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From YouTube: New England Women's Policy Conference Opening Remarks
Description
Mayor Walsh offers welcoming remarks at the third biennial New England Women's Policy Conference, held at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.
A
Good
morning,
oh,
you
can
do
better
than
that
good
morning.
Thank
you,
you've,
driven
through
sleet
and
rain
and
snow
to
get
here.
We
really
really
appreciate
it.
So
I
want
to
welcome
everybody
to
the
third
biennial
New
England
women's
policy
conference.
If
you
were
here
with
us
in
2014
right
in
this
spot
or
2016,
welcome
back
if
you're,
a
first-time
attendee
welcome
if
you're
a
young
women
leader
in
the
ignite
track
special
welcome
to
you,
young
women,
upcoming
leaders,
we
need
the
next
generation,
so
we're
very
excited
to
have
you
all
here.
A
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
a
few
people
and
then
try
to
set
the
stage
with
a
bit
of
context.
There's
too
many
people
to
think
by
name,
but
just
a
few
thank-yous.
First
of
all
to
our
amazing
planning
committee
representing
all
six
New
England
states,
we
have
women's
Commission's
and
women's
funds
from
all
over
New
England.
So
thank
you
to
them.
I.
A
As
the
founding
director
of
the
New
England
women's
policy
initiative.
I
could
not
be
more
honored
or
humbled
to
pass
the
torch
to
Denise.
She
is
an
amazing
leader.
Not
only
is
she
a
member
of
the
leadership
team
of
our
Center,
but
she
is
an
elected
school
committee
member.
She
walks
the
walk
and
talks
the
talk,
and
not
only
that
she
is
an
alumna
of
our
graduate
certificate
program
in
gender
leadership
and
public
policy,
where
we
prepare
women
to
be
leaders
in
the
public
and
nonprofit
sectors.
A
A
Want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
our
friends
and
partners
at
the
John
F
Kennedy
Library
and
Museum
James
Roth,
who
you'll
hear
from
in
a
minute
deputy
director,
Steven
Rothstein
who's,
Stephen,
where's
Stephen,
raise
your
hand,
executive
director
of
the
John,
F,
Kennedy
Foundation,
and
a
wonderful
surprise.
This
morning
the
new
director
of
the
library,
Alan
Price,
has
joined
us
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
continuing
our
partnership
with
all
three
of
you.
A
You
cannot
build
a
regional
policy
program
and
event
without
the
support
of
key
institutional
leaders.
I
want
to
thank
you,
Chancellor
Newman,
for
your
scholarship
on
many
of
the
issues
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
today,
your
books,
one
of
whom
I've
taught
on
low-wage
workers
I,
think
it
just
set
the
stage
for
a
very
important
national
conversation
and
Dean
cash.
Thank
you
for
your
years
of
service
in
state
government.
You
helped
us
believe,
and
that
state
government
really
is
a
vehicle
for
change
and
that's
what
everybody
in
this
room
is
all
about.
A
A
So
it's
an
exciting
moment
we're
seeing
because
we're
seeing
an
unprecedented
rise
in
the
number
of
women
who
are
running
for
elective
office
and
who
won
elective
office,
but
we're
also
seeing
an
unprecedented
rise
in
people
whose
names
we
don't
know
who
are
just
out
there
and
involved
I'd
like
to
ask.
Could
you
please
stand
if
either
you
have
been
a
candidate
since
2016,
or
you
worked
on
somebody's
campaign?
A
A
Okay
and
third,
please
stand
if
you
went
to
a
women's
March
event
or
any
related
event
following
all
right.
I
think
we've
got
the
whole
room.
Standing
up
here,
fabulous,
fabulous.
Okay,
so
women
are
on
the
move.
Women's
leadership
is
on
the
rise
we
are
sending
diverse
women
to
Congress
were
very
proud
from
New
England,
for
example,
to
be
sending
Ayanna
Presley
the
first
African
American
first
african-american
woman
to
ever
be
a
part
of
the
Massachusetts
congressional
delegation
and
Johanna
Hayes,
the
first
african-american
woman
in
the
Connecticut
delegation
on
the
state
level.
A
We
have
over
950
women
that
ran
for
statewide
office
or
state
legislature.
That's
not
even
going
down
into
the
local
level
over
950
women
and
we'll
be
honoring
them
at
the
end
of
the
program.
There
have
been
increases
in
women's
representation
in
the
state
legislatures
by
about
four
or
five
percent,
and
that
may
not
sound
like
a
big
number,
but
when
you
have
been
stalled
as
we
have
in
Massachusetts
since
1993
four
percent
is
huge.
A
So
this
is
progress.
We
are
moving
in
the
right
direction.
It
is
also
a
challenging
moment,
as
I
said,
because
we
have
a
level
of
polarization
in
our
political
system
that
we've
never
seen
before,
at
least
that
I
would
say,
I
have
never
seen
in
my
lifetime.
We
have
attacks
on
women
on
people
of
color,
on
immigrants,
on
LGBTQ
people,
people
of
different
religious
faiths.
We
have
attacks
on
our
Free
Press.
A
We
have
immigrant
children
separated
from
parents
at
the
border
and
we
have
suppression
of
the
right
to
vote
such
a
fundamental
part
of
our
democracy.
So
we
must
respond
with
new
policy
initiatives
to
protect
our
civil
rights
and
to
pursue
economic
justice,
which
is
really
the
theme
of
this
conference.
We
must
roll
up
our
sleeves.
Let's
make
today
a
very
productive
policy
discussion,
let's
get
to
work.
A
A
C
Good
morning,
I'm
James
Roth,
deputy
director
of
the
John
F
Kennedy,
Presidential,
Library
Museum
and,
on
behalf
of
Allen
price,
the
new
director
of
the
library
am
so
thankful
that
he's
here
and
all
my
library
and
foundation,
colleagues
I
want
to
welcome
you
to
this
wonderful
New
England
day.
I
am
actually
very
surprised
and
very
happily
surprised
that
there
are
so
many
people
here
today.
Sometimes
when
we
have
this
type
of
weather,
the
numbers
drop
off,
but
you
are
all
very,
very
intrepid
travelers.
C
So
thank
you
for
coming
and
it
is
truly
our
pleasure
to
host
you
here
at
the
Kennedy,
Library
and
Museum,
because
we
attempt
to
look
at
what's
happening
in
our
country
and
the
world
around
us
through
the
lens
of
John,
F
Kennedy
and
the
challenges
of
the
Kennedy
era
come
to
life
through
our
archives,
our
museum,
our
website
and
in
our
many
education
and
public
programs.
Through
these
resources,
many
are
inspired
to
better
examine
and
reflect
on
the
crises
and
opportunities
of
our
time.
C
Miss
miss
Peterson
and
a
few
of
her
staff
members
developed
the
idea
and
made
a
formal
recommendation
to
the
president
in
June
of
1961,
chaired
by
Eleanor
Roosevelt
members
included,
educators,
writers,
leaders
of
women's
organizations,
union
leaders,
five
cabinet
members
and
members
of
both
houses
of
Congress.
The
Commission
examined
discrimination
against
women
and
ways
to
eliminate
it.
It
studied
legislation
and
services
that
would
help
women
more
easily
fulfill
their
roles,
whether
as
housewives,
workers
or
citizens
and
the
Commission's
work
gave
impetus
to
legislative
and
executive
actions.
C
For
instance,
it
recommended
the
executive
order,
which
included
women
in
the
requirement
for
equal
employment
opportunity
under
federal
contracts.
In
1963
president,
the
President
signed
the
Equal
Pay
Act,
which
had
been
endorsed
by
the
Commission.
The
Commission
advocated
changes
in
state
laws
that
excluded
women
from
jury
service
from
owning
property
or
businesses,
or
from
legal
control
of
their
own
earnings.
C
D
Thank
you
so
much
colleagues,
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
this
morning.
Let
me
start
by
asking
you
how
many
of
you
recognize
the
name:
Molly
Orshansky
anybody
out.
There
know
who
Molly
Orshansky
was
Molly.
Orshansky
was
an
economist
and
statistician
who,
in
the
1960s,
was
the
first
person
to
define
the
poverty
line,
the
federal
poverty
line.
She
is
a
giant
in
the
history
of
American
social
policy
and
we
wouldn't
be
able
to
talk
about
the
issues
you're
going
to
consider
today,
if
it
weren't
for
the
work
that
Molly
Orshansky
did
in
the
1960s.
D
That
are
the
lifeblood
of
us
of
a
free
nation,
and
you
are
here
today
to
help
us
understand
and
to
foment
opportunities
to
change
that
landscape,
and
there
has
never
been
a
more
important
time
to
do
so
because,
despite
the
extraordinary
electoral
victories
and
I
congratulate
all
of
you
out
there
who
were
responsible
for
them,
there
is
an
enormous
agenda
to
achieve.
