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From YouTube: International Women's Day Commemoration
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Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joins Office of Women's Advancement Executive Director Tania Del Rio in City Hall to celebrate International Women's day.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
It's
really
great
to
see
you
now,
on
this
day,
I
think
it's
important
for
all
of
us
to
know
that
in
the
past,
but
in
the
on
in
the
present.
If
we're
really
honest
too
many
times,
we've
been
failing
to
equate
womanhood
with
humanity
too
many
times
women's
work
has
been
undervalued,
women's
bodies
and
even
women's
lives
have
been
taken.
I
see
this
as
dispensable
or
even
as
accessories,
but
in
the
past
and
also
in
the
present.
We
have
to
note
that
women
have
always
fought
back.
A
It
took
a
lot
of
hard
work
and
commitment.
Thank
you
personally,
a
lot
of
sacrifice
to
have
our
rights
recognized
and
if
you
look
back
it's
a
decade,
less
effort
of
slow
grassroots
work
by
women
of
conversation,
persuasion.
You
know
the
women
that
the
work
that
women
do
best
to
get
recognition
for
our
rights.
You
know
our
right
to
vote
our
right
to
work
for
wages,
of
course,
because
women
were
already
working
and
the
hard
work
of
progress.
A
So,
even
though
you
know
equal
rights
for
people
of
all
genders
of
all
its,
are
there
no
brainer
their
common
sense
and
just
plain
all
the
right
thing
to
do.
It
still
takes
tremendous
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
and
tenacity
to
gain
respect
for
those
rights
both
in
our
laws,
but
also
in
our
culture.
A
That
is
the
case
today.
So
voter
suppression
is
a
thing
of
the
prison.
Misogyny
is
sadly
and
of
the
prison
harassment
objectification
of
women.
Those
are
things
of
the
present
violence
against
women,
commercial,
sexual
exploitation,
trafficking
are
thinks
of
the
present,
and
so
our
attempts
to
curtail
women's
rights
to
choose
over
what
to
do
with
our
own
body.
Those
are
all
things
of
the
present.
So
that's
why
it's
really
important
for
all
of
us
to
know
and
remember
that
the
struggle
for
women's
rights
must
continue
today
and
Mayor.
A
Watch
is
a
person
who's
committed
to
continuing
that
struggle
today,
and
that's
why
I'm
really
proud
to
be
a
part
of
his
administration.
I
really
want
to
thank
the
women
artists
from
Boston
who
are
displaying
their
work
here
today.
I
invite
you
to
come
up
and
see
it
after
the
speaking
program.
It's
really
beautiful.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
artists,
who
will
be
speaking,
you'll
hear
from
them
in
a
minute.
A
Also,
students
from
the
Women's
Leadership
Group
that
Excel
are
volunteering
today
as
breeders.
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
ask
that
anything
cute
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
thank
my
amazing
team
because
they
put
a
lot
of
work
in
putting
this
event
together.
So
Ali,
polio,
I,
don't
see
you
Raina,
Callahan
and
webby
in
comments.
They're
right
here.
A
B
And
so
this
is
an
anthem
for
the
right
to
dance
for
Jasmine,
Ellen
and
Jesse
career
,,
best
friend,
best
lover,
best
self,
we've
gotten
to
last
us
the
whole
day.
Long
tonight
we
jerk
and
grime
until
our
feet
reverses
the
rotation
of
Earth.
Tonight
we
shake
and
shimmy
until
the
gyrating
causes
the
Sun
to
rise.
Tonight
we
let
loose
the
image,
someone
else
dressed
us
in
fixed
up
our
finest
fit
pajamas
with
the
feet.
Jeans
gripping
the
hips.
We
press
threats
yell
to
us
onto
a
striped
suit.
B
Wear
the
dress
provoking
the
mirror
to
shutter
smell
the
shards,
a
grin
in
the
math
mountain
classrooms
and
courtrooms
declare
a
hole
on
who
we
are
and
what
we
wear
so
tonight
we
dance
our
families
have
sought
to
reshape
us
more
favoured,
so
we
swept
and
juke
to
the
beat
some
men
deem
us
not
pretty
or
just
pretty
enough
and
power
silences
us
into
ghosts,
bedrooms,
war,
dreams,
backwards,
label,
a
purpose
and
place
for
our
bodies.
So
tonight
we
leave
our
bodies
on
the
dance
floor.
