clapping. thank you so much christian and telling missouri ma we appreciate that now turn to a Nonprofit Service committee as you can see the Society Director the asian shelter in so 88, 27 years ago i went to this year shelter which will go on to become only the third shelter in the country to help asian families please help me welcome clapping. good morning, everyone start to wiggle our tows so how calibration keeps going im very happy to be here im over and over kid with the asian shelter some of my coworkers are here on october fierce the start of the Domestic Violence month we know that Domestic ViolenceAwareness Month not the most were aware of Domestic Violence we know department of transportation Awareness Month is the month we push awareness heard than at t any other awareness we growing and working to address it in all the diverse ways so when i look across the room and till when i drive around San Francisco on any day this might be a mark but when i drive around the city i think about all the different was and the different people who are work on case of Domestic Violence every day i think about crisis workers and the shelter advocates and Police Officers and introoerm decreases and lgbtq advocates and burn staff and probation officers and leaders and journalists that be definitely putting a story out that Public Benefits worker in every sector but youth workers and teachers and childcare workers and attorneys in immigration law. Criminal law and judges and Family Members and friends and loved ones and it is a lot of people who are really toughing Domestic Violence every day with the roll im not talking about the people that are just in life i think about our city as people mentions a hard year in the Domestic Violence field so i think about children who have stopped their fabricate from killing higher mother and crisis to protect themselves from acts and about transgender women that have lost their life since we meet october 2014 im thinking about the access support for the people in the room and been the people that have not the people who lives have mattered more in the public eye or the mainstream movement and people lives that have not and people that come into contact and witnessing Domestic Violence and nerve and feeling there might be more dread of Domestic Violence and currently using a pattern the graduation and cell and denies october 1st what will i say what are we trying to make more aware and what conversations are the conversations we want to push ourselves this month than many other moments the sooner moment to have those conversations not the moments after a tremendous loss has happened we want to talk about more than that denies though sometimes starting the conversation is more than just recognizing Domestic Violence happens in 11th relationship not just straight relationship we the 80 want to go further, however, from the conversation starts there lets start where we or it is more than that making survivors and Community Members aware obviously the conversation should start there or not we want people to know what we provide in the city were not here to tell you what you do or judge you over the experience the violence were not here to say you must do abc d or whatever thats not what we were going we want to people to know im with the asian shelter or people to know weve trained anti advocate Domestic Violence protects to talk about what is happening to you not a special right were not going to think about it which someone calls what language is that we want people to know transpeople you can come o to a ows some save places in the area and other lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders we have programs that are not just thinking that we can fit you into what exists but programs trying to center you this is real and barriers our addressing and lowerincome but youre addressing barriers youre facing that deserve special attendance and special programming safety funding not other funding that gets cut i think also the things were trying to build is also more than saying there are all those bystanders with a role to play we know that every survivor didnt get programming he know that we do know that every survivor goes to someone that he trust at some point you go to the friend the trusted Community Member maybe not member who that will support you but go to Small Business that is our role to see those people as the kind of personnel whether they have a badge or degree maybe in mechanic engineering theyre also people that need support and training they need help with awareness and understanding that not just Domestic Violence happens but their victims or perpetrators but Domestic Violence is a nuance we want them to know we want to build their awareness if someone fights back or swears or there is no something that didnt mean that person a an abuser if youre a mythical unicorn of a human being we want our people to be seen as people and respond with xhashgs compassion and nonin the right direction judgment and support and in the papers all the time having the responses ive never seen him angry or upset which hes at my housed we start from different places some people start with that and hear department of transportation no, no were totally respect if he will if he thats not how Domestic Violence works what happens at home didnt happen everywhere thats the whole point we want to build are you think the awareness of everyone ourselves as workers and Community Members and family friend and sooner rather than later and action dominates from awareness so action in weve come a long way month is a big deal. clapping and next it alicia the volunteer corridor for women inc. It stands for women organized to make abuse nonexist shell let know about assistance to family and friends exercising abuse please help me welcome. The clerk will take the roll good morning, everyone. Good morning. Aim alicia the Economic Workforce Development