me. it really brings myself a lot of pride and joy in this work. if the soul of the nation is to be saved. i believe that you must become its soul. those were the words of one of america's greatest xiros, coretta scott king. and today still recovering from the impacts of a deadly and devastating global pandemic. and on the other side of roe v. wade. no truer words have ever

been spoken. ladies if the soul of this nation is to be saved we must become its soul. happy international women's day and welcome to our 2023 women's history month celebration. my name is kimberly ellis and i am so thrilled and proud to be the director of the san francisco department on the status of women. every year. we come together to mark this occasion to acknowledge and celebrate our history, our present and our future on this collective journey towards freedom, justice and gender equality. here in san francisco. we're surrounded by modern day history makers of all

ages, racist places and spaces. and today we honor three of san francisco's finest. today's honorees have committed their time, talent and treasure to lifting up supporting mentoring , nurturing and investing in other women and girls throughout their respective communities for decades. women who, regardless of the many obstacles and challenges, disappointments and setbacks. nevertheless, persistent. these women are profiles in courage and epitomize what it means to despite it all continue to rise. and speaking of rising i am incredibly proud to introduce this next woman leader. who born and raised in san francisco. has herself risen from poverty to greatness. a woman who has

dedicated her entire career to helping others through public service. in the black community . we when it comes to demonstrating what you believe in what you stand for and what you value. we have a saying. don't talk about it. be about it. and when it comes to believing in standing for and valuing the worth of women and girls and being committed to their health. safety and well being. this woman has been about it from day one. please help me in welcoming san francisco's 45th mayor and the first black woman to ever hold this post. give it up for our mayor, london breed. thank you so much. kimberly and i want to just express my appreciation for all

of the people who are joining us here today to celebrate international women's history in this country and i want to just take us back a little bit because we're joined here today by some of our elected leaders who are women and department heads. and sadly, not so long ago in the history of this country and in the history of this city, women couldn't even be a part of this political establishment. in fact, i recall the stories of belvidere davis when she was a reporter and how she would have to take her microphone and put it through the door because she was not even allowed. to enter the board of supervisors chambers, so i'm really happy to be joined by members of the board of supervisors today, including supervisor hillary ronen and supervisor catherine stephanie. thank you so much. and i want to

thank the many department heads. i see the guys standing over there to the side. they want their attention to. so thank you to supervisor walton, supervisor manda men are treasurer jose cisneros, supervisor met dorothy and our assessor. joaquin torres , who have been great allies to women as well. and again thanks . all of our department has all of our leaders. you know, i'm so proud of san francisco because we have 61% of the department heads are women in the city and county of san francisco and so women really do run our city. not just the mayor 55% members who are on boards and commissions, so can get all the commissioners that are joining us here today. women commissioners, please raise your hand. thank you. and i can go on

and on about women get it done. but i want to spend time today really focused and talking about the three extraordinary women that we are so fortunate to honor because you know, it's every year when i hear about the theme. i don't know what it is, but instantly people come to mind. i don't know what that is. but when it was about women telling our stories i couldn't think of three better women who have been consistent and persistent and telling the stories and then using their platforms of advocacy to really push for collaboration and bringing communities together and to push for change. so let me start. with andrea osteo. andrea is one of the founders of emerge. and for those of you who

don't know many of the women who tend to get elected. like myself , like supervisor stephanie and others. we were elected because she, along with another group of women founded emerge, which trains democratic women to run for office. well, why is that important? we were looking at even the history of this city. and i remember you telling the story about when kamala harris wanted to run for district attorney and there was no platform, no place to help make sure someone like her had the resources and support and understanding of what it would take and the knowledge to do what's necessary to win. and so we can thank our vice president. but we can also thank the women who really consistently put themselves on the line to ensure that a program exists to promote and support and push to get women elected. we are so fortunate in san francisco in california that you know those