Tonight
we
dance
our
bodies
a
sway.
B
Tonight
we
dance
so
hard.
No
one
can
mistake
our
bodies
as
not
our
own
torque,
back
daggered,
lily,
glitter
love,
wobble,
wench,
download
dip
bottom
of
barrel,
hands
raise
to
erupt
a
silly
glass,
slow
line
of
rice,
kitchen
swinging,
salsa,
no
surrender
sirens
and
night.
We
Samba
to
the
club
strangle
the
myth
of
our
death.
Tonight
we
celebrate
rebirth
ourselves
live
tonight.
We
arm
an
arm
a
swarm
of
women
behind
the
backbone
of
us
all.
B
A
Thank
you
for
shopping,
so
now
I
just
want
to
bring
your
attention
to
those
two
worn
in
the
back
of
the
mezzanine.
We
are
all
playing
a
role
in
reaching
equality
for
women
for
all
women,
and
so
the
two
boards
that
we
have
set
up
there
is
one
purple
one
where
we
have
all
the
actions
that
the
office
of
women's
advancement
invites
people
to
take
on
to
play
a
role
in
this
struggle.
You
can
do
anything
from
take
a
salary
negotiation
workshop
so
that
you
can
learn
to
advocate
for
yourself
of
louisia.
A
You
can
teach
that
workshop
if
you're
so
inclined,
but
we
have
other
options
like
volunteering
for
a
women's
organization
or
asking
your
employer
to
join
one
of
the
mayor's
efforts
to,
for
example,
stop
sex
trafficking
overall,
so
to
help
close
the
wage
gap,
so
you'll
see
a
large
menu.
There
are
things
you
can
choose
and
you
can
place
a
sticker
right
next
to
the
one
that
you
most
comfortable
doing
or
more.
C
A
Feel
free
to
write
your
own
on
the
other
board
that
is
like
now.
It's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
and
Carboni
so
and
Carbone
is
the
liaison
for
the
women's
employee
resource
group.
We
really
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity
to
let
us
any
employees
who
are
here
know
about
this
group
so
and
it's
going
to
play
a
little
bit
more
about
what
they're
doing
and
how
they're
they're,
hoping
that
you
can
get
up.
Oh.
E
Thank
you.
It
is
a
privilege
to
stand
before
you
today
on
behalf
of
the
amazing
women
who
work
for
the
city
of
Boston.
We
are
a
dynamic
group
of
international
women
from
women
at
the
dawn
of
their
careers
to
women.
At
the
latter
part
from
clerk
to
chief,
we
represent
every
neighborhood
in
every
department.
We
hope
to
use
this
group
to
assist
in
the
jobs
we
currently
hold
and
the
ones
near
spire
to
the
ERG
has
a
number
of
different
types
of
events
scheduled,
including
social
evenings
and
lunch,
and
learns
with
your
help.
E
We
have
many
more
the
plan.
We
are
looking
forward
to
being
creative,
stretching
our
skills
being
charitable
with
our
time
and
build
the
community
of
strong
women
in
the
short
time
that
we
have
met
been
impressed
by
the
range
of
ideas
and
how
the
ideas
are
broadened
by
the
input
of
the
program,
primarily.
E
E
Thank
you,
if
any
of
you,
if
any
of
you,
have
interest
in
joining
us,
please
stop
and
chat
with
one
of
the
members.
They
would
love
to
meet
you
in
the
mayor's
email
blast.
He
wrote.
History
helps
us
learn
who
we
are
when
we
don't
know
our
own
history,
our
dreams
of
the
future
I
diminished
is
the
ERG
and
I
will
ask
you
how
different
would
your
life
be
today?
If
you
have
gone
a
few
decades
ago,
what
opportunities
have
you
enjoyed
that
would
be
out
of
reach?
E
We
can
never
take
for
granted
the
battles
won
and
the
right
spot.
Far
together.
We
are
stronger
and
that's
the
essence
of
the
ERG
I
now
have
the
honor
to
introduce
Nikita
Hill,
one
of
our
artists
in
residence
and
I
googled
her
a
lot
more
than
just
meeting
her,
and
indeed
she
is
an
inspiration.
Nakia
wants
community
authors
to
feel
valued
like
these
stories
will
live
forever.
The
final
line
of
the
WB
or
our
interview,
Lodge
December,
really
caught
me
and
is
worth
sharing.