We
have
never
had
a
greater
level
of
inequality
in
the
United
States
than
we
do
right
now.
Nonetheless,
there
are
some
important
opportunities
on
the
horizon.
D
I
just
want
to
put
this
in
front
of
you
as
I
do
all
audiences
when
I
get
a
chance.
These
days,
we
are
headed
into
a
period
of
labor
scarcity.
There
is
never
a
better
moment
ever
in
the
history
of
the
country,
then
periods
of
labor
shortages
to
address
the
very
issues
that
bring
you
here
today.
It
is
the
point
at
which
you
can
achieve
a
greater
degree,
pay
equity.
D
He
has
accompanied,
of
course,
by
all
of
the
elected
officials
who
are
here
today
from
district
attorneys
to
incoming
Congress
women.
It's
an
extraordinary
time
to
have
this
crew
on
deck,
to
attack
the
issues
that
I've
been
talking
about
and
that
your
conference
is
organized
to
my
own.
Scholarship
has
been
focused
on
these
issues
for
the
better
part
of
30
years.
D
I
have
been
tracking
the
fate
of
low-wage
workers
in
an
unequal
economy,
especially
in
Harlem,
but
also
here
in
Massachusetts
all
throughout
that
period,
and
what
I
can
tell
you
is
this:
the
vast
majority,
the
vast
majority
of
poor
people
in
the
United
States
work
for
a
living.
They
just
earn
too
little
money
to
pull
above
the
poverty
line,
and
that
is
truly
the
question
of
our
moment.
D
When
it
comes
to
poverty,
it's
not
about
welfare,
it's
not
about
benefit
programs,
it's
really
about
wages
and
what
it
is
we
can
do
to
enable
people
who
are
in
the
labor
market
first
to
secure
a
place
to
secure
the
hours
they
need
to
be
effective
and
then
to
keep
moving
up
that
ladder.
There
is
no
shame
in
entering
the
labor
market
at
the
bottom
rung,
there's
a
shame
in
being
stuck
there,
so
we
need
you
to
help
us
figure
out
how
that
ladder
of
opportunity
can
proceed
for
every
American
of
all
colors.
D
These
are
the
central
issues
that
preoccupy
my
colleagues
and
Bookman
and
all
others
involved
in
the
New
England
women's
policy
initiative
and
our
Center,
which
Dean
David
cash,
has
been
responsible
for
helping
to
flourish,
I'm
extremely
proud
to
be
associated
with
a
university
that
has
made
such
landmark
efforts
to
place
these
issues
at
the
front
of
the
agenda.
The
policy
agenda
I'm
really
delighted
to
introduce
and
welcome
mayor
Walsh,
a
longtime
friend
of
UMass
Boston.
D
He
is
the
first
mayor
to
establish
an
office
of
women's
advancement
which
recognizes
the
struggles
and
the
need
for
support
of
Boston's
working
women.
His
personal
attachment
to
these
issues
is
what
we
really
are
here
to
celebrate
this
morning.
He
has
it
has
led
to
groundbreaking
achievements
of
a
hard
legislative
nature
on
pay
equity
on
salary
negotiations
for
our
students.
The
mayor's
office
is
an
opportunity
to
engage
in
internships
that
lead
them
to
career
opportunities
that
lead
them
to
those
elected
officials,
positions
that
all
of
you
represent.
D
So
we
are
looking
forward
to
working
with
the
mayor
and
to
having
more
opportunities
to
make
sure
that
this
extraordinary
campus
UMass
Boston
becomes,
or
continues
to
be,
the
engine
of
human
capital
of
all
kinds,
but
especially
our
young
women,
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
for
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
attending.
E
Chancellor
and
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
you're
doing
I
want
to
thank
in
Bookman
as
well
for
your
great
work
on
the
Senate
for
women
in
politics.
Congratulations
and
I
have
two
graduates
that
have
more
than
two
graduates
but
Joyce
Lenihan.
Who
is
that
my
chief
of
policy
I,
want
to
you
know
one
here
into
the
program
and
also
when
I
was
a
state
representative
I
had
Miriah
McHugh,
who
went
to
the
Apollo
program
and
actually
a
bunch
of
people
in
my
office
and
Marian.
E
Now
is
the
head
of
it
into
governmental
relations
for
the
master
nurses
association.
So
thank
you
for
that.
We
also
joined
this
morning
by
Tanya
Del
Rio,
who
is
the
director
of
our
office
of
women's
advancement,
who
is
going
to
be
leading
a
panel
I,
don't
know
if
she's
in
the
hall
or
outside,
but
I,
know
she's
somewhat
right
there
there.
She
is
Thank
You
Tanya,
but
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
and
welcome.
E
Welcome
to
Boston,
as
Erick
was
already
said,
we
have
a
beautiful
Boston
day
today,
I'm
not
too
happy
about
the
snow.
It
cost
about
a
million
dollars
for
every
time
it
snows
in
Boston
with
plowing,
but
it's
here
and
we'll
get
over
it
and
you'll
be
gone
later
on.
Today
we
have
a
heat
wave
coming
this
afternoon,
44
degrees,
so
those
of
you
that
are
not
from
Boston
area
from
from
the
south,
if
anyone's
here
we
have
you
enjoy
the
heat
wave
later
on
today.
E
I
want
to
thank
you
max
Boston
on
the
leadership,
particularly
on
many
issues
in
our
city.
Something
UMass
Boston
is
one
of
two
public
universities
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
other
ones
the
mass
calls
arrive,
but
the
issues
that
UMass
Boston
tackles
are
very
important
to
to
what
we're
talking
about
today
and
they've
done
that
for
decades.
Here
in
the
city,
the
university
shows
the
promise
of
higher
education,
and
it's
been
certainly
an
engine
of
opportunity
for
for
working-class
students
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
a
working-class
people
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
E
I've
been
proud
to
put
my
full
support
behind
the
work,
both
as
a
man
and
as
a
mayor,
and
what
we're
doing
women
are
leading
key
departments
throughout
the
city
from
the
chief
financial
officer,
the
chief
of
housing
in
so
many
other
departments
that
we
have
in
city
government.
It's
about
a
lot
more,
though
than
numbers,
it's
about
amplifying
women's
voices
and
making
sure
that
that
happens.
It's
about
making
sure
that
we
have
a
sense
of
diversity
and
the
perspective
at
the
table
and
at
every
table.
E
When
we
talk
about
issues
and
people
that
can
make
important
decisions.
This
is
especially
important
when
we
talk
about
closing
the
gender
wage
gap
when
I
heard
of
president,
when
we're
talking
about
President
Kennedy,
starting
the
women's
Commission
back
in
the
60s.
That
was
an
incredible
been
incredible
time
when
that
happened.
E
When
I
became
the
mayor,
we
started
talking
about
closing
pay
equity
and
we
had
been
talking
about
it
since
the
60s
and
we've
been
filing
legislation
since
the
60s
and
we've
been
talking
about
it
since
the
60s
and
we
filed
more
legislation-
and
we
talked
about
this-
is
going
to
be
how
we're
gonna
do
that
when
I
became
the
mayor,
I
thought
there
was
real
opportunity
here
with
Joyce
Lenihan,
another
Fulcher
ami,
that
we
can
make
a
real
difference.
It's
about
time
that
we
stop
talking.
E
So
when
I
got
elected
five
years
ago,
I
worked
alongside
the
woman's
workforce
council
in
Boston
University.
We
published
a
historic
report
that
shows
exactly
how
big
the
problem
is
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
that
women
are
underrepresented
and
underpaid
in
our
workforce.
We
knew
that,
but
we
want
really
took
that
report
to
see
exactly
where
the
gaps
are.
Where
the
problems
are.
It
was
the
first
in
the
nation
using
real
wage
data
self
reporting
by
businesses
in
the
Greater
Boston
area.
E
We
worked
with
businesses
and
we
get
about
200
businesses
to
give
us
the
information
of
the
wage,
their
wages
in
their
companies,
women
compared
to
men,
and
we
looked
at
that.
It
was
anonymous
information
and
it
we
represented
about
16%
of
the
Greater
Boston
workforce
about
14
billion
dollars
of
earning
was
the
data
that
we
looked
at.
It
showed
a
24%
wage
gap
for
women
in
Boston,
and
the
numbers
are
even
low
when
you
look
at
black
and
Latino
women
so
right
there
we
knew
there
was
a
problem.
E
We
said:
ok,
there
is
we
called
on
Boston
employers
to
do
something
about
it.
