WEBVTT 00:01.200 --> 00:02.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I'm so excited that you're here. 00:02.133 --> 00:05.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Um, the frustrations that I feel 00:05.233 --> 00:08.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are making the top of my head blow up, 00:08.066 --> 00:09.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% practically is how I feel. 00:09.633 --> 00:11.166 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% (laughs) 00:11.166 --> 00:13.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I was around for the first issues of "Ms." magazine, 00:13.066 --> 00:15.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I was there for Title IX in 1972, 00:15.966 --> 00:19.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and what frustrates me so much is the younger women 00:19.933 --> 00:23.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who don't remember the fight that has been going on 00:23.133 --> 00:25.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% all this time, so I'm wondering how, 00:25.166 --> 00:26.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are you going into the universities, 00:26.966 --> 00:30.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% how are you finding the women that you are 00:30.266 --> 00:31.233 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% trying to find? 00:31.233 --> 00:32.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - That is an issue, right? 00:32.466 --> 00:34.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The question, the point is very good. 00:34.000 --> 00:35.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There are some women who were born after all that, 00:35.833 --> 00:38.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and don't have any first hand knowledge of what preceded it. 00:38.966 --> 00:40.266 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Right? Right. 00:40.266 --> 00:42.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I'll tell you why I'm so encouraged right now. 00:42.066 --> 00:45.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think it kind of skipped, maybe a generation or two, 00:45.400 --> 00:50.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where we found ourselves feeling as though things were okay. 00:50.266 --> 00:53.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We had Title IX, we had reproductive autonomy, 00:53.733 --> 00:57.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we had at least some protections in the workplace. 00:57.733 --> 01:01.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But what began to happen, obviously, was the fraying 01:01.433 --> 01:05.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of those rights and in some ways an outright assault 01:05.033 --> 01:07.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% against them, as you know. 01:07.166 --> 01:11.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% What that has created is an awakening in younger women 01:12.533 --> 01:16.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that I see as very much like what was happening 01:16.333 --> 01:19.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the 1960s and 70s in this country, 01:19.566 --> 01:21.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and prior to that. 01:22.400 --> 01:25.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Women are better informed today. 01:25.466 --> 01:28.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Because they are so engaged in social media, 01:28.566 --> 01:33.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it is a powerful information and motivational tool, 01:33.000 --> 01:37.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where the disconnect is, and why Deeds Not Words was created 01:38.566 --> 01:41.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is that so many young women who feel passionate, 01:41.666 --> 01:44.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who care very much, who want to make a difference, 01:44.633 --> 01:47.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% don't quite know how to plug in. 01:47.100 --> 01:50.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And so what our site does, is it provides them 01:50.800 --> 01:53.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with real-world, concrete, tactical ways 01:53.800 --> 01:56.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that they can get involved, connecting them 01:56.166 --> 01:59.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with a host of organizations that work on gender equality 01:59.466 --> 02:02.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% whether it's in the reproductive rights space 02:02.000 --> 02:05.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or the economic space or running for office space 02:05.933 --> 02:09.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or sexual assault, a host of issues, 02:09.066 --> 02:12.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that wherever it is that their passion lies, 02:12.966 --> 02:14.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they can get connected in a way 02:14.533 --> 02:16.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that they can make a difference, 02:16.366 --> 02:19.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I really think it's up to our generation. 02:19.566 --> 02:23.366 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% As you said, they don't understand the fights that we waged 02:23.366 --> 02:26.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to try to accomplish some of these things. 02:26.233 --> 02:29.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I wasn't even the generation that can take credit for that, 02:29.533 --> 02:33.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but I know enough about it to truly appreciate the work 02:33.166 --> 02:36.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that was done, and I also know enough about it to know 02:36.500 --> 02:39.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that the mantle has to always be taken up 02:39.833 --> 02:42.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% by the next and the next and the next. 02:42.733 --> 02:46.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The symbol of our organization is a torch, 02:46.033 --> 02:48.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and of course it's intended to symbolize 02:48.333 --> 02:50.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the passing of that torch and that we each have 02:50.300 --> 02:52.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% a role to play in holding it. 02:52.433 --> 02:53.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - [Woman] Thank you, keep it up. 02:53.633 --> 02:54.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Thank you. 02:54.766 --> 02:55.