are apart naturally of our values. but it doesn't exist in other parts of the country, as we know, with our rights, being our ability to protect our own health and make decisions for our own body. we know how valuable it is to have that here in san francisco in the state of california because it doesn't exist in the rest of the country and emerge. has really taking on the role of getting outside of not just california. but in other parts of the united states to make sure that they not only train, but they promote raise funds pushed to get women democrats elected to office all over this country, and it's because of her role, her vision and her consistent work. that it is possible and the fact is it doesn't stop there. the work that she does to raise funds for causes that help support women leaders. the work that she does

when women who are running from office all over the state, most recently vowed dimon's who was running for senator in florida, which would have been amazing to have a woman like her in office. she brings to light their stories she brings to light their causes and the work that they've done and how it will move and push women forward. and so i'm really honored here today to thank andrea do steal for her work her partnership. her mentorship and her consistency in advocating an uplifting women. but more importantly, telling our stories telling our stories in our struggles and our challenges and what we've been through as leaders. because let me tell you, it's hard. but it's especially hard for women. and i also want to acknowledge her that when the opportunity presented itself because wanting

to make sure women of color who also had a platform in races all over the country, hiring kimberly ellis, who led emerged at one point and who really was very intentional about the decisions she made to diversify the group of women who were being trained and who were running for office and i'll tell you had it not been for a program like emerged so many incredible elected leaders would not be leading our cities and making sure that our stories were told and our values and the things that we care about were brought to the forefront. and so at this time, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome andrea do steal. thanks so much. this is your beautiful bouquet, which i will hold. thank you. thank you, madam mayor. i am so grateful to you for honoring me

on international women's day. when i set out in 2002 with a few friends to create a program to help make it easier for democratic women. from the community to run for office. i had no idea that 21 years later , i would be receiving this kind of honor. from the mayor of my city who was a graduate of this program. i am honestly so overcome. you are truly why i set out to do this work. having you in a position of power. with your lived experience. is what makes you an incredible leader and i am so grateful to have you as my mayor and as my friend, so thank you. i also want to thank . my unbelievable badass friend

kimberly edit ellis. i mean, she is such an constant inspiration to me. i was very fortunate to meet kimberly when she went through emerge. what year was that? 72,007 while ago and she was impressive from the start, and i am constantly inspired by your passion around gender and racial justice, so thank you for all you do. and i will never forget deciding to get involved in local politics and sitting down at my desk and looking at my supervisor at that time in 2002, we had two women supervisors out of 11. today we have four and we still have only had two women mayors. we've never had a woman governor in the state of california. and of course, we've never had a woman president. i remain as committed as ever to seeing more democratic women enter the political realm because there is so much work to do. women hold 1/4 of the offices at the

federal level about 30% of the state level, which is far from 50 50. and most importantly, there are so many challenges in our world and we need the best and the brightest to be working towards solutions, and that means making sure that half of our population is empowered to lead and serve. so today on international women's day. it is upon us to renew our commitment to gender equality. now, more than ever. we must fight for our rights. my daughter gabby is here today. and it is tragic that she now enjoys less rights than i did at her age because there has been a successful war wage to infantilized women and take away the ability for us to decide what we do with our own bodies. the u. s. is also one of just seven countries in the

world that does not guaranteed paid maternity leave. we hold work in the company of countries like micronesia, nauru, palau, papua new guinea and tonga. we do not have universal childcare and women are still more likely to experience violence and discrimination than men. today is about committing and doubling down on gender equality. i know that many of us often feel dispirited during these very tough times. but someone once told me that hope and action are both disciplines. so i call on each one of us here today to be disciplined. let us commit simultaneously to being hopeful and also being willing to take the actions needed. to push us forward in this battle for gender justice. thank you so much for this honor. good job.

