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EVERYBODY. I AM PAT MITCHELL. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WHAT AN AMAZING MORNING IT HAS BEEN SO FAR. IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THIS. AFTER A 30-YEAR...
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| 00:07:12 |
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OF THE HEARINGS, I WAS 16. AT THAT TIME, FOR ME, IT WAS SEEING A WOMAN GIVING VOICE TO OUR ANCESTORS. I AM FIRST GENERATION HAITIAN, BORN IN THE UNITED...
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| 00:09:21 |
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THAT THERE WILL BE ACCOUNTABILITY? YOU INDICATE THAT THERE ARE MORE TOOLS. ARE THERE THINGS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN BEFORE?...
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| 00:09:43 |
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ABOUT THE WORK WE DO IN THE SCHOOLS. IT IS THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS WE'RE LOOKING TO THE DISTRICT. THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN AROUND...
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| 00:10:52 |
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THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS THAT WOMEN AND GIRLS DO NOT COME FORWARD. WE HAVE HEARD MANY OF THEM THIS MORNING. THE PERSONAL SHAME WE TAKE IN, THE WORRY...
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| 00:12:00 |
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WHEN SHE SPOKE OUT, SHE SPOKE FOR SO MANY IMMIGRANT WOMEN WORKERS WHO ARE VULNERABLE IN THEIR WORKPLACES FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS AND WHO FACE A LOT...
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| 00:14:51 |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. SO MUCH OF THIS HAS BEEN YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE. THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN THAT AROSE WHEN THIS WOMAN WHO...
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| 00:15:38 |
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THE POWER OF WOMEN COMING TOGETHER THAT OFFERS THE SUPPORT AND CONTEXT TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT DESPITE WHAT YOU RISK BEING BLAMED OR LOSING YOUR JOB....
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| 00:16:22 |
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SEEN THAT CONTINUE. WOMEN STILL COME TOGETHER. >>
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| 00:16:25 |
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EVERY MONTH. IN BROOKLYN, THIRD SATURDAY. ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, THERE ARE NOW 35 DOMESTIC WORKER ORGANIZATIONS IN 19 CITIES AND 11 STATES AROUND THE...
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| 00:16:45 |
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WITH THAT KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT, THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY WITH BETTER RESORTS -- RESULTS THAN WE WITNESSED IN THAT CASE. BOTH...
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| 00:17:28 |
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HOLLABACK IN 2005. I THINK IT WAS THE POWER OF THE WORKPLACE MOVEMENT TO GIVE US THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WE WERE A GROUP...
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| 00:19:01 |
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YOU GET THE MESSAGE WAS NOT OK AND IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT? WHERE WAS THAT MESSAGE IN YOUR LIFE? >> THE
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| 00:19:08 |
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FIRST TIME I HEARD THE MESSAGE WAS WHEN EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT ANITA HILL AND HARASSMENT. NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT TO ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE...
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| 00:21:15 |
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YOUR STORIES, THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE THE STORY OF ANITA HILL. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. >> MELISSA, IN YOUR
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| 00:21:23 |
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BOOK, YOU TALK ABOUT STORIES. LOOKING AT THE BARRIERS THAT WOMEN OF COLOR STILL FACE TODAY, WHAT WAS THE IMPACT ON YOUR PERSONALLY OF THE ANITA HILL...
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| 00:21:45 |
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AT THIS MOMENT TO COME BEHIND THREE ACTIVISTS. IT MAY BE THE CONSTANT DUALISM I FEEL AS A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY AND THE MEDIA. THERE IS THE SENSE THAT...
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| 00:26:46 |
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PROFESSOR HILL IS HEARING THAT. I AM IT SURE SHE IS, AS YOU WILL HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN TODAY, THE ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IT WILL MAKE THE BEST IT MAY...
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| 00:27:39 |
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I HAVE TWO WORDS. IT'S COMPLEX. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE AND WAS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR A FORTUNE 50 CORPORATION. I WAS NOT...
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| 00:33:39 |
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LOT OF TRANSFORMATION IS GOING ON AND WILL GO ON TODAY. I WANT TO PICK UP ON WHAT YOU SAID. IT IS COMPLEX. IT IS COMPLEX BECAUSE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE...
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| 00:35:09 |
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LIFELONG WORK. WE BEGIN BY MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR YOUNG GIRLS, BOYS. WE START WITH ELEMENTARY AND GO TO MIDDLE AND HIGH...
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| 00:37:09 |
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LIFELONG BECAUSE WHATEVER 8 WE ARE, WE FIND OURSELVES COMING UP AGAINST THOSE EXPECTATIONS -- NO MATTER WHAT AGE WE ARE, FIND OURSELVES COMING UP AGAINST...
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| 00:37:58 |
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BEEN REALLY HUMBLED TODAY BECAUSE SO MANY OF MY HEROES ARE HERE AND SPEAKING. WE REALLY TAKE CONCEPTS LIKE INTERSECTIONALITY AS MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES....
