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From YouTube: AAUW Work Smart in Boston Networking Event
Description
Boston women get a chance to network and attend free salary negotiation workshops at the second annual AAUW Work Smart Networking Event at Year Up in Downtown Crossing. This program is facilitated through a partnership with Mayor Walsh and the American Association of University Women, in an effort to close the gender wage gap in the city.
A
A
My
name
is
second
FL
on
the
executive
director
of
the
Office
of
women's
advancement
for
mayor
Walsh.
I
am
here
with
my
colleague,
Christina
de
xira,
who
is
the
program
manager
for
a
UW
work
smart
in
Boston.
This
is
the
woman
who
is
responsible
for
training
85,000
of
you,
Bostonian
women.
So,
let's
give
a
hand
for
Christina
she's
going
to
open
ourselves.
Welcome.
B
Thank
You
Megan,
hello,
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
coming
out
this
evening
to
our
second
AUW
work:
smart,
emboss
and
networking
event
we're
so
thrilled
to
have
you
all
here
this
evening
before
we
just
started
with
our
program.
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
quick
background
of
the
partnership,
so
September
2015
mayor
Walsh
actually
launched
one
of
these
workshops
at
the
YWCA
with
about
30
women
and
now
we've
trained
over
4,000
women
who
participated
in
this
program.
B
Our
goal
by
the
end
of
this
year
is
to
train
about
85,000
women
and
by
December
2020
to
change
train
about
80.
Sorry,
our
gold
buy
benefits
year
to
train
about
8,500
women
and
by
2020
train
about
85,000
women
in
total.
So
we're
really
thrilled
that
you're
here
this
evening,
because
you
are
part
of
the
initiative-
and
you
are,
the
word
of
mouth-
is
going
to
get
the
women
from
Boston
to
come
out
for
these
workshops.
B
B
B
So
to
start
speaking
program
I
want
to
introduce
you
to
two
women
that
I've
grown
to
really
love
and
appreciate
us.
So
much
they're,
one
of
our
workshop
facilitators
and
they're,
going
to
give
a
testimony
about
their
workshop
experience
since
last
year.
So
the
first
person
I'm
going
to
do
see
too,
is
Rachel
Roberts,
who
is
one
of
our
trained
facilitators
and
took
the
workshop
in
2015.
C
As
was
mentioned,
I
first
took
this
workshop
in
the
fall
of
2015
I
had
heard
an
article
on
WBUR
I.
Think
about
the
initiative
that
our
mayor
has
put
together
and
was
really
intrigued
about
a
week
later,
I
also
read
a
news
article
in
BBC
news.
That
said
at
the
rate
of
pace
of
change
right
now,
wage
and
gender
equality
would
not
be
achieved
for
a
hundred
and
eighteen
years
and
I
thought
well
I'm
going
to
be
dead
and
118
years.
I
want
to
be.
If
I
can
do
something
about
it.
C
So
I
signed
up
to
take
one
of
these
workshops.
The
information
was
so
valuable
that
I
called
Christina
and
said
how
can
I
get
involved?
She
said
sign
up
for
workshops
really
workshop
facilitators.
I
have
been
across
18
different
parts
of
the
city
of
Austin.
It's
been
phenomenal
to
meet
all
of
the
women
to
hear
their
stories
and
to
hear
how
they
are
inspiring
me,
while
I
am
trying
to
empower
them
to
work
for
gender
and
wage
equality.
C
I
want
to
take
a
moment
in
thanks
mayor
Walsh
and
also
big
AAUW
for
all
the
work
and
support
that
they
are
doing
for
women
across
the
City
of
Austin.
It's
an
honor
to
be
a
facilitator,
and
please
spread
the
word.
I
would
love
to
lead
more
of
these
workshop
with
your
friends,
colleagues,
daughters,
sisters,
anyone
who
wants
to
come.
Thank
you.
D
Season
everyone,
so
my
name
is
Sabrina
Antoine
and
I
am
grateful
for
the
work
that
AAUW
and
Mayor
Walsh
has
done
with
AAUW
work
smart,
so
just
like
Christine
had
mentioned.
I
took
this
workshop
two
years
ago
and
at
the
time
I
was
at
I
was
exploring
next
steps
in
my
career,
but
I
was
hesitant
rate.
I
was
like
I,
don't
know
so.
I
have
a
skill
set
that
I
need
to
kind
of
make.
The
next
move.
I
was
questioning
a
lot
of
things,
and
so
I
went
to
the
library
just
to
look
for
books.
