we are proud that paul grogan is one of our panelists, and we're delighted to also have with us blake jordan from the highland street family foundation. and i want to also make sure that you know that after the formal part of our evening, we invite you to stay for some more food and drink, we're going to have much more food outside in the reception area, and we also have copies of the book, "do more than give." they'll be available right afterwards, and our authors will be available to sign the book if you'd like to have that. um, so with that, i'd like to now introduce one of the authors of the book, leslie crutchfield, who will introduce our other speakers as we go along, and leslie will start with an overview of the tenets of the book, "do more than give." leslie is an adviser, an author and a leading authority of the high impact of philanthropy. her previous book, "forces for good," was named by economist magazine on its best business books of the year list. leslie is a recent managing director of ashoka and the u.s. and canada fellowship program. in the 1990s she co-founded and p

attracted brilliant, i dealistic young people to help him achieve his goal, like barney frank, paul grogan, george regan, bo holland, dennis austin and clarence jones, all of whom saw in him a reason to dedicate themselves to public service. when kevin white moved into city hall, some people assumed that they were getting a business-as-usual mayor: irish and catholic, typical and traditional. but times were changing. the political and social climate of boss stn in the late-1960's was hardly traditional and kevin white was anything but your typical politician. he glided effortlessly between the old world and the new. no one had ever seen a boston politician go to rhode island to get the rolling stones released into his personal custody after they were arrested and then the next night when they appeared at a concert in boston stand up and announce to a cheering crowd "the stones have been busted, but i sprung them." kevin did just that in 1972, which happened to be right after the 18-year-olds got the right to vote. kevin white opened up boston's political system to african-americans, women,