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Elise Stefanik
categories: Speeches, Victory Speech
Elise Stefanik Acceptance Speech- Nov. 4, 2014
November 4, 2014
Tonight we made a little history in the North Country. I am honored and humbled to be the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Congress, and to add an additional crack to the glass ceiling for future generations of women here tonight But this election, it’s not about me, it’s about all of you here tonight and the people of the 21st district. I want to begin by thanking each and every one of you here in this room. We are here tonight because you believed that Washington […]
Kathy Hochul
categories: Acceptance Speech, Speeches
Accepting the Lieutenant Governor Nomination - May 22, 2014
May 22, 2014
Thank you very much, thank you. So it is true, democrats like to shout. Thank you guys. Thank you so much, I am so thrilled to be here. First of all, thank you to all the democrats in the room, the support is incredible. I want to thank Leader Pelosi for that announcement. It reminded me when I was listening to her words of something she’s said to me my first day as a member of Congress, representing upstate New York. She said Cathy, never forget your title is U.S. […]
Heidi Heitkamp
categories: Speeches, Victory Speech
Senate Victory Speech- Nov. 8, 2012
November 8, 2012
You guys, I wanted so much to come back here and I can’t tell you how moved I am by all of you, once again, coming out to congratulate me. But the reason why I wanted to do this, is that I wanted to congratulate all of you. Every person in this room contributed to this event. Every person in this room contributed to this victory. Every person who manned a telephone, who wrote a check, who called their friends and neighbors, put up signs, and talked, and talked, and […]
Michelle Nunn
categories: Concession Speech, Speeches
Michelle Nunn Concedes in Georgia State Senate Race- Nov. 4, 2014
November 4, 2014
Thank y'all so much. I just talked to David Perdue and I offered him my very great congratulations, as Georgia's next US Senator. I want to thank both David Perdue and I want to thank Amanda Swafford for their commitment to public service, and for a very spirited campaign. At our best, we not only accept the electoral results, but we practice the art of bridge building, and reconciliation. I offered David my strongest possible support, as he works to unite Georgia, and to build bridges across party lines and […]
Emma Tenayuca
categories: Interview, Speeches
1930s San Antonio union movement - Feb. 21, 1987
February 21, 1987
THE INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES Oral History Office SUBJECT: Union movement, S.A., 1930s INTERVIEW WITH: Emma Tenayuca DATE: February 21, 1987 PLACE: Her home in San Antonio INTERVIEWER: Jerry Poyo P: Why don’t we just begin, then, with some of your family background...where was your family originally from? When did they originally come to San Antonio? T: Well, they came from the eastern colonies. And the eastern colonies, I think, were established about 1685, 1687. When San Antonio was El Presidio de San Antonio, established, there was need here to […]
Jessica González-Rojas
Speeches
Speaking Out for Reproductive Freedom - April 12 2014
April 21, 2014
Gonzalez-Rojas spoke at the Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) 2014 conference, "From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom," at Hampshire College. Buenos dias, CLPP! It is honor to be here and oh my gosh, I have to follow Monica. There's so many inspiring leaders and performers in this room tonight, so I'm just humbled to be here. It is truly an incredible time to be engaged in the struggle for reproductive justice. As a Latina, coming from immigrant family and a Puerto Rican family, […]
Jessica González-Rojas
Speeches
New Leaders for Reproductive Justice - March 17, 2013
March 17, 2013
Gonzalez-Rojas spoke to the National Council of Jewish Women as one of its "New Leaders for Reproductive Justice" at Washington Institute 2013. I don't know if I need to make the case why an organization like Latina Institute exists, but I do want to make the case – particularly to you all – but I do want to make the case why access to reproductive health care and abortion, what does that look like for the 24 million Latinas in this country today? And while we can't walk in her […]
Dolores Huerta
categories: Interview, Speeches
FRONTLINE interview - March 21, 2013
March 21, 2013
This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on March 21, 2013. INTERVIEWER: To somebody who knows nothing about the problems of sexual assault among female farmworkers, how did you become aware of it? HUERTA: I became aware of it as a young woman, and my mother would never let me work in the fields. She would tell me, “You can work in the packing sheds,” and at first I didn’t know why. And then when I actually did go out and work in the fields, then, like all […]
Dolores Huerta
categories: Interview, Speeches
Democracy Now! interview - March 31, 2008
March 31, 2008
This interview took place on what would have been the 81st birthday of labor activist Cesar Chavez. AMY GOODMAN: I’m joined now in Chicago by activist, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, longtime comrade of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta. Welcome to Democracy Now!, Dolores. HUERTA: Hi. How are you doing, Amy? GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. As you listen to Cesar Chavez, your thoughts? HUERTA: Well, we know that we still have a long way to go, that even though in California we were able to bring […]
Natalie Tennant
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Launches Campaign for Governor- April 18, 2011
April 18, 2011
I am not going to make you wait. I am running for governor of our wonderful state of West Virginia. Because West Virginia is at a crossroads right now. We have the opportunity to move forward like never before, with a new way of thinking and bold leadership. But we do have our challenges, we know that. Our unemployment has risen above the national average for the first time, and the global industry is threatening to pass us by. If our leaders are willing to work hard enough, and smart […]