and he was the one who taught us that we had to learn to fight. we had to learn our history, to reclaim our history, to know all of you are other ho. our history and based on that we could reclaim what we wanted it to be. thank you all. what a moment. you ll remember this moment. i certainly will. i want to thank all of you for being here. i want to thank c-span begin. c-span again. this is going to be a very special night. i want to thank phyllis bennis, ips, all of our supporting organizations. and each and every one of you for really, you know, keeping busboys and poets alive. thank you very much. have a wonderful evening. [applause] phyllis bennis is the director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies. she s also a u.n. advisor on the middle east. busboys and poets in washington hosted this event. to find out more, visit busboysandpoets.com. brian garner is the co-author of making your case. mr. garner what s it like to wri