E
F
F
Murder,
like
somewhat
took
her
life,
just,
has
been
weighing
heavy
on
my
heart
and
I'm,
like
I'm
gonna
read
one
of
my
pieces
from
my
book.
I
just
couldn't
like
shake
the
feeling
of
telling
this
woman
story,
and
also
remember
and
I,
also
wanna
dedicate
this
piece
to
three
women
and
2012
I
lost
their
lives.
F
F
F
The
theatre
dictionary
somehow
always
felt
safe
to
us.
Boston
girls
from
Dorchester
Mattapan,
Roxbury,
Hyde
Park,
the
Jaypee.
We
believe
that
it
we
could
navigate
so
street
safely.
Downtown
Boston
was
just
a
change
of
pace
not
to
change
dangerous
or
on
sale
until
we
saw
your
name
in
headlines
and
photo
of
you
reaching
out
to
their
daughter
on
our
television
screens
and
Instagram
feeds,
I
want
to
memorialize
your
life
in
a
way
that
doesn't
turn
you
into
a
martyr,
because
you
are
not
a
sacrifice,
Department
to
think
twice
before
they
decided
to
prey
on
women.
F
You
are
not
a
martyr
to
encourage
women
to
dust
off
our
girl
code
book,
because
nothing
could
change
the
ego
of
a
man.
I
simply
got
the
prematurely
take
a
woman's
life.
I
won't
mention
his
name,
be
an
accurate
or
horrific
details
about
what
actually
happened
that
night,
whether
you
remember
not,
because
those
details
are
trivial
and
will
never
bring
you
back.
F
I
want
there
to
try
to
understand
what
your
family
friends,
the
Cape
Verdean
community,
are
going
through
now,
tomorrow
or
here
for
today,
but
on
International
Women's
Day
I
stand
here
and
see
how
to
say
your
name.
Justin
Carrera
I
stand
here
today
to
honor
you
and
to
remind
us
that
you
are
loved.
You
are
strengthened,
your
life
is
valuable.
Your
dreams
are
not
too
firm.
You
are
more
than
a
beautiful
face.
You
are
a
mother,
you
are,
you
have
gifted.
A
Okay,
we're
gonna
change
the
tone
a
little
bit,
but
your
pieces
have
quickly
so
that
so
it's
a
little
bit
hard
for
me
because
Jessamyn
that
was
a
wonderful
mother.
Now
nan
women
are
mothers,
but
today
we
didn't
want
to
talk
about
because
we
are
opening
up
a
new
resource
for
them
here
at
City
Hall.
So
change
is
coming
really
I
put
into
this
round.
Christine
Johnson.
A
G
Many
ways
that
require
living
home
have
a
place
to
pump
or
nurse
where
they
eat
it.
We
congratulate
city
of
Boston
for
not
only
recognizing
the
benefits
of
breastfeeding,
but
also
for
providing
gated
space
and
for
sending
the
message
that
this
is
a
welcoming
environment
for
breastfeeding
mothers.
We're
proud
to
partner
the
city
of
Boston
to
support
and
celebrate
these
women
Boston
is
a
progressive.
G
A
So
once
again,
we
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
Women's
Leadership
Group,
an
exam
Academy,
the
Excel
Academy
music
shop,
the
City
of
Boston
employee
resource
group,
women's
employee
resource
group
are
co-ed
Larry
and
Forsyth.
Unfortunately,
the
line
will
and
a
former
artist
in
residence
working
closely
with
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement
at
kyoto,
and
now
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
mayor
martin,
jaywalk.
D
Thank
you
very
much
time,
yeah
and
I'm.
Sorry,
I'm
late.
Was
it
really
loud?
Sorry
I'm
amber
stop.
Yelling
I
was
upstairs
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
today.
I
don't
know
if
they
were
recognized,
but
I
want
to
recognize
something
like
that
officials
that
are
here
from
the
BAS
City
Council
City
Council
any
flinders
with
us
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn.
D
We
have
city
councilman
O'malley's
in
the
back
deck
accounts
for
O'malley.
We
have
from
one
of
our
United
States
senators
offices,
Jimmy,
former
state
representative,
Kent,
well,
chief
of
staff
to
Ed
Markey.
Thank
you
Jim
for
being
here
with
us
today
and
I'm
sure
we
have
other
electeds
either
I'm
going
and
I'll
grab
you
as
the
day
goes
on.