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| 00:41:30 |
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YOUR WORK HAS BEEN SO CRITICAL IN THAT AREA. IN PUTTING YOUR BOOK TOGETHER, WHAT THOUGHTS TO YOU HAVE TO SHARE ABOUT THESE CULTURAL COMPLEXITIES. ? >>...
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| 00:41:50 |
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TO ME. I WANTED TO PICK UP ON THE COMPLEXITY A LITTLE BIT. I ENDED ON THIS TOUR -- THIS TRIUMPHANT MOMENT. WHAT HAPPENED IN 1993 WAS THE VILIFICATION...
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| 00:45:04 |
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US BACK TO THE PERSPECTIVE THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, WHICH IS THE ROLE OF MEDIA. HOWEVER IMPORTANT IT IS, WE MIGHT CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WOMEN'S...
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| 00:46:24 |
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NOT JUST THE RIGHT TO DRESS THE WAY THEY WISH, IT IS THE RIGHT TO VIEW THE AREY ARE. WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS TOLD ME, I AM NOT SURE IF I GET HARASSED BECAUSE...
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| 00:49:24 |
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TELL THE COPS, MY SHORT SKIRTS OR MY SHORT SHORTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU? IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT I WANT TO WEAR? >> WE ARE GOING TO OPEN
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| 00:49:36 |
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UP THE MICROPHONES. WE HAVE SOME HAND MICROPHONES THAT ARE GOING AROUND. I AM SURE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN ON OUR PANEL....
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| 00:50:03 |
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QUESTION FOR ANYBODY ON THE PANEL. ON THIS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HILL-THOMAS HEARINGS, I AM CURIOUS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TAUGHT, HUGHES, DISCUSSED, OR...
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| 00:50:50 |
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IS ON MY SYLLABUS. I TAUGHT ANITA HILL FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. SOMETIMES I TEACH IT DURING MY SUPREME COURT WEEK. IF I AM DOING A CLASS ON BLACK WOMEN, WE...
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| 00:51:47 |
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IS RELATED TO THE SLUT WALK MOVEMENT. IT IS PARTICULARLY AROUND THE COMPLEXITIES YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT RACE IN TERMS OF SEXUAL...
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| 00:52:22 |
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SURE EVERYONE HEARD YOU. YOU ASK IN REFERENCE TO THE SLUT WALK. >> THAT SIGN WAS REALLY
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| 00:52:32 |
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MESSED UP. WE ARE WORKING ON A STATEMENT TO COME OUT AND SAY EXACTLY HOW MESSED UP IT WAS. SLUTS WALKS HAVE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF COMPLEX CONVERSATIONS....
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| 00:54:04 |
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THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. SLUT WALK ATTAINDER -- ANGERED ME. IT DID NOT SPEAK ABOUT ANY WORD THAT I WISH TO RECLAIM. IT DID NOT SPEAK TO A...
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| 00:56:16 |
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THE CONTEXT OF OUR MOVEMENT AS WOMEN AND THE MAN WHO SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT, WE MUST CREATE SPACES TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S HISTORIES. WE TALK ABOUT...
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| 00:57:21 |
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STEP FORWARD OR A STEP BACK. >>
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| 00:57:24 |
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IT IS COMPLEX. ME, PERSONALLY, IS A STEP BACK. -- IT IS A STEP BACK. I WILL TELL YOU WHY I PERSONALLY FEEL IS A STEP BACK. BECAUSE OF OUR MOVEMENT, THERE...
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| 00:59:34 |
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THAT MESSAGE. MELISSA, YOU WANTED TO ADD. >>
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| 00:59:41 |
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THERE ARE 8000 QUESTIONS. I WILL GO FAST. I PROMISE. I AGREE WITH THIS NOTION OF NEEDING A SPACE TO EXPLORE AND BE CONNECTED WITH OUR PERSONNEL SEXUALITY...
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| 01:03:01 |
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IS COMPLEX. THAT SEEMS LIKE ONE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO. PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS TO ONE PERSON SO WE MIGHT GET THROUGH...
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| 01:03:19 |
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SISTER'S PLACE. WE ARE THE WEST COAST'S LARGEST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGENCY. WE SPEAK TO ABOUT 10,000 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,...
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| 01:04:40 |
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TO TAKE IT. ONE OF YOU GO. >> HERE
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| 01:04:44 |
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WE GO. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS THE THEME OF THE DAY. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT CHRIS BROWN THAT I THINK IS IMPERATIVE TO SAY IS THAT HE IS A YOUNG...
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| 01:07:58 |
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THAT YOU PRESENTED THAT WITH A FULL PROSPECTUS. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. IN THE INTERESTS OF HEARING FROM...
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| 01:08:11 |
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IS FOR PROFESSOR PERRY. I QUESTION IS ABOUT THE RISE OF THE POPULAR BUT TRAIL OF WORKPLACE HARASSMENT. I AM THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO DOES NOT LIKE THE...
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| 01:09:00 |
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THAT QUESTION. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE IMAGES WE ARE SEEING ON THESE CONTEXTUAL SHOWS. ALMOST >> ANSWERED IT BY ASKING IT. I WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU....
