and the building of unity within the black community and unity as other people said like jowilson said [inaudible] others how to use those concepts is powerful to me and the w the passing of mandela and [inaudible] i think about how history helped as a asian american and be the best allah i can during this time and as ors said all your round. i wanted to say that one of the elders in the knhunty ury [inaudible] who was a friend of malcome x [inaudible] she told me that if we know our own history, it makes us more open about learning about african americans and others and vice versey. she strived and urged uzas community leader to reach out to the african maench community. this think this is a great way to celebrate and [inaudible] my honor today is to acknowledge and i'm so humbleed he is with us and a lot of colleagues from had ymca are here with us. i would like to ask [inaudible] if anyone else would like to come up from the y as well--oi dpirs met chuck as we worked on a healthy [inaudible] his leadership is amazing. charles cauline is president and chief executive officer of the y