Board of Supervisors Meeting

Special Order made at Board of Supervisors meeting for recognition of commendations in honoring Women’s History Month on March 3.

March is Women’s History Month and in celebration of that, at the Board of Supervisors meeting, each supervisor of San Francisco recognized a woman that they felt should be honored for their hard work and love for their community.

The women awarded were Wendolyn Aragón, Windy Click, Christin Evans, Nicole Termini Germain, Theresa Kolish, Hong Mei Pang, Susan Pferifer, Andrea Dew Steele, Carol Tatum, Christine Weibel, and Nayda Williams.

Many supporters and friends of these women sat in the crowd holding posters of some of the women’s faces. A total of 11 women were recognized and each one received a large applause after their speech. Every one of them received bouquets of flowers from their supporters as well. 

Windy Click, recognized by Supervisor Matt Haney, was formerly incarcerated serving a life sentence but got out in 17 years. In her speech she spoke about how everyday she was in prison she thought of all the things she would do once she got out. She is currently in the Community Building Program at Hospitality House serving in the Tenderloin. 

“If you get incarcerated for a period of time you lose your life skills so let’s learn some life skills.  Also we have an employment resource center at my work, Hospitality House so we help them do resumes, do interviews, all that.”

Nicole Termini Germain was recognized by Supervisor Hillary Ronen. Germain is the current branch manager and children’s librarian at the Portola Public Library. Her biggest passion is children and has focused on making sure that children read rather than use technology.

“If we don’t stop what’s going on with a lot of youth right now, it’s going to be detrimental to our entire society… I believe that if we don’t convince parents that shoving a screen into a child’s face is not ok, that we will bring up a society of drones that won’t give a hoot about each other.”

Carol Tatum was recognized by Supervisor Shamann Walton. In her speech she spoke on the struggles she faced being African American in the 60s. Tatum is currently retired but is still very active in her community.

“I am part of the group called the San Francisco Business and Professional Women. We give scholarships to young women to further their education. We give an award which is the Sojourner Truth Award… She was fighting for the rights of enslaved people but also for the rights of women.”

Nayda Williams is a political activist and a journalist and was recognized by Supervisor Aaron Peskin. Williams is affiliated with the Veterans for Peace and the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign.  

Williams spoke about wars and how profitable they are. As a journalist she had a message to give to young activists and upcoming journalists.

“Do your best to speak to a lot of different people. I like to walk on the two legs of local and international.”