So
200
businesses
signed
on
to
the
hundred-percent
talent,
compacts
they've,
committed
to
a
wage
wage
data
and
and
adopting
best
practices
to
retain
and
promote
people
from
within
their
companies.
I
asked
you
if
you
work
in
the
Boston
area
organizations
ask
your
employer
if
they
are
part
of
this
conversation,
we're
not
gonna.
Take
names,
we're
not
gonna.
Take
information.
E
We're
gonna
be
looking
at
the
waves
data
to
see
exactly
where
the
shortfalls
are,
so
we
continue
to
move
forward,
we're
also
working
directly
with
employees.
We
created
something:
that's
called
the
free
salary
negotiation
workshops
and
we're
so
far,
we've
empowered
over
8,000
women
to
ask
for
equal
pay
for
equal
work.
I
was
going
to
an
event
one
time
in
Boston
and
a
woman
got
on
the
elevator
and
she
looked
at
me
and
she
said
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
salary
negotiation
workshop.
E
The
u.s.
UMass
Boston
Center
for
women
in
politics
and
policy
studied
the
data
they
find
90.
90
%
of
the
women
who
attend
these
workshops
took
some
kind
of
immediate
action,
they're
using
their
skills
and
getting
raises
that
they
deserve
we've
developed
a
model
and
how
this
is
working
are
other
cities
across
the
country
are
asking
us
for
this
information
because
the
word
is
spreading.
E
So
I'm
asking
you
today
you
can
grab
Tonia
or
a
whole
bunch
of
folks
that
are
here
from
the
city
and
ask
them
how
this
began
and
how
we
can
help
other
cities
across
America.
This
is
hard
work,
but
nothing
happens
overnight,
but
change
is
happening.
We're
chipping
away
the
culture
that
systematically
undervalues
women's
work,
we're
also
taking
real
action
to
address
persistent
logistic
barriers
facing
women
in
their
families
like
childcare.
E
We
know
that
it's
especially
tough
of
women
in
low-wage
jobs
and
single
moms,
our
office
of
women
advancement
and
our
economic
mobility
lab
are
working
together,
understand
the
effects
of
working
women.
The
city's
director
of
women's
advancement,
Tania
del
Rios,
here
and
she's
gonna,
be
talking
at
2:30
she's
gonna
be
moderating
a
panel
called
policy
solutions
for
load
wage
workers
which
focuses
on
fit
scheduling,
challenges
for
workers
and
their
families.
You're
gonna
have
an
impactful
discussion
today
about
this
in
many
topics.
E
My
hope
is
that
leaders
here
in
Boston
and
New
England
are
able
to
share
their
best
practices
that
they've,
experienced
and
work
together
to
solve
real
regional
challenges.
I
just
want
to
also
say
that.
Thank
you
for
your
involvement
in
the
political
process
and
don't
be
afraid
to
run,
don't
be
afraid
to
put
your
name
on
the
ballot.
I
grew
up
literally
a
mile
from
this
building.
When
I
was
a
kid
we
come
to
this
library
and
I
would
see
the
President
Kennedy
was
a
Boston
guy
and
I
grew
up
in
an
Irish
Catholic
family.
E
My
mother,
father
immigrants
from
Ireland
in
public
service,
was
in
my
blind
and
I.
Remember
when
the
first
opportunity
presented
itself
to
me
to
run
for
State
Representative
and
it's
a
tough
decision.
It's
a
tough
decision
that
first
day
and
I
thought
to
myself.
I
knew
I
wanted
to
run,
but
I
didn't
know
if
I
was
gonna
run
and
when
I
went
to
City
Hall
and
pull
the
papers
that
day
I
knew
it
was
the
right
thing
for
me
win
or
lose
you
elevate.
E
The
conversation
you
are
able
to
push
agenda
items
you're
able
to
move
forward
only
only
a
handful
of
people
win,
it's
not
about
winning
or
losing
it's
about
elevating
the
conversations
and
having
those
dialogues
throughout
the
entire
country
and
that's
what
we
need
right
now.
It's
not
about
the
elections,
and
sometimes
it
is
about
the
results,
obviously
last
week
in
Congress,
but
it's
about
having
the
dialogues
and
the
conversations
so
that
we
don't
start
something
and
then
never
talk
of
it
again.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today.
F
Good
morning,
it's
so
wonderful
to
see
this
room
full
of
activists
and
advocates
here
today
from
all
over
New
England.
Thank
you
for
braving
the
weather
and
showing
up
it's
gonna,
be
a
great
day
and
I'm
really
excited.
Thank
you,
mayor
Walsh,
for
your
wonderful
remarks.
Talking
about
what
the
City
of
Boston
is
doing.
Part
of
why
we
bring
this
convening
together,
is
to
best
practice
share,
what's
happening
across
New
England.
We
have
some
great
examples
going
on
in
Boston.
We
have
other
examples
in
New
England
and
that's
why
we're
here
today.
So
thank
you.
F
F
F
Harry
Brown
from
the
Vermont
Commission
on
women
also
another
long
drive.
Thank
you.
We
have
Mary
Lee
Tiernan
from
the
Connecticut's
Permanent
Commission.
Oh
sorry,
yeah
the
Permanent
Commission
on
the
status
of
women
in
Connecticut
ink
and
it
spiral
in
your
careless,
not
here,
and
then
I'd
also
want
to
acknowledge
our
new
state,
a
new
national
partner
for
us
this
year.
We're
super
excited
to
have
partnered
with
ignite,
so
we
have
a
music
hero,
who's,
their
chief
resource
officer
and
Sarah
Guillermo
over
here,
Sarah
I'm,
embarrassing,
you
say
hello
Sarah.
F
F
Did
also
want
to
just
recognize
two
members
of
my
staff
that
have
been
interesting,
credibly,
helpful
and
I
wanted
to
give
them
some
recognition,
jennifer
Vivar
Wong,
who
is
going
to
join
us
later
on
today
she
has
been
one
of
my
program,
assistants
and
Denise
Moreau
who's
out
there
doing
speaker
check
in
has
also
been
invaluable
to
me
today.
Now
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
our
morning
plenary.
F
This
will
be
our
first
kickoff
of
our
night
programming
and
we're
super
excited
I'm,
going
to
not
take
any
of
Sara's
time,
but
I
just
wanted
to
introduce
the
members
of
this
panel.
We
have
Sara
Guillermo
who's,
the
chief
program
officer
with
ignite
and
then
our
panelists,
our
symbol,
Siddiqui
who's,
a
city
councilor
in
Cambridge.
F
G
Oh,
that
was
lame
good
morning.
Everyone
awesome,
so
we
are
so
excited
to
be
here
this
morning,
I'm
going
to
do
a
little
bit
more
introductions
because
I
plant
practice,
name
pronunciation
and
I-
want
to
be
very
successful
with
that.
So,
like
Denise
said,
sümbül,
yes,
Syd
deaky
is
a
first
term
city
council
member
on
came
in
Cambridge
and
she
got
a
BA
in
public
policy
from
Brown
and
a
law
degree
from
Northwestern
and
she
co-founded
the
Cambridge
Youth
Council
earning
her
at
Cambridge
peace
and
justice.
G
So
we
wanted
to
have
a
little
bit
of
a
conversation
about,
so
our
plan
ole
is
young
and
running
and
we
all
have
young
people.
I
ran
for
my
first
election
in
the
first
grade
and
kept
running
and
now
currently
serve
on
a
community
board
in
my
County
in
California
working
on
healthcare
policy
and
to
ensure
that
we
have
we
allocate
5
million
dollars
to
our
County
and
the
best
way
possible
to
me.
The
best
needs
of
our
community
and
so
I'm.
G
The
only
person
of
color
I
am
also
10
years
younger
than
any
of
my
other
committee
board
members
and
so
representation
matters
clearly,
and
so
I'm
super
excited
and
pumped
to
have
this
dynamic
group
of
humans
with
me
today,
and
so
first,
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
past
political
leadership
and
weiner.
We
all
started
and
why
you
decided
to
go
on
this
path.
Sure.
H
To
be
here,
thank
you
Sarah
for
the
introduction,
so
my
path
started
really
early
and
that's
because
there's
a
high
school
student
I
worked
with
one
of
my
friends
and
we
co-founded
a
Youth
Council
and
really
we
wanted
to
get
more
involved
with
the
city.
Government
and
I
have
a
distinct
memory
of
myself
in
the
City
Hall
chambers.
We
were
testifying
on
trying
to
lower
the
voting
age
to
17
in
local
elections,
and
you
know
the
city
councilors
were
speaking
to
us
and
I.
H
H
Okay,
I
think
it's
something
that
I
could
finally
do
and
for
me,
I
knew
that
I
loved
constituent
services,
I'm
a
legal
aid
attorney
as
well
and
I
also
wanted
to
broader
policy
experience.