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - [Man] Ma'am. 02:58.033 --> 03:01.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Thank you for being here, Senator. 03:01.200 --> 03:05.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Um, the last Texas legislative session, 03:05.033 --> 03:08.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there were more than 20 anti-LGBTQ bills 03:10.733 --> 03:14.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that were proposed, thankfully none of them passed. 03:14.266 --> 03:18.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% As the next session come about, what would be, 03:20.166 --> 03:24.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% beside the economic argument, what would be 03:24.533 --> 03:28.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% effective angles to use when we go and lobby on the capitol? 03:31.033 --> 03:32.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - You know, I think, and this is gonna go a bit 03:32.766 --> 03:34.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to the economic side, and then I'll touch 03:34.533 --> 03:36.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% upon the other side. 03:36.033 --> 03:40.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% On the economic side, most companies want to do business 03:41.833 --> 03:46.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in states where they feel there is a respect for all people. 03:48.633 --> 03:51.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And, again, North Carolina's a great example 03:51.233 --> 03:53.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of where we saw companies rear their head 03:53.433 --> 03:55.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% when that wasn't happening. 03:55.366 --> 03:57.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They wanna come to a climate where they feel like 03:57.533 --> 03:59.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they're going to do well here, 03:59.866 --> 04:04.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and the way they do well is by holding headquarters 04:05.533 --> 04:10.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or offices in states where employees want to be, right? 04:10.166 --> 04:13.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Most people in younger generations, and getting 04:13.666 --> 04:17.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a little bit older now, wanna work in states 04:17.766 --> 04:19.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where they feel there's a climate 04:19.566 --> 04:22.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of respect and equality at place. 04:22.633 --> 04:24.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Austin, Texas is a great example 04:24.533 --> 04:27.266 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of why the economy is thriving. 04:27.266 --> 04:31.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's not just thriving because it has great hike 04:31.133 --> 04:36.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and biking trails, it's thriving because it's a community 04:36.033 --> 04:39.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that embraces and supports everyone, 04:39.500 --> 04:42.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and it creates a culture where people want to be, 04:42.966 --> 04:45.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and therefore companies want to be 04:45.333 --> 04:47.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because they have a wonderful pool of employees 04:47.966 --> 04:49.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% from which to draw. 04:49.833 --> 04:53.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So there are, I think, these arguments to be made, 04:53.833 --> 04:57.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that when we as a state, at the political level, 04:57.000 --> 04:59.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% demonstrate ourselves not only to be short sighted 04:59.933 --> 05:03.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on those issues but to be actually adversarial 05:03.300 --> 05:07.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to people, whether it's their orientation 05:07.166 --> 05:10.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or women's reproductive rights or whatever, 05:10.366 --> 05:13.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we show ourselves to be a state that not a lot of people 05:13.300 --> 05:15.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% may want to come to. 05:15.133 --> 05:16.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - But so let me ask you a question, 05:16.533 --> 05:17.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% let me interrupt for a second. 05:17.966 --> 05:19.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The state is already perceived by many people, 05:19.900 --> 05:22.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I believe by you, to be adversarial 05:22.033 --> 05:23.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in exactly the way you're talking about. 05:23.633 --> 05:24.466 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% - Yes. 05:24.466 --> 05:25.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Have we lost business? 05:25.966 --> 05:28.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Has the effect that you're suggesting been visible? 05:28.833 --> 05:32.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - I think in some ways, yes, and those are really hard 05:32.633 --> 05:35.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to demonstrate, because none of us know the -- 05:35.100 --> 05:36.300 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - [Man] Right. 05:36.300 --> 05:39.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - The companies that have weighed being here 05:39.466 --> 05:42.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or elsewhere, but I go back to my experience in Ft. Worth, 05:42.733 --> 05:46.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% with Boeing, and our work to try to attract Boeing to come, 05:48.533 --> 05:51.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and there were certain quality of life issues 05:51.133 --> 05:53.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that weren't existent that their employees were 05:53.933 --> 05:56.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% accustomed to and wanted to be a part of the culture 05:56.933 --> 05:58.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of where they were. 05:58.433 --> 06:01.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That was at least a part of their decision-making. 06:01.000 --> 06:02.533 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - [Man] Yeah. 06:02.533 --> 06:05.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - And I think the more that we highlight these problems, 06:05.300 --> 06:08.