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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

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MY NAME IS PAMELA OLIVER, AND

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OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY,

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INCLUSION.

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IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO

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INTRODUCE DR. MONICA

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BERTAGNOLLI, 17th DIRECTOR OF

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF

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HEALTH.

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YES.

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[APPLAUSE]

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DR. BERTAGNOLLI NOMINATED BY

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PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CONFIRMED IN

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2023 BRINGS A WEALTH OF

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EXPERIENCE AS A

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SURGEON BUT ALSO THE SECOND

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WOMAN TO HOLD THIS IMPORTANT

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HAVING GROWN UP IN RURAL

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WYOMING, DR. BERTAGNOLLI CAN

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ATTEST TO THE CHALLENGES FACED

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BY RURAL COMMUNITIES IN

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HER PURSUIT OF ACCESSIBILITY AND

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TODAY, DR. BERTAGNOLLI MAKES IT

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A PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT

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AGENCIES' RESEARCH IS INNOVATIVE

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AND ACESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.

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REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC

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SHE WORKS TIRELESSLY TO BREAK

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COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THOSE THAT

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ENSURING THAT THEY TOO CAN

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SHE IS AN ADVOCATE FOR

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TRIALS, HARNESSING ADVANCED

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TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CARE FOR

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ALL AND FOSTERING PUBLIC TRUST

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION FOR OUR

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WARM

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WELCOME TO DR. BERTAGNOLLI.

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>> WELL, HELLO, EVERYONE.

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I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TO

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SEE YOU ALL AND BE ABLE TO

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PARTICIPATE IN THIS REALLY

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IMPORTANT EVENT.

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WELCOME TO THE 2024 EDI FORUM,

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WHICH HAS THE THEME "UNITY AND

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DIVERSITY, BUILDING A STRONGER

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NIH COMMUNITY THROUGH DEIA."

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I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT AN

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INCREDIBLE HONOR IT IS TO SERVE

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AS THE DIRECTOR OF NIH.

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AS WE BOTH GATHER IN PERSON AND

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VIRTUALLY, I HOPE WE HAVE MANY

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PEOPLE PARTICIPATING THAT WAY AS

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I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR

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MAKING THE TIME TO ATTEND.

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I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE

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WHO WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS

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EVENT A SUCCESS, CONFERENCES,

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CAPSTONES OF THE OFFICE OF

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EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION,

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ONE THAT WE NOW PLAN TO

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UNDERTAKE EVERY YEAR.

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YOU SEE, THIS IS THE INAUGURAL

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DEIA FORUM.

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WE EXPECT IT TO BE AN ANNUAL

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EVENT AT NIH.

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WE ARE MAKING A LONG-TERM

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COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY,

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INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY.

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DEIA.

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AND CONFERENCES LIKE THIS ONE

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ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO

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AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO A

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CULTURE THAT WELCOMES EVERYONE.

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WE'RE FORTUNATE TO WORK IN AN

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AGENCY WITH AN INSPIRING MISSION

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TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPROVE

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HEALTH FOR ALL PEOPLE.

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AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE

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IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY AND THE

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WORLD WE MUST ALSO MAKE SURE

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RIGHT HERE WITHIN THE NIH

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COMMUNITY EVERYONE FEELS SAFE,

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VALUED, AND INCLUDED.

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SO, LET ME JUST GIVE A LITTLE

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PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ARE YOU

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MIGHT HAVE HEARD BY NOW I REFER

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TO MYSELF AS BEING AN ODD DUCK.

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I DEFINITELY SPENT TIME EARLY IN

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MY CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE

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THERE WERE NO WOMEN.

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THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OF COLOR IN

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MY ENVIRONMENT.

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THERE WERE NO PEOPLE WHO CAME

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FROM A RURAL LOCATION, SOMEBODY

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FROM THE STICKS.

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REALLY, REALLY HARD TO FIT IN.

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AND TO PROVE THAT I WAS WORTHY

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OF BEING THERE.

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YOU'RE AN ODD DUCK, WHEN YOU

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FEEL LIKE YOU'RE KIND OF ON THE

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FRINGE, YOU'RE NOT SOMEONE WHO

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NECESSARILY BELONGS AND YOU ARE

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WORKING SO HARD TO PROVE THAT

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YOU BELONG.

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WELL, THAT'S BALONEY, I'LL TELL

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THE ONE THING I LEARNED OVER MY

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CAREER, IT'S NOT ABOUT FITTING

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JOYOUSLY CELEBRATING WHO YOU ARE

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AND WHAT YOU BRING.

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THE LAST THING WE WANT --

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WE DON'T WANT TO PUT A BUNCH OF

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ROUND PEGS IN ROUND HOLES.

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WE WANT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, AND

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THE MAGIC THAT YOU BRING BY ALL

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OF YOUR AMAZING PERSPECTIVES.

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CULTURAL, SOCIAL, IN EVERY

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THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY IS

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THAT EACH OF US PLAYS A REALLY

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CRITICAL ROLE IN CREATING A

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SUPPORTIVE AND HEALTHY

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ENVIRONMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE

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ACCEPTED, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE

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OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

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FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU

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KNOW, IT'S CLEAR WE UNDERSTAND

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THIS.

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HARASSMENT AT NIH.

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THAT'S LIKE THE GROUND FLOOR, OF

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COURSE.

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WE'RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THAT

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COMPLETELY BUT GO SO MUCH MORE

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BEYOND IN RECOGNIZING EVERYONE'S

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UNIQUENESS AND UNIQUE

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NOW, BUILDING A MODEL WORKFORCE

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WITH AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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REQUIRES SUPPORT FROM AGENCY

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LEADERSHIP, I'M PROUD TO FOLLOW

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DR. FRANCIS COLLINS, DR. LARRY

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TABAK, WHO WERE COMMITTED TO

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AT

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NIH, AND WE DO HAVE I BELIEVE A

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MODEL EEO PROGRAM WHERE GOALS

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ARE INTEGRATED INTO AN AGENCY'S

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MISSION WHERE MANAGEMENT AND

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PROGRAMS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO

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THESE GOALS.

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WHERE WE WORK TO PREVENT

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UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION AND

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WHERE WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE

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PROBLEMS THAT ARISE.

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WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.

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PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND

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SEE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TODAY.

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SO, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS YOU

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HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR MANY

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INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE

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TALKS.

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YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT DEIA BEST

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PRACTICES, EDI STAFF, COMMUNITY

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NETWORK PARTERS, ALL THESE

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BRILLIANT PEOPLE HAVE MANY IDEAS

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THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND YOU'RE

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GOING TO BRING YOUR OWN TO THEM.

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SO PLEASE BE A VERY BIG PART OF

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THE CONVERSATION.

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I'LL ALSO SAY IF YOU SEE

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SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

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THAT OLD EXPRESSION, RIGHT? 

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WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE

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PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EMBRACING

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ACCEPTANCE OF EVERYONE IN OUR

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WORKFORCE, AND SO I'M NOT SAYING

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WE WANT AN ADVERSARIAL

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ENVIRONMENT BUT WHAT I AM SAYING

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IS IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANYTHING

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THAT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT,

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JUST REACH OUT.

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YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THE STAFF

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IN THE OFFICE.

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YOU CAN REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUAL

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PEOPLE.

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I THINK FACING PEOPLE WITH OPEN

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HANDS IS THE VERY BEST WAY TO GO

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AND KIND OF CURLING UP IN A BALL

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AND AVOIDING IT IS NOT SOMETHING

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WE EVER WANT ANYONE TO DO.

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HELP.

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SO, FINALLY, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE

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YOU TO VISIT THE ACCESSIBILITY

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ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH

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MOTHER OF A DISABLED SON IS ALSO

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INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

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WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO GO

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THERE TOO, TO MAKE SURE OUR

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FRIENDS WITH DISABILITIES ARE

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WELCOMED.

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THE ACCESSIBILITY SUITE

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SHOWCASES THE LATEST ASSISTIVE

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TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO

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EMPLOYEES.

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YOU CAN ALSO STOP BY TABLES THAT

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FEATURE OUR EMPLOYEE RESEARCH

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GROUPS FORMED AROUND COMMON

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INTERESTS.

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SO, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO

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INTRODUCE CHERYL CAMPBELL,

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ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

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ADMINISTRATION AT HHS.

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WE'RE JUST PLEASED TO HAVE HER

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HERE WITH US TODAY.

