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THAT HE'S MAKING CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKING THE TIME IS 5:44 PM ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CHAMBERS AND OUR CEREMONIAL AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE THREE CEREMONIAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I'LL START WITH THE FIRST, WHICH IS THE COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARDS.
THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HONOR AREA RESIDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE SAN ANTONIO'S COMPASSIONATE ESSAY VALUES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD IS TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION, MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
THESE RESIDENTS HAVE PERFORMED GOOD DEEDS AND HAVE IMPACTED LIVES OF OTHERS IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
SO, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOW AND START WITH TODAY'S EDITION OF THE COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARDS.
AND, UH, SARAH MCCLENNAN WILL COME AND ASSIST ME IN JUST A MOMENT.
UH, BUT THE SAN ANTONIO COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARDS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO HONOR AREA RESIDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE SAN ANTONIO'S COMPASSIONATE ESSAY VALUES.
TODAY WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE COMPASSIONATE SAN ANTONIO AWARDS.
REVEREND AM HELMKE FAITH LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NOMINATED SEVERAL CONGREGATIONS, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE AND ONE.
THEY ENTERED INTO A COLLABORATION IN JANUARY, 2018 AND A SHARED EFFORT TOWARD MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
THESE FAITH GROUPS HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES WITH SOME ASTOUNDING OUTCOMES.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME REVEREND HAN HELMKE TO THE PODIUM TO ELABORATE ON WHAT THESE CONGREGATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BY COMING TOGETHER WITH A COMMON COMPASSIONATE PURPOSE.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS CHURCH NIGHT
SO NEVER DOUBT THAT UH, PEOPLE OF FAITH IN SAN ANTONIO AREN'T INVOLVED AND ENGAGED, BECAUSE MY GUESS IS TIME TONIGHT'S OVER.
YOU WILL NOTICE THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE FROM CONGREGATIONS.
SO THAT JUST SAID, UM, THIS GROUP CAME TOGETHER AS A PILOT PROJECT OUT OF THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE JANUARY 30TH, 2018.
UM, WHEN THEY FIRST GATHERED THESE, ABOUT 15 CONGREGATIONS TOOK A LOOK AT THIS MAP THAT DESCRIBED AND BLOCKED OUT WHERE THE GAPS ARE IN SERVICE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND IN ABOUT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT, OH MY GOSH, WE NEED MORE FOOD PANTRIES.
SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THIS LAST YEAR.
MOST OF THESE CONGREGATIONS DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE, BUT THEIR WHOLE INITIATIVE WAS TO BECOME RESOURCING CENTERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN PROXIMITY.
WE HAVE ONE CONGREGATION, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY, UH, PASTOR JORGE HAS HOW MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT EVERYTHING FROM DAYCARE TO FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS THAT DON'T BANKRUPT YOU FROM FOOD PANTRIES TO SUPPORT GROUPS OF EVERY KIND.
UH, ONE CONGREGATION FOUND OUT ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ID RECOVERIES ARE AND THROUGH VOLUNTEERS ALONE SET UP ID RECOVERY AND THEY AVERAGE ABOUT ONE A DAY.
IF YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, THAT'S ABOUT 400 ID RECOVERIES IN THE LAST YEAR.
THEY HAVE, SINCE SET UP, HELPED TO SET UP A HALF A DOZEN OTHER ID RECOVERY LOCATIONS IN OTHER CONGREGATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND DISTRICTS.
UM, FOUR NEW FOOD PANTRIES WENT IN THE VERY FIRST MONTH AND WE ESTIMATE A GOOD 700 FAMILIES ARE NOW BEING FED THAT WE'RE NOT BEING FED BEFORE.
EACH OF THESE CONGREGATIONS KIND OF FINDS OUT WHAT THEIR, YOU KNOW, HIGHEST SKILLSET IS AND THEN THEY WORK TOGETHER.
SO ANOTHER CONGREGATION, SOME OF THEIR SKILL SETS ARE EDUCATION AND THEY PROVIDE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CLASSES.
AND IN THE FIRST MONTH, LAST FEBRUARY A YEAR AGO, UM, THEY GRADUATED 60 RESIDENTS IN THAT MANAGEMENT CLASS.
