LOCAL CALIFORNIA ELECTED OFFICIALS
BRIEF SAN FRANCISCO FAITH LEADERS
ON COVID-19 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

April 9, 2021

Earlier today, the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC) hosted the 45th in a series of weekly COVID-19 response briefings for faith leaders. Today's program featured California State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, who outlined the COVID-19 related legislation they've introduced in their respective chambers and also responded to questions from the Chief Executive Officers & Executive Directors of some of San Francisco's most prominent faith-based social service agencies. Their presentations were proceeded by a moving reflection in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Week by Jewish Family and Children's Services Executive Director Dr. Anita Friedman. 

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety below:
Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair/Shanti Project Executive Director Kaushik Roy.  Special appreciation is extended to SFIC Program/Administrative Associate Cynthia Zamboukos and COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Community Partners Group Coordinator John McKnight, Virtual Outreach Team Coordinator Tré Russell Allen, Producer Alisa Kerawala, assisted by Leads Sharon Walton, Hafiza Salebhai and Nicholas Marino. 

Please join us next week, at the regularly scheduled time, Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 8:30 am, for an important presentation by San Francisco Department of Public Health Deputy Director of Health Dr. Naveena Bobba on the threats COVID-19 variants pose to our City's fight against the pandemic.

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