and of course, using her platform to promote the kinds of things that will help. with ensuring that women continue to be at the forefront of leading this country. and so thank you and congratulations. i want to also just take an opportunity to acknowledge a few of the various department leaders who are joining us here today. first of all the person our city administrator who was once on the board of supervisors carmen chu, thank you for being here. the second woman to lead the fire department, janine nicholson. and two extraordinary women who have had the privilege to work within the community. many of you remember, oftentimes doing work to really focus on taking care of folks cheryl davis and valley brown. and the

person who's leading the juvenile justice center katie miller, thank you so much for being here. and during our declaration of emergency for a covid response and some of the challenges that we were dealing with in the tenderloin. mary ellen carroll helped us lead all that work. and if any of you want to adopt a cat, a dog or any pet in san francisco, virginia, daniel you who runs animal care and control is here with us. the lady who runs the ports down there. elaine forbes. and our hr guru carol ison. so if you're looking for a job, talk to carol. alright so let's get back to our program of honoring our great women and i'm going to move on over to this side. let me tell you, you know. i know so many of you who have a great relationship with felicia

jones, you know. bad. she wears her heart on her sleeve. i first had an opportunity to get to know. felicia jones. when. many of you recall in the bayview hunters point when mario woods was killed. and that was a very challenging time with the community and the san francisco police department and it was very frustrating just in how things elevated and there was a lack of understanding for why people were in such an outrage. i was on the board of supervisors at the time, malia cohen was also on the board of supervisors and malia cohen was in fact leading a lot of the charges around the reforms that are now being implemented with the san francisco police department to push more in the direction of de escalation so that we can do everything we can to deal with people struggling with mental illness and

substance use disorder with our street crisis response team and other things and we have seen mean? a significant change in san francisco. is it perfect? no. but the reason why we are even close to becoming even better, has a lot to do with the work that consistent work. uh of health and disparities in the african american community, led by felicia jones. and the thing about it is it's not easy work. because you know, i just want to be honest here. people do not support felicia the way that they should. and she gets it from both sides. she gets it when she's trying to fight against the injustices, sometimes from the city side. with her work that she tries to do to help support. some of the inmates who are incarcerated at

8 50 bryant. she gets it from the african american community in some instances, because she is demanding that if they're going to criticize that they need to be right by her side, helping her to do this work this important work, and she has consistently made it clear. that she's not going anywhere. because felicia understands the need to be courageous to stand up. to fight against an injustice. and she's unapologetically black. and when i say that it has more to do with not just that she's black. she understands how to build those bridges with the black community so that we can promote collaboration and understanding and respect for one another. she wants to see this community, which we've seen in the statistics represents. 40% of

the homeless population, and so many of the challenging disparities around health and well being in san francisco, even though the population is considerably low, she realizes that this city has to do more to make significant investments and significant policy changes that will lead to not only better results for the black community , it will lead to better results for the community of san francisco. and so you know, it's felicia and i over the years. you know, you'd be surprised by the fights. we had. and the reason why, you know sometimes when you fight with somebody so much early on, you tend to say i don't want to work with this person because they're too difficult. and you know why. i stayed focused on making sure that whenever she asked to meet with me whenever she wanted to talk about anything, why i didn't say no. because it was so

obvious. that her heart was in this work. and i could never say no. because not only because she wouldn't go away. but because when you have that person, that kind of person filled with so much love and desire in their heart to do the right thing to help people. you should want to be a part of helping them to do that. her leadership has been amazing, and she's expanded the work that she's done. she has been in community passing out gift cards and groceries and resources and trying to help people get connected to services . i get messages and phone calls . i need to help this person get a job. i need to help this person with groceries. this person is about to get evicted. where is the programs? where is the support? this is all, especially during the pandemic. she saw a need. and she stepped in. and this is what i love and appreciate about. felicia she's

an amazing human being. and i am fortunate enough to not only know her and work with her. but call her a friend. so ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honoree for international women's day. felicia jones. good afternoon, everyone. um first i have to give honor to god. and um, i'm a little emotional right now. because when mere breed has stated was that. being black. in america. being black. in san francisco.

