WEBVTT 00:03.200 --> 00:05.311 First we're gonna do I would like you 00:05.311 --> 00:07.200 to stand if you all stand for the 00:07.200 --> 00:10.670 presentation of colors , please remain 00:10.670 --> 00:12.503 standing because right after the 00:12.503 --> 00:14.726 presentation of colors , we're gonna do 00:14.726 --> 00:17.540 invitation bye Mr Clint Mcrae and 00:17.540 --> 00:19.651 international Hampton by our very own 00:19.810 --> 00:21.370 Mr Darden brian Darden 00:33.570 --> 00:35.900 Maritime March 00:42.010 --> 00:43.230 left face . 00:45.690 --> 00:48.750 Present arms . Good morning everyone . 00:49.620 --> 00:51.810 Let us all pray father , we bless you 00:51.810 --> 00:53.810 this . Well , God , we think you're 00:53.810 --> 00:55.643 just waking us up this morning , 00:55.643 --> 00:57.810 clothing , our right mind , warm blood 00:57.810 --> 00:57.720 running through our veins and are still 00:57.720 --> 00:59.998 being humbled at the feet of jesus God , 00:59.998 --> 01:02.331 we're just so grateful that this nation , 01:02.331 --> 01:04.442 this country , Norfolk Naval Shipyard 01:04.442 --> 01:07.150 has pause to reflect and think about 01:07.160 --> 01:09.790 the legacy and the life and the memory 01:09.790 --> 01:11.679 and all the contributions that dr 01:11.679 --> 01:13.734 martin Luther king Jr has made God , 01:13.734 --> 01:15.790 we're just so excited because he was 01:15.790 --> 01:17.790 one man but he was a able to make a 01:17.790 --> 01:20.012 difference in my mind . Father , he was 01:20.012 --> 01:22.068 a change agent . He was able to make 01:22.068 --> 01:23.901 changes in the areas that he was 01:23.901 --> 01:25.846 responsible for initially early on 01:25.846 --> 01:28.179 before you use them in such a great way . 01:28.179 --> 01:30.179 God we're just excited because here 01:30.179 --> 01:32.401 Norfolk Naval Shipyard , we can also be 01:32.401 --> 01:34.346 change agents . We can also make a 01:34.346 --> 01:36.568 difference where we're at God according 01:36.568 --> 01:38.679 to the psalms God , he says how sweet 01:38.679 --> 01:38.446 and pleasant it is for brethren to 01:38.446 --> 01:40.766 dwell together in unity . God I'm just 01:40.766 --> 01:42.877 so excited on this particular morning 01:42.877 --> 01:45.044 because we're standing here together . 01:45.044 --> 01:47.266 The father in spirit , God holding hand 01:47.266 --> 01:49.488 in hand your God , we're unified . It's 01:49.488 --> 01:51.710 a unified front . Dear God , it doesn't 01:51.710 --> 01:53.766 matter as it relates to being senior 01:53.766 --> 01:55.988 leaders doesn't really matter as to the 01:55.988 --> 01:58.099 different status and where we're at , 01:58.099 --> 02:00.266 we're together this particular morning 02:00.266 --> 02:00.152 God . And so God , we just want to 02:00.152 --> 02:02.374 thank you according to the psalms . You 02:02.374 --> 02:04.263 said that in that unity God , you 02:04.263 --> 02:06.732 commanded one blessing and life ever 02:06.732 --> 02:08.843 more God . And so God , we just wanna 02:08.843 --> 02:10.899 thank you for blessing Norfolk Naval 02:10.899 --> 02:12.954 shipyard . God , we just wanna thank 02:12.954 --> 02:15.010 you for commanding a blessing in our 02:15.010 --> 02:17.121 way , God , this particular morning , 02:17.121 --> 02:19.232 God , God , we pray that you would do 02:19.232 --> 02:21.288 something special in this particular 02:21.288 --> 02:23.343 service . Do something special as we 02:23.343 --> 02:25.454 gathered here in the command briefing 02:25.454 --> 02:27.676 room . Dear God , most of all , we just 02:27.676 --> 02:27.628 want to thank you father , just for all 02:27.628 --> 02:29.906 the senior leaders that are here , God , 02:29.906 --> 02:31.961 there's a unified front God . And so 02:31.961 --> 02:34.184 I'm excited behind the unity that I see 02:34.184 --> 02:36.350 here on today . This will be displayed 02:36.350 --> 02:38.406 via zoom in other parts and so God , 02:38.406 --> 02:40.517 we're just excited about that . God , 02:40.517 --> 02:42.684 we pray that you were blessed . I will 02:42.684 --> 02:44.739 speak of this particular morning God 02:44.739 --> 02:46.906 causes tongue to be as it were the pen 02:46.906 --> 02:46.384 of a ready writer . Give them strength 02:46.384 --> 02:48.784 to declare the full council of your 02:48.784 --> 02:51.006 glory . And most of all , dear God , we 02:51.006 --> 02:53.340 turn these services over into your hand . 