let me now introduce mayor wayne smith. mayor smith has promoted an agenda for the rebirth of the township of irvington. he was elected the 20 of my year may of 2002. his entire council candidates known as fema irvington was also elected feeling the mandate for his leadership. mayor, if you would like to share that concept with the rest [applause] [laughter] >> never mind. he was elected to an unprecedented third term in office. stevens might embark on the journey and his participation in the male mentor program that was launched in newark new jersey this year. the initiative is the capacity to build men from the faith based community engaged in mentoring young boys. mentor recruit, reclaim and restore is certainly something i am personally support about as well. let's hear for mayor smith about his -- about this and his other work in this city of irvington to address the work and opportunity for the populations. >> thank you, mayor nutter. as i mosul been between the stephanie caucus of my years -- [laughter] and i want to

. >> wayne smith from new jersey. your son that the extreme pleasure of being my date. >> i am mayor of fresno, calif.. >> i will hold off to introduce the panel members to my left and my right. we will be dealing with a lot of issues today and i want to reemphasize from high-level deployment deron nation to problems of poverty we have a lot of work to do. mayors around this table across carnation carmaking good things happen to dwindling resources. that should be on our mind today as congress considers everything from summer job programs to workforce investment back to the reauthorization from the urban enterprise zones that we all know programs we have used to leverage jobs. is not just a conversation about how to bring more money to the city. that is not the only paradigm for which we make progress but a lot of innovation from our panelists addressing innovative way to start new businesses, to source new research to lunch innovation funds, new ideas how to grow businesses and attract businesses that might be leavin