[applause] >> thank you, yolanda jackson. we are going to adjust the order a bit and bring to the podium our president of the san francisco board of supervisors, the honorable london breed. [applause] [applause] >> good afternoon -- oh, it's still morning. good morning, everybody. happy to see he each and every one of you here today as we celebrate one of our legendary heroes. a year before dr. king died he delivered a speech about the urgency of now. beyond his speech beyond vietnam, a time to break our silence was a call to action. a call to christians to oppose the war on vietnam, to oppose a number of issues that sadly continue to impact our communities this very day. we honor dr. king every year during the holiday in celebration of his birthday. today we honor him as a way to remind people that his death, his death is not in vain. his death is not in vain because we will take the lessons that we learned and we will apply them to everything that we are here to do today. had it not been for his call to action during a time