02:53.340 --> 02:55.340 God . And so God , we pray that you 02:55.340 --> 02:57.562 would throw your weight around father , 02:57.562 --> 02:59.784 show up and show our God for this shall 02:59.784 --> 03:01.840 be a performance . Father . We thank 03:01.840 --> 03:03.951 you for your love . We thank you just 03:03.951 --> 03:06.062 for your passion towards us . It's in 03:06.062 --> 03:08.284 jesus name . We pray and we give thanks 03:08.284 --> 03:10.354 and the people said Amen , 03:13.060 --> 03:13.690 Yes , 03:20.020 --> 03:23.670 oh , say can you 03:23.670 --> 03:27.570 see him but 03:28.870 --> 03:30.460 early . 03:32.600 --> 03:35.660 What's so proud only we 03:35.660 --> 03:38.420 have at the 03:38.420 --> 03:42.400 twilight's last gleaming 03:42.460 --> 03:45.920 whose broad stripes and 03:45.930 --> 03:49.920 bright stars through 03:49.920 --> 03:52.430 the perilous 03:55.210 --> 03:58.600 or the ramparts we are , 04:00.530 --> 04:03.090 were so gallantly 04:03.090 --> 04:06.420 streaming and the 04:06.420 --> 04:07.940 rockets , 04:11.750 --> 04:15.440 the bombs bursting in air 04:18.380 --> 04:21.610 gay proof through the 04:21.620 --> 04:25.050 night that our 04:25.050 --> 04:28.290 flag was still there . 04:29.890 --> 04:33.570 Oh say does that 04:33.570 --> 04:36.310 star spangled 04:39.050 --> 04:42.090 get away wave 04:42.250 --> 04:46.030 or the and of the 04:46.040 --> 04:49.880 free and 04:49.880 --> 04:53.580 the whole home of the 04:54.810 --> 04:56.540 bread 04:57.860 --> 04:59.310 dave 05:05.120 --> 05:06.830 order arms 05:09.290 --> 05:13.150 ready to left face 05:14.800 --> 05:18.720 for mark . I really 05:18.720 --> 05:20.887 appreciate everyone coming out today . 05:20.887 --> 05:24.690 Um , you know , as as Tehran here 05:24.700 --> 05:26.867 will have an opportunity to speak here 05:26.867 --> 05:29.260 in a few minutes And I look out in the , 05:29.270 --> 05:31.720 in the , in the room , you know , and I , 05:31.730 --> 05:33.619 you know , I grew up here in this 05:33.619 --> 05:35.619 shipyard , you know , my first time 05:35.619 --> 05:38.590 with Norfolk was in 1994 . And as I sit 05:38.590 --> 05:42.000 here or stand here now in 2023 , it's 05:42.000 --> 05:44.310 pretty cool to see some of the faces 05:44.310 --> 05:46.460 that I've seen , you know , over the 05:46.460 --> 05:50.010 last several decades and new faces . 05:50.540 --> 05:52.770 Um , I think that , you know , some of 05:52.770 --> 05:54.714 the remarks and some of the things 05:54.714 --> 05:56.659 we'll talk about today in terms of 05:56.659 --> 05:59.300 change agents , I think in a society 05:59.310 --> 06:01.970 and a shipyard for what we're doing in 06:01.970 --> 06:04.137 terms of mission and importance to our 06:04.137 --> 06:07.150 nation . Um there is certainly a 06:07.150 --> 06:10.190 need , an absolute need 06:10.200 --> 06:13.920 for change in a way 06:13.930 --> 06:16.660 that will allow and provide security 06:16.660 --> 06:18.993 not only for our shipyard in our nation , 06:18.993 --> 06:22.380 but really at a global level . And and 06:22.390 --> 06:25.390 all of that starts with the very people 06:25.390 --> 06:28.800 in this room . Um you know , part of 06:28.800 --> 06:31.350 what I'll talk about closing and if you 06:31.350 --> 06:33.294 read the , you know , the pamphlet 06:33.294 --> 06:35.350 that's been passed out over the last 06:35.350 --> 06:37.461 couple of days , we talk about martin 06:37.461 --> 06:39.572 Luther King day as a day on not a day 06:39.572 --> 06:42.020 off . Um we certainly will have a day 06:42.020 --> 06:44.510 off in terms of a holiday to allow time 06:44.510 --> 06:47.750 to recognize and