In a gorgeous building in San Leandro I was honored to join in person today a very rewarding event. After 2.5 hours of sleep because of a work event last night, I managed to drive over there. The annual award meeting of this coalition took place. I wanted to be there in person knowing I was to be one of the honorees. I’m proud to work in Alameda County, even though I haven’t been a resident for five years. It’s so important that we work on coalition building throughout the Bay Area, California, the rest of the USA, and all other countries to fight Big Tobacco, which still gets away with selling POISON.

Here is the video of my acceptance that Shea captured. Unfortunately, the dais is off-camera in this video, but you can hear me talk about some of the many ties my family has had to Alameda County since I was a young child.