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HER OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

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DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY,

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COST-EFFECTIVE, TIMELY MISSION

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SUPPORT FOR HHS IN A WIDE RANGE

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OF AREAS INCLUDING HUMAN

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RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, EEO, AND

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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

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SHE HAS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED

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BACKGROUND AS AN EXECUTIVE

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HEALTH I.T. PROFESSIONAL, HAS

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BEEN WORKING AS HEAD OF THE

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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT

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SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION

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SINCE MARCH 2021.

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SO, CHERYL, WELCOME.

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[APPLAUSE] 

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>> FIGHTING ABOVE YOUR
WEIGHT,

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IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PROMINENCE,

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TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS, TO MAKE A

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DIFFERENCE, YOU MUST FIRST BE

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CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF.

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I FIRST STAND HERE BEFORE YOU

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AND I DEFINE MYSELF AS I'M A

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DAUGHTER, I AM A SISTER, I AM A

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GRANDDAUGHTER, I AM A WIFE, I AM

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A MOM.

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I AM A COUSIN.

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I'M AN AUNTIE, I LIKE TO SAY I'M

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THE BEST AUNTIE BEFORE.

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I'M A BESTIE.

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I'M A COLLEAGUE.

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I'M A MENTOR.

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I'M A COACH.

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I'M A SOUNDING BOARD.

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I'M A ROLE MODEL.

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I AM A FIRST.

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I AM A TORCH BARRIER, I AM

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DIVERSITY, I AM EQUITY, AND I'M

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INCLUSIVITY.

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AND MOST IMPORTANT FOR TODAY, I

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LOVE TO SAY I'M A CIVIL SERVANT.

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SO I WANT TO GIVE ALL OF YOU A

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ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING

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CIVIL SERVANTS THAT YOU ARE.

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[APPLAUSE]

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MAYA ANGELOU SAID IT BEST, MY

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MISSION IS NOT LIFE IS NOT

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MERELY TO SURVIVE BUT THRIVE

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WITH PASSION, COMPASSION, HUMAN,

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AND MOST IMPORTANT DO IT WITH

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SOME STYLE.

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THIS IS WHAT DIVERSITY IS ALL

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ABOUT.

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INDIVIDUALISM.

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THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO

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HAVE DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE.

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SO HELLO, EVERYONE.

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THANK YOU, DR. MONICA

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BERTAGNOLLI.

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IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON

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FINALLY.

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THAT WAS A LOVELY INTRODUCTION.

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WHEN I INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB

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AND YOU SAID IT JUST A MINUTE

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AGO, THEY SAID IT'S A REALLY BIG

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JOB.

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I SAID I NEVER HEARD OF A JOB

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BEING DESCRIBED AS "A BIG JOB"

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BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE, AN

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HONOR TO BE HERE AT THIS FORUM.

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I'M ALWAYS THRILLED TO BE ON

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NIH'S CAMPUS.

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I FEEL SMARTER.

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I FEEL LIKE OUR WORLD IS BETTER

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FOR IT.

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SO I AM JUST THRILLED.

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I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO

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THE ACCESSIBILITY AREA EARLIER,

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AND I AM HUMBLED TO KNOW THE

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GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO HERE AT

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THE NIH.

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I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TO KICK

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OFF WHAT I AM SURE TO BE AN

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INSPIRING IMPACTFUL EVENT FOR

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TODAY.

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LET'S FIRST GIVE A ROUND OF

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APPLAUSE FOR THE INAUGURAL EVENT

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BECAUSE FIRST IT TOOK VISION.

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IT TOOK VISION.

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AND HERE YOU ARE.

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IMPLEMENTING YOUR VISION THAT

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YOU PUT IN PLACE OVER A YEAR

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AGO.

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SO GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF

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APPLAUSE.

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[APPLAUSE] 

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SO OF COURSE YOU CAN'T DO IT

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WITHOUT HAVING SOMEONE AT THE

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LEADERSHIP.

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I ALSO WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT

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FOR YOUR OFFICE OF DIVERSITY,

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EQUITY, INCLUSION LED BY

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DIRECTOR KEVIN WILLIAMS.

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KEVIN, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP

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AND LET EVERYONE SEE YOU, LET

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PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 

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I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD ROCK STAR

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STATUS.

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THAT'S PRETTY SERIOUS.

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THAT WAS A REAL LOUD APPLAUSE

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FOR YOU.

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FINALLY I WANT TO THANK YOU TO

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BE PART OF THIS VALUABLE EVENT.

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I SAY VALUABLE BECAUSE IT'S

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EVENTS LIKE THESE THAT PUSH

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FORWARD PRESIDENT BIDEN'S

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 14035 TO

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ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT-WIDE

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INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE DIVERSITY,

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EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND

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ACCESSIBILITY IN ALL PARTS OF

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THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE.

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I'M PROUD TO WORK FOR AN

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ADMINISTRATION THAT VALUES THESE

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PRINCIPLES AND INSTILL DEIA IN

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EVERY FACET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

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IT HAS BEEN A PASSION OF MINE

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FROM THE MOMENT I ENTERED THE

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DOORS THREE YEARS AGO.

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SO, AS THE FIRST WOMAN AND WOMAN

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OF COLOR TO SERVE IN THE ROLE AS

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AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

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ADMINISTRATION I UNDERSTAND HOW

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CRUCIAL IT IS TO SPEND THE TIME

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TO ENSURE OUR ACTIVITIES PROMOTE

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EQUITY WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OUR

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ORGANIZATIONS.

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A PERSONAL INSPIRATION FOR ME,

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MICHELLE OBAMA ONCE SAID WHEN

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YOU WORKED HARD, AND HAVE DONE

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WELL, AND WALKED THROUGH THAT

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DOORWAY OF OPPORTUNITY, YOU DO

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NOT SLAM THE DOOR BEHIND YOU.

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YOU REACH BACK AND YOU GIVE

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OTHERS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES

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THAT PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN YOU.

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WELL, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THE

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DOOR IS WIDE OPEN.

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IT IS WIDE OPEN FOR EACH AND

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EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ADVANCE YOUR

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CAREERS WHERE YOU WANT IT TO GO.

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SO BRINGING DEIA BEST PRACTICES

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FROM FROM TEAM BUILDING,

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RECRUITING, IMPROVING HEALTH

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OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IS

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HOW WE KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR

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OTHERS AND BUILD A BRIGHTER

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FUTURE FOR US ALL.

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IT'S INSPIRING TO SEE A PROLIFIC

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ORGANIZATION LIKE NIH EMBRACING

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THIS WORK AND DEDICATING

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PRECIOUS RESOURCES TO BUILDING

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AWARENESS SO ALL OF YOU HERE CAN

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THRIVE IN THE ORGANIZATION.

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PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID ONCE, THE

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VALUE OF A PERSON IS HOW THEY

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SPEND THEIR MONEY.

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HOW YOU ORGANIZE YOUR BUDGET.

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THE FACT THAT YOU'RE  DEDICATING

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TIME, RESOURCES, BUDGET, SAYS

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THIS IS A PRIORITY.

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THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

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THANK YOU FOR STEPPING OUTSIDE

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OF YOUR ROUTINES AND

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RESPONSIBILITIES TO LEARN HOW TO

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IMPLEMENT DEIA WITHIN YOUR TEAMS

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AND ORGANIZATIONS AT SUCH A

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LARGE AGENCY.

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YOU ARE EACH A SHINING EXAMPLE

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OF WHAT IT MEANS TO CHAMPION AND

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PROTECT EQUITY.

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UNITY AND DIVERSITY, I LOVE THAT

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THEME, THERE'S POWER.

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THERE IS POWER IN UNITY.

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AND THERE'S POWER IN PRIORITIZES

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DEIA POLICIES AND PROGRAMS.

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AS OPRAH EXPLAINED, SOMETIME I'D

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LIKE TO HAVE MY NAME BE JUST

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LIKE OPRAH.

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CHERYL.

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OH, IT'S YOU.

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AS OPRAH EXPLAINED, NO MATTER

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WHO YOU ARE, OR WHAT YOU LOOK

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LIKE, OR WHAT YOU MAY BELIEVE,

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IT IS BOTH POSSIBLE AND MORE

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IMPORTANTLY IT BECOMES POWERFUL

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TO COME TOGETHER IN COMMON

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PURPOSE AND COMMON EFFORT.