I've
been,
you
know,
impacted
by
policies
in
my
personal
life,
everything
from
affordable
housing
early
on
from
Head
Start,
so
I
know
the
power
that
public
policy
has
and
the
chance
to
do.
That
in
Cambridge
was
a
City,
Council
and
I
decided
to
run.
H
I
So,
first
of
all,
what
a
tremendous
honor
to
speak
at
the
Kennedy
Library
I'm,
just
taking
this
all
in
because
if
you
had
asked
me
to
speak
about
thermodynamics
in
the
basement,
I
would
be
here
sitting
in
front
of
all
of
you
is
a
tremendous
honor.
As
you
heard,
I
graduated
from
the
Kennedy
School
last
year
and
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
here.
I
I
really
came
here
to
look
for
guidance
and
to
reflect
it
was
post
2016
election,
and
you
know
this
is
an
incredible
place
to
come
to
think
about
tumultuous
times
in
our
country
and
I.
Don't
know
if
any
of
you
have
nerd
it
out
like
I,
have
and
watched
the
introductory
video.
That's
20
minutes
like
many
many
times,
but
the
the
first
quote
from
from
John
F
Kennedy
in
that
film
is
not
one
of
his
most
famous
ones.
Does
anybody?
Does
anybody
know
what
it
is
and
Alan
price
isn't
here
anymore?
So
he
can't
answer.
I
I
actually
have
the
transcript
of
the
video
and
I'm
still
gonna
paraphrase,
but
but
President
Kennedy
says
something
like
the
opposite
of
a
truth
is
not
a
lie
but
a
myth,
because
a
myth
is
pervasive
and
it
pushes
us
in
directions
towards
things
that
we
can't
really
achieve
and
that
we
set
ourselves
up
for
failure
by
looking
at
the
myth
and
measuring
ourselves
by
that
standard
and
women's
heads
are
filled
with
so
many
myths
about
running
for
office.
You
know
you're,
not
qualified
enough.
You
have
to
have
a
story
about
your
kids.
I
You
know
tripping
on
the
sidewalk
to
run
that
young
women
really
have
no
place
until
they've
had
kids
and
they've.
You
know
done
enough
and
they've
gotten
two
masters
degrees
and
when
you
say
you're
qualified
and
you
say
that
you're
ready
to
serve
in
office,
that's
not
a
lie.
You
know
men
wake
up
every
morning
and
look
in
the
mirror
and
say
I'd
be
great.
I
Okay,
so
for
you
to
get
up
and
say,
I
understand
what
it's
like
to
try
to
pay
off
my
student
loans
and
think
about
affording
a
house
in
the
next
ten
years
and
raising
children
and
paying
for
childcare.
I
know
what
it's
like.
You
know
to
watch
my
peers
struggle
to
find
a
job
to
you
know,
do
any
number
of
the
things
that
we're
dealing
with
right
now
think
about
generationally.
I
What's
happening
with
climate
change,
you
have
a
life
horizon
that
qualifies
you
to
be
in
government
and
you're
highly
underrepresented
there,
and
so
you
know
I'm
just
thinking
about
how
being
nervous
on
the
same
scale
that
I
was
the
first
time.
Someone
encouraged
me
to
run
for
office
and
and
Sarah
has
me
beat
I
did
run
in
fifth
grade
student
council
I
was
the
only
girl
and
I
won
and
I
gave
all
these
speeches
at
the
school
board
about
lunch
and
things.
I
But
I
took
a
hiatus
from
politics
after
fifth
grade
I
was
an
environmental
activist.
I
thought
a
lot
about
how
you
rail,
against
systems
of
power,
I,
didn't
really
feel
like
I
had
a
voice
and
in
2006
I
was
a
sophomore
at
the
University
of
Vermont
and
Bernie
Sanders
was
running
for
the
US
Senate
for
the
first
time
from
Congress
and
his
team
said
you
know
what
we
have
the
mayor.
We
have
our
candidate
for
Congress.
I
I
So
I
was
asked
to
speak
in
front
of
two
pretty
great
orders
in
our
country.
This
rock
star,
senator
from
Illinois
that
was
becoming
more
well-known
and
and
then
congressman,
Bernie,
Sanders
and
I
was
asked
to
introduce
the
event
and
I
talked
about
student
debt
and
climate
change
and
how
we
need
elect
leaders
who
really
listen
to
young
people
and
I
didn't
fall
off
the
stage
or
skirt.
I
My
speech
was
very
proud
of
myself
and
they
go
down
the
line
of
speakers
and
this
rock
star
senator
from
Illinois
is
closing
out
the
event,
and
he
says
you
know:
I
have
a
father
from
Kenya
and
a
mother
from
Kansas
and
I
thought.
I
have
a
father
from
India
and
a
mother
from
Illinois
and
I've.
Never
heard
a
story
like
this
of
politics
and
I
have
a
funny
name.
No
one
can
pronounce.
I
So
that
was
really
cool
and
it
was
the
first
time
anyone
really
encouraged
me
to
run
for
office
and
I've
had
to
peel
away
all
those
layers
of
thinking.
This
isn't
how
I'm
not
meant
to
be
in
politics,
and
it
meant
to
I.
Don't
look
like
a
politician
and
two
years
later
we
shared
a
ballot
and
he
became
the
44th
President
United
States
I
became
the
youngest
legislator
in
the
country.
J
Be
here
especially
with
these
two
but
thinking
about
my
early
introduction
to
politics,
I've
actually
lived
in
seven
different
states
and
the
District
of
Columbia
moved
around
a
lot
in
my
life,
and
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
fact
that
my
father
is
a
political
journalist.
So
I
had
a
front-row
seat
to
many
different
elections
and
different
conflicts
and
politics
throughout
my
life,
and
that
really
got
me
interested
and
I
always
remember.
J
Looking
at
the
political
landscape
and
thinking
where
are
people
who
are
like
me
and
then
when
I
was
15
years,
old,
I
decided
I'm
gonna
run
for
United
States
Congress
at
some
point
in
my
life,
which
was
a
very
weird
thing
for
a
15
year,
old
girl
to
say
and
I
want
to
change
that
and
I
think
we're
at
a
point
where
it
now
being
fifteen
and
saying
I'm
gonna,
be
a
senator.
A
congresswoman
one
day
is
not
so
bizarre.
J
Even
more
bizarre
I
was
16
years
old
and
having
dreams
that
I
was
filibustering
on
the
Senate
floor,
so
I'm
a
huge
nerd
but
I
went
to
college
I
went
to
Syracuse
and
during
my
first
week
I
decided
I
was
going
to
join
the
student
government
and
I
went
to
an
introductory
meeting
and
I
honestly
thought.
I
was
lost
because
I
walked
into
an
entire
auditorium
filled
with
men
and
I'm.
Looking
around
thinking
am
I
at
a
fraternity
meeting.
J
What
is
going
on
here?
There's
no
women
and
then
confirmed
it
was
the
right
place
and
it
was
in
that
moment
where
I
thought
well,
there
needs
to
be
more
representation
and
there
needs
to
be
more
women
involved
and
there
aren't
even
women
serving
an
executive
capacities
here.
So
I
got
involved,
I
started,
running
I
went
to
a
national
conference
and
there
was
a
panel
on
women's
leadership
in
student
governments
and
another
woman
was
like.
Oh,
you
know,
I
really
don't
want
to
go.
Listen
to
that
feminists
rant
and
again.
J
Starting
to
put
the
pieces
together
of
how
I
can
alleviate
this
problem
and
as
a
sophomore
I
became
student
body
vice
president,
it
was
difficult
being
in
the
public
eye
even
on
a
college
campus
and
thinking
wow.
There's
a
lot
of
pressure.
I
almost
talked
myself
out
of
running
for
student
body
president
and
then
determined
that
who
better
than
me
I've
already
been
in
this
kind
of
executive
role
and
if
I
think
it's
gonna
be
difficult.
J
J
There
is
a
24
year
old
and
26
year
old,
candidate
and
campaign
manager,
and
it
was
so
cool
to
have
young
girls
open
their
door
while
we're
out
canvassing
and
to
see
to
young
women,
and
we
looked
at
each
other
one
time
and
we're
like
so
this
is
so
wild
they're
going
to
be
young
women
who
grew
up,
not
thinking
it's
at
all,
strange
to
see
young
women
out
there
moving
and
shaking
in
their
communities,
and
she
didn't
win.
But
again,
as
the
mayor
said
earlier,
sometimes
it's
not
about
winning,
but
elevating
the
conversation.
J
So
that's
been
my
path
in
politics.