D
So
how
do
I
get
more
be
more
empowered
and
I
actually
saw
a
flyer
for
a
UW
and
the
workshop
was
going
to
be
held
in
Mattapan
and
so
I
signed
up
immediately
and
I
attended
the
workshop,
and
it
was
exactly
what
I
needed
to
start
to
feel
empowered
and
it
was
beyond
being
around
books
that
allowed
me
to
feel
that
way
was
really
the
workshop
and
the
people
that
was
around
me.
That
really
empowered
me
to
take
that
next
move
and
so
I
did
that
right.
I
came
back
to
work,
I
felt
inspired.
D
I
felt
like
it
was
time
for
me
to
go
ahead
and
apply
for
that
new
opportunity
and
I
did
that
on
a
pond
on
apologetically
and
I
got
the
role
and
Ida
go.
She
ate
it,
which
is
very
scary
by
the
way
mister.
But
when
you
do
what
you
certainly
do
feel
empowered
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
other
folks
know
that
this
is
possible
and
so
very
similar
to
Rachel.
Irish
Celtic
is
in
an
aspect.
D
We
need
to
spread
this
to
more
folks,
so
I
had
the
opportunity
to
become
a
facilitator
and
later
began
working
closely
with
my
sorority
Delta
Sigma
Theta
Sorority
reading
in
Boston,
and
started
to
do
host
of
the
workshops
for
the
community
in
Roxbury
and
beyond
so
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh,
Thank,
You
atw
for
the
work
that
you
have
done
and
for
allowing
me
to
be
a
facilitator
to
continue
the
spread
of
work.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
You
Sabrina.
Thank
you
everyone.
My
name
is
Claudia
Richards,
I'm
senior
branch
relations
manager
at
a
UW,
Washington
I
am
so
inspired
to
see
you
all
this
evening
and
to
be
here.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
going
through
our
training
for
those
who
are
facilitators.
Thank
you.
I
too,
am
a
facilitator.
I
have
not
done
the
minions.
Rachael
has
Jesse
help
me
with
that,
but
I
am
so
excited.
E
I
have
a
25
plus
year,
commitment
to
AAUW
and
its
mission
and
I
want
to
keep
you
all
involved
and
I
invite
you
to
join.
But
those
of
you
who
have
already
joined
talk
to
me
a
little
later
I
have
some
ideas
to
get
deeper
involved,
but
those
of
you
have
not
joined
come
see
me
at
the
table
back
here
of
my
registration
and
let's
talk
about
it,
there's
never
an
O
in
being
a
part
of
a
a
UW
I.
E
E
Younger
woman's
task
force
is
an
incredible
opportunity
as
women
for
the
20s
30s
early
40s,
who
are
looking
to
increase
their
leadership.
Skills
advocate
for
women
implement
some
of
our
national
programs
like
stand
up
to
sexism
or
share
our
research,
which
is
being
launched
at
new
pieces.
Thursday
women
in
student,
debt
and
I
know
that's
an
incredible
incredibly
important
topic.
E
I
want
to
give
a
special
thanks
to
my
Martin
J
Walsh
and
his
office
for
their
commitment
to
advancing
equity
for
women
by
championing
pig
equity
here
in
Boston
through
these
workshops
and
the
initiatives
you're
fostering
with
the
business
community,
the
leadership
that
you've
shown
to
empower
women
critical
in
the
pay
gap.
So
with
that,
please
join
me
in
welcoming
mayor
Martin,
juwatch.
F
Thank
you
very
much
Claudia
and
I'm.
Thank
you,
Christina
as
well,
a
great
job
in
to
Rachel
and
Sabrina.
That
was
a
great
testimony
and
great
way
to
to
talk
to
all
the
people
that
are
here,
especially
those
of
you
that
have
not
gone
to
a
workshop.
Both
of
these
women
had
gone
to
a
workshop
and
then
now
they're
helping
other
women
go
to
workshops
so
think
about
that's
how
we
get
back
I
want
to
thank
the
American
Association
of
University
Women
for
their
great
support
here
as
well.
F
I
want
to
thank
Megan
Costello
from
the
office
of
women
Advancement,
who
actually
was
really
the
person
on
my
side
that
really
spearheaded
and
got
this
to
hold
the
whole
a
whole
conversation
going
and
I
know.
Abigail
Lewis
is
on
her
way
here
as
well.
She
thinks
just
landed
so
she's
on
her
way.
I
first
of
all,
I
really
wanted
to
thank
all
of
you
that
he
gave
to
the
other.
Women
have
gone
through
or
taking
a
salary
negotiation
workshop.
You
might
say
well,
why
are
you
worried
about
as
the
mayor
of
Boston?
