ms. boggs received her ba from barnard college and a phd in philosophy from bryn mawr college. she developed twenty-year political relationship with the black mark [inaudible] clr james followed by extensive civil rights and black power movement activism in detroit in partnership with her husband james lee boggs. who passed away at 93. i met grace over 20 years ago along with my friend [inaudible] and we help at ucla and i was a long time ago. but we brought grace out and also the incredible year [inaudible] who passed away only weeks ago but what was important was that they shared their experiences are preaching to us but their lives with a new generation of community organizers and youth leaders and i will never forget the amazing warmth of grace lee boggs for younger people like myself. grace was such an inspiration as she continues to be with new generations of grassroots activists in detroit where she lives and has lived for many decades to many activists in oakland and san francisco and asian-american movements as well. grace dictated this to my friend scott this morning