I
ended
up
enlisting
in
the
military,
so
the
the
plan
to
run
has
been
put
on
hold
for
a
little
bit,
but
that's
absolutely
in
the
future
and
I'm
very
excited
to
take
my
own
experiences
with
what
I've
done
in
the
service
and
be
able
to
channel
that
into
a
future
in
politics.
G
All
right,
so
we
all
obviously
come
to
the
space
today
with
lots
of
different
intersectionalities,
and
we
all
talked
a
little
bit
about
you
know,
being
young,
being
a
young
woman
being
a
person
of
color
being
an
immigrant
being
XYZ
and
ignite.
A
lot
of
our
young
women
feel
like
the
XY,
z--
and
Z's
are
sometimes
deficits
to
running
for
office
and
they're
like
well.
You
know
my
mom
can't
feed
me,
there's
not
enough
food
to
put
on
the
table,
and
so
like
I,
don't
want
it
to
come
out
that
I'm,
low-income
or
that
I'm.
G
You
know
all
of
these
different
policy
issues
that
we
are
going
to
heavily
discuss
today
and
figure
out
solutions
to
because
women
work
together
and
so
I
love
for
us
to
kind
of
turn
our
conversation
into
what
are
your
intersectionalities
and
where
do
you
feel
like
you're
leveraging
them
each
day
and
the
different
roles
that
you're
serving
your
Minister?
Anybody
can
start.
I
So
so,
first
of
all,
I
grew
up
in
my
Indian
immigrant
father
and
Jewish
American
mother's
Irish
pub
in
Los
Angeles
from
out
of
the
gate.
There's
a
lot
of
challenges
and
a
lot
of
things
to
weave
together
and
I
think
that
that
made
life
a
little
easier
for
me
as
I,
had
to
keep
integrating
keep
integrating
I
moved
to
Vermont
I
want
I,
call
myself
a
climate
immigrant
and
we're
seeing
that,
sadly,
more
than
ever
now
with
the
wildfires
in
California,
but
I
want
a
clean
air.
I
I
wanted
to
see
since
I
found
Vermont
and
you
know
from
the
moment
I
got
there.
People
said
you
know,
you're,
really
not
afraid
to
speak
up.
You
don't
see
a
lot
of
people
like
you
were
on
here,
and
you
know
that
meant
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
grow
and
to
really
enjoy
that
leadership
role.
That
people
gave
me
the
space
for,
but
I
am
really
really
understanding
and
empathizing
with
Alexandria
Ocasio
Cortez's
experience
right
now
in
Congress
I
when
I
was
running
for
the
legislature.
I
You
know
my
opponent
said
well,
she
talked
about
growing
up.
You
know
on
the
free
lunch
program,
but
she
has
really
nice
jeans,
so
I
don't
really
understand
this,
isn't
computing
and
things
that
you
know,
there's
there's
very
little
understanding
of
what
it
means
to
be
a
young
woman
running
for
office.
What
it
means
to
be
a
woman
of
color
being
judged
by
your
appearance,
what
it
means
to
carry.
You
know
existing
stigma
and
shame
around
the
way.
You
grew
up
and
shopping
at
the
Salvation
Army
to
finally
trying
to
be
able
to
afford.
I
You
know
something
nicer
that
you
can
wear
and
really
present
yourself
as
a
legislator.
I
have
to
say
our
first
and
only
female
governor
governor
Madeleine
Kunin
met
with
me
when
I
was
first
running
for
the
legislature.
I
have
no
idea
what
I
was
thinking
but
I
wore
like
a
hooded,
sweatshirt
and
jeans
and
flip-flops
to
me
with
her,
which
just
looking
back,
it
was
just
I
I,
usually
with
an
immigrant
parent
like
I.
Try
not
to
be
disrespectful
to
some.
I
What's
so
important,
I,
don't
know,
really
don't
know
what
I
was
thinking
but
she's
that
humble
that
she
was
like
I
still
support
you.
This
is
amazing,
she's
become
like
a
grandmother
to
me
and
three
years
later
in
the
legislature,
we
were
celebrating
the
25th
anniversary
of
her
being
elected
and
I
was
wearing
my
tweed
suit.
That
I
could
finally
afford,
and
she
said
you
do
clean
up
very
nice.
I
So
you
know
that
an
ongoing
struggle
with
how
you
look
and
how
people
are
judging
you
when
I
first
got
to
the
legislature.
My
goodness,
like
you,
know,
congresswoman
Ocasio
Cortez
talking
about
being
sent
to
a
spouse
event.
You
know
I
kind
of
wish.
I
didn't
know
what
she
was
gonna
say
she
was
put
with
like
the
Congressional
pages
or
something
because
when
I
got
to
the
legislature,
they
wouldn't
even
give
me
my
legislative
ID
card.
I
You
know
they
I
and
when
I
went
back
to
my
committee
room.
My
chair,
who
was
a
very
thoughtful
woman
with
trying
to
make
me
feel
welcome,
said:
do
you
think
it's
because
you're
young
or
a
woman
or
personal
color
I,
said
I
only
you
can
separate
the
three
in
the
situation
and
I.
Don't
know
how
I'm
going
to
navigate
this
this
environment,
but
I
really
came
to
to
value
and
experience
it
as
an
asset
and
I
will
say
this:
there
were
so
many.
I
You
know
older
Republican
men
who
thought
you
know
if
I
can
relate
to
her
and
we
can
go
have
dinner
together.
Maybe
the
world
isn't
so
scary.
After
all,
and
for
the
me
it
was
the
same
feeling.
If
we
can
find
common
ground,
then
I
can
really
make
it
here.
I
can
sort
of
gain
that
respect
and
I
would
say.
You
know
one
thing
that
that
congresswoman
Ocasio
Cortez
is
really
being
labeled
as
youngest
congresswoman.
The
youngest
generation
is
when
I
got
to
the
legislature.
I
There
was
somebody
in
his
50s
who
had
served
since
he
was
19.
He
had
been
there
38
years
and
he
turned
to
me
early
in
my
term,
and
he
said
you
know
Keysha
if
you
act
like
the
youngest
legislator
and
you
set
yourself
apart
as
the
youngest
legislator,
people
are
gonna,
treat
you
like
the
youngest
legislator.
You
don't
want
that.
You
want
to
figure
out.
I
J
J
This
is
such
a
small
level
of
erasing
my
identity
and
I.
Don't
want
any
other
woman
who
puts
themselves
in
this
position
to
ever
erase
any
part
of
their
identity
because
they
think
they
need
to
fit
a
certain
mold
or
they're
told
to
set
a
bit
a
certain
mold
because
of
who
they
are
and
what
the
legislature
or
what
government
has
looked
like
for
the
extent
of
time
so
I.
All
of
that
aside,
I
did
me.
J
I
was
unapologetically
me
and
that's
something
that
it's
always
stuck
with
me,
because
the
game
doesn't
change
unless
game
changes
are
out
there
putting
themselves
out
there
and
owning
who
they
are
and
owning
their
identities.
So
that's
always
something
that
has
been
first
and
foremost
as
a
young
woman.
Don't
let
anyone
change
who
you
are
and
don't
let
anyone
mute
your
identity,
no
matter
what
that
is,
and
then
in
terms
of
identities
and
Who
I
am
something
that's
been
so
important
to
me
is
to
see
that
visibility
and
see
that
representation
and
I
know.
J
We
all
feel
that
and
there's
somebody
who
we
can
look
to
who
we
really
identify
with,
and
one
of
the
first
people
for
me
and
legislature
to
see
was
Tulsi
Gabbard.
Who
is
a
huge
inspiration
for
me
and
also
has
been
a
huge
game
changer
across
the
board,
and
this
is
a
very
exciting
time
because,
as
a
female
service
member,
we
are
now,
of
course,
in
a
historic
time
for
so
many
different
identities
entering
Congress.
J
But
for
the
first
time
we
have
more
female
veterans
than
ever
before
and
I
know
that
there
are
issues
that
I
will
see,
that
I've
dealt
with
that
will
be
handled
by
other
women
as
well.
So
it's
great
to
be
able
to
elevate
those
issues
to
identify
with
them
and
if
you're,
ever
in
a
space
where
you
look
around
and
say
well,
I
can't
identify
with
anything.
Then
that
is
a
key
indicator
that
you
need
to
be
that
trailblazer
and
you
need
to
be
the
one
that
provides
that
voice
and
that
space
of
representation.
H
Yeah,
what
you're
saying
you
know
reminds
me
of
a
saying
that
I've
said
many
times:
that's
you
can't
be
what
you
can't
see
and
for
me
my
the
my
different
intersectionalities.
My
identity
is
coming
to
play
every
day.
