Book tv. Org. Good evening everyone. My name is ware harmon, and im the executive director of town hall seattle on behalf of our team as well as our friends at Elliot Bay Book company. Its a pleasure to welcome you to tonights presentation of dereka pernell in conversation with Nikkita Oliver and darnell, elmore. As we get underway, i want to acknowledge that our institution stands on the unceded traditional territory of the coast salish people in particularly the duwamish we thank them for our continuing use of the Natural Resources of their ancestral homeland. Were very glad youve joined us for tonights virtual event, which will likely run around 60 minutes including q a. Integrate our audience experiences on those nights when we have live audiences in the building. Weve changed the q a platform this year to submit your question. Please enter meet dot ps forward slash pernell or scan the qr code right now on the screen with your smartphone will drop the link in the chat and remind yo