thurman was renown and serving howard university and federally charged black university in washington. he authored more than 20 books and spoke internationally on non-violence and common ground and he hoped to build greater connections in the community. dr. thurman's lesson for humanity still resonate today and we support this initiation. thank you. >>> hello, my name is peter, i'm a born and bread san franciscan. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i was the director and founding director of the jazz center and my mother worked for the redevelopment agency for many years. i went to lowell high school, blah blah blah, i was also raised in the church in the fellowship for all people's and i had the amazing opportunity to hear dr. howard speak. i had no idea what he was talking about but he was spellbounding and he was incredible. we actually produced multiple plays at the fellowship church. i want to say that i obviously support this effort very much. it means a lot to me. thank you. >> greetings commissioners, president matsuda, my name is erin gossel, the director of martin