I
was
born
in
Pakistan
and
grew
up
in
Cambridge
grew
up
in
affordable
housing,
and
now
that
I've
been
in
office,
I've
seen
that
I
get
calls
from
people
who
speak
Hindi,
who
speak
Spanish,
who
speak
or
do
who
have
grown
up?
Who
are
living
in
the
developments
that
I
lived
at?
H
Who
feel
comfortable
that
they
can
call
me
and
say
you
know:
I
am
having
a
housing
issue,
I'm
dealing
with
issue
this
issue
so
to
be
able
to
have
that
opportunity
to
help
them.
Just
by
being,
there
makes
has
a
huge
impact.
The
other
identity
I
have
is,
as
an
attorney
I
think
about
last
night.
My
last
night
was
a
little
bit
crazy,
but
kind
of
typical
about
how
my
different
identities
come
into
play.
I
was
invited
to
a
first
generation
mixer
that
the
mayor
was
hosting.
H
I
went
to
that
for
about
25
minutes
talked
to
some
high
school
students
from
Cambridge,
Rindge
and
Lyon,
where
I,
where
L
I
also
went
after
that,
I
went
to
the
Taj
Boston
for
a
annual
gala
for
the
South
Asian
Bar
Association
I'm
on
the
board
spent.
Maybe
an
hour.
There
went
back
to
Cambridge
to
the
Royal
Sonesta
for
a
annual
gala
for
justice,
star
Corporation
Community
Development
Corporation
that
works
on
housing
issues,
affordable
housing
spent
20-30
minutes.
H
There
went
back
to
Taj
Boston,
so
yeah
I
am
constantly
bat
Bala,
balancing
that
different
identities,
but
I'm
fortunate
to
be
able
to
have
these
identities,
because
it
allows
me
to
help
so
many
different
people
who
probably
never
trusted
government
before,
but
they
lucy
me
and
say
that.
Okay,
she
has
our
back.
You
know
they.
She
can
fix
the
lights
on
the
street
that
have
been
out
for
eight
months.
You
know
she
can
help
file
a
housing
application
on
my
behalf.
You
know,
so
it
is
one
of
those
things
where
it's
rare,
more.
H
It's
husband
rare
to
have
different
identities
at
the
table.
Even
the
fact
when
I
was
running,
I
looked
at
the
council
and
I
said
most
of
the
people
here
own
their
homes,
there's
no
renters
right,
there's
over
60%
of
individuals
in
Cambridge
rent
their
apartment.
So
even
things
like
that,
there's
different
comment
comment:
islands.
You
can
find
with
different
sectors
of
the
population,
so
that's
been
really
fun
for
me
to
be
able
to
always
be
using
my
identities
to
help
people
I.
G
How
do
we
continue
to
have
that
common
ground
and
at
ignite
were
nonpartisan,
so
we're
having
these
conversations
with
young
women
who
actually
are
trying
not
to
even
identify
in
a
particular
party
when
they're
registering
to
vote?
That
was
our
biggest
experience
the
past
couple
months
and
they're
like
whispering
to
me.
You
know
in
different
parts.
G
The
country
do
I,
have
to
do
this
like
this
and
so
I
think
that's
one
of
the
biggest
pieces
is
like
if
you're
there
and
there's
a
visual
representation,
there's
a
lot
more
willingness
to
do
what
they
need
to
do
in
terms
of
what
you
know
to
move
action
in
that
piece.
So
we're
going
to
talk
social
media
next
and
our
panel
has
a
very
different
view
on
social
media,
but
I.
J
J
Curator
on
several
campaigns
now
and
I
say
have
a
blog
where
people
can
actually
see
you
write
in
depth
on
the
matters
that
you're
passionate
about
and
be
very
thoughtful
with
what
you
put
out
there,
of
course,
but
it's
a
great
way
for
people
to
say:
okay,
well,
I
really
see
this
person's
perspective
and
their
life
experience
in
a
way
that
I,
wouldn't
otherwise,
just
by
a
tweet
or
a
short
Facebook
post,
but
it's
a
great
way
to
be
accessible
to
different
people.
Not
everyone,
I
think,
especially
with
Millennials.
J
Not
everyone
totally
understands
the
concept
of
going
and
meeting
with
someone
directly.
So
it's
one
way
that
you
can
remove
that
barrier,
and
you
can
also
be
highly
responsive
to
your
constituents
and
to
your
electorate
so
I'm,
a
big
big
proponent
of
social
media
and
I
say:
do
it
and
just
be
very
thoughtful
with
which
forms
in
which
platforms
are
right?
For
you,
you're
running
for
president,
you
might
have
everything
Facebook
to
snapchat.
D
H
Social
media
I
cannot
tell
you
how
much
I
dislike
it
I.
In
the
beginning,
the
campaign
I
was
told.
Okay,
social
media,
Facebook,
Instagram,
Twitter
and
I
said
I'll
do
the
Facebook,
but
even
that
will
be
it's
not
gonna,
be
every
day
I
concentrated
on
my
door.
Knocking
I
did
my
door
knocking
that's
basically,
where
I
spent
the
bulk
of
my
time,
building
building
those
one
on
one
on
one
relationships,
so
something
that
I
did
early
on
was
have
a
and
I
still
do
it.
H
We
I
have
a
weekly
newsletter
that
I
sent
out
on
Sunday
nights
and
that
weekly
newsletter
is
is
a
huge
hit,
the
the
it's
for
constituents
to
learn
about
what
I
do
each
day
during
the
week,
and
so
that's
that's
been
a
way
that
I've
kept
in
touch
with
constituents.
I
have
a
weekly
podcast
called
women.
Are
here
download
it
yeah.
D
H
Free
it's
free
on
iTunes,
so
that
podcast
I
do
that
with
another
City
Councilor,
that's
another
way:
I
keep
up
with
constituents,
then
I
do
spend
maybe
I'd
say
an
hour
or
two
on
social
media
per
week.
I'm,
not
a
fan,
because
I
think
for
me
personally,
I
find
it
very
problematic
just
to
I.
Do
that
I'm
doing
the
work,
and
then
people
like
take
a
picture
of
that
and
put
it
on
that
being,
you
know,
show
what
you're
doing
it
just
feels
not
an
authentic
to
me.
I!
H
Do
it
sometimes,
but
it's
like
last
mile
at
night
last
night,
I
didn't
put
that
off.
So
some
social
media,
but
so
I
really
struggle
with
it.
I
do
need
to
get
better
with
it
and
use
it
more
as
a
tool,
but
I
found
that
it
is
good
to
be
authentic.
You
know,
if
I
don't
know,
I
feel
like
I,
don't
want
to
be
a
fake
and
and
I
think
with
some
what
I've
seen
with
social
media.
H
If
you
are
posting
every
second
of
the
day,
your
message
gets
diluted
right,
it's
a
little
bit
too
much
so
I'm
working
on
finding
a
balance,
but
I've
really
haven't
used
it
in
my
life
and
I've
been
pretty
successful
with
that
in
also
a
lot
of
my
constituents.
You
know
we're
assuming
people
look
at
social
media.
It
is
you
know
the
younger
generations
sure,
but
if
you
are,
you
have
to
figure
out
how
you
cast
in
that
with
people
who,
like
people
like
my
mom,
my
mom
is
like
you
know,
and
it
really
doesn't
get.
H
What
Facebook
is
right.
There's
a
lot
of
people
like
that,
so
there's
other
ways
that
you
keep
in
touch.
You
know
calling
people
and
saying
hi.
How
are
you
doing
it's
been?
You
know,
six
months
to
my
term,
please
let
me
know
if
I
can
do
I
can
do
anything
for
you
so
making
those
personal
connections
versus
this
social
media,
because
I
do
think
it's
it's
just
not
fun.
So
if
people
want
to
help
me,
you
know.
C
I
I
still
believe
that
I
don't
know
what
your
grandparents
are
like,
but
still
it's
really
important
that
even
now,
if
you're
thinking
about
a
future
in
politics,
then
maybe
it
will
change
we're
in
the
era
of
Trump.
And
maybe
you
know
people
don't
care
what
what
yeah
but
honor
you
bring
to
an
office
potentially
start
we're
nonpartisan,
but
you
know
you
still
I
think
have
to
conduct
yourself
differently.
I
You're
held
to
a
very
different
standard
as
a
young
woman,
so
I
would
be
very
thoughtful
about
what
you
post
and
make
sure
it
it's
it
threads
together
in
the
direction
of
the
kind
of
issues
you
care
about
the
kind
of
person
you
want
people
to
see
you
and
also
remember,
I,
think
you
know
you
know
what
zombo's
saying
have
a
healthy
relationship
with
social
media
I,
don't
care
what
age
people
are
when
I
see
them
live,
tweeting
a
meeting
and
their
actual
elected
official
I.