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THAT DEFINES YOUR EVENT FOR THE

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NEXT TWO DAYS.

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DEIA FOCUSED INITIATIVES HELP

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ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS

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UNCONSCIOUS BIAS,

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DISCRIMINATION, AND UNFAIR

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TREATMENT THAT MAY EXIST WITHIN

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THEIR TEAMS.

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A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT VALUES

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EQUITY AND INCLUSION WILL BRING

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YOU ALL WITH A BEST SET OF

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CIRCUMSTANCES TO GROW AND ADAPT,

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SUCCEED IN YOUR JOBS AND SUPPORT

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ONE ANOTHER.

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AND WHEN TEAMS FEEL SAFE AND

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SUPPORTED, WE CREATE A STRONGER

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WORKFORCE THAT HAS MORE CAPACITY

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TO FOCUS ON MISSION CRITICAL

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WORK.

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WHAT YOU LEARNED HERE OVER THE

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NEXT COUPLE DAYS WILL HELP YOU

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FORGE A BETTER WORLD.

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THAT IS THE POWER.

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THAT IS YOUR POWER.

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OF COURSE, FORGING A BETTER

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WORLD DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT

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EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES.

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IT TAKES INTENTIONAL AND

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INCREMENTAL CHANGE AND AT TIMES

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CHANGE CAN FEEL LIKE YOU'RE

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MOVING BACKWARDS RATHER THAN

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FORWARD.

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SO JUST THINK ABOUT THE

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CATERPILLAR.

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ITS JOURNEY TO BECOME A

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BUTTERFLY ISN'T SIMPLE.

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THE CATERPILLAR TURNS ITSELF

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INTO ALMOST A LIQUID FORM, GETS

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REBUILT, CELLS AND STRUCTURES

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GET REARRANGED BEFORE IT CAN

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TRANSFORM INTO THE BEAUTIFUL

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BUTTERFLY WE ALL ADMIRE.

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CHANGE CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE.

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I'M SURE IT'S NOT COMFORTABLE

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FOR THE CATERPILLAR.

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BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE EFFORT

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ISN'T WORTH IT.

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IN THE CASE OF EQUITY,

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DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION, OUR

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EFFORTS ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE

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THESE PRINCIPLES DIRECTLY AFFECT

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PEOPLE'S LIVES.

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SO I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A

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QUICK EXAMPLE OF HOW HHS

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HEADQUARTERS IS TACKLING

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CHALLENGES WE'VE ENCOUNTERED

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IMPLEMENTING DEIA POLICIES WITH

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THE HOPE OF  INSPIRING YOUR OWN

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COMMITMENT TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE

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HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

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IT IS NOT EASY.

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WHEN THE SECRETARY TALKED ABOUT

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IMPLEMENTING DEIA, HE SAID, IT

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WILL BE THE TOUGHEST JOB THAT WE

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WILL HAVE.

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BECAUSE YOU'RE CHANGING CULTURE.

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YOU'RE CHANGING MIND SHARE.

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NOT EASY TO ACHIEVE.

520
00:19:28,769 --> 00:19:31,438
SO WE LEARNED QUICKLY IT TAKES

521
00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:34,041
UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO

522
00:19:34,041 --> 00:19:34,975
RESTRUCTURE LONGSTANDING

523
00:19:34,975 --> 00:19:36,676
POLICIES AND INSTILL DEIA

524
00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,645
PRINCIPLES INTO OUR WAYS OF

525
00:19:38,645 --> 00:19:39,713
WORKING.

526
00:19:39,713 --> 00:19:44,117
YOU MUST HAVE RELIABLE DATA,

527
00:19:44,117 --> 00:19:45,852
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT,

528
00:19:45,852 --> 00:19:46,820
LEADERSHIP CONSTRUCTION,

529
00:19:46,820 --> 00:19:50,257
RELEVANT PROGRAMMING, AND A

530
00:19:50,257 --> 00:19:52,759
CULTURE OF COLLABORATION, NOT TO

531
00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:54,628
MENTION TIME AND BUDGET.

532
00:19:54,628 --> 00:19:57,230
HHS HAS WORKED HARD TO

533
00:19:57,230 --> 00:20:00,434
PRIORITIZE AND ESTABLISH ITS OWN

534
00:20:00,434 --> 00:20:02,602
DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN, IT TOOK A

535
00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:10,143
COLLABORATIVE  ITERATIVE PROCES,

536
00:20:10,143 --> 00:20:13,747
INCLUDING LACK OF EXISTING

537
00:20:13,747 --> 00:20:14,848
STRUCTURE TO COORDINATE

538
00:20:14,848 --> 00:20:16,183
DEPARTMENT-WIDE INITIATIVES AND

539
00:20:16,183 --> 00:20:18,585
COMPLETE HHS WORK FORCE

540
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,020
DEMOGRAPHIC AND ORGANIZATION

541
00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:23,190
CULTURE DATA TO INFORM DECISION

542
00:20:23,190 --> 00:20:24,291
MAKING, AND INSUFFICIENT

543
00:20:24,291 --> 00:20:26,693
UNDERSTANDING OF BARRIERS TO

544
00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:28,895
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, AS IT

545
00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,530
PERTAINS TO DEIA.

546
00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,032
CHANGE WAS NOT SIMPLE OR

547
00:20:32,032 --> 00:20:32,332
COMFORTABLE.

548
00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:36,103
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD

549
00:20:36,103 --> 00:20:37,537
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE HELPING HHS

550
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,806
SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON

551
00:20:39,806 --> 00:20:40,941
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

552
00:20:40,941 --> 00:20:44,311
AND WHAT HELPED US GET THERE

553
00:20:44,311 --> 00:20:45,512
LEVERAGING LEADERSHIP AND

554
00:20:45,512 --> 00:20:48,014
INVESTING IN GOOD DATA, AND

555
00:20:48,014 --> 00:20:49,649
COLLABORATING WITH EMPATHY.

556
00:20:49,649 --> 00:20:51,651
YOU CANNOT HAVE A COHESIVE

557
00:20:51,651 --> 00:20:54,287
STRATEGY WITHOUT A CLEAR VISION,

558
00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:56,890
AND DEFINITIVE VOICES LEADING

559
00:20:56,890 --> 00:20:57,691
THE WAY.

560
00:20:57,691 --> 00:21:03,663
SECRETARY  BECERRA SAID A

561
00:21:03,663 --> 00:21:04,798
COMMITMENT TO DEIA NEEDS TO

562
00:21:04,798 --> 00:21:06,967
START AT THE TOP.

563
00:21:06,967 --> 00:21:12,339
HE PUT IN EACH OF HIS SENIOR

564
00:21:12,339 --> 00:21:13,874
EXECUTIVES PERFORMANCE PLANS,

565
00:21:13,874 --> 00:21:15,842
YOUR DEIA STRATEGY, AND HOW ARE

566
00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:18,812
YOU GOING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING

567
00:21:18,812 --> 00:21:20,981
THAT STRATEGY.

568
00:21:20,981 --> 00:21:23,483
HE MEASURED HIS LEADERSHIP

569
00:21:23,483 --> 00:21:26,353
AROUND DEIA. 

570
00:21:26,353 --> 00:21:27,888
HE HELD HIS LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE

571
00:21:27,888 --> 00:21:32,359
FROMMIC  TAKING THE LEAD AND

572
00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:37,531
SETTING THE TONE TO MAKING

573
00:21:37,531 --> 00:21:40,167
PROGRESS, TO PROVIDE STRUCTURE,

574
00:21:40,167 --> 00:21:41,234
CREATING THE DEIA OPERATIONS

575
00:21:41,234 --> 00:21:43,770
COUNCIL WHICH I'M SURE MANY OF

576
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:45,205
YOU REMEMBER.

577
00:21:45,205 --> 00:21:46,573
THIS BODY COORDINATES THE

578
00:21:46,573 --> 00:21:48,375
OPERATIONS BEHIND THE STRATEGIC

579
00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:51,077
PLAN AND ENSURES CONSISTENCY

580
00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:53,213
ACROSS WORK STREAMS, WE LEARNED

581
00:21:53,213 --> 00:21:55,048
TO BRING LEADERSHIP IN AS EARLY

582
00:21:55,048 --> 00:21:57,551
AS POSSIBLE TO SPONSOR AND

583
00:21:57,551 --> 00:22:01,721
CHAMPION DEIA PLANS, TO ENSURE

584
00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:03,890
SUSTAINABILITY AND LONG-LASTING

585
00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:04,357
IMPACT.

