my name is jeremiah kalendae, and i have the great honor of serving this liberal incubator of progressive social change. we've been here for 162 years, causing all sorts of problems. so it's appropriate that we're meeting in this location, in this fabulous city, as the 1960s, the spirit of the 1960s, is coming alive again in our coalition, in the occupy movement, and in the voices for justice and equality that are now gaining mainstream attention for the first time in a long time. it's written in the scriptures that a time will come when young people will have visions and when old people will dream dreams. and that time has unprecedenteds as a global community. we see that violence runs ram pant and is no longer a sustainable or ethical way to relate to each other in the global community. we see that our precious mother earth is threatened. that ecological systems that our brothers and sisters in the plant and animal kingdom are threatened. we see that women all over this world are being denied their rights. we see that the gap between the rich and the poor has only expanded. and we're be