so it is my honor to introduce our new pride chair, carolyn wisenger. >> thank you, fred, thank you, mayor breed, thank you to my aunt who has threatened bodily harm if i don't mention them. as fred mentioned, the board is excited about completing our three-year theme with this year's generation of hope. while we are excited about the events leading up to the pride weekend, we are most excited about what that word hope represents. as a community, we are in challenging times, and being in pride, it's so different. there is more required now that we are headed into 50. the organizational needs aren't the same as they were in 1970, and either are the needs of the community that we represent. there's more required in the way that we represent community, there is more required in the way that we support our community, and there's more required in the way that we are supported. now the last leg to 50 is always the hardest leg. some of you may have been married 50 years, and you know it's hard getting to 50. it doesn't get easier as we march in these last months to 50. as someone who grew u

so it is my honor to introduce our new pride chair, carolyn wisenger. >> thank you, fred, thank you,k you to my aunt who has threatened bodily harm if i don't mention them. as fred mentioned, the board is excited about completing our three-year theme with this year's generation of hope. while we are excited about the events leading up to the pride weekend, we are most excited about what that word hope represents. as a community, we are in challenging times, and being in pride, it's so different. there is more required now that we are headed into 50. the organizational needs aren't the same as they were in 1970, and either are the needs of the community that we represent. there's more required in the way that we represent community, there is more required in the way that we support our community, and there's more required in the way that we are supported. now the last leg to 50 is always the hardest leg. some of you may have been married 50 years, and you know it's hard getting to 50. it doesn't get easier as we march in these last months to 50. as someone who grew up in a church that