THOSE FOOD PANTRIES ARE EVERYTHING FROM ONSITE TO DRIVE BY FOOD BOXES TO A MOBILE UNIT TO, UH, AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOOD BANK AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER ONE, I HOPE THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I KNOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT PROJECT COOL THAT COLLECTS BOX FANS IN THE SUMMER.
WELL, THIS CONGREGATION SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
SO THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR CONGREGATION, FIGURED OUT WHO IN THEIR CONGREGATION NEEDED BOX FANS.
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THAT THEY WENT AROUND THE CONGREGATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOCKING ON DOORS AND ASKING WHO NEEDED BOX FANS THERE.AND THEN THEY TOOK THE REMAINDER TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID.
IF WE START TO REPLICATE LIKE THAT, IT WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
AND THAT'S HOW THIS HAS REALLY BEEN GROWING ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.
SO WE HAVE ONE CONGREGATION HERE FROM DISTRICT TWO, AND THEY SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT THREE, AND NOW THEY'VE ALSO GOT THREE MORE CONGREGATIONS WORKING WITH THEM IN DISTRICT TWO.
IT WORKS FROM ONE COUNCIL PERSON TO ANOTHER.
SO, UM, COUNCILWOMAN
AND ALSO THE CLERGY ARE GOING, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT ABOUT US? SO DISTRICT ONE, A GROUP OF CLERGY CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, WE WANT THAT MAP AND WE WANNA START DOING SOMETHING.
AND DISTRICT EIGHT HAS DONE AT THAT AS WELL.
AND SO I OFFER ALL OF THIS FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH IN SAN ANTONIO IS HERE.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR, RIGHT,
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THE INDIVIDUAL CONGREGATIONS TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE, AND I'D ASK MY COLLEAGUES IN DISTRICT THREE IN DISTRICT TWO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME HERE FOR A PHOTO.
WE'LL START WITH BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH.
THIS IS A CONGREGATION THAT HAS A GAZILLION THINGS.
COULD YOU PUT IN THE LIKE YES.
OUR NEXT CONGREGATION IS BROOK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
GINGER, GINGER, HOMEWARD BOUND TEAM OF BROOK HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR BOARD RIGHT HERE, GINGER.
AND THIS TOO, WE DID ID RECOVERY FOR THE HOMELESS TODAY, AND WE ASKED THEM TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF THEIR CONCERNS.
AND THEN WE DO, UH, D RECOVERY.
SO WE SELL THESE T-SHIRTS, WHICH SUPPORTS THE PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.
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THANK YOU.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
EAST, EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.
EPWORTH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.LUTHERAN CHURCH, HIGHLAND HILLS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH.
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SIDE.WELL, WE WANT RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER USUALLY.
ONE MORE
WE HAVE A LOTS MORE TO CELEBRATE.
AND WE'LL START WITH A SECOND CEREMONIAL ITEM TODAY, WHICH IS A CITATION FOR MISS TEXAS U SS.
A PROUD SAN ANTONIO NATIVE WAS CROWNED MISS TEXAS U S A 2019 AND WILL BE REPRESENTING TEXAS AND THE NA AT THE NATIONAL MISS U S A PAGEANT LATER THIS SPRING.
AALIYAH IS AN AVID READER, LOVES WRITING AND LITERATURE AND POETRY.
THIS PASSION HELPED HER CREATE HER READ THE WA READ THE WA WAY CAMPAIGN, WHICH ENCOURAGES SCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS THE NATION IN READING, WRITING, AND GOAL SETTING.
AALIYAH LOOKS FORWARD TO EARNING A PHD, BECOMING AN IVY LEAGUE PROFESSOR AND A PUBLISHED AUTHOR.
SHE BELIEVES THAT TEACHING AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL IS THE BEST WAY FOR HER TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT SHE TRULY LOVES.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT AALIYAH WITH THIS CERTIFICATE, A CITATION AND RECOGNITION OF WINNING THE MISS U, MISS TEXAS U S A 2019 TITLE.
YOUR POISE AND ELEGANCE, COUPLED WITH YOUR EXPRESSIVENESS AND DISTINCTIVE BEAUTY IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR CROWNING VICTORY.
AS AN AVID READER AND WRITER, THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT WILL SERVE AS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCING YOUR CAREER AND PERSONAL GOALS AND HEIGHTENING YOUR READ THE WAY CAMPAIGN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RUN NURENBERG MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY EXTENDS SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS.
