More on: community unity
San Francisco Interfaith Council, Guest Speaker
Jan 13, 2011
» Engagements, Reflections
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA
I was invited by the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s (SFIC) Executive Director Michael Pappas as a guest speaker with Reentry Policy Director Jessica Flintoff at its monthly breakfast.
About 80 people from different faith based groups were present at the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Heritage Hall. I shared my poem “Autobiography @ 33” with them as an introduction. I spoke briefly about the importance of all communities coming together to help those who are incarcerated. I drew the parallel on how the prisoners are being treated like lepers in the leper colony of Prison Industrial Complex. Many of the community members reached out to me when I was in prison just as Jesus reach out to the lepers in the leper colony. Without the compassion demonstrated by people from the community, I would not have become who I am.
Members of SFIC are doing many great things helping people who are in need in our community. I want to encourage the interfaith council to play an active role in changing the policy that can steer California away from being number 1 in incarceration and number 50 in education.
3rd Annual API Youth Summit, Moderator
Oct 01, 2010
» Engagements
“Invest In Your Community”
California State Building
Milton Marks Conference Center
San Francisco, CA.
Moderated and presented the workshop, “Keeping It Real: Image vs. Reality”, to over 250 youth.
About the event:
3rd Annual API Youth Summit
Presented by State Senator Mark Leno, CYC & AYAN
A day-long conference to empower Asian and Pacific Islander youth (age 14-20) through
workshops and presentations on topics including self-esteem, identity, conflict mediation,
violence prevention and building coalition.
Richmond District Police Station, Speaker
May 28, 2009
» Engagements
San Francisco, CA
Spoke about community safety
