snyder and allen and ann waldman and moved on to some as denman medina, which tango eyes and martin christinaperiod ross rossi and mosab abu toha. congratulations on your finalists tonight. their light burns ever bright today even as our country gets ever hotter and as the eco poetics of their lists seems ever more necessary and present. three decades ago, elaine katzenberger stepped across that urine soaked alley from vesuvio bar and city lights and never looked back. she's been a captain, organizer, a curator, par excellence. we are extremely lucky to you, elaine. please come and accept this richly deserved award. also host kai of the hanging there painting the passport brown the beauty. food. i didn't. i would get all teary eyed, but seeing all those pictures of lawrence and yeah, it's been it's been a lifetime for me at that organization and it's been a gift and privilege to spend my life there and to learn how to live there and when we were told that we were going to receive this award and i really i didn't take it very personally. citylights has been around for 70 years doing the work.