appreciate , you know , 06:47.750 --> 06:49.972 some of the accomplishments and some of 06:49.972 --> 06:52.083 the things that martin Luther King JR 06:52.083 --> 06:54.590 has done um for our nation in our 06:54.590 --> 06:56.423 country . It allows some time to 06:56.423 --> 06:59.520 reflect on that . Um but also a day on 06:59.520 --> 07:02.630 in terms of service community and and 07:02.640 --> 07:04.920 take some time to think about what can 07:04.920 --> 07:08.890 we do to better be the change that we 07:08.890 --> 07:10.890 are looking for and expect from our 07:10.890 --> 07:14.360 folks and our people because simply put 07:15.230 --> 07:18.120 our nation requires it and our 07:18.120 --> 07:21.260 adversaries don't care . And so this is 07:21.260 --> 07:23.470 a special moment in a special time . 07:23.480 --> 07:27.060 And as I looked at Tehran here , you 07:27.060 --> 07:29.500 know Tehran and I have worked together , 07:29.510 --> 07:32.170 you know 67 years ago , you know , he 07:32.170 --> 07:35.720 came up on the waterfront . He has 07:35.720 --> 07:39.660 been a deck plate leader , a waterfront 07:39.660 --> 07:43.650 leader and now working with the 07:43.650 --> 07:46.230 D . E . I . Folks in the shipyard and 07:46.230 --> 07:49.290 helping to stress and talk brutal facts 07:49.290 --> 07:52.050 at times and to really help challenge 07:52.050 --> 07:54.800 leadership in terms of diversity and 07:54.800 --> 07:56.800 equity and inclusion and how all of 07:56.800 --> 07:59.150 those pieces and parts are required to 07:59.150 --> 08:01.428 be the change that we're talking about . 08:01.428 --> 08:03.610 Um super excited that he's gonna have 08:03.610 --> 08:05.721 the opportunity to share some insight 08:05.721 --> 08:07.666 and thoughts with us . And without 08:07.666 --> 08:09.777 further ado I'll turn turn it over to 08:09.777 --> 08:11.721 our speaker today to rand parker . 08:20.140 --> 08:23.770 Good morning . I mean just this 08:23.780 --> 08:25.836 mix and make sure I'm kind of a soft 08:25.836 --> 08:29.750 spoken guy . Yeah . Right . 08:30.330 --> 08:33.360 Uh First I'd like to say thank you to 08:33.360 --> 08:36.870 everyone that came out to uh be a part 08:36.870 --> 08:40.060 of this great day , thank you to the A . 08:40.060 --> 08:42.227 A . R . G . For reaching out and asked 08:42.227 --> 08:44.660 me to speak . I don't take these 08:44.660 --> 08:48.640 moments lightly . Um So when 08:48.640 --> 08:51.090 when Mr Taylor reached out , I had to 08:51.090 --> 08:53.940 go into my box and really think about 08:53.950 --> 08:56.210 what I wanted to say , right ? And it 08:56.220 --> 08:58.950 it came to me maybe a couple of days 08:58.950 --> 09:01.960 ago and I put it on paper . So I'm here 09:01.970 --> 09:04.140 to share the message and hopefully I 09:04.140 --> 09:06.710 can inspire you all to become change 09:06.710 --> 09:10.050 agents uh and to move forward and 09:10.050 --> 09:12.460 making this this place the choice of 09:12.460 --> 09:15.230 employment and amongst other things 09:15.980 --> 09:19.330 right awesome . So 09:22.070 --> 09:26.060 often I sit alone at home or in my 09:26.060 --> 09:29.240 office at work and reflect on the world 09:29.240 --> 09:32.470 that we live in . I reflect on the 09:32.470 --> 09:34.526 things that have been afforded to me 09:34.680 --> 09:38.350 and so many others . I reflect on the 09:38.350 --> 09:41.790 why , the , how , the , what the 09:41.790 --> 09:44.260 future and the right now . 