Host bell guest welcome to the city club of cleveland. Im a student in gates mills and a plot pro member of the youth council. Thank you for coming to see our panelists. Our goal at the council is identical to that of the city club. It is to host conversations, debates and discussions that empower us to engage in further understanding of the world around us. It is for that reason that it is my pleasure to introduce our forum today, entitled a conversation on race. Langston hughes wrote in his peace, democracy that freedom is a strong seed planted in a great need. I live here and one freedom just as you. It may be safe to say that in the age we live in, freedom has been granted to races of people who have been subjected to oppression throughout our history. There is a difference between freedom and liberty. Freedom being a state of being, that of being able to make decisions without internal control. Liberty can be something totally different altogether. In regards to freedom granted by