Think
how
are
you
paying
attention
and
doing
your
job?
I
You
know
weapons
jerk
on
Twitter
or
so
much
so
you
know
you're
those
those
likes
those
tweets,
those
retweets
whatever
there
they
are
like
little
pallets
of
food
for
a
hamster.
You
have
to
put
it
down
and
actually
engage
with
people
and
and
there's
obviously
more
brain
science
coming
out
about
this,
but
you're
not
gonna,
have
a
healthy
government
style
or
relationship
to
social
media.
G
So
we
are
ten
days
since
we
had
an
election
last
week
and
we
still
have
a
lot
of
ballots
to
count
in
some
states
and
I'm.
We've
seen
this
huge
wave
of
women
who
are
getting
elected
and
the
highest
numbers
in
Congress
and
our
entire
my
lifetime,
and
we
have
congresswoman
Ocasio,
who
last
year,
has
chaired,
obviously
that
she
was
waiting
tables
and
now
as
in
freshman
orientation,
and
so
I'd
love
us
to
talk
a
little
bit
about.
What
are
we
learning
about
women
young
women's
roles
in
our
current
democracy.
J
I'd
say
we're
learning
that
you're
needed
now
you're
needed
yesterday.
Our
involvement
isn't
contingent
upon
us
having
all
of
the
degrees
or
all
of
the
experience
or
working
our
way
up
some
government
ladder.
That
is
a
myth
that
you
absolutely
don't
need
to
do.
If
you
have
that
experience,
we
many
of
us
have
student
loans
or
we
are
looking
for
affordable
housing,
or
there
are
other
issues
that
are
directly
impacting
us
as
women
as
Millennials.
There
are
a
variety
of
different
instances
where
I've
looked
at
the
current
legislative
climate
and
said
well.
J
And
it's
such
an
exciting
time,
I
always
say
when
I
started,
leading
ladies
and
my
whole
initiative
to
help
train
young
women
to
see
themselves
in
politics
and
to
run
I
always
said.
Well,
you
know
my
goal
is
one
day
that
I
don't
have
to
do
this
and
looking
at
this
election
I
feel
like
we
are
so
much
further
along
and
so
much
more
at
that
level.
This
has
been
like
the
dream
to
see
this
wave
of
powerful
and
dynamic
and
diverse
women
to
come
to
the
table.
J
So
if
you're
sitting
here
today
and
you're
thinking,
yeah
there's
something
that
I
really
passionate
about,
and
there
isn't
somebody
representing
me
and
maybe
I'm
not
done
with
college
or
maybe
I
haven't
gotten
to
grad
school
or
I,
haven't
even
run
before
or
worked
on
a
campaign.
Guess
what
the
time
is
now
you
are
needed.
You
can
be
there,
you
can
do
this
and
if
you
need
any
help,
I
think
I
noticed
it
for
myself
and
everyone
else
up
here.
I
hope
that
people
like
us
can
help
you
get
there
and
talk
to
us.
J
I
I
So
we
should
really
celebrate
what's
happening
in
Congress
and
I
hope
that
they
help
make
sure
that
voices
are
heard
around
the
country
as
well,
because
we've
seen
some
scary
stuff
in
this
election
as
well.
You
know
what
I
will
say
about
this
exciting
wave
in
Congress
and
Beyond
is
that
there
should
be
some
some
updated
information
is
very
nerdy,
but
you
know
the
last
time
we
looked
at
how
many
young
people
are
in
office
comprehensively
was
a
while
back.
I
would
like
to
see
something
updated,
but
you
know
in
the
mid-2000s.
I
The
study
showed
that
young
people
under
35
in
office
was
it
was
about
5%
of
all
elected
officials
in
the
country
and
when
you
look
at
that,
5%
1/4
of
the
5
percent,
so
about
1
and
a
half
percent
of
all
elected
officials
were
women
under
the
age
of
35.
Okay,
so
hold
that
statistic
and
then,
when
you
think
about
who
makes
it
to
Congress,
that
is
a
group
of
people
where
over
half
of
them
started
in
politics
before
the
age
of
35.
So
that
is
a
bottleneck
for
white
Christian.
I
Men
guess
who
they
liked
to
make
the
most
laws
about
women
under
35
in
their
bodies.
So
there
is
a
science
here
about
what
it
takes
to
start
young,
like
you
all,
are
hopefully
thinking
about
doing
and
will
do
and
make
it
all
the
way
to
those
highest
levels
of
power.
I
think
we
look
at
these
women
who
have
emerged
on
the
national
scene
and
think
wow.
They
really
came
out
of
nowhere,
but
they
did
it.
I
Ayana
Presley
was
your
city
councilor
for
a
long
time
and
brought
a
lot
of
other
women
of
color
with
her
to
the
City
Council,
you
know,
Ilan
Omar
was
in
the
state
legislature.
Stacey
Abrams
was
the
minority
leader
in
the
Georgia
Legislature.
So
you
are
looking
at
a
lot
of
women
who
have
paid
their
dues
and
have
deep
experience
and
so
I
don't
want
you
to
walk
away
thinking.
I
just
need
to
have
a
better
Twitter
account
right.
I
You
need
to
you,
know,
respect
the
hustle
like,
like
congresswoman
Ocasio
Cortez,
has
said
and
put
the
time
in
on
the
pavement
and
get
to
know
your
local
community
to
lead.
So
you
know
really
think
about
this
wave
as
the
product
of
so
much
of
hard
work
from
women
and
people
of
color
and
that
there
were
probably
more
seats
to
be
won
and
we
were
cheated
out
of
those
and
frankly
we
have
to
pay
attention
to
that
for
future
elections.
H
And
I'll
add
that
I
think
this
wave
is
very
important
and
so
exciting
I
think,
if
you're
thinking
about
running
for
office-
and
it
seems
daunting,
then
think
about
other
things
that
you
can
do
in
a
local
community.
There's
boards
and
commissions
there's
you
can
start
somewhere
and
and
go
step
by
step,
because
there's
a
big
experience
in
that
I
think
people
have
been
asking
me.
What
do
I
need
to
do
and
I
say?
First,
you
know
what
is
there
an
issue
that
you're
passionate
about?
Have
you
reached
out
to
this
board
that
exists?
H
I,
think
there
are
issues
with
boards
and
commissions
and
we're
seeing
it
in
Cambridge
a
lot
of
people
who
have
the
time
right,
we're
retired,
are
on
these
boards,
the
Commission.
So
we
do
also
have
to
think
about
how
we're
promoting
people
to
get
involved
and
get
experiences
in
elected
life
in
local
government,
because
there
are
are
any
of
these
pre-existing
barriers
that
exist.
If
I
am
a
mom
with
kids.
I
may
be
interested
in
municipal
broadband,
but
yeah
I
have
to
go
home
every
day
and
feed
the
kids.
H
If
I'm
not
getting
some
sort
of
stipend
to
be
on
a
board,
it's
gonna
make
it
harder
for
me
to
participate.
So
I
would
encourage
the
young
women
in
the
room
to
think
about
how
to
get
more
involved
in
that
way,
because
there
is
running
for
office
and
it's
that's
a
path,
but
it
is
a
long
path.
As
you
say,
it's
you
have
to.
There
is
a
lot
of
hustle
in
between
and
at
all,
there's
a
lot
of
different
experiences.
A
G
G
J
I'll
start
off
when
I
was
working
in
congresswoman
Ileana
Ross
Layton's
office
I
was
actually
on
the
hill,
getting
to
know
different
mentors
being
paired
up
with
people
and
I.
Remember
meeting
with
a
gentleman
who
said:
okay,
so
you've
been
a
fellow
in
this
office
on
the
hill.
Where
do
you
see
yourself?
J
Moving
on
the
hill
next
and
I
said
well,
I'm
planning
on
moving
back
home,
but
where
I
see
myself
here
next
is
as
a
member
of
Congress,
and
he
just
looked
at
me
and
was
like
okay,
you
need
to
do
a
little
bit
more
before
that
happens.
You
need
to
slow
down
and
I
explained
to
him.
You
know
I
really
feel
that
by
the
time
I'm
back
here,
it's
because
I
ran
and
that
could
be
in
a
couple
years
and
I
hope
that
this
gentleman
is
looking
at
the
election
now
and
saying:
okay.
J
H
Have
so
many
haters
and
what
I've
learned
is
you
can't
please
everyone
you
can't
please
everyone
and
I
think
that's
the
biggest
takeaway
I
think
people
will
often
want
to
disagree
with
you.
Often
and
that's
that's
good
people
will
say
some
things
about
your
experience
and
what
you've
said
the
nature
of
the
roles
we
have
at.