being black. working for the city and county of san francisco. raised in bayview hunters point having two sisters brutally murdered. becoming a crack addict. serving prison time. and every penitentiary in the state of california, with the exception of two because in the black community we weren't told about trauma. i was released. april 5th. 1991 and. i just decided that you know, before. my sister's got murdered. i was the youngest corporate officer. for wells fargo. bank. throughout the nation. i was the youngest. so when i begin to look at my

credentials and the corporate, um, things that i have done. and then meeting mayor breed at the time. she was president of the board and thank you to, um minister christopher mohammed. who brought us together at, um john's grill with the fabulous scallops. ah you know, i just really appreciate me a breed. i love me a breed. everyone who knows me knows that i love me a breed. you can't say anything. about her wrong to me. because i love her that much. and for her to know who i am. what i stand for that i am a unapologetic black woman. i'm not an activist. i'm sorry. i'm not a

politician. i'm an activist. and so when i go into some rooms i'm not afraid to speak up. because there's nothing you can do to me. but the one thing you can do to me it's what a target on my back. don't let me do what? i'm, an expert at and that's creating programs. intervention. programs. for my community. and so. i love you so much. i really do. and so as we look around, and we honor these beautiful women. congratulations. there's still so much work to do. especially in the black community. and so i say. in order. to save the people. you

must serve the people. in order to lead the people. you must love the people. cornel west. and i love black people. i'm not ashamed of about it. i'm not apologetic about it. i'm not anti white. i'm not anti asian. i'm not anti latino. but i am pro black. and why. because we deserve it. when you look around and you study all the incidents throughout the city and county of san francisco black people who represent about 4% will say five. we are at the bottom of every list. help. education. mass incarceration housing. employment. and so how do we

begin. two. lift up. the black community. and san francisco. and may a breed has done that. along with salmon walton with the dream keepers initiative, clap it up for the dream keepers initiative. and so. it is. it's hard and i know it's hard for her because she's the mayor of san francisco. i'm an activist in san francisco. but we got to keep pushing. we got to keep pushing. and i want to thank cheryl davis, who was taught me a lot. she's a remarkable woman also. she's a remarkable woman. and the things that we have to do to uplift our people. it takes all of us. and none of us

have the luxury. of sitting down. and not doing anything. right now. i was reading a few months ago may not about a month ago that they had an office of overdose prevention. i said overdose prevention. yeah they got office of overdose prevention. what do they do? so i started researching. and one of the things that i'm also working on. outside of bringing , um, programs assistantship sheriff carter back into the jails. is that the fentanyl. and so i wanted to know what the office of overdose prevention did. so i found out it's doctor home. i sent him an email. i told him i was interested in the deaths of black people. black san franciscans. around fentanyl. and he told me that

blacks and san francisco we are five times that of all san franciscans. who overdosed on fentanyl. that's deep. it's concerning. and so it's like, what are we gonna do about it? and so i jump in. because i care. and so i'm just going to leave you with something. bad i heard as i was preparing and thinking, maybe breed and my god. from bringing me out of every. prison with the exception of two to lead me back to school to get my b a to get my masters. for me to become a robert wood johnson. fellow. for me to

become a usc fellow. see, a lot of you guys just see felicia with an attitude or with a target on her back. but i've been around and so. i'm grateful and i'm thankful. and i got tired. i'm not gonna lie. but one of my volunteers said. felicia, if you don't do it who's going to do it? and so i heard this artist say the following and i thought, oh, wow, that really speaks to my heart. i said, be crying. but i'm chilling. i should be dead. but i'm living i should be fearful. but i know who i served. i am more than a conqueror. i am a fighter. god's love is real. i should be weak.

but i'm strong. i should be struggling. but god is my provider. quitting is not an option. because queens don't quit. so thank you very much and again. may i breathe? i love you. i love you. until everyone who came to support me. i love you and the work must continue. and the thing of it is we must not be afraid. because we can't continue to let black severance iskan suffer like this. thank you so much. well thank you so much. and congratulations, felicia. i had

to save this extraordinary woman for last. florence fang is truly an institution. when i was young. well i still feel like i'm young, but i remember as a kid in san francisco. you know, seeing her in the newspapers seeing her, sometimes on television. and she was really wanna. she still is, but one of the most beautiful elegant women. that when you see her, you remember her and you notice her. and fast forward to when i finally had a chance to work with her. i was working under mayor willie brown. and uh huh. i had you were bringing some dancers from china to come and do this collaboration and we had to find a place for them to say on treasure island. when i heard

