ms. miss adrienne williams. we all know that as the director -- please. [applause] >> as the director of the village project, which is a youth service organization that focuses on educational and cultural enrichment for our youth and their families in the western edition, we are all better being friends with adrienne. thank you again. [applause] >> she is a driving force of the celebration of kwanzaa throughout san francisco. by connecting traditionally african-american communities for this joyous celebration. thank you again for your opening prayer. we are joined here by many young folks and many performers. we have the village kids chorus, we have briand at jay dancers, we have the dimension dance theater. you will also be hearing from dr curtis who will provide the keynote for today's celebration. as well as the c-note, we all member them from maryland and breed's inauguration just six months ago. [applause] >> kwanzaa was created by a doctor in 1966. is celebrated annually by more than 30 million people worldwide over seven days, starting today, all t