THANK CONGRATULATIONS, ALIYAH.
OUR THIRD CEREMONIAL ITEM IS A RECOGNITION OF THE CESS R E CHAVEZ.
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THE 23RD ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ.MARCH FOR JUSTICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, 2019.
THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS WILL COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF AN OUTSTANDING AMERICAN CESAR CHAVEZ.
FOUNDED THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION AND PERSEVERED TO ENSURE THAT FARMERS RECEIVE BENEFITS AND THAT INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE OR WORK IN UNDESIRABLE CONDITIONS.
AND SO WE HAVE MR. ERNEST MARTINEZ TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION, WHICH I'LL READ NOW, WHEREAS THE CESAR CHAVEZ LEGACY AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION WILL HOST THE 23RD ANNUAL CESAR E CHAVEZ MARCH FOR JUSTICE ON MARCH 30TH, 2019, TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF AN OUTSTANDING AMERICAN WHO BATTLED FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AND WHEREAS S R E CHAVEZ, A MAN OF A MAN OF HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, FOUNDED THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS ASSOCIATION IN 1962 TO BRING DIGNITY AND RESPECT TO FARM WORKERS AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE TO LIVE OR WORK IN UNDESIRABLE CONDITIONS.
AND WHEREAS HIS INFLUENCE EXTENDED FAR BEYOND AGRICULTURE, AND THROUGH HIS PERSEVERANCE, FARM WORKERS RECEIVED BENEFITS AND LAWS WERE ENACTED TO PROTECT THEM BEFORE THE COURTS.
AND WHEREAS THE LATE JAIME PIA MARTINEZ FOUNDED THE LOCAL MARCH FOR JUSTICE TO ENERGIZE PEOPLE WITH THE POWER OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO PROVIDE A BEAUTIFUL TRADITION FOR ALL CITIZENS TO ENJOY TODAY AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NUREMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 30TH, 2019 TO BE CESAR E CHAVEZ, MARCH FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE DAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE CELEBRATING 23 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN, UH, THERE'S BEEN A LONG HISTORY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW IN OUR CITY, WHEN IT COMES TO RECOGNIZING OUR HEROES IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DO IT RIGHT, WHETHER IT BE OUR MILITARY VETERANS OR RECOGNIZING A GREAT ICON IN DR.
KING, WE DO IT RIGHT, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH FOR CESA CHAVEZ.
THE THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR THE MARCH IS VOICES AND VOTES FOR EDUCATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, MY FATHER, WHEN HE STARTED THIS MARCH WITH MANY OTHER LEADERS HERE LOCALLY IN SAN ANTONIO, WAS ALSO AT THE, AT THE CORE OF THAT WAS EDUCATION.
SO WE AT THE FOUNDATION ARE COMMITTED TO THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CELEBRATE A GREAT HUMANITARIAN INCES ON CHAVEZ.
UH, GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE, FOR THE MARCH, UH, VIA IS GOING TO OFFER FREE PARK AND RIDE FOR THE CESA CHAVEZ MARCH FROM THE ALAMO DOME AND FROM E T SS A DOWNTOWN.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL TO VIA, WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ALSO OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE, AT BEAR COUNTY WHO HELPED, UH, MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE START EVERY YEAR IN THE HEART OF THE WEST SIDE, DISTRICT FIVE, SHIRLEY COUNCILMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE HERE ON THE COUNCIL, SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
JUST ONE LAST NOTE, UM, ON YOUR, ON THE DICE THERE, YOU SHOULD SEE A POSTER, UH, THE YES, WE CAN CAMPAIGN.
LET'S, LET'S MAKE IT A DAY OF GIVING BACK.
WE COLLABORATED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK WHERE WE CAN GIVE BACK TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ALL KNOW THE CIELA MANTRA, RIGHT? CIELA? YES, WE CAN.
FOR THE, FOR THE DAY OF THE MARCH, PLEASE, PLEASE BRING YOUR CANNED GOODS.
THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK WILL BE THERE, READY TO RECEIVE YOUR CANNED GOODS COMMENTS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO, I SAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE MARCH 30TH MARCH.
