 I'm going to invite up in a moment one of my colleagues to just finish us off right here And I'm hoping I'm gonna see most of you or many at least at the awards reception tonight at 8 o'clock when we'll honor people who have fought for justice in this movement for a long time But I do need to take a moment personally right here because One of the things well, you know what helps keep me going and What helps make this possible is the Absolutely extraordinary bunch of people I work with at the drug policy lines They are I mean off the charts brilliant beautiful amazing people I mean many of you know them, but please just give a shout out. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you DPA Thank you. Thank you. Thank you You know I Feel proud about this moment and I feel proud about my colleagues and at this moment I'm gonna call up one of those I'm feeling very proud about these last few days because when I was asking around I was saying who was hitting it out of the park and this young woman's name kept coming up So Cassandra Federique will you come on up here? Oh for many reasons. I can't believe I'm standing right here And I'll give you two reasons The first reason was because yesterday I was on the hip-hop panel and Ethan came in and said you're too loud and I screamed back hip-hop ain't never been quiet Our board president Michael Skolnick looked at me. I was like you might want to turn that down and The second reason is because four years ago. I was at the drug policy reform conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico Who remembers Albuquerque? It was an amazing time. I was a young social worker two months into my internship at Drug Policy Alliance and I thought y'all were crazy. I Was like what is going on? You want to legalize weed? You want to give syringes? I don't understand This doesn't make any sense But I'm just trying to graduate the countdown was on my planner and I just wanted to get out of there forward four years later and Baby, I am drug policy fabulous Because honey despite what my boss Gabriel say it says the revolution will be luxurious You know you made a mistake giving me the mic Ethan So I want to say thank you I want to say thank you to everyone in this room that's been here year after year at all these drug policy reform conferences I want to say thank you to those that have laid the foundation For our present-day victories Thank you. I want to say thank you to Carl Hart for not being scared to bring science to this conversation I want to say thank you to Michelle Alexander for giving me the language Y'all can clap up more for that and I want to give a special special special. Thank you To vocal New York for opening my heart. It's two years ago Well four years ago. I didn't really know what this was about and being able to work with People that are most impacted by this war on drugs has changed my life has given me new meaning Has brought me to here to the altar for forgiveness Forgiving myself for the biases that I've had So I want to say to everyone in this room never give up on those that are against us Because I am here because I'm reformed So my board president Ira Glasser talked about this train and Alexis I know you're not gonna sing with me because I really want to sing Gladys Knight midnight train to Georgia But I know you won't do it So I'm gonna ask is the West Coast here. I'm even known from the East Coast. I'm gonna give you I want more try is the West Coast here is the South here is the Midwest here Where's the East Coast at and most importantly in my heart, where are my young reformers stand up young reformers? All of you stand up because it is our time Thank you for our foundation, but thank you because right now it's our time Is it not already people because in two years this is gonna be bigger on in a chocolate city of Washington, DC And that was it see you in two years