corridor at women inc. Weve worked to empowers the survivors to create lives free of violence within the lastful few years we offer services to those if he should by woman we receive call many from survivors themselves and receive calls from Community Partners and friends and families seeking support how to help loved ones we notice the gap in San Francisco of Family Members of survivors weve created a support group with the Family Members impacted by Family Members the support group begins in october we encourage you to call for information we recognize denies can effect multiple people at levels we recognize that ding is a communities issue with a role to play the healing is important we hope by offering the forgives tools to take back to our communities to help the communities healing where our a friend or Family Member embarked by defendants no. 1 denies youre not alone and support it a big deal thank you clapping. thank you, alicia before we introduce your last speaker talking about how everyone has a big role to play shout out to her and her team theyve created an app for Domestic Violence i siefrlz looking for sincerity so, please checkout that auto save night an app on your phone next last but not least i want to thank Beverly Upton the director of the Domestic Violence consortium clapping. shes a true force of nature nothing gets in between beverly and woman experiencing Domestic Violence countless lives have an saved by her were pleased to stand together with her please help me welcome our hero Beverly Upton clapping. thank you so much thank you all im also so overwhelmed when i see our work is seen thank you all so San Francisco is on a long road and the road leads towards progress and safety and justice it is long i been at the consortium tech 10 years and youve been there 15 years were on a path heated in the right direction we have a lot to do and were going to do it were going to do it together when we look at the progress weve made over the last few years i wish mayor ed lee was here thank you for increasing the small budget but it gets bigger every year for people shelter and seeking hedge Fund Different languages to survivors everyday those dollars make a huge difference thats a Huge Investment in our community our beloves communities the Mayors Office wait laughter the San FranciscoPolice Department wow. I mean, look how far weve come bilingual apps on the phones and language lines figuring out how to speak to the survivors everyday trying to do berries the commission everyday under suzy loftus trying to do betters everyday is it perfect no do we agree on everything no, but we are on the path we are on the path clapping. c hr wow. Progress huge Police Radios making something that was a dream happening looked at our colleagues our advocates our friends in their purple lace how autism is that how autism is that we need to mix everybody and make sure that all the advocates know the liaisons and probation sunny and chief karen and andrea wow. A Great Partnership to make sure our Intervention Program is efficient active and Getting Better theyre too on the path to saving lives we have to help them get better we are we are clapping. and then we talk about the beloved community we have to talk about the department of the status of women born to do this work this was why the department and the commission was founded it grows every year and captains but this is added heart we love them we love their leadership the staff that does so much and the staff and emily who always such a thoughtful leader on those issues clapping. and then our beloved community our beloved communities while were at fundraiser and doing the things their answering the phones and getting people that are so afraid in so many languages to say you save wow. Thats huge you guys are are saving lives every single day i think about the department of the status of women the staffing and pulling together the council katie and shawn y in a and childs abuse fits together to continue on this path it such an honor im so grateful and have to say that we still have no more work to do the two lastly homicides i see you there you know my heart is with you the last two Domestic Violence homes we had and perhaps more but the 20 last who were gun violence someone that shouldnt have had a gun raised it in anger and killed someone at the end of a Domestic Violence episode we have to address gun violence the d b community clapping. and im part ever it i think weve been shy over the years because we have so much to do just doing what we are doing were kind of afraid to try to expand but look here is our opportunities we can join with our brothers and sisters trying to keep guns out of the hands of violent people those are our brothers and sisters were not alone all of us are moving on the path we need more i need to take a second before he hope to end on a high note i want to honor the folks that lost their lives to Domestic Violence and have to say it not as over and over kid said not always in the paper it is the suicides on the bmg or the Golden Gate Bridge or the child that was over and over infanticide over and over the person that left San Francisco or ended up in the bay they started here they are all ours can we have a moment of silence to think about them thank you silence . So with that, lets try to move into denies Awareness Month make sure that we all keep working together we all take care of each other that work is hard work lets move that path is wide and room for all of us thank you very much clapping. thank you so much beverly we want to ask my staff to come forward i want to thank all the Department Staff please come forward calling names. clapping. so given the amount of work our department do dont people think i have a department of the hundred people he want i to see our staff were also helped by policy fellows calling names who are here by really want to thank ken that has worked on