[applause] >> our next award goes to melanie martin. melanie, could you please step up to the podium? melody is also a transit operator at our green division and has been with the agency for over 11 years. she's receiving this award today for her courageous actions of saving someone from harm or possibly saving their lives. on june 21, melody witnessed a man fall into the tracks at the train station at civic center station while she was pulling in. she worked very quickly and safely to stop her train and avoided any contact or harm to that person. her keen awareness, observation of her surroundings and her skills as a train operator was invaluable to this incident. i'd like for john also present the award of appreciation to melody. john. >> thank you, mr. ford. once again, truly extraordinary performance, and i learned earlier today that actually this is somewhat routine for melanie because prior -- even prior to joining the agency she had been involved in helping someone who was down in the subway tracks be brought out safely. so we're

melanie campbell. -- redeem the dream. >> thank you. for call in on us to redeem the dream of martin luther king jr., your father. repeat after me -- i am the dream. i am the dream. you are the dream. we are the dream. reclaim the dream. i bring you greetings on behalf of the national coalition and the black women's roundtable and black youth both. i want to recognize a delta sigma theta. i also bring you greetings on behalf of my 81-year-old mother who is down in minnesota watching us today. i'm honored and humbled to be with you today to celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king and those leaders who joined him at the 1963 march in washington for jobs. can you say jobs? justice and equality. there are folks who are 100 -- over 250 rich and poor who came to washington, d.c. to ask our government to cash a check and that was marked insufficient funds. dr. king said to cash a check that would give this the riches of freedom and the security of justice. we are also gathered here today to renew and rededicate ourselves to completing dr. king's dream, to make real the promises of our democracy and open the doors of o

melanie campbell. -- redeem the dream. >> thank you. for call in on us to redeem the dream of martin luther king jr., your father. the dream. i am the dream. you are the dream. we are the dream. reclaim the dream. i bring you greetings on behalf of the national coalition and the black women's roundtable and black youth both. i want to recognize a delta sigma theta. i also bring you greetings on behalf of my 81-year-old mother who is down in minnesota watching us today. i'm honored and humbled to be with you today to celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king and those leaders who joined him at the 1963 march in washington for jobs. can you say jobs? justice and equality. there are folks who are 100 -- over 250 rich and poor who came to washington, d.c. to ask our government to cash a check and that was marked insufficient funds. dr. king said to cash a check that would give this the riches of freedom and the security of justice. we are also gathered here today to renew and rededicate ourselves to completing dr. king's dream, to make real the promises of our democracy and open the doors of opportunity to all god's

melanie campbell is the executive director and ceo of the national coalition of black civic participation and one of the co-sponsors of reclaim the dream. please welcome her. >> thank you. thank you reverend sharpton and martinclaim the dream of dr. martin luther king jr. repeat after me. i am the dream. >> i am the dream. >> i am the dream. >> i am the dream. >> you are the dream. >> you are the dream. >> we are the dream. >> you are the dream. >> reclaim the dream. i want to recognize the ladies your year today in great numbers. i bring you greetings on behalf of my 81-year-old mother who is watching us here today. i am honored and humbled to be with all of you today to celebrate the life and legacy of dr. king and those leaders who joined him on the 1963 march on washington for jobs. can we say jobs? >> jobs. >> just as. >> justice. >> and equality. >> equality. >> 250,000 unem andsung -- to 250,000 unsung heroes came to washington, d.c. to cash a check that was marked "insufficient funds." we are gathered here today to renew and rededicate ourselves to dr. king's dream, and to open the doors of opportunity to all of god's children. 47 years ago dr. king gave his i have a dream speech right here in the na