09:45.640 --> 09:47.862 One of the biggest thoughts that I have 09:48.430 --> 09:52.060 as I stand in this moment is that what 09:52.060 --> 09:54.520 if God never allowed some of us the 09:54.520 --> 09:57.940 privilege to witness here or read about 09:57.940 --> 10:00.710 the greatness of dr martin Luther king 10:00.710 --> 10:04.410 Jr . We have so far to go 10:05.490 --> 10:08.560 and many more mountains decline . But 10:08.560 --> 10:11.510 will we as a nation and especially 10:11.510 --> 10:15.000 black people be as far along as we are 10:15.000 --> 10:17.360 today ? If there was never a person in 10:17.360 --> 10:21.260 the flesh like DR King , see , 10:21.450 --> 10:24.290 DR King was a blessing loan to us 10:25.330 --> 10:28.800 to pray for us to fight for us 10:29.550 --> 10:33.180 to pave the way for us to combat 10:33.190 --> 10:35.246 injustice and to seek justice and to 10:35.246 --> 10:38.760 ensure that equality was stamped in 10:38.770 --> 10:41.400 every fiber and fabric of America at a 10:41.400 --> 10:43.730 time where there was massive barriers 10:43.740 --> 10:47.100 to overcome . Many of those barriers 10:47.100 --> 10:50.320 still exist today . Some more overt 10:50.320 --> 10:54.230 than others . With 10:54.230 --> 10:56.490 that being said , We cannot and should 10:56.490 --> 10:59.160 not take the work that was done and the 10:59.160 --> 11:01.450 effort that was put forth by DR King 11:01.460 --> 11:05.060 for granted his work cannot go down in 11:05.060 --> 11:08.960 vain . It was , it is and it shall 11:08.960 --> 11:11.610 forever be a significant and pivotal 11:11.610 --> 11:14.210 point in the history of America . 11:15.680 --> 11:17.470 Dr King and his colleagues put 11:17.470 --> 11:19.950 everything on the line to ensure that 11:19.950 --> 11:22.117 we can be in the positions that we are 11:22.117 --> 11:26.040 in today . So in essence today 11:26.040 --> 11:28.390 is not a past to forget about yesterday . 11:29.320 --> 11:31.800 Yesterday does not give us a past to 11:31.800 --> 11:34.350 forget about the past because we we are 11:34.350 --> 11:36.970 not too far removed from the past . 11:38.230 --> 11:40.800 Let us not forget about the rallies , 11:40.810 --> 11:42.977 the boycotts and the marches that were 11:42.977 --> 11:44.921 conducted to demand fair and equal 11:44.921 --> 11:48.760 treatment . Let us not forget the 11:48.760 --> 11:51.420 marches that occurred in selma Alabama 11:51.430 --> 11:53.710 on the Edmund Pettus Bridge , 11:53.720 --> 11:57.530 specifically March seven , That was 11:57.530 --> 11:59.730 been that has been memorialized as 11:59.730 --> 12:03.440 bloody Sunday . Let us not forget 12:04.020 --> 12:06.076 the bloodshed that occurred that day 12:06.076 --> 12:08.550 was not profitless . It came with a 12:08.550 --> 12:11.380 price . The price paid by 12:11.380 --> 12:14.570 bloodshed , courageousness and the 12:14.570 --> 12:16.700 subsequent marches . Led by DR King . 12:16.700 --> 12:19.100 After the initial attempt on March 7 , 12:19.100 --> 12:22.570 1965 led to the voters rights act of 12:22.570 --> 12:26.170 1965 . Signed into the law by then 12:26.180 --> 12:27.910 President Lyndon B . Johnson , 12:27.920 --> 12:31.060 approximately five months after the 12:31.060 --> 12:33.450 march from Selma to Montgomery . 12:34.960 --> 12:38.380 DR King's heroism , perseverance and 12:38.380 --> 12:40.730 influence contributed to the fact that 12:40.730 --> 12:42.950 you and I can exercise our right to 12:42.950 --> 12:46.010 vote without discrimination right here 12:46.020 --> 12:49.050 right now . So 12:49.840 --> 12:52.900 exercise it . Emphatically . Your vote 12:52.900 --> 12:56.010 counts . And remember , let us not 12:56.010 --> 12:56.580 forget 13:00.000 --> 13:02.150 DR King over the course of the civil 13:02.150 --> 13:04.372 rights movement delivered some powerful 13:04.372 --> 13:07.230 speeches . The delivery was infectious 13:07.230 --> 13:09.452 and resonates with many people still to 13:09.452 --> 13:12.450 this day . I remember as a young child 13:12.450 --> 13:15.150 hearing that I have a dream speech for 13:15.150 --> 13:18.250 the first time in elementary school . I 13:18.250 --> 13:22.060 was fascinated and in all fast 13:22.060 --> 13:24.370 forward to present day and what stands 13:24.370 --> 13:26.370 out to me as your diversity equity 13:26.370 --> 13:28.870 inclusion accessibility director . It's 13:28.870 --> 13:31.600 one specific thing that DR King said in 13:31.600 --> 13:34.910 his speech . He said I have a dream 13:34.910 --> 13:37.480 that one day this nation will rise up 13:37.490 --> 13:39.546 and live out the true meaning of its 13:39.546 --> 13:42.130 creed . We hold these truths to be self 13:42.130 --> 13:45.400 evident that all men are created equal . 