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Debbie Halvorson
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Women Fighting Together- Feb. 5, 2013
February 5, 2013
I just want to start by giving you a few facts, and then lead into what it is that I'm here to talk to you about. We as women, we are more than fifty percent of the electorate, we are more than 50 percent of the voting base, women hold 58 percent of the online purchases, women make eighty percent of all the health care decisions, 64 percent of moms are in the workforce. Thirty-five percent versus twenty-seven percent 35 percent women, 27 percent of men hold bachelor's degrees or […]
Angela D Merkel
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Official Opening of the Falling Walls Conference- Nov. 8, 2014
November 8, 2014
Professor Turner, Professor Mlynek, Professor Eissenhauer, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thinking, rethinking and thinking ahead – it is for this that you have come together today. David Chipperfield has provided inspiration with his monumental installation, which I too greatly admire. I welcome you all to Berlin – a city that has made history. The Falling Walls Conference links the past with the future in a significant way. It links the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago with a look to the future and the boundaries […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Rescuing the Dream of College Education for the Working Class Poor- June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015
Thank you. Thank you Mary Katherine. You know it is terrific to be here in a room full of people who value teaching. And also, a room full of wonks who want to talk about how we make college more affordable. This country is in trouble. We’re trying to build a 21st Century economy in a competitive world environment. The most basic building block of that economy is a highly educated workforce – today, 59% of American jobs require some post-secondary education, and that number will keep on growing.(1) But […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Speech on Racial Inequality - Sept. 27, 2015
September 27, 2015
Thank you. I'm grateful to be here at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. This place is a fitting tribute to our champion, Ted Kennedy. A man of courage, compassion, and a man of commitment, who taught us what public service is all about. Not a day goes by that we don't miss his passion, his enthusiasm, and - most of all - his dedication to working families. As the Senior Senator from Massachusetts, I have the great honor of sitting at Senator Kennedy's desk. The […]
Kyrsten Sinema
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks at 2015 HRC Gala - March 14, 2015
March 14, 2015
You guys are so sweet, all those people standing work for me. Thanks guys. Raises for everyone! Just kidding, I work for the federal government. Raises for no one. Wow, you all look fabulous. I am so excited to be here. Not because it’s HRC, I’m just so excited to be home in Arizona. It’s wonderful. Many of you probably know this but we saved the government yesterday. Don’t get too excited it’s only for 6 days. But I’m so glad we did, because all night last night I was […]
Chelsea Clinton
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Keynote at INBOUND 2015 - Sept. 11, 2015
September 11, 2015
Thank you to Dan for welcoming me, it is very humbling to follow Malala. Thank you to everyone involved in all the super fans for hosting me this morning. Thank you to everyone at the Boston Convention Center for welcoming me so warmly. I thought I would share a little bit about what I'm particularly excited to work on this year. I know that INBOUND is really focused on helping each of you share what you're most excited about, and collaborate with each other. So, I thought I would share […]
Diana Princess of Wales
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Responding To Landmines: A Modern Tragedy And Its Consequences- June 12, 1997
June 12, 1997
Keynote address at a one-day seminar co-hosted by the Mines Advisory Group and the Landmine Survivors Network. Ladies and Gentlemen, I must begin by saying how warmly I welcome this conference on landmines convened by the Mines Advisory Group and the Landmines Survivors' Network. It is so welcome because the world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on earth. Indeed, until my journey to Angola early this year - on which I am […]
Nancy Kassebaum Baker
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
The Impact of Women's Leadership: Challenges Ahead - March 13, 2007
March 13, 2007
Former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R-KS), delivered this lecture at the Dole Institute of Politics for the Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Leadership Lecture. Baker's speech begins at 9:44 in the video. I'm really honored to be invited to be a lecturer this evening at this special lecture series honoring Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad. I graduated in 1954, two years before Emily came to the University of Kansas. But I've been so impressed with those whose lives have been touched by the leadership she gave both here at […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Announcing New Funding for Military Families - Jan 26, 2010
January 26, 2010
Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much. All right, everyone, take a seat, and have a glass of wine -- (laughter) -- all right, because I'm going to sell you guys out. (Laughter.) They were passing around a little glass, and I was like, what's that? (Laughter.) So please feel free. Don't wait till I leave when the desserts come out to get the wine. (Laughter.) I'm really thrilled to be here. Thank you, Holly, for your kind introduction and for your support of our Air Force families and for […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Keynote Address, Speeches
Remarks to American Servicewomen- March 9, 2009
March 9, 2009
All right, you're all invited. (Laughter.) No, I think that's an excellent idea. Jocelyn, where are you? She's my policy director. She'll be working on that. (Laughter.) I want to thank the General for that kind introduction, and to thank her for her lifetime of service to this nation in the United States Air Force and as the leader of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. I just did a tour with the General, and this is an amazing asset to this nation. It's something that many of […]