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the more we make it a part of their decision making 06:08.966 --> 06:11.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as they consider what they're going to do 06:11.000 --> 06:12.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and where they want to be. 06:12.900 --> 06:15.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I also think, though, that one of the things 06:15.233 --> 06:20.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that we see happening on issues of sexual orientation 06:20.133 --> 06:22.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or identity, as well as what we see happening 06:22.933 --> 06:25.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with women's reproductive rights, 06:25.100 --> 06:28.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is that politicians have come to understand 06:28.466 --> 06:33.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that those folks who are on the right side of the aisle, 06:33.433 --> 06:35.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% who are trying to attract voters, 06:35.566 --> 06:38.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% particularly in Republican primaries, 06:38.233 --> 06:41.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% do well by articulating these arguments, 06:42.566 --> 06:45.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% because it enflames their base, 06:45.233 --> 06:47.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and it creates an encouragement for people 06:47.366 --> 06:49.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to come and vote for them. 06:49.066 --> 06:53.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And the only way to combat that is for us to double down 06:53.200 --> 06:57.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in doing the opposite, in coming and voting against them, 06:58.766 --> 07:02.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and in voting for people who are articulating issues 07:02.000 --> 07:04.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that are important to us and demonstrating respect 07:04.366 --> 07:07.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for the things that we care about. 07:07.866 --> 07:09.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - How's your side doing in that respect? 07:09.433 --> 07:11.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Not very well, and it's very frustrating. 07:11.833 --> 07:14.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - Well, I'm thinking about the hero ordinance in Houston 07:14.100 --> 07:16.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as a great example, you know, the side that was successful 07:16.266 --> 07:18.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in that ordinance did a very good job 07:18.133 --> 07:21.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of distilling a very complicated message 07:21.366 --> 07:23.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% down to one word, "bathroom." 07:25.000 --> 07:27.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% By the way, we're living in that world right now, 07:27.833 --> 07:29.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and to the questioner's point, we're gonna 07:29.633 --> 07:31.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% have legislation most definitely -- 07:31.266 --> 07:32.666 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - No question. 07:32.666 --> 07:34.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - In the next legislative session that tries 07:34.166 --> 07:37.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to countermand what the president has put down 07:37.133 --> 07:39.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as the executive order on this issue. 07:39.166 --> 07:40.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% How does your side do better? 07:40.733 --> 07:42.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I mean, the other side is doing well, 07:42.433 --> 07:45.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in terms of its messaging and getting its people out. 07:45.333 --> 07:48.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - If I may jump in, I have a, um, 07:49.133 --> 07:52.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I have an antidote to that, 07:52.066 --> 07:56.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and that is that only perverts need bathroom laws. 07:58.333 --> 08:01.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (laughter and applause) 08:03.766 --> 08:06.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's a bit nonsensical, but then again, 08:06.333 --> 08:09.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% men being in the same restroom with little girls 08:09.900 --> 08:13.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is also nonsensical, and this is what 08:14.766 --> 08:16.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% we needed to fight, I guess. 08:16.633 --> 08:18.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - [Man] So let's get you, and then we're gonna 08:18.233 --> 08:19.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% take the next question, how does your side, 08:19.766 --> 08:21.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% whether it's with the strategy suggested 08:21.600 --> 08:25.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or another strategy, do better on the messaging end 08:25.500 --> 08:28.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and turning out people as the other side has done? 08:28.000 --> 08:32.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - My hope is, and again, part of my motivation 08:32.133 --> 08:36.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for this organization's initiative, is to help grow 08:36.933 --> 08:39.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% greater awareness and greater turnout 08:39.966 --> 08:43.000 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of people who believe otherwise. 08:43.000 --> 08:45.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In the gubernatorial race in 2014, 08:45.733 --> 08:49.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we had a 31% voter turnout, lowest in the country, 08:49.800 --> 08:53.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% um we have systemic low voter turnout here, 08:53.933 --> 08:56.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and there's so many reasons we could go into. 08:56.366 --> 08:57.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - We could do two hours on that subject. 08:57.800 --> 08:59.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - We most certainly could. 08:59.566 --> 09:03.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But I think we need to find our own anger on these issues. 09:03.600 --> 09:06.