UH, THERE IS SO MUCH TO, UH, THINK ABOUT WHEN WE CONSIDER WHY IT IS THAT WE MARCH, AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS 23 YEARS IN YOUR FATHER, OF COURSE, LAYING THE LEGACY IN YOU TRAILBLAZING, UH, PAST WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IS TO ANY SOCIAL MOVEMENT, ANY SOCIAL CHANGE.
AND IT'S REMINISCENT OF WHAT I SEE WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, WHICH IS PEOPLE AND THE VOICES THAT YOU ARE LIFTING UP IN, IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.
AND JUSTICE EVOLVES OVER TIME, AND, AND IT TAKES ON DIFFERENT ISSUES.
AND YOU REMIND US, UH, EVERY SINGLE TIME, UH, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, UH, ABOUT PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE LEADERS WHO UNDERSTOOD JUSTICE IN THEIR TIME AND, AND REMINDED LEADERS TODAY ABOUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO JUSTICE AND THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT, THE FUEL OF THOSE MOVEMENTS, WHICH IS PEOPLE.
AND I'M, I'M, I'M CERTAIN WE'RE GONNA SEE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UH, AT THIS MARCH BEHIND, UH, JUSTICE.
AND WE HAVE YOU TO THANK ERNEST, THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THE TORCH FOR YOUR FATHER AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
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EARNEST, I'M, UH, I'M SITTING UP HERE, UH, THINKING ABOUT YOUR DAD.AND, UM, I FEEL MY TEAR DUCTS GETTING ACTIVATED.
I, I, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I, I LOVED YOUR FATHER VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND YOUR DAD TAUGHT ME, UM, HOW TO DO SOMETHING VERY POWERFUL.
AND THAT IS HOW TO SHOW MY CHILDREN WHAT LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND MAX AND SOPHIA HAVE BEEN AT YOUR MARCH A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND MAX AND SOPHIA WERE AT THE BIKE GIVEAWAY, AND THEY WERE AT THE THANKSGIVING EVENTS AND THE CHRISTMAS EVENTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOUR DAD, UM, TAUGHT ALL OF US, AND I THINK IT'S ONE THING THAT I HOPE HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN, IS THAT NO IS SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
UM, AND YOUR DAD WAS A FORCE OF NATURE.
UM, AND JUST THROUGH SHEER WILLPOWER, HE GOT AMAZING THINGS DONE, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE, UM, TRUMPET PLAYERS EVER.
UM, YOUR DAD WAS ALSO A VERY SWEET MAN, AND I KNOW THAT HE, HE AND I SAT DOWN MANY, MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS ORGANIZATION ONCE HE PASSES.
AND TOWARDS THE END OF HIS LIFE, UM, ALL HE WOULD TALK ABOUT IS HOW PROUD HE IS OF YOU AND YOUR EFFORT.
AND SO TODAY, I KNOW YOUR POP'S LOOKING DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AT, AT ALL OF YOU WHO ARE STANDING NEXT TO EARNEST RIGHT NOW IN AN EARNEST, AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S GIVING YOU ALL THE THUMBS UP, RIGHT? BUT ALSO HE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WORRIED THAT YOU'RE SPENDING MORE TIME HERE THAN ACTUALLY MAKING THE PHONE CALLS AND GETTING THE THINGS ORGANIZED FOR THE MARCH.
AND SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.
I'M SO IMPRESSED AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE A PART OF JUST A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE PART OF YOUR SUCCESS.
APPRECIATE THOSE WORKS, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MARCH AGAIN ON MARCH 30TH.
UH, THEY MARCH FOR JUSTICE ACCESSORY CHAVEZ, MARCH FOR JUSTICE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN MARCHING NOW FOR 23 YEARS, AND EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, THE WEATHER'S BEEN GREAT.
AND SO WE HAD GREAT CROWDS AND WE HOPE TO GROW THAT CROWD EVEN MORE WITH VIAS PARK AND RIDE SERVICE.
SO WE MAKE IT EASY FOR EVERYONE TO GET THERE.
IS IT FREE THE PARK AND RIDE OR FREE? FREE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
UM, THAT WILL BE FREE PARK AND RIDE SERVICES.
SO COME ON OUT TO THIS YEAR'S MARCH, MARCH FOR JUSTICE, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE MORE FUNDING THIS YEAR TO THE MARCH TO HELP WITH COORDINATED EFFORTS MARKETING, UH, AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ALL NEEDED TO HELP THE MARCH GROW.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE OUT THERE, RAIN OR SHINE, YES, RAIN OR SHINE.
