you so much. [ cheers and applause ] >> our next awardee for the individual leadership award is linda evans who is the organizer for legal services for prisoners with children. she's retired from that position. [ cheers and applause ] >> i just want to say thank you so much to the human rights commission. i'm deeply honored and really humbled to receive this award and to be present in the presence of so many civil rights heroes. i appreciate this recognition, not just for myself, but for the collective efforts of all of us and all of our members of legal services for prisoners with children and all of our allies. in 2003 we began over a decade of partnership with the human rights commission. when we launched or band a box to reform hiring practices and employment. since then this has spread all over the country and now over 50 cities and counties have adopted fair hiring practices to eliminate discrimination for people with records. san francisco was one of the first. with the support of the human rights commission, the reentry council of san francisco and our community allies like the nati