this from start to finish please give her a big hand dolores park and so finally we want to thank the Deputy Director of staff Paul Monte Sereno son and thank you all for joining us and be sure to take pictures of city hall purple tonight welcome to culturewire. Today we are at recology. They are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique Artist Residency programs. We are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. Welcome to the show, deborah. Tell us how this Program Began 20 years ago. The Program Began 20 years ago. Our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970s. She started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. She started with kids. They had an exhibition at city hall. City officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. We thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. Since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. How has the Program Changed over the years . How has the program what can the public has an artist engage with . For the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. Over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. Conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. That has really expanded the program out. It is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. Why would an artist when to come here . Mainly, access to the materials. We also give them a lot of support. When they start, it is an empty studio. They go out to the public area and we call it the big store. They go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. It is kind of like a reprieve, so they can really focus on their body of work. When you are talking about recology, do you have the only Sculpture Garden at the top . It is based on work that was done many years ago in new york. It is the only kind of structured, artist program. Weit is beautiful. A lot of the plants you see were pulled out of the garbage, and we use our compost to transplant them. The pathway is lined with rubble from the earthquake from the freeways we tour about 5000 people a year to our facility, adults and children. We talk about recycling and conservation. They can meet the artists. Fantastic. Lets go meet some of your current artists. Here we are with lauren. Can you tell us how long have been here so far and what youre working on . We started our residency on june 1, so we came into the studio then and spent most of the first couple weeks just digging around in the trash. I am continuing my body of work, kind of making these hand embroidered objects from our daytoday life. Can you describe some of the things you have been making here . This is amazing. I think i started a lot of my work about the qualities of light is in the weight. I have been thinking a lot about things floating through the air. It is also very windy down here. There is a piece of sheet music up there that i have embroidered third. There is a pamphlet about hearing dea nearing death. This is a dead rabbit. This is what i am working on now. This is a greeting card that i found, making it embroidered. It is for a very special friend. While we were looking at this, i glanced down and this is amazing, and it is on top of a book, it is ridiculous and amazing. I am interested in the serendipity of these still life compositions. When he got to the garbage and to see the arrangement of objects that is completely spontaneous. It is probably one of the least thought of compositions. People are getting rid of this stuff. It holds no real value to them, because theyre disposing of it. Were here in another recology studio with abel. What attracted you to apply for this special program . Who would not want to come to the dump . But is the first question. For me, being in a situation that youre not comfortable in has always been the best. What materials were you immediately attracted to when you started and so what was available here . There are a lot of books. That is one of the thing that hits me the most. Books are good for understanding, language, and art in general. Also being a graphic designer, going straight to the magazines and seeing all this printed material being discarded has also been part of my work. Of course, always wood or any kind of plastic form or anything like that. Job mr. Some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. Taught me through some of the pieces you have made while you have been here. The first thing that attracted me to this was the printed surface. It was actually a poster. It was a silk screen watercolor, about 8 feet long. In terms of the flatwork, i work with a lot of cloddish. So being able to cut into it come at into it, removed parts, it is part of the process of negotiating the final form. How do you jump from the two dimensional work that you create to the threedimensional . Maybe going back from the 3f to 2d. Everything is in the process of becoming. Things are never said or settled. The sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. It becomes a part of something else. Theres always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. At the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. Thank you so much for allowing culturewire to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. Is there anything you like our viewers to know . We have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. Everybody is welcome to come out. We have food. Sometimes we have gains and bands. It is great time. From june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. We encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. We want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. How many artists to do your host here . 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. Very competitive. But everyone should be encouraged to apply. Thank you again for hosting us. Thank you for including us in culturewire. 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