[Music] [Applause] As I stand on this stage, give me one moment of your time. Take five seconds in your head and list the top three causes which seem the most urgent to you. The ones that feel the most pressing, the most immediate.Have you listed them. Good. Was racial justice on the list for you.What about climate justice or gender justice. And to that I acknowledge how important it is to recognize that there are social issues. There is oppression which needs to be addressed urgently.But I also recognize t ...

Why do we encourage women to clip their wings and then let them wonder why they cannot fly. When we talk about women from marginalized cultural groups, many people picture women from remote niche communities, stranded islands, or even distant villages. But the truth is these women are present all around us in every neighborhood, street corner, and cafe.It's the indigenous woman restricted from dreaming beyond the boundaries and forced by her own community. It's the immigrant mother working multiple jobs, to ...