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There's a lot of fear mongering going on on the other side, 09:06.433 --> 09:10.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but we need to find our self-righteousness about it, 09:10.266 --> 09:14.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and we need to understand the value of each and every one 09:14.366 --> 09:17.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of our voices in weighing into this conversation, 09:17.133 --> 09:20.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and never ever ever ever ever stay home 09:20.033 --> 09:23.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when there's election, an election at stake, 09:23.033 --> 09:25.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where we're deciding between candidates 09:25.666 --> 09:29.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who have differing perspectives on these questions. 09:29.033 --> 09:31.266 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (applause) 09:34.566 --> 09:37.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Hi Senator Davis, um, so I'm wondering, 09:37.933 --> 09:40.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as a young Millennial woman, a lot of times we're told 09:40.633 --> 09:42.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to try to get a seat at the table, 09:42.033 --> 09:43.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and that's like the whole idea, right, 09:43.666 --> 09:45.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is to try to get there and get into the conversation. 09:45.566 --> 09:48.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But when we do get our seats at the table, 09:48.433 --> 09:50.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when we are sitting there, especially as young women, 09:50.366 --> 09:52.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% now today, and especially when we're going 09:52.133 --> 09:55.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% into male-dominated fields, like STEM, like medicine, 09:55.233 --> 09:57.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% like politics and things like that, 09:57.433 --> 10:00.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% what conversations do we need to be starting? 10:00.366 --> 10:02.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% What conversations do we need to be making sure 10:02.366 --> 10:04.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that are happening, especially to uplift women 10:04.733 --> 10:07.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% who are often more overlooked? 10:07.533 --> 10:09.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% People from underprivileged backgrounds whose parents 10:09.866 --> 10:13.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% perhaps worked minimum wage or who aren't used to 10:13.500 --> 10:14.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% college education, things like that, 10:14.733 --> 10:16.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% what do we need to do when we get there? 10:16.933 --> 10:17.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I think -- - [Man] Good question. 10:17.866 --> 10:19.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - That's a great question. 10:19.400 --> 10:23.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Um, one of the things that I try to be thoughtful about, 10:24.566 --> 10:27.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I think as women I think we ought to be 10:27.300 --> 10:29.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% as thoughtful as we can about, 10:29.433 --> 10:31.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is talking to and supporting each other 10:31.833 --> 10:34.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in those environments, particularly where we find 10:34.400 --> 10:36.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ourselves in the minority. 10:37.866 --> 10:42.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Um, I also believe there is incredible power 10:42.266 --> 10:46.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in helping people to see us as human beings, 10:46.133 --> 10:49.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and to understand our full breadth of experiences. 10:49.866 --> 10:53.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The day of the filibuster, and all of those stories, 10:53.533 --> 10:56.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that's what gave that day power. 10:56.066 --> 10:58.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It was people who stepped up and decided 10:58.500 --> 11:01.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that they were going to share their stories. 11:01.166 --> 11:03.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And as women in the workplace, 11:03.033 --> 11:05.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% having an opportunity to talk about 11:05.500 --> 11:09.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and to pull from each other what those experiences are, 11:09.766 --> 11:13.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% not just within ourselves but within our work colleagues, 11:15.566 --> 11:19.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% male and female, I think really helps to break down 11:21.133 --> 11:24.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% some of the places that we find ourselves getting stuck. 11:24.800 --> 11:28.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We get stuck on being, believing that we have 11:28.166 --> 11:30.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% different perspectives on issues, 11:30.033 --> 11:32.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but when we share our human experiences, 11:32.866 --> 11:36.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think we can really try to break those barriers down. 11:36.133 --> 11:39.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So starting conversations about who you are, 11:39.633 --> 11:43.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where you come from, where your ideas and values are formed, 11:45.233 --> 11:48.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% can be a really good way, when the rubber hits the road, 11:48.866 --> 11:51.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and things start getting tough, of finding a way 11:51.366 --> 11:55.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to continue to talk with each other about how to find 11:56.466 --> 11:58.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% an area of agreement. 11:58.666 --> 12:02.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I've certainly found that in the political world. 12:02.133 --> 12:03.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Thank you. 12:03.000 --> 12:03.833 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% - Great. 