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From YouTube: Massachusetts Conference for Women 2017
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Thousands came together at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for the 13th Annual Massachusetts Conference for Women. Marty Walsh, renowned keynote speakers, and attendees celebrated the accomplishments of female leaders, and brought to light issues of inclusion in the workplace.
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B
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you,
maria
and
I
want
to
thank
Viola
Davis
for
her
inspiring
words
and
she's.
Certainly,
a
tough
act
to
follow
I,
don't
know
how
I
ended
up
following
her
and
that's
not
good
and
as
I
was
backstage
with
talking
about
this
11,000
women
and
people
going
to
be
hit
today
and
I
said
yeah,
it's
great.
Usually
at
this
early
you
see
half
the
hall
full
and
there's
an
11,000
people
here.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
A
I
want
to
thank
you
all
and
I
want
to
thank
the
messages
of
conference
for
women
and
everyone
for
joining
us
here
this
morning
at
the
convention
center,
it's
an
honor
to
host.
So
many
incredible
women
in
our
city,
I
want
to
thank
the
conference
for
the
crucial
work
they
do.
Empowering
women
in
the
workplace,
their
commitment
to
gender
pay
equity
and
increasing
women's
leadership
as
a
commitment
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
that
we
share
I
want
to
do
a
couple
things
before
I
get
into
my
remarks
and
I
won't
be
here
all
day.
A
A
And
I
have
a
little
favor
out
in
the
hallway
there's
a
kiosk
in
the
big
sister
Association.
Is
there
and
they're
looking
to
recruit
today,
75
mentors
mentees
mentors
and
they
need
400
and,
as
I
look
around
this
room,
there's
certainly
more
than
400
people
in
this
room
and
they
had
an
incredible
event:
the
other
night
in
Boston
with
it
where
they
recognized
two
people,
one
was
Sharon
McNally
who
runs
camp
above
you
in
Boston
and
the
other
woman.
You
might
know
her.
Her
name
was
Secretary
Hillary,
Rodham
Clinton,
and
it
was.
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A
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
the
city
of
Boston's
office
of
women's
advancement
and
our
director
Megan
Costello
who's
here,
she's
going
to
be
leading
a
breakfast
session
on
Boston's
work
later
today.
She
and
her
team
has
guided
Boston
and
the
city's
tremendous
strides
in
advocating
for
women.
In
just
the
past
few
years,
we've
trained
thousands
of
women
on
how
to
negotiate
their
salaries.
We've
gotten
hundreds
of
companies,
both
big
companies
and
small
companies
to
anonymously
report
wage
data.
So
we
can
understand
the
wage
gaps
that
we
have
here
in
the
City
of
Austin.
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A
I'm
proud
of
the
progress
that
we've
made
here
in
Boston,
but
we
still
have
a
long
long
way
to
go.
The
gender
wage
gap
is
a
serious
problem
across
our
country,
not
because
it's
socially
unjust,
but
also
because
it's
bad
for
our
economy
as
a
whole.
We
know
when
women
succeed,
we
all
succeed,
and
we
see
that
here
in
Boston.
In
order
to
change
and
change
to
happen.
We
have
to
address
both
policy
in
culture.
A
A
It's
a
direct
result
of
the
concentrated
efforts
made
by
women,
knowing
their
values
and
not
being
afraid
to
speak
up
about
their
experiences
and
as
that
movement
grows
was
seeing
powers
in
numbers
and
speaking
about
powers
and
numbers.
Just
look
at
recent
stories
coming
out
about
the
sexual
harassment
in
the
workplace.
The
stories
of
women
are
coming
forward
about.
Their
experience
are
deeply
disturbing,
but
they're
also,
incredibly
important.
Each
story
told
creates
a
ripple
effect
across
all
industries.
A
A
A
This
is
why
gender
parity
is
critical
to
ending
sexual
harassment
and
closing
the
gender
wage
gap.
We
know
there
are
more
women
on
boards
in
leadership
positions
than
ever
before,
we're
beginning
to
see
a
positive
culture
change
the
closer
we
get
to
true
equity
in
the
workplace,
the
less
talent
we
become
for
inexcusable
behaviors,
and
we
create
a
strong
culture
shift
that
doesn't
need
to
slide
backwards
again.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
we
are
moving
in
the
right
direction.