silk. Is china here . She is one of our award des, she is a San Francisco native and member of the imperial court. She had grand dutches 27 and empress 39. She is a prolific fundraiser and Fierce Community advocated. Is Sampson Mccormick here . He is an awardwinning entertainer, one of the most celebrated voices in comedy for two decades. He is hilarious. He has headlines such venues as the historic howard theater, kennedy center, San Francisco punchline, harvard unit and the first lbgq comic to perform at the smithsonian. I am not sure if there is a representative from lion martin. They set standards for communitybased health service, and the organization is named after phyllis lion and del martin. It was founded in 1979 as a volunteer clinic providing healthcare to women, lesbians and in a safe and compassionate environment. Another award de would be nia collective. They are in the house. They received this years 10 years of service award. For more than 30 years they have been providing a safe space for lesbians of african descent to teach and learn without judgment. They share information through annual gatherings and partnerships with other community organizations. Nia collective. [applause. ] i dont believe he is here today, but our board selected bob haas for the freedom award. He helped to establish levy as a corporate levi by establishing support groups and sponsoring volunteer activities. They have provided 7 70 million to hiv aids nonprofits around the board. They were they have provided 75 million around the globe and levi offers benefits toh samesx couples. [cheers and applause] i believe that Ken Henderson is here from the richmond aid foundation. Hi, ken. The recipient of this Years Community award, they are raising funds for aids services and programmes for Homeless Youth if the bay area through quality entertainmentc programmes. Founded by two mother who lost their owna sons to aids, Barbara Richmond and peggy ermit honours their sons memories. [cheers and applause]ng and finally crystal veronica. Im not sure if crystal is here. Crystal is another of our awardees, a proud queer chicano feminist and a recipient of thih years award. Her photography focuses on lgbtq folk and person of colour and drivener by a strong desire to document folks making decisions about what love looks like and not compromising their societal standards. Crystall veronica. [cheers and applause] i want to acknowledge teddy. Thank you for being here. Having walked in your panel annual sat in your chair, i have immense respect for you. We are reconvening the budget of the finance committee. I would like to recess this meeting until 8 00. Thank you very much. Our city is an emblem of strength and beacon of home for lbgq people around the world. In a couple weeks we will have 280 contingents marching down Market Street and hundreds of thousands on civic center, 20 stages planned. People are working tirelessly around the clock to make this event successful and safe. Thanks to the mayor and city for all of the support we get. I am standing up here today with our new board president , jack lane bishop. [applause. ] as well as many Board Members. Caroline wisingger is one of our Board Members. I would like to introduce her to you. I want to thank everyone for coming out. I wrote some great remarks for this event. Last night last night i found out a couple of o our young comrades were victims of horrific hate crimes atti the end of the Democratic Convention and it reminded mee about those two words in our thing, generations of resistance. You know,ti i work with High School Students and they asked me what is the importance of raising the pride flag. I told you im one of the folks fog to different municipalitiesf to fight with City Councils to raise the flags. It reminds me when we fights as amunicipality, were rejusticing against institution. Then we have to remember the history of our resistance. This would5 have been the 89t 89th anniversary of supervisor milt. We remember those that are still affected by violence in our community and that we as a municipality have to continue to protect them. So thank you to the mayor and the city of San Francisco for continuing this traditionci buti urge you to go into the community outside of the city of San Francisco. They need your voices right now so they can have Something Like this in their cities. Thank you veryha much. [cheers and applause] what an event. Thank youan to the pride team ad board and thank you all. Put sso as we close, i close, ik everything to making this event happen. Want to thank the amazing team behind the scenes working tirelessly, anthony in protocol and myan team at the office of transinitiative, thank you andat i would like to moment to recognise all Department Heads and allies who came out today and City Employees, if you could raise your hand if youre with us. Thank you. [cheers and applause] and all of the folks who received support from the city. Those folk who are here that have lgbt programmes that work everyday tirelessly, lets recognise them. Touwe have to continue to love h other, support each other, not just in june. 360, right, everyday of the year. So with that, its my honour to introduce San Franciscos official band of San Francisco, the gay and let lesbian freedom band. Please enjoy cocktails and have a great day. Thank you. We need one for the mayor. [ ] welcome to the 2019 immigrant Leadership Awards. Were celebrating the 22nd anniversary and recognizing unsung immigrant advocates champions and supporters. So, i dont think i need to say that its a divisive time here in the United States and globally when civil rights, are at risk, when anti immigrant sentiment and rhetoric have translated into hatred and talk of border walls and trust in the federal government and Americas International reputation are at an alltime low. We must continue to see the light. To remember our core values and continue to Work Together for more just and equitable world. So tonight is about affirming our commitment to immigrant communities and recognizing the Important Role that our immigrants and communities of color play in contributing to the success and vibrant see of this city and nation. So were celebrating a city, country and world, for all the people. Not just some. Now id like to acknowledge members of the councilor course. Present tonight are columbian andre garafo and ms. Luna gafaro. And from guatemala, sylvia may and Irish Council general robert odrisco, from japan, too and general kamono and the Mexican Council general, ms. Arnault and wilma gondoy and julio huerta and im sorry if im butchering your names. From the is underserved, adam. Under served. There you are. Good afternoon. I have a letter i would like to read how. Friends, welcome to the 2012 immigrant Leadership Awards. The San Francisco office of Civic Engagement is committed to advocating for justice, immigrant integration and immigration rights. At a time when the unwarranted scapegoating of immigrants has become the norm, we celebrate the city of San Francisco for staying in solidarity with immigrant families. Today we recognize and honor the accomplishments of the immigrant community from know your rights training through large scale naturalization clinics advocating for San Franciscos sanctuary city policy and ensuring access to pro bono low cost immigrants services, the community has been a beacon of light and pillar of hope. I extend my congratulations to all tonights honorees. Thank you for all you do for strengthening our country. Warmest wishes for a wonderful celebration. Sincerely, senator harris. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you, adam. In addition to nba finals month, this is also immigrant heritage month and so mayor london breed who was not able to join us tonight has declared this officially immigrant heritage month in San Francisco. We will have a copy of this on our website and if you would like a copy of it, see staff. That feels great. So its my pleasure next to introduce the chair and the vicechair at the immigrant Rights Commission. Strong, inclusive and strategic describes the Leadership Team of the immigrant Rights Commission. Id like to introduce chair celine canaly and mario pots. [applause] im going to throw the translate or into a hoop because they wont know what it means. It means good evening and welcome in gaelic. Were delighted to have you all here this evening. I know its very hot and we hope that the heat in the room will inspire and ignite all of us to continue on the paths that we have chosen to take care of our immigrant communities. This is a very special night. The San Francisco immigrant Rights Commission is one of the oldest and few such commissions in the nation. For over 22 years, we have partnered with the city and the community to ensure the wellbeing and inclusion of immigrants. From language rights to inclusion and qualities of life for our immigrant communities, we have worked hard to ensure that immigrants are recognized for their many contributions and are treated with the dignity and respect that we wish for all americans. We live in what we still believe to be the land of liberty where freedom reigns and democracy rules. We must have faith that we, the people, of the city and county of San Francisco, and of the United States of america, can continue to build upon the success of our immigrant brothers and sisters to ensure equal rights, comprehensive Immigration Reform and fair and humane policies for all. Our dem ok rat see is at risk thats why its important to support immigrants and all communities who live in fear of discrimination, persecution and violation of their human and religious rights. At immigrant Rights Commission, we pledge to continue doing our work with honesty, integrity and competence. And in supporting us in that work, before i introduce the commissioners to you, i would like to recognize director ponds, and all of the staff at the office of Civic Engagement and immigrant affairs. They support each and every one of us in our daily work. They stand up for all immigrants within this city and they make sure that we are cared for, we are supported, and we are always to the forefront of the mind of the city. [applause] presenpresent this evening are r fellow commissioners and i would like to introduce them and i would like you to stand and raise your hand so people know who you are. The event co chairs for this wonderful event have done an amazing job of putting it together, choosing our amazing honorees. [applause] [applause] [applause] welcome. [applause] commissioner jesse ruiz navarro and commissioner alishia wang. Thank you. [applause] and i would also like to recognize commissioners Michelle Wong who are not able to join us this evening. [applause] can you also join me in giving our great chair anna plowanapplause for all her leadp please. Im excited. This is a day that we get to celebrate our immigrant communities. And San Francisco will always be a sanctuary city and it will always be a city that will celebrate our immigrant communities. Lets give a round of applause for this great city we live in and the values we represent. Id like to recognize some former commissioners. Commissioner toyia moses. Thank you for all your years of leadership in San Francisco. I believe melva. Shes a former commissioner also, i would like to recognize her. Thank you. Gave us many years of service. Three years ago, the commission decided it was time to recognize the many Community Leaders advocates, champions and supporters of immigrants and honor their powerful contributions. The late mayor, ed lee launched the immigrant Leadership Award in 2017. The commission is pleased this area to honor 10 individuals or groups who make this world a much better place. All of our honorees tonight have contributed in different ways to support immigrants and many are unsung heroes. We proudly salute them tonight for their dedication and fear lessness in fighting for immigrant rights. And again, we want to welcome you and thank you for being with us this evening to celebrate our immigrant communities. Thank you. [applause] thank you. I also wanted to recognize commissioner cal. And also our former San Francisco chiefofstaff under how many mayors, steve . Five . Steve in the back. Were going to move along to the awards because i know we are standing between you and that delicious reception. Our first award speaking of food, goes to our corporate leader Rainbow Grocery. Rainbow grocery is being recognized for support and value of workers rights and fair trade practices and policies and sustainable food. Good food. Since 1975, rainbow has supported local communities through employment and livable wages and donations to non profits and Community Outreach programs. And receiving the award for rainbow is lesley layba and the rainbow gang. [applause] good evening, everyone. Thank you commissioners. Its such a great honor for us to receive this award. It is particularly meaningful for us as those of us standing up here represent a collective of over 230 workers who own Rainbow Grocery collectively. We have done so in the Mission District of San Francisco for the past 44 years. [applause] for the 44 years weve been dedicated to our Mission Statement of having multi lingual workplace and maintaining a space of inclusivity where all people feel safe, and so this award means a great deal to us. Being situated in the Mission District of San Francisco means that we have enjoyed the generous support of an incredibly diverse and amazing neighborhood of people who have made what we do possible. And we take that very seriously. We also have an incredibly Diverse Membership within our own collective. People who have come as immigrants from all over the world and we h f