12:05.433 --> 12:09.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Let's, um, let's make the time, please, for these two, okay, 12:09.000 --> 12:13.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% even if we go a little bit long, if we can, let's go. 12:13.500 --> 12:14.966 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Hi, thank you. 12:14.966 --> 12:18.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I was wondering how you would respond to the widespread, 12:18.133 --> 12:20.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% possibly inaccurate belief that both men and women 12:20.700 --> 12:23.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% hold that women don't make the same wages 12:23.733 --> 12:27.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because they don't go into higher-paying fields. 12:27.000 --> 12:29.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - It's really interesting, that is a really good question. 12:29.633 --> 12:31.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There was an article in the New York Times, 12:31.500 --> 12:34.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't know, three or four weeks ago, 12:34.033 --> 12:37.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% about the fact that when women do go into those areas 12:37.533 --> 12:41.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of higher pay, and women begin to occupy them 12:42.700 --> 12:45.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in greater and greater percentages, 12:45.000 --> 12:48.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the pay for those positions themselves actually decreases. 12:48.933 --> 12:51.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's because they suddenly become seen more 12:51.400 --> 12:55.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as female-centered occupations, so it's really fascinating. 12:57.500 --> 13:00.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And I think that we have to continue to insist 13:00.200 --> 13:02.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on asking for our value. 13:02.966 --> 13:06.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I have the same issue with my youngest daughter, 13:06.300 --> 13:11.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who works unbelievably hard and is tremendously underpaid 13:11.233 --> 13:15.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in her mother's opinion, and you know, 13:15.100 --> 13:18.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% encouraging her to be her own advocate in the workplace 13:18.800 --> 13:21.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% has been quite a challenge, but I do think 13:21.633 --> 13:24.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that we have to become our own advocates. 13:24.433 --> 13:27.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We don't have to be ugly about it, 13:27.366 --> 13:31.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we don't have to be hostile, but we have to make the point, 13:31.800 --> 13:34.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it goes back to, you know, what kinds of conversations 13:34.333 --> 13:37.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% can we be having in the workplace. 13:37.133 --> 13:40.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Let's be open with each other about what we make, 13:40.400 --> 13:44.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and let's make sure that if we feel like we're having 13:44.100 --> 13:46.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the same responsibility as someone else, 13:46.700 --> 13:49.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that we're asking for that. 13:49.133 --> 13:50.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - You think women are less likely 13:50.300 --> 13:51.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to be advocates for themselves? 13:51.633 --> 13:53.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - I think definitely, you know, we're, 13:53.833 --> 13:57.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I don't know what it is about the way we are made, 13:57.500 --> 14:02.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but we tend to be, to have a little bit too much grace, 14:02.366 --> 14:06.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and to be a bit too gracious about situations 14:06.200 --> 14:08.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that we find ourselves in. 14:08.400 --> 14:10.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% No one's going to do that work for us. 14:10.400 --> 14:12.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have to insist upon it ourselves. 14:12.800 --> 14:15.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So as we have an opportunity to rise 14:15.066 --> 14:17.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in these higher paying levels, 14:17.333 --> 14:20.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or these greater responsibility levels, 14:20.400 --> 14:22.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we have to ask for the pay commensurate 14:22.700 --> 14:26.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to the work that we're doing, just as any man would, 14:26.000 --> 14:28.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% if they were given that responsibility. 14:28.333 --> 14:29.400 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - [Man] Good. 14:34.066 --> 14:35.400 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Last question. 14:35.400 --> 14:38.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Currently there is a battle in the South 14:38.533 --> 14:42.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with a large amount of, um, transgender people 14:43.800 --> 14:47.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% not being allowed to use the restroom of their choice, 14:47.233 --> 14:49.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% beginning in Mississippi and reaching all the way 14:49.833 --> 14:52.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% into Texas, when Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick 14:52.533 --> 14:55.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% denounced schools that were allowing that. 14:55.300 --> 14:57.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Um, they are suing the federal government 14:57.700 --> 15:00.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the Supreme Court who are currently allowing 15:00.966 --> 15:04.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. 15:04.533 --> 15:07.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Do you think the gov, the people should denounce 15:07.933 --> 15:10.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the politicians' belief that transgenders 15:10.833 --> 15:14.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are not people too, and if so, how should they? 15:14.266 --> 15:15.