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70 thousand youth of san francisco that will never forget the moment that someone helped them get they re first job and lout them to get the skills and turn from an interview they have their head down to how can i help our company be more expensive with my skills those are transitional periods of time like eric said and their transitional for our city i want to signal to the next generation of youth your future is here in the city and the best jobs exist in the city of san francisco and we re going to link you up to present you in the best way and allow you and your family to succeed so think about that for a moment who helped you get our first job because oftentimes you re going to do that extra more to hire the youth in san francisco. finally, i want to say this in san francisco the other thing we do besides hire people when the door has been opened to us we keep the door open for everyone else this is about opportunity it s but also the suggestion that we are a commu ....
door has been opened to us we keep the door open for everyone else this is about opportunity it s but also the suggestion that we are a community of people that care for each other this is a compassionate city and also not the economic success we all want but the ability to taller than and say who s next and who can i bring through the door you doorkeepers are there to keep the door open and we re going to use that door to bring success to other families. thank you for being here and in anticipation for helping us to create 7 thousand jobs this summer for youth i appreciate it very much this city is going to be on fire for everyone. thank you (clapping.) thank you mr. mayor so for those who remember the first opportunity how many got it right the first time? yeah. we re creating opportunity to learn and grow. but with that it s a pleasure to introduce the ceo of the u knitted way of the bay area thank you very much (clapping) thanks mr. mayor and partners i want to ad ....
fourth quarter they re on the eight yard line threatening to score they drop back to catch a pass and he goes 89 yards for the go ahead score. thank you. one more wait, wait this is a test to say if you re a 49ers fan. we have 49ers fans i m i m here because i care. just to hear your story is amazing i can think badgering back to what i was trying to figure out what i was trying to do with my life in the summertime people around the age of 14 and 20 your usually outside or getting into some bad things. so mayor ed lee what you re doing is not normal i want to say that because summer jobs are hard to find and some kids don t want to work they want to enjoy their summer but i know it says a lot about a child when they re able to put the fun aside and know that life is important and time didn t wait for no one i commend you that are looking for a job it s inspiring to me. another thing i think that the benefit of summer jobs allows you to be in conducive settings and ....
told you two weeks ago by a national fund we re not name who actually has a general disdain for the mayors youth program across the country they believe they re only custodian but those 0 transitional opportunity i know i have one of the jobs so we know it is possible and so again in addition to joining with the mayor to reach our goals but trying to have a national furnished to understand this opportunity. last year, we set a goal of 6 thousand summer jobs and interning for the young people and 17 to be exact yeah. (clapping) and you ll be hearing more about our plans and goals from the mayor shortly but before we go there let me pause and thank a number of people and partners who to make this possible first thanks to the mayor s office who s represented the leadership team by hydra mcdonald. yeah. (clapping) the department of youth and families represented by maria sue yeah. (clapping) the office of economic workforce development represented on the leadership team by ....
city government working towards the opportunity for our young people. i want to give a special shout out two weeks ago the youth resource fair was held and over 4 hundred young people showed you up and got coaching for resumes and get ready for those who pledge jobs the nonprofits who work with the young people and create the pipeline of kurmentd who are there to encourage our young people to step forward and raise their hands and come for the first job into you to get them prepared. a big shout out to our divining are partners this is not a one-time deal they work with the young people all summer long to be successful and add value to our company as they grow and learn. you know, i ve seen a lot of phones go up and pictures taken into consideration this is the moment do is celibacy and post it this idea of going environmental with this effort the mayor has said we need to step up and bring others with us there is 7 thousand it s a biden big number and challenge in fact ....