586
00:22:04,357 --> 00:22:05,725
ADDITIONALLY RELIABLE DATA IS AT

587
00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:10,030
THE CRUX OF THE BLIND SPOT

588
00:22:10,030 --> 00:22:10,530
CIRCUMVENTION, AND SOUND

589
00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:12,899
DECISION MAKING, TO IMPROVE OUR

590
00:22:12,899 --> 00:22:14,367
UNDERSTANDING OF HHS'S CURRENT

591
00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:17,804
STATE AND HOW TO BEST IMPLEMENT

592
00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:19,906
DEIA POLICIES WE INVESTED IN

593
00:22:19,906 --> 00:22:22,209
INDIVIDUAL REPORTING TOOLS SUCH

594
00:22:22,209 --> 00:22:28,348
AS OUR EMPLOYEE PORTAL THAT WAS

595
00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,083
EMPOWERMENT, HELPING LEADERSHIP

596
00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:32,519
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE

597
00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:33,386
UNDERREPORTING ON CERTAIN

598
00:22:33,386 --> 00:22:41,928
DEMOGRAPHICS IT PUT OUR EFFORTS

599
00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:44,531
TO DEIA-CENTERED STRATEGIES,

600
00:22:44,531 --> 00:22:45,432
CLEARING BLIND SPOTS, DATA GIVES

601
00:22:45,432 --> 00:22:47,267
US INFORMATION ON HOW TO

602
00:22:47,267 --> 00:22:48,134
ALLOCATE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES.

603
00:22:48,134 --> 00:22:50,670
BEFORE EVEN STARTING OUR WORK

604
00:22:50,670 --> 00:22:53,506
AND BUILDING THE HHS DEIA

605
00:22:53,506 --> 00:22:56,109
STRATEGIC PLAN, WE RECOGNIZED

606
00:22:56,109 --> 00:22:57,777
THAT HHS IS COMPRISED OF DIVERSE

607
00:22:57,777 --> 00:23:00,313
INDIVIDUALS WITH UNIQUE LIFE

608
00:23:00,313 --> 00:23:01,748
EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES.

609
00:23:01,748 --> 00:23:03,817
WE NEEDED TO PRACTICE EMPATHY

610
00:23:03,817 --> 00:23:05,151
AND APPROACH CONVERSATIONS WITH

611
00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:08,221
THE GOAL OF CONNECTING ON A

612
00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:09,522
HUMAN LEVEL.

613
00:23:09,522 --> 00:23:12,359
AFTER ALL, YOU CANNOT BUILD A

614
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,894
DEIA STRATEGY IF THE PLANNING

615
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:18,932
PROCESS ITSELF IS FILLED WITH

616
00:23:18,932 --> 00:23:19,699
INEQUITY AND STRIFE.

617
00:23:19,699 --> 00:23:21,668
SO THAT WRAPS UP A QUICK SET OF

618
00:23:21,668 --> 00:23:24,604
LESSONS AND SOLUTIONS TO MAKE

619
00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:26,606
DEIA POLICY STICK.

620
00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:28,675
I CALL IT SUSTAINABLE AND

621
00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:29,743
SURVIVABLE.

622
00:23:29,743 --> 00:23:31,845
YOU KNOW, I JOKE ABOUT BEING A

623
00:23:31,845 --> 00:23:33,046
POLITICAL APPOINTEE IS THE ONLY

624
00:23:33,046 --> 00:23:35,015
JOB I'VE EVER HAD THAT I KNOW MY

625
00:23:35,015 --> 00:23:35,915
END DATE, RIGHT?

626
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:40,587
THAT MEANT I NEEDED TO BE

627
00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:43,556
INTENTIONAL, PUT THINGS IN PLACE

628
00:23:43,556 --> 00:23:50,130
THAT WERE SUSTAINABLE,

629
00:23:50,130 --> 00:23:50,397
 SURVIVOR

630
00:23:50,397 --> 00:23:51,231
SURVIVABLE NO MATTER THE

631
00:23:51,231 --> 00:23:51,998
ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE.

632
00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:53,400
WE LEAVE IT IN YOUR HANDS AS

633
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,368
CAREER PEOPLE TO CARRY IT

634
00:23:55,368 --> 00:23:55,602
FORWARD.

635
00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:57,871
WE CAN SET THE STRATEGY, WE CAN

636
00:23:57,871 --> 00:23:58,538
SET THE DIRECTION.

637
00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:01,508
BUT IT IS YOU AS CAREER

638
00:24:01,508 --> 00:24:04,878
INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE HERE TO

639
00:24:04,878 --> 00:24:06,546
CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND DRIVE

640
00:24:06,546 --> 00:24:10,150
DEIA INTO THE HEART AND

641
00:24:10,150 --> 00:24:11,451
DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE

642
00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:11,785
HHS.

643
00:24:11,785 --> 00:24:14,521
I'M THRILLED AND HONORED TO HAVE

644
00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:15,955
BEEN HERE TODAY.

645
00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,791
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE

646
00:24:17,791 --> 00:24:18,124
PARTICIPATED.

647
00:24:18,124 --> 00:24:19,326
AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHERE

648
00:24:19,326 --> 00:24:21,828
YOU ALL WILL TAKE DEIA INTO THE

649
00:24:21,828 --> 00:24:22,062
FUTURE.

650
00:24:22,062 --> 00:24:25,098
SO THANK YOU FOR THE

651
00:24:25,098 --> 00:24:26,566
OPPORTUNITY.

652
00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:36,776
[APPLAUSE] 

653
00:24:48,355 --> 00:24:49,689
>> THANK YOU, DR.
BERTAGNOLLI

654
00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,891
AND SECRETARY CAMPBELL.

655
00:24:51,891 --> 00:24:56,062
MY NAME IS KAY JOHNSON GRAHAM,

656
00:24:56,062 --> 00:24:57,597
LEAD SOCIAL SCIENCE ANALYST AS

657
00:24:57,597 --> 00:25:00,533
WELL AS POLICY ADVISER IN THE

658
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:02,569
OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY,

659
00:25:02,569 --> 00:25:03,069
INCLUSION.

660
00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:07,173
IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO

661
00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:07,807
INTRODUCE THE NATIONAL

662
00:25:07,807 --> 00:25:10,643
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OFFICE OF

663
00:25:10,643 --> 00:25:13,113
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

664
00:25:13,113 --> 00:25:15,982
DIRECTOR, MR. KEVIN WILLIAMS,

665
00:25:15,982 --> 00:25:16,316
ESQUIRE.

666
00:25:16,316 --> 00:25:20,019
WITH A LEGAL CAREER SPANNING

667
00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:23,957
MORE THAN 25 YEARS, MR. WILLIAMS

668
00:25:23,957 --> 00:25:27,060
IS DEVOTED TO UPHOLDING CIVIL

669
00:25:27,060 --> 00:25:28,561
RIGHTS, AND ENSURING THAT

670
00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:32,065
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR

671
00:25:32,065 --> 00:25:35,034
BACKGROUND HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO

672
00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:36,736
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.

673
00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,973
AS EDI DIRECTOR, HE LEADS THE

674
00:25:39,973 --> 00:25:43,009
OFFICE TOWARD A LEGALLY GROUNDED

675
00:25:43,009 --> 00:25:48,314
AND NOBLE MISSION, TO BUILD AND

676
00:25:48,314 --> 00:25:48,915
MAINTAIN A MODEL EQUAL

677
00:25:48,915 --> 00:25:50,583
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

678
00:25:50,583 --> 00:25:53,753
AT THE NIH.

679
00:25:53,753 --> 00:25:57,457
LEVERAGING PILLARS OF DIVERSITY,

680
00:25:57,457 --> 00:25:58,525
EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND

681
00:25:58,525 --> 00:26:02,695
ACCESSIBILITY TO ADVANCE THE

682
00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:03,997
AGENCY'S MISSION OF HEALTH

683
00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:04,564
DISCOVERY.

684
00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:07,167
MR. WILLIAMS IS ALSO INVESTED IN

685
00:26:07,167 --> 00:26:09,235
THE FUTURE OF HIS WORK.

