[applause] thank you remus, grant. everyone, for being here, and thank you to the organizers for such a great event this year. today i was going to talk a little bit about the virginia , whotion for human rights we are, and some of the activities we have participated in over the past couple of years. how do i remove the slides? sorry. as a, i guess, i am not sure how to move to the next slide, but the first thing i want to talk the vchrbackground to efforts. i would like to share a very inspirational quote from dietrich bonhoeffer, who was an activist against nazi-ism in world war ii and ultimately paid for that with the ultimate price of his life. the quote is "we are not simply to bandage the woun of victims many the wheels of justice, we are to jam a spoke into the wheel itself." i believe that sanctions can bds a real effect, and yes, is putting a spoke in the wheel. virginia coalition for human coalition of about 17 agencies right now representing really probably 10,000 virginians if you count member groups. it in