good evening. i m rachel flor, executive director of, the john f kennedy library foundation. and on behalf of all of my library and foundation colleagues, i m delighted to welcome all of you who are watching this evening s program online, as well as those of you who are here with us in person tonight to open. i humbly start with a land acknowledgment to recognize the indigenous tribes of the parts in massachusetts, peoples of the wampanoag tribal confederation territories who both past and present and throughout many generations have stewarded the land where the kennedy library is today well, a land acknowledgment is not enough. it s an important way to promote indigenous visibility, and it serves as a reminder that we are on stolen and settled indigenous land. i invite all of us to contemplate how to better support indigenous communities and to learn how to honor and take care the land that each of us inhabits. i would also like to acknowledge the generous support of our und
good evening. i m rachel flor, executive director of, the john f kennedy library foundation. and on behalf of all of my library and foundation colleagues, i m delighted to welcome all of you who are watching this evening s program online, as well as those of you who are here with us in person tonight to open. i humbly start with a land acknowledgment to recognize the indigenous tribes of the parts in massachusetts, peoples of the wampanoag tribal confederation territories who both past and present and throughout many generations have stewarded the land where the kennedy library is today well, a land acknowledgment is not enough. it s an important way to promote indigenous visibility, and it serves as a reminder that we are on stolen and settled indigenous land. i invite all of us to contemplate how to better support indigenous communities and to learn how to honor and take care the land that each of us inhabits. i would also like to acknowledge the generous support of our und