yesterday we hosted a lunch about the black power movement with professor rhonda williams and later this year we will host congressman joe kennedy, congressman [inaudible] about impeachment and veteran journalist chris wallace, political strategist scott jennings and many others scholars and leaders whose work would inform our views, challenges our beliefs and encourage our participation in civic life. with this diversity of speakers we want to highlightht different ways by which people can impact these issues they care about and help build a more just and equitable world. tonight's guests personify that idea and reminds us that from humble beginnings far outside the halls of power all of us can learn from our lived experiences and use them to become a force for change. cyntoia brown-long is a lawyer, advocate for criminal justice reform and for victims of human trafficking. she was born to a young mother who struggled with alcohol abuse and who is a victim of sex trafficking. as a teenager cyntoia became a victim of trafficking herself and at 16 she was arrested for killing a man who so