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Applause today, im not honoring him because hes a boxing champion. Im honoring him because he hasnt forgotten about the community where he grew up. He hasnt forgotten about the young people that are still there. Sadly, kare, m grew up at a time when we were losing so many young people to violence and many of these people were his friends and family. He chose a different life. He chose a different route. He chose to educate himself and to be involved in this community. He taught graphic art as the african art and American Culture complex. Hes a family man, married with four children and he is a...

All right. Next up we have supervisor jane kim. [cheering and applauding] [speaker not understood] is obviously in the house today. [laughter] [inaudible]. Thank you. I want to reiterate what my colleagues have already said. And black history is our history and black history is american history. applause as someone who has benefited from that history, i just want to acknowledge how important it has been to all of our live. And on a board where most of us are members of communities of color and or the lgbt community, we have all benefited from the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement and of ma...

Reaching out in particular to schools that have heavy population of africanamerican students to promote health and welfare to these students. And basically she is a person that will always continue to serve not only the Africanamerican Community, but all people of diverse cultures and so forth throughout San Francisco. This is dr. Metz. applause id like to thank you, supervisor yee, and the members of the board of supervisors. Thank you for this special award. Im very honored and i accept with great humility. Actually, when supervisor yee called me a few weeks ago, i asked him and myself, why ...

Children, my four wonderful children who have grown up to be sensitive and caring young adults with a strong sense of purpose and character. I think their lives truly exemplify the phrase, men and women for others. My oldest son Leon Benjamin metz iii is here, thank you, benjie, and a dear friend, joyce dixon. Can you stand . applause again, i thank you for this wonderful honor, and im greatly humbled. applause okay, thank you. The next presentation will come from supervisor scott wiener. applause thank you, supervisor cohen. Today i am honoring brett andrews. So, brett, come on up. applause b...