my name is marlena doubt and i'm a professor of african diaspora studies at the university of virginia in charlottesville. get to have you with us here on the stream. all right, so looking at my laptop, the root, we standing solidarity with nicole. hi, jose. i'm just going to scoot up here. if you look very carefully, you will see martha as jones martha. why did you sign onto this? i knew that this was a issue that had been brewing for some time, and it was clear as we learn more about what transpired in the board of trustees at the university of north carolina and their silence, that those of us who yes, admire. nicole had a jones but also are deeply invested in the integrity of american academia. it was time for us to speak up. we were a cross section of yes, academics of journalists, of alumni and students, and concerned individuals. and very pleased to have had so many hundreds of folks sign onto this letter. i am just looking at the department that nicole had a james was originally supposed to be involved and i don't know what's going to happen now. so who knows? here on the, on t