686
00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:12,639
WHILE HE SERVES AS A

687
00:26:12,639 --> 00:26:17,143
PROFESSIONAL MENTOR, HE ALSO

688
00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:17,777
PRIORITIZES MAKING INTERNSHIPS

689
00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:21,314
IN OUR OFFICE AVAILABLE TO HIGH

690
00:26:21,314 --> 00:26:22,949
SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND GRADUATE

691
00:26:22,949 --> 00:26:25,919
STUDENTS SO THAT FUTURE

692
00:26:25,919 --> 00:26:30,390
GENERATIONS MAY ALSO PER SUE EEO

693
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:32,025
AND DEIA PRINCIPLES.

694
00:26:32,025 --> 00:26:35,295
PRIOR TO JOINING THE NIH, MR.

695
00:26:35,295 --> 00:26:38,465
WILLIAMS SEARCHED AS THE DEPUTY

696
00:26:38,465 --> 00:26:40,066
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EEO

697
00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:42,502
DIRECTOR AT THE U.S. FEDERAL

698
00:26:42,502 --> 00:26:45,905
TRADE COMMISSION, AND HE BEGAN

699
00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:47,640
HIS DISTINGUISHED LEGAL CAREER

700
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:51,744
AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY WITH

701
00:26:51,744 --> 00:26:53,746
THE U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

702
00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,048
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

703
00:26:55,048 --> 00:26:59,786
MR. WILLIAMSS PURSUITS IN

704
00:26:59,786 --> 00:27:00,887
CLASSROOM UNDERSCORE HIS

705
00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:02,789
COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, HAVING

706
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:05,525
EARNED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN

707
00:27:05,525 --> 00:27:08,027
POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM MOREHOUSE

708
00:27:08,027 --> 00:27:11,364
COLLEGE, IN ATLANTA, AND HIS

709
00:27:11,364 --> 00:27:12,732
JURIS DOCTOR FROM HOWARD

710
00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:17,871
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IN

711
00:27:17,871 --> 00:27:18,238
WASHINGTON, D.C.

712
00:27:18,238 --> 00:27:20,607
MR. WILLIAMS' UNWAVERING

713
00:27:20,607 --> 00:27:23,109
COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING EQUITY

714
00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:25,945
AND HIS RICH EXPERIENCES ARE A

715
00:27:25,945 --> 00:27:29,916
DRIVING FORCE IN MOVING THE

716
00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:31,317
AGENCY TOWARD ACHIEVING TRUE

717
00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:33,286
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE

718
00:27:33,286 --> 00:27:33,753
WORKPLACE.

719
00:27:33,753 --> 00:27:36,422
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING

720
00:27:36,422 --> 00:27:40,260
MR. KEVIN WILLIAMS TO THE STAGE.

721
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:50,470
[APPLAUSE] 

722
00:27:51,905 --> 00:27:58,845
>> SOMEONE ASKED ME WHO
WAS

723
00:27:58,845 --> 00:28:00,647
GETTING MARRIED.

724
00:28:00,647 --> 00:28:00,914
[LAUGHTER]

725
00:28:00,914 --> 00:28:02,181
GOOD MORNING.

726
00:28:02,181 --> 00:28:05,051
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE

727
00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:12,625
INAUGURAL E -I  EDI FORUM, UNITD

728
00:28:12,625 --> 00:28:16,162
DIVERSITY, BUILDING A STRONGER

729
00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:19,766
COMMUNITY THROUGH DEIA.

730
00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:21,200
BEFORE I BEGIN MY PREPARED

731
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,037
REMARKS I DO THINK IT IS

732
00:28:24,037 --> 00:28:26,673
IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE A WARM

733
00:28:26,673 --> 00:28:30,376
ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO ALL OF OUR

734
00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:31,911
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE WATCHING

735
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:33,246
VIRTUALLY, SO IF WE COULD

736
00:28:33,246 --> 00:28:41,588
RECOGNIZE THEM WITH A ROUND OF

737
00:28:41,588 --> 00:28:41,854
APPLAUSE.

738
00:28:41,854 --> 00:28:45,058
[APPLAUSE] 

739
00:28:45,058 --> 00:28:47,794
SEPARATELY, PROPER PROTOCOL

740
00:28:47,794 --> 00:28:50,296
REQUIRES THAT I EXTEND MY THANKS

741
00:28:50,296 --> 00:28:52,265
AND APPRECIATION TO CHERYL

742
00:28:52,265 --> 00:28:54,634
CAMPBELL, THE ASSISTANT

743
00:28:54,634 --> 00:28:55,668
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION,

744
00:28:55,668 --> 00:28:56,302
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

745
00:28:56,302 --> 00:28:56,970
HUMAN SERVICES.

746
00:28:56,970 --> 00:28:59,505
PLEASE JOIN ME AGAIN IN A WARM

747
00:28:59,505 --> 00:29:03,109
ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR

748
00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:03,443
MS. CAMPBELL.

749
00:29:03,443 --> 00:29:07,146
[APPLAUSE] 

750
00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:10,683
IN ADDITION TO OUR LEADER AT THE

751
00:29:10,683 --> 00:29:11,985
NIH, DR. MONICA BERTAGNOLLI,

752
00:29:11,985 --> 00:29:13,620
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A WARM ROUND

753
00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:14,821
OF APPLAUSE FOR HER PRESENCE

754
00:29:14,821 --> 00:29:18,224
HERE THIS MORNING AS WELL.

755
00:29:18,224 --> 00:29:22,061
[APPLAUSE] 

756
00:29:22,061 --> 00:29:25,231
AND NOW WE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT

757
00:29:25,231 --> 00:29:26,566
OF POPCORN THIS MORNING.

758
00:29:26,566 --> 00:29:30,737
SO THAT WE ALL CAN SEE THE

759
00:29:30,737 --> 00:29:33,006
IMPORTANCE THAT EEO AND DEIA IN

760
00:29:33,006 --> 00:29:35,642
THE LIFE OF THE NIH.

761
00:29:35,642 --> 00:29:37,644
IF YOU ARE A LEADER, WHETHER

762
00:29:37,644 --> 00:29:41,214
THAT'S AN I.C. DIRECTOR OR

763
00:29:41,214 --> 00:29:45,818
EXECUTIVE OFFICER, A SCIENTIFIC

764
00:29:45,818 --> 00:29:47,654
DIRECTOR A CLINICAL DIRECTOR, OR

765
00:29:47,654 --> 00:29:49,422
ANYONE WHO IS IN LEADERSHIP AT

766
00:29:49,422 --> 00:29:57,630
THE NIH COULD YOU PLEASE STAND.

767
00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:05,938
[APPLAUSE] 

768
00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:07,040
THANK YOU.

769
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,776
NEXT TO THE TALENTED EMPLOYEES

770
00:30:09,776 --> 00:30:13,046
WHO WORK AT THE NIH AND WHO MADE

771
00:30:13,046 --> 00:30:15,581
IT A PRIORITY TO SPEND TIME WITH

772
00:30:15,581 --> 00:30:18,718
US TODAY AT THE EDI FORUM IN

773
00:30:18,718 --> 00:30:20,186
PERSON, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND AND

774
00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:23,890
RECEIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

775
00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:34,100
[APPLAUSE] 

776
00:30:34,467 --> 00:30:36,269
TO OUR INVITED GUESTS, INCLUDING

777
00:30:36,269 --> 00:30:38,905
MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES FROM

778
00:30:38,905 --> 00:30:40,873
THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

779
00:30:40,873 --> 00:30:42,842
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE

780
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:43,976
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, AND

781
00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:46,779
THOSE WHO DO NOT WORK AT THE

782
00:30:46,779 --> 00:30:48,414
NIH, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND AND

783
00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:52,351
RECEIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

784
00:30:52,351 --> 00:31:01,461
[APPLAUSE] 

785
00:31:01,461 --> 00:31:03,429
JUST TWO MORE.

786
00:31:03,429 --> 00:31:05,932
[LAUGHTER]

787
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:07,900
CAN EVERY MEMBER OF MY STAFF,

788
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:10,369
THE GREAT TEAM OF EMPLOYEES WHO

789
00:31:10,369 --> 00:31:13,272
COMPRISE THE OFFICE OF EQUITY,

790
00:31:13,272 --> 00:31:15,141
DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION, CAN

791
00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:19,178
YOU PLEASE STAND AND REMAIN

792
00:31:19,178 --> 00:31:19,445
STANDING.