13:46.680 --> 13:48.624 This quote right here has given me 13:48.624 --> 13:50.791 energy and a greater passion to pursue 13:50.791 --> 13:52.791 dreams and to help people more than 13:52.791 --> 13:56.380 ever . C . N . And that's why I like Dr 13:56.380 --> 14:00.290 King . I have a dream too . I 14:00.290 --> 14:02.290 have a dream that one day as I pass 14:02.290 --> 14:04.630 through these gates of N . And S . Y . 14:04.640 --> 14:06.696 That the balance of power will truly 14:06.696 --> 14:09.060 begin to reflect our demographics . I 14:09.060 --> 14:12.130 have a dream too . I have a dream that 14:12.140 --> 14:14.251 individuals with disabilities will be 14:14.251 --> 14:16.770 given opportunities and set up for 14:16.770 --> 14:19.530 success . And we as a people understand 14:19.530 --> 14:21.697 that some disabilities are invisible , 14:22.190 --> 14:24.890 they may have disabilities but they are 14:24.890 --> 14:27.680 not their disabilities . I have a dream 14:27.680 --> 14:31.510 too . I have a dream that our L . G . B . 14:31.510 --> 14:33.510 T . Q . Employees would not have to 14:33.510 --> 14:35.732 hide in the shadows and can be free and 14:35.732 --> 14:37.843 true to who they are without judgment 14:37.843 --> 14:40.010 on who they used to be or who they are 14:40.010 --> 14:42.600 now . The bottom line is that they are 14:42.600 --> 14:44.711 human beings and should be treated as 14:44.711 --> 14:48.540 such . I have a dream too . I have a 14:48.540 --> 14:50.707 dream that self care and mental health 14:50.707 --> 14:52.707 is just as important as our mission 14:53.040 --> 14:55.480 because of sound , body and sound body 14:55.480 --> 14:57.591 and mind contributes to us delivering 14:57.591 --> 14:59.924 these ships on time . Believe it or not , 15:00.750 --> 15:03.900 I have a dream too . I have a dream . 15:03.900 --> 15:05.900 Our female employees can take their 15:05.900 --> 15:07.622 seat at the table and not feel 15:07.622 --> 15:09.900 marginalized and reluctant to speak up . 15:09.910 --> 15:11.966 They should be treated with the same 15:11.966 --> 15:14.740 respect as we treat our mothers . Their 15:14.740 --> 15:17.073 input is just as important and valuable . 15:17.960 --> 15:20.300 I have a dream too and you should as 15:20.300 --> 15:24.060 well . Dr King's 15:24.060 --> 15:27.000 speech addressing the sanitation worker 15:27.000 --> 15:29.740 issue in Memphis Tennessee was just as 15:29.740 --> 15:32.720 significant as I have a dream speech . 15:34.190 --> 15:36.357 The speech outlined everything Dr King 15:36.357 --> 15:38.870 was fighting for . And within the 15:38.870 --> 15:41.990 confines of that speech , Dr King used 15:42.000 --> 15:45.660 a phrase several times we said 15:45.670 --> 15:49.460 somewhere I read well , N N . S . Y . 15:50.160 --> 15:53.000 Somewhere I read , we have before us 15:53.000 --> 15:55.056 the glorious opportunity to inject a 15:55.056 --> 15:57.680 new dimension of love into the veins of 15:57.680 --> 16:01.050 our civilization . Somewhere I read , 16:01.700 --> 16:03.367 I choose to identify with the 16:03.367 --> 16:06.060 underprivileged . I choose to give life 16:06.070 --> 16:08.640 for the hungry . I choose to give my 16:08.640 --> 16:10.830 life for those who have been left out 16:10.840 --> 16:13.500 out of the sunlight of opportunity . 16:15.200 --> 16:17.910 This is the way I'm going . If it means 16:17.910 --> 16:21.260 suffering , I'm going that way . If it 16:21.260 --> 16:23.610 means dying for them , I'm going that 16:23.610 --> 16:26.760 way because I heard a voice saying , do 16:26.760 --> 16:29.920 something for others . Those are not my 16:29.920 --> 16:32.190 words . Those are Dr King's words . 16:33.750 --> 16:35.972 What I gathered from the aforementioned 16:35.972 --> 16:38.490 quote is that this is not about me or 16:38.490 --> 16:41.410 you , It's about opportunity and us 16:41.410 --> 16:43.570 coming together as people as an 16:43.570 --> 16:46.060 organization and treating each other 16:46.060 --> 16:48.670 with respect , care and dignity . 