Community Engagement Findings and Recommendations
Listening Session Report-Back | September 12, 2022
ANCESTRAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We honor the gifts, resilience, and sacrifices of our Black
ancestors, particularly those who toiled the land and built the
institutions that established this city’s wealth and freedom,
despite never being compensated nor fully realizing their own
sovereignty. We acknowledge this exploitation of not only labor,
but of our humanity and through this process are working to
repair some of the harms done by public and private actors.
Because of their work, we are here and will invest in the
descendants of their legacy.
RAMAYTUSH OHLONE LAND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(Rah-my-toosh Oh-lone-ē)
We acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the
Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco
Peninsula. As the Indigenous stewards 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. As Guests, we
recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional
homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the
Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by
affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18
●
Invited to participate in the
Dream Keeper Initiative’s
monthly Community Updates
meeting
●
165 attendees; 76% from San
Francisco ZIP codes
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18
Group Discussion Questions
WHAT ISSUES DO YOU BELIEVE AFFECT BLACK SAN
FRANCISCANS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND WEALTH ATTAINMENT?
HOW CAN THE CITY FULLY EMBRACE AND ENRICH OUR BLACK
COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HERE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME?
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18
What we heard from community…
●
Wealth building has consistently shown up as a priority. Suggestions for
recommendations included mortgage forgiveness, entrepreneurship and small business
funding, and seed investment capital.
○
Homeownership is also a common theme, which is related to wealth-building
○
Commercial Corridors
: “Small business is the lifeline of any community” and the
Black community needs visible retail/commercial/business corridors
●
Recommendations must be
comprehensive and holistic
. Health, wealth, education,
employment, etc. must
all
be addressed in order to truly advance change
●
It’s paramount that people have agency over the resources that come out of this -
individual and collectively
●
Black seniors conveyed the urgency of expediting reparations so that elders who
experienced the brunt of historical trauma can realize the outcomes of the process while
they can still experience the benefits
Feedback from a community listening session held on August 18, focusing on issues affecting Black San Franciscans like employment, health, education, and wealth attainment. Suggestions for recommendations include mortgage forgiveness, entrepreneurship, and more, emphasizing the importance of wealth building and agency over resources.
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Listening Session Report Listening Session Report- -Back | September 12, 2022 Back | September 12, 2022
ANCESTRAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We honor the gifts, resilience, and sacrifices of our Black ancestors, particularly those who toiled the land and built the institutions that established this city s wealth and freedom, despite never being compensated nor fully realizing their own sovereignty. We acknowledge this exploitation of not only labor, but of our humanity and through this process are working to repair some of the harms done by public and private actors. Because of their work, we are here and will invest in the descendants of their legacy.
RAMAYTUSH OHLONE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (Rah-my-toosh Oh-lone- ) We acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the Indigenous stewards 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. As Guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the Ancestors, Elders and Relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18 Invited to participate in the Dream Keeper Initiative s monthly Community Updates meeting 165 attendees; 76% from San Francisco ZIP codes
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18 Group Discussion Questions WHAT ISSUES DO YOU BELIEVE AFFECT BLACK SAN FRANCISCANS WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WEALTH ATTAINMENT? HOW CAN THE CITY FULLY EMBRACE AND ENRICH OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HERE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME?
LISTENING SESSION: AUGUST 18 What we heard from community Wealth building has consistently shown up as a priority. Suggestions for recommendations included mortgage forgiveness, entrepreneurship and small business funding, and seed investment capital. Homeownership is also a common theme, which is related to wealth-building Commercial Corridors: Small business is the lifeline of any community and the Black community needs visible retail/commercial/business corridors Recommendations must be comprehensive and holistic. Health, wealth, education, employment, etc. must all be addressed in order to truly advance change It s paramount that people have agency over the resources that come out of this - individual and collectively Black seniors conveyed the urgency of expediting reparations so that elders who experienced the brunt of historical trauma can realize the outcomes of the process while they can still experience the benefits