F
Why
are
you
worried
about
women
being
paid?
The
same
as
men
there's
a
lot
of
reasons.
Number
one
is
I
grew
up
in
a
labor
family
and
my
labor
family
was
what
men
and
women
are
paid
the
same.
They
did
the
work.
They
were
labor
as
a
male
and
a
female
laborer
when
they
worked
eight
hours
to
get
paid
eight
hours,
they
got
paid
the
same
exact
money,
but
somebody
was
a
foreman,
a
superintendent
or
Stuart.
The
same
thing
happened,
so
that's
the
house.
F
I
grew
up
in
and
being
mayor,
understanding
the
importance
of
making
sure
for
our
economy
and
for
the
heads
of
our
families
that
are
majority
led
by
women.
It's
important
that
people
get
their
salary
due
when
I
was
talking
earlier
to
a
few
people
about
the
negotiations
and
how
they
win
and
I
see
it
in
my
own
office,
I
see
when,
when
when
we
offer
a
job
to
a
guy,
that
guy
will
often
come
back
even
though
the
money
is
set,
we'll
come
back
and
say
you
know,
thank
you
for
the
job.
F
F
Our
message
is
going
to
be
out
loud
and
clear:
we're
going
to
make
sure
the
women
get
compensated
appropriately
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
we'll
also
want
to
become
the
best
city
in
the
United
States
when
it
comes
to
women
and
women
getting
pay,
and
it's
important
that
we
do
that
to
continue
to
move
forward.
I
was
it's
crucial
to
our
success
as
an
economy,
but
not
only
that
it's
just
it's
just
it's.
The
right
thing
to
do.
She
is
AAUW
has
been
fighting
sorry
about
that
I
got
it
right,
all
right,
hey,
dolly!
F
It's
been
fighting
for
the
for
the
rights
of
women
and
now
even
as
important,
if
not
more
important.
The
resources
for
I
was
talking
to
almost
Hawley.
If
somebody
was
talking
about
their
grandmother
and
how
they,
when
they
retired
they
they
actually,
they
probably
used
use
the
tools
of
negotiation
to
get
more
money,
which
is
awesome,
I
think
that's
I,
think
that's
incredible
and
I
think
it's
important
for
us
that
we
continue
to
fight
move
forward
Rachel
and
Sabrina
stories
I
like
anybody
else's
starting
in
the
trunk.
F
You
know
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time,
I've
been
in
politics
on
for
20
years
and
I,
remember
being
at
the
Statehouse,
and
we
talked
about
passing
gender
and
gender,
equal
legislation,
Pay
Equity
legislation
and
I
think
I.
Think
in
my
time,
in
16
years
up
there
60
and
a
half
years
up
there
I
think
we
passed
some
form
of
pay
equity
legislation
three
or
four
times
but,
as
was
said
as
Rachel
said
earlier,
that
gap
hasn't
closed.
F
That
gap
is,
in
some
cases,
gotten
wider,
we're
looking
at
118
years
of
work
to
close
that
gap
of
pay.
Again,
we
can't
wait
118
years
its
2017
it's
time
for
us
to
continue
to
move
forward.
That's
why
we
need
to
make
sure
that
you
become
our
ambassadors
to
go
out
and
explain
and
tell
people
why
they
need
to
why
they
need
to
come
in
and
be
helped
on
understanding.
Why
it's
important
to
go
to
you
on
salary,
don't
be
afraid
to
speak
up.
Don't
be
shy,
don't
be
too
shy
on
this.
F
It's
so
important
for
us.
It
was
also
mentioned
earlier
today
that
we're
working
with
companies
in
Boston
on
the
100
percent
town
compact
in
the
city
of
Boston,
we've
committed
to
getting
companies
to
anonymously
report
their
wage
data
and
also
discuss
best
practices.
As
far
as
the
retention
of
employees
and
also
promotion.
This
is
for
women
and
our
first
report
that
we
did,
which
I
think
he'll
be
talking
about
with
a
while
Megan
I'll,
probably
talking
about
in
a
while,
really
was
wasn't
based
on
on
race.
F
It
was
men
and
women,
men
versus
women
data,
and
when
you
start
to
look
at
the
race
coverage,
you
can
only
imagine
that
black
and
Latina
women
will
be
paid
even
less
in
white
women
who
will
pay
even
less
than
men.
So
it's
important
for
us
as
we
continue
to
to
work.
So
it's
getting
these
companies
signed
on
right
now.
We
have
about
two
hundred
companies
that
have
anonymously
passed.
Information
on
I
want
to
thank
those
companies
for
doing
that,
because
it
really
is
about
negotiating.