I
want
to
thank
Tanya
interruptus
for
doing
some
incredible
work.
D
D
Portia
I'm
sorry
I,
missed
you,
I
was
here
in
spirit.
I
was
upstairs
in
a
meeting
trying
to
get
out
of
it.
So
I
appreciate
all
you
do.
Thank
you.
I
also
want
to
thank
Nakia.
Thank
you
very
much,
honors
and
resident
for
the
great
work
you're
doing
in
carloni.
Thank
you
in
as
well
in
the
city
of
Boston
employee
resource
group.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
Tonight,
City
Hall
and
buildings
all
across
our
city,
and
we
lit
up
in
purple
and
we're
excited
about
that
that
we
can
do
that
here
in
City
Hall,
but
also
throughout
the
entire
city
of
Boston.
It
represents
the
long
fight
for
rights
and
equality
and
making
sure
that
we
continue
that
the
fight
is
not
over,
that
we
could
get
to
continue
to
push
forward
every
single
day.
D
It
shows
our
city's
commitment
to
growth
for
hiring
women
and
making
sure
that
every
single
woman's
was
destroyed,
and
that's
something
that
I
said
this
a
lot
when
we
have
a
special
day
designated.
So
it's
something
that
we
shouldn't
just
be
today.
We
should
be
making
sure
that
this
happens
every
single
day,
365
days
a
year
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,.
D
We're
also
understanding
the
legacy
of
persistent
led
by
strong
women
and
it's
something
I'm
proud
of
as
a
man
and
as
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
our
city.
Our
work
is
not
just
about
equal
pay
for
equal
work,
but
it's
about
understanding
the
importance
of
that
work.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
amplify
in
the
workplace.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
build
confidence
and
girls
from
a
young
age
to
make
sure
they
understand
that
that
they
should
be
right.
D
And
also,
we
have
to
work
at
ending
violence
against
women
right
now.
Our
city
is
grieving.
The
loss
of
Jessie
Carrera
last
night
I
went
to
prayer
service
for
Jessie,
with
her
family
to
grab
family
in
Dorchester.
Tonight,
I'll
be
going
to
the
wake
at
Saint,
Peter's
Church
and
tomorrow
the
funeral
and
it's
a
heartbreaking
story.
It's
a
heartbreaking
situation.
What
happened
in
our
city
and
it's
your
reminder
how
probably
still
have
to
go
as
a
society?
D
How
far
we
still
have
that
to
move
and
advance
in
society,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
my
remarks
say
will
never
let
up.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
none
of
us
that
we
continue
to
move
forward.
We
won't
stop
until
every
single
woman
in
Boston
can
live
the
life
away
from
fear
and
making
sure
that
they
have
no
fear
in
their
life.
We
have
to
continue
to
do
that.
We
have
to
set
an
example
for
the
rest
of
the
United
States
of
America.
D
Quite
honestly,
in
the
world
we
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
every
single
woman
has
equal
access
to
opportunity
in
schools
that
work
in
life,
and
those
are
things
that
we
based
all
of
a
lot
of
our
principles
here
in
the
city
on
it.
How
we
want
to
move
forward.
We
need
to
continue
make
sure
that
we're
changing
the
culture.
We
need
to
continue
to
make
sure
we're
changing
the
attitude
and
in
this
city
of
Boston,
we
need
to
continue
to
lead
by
example,
something
that
is
really
important.
D
We
need
to
recognize
and
understand
the
barriers
that
women
face
in
coming
real
solutions.
So
we
understand
what
those
barriers
on
so
we
could
not
go
there
hands
down.
A
few
years
ago
we
came,
we
passed
paid
parental
leave
for
Austin
employees.
It's
helping
us
close
the
wage
gap
for
women
by
keeping
them
in
the
workforce
instead
of
pushing
women
out
of
the
workforce.
This
benefit.
We
also
extended
it
to
men,
so
we'll
give
families
the
opportunity
to
share
their
parental
duties
together,
we're
also
working
on
childcare.
D
We
recognize
the
challenges
that
the
both
of
families
and
childcare
workers
are
facing.
We
need
to
continue
to
move
forward
child
kids,
expensive
for
families,
but
child
care
workers
still
make
lower
wages
in
the
average
worker
that
we
have
out
there.
So
not
simply
by
providing
child's
kid
that
we
could
say
we
have
a
success.