16:49.940 --> 16:52.430 If DR King was alive today , I believe 16:52.880 --> 16:56.720 that is what he would want . I believe 16:56.730 --> 16:59.430 that is what we still fighting for 16:59.440 --> 17:02.580 because our opportunities do exist . We 17:02.580 --> 17:04.802 must continue to look for them and open 17:04.802 --> 17:08.110 doors for each other and when all else 17:08.110 --> 17:11.190 fails and the doors of opportunity 17:11.460 --> 17:14.140 appear to be sealed . Just build the 17:14.140 --> 17:16.760 table and chairs yourself , create the 17:16.760 --> 17:18.871 opportunities for yourself and others 17:18.871 --> 17:21.560 to have a seat at the table . Right ? 17:23.940 --> 17:27.340 And always remember always a day on 17:27.690 --> 17:30.850 not a day off . And I think about the 17:30.850 --> 17:34.540 words of Sam Cooke , it's been a long 17:34.540 --> 17:38.460 time coming , right ? And I know 17:38.460 --> 17:42.030 that change is gonna come right , y'all 17:42.030 --> 17:43.540 know that song . Right , 17:43.550 --> 17:46.840 thank you for your 17:46.840 --> 17:49.230 time . God bless told you I'll keep it 17:49.230 --> 17:50.920 short . 17:54.370 --> 17:57.780 Mhm Okay , 18:02.100 --> 18:05.600 what a great word . What a great word . 18:06.240 --> 18:09.720 Amen . Hey man , I'm telling you , you 18:09.720 --> 18:13.240 go go play Sam Cooke , I'm telling 18:13.240 --> 18:16.580 you it's been a long time coming . So 18:16.580 --> 18:18.710 on behalf I got a little tokens gonna 18:18.710 --> 18:21.940 give Mr parker if you don't mind , 18:23.090 --> 18:25.320 it's amazing what you can do without a 18:25.320 --> 18:28.970 budget got plugged up , 18:31.210 --> 18:33.190 somebody got that 18:35.650 --> 18:38.350 on behalf of the african american Prg 18:38.350 --> 18:40.640 organization would like to present you 18:40.640 --> 18:41.810 with a token 18:42.360 --> 18:46.090 thing 18:51.110 --> 18:53.320 videos over there . 18:55.380 --> 18:58.010 Mm , I appreciate that . Thank you . 18:58.020 --> 19:01.390 Thank you . And that this is a an 19:01.390 --> 19:03.920 example standing in the gaps for your 19:03.920 --> 19:05.809 brothers . I mean , cause we went 19:05.809 --> 19:08.031 through a situation , you know , coming 19:08.031 --> 19:10.253 out of christmas and everybody's like , 19:10.253 --> 19:11.976 oh , geez , gotta happen . And 19:11.976 --> 19:14.031 everybody's college is full when you 19:14.031 --> 19:15.920 got people in your corner like Mr 19:15.920 --> 19:18.320 Parker , Captain Benjamin 19:19.970 --> 19:22.340 and all of you . It's so easy for some 19:22.340 --> 19:24.550 people to stand in the gap . Help us 19:24.550 --> 19:27.010 out . So , thank you all for coming . 19:27.210 --> 19:30.110 We have closing remarks by our captain 19:30.110 --> 19:32.780 today and we'll follow up with the 19:32.790 --> 19:36.650 benediction from Mr Glenn . I 19:36.650 --> 19:39.510 mean clinton I cannot today is let me 19:39.510 --> 19:40.380 stop . 19:42.930 --> 19:46.880 Okay ? All of you that have kids 19:47.770 --> 19:50.550 and young adults this morning . I gotta 19:50.550 --> 19:52.717 call . My daughter works in New Jersey 19:52.717 --> 19:54.772 and this , you know , she's having a 19:54.772 --> 19:56.994 meltdown because she got an unfavorable 19:56.994 --> 19:59.480 report . And if you , my babies , my 19:59.480 --> 20:00.480 heart 20:02.610 --> 20:06.270 and I'm walking in here to get ready 20:06.270 --> 20:09.980 for this . My son who's I 20:09.980 --> 20:12.330 bless you and God bless us . He just 20:12.330 --> 20:14.441 graduate from Duke about a year and a 20:14.441 --> 20:16.497 half ago . He's a doctor in physical 20:16.497 --> 20:19.440 therapy . He calls me , he's crying 20:20.380 --> 20:22.602 now . He doesn't know that she called . 