Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass honors Glynn Turman at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony

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00:00Good afternoon, everyone. I have to tell you, this is a wonderful occasion in our city.

00:06Hot day, but we are here to celebrate. We're here to celebrate your unbelievable body of work,

00:14your artistic accomplishments and contribution, the thoughtfulness with how you act and the

00:21messages that come across. And everybody's talking about Cooley High. I happen to be one

00:25that watched the rerun a couple of weeks ago, and there you were, a teenager. I'm not sure

00:30if you were a teenager. You looked like you were a teenager. But I think we have a Cooley

00:34High reunion going on here, Mr. Lawrence. But I want to make mention of how I first met you,

00:42which was after 1992 and the civil unrest. We were in South LA. I was running an organization

00:48called Community Coalition, and we wanted to respond after 1992. I see somebody else here

00:54who was very important during that time, Edward James Olmos.

01:01It was a tough time, like we're having a tough time right now in our city. But what Angelenos

01:06do in a tough time is we act, we go out and we take action. And Glenn, you were always there,

01:13always there on behalf of our community. And so I remember in the 90s, I'm not even sure

01:19what year it was, because it was quite a while ago, but Community Coalition in one of our first

01:24annual dinners had you come and presented you with an award because of your contributions

01:30to the community. So while your great artistic work everyone knows about, but I'm not sure

01:37everyone knows about your contributions to the community and how you're always willing to

01:42show up and accessible. Camp Giddy Up. Camp Giddy Up. Introducing young people in South LA

01:51and in inner city areas that have never seen a horse up close. And you've introduced them

01:57to that, your role in the black rodeo, just on and on and on. But I have two awards to present.

02:04One on behalf of the councilman from the area, Councilman Hugo Soto Martinez. And we have another

02:19one on behalf of the city as a whole. And let me take the opportunity to make a declaration.

02:26I want to declare today as the Glen Turban Day in the city of Los Angeles. It's your day.

02:37And then we're going to turn and show the audience.