Hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard every day to expand womens safety. If you are from one of our Partner Agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. As the sunsets, city hall will be let let purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is the only time of the m
[cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard every day to expand womens safety. If you are from one of our Partner Agencies, make some noise. [cheers and applause] please stay until the end of the event. As the sunsets, city hall will be let let purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is the only time of the month that it will glow purple. It is truly magnificent. A wonderful selfie shot. So i
Month, and i want people to still know it, know it even better in november, and even better in december, and be able to tell all the people you know about it, but not so much that they dont invite you to their parties anymore, that violence violent armed perpetrators are a deadly force in america and also here in our city and San Francisco. And ending Domestic Violence is central to saving lives, to saving childhood, to saving our Public Health and our Workplace Safety and our school safety, and ultimately our future. So to all the partners here, whether you are in government, whether you are a nonprofit, if you work at night, if you answer the crisis line, if you are an advocate with infants or an advocate with adults or seniors, thank you so much for your creativity and your stamina and you are not alone. None of us is alone. To the survivors out there, i want to tell you that when you feel at your most alone, somehow , a tiny place in your mind and heart, belief that you are not. We
Our domestic our department on the status of women, and the staff and all our Community Partners that do the work we do. This is how we survived the Domestic Violence system in the city. Thank you. [applause] thank you so much. As president zawart stated, prevention is a critical part of our work to stop the cycle of violence. For over 20 years, asianPacific Islander legal outreach has engaged youth through its Youth Advisory Council to address genderbased and dating violence in asian and Pacific Islander communities. Please join me in welcoming the Youth Advisory Council at the youth coordinator. Give him a warm welcome. [applause] good evening, everyone. We are the Youth Advisory Council from the legal outreach. We strive for and accepting an equitable future in which everyone is helpfully loved. As youth in our communities, it is important we engage in work against a mystic violence to educate our peers and prevent its occurrence in our everyday lives. Through this work, we believe
Connected to Public Health and public safety. What i want people to know this month, and i want people to still know it, know it even better in november, and even better in december, and be able to tell all the people you know about it, but not so much that they dont invite you to their parties anymore, that violence violent armed perpetrators are a deadly force in america and also here in our city and San Francisco. And ending Domestic Violence is central to saving lives, to saving childhood, to saving our Public Health and our Workplace Safety and our school safety, and ultimately our future. So to all the partners here, whether you are in government, whether you are a nonprofit, if you work at night, if you answer the crisis line, if you are an advocate with infants or an advocate with adults or seniors, thank you so much for your creativity and your stamina and you are not alone. None of us is alone. To the survivors out there, i want to tell you that when you feel at your most alo