been our volunteers and our people. [ applause ] >> so i want to introduce june. [ applause ] , liz diaz. amy miles. bill collins. martha mahoney, who also does our halloween. terry. i saved lizzy. this is lizzy hirsch. she has been there. one of the founders of the friends of joe d in 1997. what started with planting a little grass on the children's playground has greatly expanded. few people know that the movie "thelma and louise" is a highly fictionalized account of lizzy and mine's adventures. [ applause ] >> most of it is overstated except for the driving off the cliff part. we have done that more than once. [ laughter ] the so yay lizzy. [ applause ] where is tan? he won't come up here, but there is tan hiding in the back. [ applause ] of the chinese town community development center. tan is one of the hardest working neighborhood activists and one of the smartest political operatives that i know. i learn something every time i talk to him and we have really used his help on this project. tina of the russian river neighbors wasn't able to be here, but her colleagues were and we tha

diaz the anchor of telemundtelemundo. >> father john -- and elizabeth, at duquesne university's campus. on a windy morning. good morning to all of you. >>> what are the immediate challenges do you think, liz, for the new pope pran sfrancis? >> must be that shell shock of coming out on that balcony. he was right in front of him. the problems and issues are all those flags, those faces turned towards him for hope. whether it's physical abuse, sexual abuse, fiscal problems, poverty. so much problems with religious liberty. people die because they're christians or catholics every day. the immense number of problems must be daunting. in that third comment from that wonderful woman beaming with that great face, that's the next step forward. she will pray for the pope as he will pray for us which is how he started his whole tenure as pope. >> you heard what i asked father dolan. cardinal dolan. the issues of american catholics are sometimes different than those in the rest of the world. but is he up to these challenges sm. >> that's a great question. one of the things that he showed in argentina as a bishop there. as a president of the bishop's conference there, he gained the confidence of fello