cause that you would like me to share with my, with my organization. And the third thing is to live is winning a hand again, I go back to my motivations, I go back to a space, let's say, I'm interested in helping people experiencing food insecurity, I'm going to Google food insecurity in my city, and see if there's any events going on. But I can help with, you know, see if there's any townhalls happening, but I can, I can get in on and just listen to people. And then also, uh, how is staying consistent, consistent? staying consistent? That is my, that's my life hack for, for avoiding awkwardness, you know, because that, of course, that first interaction is awkward, because you haven't spoken to to your partner at all. But if you stay consistent with them, if you keep that communication going, even if it's been a while between events, just hey, how are you just checking in, you know, like, just keeping that consistent contact? Um, I found that that's, that's a great way to just get rid of all that awkwardness. Because the next time Yes, Christina Simba means because the next time that I reach out to you, and I'm asking for a favor, it's not that awkward, because I already asked you, you know, how your day was two weeks ago. So it's staying consistent. Again, I can't stress that enough. Okay, step two, is to identify the needs of underserved communities. Why would we want to do that? Because it holds us accountable. It does. Like I said, I see myself as a partner, to this network. And the more I know about your needs, that helps me figure out my why, you know, I add your needs to my motivation, that's what keeps the tech on track, and it keeps me focused, you also identify their needs, because it gives us a deeper understanding of, of the landscape that's going on, you know, it gives us a deeper understanding of, of just what's been happening in that community, you know, and, and also, because it helps us do no harm. I know, we're not doctors, but I really think that anyone who is in any kind of position to serve, we should make sure that we are not doing more harm than at all, basically no harm, okay. And one of the ways to mitigate that is to just ask, like to understand what those needs are. So we know that we're not stepping on any toes, and we're not hurting anyone. And then lastly, because it makes for better technology, you know, like it makes our technology more accessible, it makes it makes it work, work better, when we understand the needs of our community, the technology works better for them. So then we don't have to save time, we don't have to go back to the drawing board, we got our community input in this technology is for them. So how can we do that, of course, I'm going to tell you to partner with the community. That's the number one way I feel to identify the needs of the community is to partner with them. Another way I mentioned before joining a community meeting, you know, joining a town hall, you know, being being in that community, you'll you'll get a sense of what those needs are. And you'll probably see you know, fliers around you know, promoting something, go to that and hear hear them talk about what their challenges are, and what their what their hopes are. And then ask questions I like, I will maybe I don't like it but I don't mind when people talk to me like on five because I want to understand and I want to to be of service and it takes it takes some humility. I'm not gonna lie. It takes humility to do that, but it's so important. And then lastly, a little bit of qualitative research and now There's an asterix there, because there's a difference between asking questions and conducting research, qualitative research, it's, it's structured, it's a practice. And it's something that people go to college for. And so I put an asterix there, because I want you all to be careful with qualitative research, because the quality of that data is a direct reflection of the skills and the competencies of the researcher. So if you want some really good data, when you're conducting your qualitative research, you might want to partner with a researcher, I know a couple, but when in doubt, give a shout. All right. So I'm going to pause there, if anyone has any questions or ideas, I'm going to pause for the cause.