20:24.350 --> 20:26.406 He's a physical therapist . He had a 20:26.406 --> 20:29.180 gentleman . It went into cardiac arrest 20:30.320 --> 20:32.153 while he was working on him this 20:32.153 --> 20:35.780 morning and the first thing he did , he 20:35.780 --> 20:38.002 said , dad , I'm gonna call you . So he 20:38.002 --> 20:41.730 called me . So I'm , I'm 20:41.740 --> 20:45.580 dealing with , 20:46.900 --> 20:49.940 I say this to say this , how come 20:51.050 --> 20:54.550 love them tomorrow is not promised , 20:55.570 --> 20:58.030 I gotta get ahold of New Jersey guys 20:58.030 --> 21:00.363 gonna be with me . I just want you guys , 21:01.350 --> 21:03.820 there's a lot going on and this and we 21:03.820 --> 21:06.042 should be able like Brother Parkinson , 21:06.690 --> 21:09.520 I have a dream that we can come here 21:09.530 --> 21:12.510 when we in the 9 , 10 , 12 hours here 21:12.520 --> 21:14.631 and feel as comfortable as we do when 21:14.631 --> 21:17.100 I'm watching football at home . I have 21:17.100 --> 21:20.790 that dream . We deserve that for what 21:20.790 --> 21:22.623 we do to get these ships out and 21:22.623 --> 21:24.679 support our troops . We deserve that 21:24.679 --> 21:27.080 they deserve that . And we got to be 21:27.080 --> 21:29.690 able to compartmentalize , but family 21:29.690 --> 21:33.110 is hard to do . So I apologize to 21:33.110 --> 21:36.030 you , apologize to everyone here . 21:36.040 --> 21:39.970 It's just 21:39.970 --> 21:42.260 something that's in there . So I'm 21:42.260 --> 21:44.770 gonna get off my soapbox and call my 21:44.770 --> 21:47.660 daughter . Hopefully she's calmed down . 21:53.400 --> 21:56.580 Commander Captain . Hey , um , 21:57.450 --> 21:59.330 mike there there , there are no 21:59.340 --> 22:02.230 apologies when you are amongst family , 22:02.240 --> 22:06.180 my friend , uh , you 22:06.180 --> 22:07.180 know , 22:10.190 --> 22:12.670 if you're apologizing for loving your 22:12.670 --> 22:16.450 Children sir , I am also 22:16.450 --> 22:19.900 guilty as charged . Um , 22:22.020 --> 22:24.210 I'm struggling with closing remarks 22:24.210 --> 22:26.370 after hearing both of those gentlemen 22:26.380 --> 22:28.970 and , and how they kind of communicated 22:28.970 --> 22:31.130 their passion and love for what we do 22:31.130 --> 22:33.920 here and some of the moments , you know , 22:33.920 --> 22:36.570 in terms of talking about dr king's 22:36.570 --> 22:38.848 legacy and what he meant to our nation . 22:38.848 --> 22:41.014 So I really just want to leave you all 22:41.014 --> 22:44.170 with a passage . Um , you know , I'm 22:44.170 --> 22:46.810 sure for those who either have Children 22:46.810 --> 22:50.730 in civics class now or or are not as 22:50.730 --> 22:52.952 seasons enough or maybe seasoned enough 22:52.952 --> 22:55.063 to remember letters from a Birmingham 22:55.063 --> 22:57.397 jail , you know , which is a , you know , 22:57.397 --> 22:59.397 it's a staple in our development in 22:59.397 --> 23:01.619 terms of what we learned in history and 23:01.619 --> 23:03.619 civics classes . Growing up , going 23:03.619 --> 23:03.260 through middle school and high school 23:03.270 --> 23:06.030 DR King wrote a book . It is my 23:06.030 --> 23:08.252 personal favorite and the name of it is 23:08.252 --> 23:11.550 why we can't wait . It is a short read . 23:11.770 --> 23:15.520 It is fantastic and um , I just want to 23:15.520 --> 23:18.470 leave with a very , very small passage 23:18.470 --> 23:20.526 that he writes towards the end . Now 23:20.526 --> 23:22.692 bear in mind he wrote this back in the 23:22.692 --> 23:24.803 60s , but he says in his passage , he 23:24.803 --> 23:27.900 says one aspect of the civil rights 23:27.900 --> 23:30.710 struggles that receives little 23:30.710 --> 23:33.800 attention is the contribution it makes 23:33.800 --> 23:37.770 to the whole society . The and 23:37.770 --> 23:39.770 winning rights for himself produces 23:39.770 --> 23:41.881 substantial benefits for the nation . 