ms. almadin, it was long due the time for this award. m.j., come up. [applause] >> wow, you don't even know you did all that! [laughter] there was a whole bunch of noise up here today and i just wanted to say that another one of the things that i do is i'm the native american co-chair for sciu. and so there was a bunch of people out front fighting for jobs, fighting to help prevent the layoffs that's going on in november. so if you're here, mayor, i heard some cheers up there. i hope that means we don't lose any people from the city jobs. so i want to thank all of you who have worked in this community for the 40 years that i have been here. i moved here in 1969. we have such a strong community. it's so amazing the strengths that we have and there is something about san francisco that's very special. it pulls in people. and one of the things that i'm doing currently is to recognize a protocol that those of us who came here on relocation or for education or for -- because our parents brought us, is to honor the protocol of honoring the original people of