thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, dr. walker. we also want to acknowledge dr. walker ace 's role and much of his work and we want to recognize the work that you have done as well. [ applause ] . we'll now move into recognizing and giving the award for, and i really wanted the opportunity to recognize this young lady because i do believe it's come up very much during the course of this evening. it's just recognizing the role and impact of youth and students and really acknowledging even during the civil rights era, the movement and the march was about college students and high school students taking that risk and putting their lives on the line and working in partnership with the clergy and with the elders of the community. we really recognize and appreciate. so today, our next awardee for student advancing civil rights and economic justice, veronica garcia. [ cheers and applause ] >> and i would offer up that in this day and age when oftentimes youth and young adult have to stand-alone in the movement and have to march in the party of one that they should be mo