maria olsen has crafted a book that addresses real, contemporary life in america. ms. olsen herself has a multiracial family and lives that of which she writes. she said that she is often mistaken for the nanny for her biracial children, and i'm sure she'll talk to us about that. what is family in america? despite the current climate, the reality is that america is changing and and has changed. within the next 20-30 years, as ms. olsen points out in her book, less than half the population of america will be white. ms. olsen includes herself -- excuse me, has given hundreds of interviews and includes those in the book that she's going to talk about. her families that she's talks to throughout america. a few weeks ago our own mayor, judd ashman, was on "united shades of america" to discuss what it's like to be the mayor of one of the most diverse cities in the country. i urge you to go look at that on cnn and see a what his response is. gaithersburg has experiences shift in what's coming in america, and now we're going to talk about that paradigm shift. the name of the bo