Obamas. This is one of my pinch mes, to be here with you. [applause] so i want to begin with i was stalking you last night on twitter and dont worry, you wont even know im there. And i noticed a tweet from you that i just want to get a little bit of a read about where we are right now in this moment because this has been a a troubling week for democracy in this country, and you tweeted a statement by the federal Elections Commission Ellen Weintraub expressing her dismay and distress, and the fact that she would not allow her office to endorse or abet a foreign power providing opposition information to a candidate in an election, which donald trump said he would accept. Im just wondering about that, what do you think about this moment and what do we all need to do to ensure that our elections are fair and free from corruption . Well, i have to say, i have conflicting feelings about social media. I have kind of a lovehate relationship with it. In a lot of ways, its brought us together to
[applause] the hon. London breed and let me say, today is about networking, today is about coming together, but we all have to remember is we still have challenges in this country. And part of what were challenged today is to take our knowledge, to take what we learned, to take this excitement and spread this all over the city and all over the board rooms, positions as c. E. O. S of fortune 500 companies. So the goal here is to sink in all this advanced knowledge and think about ways that we can put our best selves forward, but also, we always have to remember to reach back and pull up one another. Thats what today is all about, because ill tell you, had it not been for some of the most incredib incredible women in my community, the amazing mentors who looked out for me, i dont know where id be. Ill just tell you a quick story. My first job at age 14 was working as a place called the Family School. Now, i showed up the first day. Maybe i wasnt necessarily dressed like i am in my mayora
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