 Good morning, and I want to thank everyone for joining us outside the offices of Scott Bossard, our South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. I'm going to take up too much time here at the podium. The most informative perspective of Scott Bossard's mission to advance advocacy, education, and collaboration to bring safety, comfort, and counseling to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault will come from Executive Director Sarah Balber. Ultimately, the work of Ms. Balber, her incredible staff, and their collaborative state-wide network is to make South Carolina all together free from domestic violence and sexual assault. The word coalition is a crucial part of the very name of Scott Bossard because it speaks to the need for partnerships and collaborations to improve outcomes in the well-being and safety of survivors. Scott Bossard works closely with organizations and individuals across our state and provides much-needed services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, highlight the crucial nature of these collaborations and continue to advocacy. And further, their collaborative efforts, Scott Bossard, has this wonderful partnership with Ring that we're announcing today. It's going to go far, very far, and provide additional security and comfort to our state's victims and survivors and hopefully prevent more victimization. I want to thank Layla Ruhi, the president of Ring, Joe Nolan, Amazon's regional policy manager for their work and the incredible capacity in making this donation possible. The reality is that there's so many good people who have worked all across this community for years fighting the fight and we see that manifested in the great work and success of Scott Bossard's leadership. I did ask Councilwoman Tanika Devine, who's been leading the fight here in Columbia and from all the city council for several years, leading the mayor's campaign on domestic violence every single year. And I thought it was important that she be here to recognize her good work in that space. And I want to, before I introduce her, I just want to thank Amazon and I want to thank the Ring. We live in a world exchanging so fast right now with the power of automation, AI, advanced machine learning, it's fundamentally changed the way we live as we awake from the greatest pandemic, certainly in over 100 years the world is changing so rapidly. And for one of the most recognizable, most successful companies that the world's ever seen do not think it robbery to invest in this community, to invest in our people, to invest in protecting those that will be victimized by those who do them harm, it's a big deal. And I just want to say thank you to Amazon, to thank you to Ring, and it's my pleasure now to introduce Sarah Baldwin, Executive Director of Stavossa, to be here for valuable insight. Thank you, God bless you. We tend to stand before you with grim news. And this year we've done the same thing. The Violence Policy Center report released a couple of weeks ago recorded 57 South Carolina women who were killed by man. The vast majority by intimate partners, a rate that puts us sick as the most dangerous state in the country. Each year our member organizations are overwhelmed with requests for help. Over 40,000 South Carolinians in 2019 who needed emergency shelter, hospital accompaniment or other services to help them through terrifying crimes. So it feels good for us today, in the middle of this October, to stand before you to launch an initiative that will provide additional safety tools to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Ring's donation of up to 1,000 devices, 4,000 security cameras, will provide an additional, tangible way for advocates to work as they develop safety plans with individual survivors on a case-by-case basis. Tools such as this can be a tremendous resource in terms of safety planning and provide added comfort for survivors who are experiencing heightened safety concerns or those who are in fear of repeated harassment from stalking. Initially, we'll be distributing devices to 10 of our member organizations throughout South Carolina and to two culturally specific organizations, so Black and African American survivors and Native and Indigenous survivors. All of these organizations work closely directly with individuals to assess their unique needs and whether one of these devices will amplify their safety. We look forward to hearing from them how this initiative has helped them to make a positive difference in their client's paths to healing. This initiative, as the mayor had spoke to, highlights the power of collaboration to build safety communities, safer communities, and to support survivors. This is not something that advocates can do alone. To create peace in our homes and communities, we must recognize what is our peace to contribute. We are deeply appreciative to the team at Wray and the Amateur and to Mayor Benjamin's office for being such proactive and supportive partners and look forward to continued collaborations with them as we work together to build on the hope that South Carolina citizens can look to a brighter future for homes of places of safety rather than fear. And so with that, with deep gratitude, I'm going to hand this over to Joe Nolan, the Regional Policy Manager for Amazon. Sorry, thank you, Mayor. Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Mayor Benjamin, to the team here at Tskibaso for having me today. It's an honor to represent Ring in Amazon. My name is Joe Nolan. I am a Regional Policy Manager for Amazon. First and foremost, I want to express the Ring team's gratitude for the invitation to attend and the privilege of learning about this team and your organization's incredible work. I know the Ring team and especially their president, Lila, look forward to continuing the dialogue-advancing Tskibaso's mission. I'm particularly honored to be on-site during Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to learn more about the comprehensive services Tskibaso supports. Now the case is forwarded to address every survivor's unique needs. I know Mayor Benjamin, we are extremely dedicated to your work in building a South Carolina that's free from domestic and sexual violence. And on a personal note, my mom is a survivor, so I'm also pleased to be here from that perspective as well. Tskibaso's work spans both advocacy and prevention efforts across the state in addition to supporting member organizations and helping survivors overcome the obstacles they face with safety planning on a case-by-case basis. Tskibaso and its member organizations directly support survivors and their families and communities across the state, and we've learned how Ring devices can supplement these ways organizations work to increase the safety of victims. As an expert organization, we know Tskibaso will use Ring's device donation to share how to supplement the safety tools available to respond to different survivor needs. The Ring team believes in making neighborhoods safer for everyone and works to bring peace of mind to all members of the community. We know every survivor has a different story and different safety needs, and hope that this donation helps make a difference for individuals and families throughout South Carolina. But we also know this is just one of many ways Tskibaso's staff and advocates can support survivors. Because we want to further extend Tskibaso's positive impact in the community and ability to represent the needs of survivors, Ring is also announcing a $20,000 donation to the organization. We have Scott here with the big check. Thank you, Scott. We are proud to support Tskibaso in advancing their mission and commitment to building a stronger and safer communities and look forward to learning more from your team. We appreciate the opportunity to attend an event that brings community stakeholders together and reflects our shared belief in the value of collaboration to create change as well as plays awareness for Tskibaso's pivotal voice in representing the needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault every day. Thank you. I want to say one more thing. Again, I think this is exciting. I'm sure you'll be surprised. I was surprised, but also bringing, Joe bringing the resources to a wonderful organization like Tskibaso. You're a good colleague. You started as a news producer at WIS Media Moons ago, 20 years ago, and now works with Joe, called about this partnership. And again, I think it's so important that we can find ways to use technology as a force for all survivors to ensure it's safe and healthier communities. There have been folks who have been laboring the vineyards for years to make this happen. I think that's the best way to count on the divine. Sorry, this is a whole different testament to that work. And there's another distance of huge thanks to Amazon and Ring for their generosity. It's going to make this community safer. It's going to make things healthier and stronger. And with this thing.