the florence fang was coming, and i had to give her the florence bang was coming and i had to give her to her. i actually, um, told my grandmother i had to buy a new suit. because i had to look good and be ready for her because it's lauren thing. now the thing about her and what i've learned over the years becoming, you know just someone that has developed a relationship with her. is she was this woman who i saw as that person way up there. but when you interact with her she everyone is on her level and how she treats people with kindness with respect and also a genuine desire to want to get to know you and to want to help and to want to support community. she is probably been the most significant ambassador of china us relations that has ever

existed. she has done it with. presidents of. different parties , bridging that gap and trying to make those connections and through her philanthropic support, making some amazing collaborations happen. i remember when i was on the board of supervisors and i had the privilege to go to china. mayor ed lee was the mayor at the time. and there was we went to beijing university. and they named a whole building after her. whole building. who gets that right? but let me tell you why they did that. they did it. because she had been working towards the goal. providing financial assistance for americans to study at beijing university to study in china so that they can learn about the culture but to also learn the

language and again to build a better relationship. so it was, of course, appropriate. her family through her leadership was the first immigrant family to own a newspaper in this country. the examiner was owned by the fang family, and she turned it into a paper that was more diverse, promoted more stories about community. and a lot of the things that were happening in the community. some of you may be familiar with the beautiful garden in the bayview hunters point community, and i'll tell you that. i know more recently many of us have heard about or have witnessed or have some knowledge. so many of our asian seniors during this pandemic and even after that had been attacked. but before that, relationships sometimes between the asian community and the african american community have

been tense. and in every single instance one time when i was at the african american art and culture complex, it was her son , teddy, who she sent to me. she's like teddy. go talk to london about this to have a sit down and a form and a discussion with people from the chinese and the black community because she wanted to bring us together when malia cohen was supervisor, she helped create this beautiful garden in the bayview hunters point. to bring community together and when you visit it for any occasion, you will see many of our chinese seniors in particular and our african american african american students. working hand in hand in this garden, and many of those seniors don't even speak english, but there's this connection. this connection of support and respect and genuine love for one another. that has been her entire existence.

bringing people together celebrating community and she has been honored by so many people all over the world. so i'm so i'm honored that she has the time to come here today and to accept this award. because i have admired her for so many years. and it's not just because of her philanthropic support to so many institutions and the fact that any time you ask her for anything for support, and it's a good call, she does it. but she takes it to the next level. she gets involved. she brings people together. she's very active in trying to make those connections consistently. and man. i'm not gonna tell her age because you don't tell a woman's age, but i still don't believe it. let me just say that. because when i show up to

events when i go places all around the city often time she is there. and looking just as good and she looks here today. and better than everyone in the room because she has style. she has grace she has class, but most importantly, she has a big heart. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome florence fang. thank you so much. the first i want to say. i'm very proud. i'm asian america. very proud. i'm chinese america. under today. i'm even more proud to be a some franciscan. to honor the u san francisco francisco city. how by

the wonderful woman mayor lantern parade. and we are now today is international women's day. united states in some francisco it is the month two. celebrate and to recognize the woman's good deed and achievement. and is the month for the woman to tell our stories. so i'm here to tell you a little bit about my stories. american. alford everybody opportunity. everybody dream. i come to the america. is it seeking for this beautiful train? i was born in china. and

educated in taiwan. after. graduated from the university immigrants to united states. for the 1st 10 years. i was a house wife. under three boys, mother. and who my three points was very young. my late husband. suddenly get very sick. and he has been hospitalized. so that time the difficult time i have to take care of him. take care. take care of our three little boys and take care of his little printing shop. that little printing shop. it's in the basement of some francisco chinatown. and just one part time. employees. walking that

printing shop. my english is not good enough. to make a check. and. later on that little printing shop is expanding. expanded and developed. a one of the biggest printing company in some francisco once. were printed. more than 40 different language. dailies weeklies monthly newspapers and magazines. push 1000 at year 2000. the family. just purchased san francisco. examiner from the hurst family. made us is the first asian american immigrants family to own a mean street

newspapers in america. and after that i start to pay. to pay back to the community. i donate money. to u. c. berkeley. help. build asian far east library. the family. foundation with the ford foundation. in in 2013, we create 100,000. wow, 100,000. up. foundations for sending 100,000 young students to china to study i was the honorary. trustee for picking university.