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| 01:11:45 |
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IDEALIST PANEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED SOME HELP. I HAVE A NONPROFIT. WE ARE A STARTING POINT FOR GETTING YOUNG KIDS IN THE COLLEGES AROUND THE...
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| 01:12:32 |
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HAVE A SAFE SPACE. IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL QUESTION. FOR SOME PEOPLE, A SAFE SPACE MEANS THAT AT ALL WOMEN SPACE. FOR OTHERS, IT MEANS HAVING STRICT PARAMETERS...
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| 01:13:39 |
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A MOVEMENT. WE HAVE MANY CASES LIKE THAT NOW. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO BE LOUD ENOUGH AND UNITED ENOUGH TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN? >> DUKE UNIV. RUGBY
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| 01:13:56 |
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TEAM -- UNIVERSITY RUGBY TEAM. >> IT IS IN
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| 01:14:05 |
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THE BOOK. I GOT MY PH.D. FROM DUKE. THOSE WHO WERE THE LEADERS IN THE BACK OF THE SIGNATORIES S, THESE WOMEN ALONG WITH WHITE ALLIES SIGNED A PEACE...
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| 01:16:02 |
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THESE DEBATES AND TELL THE STORIES AND GO FOR POLICIES TO MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? >> LET'S MAKE THEM AS SHORT AS WE CAN. >> I WANT
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| 01:16:16 |
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TO BRING AGE INTO THE DISCUSSION. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE AHISTORICNESS OF LOTS AND LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS. YOU WORK WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS. I WAS ACCUSED...
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| 01:17:14 |
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AM OVER- TALKING. YOUNG PEOPLE WILL TELL US TO SHUT UP. I JUST CROSSED OVER ENOUGH SO THAT I GET IT. JUST THE OTHER DAY, I FIGURED OUT THAT I AM NOT...
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| 01:19:29 |
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TO SIGN UP FOR YOUR CLASS. >> I HEARD A LOT OF
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| 01:19:34 |
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OTHER "ME, TOOS." >> I WILL DO
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| 01:19:41 |
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A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ABOUT THE INTERGENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES. YOUNG GIRLS ARE TAKING TOO MUCH OF THIS HISTORY FOR GRANTED AND NOT KNOWING COMPLETELY AND...
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| 01:19:58 |
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IS OUR EXPERIENCE INITIALLY. I THINK OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF GGE WHEN THEY COME IN. THEY ARE COMING INTO AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE GIRLS OR GENDER EQUITY....
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| 01:22:14 |
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ARE DEALING WITH SUCH A VAST ARRAY OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL NEEDS TO INTEGRATE AND UNDERSTAND THIS CULTURE AND ITS HISTORY. >> I WILL SAY QUICKLY
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| 01:22:25 |
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THAT WE NEED MORE ENTER GENERATION KNOW WHEN AND'S SPACES. -- INTERGENERATIONAL SPACES. WE CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO DRAW UPON THE WISDOM OF EVERY SINGLE...
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| 01:23:29 |
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HOW YOU THINK THE 2012 ELECTION WILL AFFECT WOMEN'S RIGHTS. >> CLEARLY
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| 01:23:35 |
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I AM A COMPLETE LUNATIC BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THE 2008 ELECTIONS WOULD HAVE MADE THINGS BETTER. AND IN FACT I CAN REMEMBER VERY, VERY WELL BEING --...
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| 01:34:27 |
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YOU MENTIONED AS WELL AS SO MANY OF THE OTHERS IN THIS ROOM ARE ALL ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER WORK TO EMPOWER AND TO TEACH OTHERS HOW TO EMPOWER AND RAISE...
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| 01:34:58 |
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FOR JOE AN. I HAVE BEEN HAVING A REALLY WONDERFUL EMPOWERING TIME LISTENING TO ALL OF YOU STRONG WOMEN TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S SOLIDARITY THROUGH OUR...
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| 01:35:49 |
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THE QUESTION. I THINK REALLY THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THE MAN STANDING HERE. WE WOULD LOVE A VOICE FOR GENDER EQUITY. BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED...
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| 01:36:22 |
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CHIME IN? WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END. >> I WOULD ALMOST BE
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| 01:36:26 |
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WILLING TO TALK DIRECTLY TO MEN. I THINK SOMETIMES WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN ONLY TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT IT. SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK DIRECTLY TO MEN...
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| 01:36:51 |
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IN QUICKLY THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, THERE'S INCREASE ATTENTION TOWARDS BYE STANDER INTERVENTION WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT AND SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY TO...
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| 01:37:39 |
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TO END THIS EXTRAORDINARY PANEL AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET TO ASK THEM PERHAPS THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE....
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| 01:39:10 |
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WILL RETURN TO THIS CONVERSATION AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK WITH THE KEY NOTE ADDRESS, A CONVERSATION WITH ANITA HILL AND WE EXPECT THAT TO START AT 2:45...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.