First,
when
I
started,
it
was
upsetting.
When
someone
would,
you
know
say:
are
you
from
Cambridge?
H
What's
this
where's
his
name
from
you
know,
you
grew
up
here
a
lot
of
those
questions
of
you're,
not
even
from
here
or
oh,
you
grew
up
in
affordable
housing
and
you
went
to
brown.
You
know,
I
had
a
lot
of
that
and
beginning
and
you
deal
with
it
and
and
you
move
on
it
cuz.
If
you,
if
you
have
it,
stick
with
you,
it
will
prevent
you
from
being
successful.
So
early
on
I
realized.
Can't
please
everyone
you
engage.
Sometimes
you
don't
engage.
H
If
someone
is
being
very
rude
and
saying
awful
things,
you
say:
I'm
sorry,
I,
I
know:
I
can't
speak
to
you
right
now
and,
and
you
get
comfortable
with
that,
because
you
know,
if
you
really
try
and
engage
and
and
you
will
end
up
getting
hurt,
so
you
have
to
figure
out
ways
to
protect
yourself
as
well.
But
you
got
to
love
the
haters
and
deal
with
that.
I
K
High
symbol,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
every
single
thing
that
you
do
for
Muslim
women
around
Massachusetts
as
a
Muslim
woman
I.
My
question
is
you
know
what
are
some
of
the
challenges
of
you
know
being
in
the
indie
identity
that
you're
in
and
what
advice
would
you
give
other
Muslim
women
who
might
think
about
running
for
public
office?
Well,.
H
H
One
of
my
palm
cards,
I
did
put
you
know:
I'm
a
I'm,
a
young
Muslim
woman
from
it
kind
of
gave
me
a
little
background
and
I
did
get
a
call
from
someone
who,
basically
it
was
write
post
the
Charlotte,
Charlottesville
white
supremacy
rally
and
she
called
she
calls
in
and
says
why.
Why
did
you
put
this
on
the
pomp
card?
Why
does
that
matter?
I'm
offended
that
you're
putting
the
fact
that
you're
Muslim
on
here
and
she
went
on
about
how
she
felt
about
Islam
and
I.
H
You
know
I
I
said
I.
Well,
thank
you
for
letting
me
have
it
and
know
how
you
feel
I
mean
in
my
head.
You
know
I
was
like.
Oh,
you
know
typical
white
supremacist,
but
I
I
didn't
I,
didn't
say
that,
but
but
I
I,
you
know
I.
She
hung
up
on
me
actually,
but
I
actually
read.
Hang
up
on
her,
but
you
know
I
knew
early
on
that
I
was
going
to
probably
get
some
of
those
calls.
H
So
if
you
prepare
yourself
and
that's
what
I
would
say,
prepare
yourself
for
the
comments
that
you
may
likely
get
because,
let's
face
it,
we
do
live
in
a
very
yes
we're
a
diverse
society,
but
we
segregated
society.
We
have
big
issues
with
racism,
structural
racism.
They
are,
you
know
ingrained
in
our
society,
so
you
have
to
prepare
in
that
way.
It's
it's!
It's
daunting
to
prepare,
because
you
know
as
I
think
as
a
woman
of
color.
H
It
is
different
to
run
as
a
woman
of
color,
so
you
are
dealing
with
different
response
perceptions
about
you,
but
it's
okay,
use
that
feel
yeah.
You
know
you
use
it.
The
users
feel
I
told
my
parents
about
that.
Encounter
I,
told
my
family
and
friends
about
that
I
counter
and
my
dad
was
like.
Oh
my
god,
like
even
in
Cambridge.
How
can
that
happen
and
I
said
yeah
even
in
Cambridge,
you
know-
and
so
you
know,
that's
a
long-winded
answer
up,
saying:
you'll,
never
know
what
you'll
get
but
be
authentic.
H
It's
a
part
of
who
you
are
so
be
proud
of
it
I
think.
For
me,
what
has
been
the
best
result
is
when
I'm
going
to
a
mosque
or
if
I'm,
going
to
development,
that
I
know
it's
very
Muslim,
the
the
moms
and
dads.
When
they
see
me,
you
know
they
looked
at
their
daughter
and
they're
like
oh,
that
could
be
you
one
day
right
and
it
they
absolutely
absolutely.
J
Thank
you,
a
huge
round
of
applause.
Thank
you
for
doing
what
so
I
commend
you
for
that,
and
there
are
so
many
different
avenues
of
approach
for
getting
involved
in
politics.
Whether
you
are
testifying
at
your
state
house
or
maybe
writing
an
op-ed
or
even
just
being
an
advocate
and
putting
yourself
out
there
again
using
social
media.
You
can
blog
about
things,
you
can
connect
people
and
one
of
the
great
things
about
being
involved
as
a
candidate
or
as
a
staff
member
is
you
learn
how
to
organize.
J
You
learn
how
to
rally
people
around
a
cause,
whether
or
not
you
won
we
were
in
when
I
was
running
a
campaign.
We
were
in
a
trump
district
and
she
was
a
young
democratic
female
and
she
had
the
most
votes
of
any
Democrat
on
that
ballot
and
we're
like
I,
really
lost
tonight.
But
this
goes
to
show
you.
There
are
people
out
there
who
are
listening.
There
are
people
who
care
about
what
you
had
to
say
and
you
have
to
propel
that
forward.
J
So
I
think
one
of
the
best
things
you
can
do
you
know
one
of
the
best
modes
of
education
is
being
involved
in
a
campaign
as
a
candidate
or
as
a
staff
member
and
then
channeling
that
into
advocating
and
getting
people
to
keep
the
momentum
up.
So
thank
you
for
what
you've
done
and
I
hope
that
that's
some
helpful
different
avenues
for
you.
L
I
I
think
Eisenhower's
said
this,
but
I
heard
it
when
Ambassador
Samantha
power
said
it,
but
the
only
title
greater
than
president
is
citizen
and
Minh
people
come
to
the
legislature
and
bring
40,000
people
they
have.
They
have
a
much
bigger
voice
than
anyone
in
that
building
and
there
is
formal
Authority
and
then
there
is
leadership
right
and
just
because
someone
has
formal
Authority
doesn't
mean
that
they
are
exercising
leadership.
So
what
you
did
was
leadership
and
second,
you
know
I
do
hope.
I
You
run
again,
not
that
that
is
the
highest
and
greatest
thing
you
can
do
is
run
for
office.
I.
Do
think.
That's
probably
why
we're
here,
but
everybody
loses
I.
You
know
I
spent
eight
years
in
the
legislature,
my
entire
20s
and
I
ran
for
lieutenant
governor
when
I
was
29
and
2016.
It
was
a
weird
year
all
over
the
place,
but
I
got
the
highest.
I
got
double
digits.
I
I
was
the
first
woman
of
color
to
ever
get
double
digits
in
a
statewide
election
in
Vermont
and
I
felt
very
proud
of
that,
and
it
allowed
me
to
take
a
break
and
go
to
the
Kennedy,
School
and
again
I'm
watching
the
video
at
the
Kennedy
Library,
and
you
know
President
Kennedy
when
he
was
in
1956
when
he
was
a
senator.
You
know
ran
to
be
vice
president
and
lost,
and
he
says
you
know
he
says
in
his
reflections.
I
You
learn
more
from
from
losing
than
winning
really
all
the
mysteries
of
politics
are
revealed
to
you,
I
I'm,
still
figuring
out
all
the
mysteries,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
you
really
you
you
will
lose
more
than
you
win.
Everybody
has
in
politics,
everybody
you've
seen
who's.
President
who's,
you
know
in
Congress
as
a
governor
because
you're
putting
yourself
out
there
and
the
only
way
you
truly
lose
is
if
you
never
put
yourself
out
there
at
all.
So
thank
you
for
for
every.
G
Well,
we
are
coming
to
a
close
to
our
young
and
running
plenary
this
morning
and
I
just
want
to
close
with
two
pieces
and
that
I've
circled
here,
one
is
I
feel
like
all
of
us
have
run,
because
we
really
truly
want
to
honor
and
serve
our
communities
and
in
whatever
leadership
roles
that
we
have
within
our
communities.
That's
the
big
piece
is
the
call
to
service.
A
A
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
spoke
this
morning.
I
want
to
say
that
we
have
a
15
minute
break.
Then
we
have
our
amazing
keynote
speaker,
I
won't
even
say
her
name
yet
so
please
we
have
coffee,
tea
and
muffins
in
the
back.
Take
a
break.
You
know
where
the
you
can
find
bathrooms
and
try
to
be
back
into
your
seats
right
at
10:45,
because
we're
gonna
go
right
at
10:45
again.