so. 2014 accompanied. then the first lady michelle obama, based in china, and speak in the. picking your university. then. last year. i donated a lunch pad. in summer, cisco asian art museum. for provide a platform. to the young asian artist. but this play their talent. and right now i have another ongoing project. in chinatown. that is going to build a.

i said mayor just mentioned. and, uh, i'm very old lady. um because you know what i grew up in the world war two. then you can figure out how old i am. so i witness america. to send a young palate. go to china help china to fighting with aggression against the japan. and those young american palate. we called them flying tigers. that's what 2016 i bought a flying tiger airplane. she 47 i found it. in australia. under repair it and flew to china as a

gift. as a token. as a sample. for the two countries are good relationship. to remember. during the world war two there's two countries. we have been good allies and what happened, folding shoulder to shoulder together. and i also donated a building in chinatown. to establish a world war two. pacific war memorial hall. our did this because i want. the memorial house or by the way, memorial house. our slogan? yes remember the history? and repeat. remember the history and the cherish the peace. so or i did this. one of my favorite.

project. my favorite. donation my favorite service to the community that is called florence fan family. community farm. just. mayor just mentioned and the just i saw. it's just left. i saw that the ship was a walton's here. with their help. this. beautiful. community farm. yes. keep the last. farmland in san francisco. this farmland is only in san francisco be recognized by us agriculture. department. who served to help

to serve oh, this farmland. is located. at pay field. hunter point and help to serve the fresh vegetables for all the neighbors. and the speaker nancy pelosi, did the. broke up. ah, ground broken. and she. notice she said that farmland yes, a national sample. four asian community and black community working together. and i working very averhart. for my life. to raise a family. to take care of the business. to serve the community. finally. i did

something for myself. four years ago. i purchased a house. at passing by. the 2 83 way. people call that house. for filling stone house. and the house is built and that peeled and inspired by the flintstone comics and the cartoon. after i bought a house. attack aerate within my own. whimsical. imaginations. from the dinosaur. the rainbow. under spaceship. visiting that house. i guarantee you, you forget your age. you

forget your race. you forget your burden. you forget your worry. just enjoy you're ustream. i call that house for my front for my youth fantasy. and that i think if i have a chance to like just karma mentioned. i have chance to invited everybody. mayor. under two visiting that house. to share my joy. and. it ends. i like to say. dream. without action. james is a dream. dream only works. with action. let's work action together. thank you. thank you very much. well,

ladies and gentlemen. this has been a nice program. and i don't know about you, but my heart is filled with so much joy. for these three extraordinary women as well as all of you being here today to honor them and share in this moment. so i want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that it is not done. um our chief of protocol miriam madre glue who's joining us here today? and the office of protocol will be hosting a reception to honor these ladies after this program concludes all hurry up and stop talking. we have flowers. we have gifts and we have appreciation. for the work that you have done for so many people, and in some cases, people that you may never meet. the unsung she rose of our city

, and i'm so honored to have this opportunity to take a moment and to recognize you on an important day in our country , and i want to thank you for all your work all your deeds and everything that you have done and will continue to do to be such a blessing to the people of this city and this country. and again thank you, everyone for being here and please join us in the mayor's office for reception. okay we are going to do some pictures. first with our honorees and the mayor, but i also before we leave wanted to give a special shout out. you know, san francisco, it has many sister cities across the world. one of those sister cities is cork, ireland, and we have a delegation from cork, ireland here visiting today. do you want to stand. welcome so i want to invite our honorees to come up

for photos with the mayor, and then we will go back to the reception area.

