In. Ks for taking us [laughter] sen. Harris at the last minute as you all know. Because you are here and you shifted the plan and you came here. I want to thank you on a rainy afternoon for being here. Very touched, so thank you. I am Kamala Harris, i am running for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris and so i wanted to share with you a couple of my thoughts and i am forward to taking questions. As you probably heard me say before, i fully intend to win this election. I really do. Part of the measure of our success is going to be at the end of this process that we are relevant. And in order to ensure that, it is important to me that i and we listen as much as i talk, especially at this stage of the campaign, so i am here to listen as much as i am to talk but i will share with you a couple of thoughts. Lets get a big shout out for naral. Yay. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris there we are. So i thank you for cohosting this meet and greet and i want to thank
Good afternoon and welcome, everybody. We are in for certainly an important and informative discussion. Im the president and ceo of the u. S. Global leadership coalition. U. S. Glc is really honored to cohost todays event. I want to welcome a very special guest, ivanka trump and us aid administrator mark green. Todays Program Marks the first public event in the u. S. Of Womens Global Development and prosperity initiative. Today youll hear more about the launch of wgdp fund. This is an opportunity to highlight a Game Changing initiative dedicated to unleash the full potential of women in the developing world and to hear about some innovative activities and inaugural partners. Now, for the men in this room, no offense to you, but a topic like this, who could go wrong . The usglc has been really pleased to be part of this initiative almost from the beginning. Ivanka, i remember early on when our board had the opportunity to meet with you over in the white house compound, and your inspirin
You where so many hats. Wear so many hats. I am so honored to have your support. In. Ks for taking us [laughter] sen. Harris at the last minute as you all know. Because you are here and you shifted the plan and you came here. I want to thank you on a rainy afternoon for being here. Very touched, so thank you. I am kamala harris, i am running for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris and so i wanted to share with you a couple of my thoughts and i am forward to taking questions. As you probably heard me say before, i fully intend to win this election. I really do. Part of the measure of our success is going to be at the end of this process that we are relevant. And in order to ensure that, it is important to me that i and we listen as much as i talk, especially at this stage of the campaign, so i am here to listen as much as i am to talk but i will share with you a couple of thoughts. Lets get a big shout out for naral. Yay. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris t
This is just over an hour. [applause] Kamala Kamala kamala sen. Harris you are amazing. Thank you so very much. Can we give it up to one of the great leaders of iowa and you wear so you do, many hats. Youre always a voice for some of people. I am so honored to have your support. Thank you for everything. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thanks for taking us in. [laughter] sen. Harris at the last minute, because you are here and you shifted the plan and you came here. I want to thank you on a rainy afternoon for being here. I am very touched. So thank you. I am Kamala Harris, i am running for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] sen. Harris and so i wanted to share with you a couple of my thoughts and i am looking forward to taking questions. As you probably heard me say before, i fully intend to win this election. I really do. Part of the measure of our success is going to be at the end of this process that we are relevant. And in order to ensure that, it is important
Mark, we have been pleased to join you in discussions with you and your team for bringing your expertise on Global Development to the table. I know i was pleased to join both of you at the oval office at the signing of w gdp and we were very proud to work with capitol hill on the passage of the womens entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment act and we have some members of congress who will be talking about that shortly. The truth is there are a few agendas that bring together people and that are as compelling and as unifying as the one we are going to talk about today. In this town it is quite nice that we have a topic that does that. Gathered here is a wide array of stakeholders that have come together because they believe in the initiative we will be talking about. I see friends from the administration, from the white house, state department, friends from capitol hill from both sides of the aisle. The leaders are also known as the strange bedfellow coalition because we bring togeth