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Cost of living and food and everyday costs and were talking about wages that are pretty low and these are workers that with the poorest of the poor and frankly their work is hard and they deserve to be compensated fairly. They deserve to have Family Health care where a lot of folks dont have. Its so expensive that some of them use public assistance. Its unacceptable. White the nonprofit funding has been flat in the last five years which is basically a cut and the private contractors have increas...

And since 1986 has used theater to address many of the Current Issues of today. For the past three decades youth aware brought antibullying education and messages of non violence to thousands of students across San Francisco public schools, Community Centers and social service facilities. Through youth aware we are building a safer and Equitable Community for us all. Were are supporting supervisor campos and the mayors antilgbt bullying efforts and to demonstrate this i want to share a letter wr...

Over private contracts. Thank you. [applause] my name is matt feltstein. I work for Progress Foundation for a house for the mentally ill and the drug addicted. In the years i have been doing this job i had all kinds of jobs. I came from a privileged family and dont know what its like to struggle. What i can say about my coworkers is theyre brave, compassionate understanding people ever going to meet in my life so i am in awe. Thats all i have to say. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker please. [a...

Thank you all for coming. We dont want to break the microphone. Its a nice, cold, clear day in washington and i think its the same in geneva, and i had trouble tearing myself away from twitter this once i hope that there is news from their you will, someone who is on twitter here in the audience will let us know. Clearly there is a connection, however, between what is going on in geneva and what is happening here. If there is a nuclear agreement, if theres an improvement in relations between the...

Thats what were hearing here on the streets. Im Lucy Hockings where the Biggest Party in the world is taking place now. Half a million germans in berlin waiting to greet the world cup champions. Moments from that. Well bring you live coverage. Also on the program, aaron is here talking Space Tourism. Space the final prfrontier. The British Government said to announce the building of a space port by 2018. The idea is capture 10 of the worlds space market. Is this just a i fancy for rich or will t...

Strong yen are shaking japanese peoples belief that working hard will bring rewards. Translator i will restore a Strong Economy and unshakable determination. I will press ahead with my three areas of economic policy, bold monetary measures, a fiscal policy and a Growth Strategy that induces private investment. Abe urged lawmakers to swiftly pass extra budget bills for the current fiscal year to pay for stimulus measures. He said his spending measures wont go on forever and that he aims to achiev...

And these are workers that with the poorest of the poor and frankly their work is hard and they deserve to be compensated fairly. They deserve to have Family Health care where a lot of folks dont have. Its so expensive that some of them use public assistance. Its unacceptable. White the nonprofit funding has been flat in the last five years which is basically a cut and the private contractors have increase and they had increase of 16point. 4 and addition to landlords that lease with the city get...

And addition to landlords that lease with the city get average of 1015 increase so basically the city is recognizing that other sectors that they do business with has the realities of business such as health care and workers comp goes up but what does the Nonprofit Sector . We have the same realities and workers have to pay the bills and we deserve to be compensated fairly for the hard work that people do, so pie colleagues gave you some really testimony about where the money could come from. I ...

Rose to nearly a quarter of the population at the beginning of the year. When the worst happens in the west, the state, in most countries, steps in, and provides financial help. Can poorer nations ever hope to do the same . And would that help or hinder their economies . Thousands queue for precious work at an Industrial Estate in cavite, on the edge of the philippine capital, manila. Among them is genelyn mercado, a 29yearold mother of two. Shes been out of work for 5 months. [speaking native l...

Of e population at the beginning of the year. When the worst happens in the west, the state, in most countries, steps in, and provides financial help. Can poorer nations ever hope to do the same . And would that help or hinder their economies . Thousands queue for precious work at an Industrial Estate in cavite, on the edge of the philippine capital, manila. Among them is genelyn mercado, a 29yearold mother of two. Shes been out of work for 5 months. [speaking native language] shes looking for w...