793
00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:26,519
[APPLAUSE] 

794
00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:29,322
TO THE NIH FAMILY, THIS

795
00:31:29,322 --> 00:31:31,324
AGGREGATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN

796
00:31:31,324 --> 00:31:35,361
THE REAR OF THE AUDITORIUM WORKS

797
00:31:35,361 --> 00:31:38,664
TIRELESSLY AND OFTEN WITHOUT

798
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:39,232
FANFARE.

799
00:31:39,232 --> 00:31:41,968
FOR MOST OF THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE

800
00:31:41,968 --> 00:31:44,604
TOILED AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED

801
00:31:44,604 --> 00:31:47,140
TO ENSURING THAT THE EDU FORUM

802
00:31:47,140 --> 00:31:50,543
NOT JUST MEETS YOUR EXPECTATIONS

803
00:31:50,543 --> 00:31:51,511
BUT SURFACES THEM.

804
00:31:51,511 --> 00:31:56,549
THEY HAVE PREPARED DOZENS OF

805
00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:56,816
WORKSHOPS.

806
00:31:56,816 --> 00:31:57,850
FUSSED A LITTLE.

807
00:31:57,850 --> 00:31:58,117
[LAUGHTER]

808
00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:02,421
WITH THE GOAL TO EDUCATE AND

809
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,090
INFORM AND STRENGTHEN THE WORK

810
00:32:04,090 --> 00:32:08,694
THAT WE DO IN THE EEO AND DEIA

811
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:09,095
PLACES.

812
00:32:09,095 --> 00:32:14,934
PLEASE JOIN ME ONCE AGAIN IN

813
00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:19,839
THANKING THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD

814
00:32:19,839 --> 00:32:20,173
WORK.

815
00:32:20,173 --> 00:32:20,439
[APPLAUSE]

816
00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:23,776
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU --

817
00:32:23,776 --> 00:32:25,211
YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED.

818
00:32:25,211 --> 00:32:27,980
LAST BUT NOT LEAST PAMELA

819
00:32:27,980 --> 00:32:28,447
OLIVER, PLEASE STAND.

820
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:37,824
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 

821
00:32:37,824 --> 00:32:40,459
MS. OLIVER IS A LONGTIME MEMBER

822
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:43,396
OF THE NIH FAMILY.

823
00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:46,032
SHE'S SUPER SMART.

824
00:32:46,032 --> 00:32:47,567
SHE HAS BOUNDLESS ENERGY.

825
00:32:47,567 --> 00:32:49,969
AND SHE TOOK A VISION OF MINE

826
00:32:49,969 --> 00:32:53,940
AND WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS THE

827
00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:57,109
MANIFESTATION OF ALL HER HARD

828
00:32:57,109 --> 00:32:57,443
WORK.

829
00:32:57,443 --> 00:33:01,814
ALL TOO OFTEN WE GLOSS OVER THE

830
00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:05,184
TIME THAT PEOPLE SPEND IN MAKING

831
00:33:05,184 --> 00:33:07,053
THE NIH A SPECIAL PLACE.

832
00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:09,789
I WANT PAM TO KNOW TODAY HOW

833
00:33:09,789 --> 00:33:11,757
MUCH SHE MEANS TO ME AND HOW

834
00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:14,160
MUCH HER COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK

835
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,495
HAS REGISTERED IN MY MIND.

836
00:33:16,495 --> 00:33:22,635
SO THANK YOU, PAM.

837
00:33:22,635 --> 00:33:24,904
[APPLAUSE] 

838
00:33:24,904 --> 00:33:30,943
THE LATE POET DR. MAYA ANGELOU

839
00:33:30,943 --> 00:33:33,012
SAID, PEOPLE MAY FORGET WHAT YOU

840
00:33:33,012 --> 00:33:34,113
SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT

841
00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,948
YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER

842
00:33:35,948 --> 00:33:39,252
FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

843
00:33:39,252 --> 00:33:42,655
FOR OUR GUESTS, THE OFFICE OF

844
00:33:42,655 --> 00:33:43,222
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND

845
00:33:43,222 --> 00:33:46,158
INCLUSION, IT IS THE NIH'S FANCY

846
00:33:46,158 --> 00:33:49,428
WAY OF SAYING THE OFFICE OF

847
00:33:49,428 --> 00:33:50,529
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.

848
00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:54,467
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT

849
00:33:54,467 --> 00:33:56,302
MEMORY, EDI DECIDED TO HOST AN

850
00:33:56,302 --> 00:33:57,737
EVENT THAT WOULD REINTRODUCE OUR

851
00:33:57,737 --> 00:34:01,440
OFFICE TO THE NIH STAFF AND

852
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,775
LEADERSHIP TEAM.

853
00:34:02,775 --> 00:34:05,044
THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC DID A LOT OF

854
00:34:05,044 --> 00:34:09,348
THINGS, INCLUDING FORCING US

855
00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:10,383
APART.

856
00:34:10,383 --> 00:34:12,485
TODAY IS A TESTAMENT THAT

857
00:34:12,485 --> 00:34:14,153
POSITIVE ENERGY IS CREATED WHEN

858
00:34:14,153 --> 00:34:17,823
WE GATHER AND FOCUS ON

859
00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:18,624
LEVERAGING OUR COLLECTIVE MINDS

860
00:34:18,624 --> 00:34:23,763
TO THE NOBLE WORK OF EEO AND

861
00:34:23,763 --> 00:34:23,963
DEIA.

862
00:34:23,963 --> 00:34:27,600
60 YEARS AGO CONGRESS PASSED THE

863
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,903
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.

864
00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:33,439
PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON SIGNED

865
00:34:33,439 --> 00:34:36,242
IT INTO LAW AND IN SO DOING

866
00:34:36,242 --> 00:34:37,810
CREATED THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

867
00:34:37,810 --> 00:34:40,012
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.

868
00:34:40,012 --> 00:34:43,382
COMPRISED OF 11

869
00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:44,550
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS

870
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:46,185
CALLED TITLES, TITLE 7 IN

871
00:34:46,185 --> 00:34:48,220
PARTICULAR OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS

872
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:48,854
ACT PROHIBITS EMPLOYMENT

873
00:34:48,854 --> 00:34:52,491
DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF

874
00:34:52,491 --> 00:34:55,995
RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN,

875
00:34:55,995 --> 00:34:58,631
SEX, AND RELIGION.

876
00:34:58,631 --> 00:35:00,800
TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION, THE

877
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,536
EEOC ISSUED REGULATIONS FOR

878
00:35:03,536 --> 00:35:04,837
FEDERAL AGENCIES WHICH MANDATED

879
00:35:04,837 --> 00:35:06,839
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS THAT ALL

880
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:08,574
FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE

881
00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:11,210
EXECUTIVE BRANCH CREATE AN

882
00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:11,978
OFFICE OF EEO.

883
00:35:11,978 --> 00:35:13,679
ONE OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF

884
00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,014
WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL

885
00:35:15,014 --> 00:35:18,517
GOVERNMENT IS THAT WE HAVE AN

886
00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:20,753
IN-HOUSE MECHANISM THAT EXISTS

887
00:35:20,753 --> 00:35:22,922
TO ENFORCE THE FEDERAL SECTOR

888
00:35:22,922 --> 00:35:23,923
EEO LAWS.

889
00:35:23,923 --> 00:35:28,828
IN ADDITION TO THE REGULATIONS,

890
00:35:28,828 --> 00:35:30,629
EEOC ISSUED MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE

891
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:32,431
715 APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO

892
00:35:32,431 --> 00:35:35,067
TO FEDERAL AGENCIES TO AID THEM

893
00:35:35,067 --> 00:35:36,602
IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND

894
00:35:36,602 --> 00:35:39,005
SUSTAINING OF A MODEL EEO

895
00:35:39,005 --> 00:35:39,438
PROGRAM.

896
00:35:39,438 --> 00:35:42,174
IT IS A FACT THAT ALMOST EVERY

897
00:35:42,174 --> 00:35:44,710
FACET OF EDI IS IN SERVICE TO

898
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:47,613
THE REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT IN THE

899
00:35:47,613 --> 00:35:53,019
EEOC REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT

900
00:35:53,019 --> 00:35:54,687
DIRECTIVE 715.

