the first is for miss spinola jackson. >> to the commissioners, i want to say to the heroes, i want to welcome you to the alumni of the heroes. since you are the heroes today, i want to make sure you continue to be heroes tomorrow. so our work is just beginning after the first 50 years, thank you. [ applause ] next we have miss doris ward. >> good evening, everybody. i'm so honored to be had been this evening and very pleased having been involved with the 50-year old civil rights event. and i remember when i was all about that. i remember that i was on my way to washington d.c. to participate in the march. i was president of the na acp at the time in indianapolis, indiana. they said, you can't go. we need to have a group of people here to review a group of people as they come from indianapolis. i said, you mean i can't go to washington? they said no. we have to receive all the people that are marching. i said oh, my god! i have to give that up. then i did that. because the number of people came through and i and other people we prepared food for them at our house as they were coming ti

we have with us tonight eileen hernandez, [ applause ] >> we are fortunate to have spinola jackson with us tonight. [ applause ] >> who has commissioner noted looks like a million dollars before taxes. and we are honored to have doris ward with us tonight. [ applause ] >> and i can't emphasize enough how critical and how influential and how just fundamental these three people have been and are to the work of civil rights and human rights in san francisco. [ applause ] i would also like to recognize someone who is very special to us, the commissioners, forward hrc commissioner who was present at the 1963 march on washington. she is here with her husband. flees join us in honoring frankie jill e t and maxwell. >> before we go to this year's nominees and awardees, i would like to recognize the nominees for this year's awards who were ultimately not selected but who because of their tr work were nominated by their contemporaries, their contemporaries in the community. dr. caesar churchwell. [ applause ] officer fred crisp. [ applause ] >> mr. michael mcenolate. [ applause ] >> so at this po