enhance open house that includes best practices for working with the lgbt older adult community called from isolation to inclusion. the curriculum engages staff at all levels, including front line direct care workers, caregivers, clinical staff, administrators and ceos so i have an acute understanding of the barriers senior service providers experience as they begin to implement the best practices for working with lgbt seniors. for the past three years i ve cochaired the lgbt community partnership. for four years i ve cochaired the asian community partnership so i think i bring lgbt sensitive to the api community. i also a board member of the coalition serving the elderly as well as the network of american society on aging where i was privileged to be selected to be part of a new ventures in leadership program for professionals color and aging where i produced a video on the needs of lgbt of color in san francisco. in it terms of recommendation chair kim: thank you. thi
facilitator with sanityi, director at under one roof, a multi-year aids leader, numerous clinics, a member of glide and spent three years on the board of new leaf where i was on the elders program. like the others i m interested in the data we can analyze to establish new policies and programs. thank you. chair kim: thank you. next we have michael smith and michelle alcedo. hello. thank you for the opportunity to speak and be considered for this position. i m going to kind of speak and follow the e-mail i received yesterday. so, first, why would i want to be on this task force? well, in many, many respects, i could be one of the poster children for the people that the task force seeks to assist. i am a 55-year-old single white male, planning on retiring in five or six years, and beginning the next chapter of my life, which is the give-back chapter. i ve been an attorney for over 25 years, and have developed advocacy skills. i get reviewed every year on my ability to i
stakeholder responsibility. i m a big picture guy who can look across issues and find major issues. two last things. one is i understand finance and budget. whatever we propose has to be both fundable and sustainable. and i think we need expertise chair kim: i need to have you wrap up faster than that. thank you very much. chair kim: thank you. i was actually your center today, and as always am appreciative of the work you do no our community. thanks very much. chair kim: next, we have robert connors, and scott hate haitsuka, and then good afternoon appear i would like to say it s both an honor, pleasure and privilege to be here among such highly respected professional colleagues, scholars, activists and members of the lgbt community. we have all worked hard to get here. furthermore, i would like to thank the staff at open house, my professors at san francisco state university school of social work, and a former employee of newly outreach to elders whom with
we support. it s not enough to just take care of one or even just some of the aspects of an individual s life. because we are all so much greater than just any one facet. and this particular lens is going to be imperative for the task force s success. when i was thinking about what i might want to say i was reminded of a dinner i had earlier this summer with a shabti supporter and i said as i often do it s really simple, the heart of shanti is that no one should have alone when they re really sick. the supporter gently corrected me and said no one should have to be alone, period. and i think that s one of the great legacies of our community of san francisco, the way we strive to ensure that no one is invisible, that all voices are heard and i think this task force and the objectives are great illustrations of this endearing trait. this is what i ve dedicated myself to do and hope i have a chance to do for the task force. thanks for your time. chair kim: thank you. we have k
the gay community is magnified in retirement and i fear the large number of people pushed into poverty and services will be quite large as baby boomers retire in greater numbers. i feel my understanding of the financial and tax issues faced by the lgbt community may be of service to this task force. in addition my time at stage and experience with my father taught me financial security is not the only problem facing gays seniors. i would like to see elder abuse issues, housing and social welfare addressed. these issues affect outline seniors but they have unique challenges when applied to the lgbt community. i want to help the city prioritize, be able to recommend small changeses to existing services when needed and recommend big improvements when wanted. chair kim: thank you. we have kaushik roy and then kim schoen. good afternoon. my name is kaushik roy. it has been my privilege to be the executive director at the shanti project which is one of the city s oldest nonpr