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This is the day the lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day the homegoing celebration. This was a great man, a moral leader, and a friend. First lady of the church patricia thomas, in this baptist church, inc. You for welcoming us all here to reflect on live and celebration of service of Elijah Cummings. Also to the Cummings Family and to his political family that constituents from maryland congressional seventh district. Thank you for sharing him with our country and the world. [applause] thank you miya. Is you have said so beautifully, you walked by elijah his side ...

Celebration. This was a great man, a moral leader, and a friend. First lady of the church patricia thomas, in this baptist church, inc. You for welcoming us all here to reflect on live and celebration of service of Elijah Cummings. Also to the Cummings Family and to his political family that constituents from maryland congressional seventh district. Thank you for sharing him with our country and the world. [applause] thank you miya. Is you have said so beautifully, you walked by elijah his side on this journey. Thank you for your steadfastne steadfastness. And your resilience and your leadersh...

[organ music playing] is we remain standing, we prepare now for the wharq servant, theublic honorable Elijah Eugene cummings. It shall be done in a few draping ofter the the coffin by the honor guard. [horn sounds] amen. Was a cummings churchman. We sing to the glory of thgod this morning that opening hymn that meant so much to him. Bishop thomas you may be seated. Let us pray. Lord, we thankyou for your servant, Elijah Eugene cummings, assiduously, sagacious, and with integrity to preserve and protect the sacrosanct founding document of this country, from enemies both foreign and domestic. Lo...

Supervisor mar . How important is it that diversity be on this committee . Absolutely. The majority of the veterans i serve are veterans of color, low income, disabled, housing and food insecure, Substance Abuse experience, and what im here to say if youre going to put a white dude on the panel, im the one you want. [laughter] since coming back from the military, like, you could find me when were protesting on the streets of oakland. Im eyeball to eyeball with the police. Im standing between the police and the community, inviting the tear gas and rubber bullets on me to buffer between the Viol...

Income, disabled, food insecure, many with Substance Abuse, with former incarceration and were experiencing transformative results. Were shifting bitter crow money johns to warm members of our community and these are the most vulnerable citizens we have here in San Francisco. Ive been working with the senator for the past two years to get this bill passed at the state level. Its currently on the governors desk and its received unanimous approval from the legislature. I also advocated for multiple cities and at the National Level. I have been involved with the decriminal nature movement. Im her...