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Significant. Is there is a relatively High Percentage as we know, of lgbt youth who have contemplated suicide. The number of seniors and i think that the report actually states in the last year, that have contemplated suicide, is almost equal to that number. And that is within the last year. And i think that what that demonstrates is a substantial and a tremendous sense of desperation and a lack of hope in this community and it is something that we need to look at immediately. Because for every month we dont look at these issues, we may lose more seniors and we may lose more individuals, who t...

Valuable work that has been done. And you know, the some things and i think that i spoke at that first meeting, that there is a lot that we know. And then there is that lot that we dont know. And it really is coming from the peoples own voices. About what it is that they want and what they need that we think is so much more valuable than our just trying to sort that out ourselves. And so, i was especially thankful to marcy for your comments and i think that speaks so much to another Strategic Plan that we are working on in our office and it gets with that, and that is those folks that have dem...

Cultural competency within each one of those cultures. On the lgbt issues, and i think that part of it is or was demonstrated by the only limited success that the task force had in reaching out to the russian communities and others in getting response back. And so i think that we need to very, and we need to really focus on cultural competency in communities that may discriminate within their own culture. And it is not only the predominant communities in the city, but also, it is other communities as well. And i think that this is extremely important. And the started as one something mentioned...

Desperation and a lack of hope in this community and it is something that we need to look at immediately. Because for every month we dont look at these issues, we may lose more seniors and we may lose more individuals, who take their own lives. The other thing is come is cultural come pentcy and we have done a lot of work in the community in the various communities of various culture thes the Latino Community and the emensa community and others. And we find tremendous lack of cultural competency within each one of those cultures. On the lgbt issues, and i think that part of it is or was demons...

The folks that have been attending the meetings and doing the hard work, and keeping me in the loop when it seemed right to do so. And we want to thank you and we look forward to working on the report itself. And i think that as a Department One of the things that we are known for is implementing what has been put in front of us and so we look forward to that. Thank you, director. And now the executive director of the Human Rights Commission, commissioner sparks. Good morning supervisors, thank you for the community to speak. There are a couple of things that have not been i think mentioned he...