alaska's governor at the time, earnest greening, went on to sign the antidiscrimination act, the nation's first antidiscrimination act signed into law on february 16, 1945. this was almost two decades before landmark civil rights act of 1964. so it is a -- it is something that when we in alaska think about -- think about the history of discrimination that we have had that certainly alaska native people have endured -- endured far too long to -- to have led the country in terms of putting into law the first antidiscrimination act in this country a couple of decades before the civil rights act advanced through this congress. during an indian affairs committee hearing on native voting access last october october, julia kitka, reminded us that these events are not very old and sometimes we think of elizabeth peratrovich, and she and her husband roy and the impact they had on alaska and the way they strengthened our democracy is our current history as well. sew we -- so we honor her for standing up for what is right. she is an inspiration because she set the example that when you seeing is wro