i would like to in invite belinda christian and davis to take us through the award part of this meeting and thanks for coming. >> good evening. thank you so much for coming, for taking the time to come and fill the chamber tonight to help us celebrate the memory and the anniversary of the march on washington. we don't have a lot of time tonight, so i don't think commissioner davis or i are going to spend a lot of time speaking, but there were a couple of things that i just wanted to note. the march on washington took place on the centennial of the emancipation proclamation which was enacted in january of 1863. the march on washington also took place on the anniversary of em it hills murder. he had been murdered 8 years before the march. this is 58th year since that horrendous event. as the staff member, the hrc staff member who is primarily responsible for this meeting tonight, noted, these were noted to me in conversation, these are some of the many things that were on the minds of the organizers of the march and also the hundreds of thousands of people that traveled from throughout th