Doing in our community who take on so many difficult issues and so many issues that require the hope and faithfulness [speaker not understood]. There are problems that arent going to be solved overnight. Theyre issues that we have to be commit today change over time and what that means and what that takes. It is a very challenging issue to deal with on the national level. 30,000 people are killed, 100,000 shot every year in this country, and almost nothing is being done. But one of the things that helps me to be able to do it and to keep the faith is getting to work with City Councils like this one. Having the opportunity to work with courageous leaders who arent intimidated by the threats of special interests who have done cutting edge work to address this problem. Weve worked with the board of supervisors in the past to introduce really innovative legislation that then has led the way to innovative legislation in the state of california and california has really created a model of wh
And i think my honoree represents supporting building up organizations and caucuses of women and alliances with general organizations in challenging institutional secondism. I want to say she is an amazing example of a leader from the Richmond District. She is the cochair of jobs with justice s. F. , she is also the cochair of the women caucus in the California Faculty Association and the president of the California Faculty Association at San Francisco state, and a tremendous leader that works behind the scenes in many ways to really empower women, students, and others in educational struggles throughout the state and in our city. She grew up in the boston area. You might hear that in her slight accent and shes here today with her husband rick claymore and friends from the outer richmond, Karen Mcnulty and others. She moved to the bear after college about the same time i did in the early 80s. ~ shes lived in the richmond for 30 years, and shes been a mom of a great daughter gabriella a
President of the California Faculty Association at San Francisco state, and a tremendous leader that works behind the scenes in many ways to really empower women, students, and others in educational struggles throughout the state and in our city. She grew up in the boston area. You might hear that in her slight accent and shes here today with her husband rick claymore and friends from the outer richmond, Karen Mcnulty and others. She moved to the bear after college about the same time i did in the early 80s. ~ shes lived in the richmond for 30 years, and shes been a mom of a great daughter gabriella as well. [speaker not understood]. I draw strength and lessons from her by often watching her work. We first met in the 90s when we struggled to transform a college called new collectv to be more representative of the work force and lectures and teachers he and students as well and community ~. But ive seen how in the classroom at San Francisco state in her classes where she is an expert in