901
00:35:54,687 --> 00:35:56,856
REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT,

902
00:35:56,856 --> 00:35:59,492
REGARDLESS OF WHO RESIDES IN THE

903
00:35:59,492 --> 00:36:03,763
WHITE HOUSE, REGARDLESS OF WHO

904
00:36:03,763 --> 00:36:05,064
IS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, TO

905
00:36:05,064 --> 00:36:11,771
CONGRESS, THE WORK OF EDI WILL

906
00:36:11,771 --> 00:36:12,004
ENDURE.

907
00:36:12,004 --> 00:36:13,839
AND YET, RARELY A WEEK GOES BY

908
00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:16,976
WHEN I DO NOT RECEIVE A QUERY

909
00:36:16,976 --> 00:36:19,178
ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION, OR

910
00:36:19,178 --> 00:36:24,150
THE FACT THAT DOOR DASH,

911
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:29,055
HARLEY-DAVIDSON, JOHN DEERE, THE

912
00:36:29,055 --> 00:36:31,690
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, THE FORD

913
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:37,596
MOTOR COMPANY, LOWE'S, META,

914
00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:48,140
MICROSOFT, MOLSON COORS, WAYFAIR

915
00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:54,914
CEASED THEIR EFFORTS.

916
00:36:54,914 --> 00:36:56,482
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN,

917
00:36:56,482 --> 00:36:57,016
MR. WILLIAMS?

918
00:36:57,016 --> 00:36:59,385
DID YOU HEAR WHAT THEY SAID IN

919
00:36:59,385 --> 00:37:03,789
THE MEDIA ABOUT D.E.I.?

920
00:37:03,789 --> 00:37:05,324
MY IN-BOX IS FULL OF E-MAIL AND

921
00:37:05,324 --> 00:37:07,860
MY iPHONE IS FULL OF TEXT

922
00:37:07,860 --> 00:37:10,396
MESSAGES WITH VARIATIONS OF

923
00:37:10,396 --> 00:37:12,131
THESE QUESTIONS.

924
00:37:12,131 --> 00:37:14,867
IF I AM HONEST, I EVEN HAVE

925
00:37:14,867 --> 00:37:19,138
STAFF IN EDI WHO SPEND TIME

926
00:37:19,138 --> 00:37:19,472
WORRYING.

927
00:37:19,472 --> 00:37:22,541
IN RESPONSE TO THESE INQUIRIES,

928
00:37:22,541 --> 00:37:26,245
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT I

929
00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:27,680
HAVE SPENT 25+ YEARS WORKING IN

930
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,749
THE NOBLE CAREER OF CIVIL

931
00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:31,417
RIGHTS.

932
00:37:31,417 --> 00:37:34,353
I HAVE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT

933
00:37:34,353 --> 00:37:39,058
THAT EEO AND DEIA HAVE ALWAYS

934
00:37:39,058 --> 00:37:40,826
BEEN ROUGH AND TUMBLE.

935
00:37:40,826 --> 00:37:43,996
IN FACT, I HAVE WORKED FOR

936
00:37:43,996 --> 00:37:45,431
LEADERS IN PRIOR AGENCIES WHO

937
00:37:45,431 --> 00:37:49,034
JUST COULD NOT MANAGE TO LEARN

938
00:37:49,034 --> 00:37:50,669
MY NAME.

939
00:37:50,669 --> 00:37:54,940
PREFERRING TO CALL ME KENNY.

940
00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:56,609
OR KARL.

941
00:37:56,609 --> 00:37:58,210
OR KEITH INSTEAD.

942
00:37:58,210 --> 00:38:01,180
I HAVE BEEN IN SPACES BEFORE

943
00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:02,948
WHERE RESOURCES WERE LIMITED,

944
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:07,319
AND THE DEMANDS WERE GREAT, AND

945
00:38:07,319 --> 00:38:08,287
YET WE ENDURED.

946
00:38:08,287 --> 00:38:10,022
RATHER THAN BORE YOU WITH ALL

947
00:38:10,022 --> 00:38:12,358
THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH

948
00:38:12,358 --> 00:38:15,861
YOU THE TRUTH THAT LIVES WITHIN

949
00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:18,931
THIS CORN BROOM AND WHICH SERVES

950
00:38:18,931 --> 00:38:20,900
AS A DAILY REMINDER WHEN I USE

951
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:22,768
IT AROUND THE HOUSE.

952
00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:25,804
I AM A NATIVE OF SAN FRANCISCO.

953
00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:28,874
I GREW UP IN WHAT THE MEDIA

954
00:38:28,874 --> 00:38:32,511
MIGHT CALL THE INNER CITY.

955
00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:37,316
IN A PLACE THAT IS KNOWN FOR

956
00:38:37,316 --> 00:38:43,122
SOUR BREAD, SOARING BRIDGES,

957
00:38:43,122 --> 00:38:44,423
VICTORIAN HOUSES, AND DUNGENESS

958
00:38:44,423 --> 00:38:46,091
CRABS, MOST OF YOU DID NOT GROW

959
00:38:46,091 --> 00:38:48,727
UP IN THE CITY BY THE BAY YOU

960
00:38:48,727 --> 00:38:52,431
DID HAVE EXPERIENCE AT SOME

961
00:38:52,431 --> 00:38:55,201
POINT ENCOUNTERING A BULLY.

962
00:38:55,201 --> 00:39:00,339
BULLIES SEEK TO INTIMIDATE, TO

963
00:39:00,339 --> 00:39:03,842
INVOKE FEAR, TO DIVIDE, TO

964
00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:05,211
RIDICULE, AND THEY TEND TO DO

965
00:39:05,211 --> 00:39:06,579
THIS BY FOCUSING ON THE THINGS

966
00:39:06,579 --> 00:39:12,484
THAT MAKE EACH OF US UNIQUE.

967
00:39:12,484 --> 00:39:16,755
OUR HEIGHT,WEIGHT, WHO WE LOVE,

968
00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:20,693
WHETHER WE WORSHIP, OR WORSHIP

969
00:39:20,693 --> 00:39:24,863
AT ALL, OUR COLOR, ETHNICITY,

970
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,700
OUR ABILITY OR DISABILITY, NONE

971
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:31,870
OF US HAS ESCAPED THIS REALITY

972
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:32,738
OF BEING BULLIED.

973
00:39:32,738 --> 00:39:36,208
AS A CHILD, YOU SHOULD KNOW I

974
00:39:36,208 --> 00:39:37,209
ENJOYED PLAYING OUTSIDE.

975
00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:42,014
WHETHER IT WAS HIDE AND SEEK,

976
00:39:42,014 --> 00:39:43,882
DODGEBALL, OR TETHERBALL, I

977
00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:48,687
WANTED TO BE OUTSIDE AS LONG AS

978
00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:48,954
POSSIBLE.

979
00:39:48,954 --> 00:39:50,556
MY PROBLEM THOUGH WAS A BULLY

980
00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:53,292
WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

981
00:39:53,292 --> 00:39:55,794
HE LOVED TO CHASE ME BACK HOME.

982
00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:58,764
EITHER TO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE OR

983
00:39:58,764 --> 00:40:02,568
TO MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE, WHO

984
00:40:02,568 --> 00:40:03,469
LIVED NEARBY.

985
00:40:03,469 --> 00:40:07,940
THAT MOMENT IN MY LIFE WAS

986
00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:09,275
FRIGHTENING AND PRETTY

987
00:40:09,275 --> 00:40:09,842
HUMILIATING.

988
00:40:09,842 --> 00:40:11,710
YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT MY

989
00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:13,145
GRANDMOTHER WHO I CARRY WITH ME

990
00:40:13,145 --> 00:40:16,949
EACH DAY AND WHO MEANT THE WORLD

991
00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:18,717
TO ME WAS A STRICT

992
00:40:18,717 --> 00:40:19,285
DISCIPLINARIAN.

993
00:40:19,285 --> 00:40:21,453
THERE WAS NO GRAY WITH HER.

994
00:40:21,453 --> 00:40:26,492
AND SHE STOOD FIRM IN HER

995
00:40:26,492 --> 00:40:26,825
CONVICTIONS.

996
00:40:26,825 --> 00:40:29,228
IF YOU LIE, SHE WOULD SAY, THEN

997
00:40:29,228 --> 00:40:31,964
YOU WILL STEAL.

998
00:40:31,964 --> 00:40:37,436
SHE WOULD ALSO SAY OUT OF SIGHT,

999
00:40:37,436 --> 00:40:39,438
OUT OF MIND.

