the group foundation, the bachelor foundation, the knights foundation, ohl, so many other sponsors that again, come together and understand the value of miami book fair. the value of reading and literacy. and then give themselves in the corporations and organizations to support this. again, to our friends, many many thanks to you. and just wonderful to see so many of you that have been with us here at miami book fair and miami-dade college throughout the year. please turn off your devices. so that we can enjoy the program as you know, there is a microphone in the middle aisle. that you can use during the q&a session. i ask that you post your questions and then please take a seat so that others may have the opportunity. welcome again. today at this time, we are honored to have elaine pagels in conversation with pbs, jeffrey brown. let's welcome them to the stage. [applause] >> just a little bit about our honored guests here. as you know, elaine pagels is a preeminent academic. his impressive scholarship has earned her international regard. the harrington professor really -- in three cons

this year royal caribbean, the knight foundation, the bachelor foundation, ohl, and so many other individuals, joe and more seasoned, but throughout our community from right here at miami dade college among our student, faculty and staff, all coming together for the cause of literacy, the love of reading and miami book fair. so thank you to all of the volunteers, without whom this book fair this week and year round certainly just would not be a special event. i also want to recognized the friends of miami book fair. i'm going to ask you to waive and accept our gratitude for the many years of support and collaboration with us. as i said i look out and i see, every time i look out and issue someone else that i know, so thank you again for your collaboration. and so without further ado i'd like to welcome jack kelly, director of d operations for soh motors, and you will do some formal introduction. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon and welcome. it's really an honor to be here supporting this, and it's our sixth year and we couldn't be happier to do it. south motors is a long-established lo