i would like to bring up now to provide our prayer deakin alvarez -- deacon alvarez. >> how many years do you go back with cesar chavez? 66 years. since 1966, so 49 years. thank you very much. he is also from san jose. he is part of the foundation. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you. can you hear me now? >> is that better? ok. well, once again, it is an honor to be here. york keynote speaker and i were just in washington, d.c., with the president of the united farm workers and delores and secretary sillies -- solis. at the ceremony, the labor department auditorium was named after cesar chavez. i was honored to do the benediction, and i want to share with you part of the prayer that was given at that celebration. so let us bow our heads and ask for god's blessing on -- on this momentous occasion where we come again, once again, to recommit ourselves to the farm workers struggle. almighty god of life and peace, you inspire your servant cesar chavez, taking a matter of the misery and exploitation that farmers experienced in the fields. [speaks foreign language] he came out