commit to doing in the coming year so that we are held account to believe what we say. it is not enough to just convene, talk about things, show how smart we are, give our best sound bites, we must measure what we do, what we do not do, so that people will know that we are serious in our service to people. this year, we added, though, that with the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, we wanted some of those who have served above and beyond the call of duty for the last half century to assess where we are since the march where we need to be, where we have made progress and where we have gone backwards. so we have a special panel added this year that will put us in context and in focus. let me introduce the panel to my the panel. to my right, the reverend pastor of ron, the this church, first corinthian. he also chairs the ministers division of national action network. to his right, the honorable rosalind brock who cheers the board of the naacp. to her right, our fri