The but the most wonderful thing was following that, she asked me to join the board of her foundation, and i did. And i was a member of the California State Assembly at that time, and all of the ideas i had are trying to create opportunities for women, becoming a feminist. I took those ideas to the California State Legislature and was able to get many of them signed into law, and one that ill just share with you was, at the time that i was in the California State Assembly, Insurance Companies would not pay for the buildup after a mastectomy. They said it was cosmetic surgery. I was a feminist. I wasnt going for that. And so because of my being able to serve on the board and witness all of these proposals, it came in up solicited, i learned, to move on things like that, and of course i had it signed into law, but my life changed because of Gloria Steinem and ended up in new york every month or so, and let so many different people met so many different people, and gloria was i had not me
In this beautiful, beautiful space. I just want to thank esther and jackie and all of the people here. Please give them a hand. They are doing an incredible job with this wonderful space. We share with a real mission as you know, she will be talking about her new book called my life on the road. We were counting up for previous books. There are a bunch of bestsellers on the list. We think this is her 7th. In any case she is very prolific. Once you read this i am sure you will find it as telling and engaging as a writing always is. Now, to do a proper introduction would take up the entire hour which i dont think you want to do, and that is because of the number of posits she has championed, advocacy she has received and nurtured articles and essays a book she has written, campaigns she is organized, magazines she has launched and the awards she has one. I will mention the top highlights. She was the cofounder of ms. Man editor for many years. [applause] founded the National Womens polit
[applause] welcome, everyone. Moderatoryour evening. We are here tonight to explore how women become political. We will look at the past in the present and consider the future, too. Remarks and asome panel. Elizabeth warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. Someone has to work. She is there to work in the senate. [applause] however, she has made a short video for us that we will share in place of the remarks she would have given. During the evening we invite you to tweet and send womquestions at enpoli2013. Also a reminder. Silence your cell phones right now. To silence theg cell phones . Good. And for those who could not attend tonight, the good news is that the event is being taped by committee fornt viewing the event at the website and by cspan for viewing later on this fall. Togethert has come through the tremendous efforts of a great many people and organizations. The program book gives a complete details. We want to highlight the three most important.
Both sides will exchange reversible concessions for reversible concessions and you reversible concessions for you irreversible concessions for irreversible concessions. Thank you. That is a great place to stop. Underlying all of this is the bitter history of the u. S. And iran. No one better to talk about that then john, who has experienced it in many different ways. Is this really going to make a difference between the u. S. And iran . As our iranian friends like to say, there are only two possibilities. It either will or it wont. So there we are. It is quite simple. They have been speaking and writing very sensibly about iran for many years. This is a very passionate subject in this town. I tell my students at the Naval Academy one could spend his life going to iran in events in washington, whether it is the wilson center, the foundation for the defense of democracy. View. Ideological point of you would never run out of subjects to talk about. It is an issue that a small number of pe
I know it is not the only answer, but behavior modification is one piece when people start to be rewarded by observation. And i can speak from being a midwesterner myself and seeing a lot of people in this area of the country and this age group specifically respond very well to that. I do not disagree with you at all. My mother had a famous saying a minute on your lips, forever on your hips. I got that a long time ago. Still, that is the way it goes. The bottom line is you can only change your behavior if the environment allows for it. When 600,000 food items have 80 adulteration by added sugar, it is awfully hard to change your behavior in a toxic environment. The toxic environment has to improve in order for you to be able to manifest those changes in behavior. That is what i would say. And to sustain them over time. That is all, thank you. That is all the time we have. I would like to remind you rob will stick around a little bit to sign his book. Finally, i would like to thank him.