SO WE PRAY FOR GREAT WEATHER AND, UM, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, EVERYBODY IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT CAN WALK THE 2.5 MILES, UH, TO THE MARCH TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, ALL THE WORK THAT CESARI CHAVEZ DID FOR JUSTICE.
UM, THE, THE, UH, THE LUCHA CONTINUES, UH, AND WE WILL, IT'S HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE ON MARCH THE 30TH.
SO, OKAY, SO I, I SAY VIVA CHAVEZ.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE Y'ALL ON, ON SATURDAY.
UH, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU HERE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ON THIS GREAT PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, YOUR DAD WAS SUCH A GREAT LEADER FOR THIS ORGANIZATION FOR SO MANY YEARS.
AND ERNEST, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'VE STEPPED UP AND THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING THAT TRADITION.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY BECOMING AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND CIVIC PART OF THE COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE AND ENCOURAGE ALL SAN ANTONIOS TO JOIN IN THE MARCH.
ENJOY THE IDEA THAT WE'RE ALL MARCHING FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL OF US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN TINO.
AND I TOO, JUST WANNA ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.
ERNEST, GREAT WORK, UH, GREAT WAY TO CARRY ON AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE A REAL, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PACKED ROOM HERE.
AND OF COURSE, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS INVITED TO COME OUT MARCH 30TH TO, TO JOIN THE, THIS HISTORIC MARCH.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD OF TO HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, FOR THIS LEGACY, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UH, SOMEONE SO SPECIAL TO US.
AND OF COURSE, UH, THE LEGACY YOU'RE CARRYING ON FOR YOUR FATHER.
UH, YES, YOU, I LIKE THE WAY YOU STARTED OFF YOUR, UH, UH, TALK ABOUT OTHER MARCHES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER MARCHES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ACROSS THE US AND
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THIS IS ANOTHER ONE TO SHOW THE SOLIDARITY AND, AND MARCHES FOR JUSTICE HERE ACROSS THE US AND PARTICULARLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WHERE WE HAVE THE LARGEST MARCHES, RIGHT? AND, UH, WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT DAY AND GREAT SUNSHINE.
AND AT THIS POINT, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SAYING THAT MR. EARNEST MARTINEZ IS A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS MARCH ALL YEAR LONG, RIGHT?
AND I THINK, UH, MAYOR, WHEN YOU OPENED UP AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT THIS, YOU REALLY REMINDED US, UH, CESA CHAVEZ WAS A HUGE LEADER.
AND, UH, I TOLD YOU, ERNIE, ABOUT IN COLLEGE EVERYTHING I LEARNED AND HOW I STOPPED EATING GRAPES AND ALL THAT BECAUSE OF THE PESTICIDES.
BUT, UM, IT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE MAN, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY ABOUT A MOVEMENT.
AND THAT'S OUR LABOR MOVEMENT.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE MARCHING THAT DAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TODAY FOR OUR WORKERS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEYOND THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER TO PROVIDE THEM WHAT'S FAIR, WHAT'S JUST, AND, UH, AND A BETTER WORKING CONDITION ALWAYS.
WELL, AND EARNEST AND TO THE WHOLE FOUNDATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING, UH, AN IMPORTANT TRADITION, UH, SET MANY YEARS AGO NOW AT THIS POINT.
BUT I WAS, UH, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD ALONG THE WAY, BUT ONE THING WAS VERY CLEAR, EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THE MARCH GETS BIGGER.
AND SO I AM REMINDED THAT THE MARCH THAT WE, UH, CONDUCT, THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN IS ABOUT REMEMBERING, NUMBER ONE, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR US TO HAVE MORE EQUAL SOCIAL JUSTICE AND WORKERS' RIGHTS AND ALL THE INJUSTICES THAT WE'VE DEFEATED.
BUT IT'S ALSO A REMEMBRANCE THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
AND SO AS WE WALK THROUGHOUT, UH, THE REST OF THE YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY ON THE DAY, WE WILL NOTE THAT THE MISSION IS NOT OVER, THAT THE MARCH CONTINUES, AND THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE POWER WITHIN THE PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATE THAT EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERNEST