of you to talk about that from your vantage point and your experience. are the difficulties that our communities and people are facing, is that acting as a break on certain kinds of political changes? if so, how do we break through that? are there also new ways of looking at the political scene that people are beginning to experience in your view, from where you sit at geoeye will throw that to you. you pointed to me. i think, if you look at what is happening not just in society today but what is also happening politically as well as in business, there is a dramatic shift taking place regardless of what we do as leaders. we see it in terms of a number of people who were registering as independents, that is having an effect. in business, we see change taking place, as well. there is now new technology and information, new systems that people can operate organizations are becoming flatter. we are watching the rise of what is called the exponential organization, that are being
all of us have overcome adversities and we made good of our lives. we can present issues at the grassroots people are experiencing right now. and solutions based on my expertise anyway. and of the solutions is making sure we have the open primaries. and we have independent debated processes because that word i want to say this in chicago politics right now. on behalf of what going on with african american leadership in chicago right now. believe it or not, i won 30 counties downstate. i had more problems with my own people. in chicago, african-american leaders came together to knock an african-american lady off the ballot. she stood a chance to really make a big difference in chicago. they are supporting him. we represent 47% of the voting. the votes this is not really about the race. when you have a voting bloc like that, use it to your advantage. they came together to knock the most qualified african-american female off the ballot. the system is playing a role with that
all the pain and misery, they had to get out here and help to build it. success is going to make the difference. in arizona, we created the central arizona sheller which was an organization we created while i was in office and was involved in pulling putting together. it is amazing how after we put corporate people on that board first they came up with very good processes and procedures. they keep the organization healthy. but they also became a voice to the other side. it s my concept that i think that would trust you today is understanding the importance of symbiotic mutualism. you have to find ways to bring these issues together. when that happens it s much more healthy for democracy and it has a much greater sustainability. [applause] homelessness is part of my platform in the state of illinois when i ran for government. so i keep that up there. hi, my name is adriana carry, i m a third year student at green borrow. i study human development, african-american st
the gentle man, the second from the end spoke about the difference between president obama and candidate obama. i believe candidate obama was the right guy at the right time. the difference between the people shows you know matter who you put in place they are to some degree corruptible by the system in place. the problem with candidate obama and so many dichotomies like that is the people that got him there, they said, we have done it. it will be ok. we need to stick around. the squeaky wheel got the grease. it happens to be the tea party. they were louder than us. that has affected the obama administration. my fear is a lot of what we have been talking about today is setting things up so people can show up two times a year, check a box, and hope it works. if these types of reforms pass it s going to be because of this because of people showing us getting together and making it happen, but if we pass reform and put the right people in place and don t stay on top of them, the
stigma that leave us jobless that leave us out of the educational system, that leave us having our children taken away at much higher rates than other people. i will have my voice heard wherever it will be heard. thank you. just to offer a comment on that i think what you are raising about a set of women s issues these aren t issues. these are what human life is about. we have a political system that last the capacity to respond to humanity in human ways. what we are trying to do in bringing about reform is that they can do that. that is what the movement stands for. that is what the fundamental principles are. i appreciate your statement. thank you. i don t want to add the mechanism on top of it, but i will. when only one person represents you, you get winner take all where dangerous perspectives or minority opinions or those in the minority have a hard time getting representation and millions of people can lose out from that. if you crack that open so more people are re