23:42.940 --> 23:46.380 Just as a doctor will 23:46.380 --> 23:48.880 occasionally reopen a wound because a 23:48.880 --> 23:51.960 dangerous infection hovers beneath the 23:51.960 --> 23:55.140 half healed surface . The revolution 23:55.140 --> 23:57.240 for human rights is opening up 23:57.250 --> 23:59.670 unhealthy scars in american life in 23:59.670 --> 24:03.320 american life and permitting a new and 24:03.320 --> 24:05.430 wholesome healing to take place . 24:06.720 --> 24:09.490 Eventually , the civil rights movement 24:09.500 --> 24:12.690 will have contributed infinitely more 24:12.690 --> 24:15.640 to the nation than the eradication of 24:15.640 --> 24:18.340 racial injustice . It will have 24:18.340 --> 24:22.230 enlarged the concept of brotherhood to 24:22.230 --> 24:25.930 a vision of total 24:25.940 --> 24:29.110 inter relatedness and on that day can 24:29.110 --> 24:32.200 and john Donny's doctrine , no man is 24:32.200 --> 24:35.570 an island will trust or will find its 24:35.570 --> 24:38.060 truest application in the United States . 24:38.070 --> 24:40.980 Um , you know , the diversity and 24:40.980 --> 24:44.040 inclusion that he , that he dreamed of 24:44.040 --> 24:47.380 and worked for so many years ago . 24:47.390 --> 24:50.880 Um , he recognized and saw , you know , 24:50.880 --> 24:53.370 over half a century ago that as 24:53.370 --> 24:56.610 important as racial injustices 24:56.620 --> 24:59.710 and and writing some of those wrongs , 24:59.720 --> 25:02.240 just the overall contribution that is 25:02.240 --> 25:04.870 provided by diversity and inclusion and 25:04.870 --> 25:07.350 wholeness as a community is so much 25:07.350 --> 25:09.590 greater than those sins . So as you 25:09.590 --> 25:12.080 guys take your day off on monday again , 25:12.690 --> 25:14.523 I would challenge you to kind of 25:14.523 --> 25:16.690 reflect on some of that . He does have 25:16.690 --> 25:18.912 some pretty good speeches besides the I 25:18.912 --> 25:20.857 have a dream speech . The one that 25:20.857 --> 25:22.857 Karen Parker referred to was pretty 25:22.857 --> 25:24.968 powerful too . And that unfortunately 25:24.968 --> 25:26.912 was the last one he made before he 25:26.912 --> 25:29.930 before , before he passed . It's pretty 25:29.930 --> 25:32.097 powerful if you have Children , it may 25:32.097 --> 25:33.986 not , you know , maybe worthwhile 25:33.986 --> 25:35.986 taking a look at it . But thank you 25:35.986 --> 25:37.986 everyone for coming . Thank you for 25:37.986 --> 25:40.263 taking time out of your day to do this . 25:40.263 --> 25:42.319 Thank you for recognizing that these 25:42.319 --> 25:44.319 moments are important for us in our 25:44.319 --> 25:46.486 shipyard because our nation depends on 25:46.486 --> 25:49.310 us and we've got some work to do so . 25:49.320 --> 25:51.860 Be blessed And I'll pass it over for 25:51.860 --> 25:52.860 the benediction . 25:59.570 --> 26:00.626 Let us all stand , 26:04.380 --> 26:06.658 Father . We bless you . This , our God , 26:06.658 --> 26:08.713 we thank you just what our eyes have 26:08.713 --> 26:10.824 seen . But ears have heard . And just 26:10.824 --> 26:13.158 for the challenges that have gone forth . 26:13.158 --> 26:15.660 Today is a day that is , have made a 26:15.670 --> 26:17.781 definite change in our lives and that 26:17.781 --> 26:19.781 our lives are the better behind the 26:19.781 --> 26:22.003 speeches and all the comments that have 26:22.003 --> 26:24.226 been made most of all . I'm taking away 26:24.226 --> 26:26.448 from this , That is is that if there is 26:26.448 --> 26:28.614 no table , let us build a if there are 26:28.614 --> 26:30.614 no chairs , let us build a chair so 26:30.614 --> 26:32.670 that everyone can have a seat at the 26:32.670 --> 26:34.670 table . God ! We thank you just for 26:34.670 --> 26:36.892 your love towards us , bless us , God , 26:36.892 --> 26:39.003 as we leave this place , but not your 26:39.003 --> 26:41.226 presence in jesus name . We pray and we 26:41.226 --> 26:43.392 give thanks and the people said amen . 26:43.540 --> 26:45.762 And we do have a little lunch for you . 26:46.140 --> 26:48.550 Thank you . We do have a little small 26:48.550 --> 26:50.717 lunch bags for you . So on the way out 26:50.717 --> 26:54.590 you can grab something