stuart shaw, ann carroll is back there. everett, the people in the production department who have helped us. you will see all the hard work they have provideded when you go over to check this exhibit. so without further ado i would like to have luis introduce our keynote speaker. >> thank you, al. what a glorious day it is and happy black history month. i'm honored to introduce our keynote speaker, bernard kinsey. i had the pleasure of meeting bernard had he attended the first meeting with the california council for the humanities and immediately he made quite an impact with not only his creative ideas and vision but also his passion. right then and there i said to myself, my only resfwret that i didn't get to meet him way, when much earlier in our lives. his biography reads like an adventure with an extraordinary record of accomplishments and achievements. a business entrepreneur it, guru, philanthropist but perhaps most importantly a community builder. as president of kbk enterprises he's provided counsel to senior execut

napoleonic wars prevented mary ann from crossing the atlantic and receiving a french education as had been traditional in her family, her parents, richard and mary carroll cayton, were able to give her a decent american one. in the autumn of 1802, mary ann traveled to philadelphia, home to some of the foremost academies in the country and enrolled at the green hill young ladies' academy. in philadelphia. now, she was taught the usual subjects for a girl, but additionally she was taught to study geography, history, mathematics, science and a lovely phrase, the system of the universe. besides a lot of other subjects. her grandfather, charles carroll of carrollton, however, considered the most important lessons that she was learning were lessons to do with how to conduct her life. and he reminded her in a letter written on february the 2nd, 1803, that the fleeting pleasures of the world leave a dreadful void in that heart which feels not the blessedness of virtue. to you wish -- do you wish for happiness, he asked? by virtuous. do you wish to gain the love and esteem of those whose affection and esteem will render you esteemable in your own eyes? be virtuo