We
have
to
make
sure
the
workers
that
have
taken
care
of
our
kids
are
getting
paid
a
good
wage
and
respect
it
as
well.
Something
that's
really
important.
D
Shi-Wan,
a
citywide
census
will
compiling
data
to
help
us
address
both
of
these
issues,
and
today
we
have
another
milestone:
I
was
campaigning
in
the
in
August
and
I
was
going,
I
was
in
Ohio
and
Iowa,
and
India
Indiana,
or
a
campaigning
for
congressional
candidates
around
the
country.
I
was
with
Megan
Costello
and
my
former
director
of
women's
advancement
now
on
the
political
side,
and
we
were
walking
through
an
airport
and
she
stopped
me
and
she
took
a
picture
of
this
room.
D
I
know
what
I'll
say
what
it
is
in
a
minute
and
she
said
we
need
to
get
one
of
these
in
city
home.
So
I
took
the
picture
that
I
got
of
the
mama
bond
and
I
said
that
depending
pacheco
operational
Pat's
here
and
I
said,
we
need
to
get
one
of
these
in
City
Hall
like
today
and
I'm,
proud
to
say
that
today
we
are
unveiling
and
cutting
the
ribbon
on
a
mom
of
our
which
is
right
down
here.
Something
that's
really
important.
D
We're
going
to
continue
to
do
the
great
work
that
that
we
do
here
in
the
city,
I
think
the
women
that
worked
for
the
city
for
a
reason
and
I
joked
with
Megan's
class
a
minute
ago.
A
lot
of
the
policy
that
we
do
in
the
city
of
arson
assignment
does
not
come
there's,
not
necessarily
initiated
by
me.
It's
initiated
by
the
people
around
me.
The
women
around
me
coming
with
ideas.
D
Leadership,
isn't
necessarily
about
coming
up
with
every
single
idea
and
trying
to
make
it
sound
like
you're.
The
best
person
in
the
world
leadership
is
about
listening
to
the
people
around
you
and
working
with
those
folks
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
whoever
it
is.
We
want
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
today.
D
We're
talking
about
that
leadership
in
that
quality
of
life
around
women's
quality
of
life
in
the
whole
aspect
of
what
I
mean
so
I
truly
do
from
the
Bronto
might
not
want
to
thank
all
of
the
women
that
work
with
me
every
single
day,
and
thank
you
for
for
pushing
us.
Thank
you
for
expecting
higher
higher
higher
ability,
I
expected
in
the
city
to
be
higher
and
do
better
every
single
day
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you.
I
want
to
thank
the
people.
D
The
work
that
we
do
and
we're
talking
today
about
women
is
whether
you're
a
parent
or
you're,
not
a
parent,
regardless
of
your
age,
regardless
of
your
race,
regardless
of
your
sexual
orientation,
whether
you're,
a
trans
woman,
everybody,
it's
important
for
us
to
understand
that
we
talked
about
today,
we're
all
the
same
with
one
person
we
treat
each
other
with
respect.
We
understand
the
challenges
that
are
in
front
of
us
that
we
have
to
still
continue
to
fight
and
overcome
and
knock
down
the
walls
that
are
in
front
of
us.
D
But
I
want
to
thank
everyone
here
today
for
the
great
work
that
you
do
in
our
city.
I
think
the
spirit
that
we
bring
to
International
Women's
Day
is
an
important
spirit
and
I'm,
proud
that
we're
going
to
be
celebrating
the
centennial
of
our
women's
suffrage
throughout
2008
2020
we're
going
to
be
collaborating
with
museums
and
historic
societies
and
colleges,
and
tell
the
stories
of
the
equal
rights
movements
and
educate
young
boys
and
young
girls
on
the
importance
of
understanding
the
equal
rights
movement,
so
that
the
next
generation
of
young
people
that
grow
up.
D
We
don't
have
to
be
having
conversations
about
equal
pay
and
about
fairness
and
about
making
sure
that
everyone
has
an
opportunity.
It's
something
that
we
should
have
it's
important,
that
we
remember
history
as
well
as
we
teach
and
educate
the
next
generation,
but
we
can't
forget
the
past
and
it
inspires
us
to
continue
to
expand
voting
rights
and
access
rights
and
all
kinds
of
difference
of
people.
So
I'm
gonna
end
by
just
thanking
everyone
for
being
here
today.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do.
The
men
that
wore
purple
today.
Thank
you.