hi, sandy, how are you? >> hi, fine, thank you. how are you? >> good. i want to ask you what inspired you to be a paramedic? >> that's a good question. you know, i wanted to go into med school and after i found out how much time it took and all of that, i decided that that was going to be a little too much schooling, but i still wanted to figure out a way that i could provide medical care and doing that as an emt as well as a paramedic was a way to do that. >> can you give me a break down of a typical day for you? >> i come to work and sit at my desk and then i respond to e-mails and try to figure out what are some of the issues we need to address. can we hire more people. what kinds of policies we want to try to create that will help us do our job as ems. >> what does it take to be a female paramedic? >> you know, it takes quite a bit of schooling, but also

required somebody who's empathetic. it can be a very stressful job and so we want people to be able to hand that on a day-to-day basis. >> so what's your greatest satisfaction in your job? >> trying to make sure that the work that we provide and the services that we provide to the community is the best that we can in ems so that when we go out to see you if you call us for an emergency, that we'll be able to treat you in the best way possible and that you get the care as quickly and as effectively as possible. >> why is it important for young girls, women of color to see women in these roles? >> i think it really is important for us to be able to get into these roles because we are effective, we are able to reach out to the community. we are able to do the job in a very effective manner and to be able to relate to the community and be able to do that is one of the best things that we can do. and people of color and as women of color, you know, we are in a great position to be able to do that.

>> right before the game starts, if i'm still on the field, i look around, and i just take a deep breath because it is so exciting and magical, not knowing what the season holds is very, very exciting. it was fast-paced, stressful, but the good kind of stressful, high energy. there was a crowd to entertain, it was overwhelming in a good way, and i really, really enjoyed it. i continued working for the grizzlies for the 2012-2013

season, and out of happenstance, the same job opened up for the san francisco giants. i applied, not knowing if i would get it, but i would kick myself if i didn't apply. i was so nervous, i never lived anywhere outside of fridays fridays -- fresno, and i got an interview. and then, i got a second interview, and i got more nervous because know the thought of leaving fresno and my family and friends was scary, but this opportunity was on the other side. but i had to try, and lo and behold, i got the job, and my first day was january 14, 2014. every game day was a puzzle, and i have to figure out how to put the pieces together. i have two features that are 30 seconds long or a minute and a 30 feature. it's fun to put that al

together and then lay that out in a way that is entertaining for the fans. a lucky seat there and there, and then, some lucky games that include players. and then i'll talk to lucille, can you take the shirt gun to the bleachers. i just organize it from top to bottom, and it's just fun for me. something, we don't know how it's going to go, and it can be a huge hit, but you've got to try it. or if it fails, you just won't do it again. or you tweak it. when that all pans out, you go oh, we did that. we did that as a team. i have a great team. we all gel well together. it keeps the show going. the fans are here to see the teams, but also to be entertained, and that's our job. i have wonderful female role

models that i look up to here at the giants, and they've been great mentors for me, so i aspire to be like them one day. renelle is the best. she's all about women in the workforce, she's always in our corner. [applause] >> i enjoy how progressive the giants are. we have had the longer running until they secure day. we've been doing lgbt night longer than most teams. i enjoy that i work for an organization who supports that and is all inclusive. that means a lot to me, and i wouldn't have it any other way. i wasn't sure i was going to get this job, but i went for it, and i got it, and my first

season, we won a world series even if we hadn't have won or gone all the way, i still would have learned. i've grown more in the past four years professionally than i think i've grown in my entire adult life, so it's been eye opening and a wonderful learning

>> welcome to the tuesday, march 21, 2023, hybrid in-person and virtual meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission. my name is dor caminong and i'm the commission vice-president. we'll start with announcements. >> we would like to start the meeting with the land acknowledgement. >> we the san francisco entertainment commission, we recognize that the ramaytush ohlone understand the interconnectedness of all things and have maintained harmony with nature for millennia. we honor the ramaytush ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to mother earth. as the indigenous protectors of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. as uninvited guests, we affirm