[crowd noise] please welcome founding partner, tory burch foundations president , laurie. [applause] good afternoon. How was lunch . I hope you all eight. Ate. You saw alexis and gloria and a these of people had on very cool tshirts that says embrace ambition. That was part of our campaign that we launched last march. With some incredible women. I will show it to you now. Can we role that videotape . [video clip] i am ambitious. We will not hide it. Women are made to be ambious. I will dream big. We will take risk. We will rise. Rise above the negativity. No longer will ambition and a woman be seen as a negative. Never give up on your goals. We will model ambition for our daughters. I will help women around the world. You have to persevere. Women are tough. Strong. Ambition is feminine. Ambition is empowering. I can think of a lot of dirty words, ambition is not one of them. Ambition is sexy. What is your ambition . To help more women run for office. Help Women Entrepreneurs. Create po
[crowd noise] announcer please welcome founding partner, Tory Burch Foundations president , laurie. [applause] laurie good afternoon. I hope you all ate. You saw alexis and gloria and a number of people had on these very cool tshirts that says embrace ambition. That was part of our campaign that we launched last march with some incredible women. I will show it to you now. Can we role that videotape . We will not hide it. Im ambitious. We embrace ambition. Women are made to be ambitious. We will take risk. Not live in fear. We will rise together. Rise above negativity. No longer will a woman be seen as a negative. Dont apologize. Never give up on your goals. We will model ambition for our daughters. And our sons. I will help women around the world. You have to persevere. Women are tough. Strong. Powerful. We have got to be a part of this. Ambition is feminine. Ambition is empowering. Ambition is not a dirty word. I can think of a lot of dirty words, ambition is not one of them. Ambition
You saw alexis and gloria and a number of people had on these very cool tshirts that says embrace ambition. That was part of our campaign that we launched last march with some incredible women. I will show it to you now. Can we role that videotape . We will not hide it. Im ambitious. We embrace ambition. Women are made to be ambitious. We will take risk. Not live in fear. We will rise together. Rise above negativity. No longer will a woman be seen as a negative. Dont apologize. Never give up on your goals. We will model ambition for our daughters. And our sons. I will help women around the world. You have to persevere. Women are tough. Strong. Powerful. We have got to be a part of this. Ambition is feminine. Ambition is empowering. Ambition is not a dirty word. I can think of a lot of dirty words, ambition is not one of them. Ambition is sexy. What is your ambition . To help more women run for office. Help Women Entrepreneurs. Empower women financially. Create powerful images. Change p
The United States has one of the highest incarceration rate in the world. There are Racial Disparities in conviction and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Talking about criminal Justice Reform and how to approach the issue. I am pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcauliffe to the brookings institute. Many of you know him as governor of the commonwealth of virginia. Jobs andrked to create build a 21st century economy. Tois also committed bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in inuts will, charlottesville, he spoke out forcefully about hatred and bigotry. He has been a trailblazer in restoring civil Voting Rights for those released from prison. During his time in office, he restored Voting Rights to thousands of extra lens in virginia. Thousands of exfelons in virginia. Please join me in welcoming governor mcauliffe. [applause] think you for joining me for joiningank you me today. It is
We set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. So youre welcomed to post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and convictions and disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about this bject im pleased to welcome Governor Terry mccauliffe. He is a lifelong entrepreneur. He was elected in 2013 and worked to create jobs and build a 21st century economy. But hes committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence in charlottesville he spoke out forcefully against hatred and bigotry. And just over the weekend he hosted a family day at a juvenile Correctional Center which brought together inmates and family members. Hes been a trailblazer in restoring civil