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - What a great question, 15:15.933 --> 15:18.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and what an impressive young person you are. 15:18.300 --> 15:19.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (applause) 15:19.766 --> 15:23.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% See this is why we have faith in the country, right? 15:23.433 --> 15:24.633 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% - Yeah. - Let's say 15:24.633 --> 15:26.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the case that we're talking about goes back 15:26.500 --> 15:28.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to your home city of Ft. Worth, right? 15:28.566 --> 15:31.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I mean this is Ft. Worth ISD is where this all began. 15:31.600 --> 15:34.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Yeah, it does, and so let's use Ft. Worth ISD 15:34.500 --> 15:36.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and lift them up as an example 15:36.733 --> 15:40.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of a group of people who are elected 15:40.500 --> 15:43.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in a place that's considered fairly conservative 15:43.533 --> 15:47.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% in its voting patterns, who are doing the right thing. 15:47.033 --> 15:50.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And as they proceeded down that path, 15:50.600 --> 15:53.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they found themselves at the other end 15:53.633 --> 15:57.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of a lieutenant governor who was an adversary, 15:57.800 --> 15:59.733 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% to say the least. 15:59.733 --> 16:03.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Yes, we should denounce it, and the ways 16:03.233 --> 16:05.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we should denounce it are myriad. 16:05.800 --> 16:09.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We can denounce it in our conversations with our friends, 16:09.100 --> 16:12.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% we can make sure that they're aware of these issues, 16:12.500 --> 16:15.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and invite them to understand why it's so important 16:15.000 --> 16:17.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that we as a state and as a country 16:17.400 --> 16:21.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% should not be identified as being hostile to people 16:21.033 --> 16:24.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% based on sexual identity or orientation. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% But we also have to act in ways, 16:28.100 --> 16:31.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you're not quite old enough yet but you will be soon, 16:31.266 --> 16:35.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% where we are supporting candidates who are willing 16:35.233 --> 16:38.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to denounce those attitudes and perspectives. 16:38.833 --> 16:41.100 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Again, my hopes are really high, 16:41.100 --> 16:43.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because when you look at young people, 16:43.466 --> 16:45.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when they are polled across this country, 16:45.333 --> 16:47.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% regardless of whether they identify as Republican 16:47.733 --> 16:50.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or Democrat, most of them will tell you 16:50.633 --> 16:53.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that they align in very progressive ways 16:53.466 --> 16:56.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% on issues such as this one, 16:56.333 --> 16:59.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I believe we're going to ultimately find our way 16:59.733 --> 17:02.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to an end in this conversation, 17:02.733 --> 17:06.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% but for now, politicians who believe they are rewarded 17:06.900 --> 17:11.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for articulating this view, and believe me, 17:11.066 --> 17:13.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I know Dan Patrick, and I know he feels he will be 17:13.700 --> 17:17.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% rewarded by doing this in the political world, 17:17.200 --> 17:20.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that he has his own political back 17:20.166 --> 17:22.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% by virtue of what he's doing, 17:22.233 --> 17:26.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the best way to denounce that is to kick him out of office 17:26.100 --> 17:27.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% the next time he runs. 17:27.566 --> 17:31.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (crowd cheers and applauds) 17:36.833 --> 17:39.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% - I'm gonna let you end there. 17:39.300 --> 17:40.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Let you have that one. 17:40.966 --> 17:44.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% You know this whole concept of as we go forward, 17:44.000 --> 17:45.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% this change may come organically, 17:45.466 --> 17:47.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% there is kind of an aging out of a perspective 17:47.466 --> 17:48.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that is more -- - There is, thank goodness. 17:48.933 --> 17:51.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% - So that in time, on this issue or other issues, 17:51.433 --> 17:53.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% there may be change that, from your perspective, 17:53.433 --> 17:54.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% is a positive accomplishment. 17:54.833 --> 17:56.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - That's right. 17:56.033 --> 17:57.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Uh, let's give Wendy Davis a big hand, 17:57.733 --> 17:59.133 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% thank you for being here. 17:59.133 --> 18:01.400 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (applause) 18:02.766 --> 18:06.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Thank you all for coming, we'll see you again. 18:06.966 --> 18:08.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Always a pleasure. 18:08.700 --> 18:09.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% - Thank you.