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Community and your trust in us and our work in nonprofit in serving the broader community. Thank you so much. applause applause now up in the batting order, supervisor farrell. Thank you, president chiu. I believe my honoree is still running in the building, if you will. If we could skip over. Sure, thanks. Slide to district 1, supervisor mar. Thank you. To all the honorees, were really lucky to have such an amazing array of different types of leaders from the Filipino Community. The choice for the Richmond District today is i think one of the most inspiring and creative people that helps to b...

That were very proud of. Im honoring him for his social justice work. He has been active in the Asian American community for over a decade. I know he looks a lot younger than a decade, but he has been extremely active. Hes been involved in grassroots activism in the Asian American immigrant worker and lgbt communities on both coasts of the country and his vision for social justice is grounded in the realities of those communities. After graduating from Brown University and ucla law school, chris worked as a Ford Foundation new voices fellow where filipino advocates for justice in oakland befor...

This is an organization that promotes healthy children and families by providing services to prevent child abuse, Domestic Violence and ensuring that our families are safe. And i can certainly tell you, colleagues, and i think many of you know amors work. He has been able to impact hundreds of families and children in ensuring that the city of st. Francis really takes care of her own. With that in celebration of filipino History Month i want to thank amor and i see that supervisor cohen would like to add a few words. Amor on behalf of our constituents in district 3 and many districts around th...

Hotel heart. applause thats tony robles poem. Tony is a true revolutionary, worker scholar who always maintains a humble level head, even in the most crisis oriented situations, even when fighting for the people in the most charged issues like housing justice, and the fight against displacement and gentrification in San Francisco creatively tony writes poetry and stories that inspire hope and struggle of our communities. Im proud to honor him today. I think he uses his mind, his heart, his hands creatively and lovingly to inspire Filipino Community members but also all of us. And i wanted to s...

From my own head, but from filipino scholar oscar [speaker not understood]. I want to say we got the world series happening. I tell you, the world San Francisco giants, ive got to tell you, those kids out on the Mission Playground standing up and standing and holding their ground. applause those are the real San Francisco giants. Ill tell you some other giants. The kids who are at west bay, the way they comport themselves, the way they behave with such class and the way they behave around their elders, those are the real San Francisco giants. I take my hat off to them. Those are the real San F...