F
Negotiating
better
opportunity,
I'm
going
to
end
with
this,
we
are
going
to
close
the
wage
gap
for
the
United
States
of
America
in
Boston
Massachusetts,
and
we
have.
We
have
other
cities
in
America,
looking
at
the
work
we're
doing
in
Boston,
and
we
have
mayor's
asking
me:
what
are
you
doing?
How
is
this
happening
and
we
just
get
to
continue
to
get
the
word
out
we're
going
to
continue
to
move
move
move
forward
on
this
four
years
ago.
F
It
was
more
of
a
commission
than
an
office,
it
technically
wasn't
an
office,
although
it
was
an
office
in
the
office
as
we
can't
explain
it.
Simple
keeping
things
and
I
talked
to
Megan
about
this
and
I
said
and
she's
aligned
only.
We
want
that
because
what
does
it
do
and
I
said
it's
gonna
do
whatever
you
want
it
to
do,
because
it
truly
is
about.
Is
my
time
in
the
legislature,
as
ice'
mentioned,
to
you
spending
a
lot
of
time
on
voting
on
Pay
Equity
legislation
that
didn't
go
anywhere
during
the
campaign.
F
It
was
on
a
commission,
it's
an
office,
it's
in
the
city,
it's
an
office
that
I
depend
upon
a
lot.
It's
an
office
that
85,000
people
85,000
women
are
going
to
depend
upon
because
if
it
wasn't
for
the
leadership
of
Megan
Costello
in
the
help
of
so
many
other
folks,
we
wouldn't
be
having
that
conversation
tonight.
So
I
truly
want
to
thank
Megan
I
want
to
ask
Megan
to
come
on
up
and
say
a
few
words.
A
That
that
was
very
nice,
so
we're
all
here
tonight,
because
we've
all
participated
in
the
workshops
in
some
kind
of
way.
We
have
a
goal
of
training
85,000
women
over
the
next
five
years.
You
guys
all
in
this
room
are
very
important
piece
to
that
puzzle.
So
a
couple
things
we
want
to
do
tonight,
one
I
hope
everybody's
had
a
chance
to
watch
the
slideshow
and
see
the
number
of
posts
that
we've
had
the
number
of
facilitators
that
we
have
but
think
about
what
role
you
can
continue
to
play
in
this
organization.
A
If
you
haven't
become
a
facilitator,
are
you
interested
in
that?
Do
you
have
a
network
of
women
that
would
be
interested
in
taking
a
workshop?
Would
your
company
be
interested
in
signing
on
for
the
compact
or
becoming
a
host
of
an
organization
so
think
about
what
role
you
can
continue
to
do
to
make
sure
that
other
women
in
the
city
of
Boston
have
a
chance
to
take
this
workshop?
A
The
second
thing
I
want
everybody
in
this
room
to
do
is
to
think
about
what
their
goal
is
for
2017
I
remember
when
we
did
our
first
networking
event.
Last
year
we
had
a
woman
who
said
I'm
going
to
get
me.
It
was
like
a
$25,000
raise
or
I'm
going
to.
You
know,
get
that
promotion
and
she
actually
followed
back
up
with
us
and
told
us
that
she
got
that
promotion
and
not
raised,
which
is
awesome.
She
obviously
working
across
sector,
so
so
I
want
those
to
think
about.
A
A
And
then
we
have
this
big
board
over
here
that
some
folks
have
started
writing
on
already
and
we
want
to
capture
everybody's
success
stories,
their
plans
and
what
they
plan
on
doing
so
with
that
we're
gonna
turn
the
music
back
up,
we're
going
to
keep
eating
food
and
we're
going
to
have
everybody
write
up
their
goals.
Oh
and
just
in
time,
wait
a
minute,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
so
Abigail
Lewis
is
our
partner
down
in
Washington
DC,
along
with
the
great
crew.
That's
here,
abigail
is
my
partner
in
crime.
A
G
Thank
you,
my
my
apologies
I'm
Abigail,
Lewis
I'm,
the
vice
president
for
leadership,
programs
and
camps,
initiatives,
aw
and
I,
really
just
want
to
thank
everyone
out
tonight
of
all
taken.
One
of
the
workshops
of
four
so
I
feel
like
we
are
start
of
a
revolutionary
movement
to
ending
the
gender
pay
gap.
So
thank
you
all
for
that.
I
also
want
to
just
very
quickly
introduce
the
really
the
brainchild
behind
the
most
the
work.
I
do
is
Jesse
Roush,
who
is
our
director
for
the
solder
negotiation
workshops
at
aw?