 But, let's not wait any longer, I want to get to our first award of the night. Our first award is a brand new category, this is the new NEA Foundation Equity Partner Award, which honors individuals and organizations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to address equity and opportunity gaps in public education. And we could not have found a better fit for the inaugural recipient of this award than Californians for Justice. Californians for Justice describes itself as a youth-powered organization elevating the voices of youth and empowering young people to create a more just future. Through Californians for Justice, youth leaders partner with teachers, schools, policy leaders, and forge powerful alliances that advance a youth-centered vision for healthy, just, and vibrant schools. Through high school clubs and after-school programming, youth become community leaders organizing and activating their peers to take action at school board and budget meetings and more. Their alliances have advanced transformative changes throughout the state of California to prioritize educational equity and racial justice. They are fierce and their impact is as impressive as it is widespread. The NEA Foundation is proud to honor tonight's recipient of the first ever NEA Foundation Equity Partner Award to Californians for Justice. Accepting this award, please join me in welcoming Californians for Justice Communications Director Hannah Esqueda Freeman. Wow, we are fierce, definitely. Thank you so much to the NEA Foundation for honoring us with this inaugural award. It's really exciting and there's so many great people that I need to thank, including our board and leadership team. But I want to take the opportunity to give a special shout out to all of our amazing organizers. They are the ones who work day in and day out directly with our students in Fresno, Long Beach, Oakland, and San Jose high schools. Yes! Yes! Yeah, so definitely a big applause for them. At Californians for Justice, we firmly believe that Black and Brown students are the leaders who we need to be transforming our schools. Yes! Youth organizers have led and shaped each of our campaigns over the last two decades. From winning local and state budgets, shaping policy, and even adopting and implementing the historic equity formula in California public schools, which prioritizes low-income foster youth and English language learners. We are so proud. I'd like to briefly share a quick quote from one of our amazing student leaders, Megan Lane, out of Long Beach. So Megan says, quote, being a person who was affected by the school-to-prison pipeline and student tracking, school transformation is important to me. Californians for Justice was a way to get me out, get me out of the place where everyone was pushing me to go. CFJ was there to take me in and help me really focus on my education, but also what I find valuable in life. Just really appreciate our students. I want to close by just saying thank you all so much for supporting our efforts. We really believe that together with students, educators, teachers, admin, unions, and community allies, we can transform our public schools to be the places of healing, joy, and opportunity that our students and families deserve. So thank you.