shelly bradford bell -- [applause] she is executive director of global arts and education. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> hello, everybody. happy international women's day. i really want to thank you for being here. you heard a lot of statistics. we all know a lot about what is going on. i am so pleased that the women we have here today -- have shown every single day of their life their dedication to people who have no one to speak for them. there are things that some of us do not understand. i have never been so happy as i am today to be able to honor somebody like sage. one of the most beautiful women that you will ever have met. she could speak to you for five minutes and would fall over to the ends of the earth. today, we have that same opportunity. thank you for what you have done by recognizing them today. global arts is a program that works with kids. our goal is to teach kids about the other countries, other languages, and take them on trips. the only way you understand the world is to have seen it. you can look at the world from the microscope or yo