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In the community of of the africa deaspri and center for the arts across the street. It was a power station originally converted by daniel lee biscan into a beautiful building with a magical bluecube. And its been on the site for 12 years and the museum is really about interpreting the jewish experience. Through exhibition and programming so constantly we are looking at what it means and how to discuss that, you know. How can people connect to a jaou jewish experience through contestimony prairi...

As they did last year. We have versions in english, spanish, chinese, vietnamese, russian, and tagalog. Last year, collected over 3,000 petitions. This year were hoping for 5,000. Phase three will be our annual rally at city hall, and repeat visits to supervisors in conjunction with the budget justice coalition. Our february meeting, we had a very informative Transportation Panel with sfmtas accessibility services. We also are in deep preparation and planning and discussion of our 2020 getting t...

Museum, thank you to the museum for hiring me. I am the Senior Historian at the museum. Welcome to another installment of our meet the author series where we bring you the best world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. Before i introduce tonights offer, a man who needs no introduction, let me carry out the tradition of the National World war ii in museum. Are there any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . There we go. I knew there were...

You can go around the back. I want to welcome David Quammen who has come this evening to talk about his new book spillover animal infections and the next human pandemic. Its the first time he has been to politics and prose. He has written many many books including the song of the dodo which won the donderos metal for history writing. David holds honorary degrees from Colorado College and Montana State university where he served as professor of western american studies. He has also won the Nation...

Also president are chief scott of the San Francisco Police Department. We also have a cantonese translator in the back for those that need it. Good evening, everyone. This is the february 19th meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. We have a special meeting in the ingleside district, this is my Police Station so im really happy to be here. We dont have too full of an agenda tonight, so well allow three minutes for Public Comment. With that, lets get started. Call the first item. Line it...

Business economics, its two hours 15 minutes. Thank you everybody for joining us this morning over coffee. The opening session of the policy conference, i am the director of the center of the National Independent business. And i am delighted to introduce the vice chair of the white House Counsel of Economic Advisor. Preparing for the session i found that we have a foundational commonality and he is originally from sweden, im originally from minnesota, the land of american. He stopped a bit short...

Disabilities and Adult Services meeting. May i have the secretary take the roll. [ roll call ] executive director mcfadden is present. At this time, we ask you silence all sound producing devices and cell phones. May i have a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Do we have a second . Any discuss in all in favor. Any opposed . Motion carries. May i have a motion to approve the february 5th, 2020, Meeting Minutes . Thank you. Do i have a second. Second. Any discussion . All in favor. Any oppose...

Director of the center of the National Independent business. And i am delighted to introduce the vice chair of the white House Counsel of Economic Advisor. Preparing for the session i found that we have a foundational commonality and he is originally from sweden, im originally from minnesota, the land of american. He stopped a bit short of the minnesota border and currently on leave from the university of chicago where he is the professor of Public Policy studies at the University School of Publ...

Meeting minutes . Thank you. Do i have a second. Second. Any discussion . All in favor. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Now i would like to introduce our newest commissioner, nelson lum, wholl tell us about his background. Thank you. Mr. Chair, fellow commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, good morning, my name is nelson lum, and im the newly appointed member of this commission. Ive been a resident since 1961, and i went to school here. Upon graduation from George Washington high scho...

Many our beautiful robert h. Smith auditorium this morning. Todays program, Frederick Douglass, abraham again and emancipation. Would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, arnold schwartz, for his generosity and aking this event and many of our Public Programs possible. [applause] id also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david light. I want to recognize laura ashington and Mercedes Franklin who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Than...