1000
00:40:39,438 --> 00:40:41,674
ALTHOUGH NOT THE TALLEST PERSON,

1001
00:40:41,674 --> 00:40:44,243
SHE HAD A LOT OF SIZE TO HER.

1002
00:40:44,243 --> 00:40:47,646
AND AS A YOUNG CHILD SHE WAS

1003
00:40:47,646 --> 00:40:49,114
BEYOND IMPOSING.

1004
00:40:49,114 --> 00:40:52,785
THE MOTHER OF TEN CHILDREN, MY

1005
00:40:52,785 --> 00:40:55,187
GRANDMOTHER WAS KNOWN FOR HER

1006
00:40:55,187 --> 00:40:55,621
COOKING.

1007
00:40:55,621 --> 00:40:57,289
EDI KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING

1008
00:40:57,289 --> 00:40:58,557
ABOUT THAT.

1009
00:40:58,557 --> 00:40:59,358
HER BAKING.

1010
00:40:59,358 --> 00:41:01,660
DR. JOHNSON KNOWS SOMETHING

1011
00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:02,761
ABOUT THAT.

1012
00:41:02,761 --> 00:41:05,597
AND FOR RAISING WELL-BEHAVED

1013
00:41:05,597 --> 00:41:06,365
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

1014
00:41:06,365 --> 00:41:08,867
AS A RESULT, MY GRANDFATHER DID

1015
00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:11,170
NOT HAVE TO SAY MUCH BECAUSE MY

1016
00:41:11,170 --> 00:41:12,805
GRANDMOTHER WAS WELL EQUIPPED AS

1017
00:41:12,805 --> 00:41:13,472
THE ENFORCER.

1018
00:41:13,472 --> 00:41:16,675
ONE DAY I WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE,

1019
00:41:16,675 --> 00:41:20,012
THE BULLY SHOWED UP.

1020
00:41:20,012 --> 00:41:21,547
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHETHER HE

1021
00:41:21,547 --> 00:41:23,315
MADE A GESTURE TOWARDS ME OR

1022
00:41:23,315 --> 00:41:23,649
THREATENED ME.

1023
00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:26,151
I KNOW I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD

1024
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:27,152
TO MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.

1025
00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:30,422
AS I REACHED FOR THE DOOR, MY

1026
00:41:30,422 --> 00:41:34,893
GRANDMOTHER WHO I BELIEVED WAS

1027
00:41:34,893 --> 00:41:37,096
ALL KNOWING MET ME AT THE FRONT

1028
00:41:37,096 --> 00:41:39,732
DOOR WIELDING A CORN BROOM.

1029
00:41:39,732 --> 00:41:43,869
SHE SAID, YOU ARE NOT COMING IN

1030
00:41:43,869 --> 00:41:45,070
HERE TODAY.

1031
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:49,575
GO BACK OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

1032
00:41:49,575 --> 00:41:51,510
SHE KNEW, SHE ALWAYS KNEW.

1033
00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:56,949
I DO NOT KNOW HOW SHE KNEW BUT

1034
00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:58,951
ON THAT DAY 45 OR SO YEARS AGO

1035
00:41:58,951 --> 00:42:00,386
MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME A

1036
00:42:00,386 --> 00:42:03,789
VALUABLE LESSON, NEVER RUN FROM

1037
00:42:03,789 --> 00:42:06,525
A BULLY.

1038
00:42:06,525 --> 00:42:08,060
HER INSIGHT AND WISDOM WAS

1039
00:42:08,060 --> 00:42:08,827
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A

1040
00:42:08,827 --> 00:42:11,363
CAREER IN WHICH I WOULD

1041
00:42:11,363 --> 00:42:14,166
ENCOUNTER THE SAME BULLYING

1042
00:42:14,166 --> 00:42:16,235
SPIRIT IN THE WORKFORCE.

1043
00:42:16,235 --> 00:42:19,972
WHETHER IT IS HARASSMENT OR

1044
00:42:19,972 --> 00:42:22,074
DISCRIMINATION, ONE THING I

1045
00:42:22,074 --> 00:42:24,143
LEARNED EARLY IN MY CAREER, AND

1046
00:42:24,143 --> 00:42:27,312
THAT IS THAT BULLIES HAVE GROWN

1047
00:42:27,312 --> 00:42:28,947
UP ALL AROUND US.

1048
00:42:28,947 --> 00:42:30,816
SO TODAY, AS WE BEGIN THE FIRST

1049
00:42:30,816 --> 00:42:35,521
DAY OF THIS TWO-DAY EDI FORUM,

1050
00:42:35,521 --> 00:42:38,257
LET US REMEMBER THAT CIVIL

1051
00:42:38,257 --> 00:42:40,125
RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IS EDI'S

1052
00:42:40,125 --> 00:42:43,395
CHARGE, BUT IT REMAINS ALL OUR

1053
00:42:43,395 --> 00:42:43,962
RESPONSIBILITY.

1054
00:42:43,962 --> 00:42:46,432
WE EXIST TO ENSURE THAT THE

1055
00:42:46,432 --> 00:42:49,067
FEDERAL LAWS THAT PROHIBIT

1056
00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:49,935
EMPLOYMENT, DISCRIMINATION, ARE

1057
00:42:49,935 --> 00:42:52,571
COMPLIED WITH AT THE NIH EACH

1058
00:42:52,571 --> 00:42:53,005
DAY.

1059
00:42:53,005 --> 00:42:55,073
YOU ARE HERE TO LOCK ARMS WITH

1060
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:58,043
US AS WE CONTINUE TO FACE DOWN

1061
00:42:58,043 --> 00:43:01,914
THOSE WHO EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW

1062
00:43:01,914 --> 00:43:03,215
DIVERSITY STRENGTHENS SCIENCE,

1063
00:43:03,215 --> 00:43:05,083
THEY WOULD RATHER SACRIFICE THAT

1064
00:43:05,083 --> 00:43:08,587
TO KEEP US DIVIDED AND AT ODDS.

1065
00:43:08,587 --> 00:43:12,291
BUT IF WE REMEMBER THIS CORN

1066
00:43:12,291 --> 00:43:13,725
BROOM, WHICH CHALLENGES US TO BE

1067
00:43:13,725 --> 00:43:18,630
STRONG AND NOT TO COWER, TO BE

1068
00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:19,965
RESILIENT AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT

1069
00:43:19,965 --> 00:43:22,468
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NIH-ERS

1070
00:43:22,468 --> 00:43:26,638
DEPEND ON US TO MAKE SURE THAT

1071
00:43:26,638 --> 00:43:30,142
THE WORKPLACE IS DIVERSE,

1072
00:43:30,142 --> 00:43:31,210
EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND

1073
00:43:31,210 --> 00:43:33,412
ACCESSIBLE, WE WILL DEPART FROM

1074
00:43:33,412 --> 00:43:37,449
HERE ENCOURAGED AND WITH RENEWED

1075
00:43:37,449 --> 00:43:37,816
COMMITMENT.

1076
00:43:37,816 --> 00:43:42,187
IN CLOSING, EDI WELCOMES YOU TO

1077
00:43:42,187 --> 00:43:43,288
ENGAGE WITH US, GUEST

1078
00:43:43,288 --> 00:43:44,156
PRESENTERS, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES

1079
00:43:44,156 --> 00:43:46,325
OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

1080
00:43:46,325 --> 00:43:48,527
LEAN INTO A POSTURE OF

1081
00:43:48,527 --> 00:43:50,062
CONTINUOUS LEARNING, ASK

1082
00:43:50,062 --> 00:43:51,263
QUESTIONS DURING THE WORKSHOPS,

1083
00:43:51,263 --> 00:43:54,466
AND MEET SOMEONE WHOM YOU HAVE

1084
00:43:54,466 --> 00:43:55,434
NOT SEEN BEFORE.

1085
00:43:55,434 --> 00:43:58,637
IN SO DOING WE WILL MANIFEST A

1086
00:43:58,637 --> 00:44:01,306
MORE UNIFIED NIH AND A STRONGER

1087
00:44:01,306 --> 00:44:04,943
NIH COMMUNITY. 

1088
00:44:04,943 --> 00:44:05,210
THANK YOU.

1089
00:44:05,210 --> 00:44:11,950
[APPLAUSE] 

1090
00:44:11,950 --> 00:44:22,160
[ CHEERS ] 

1091
00:44:31,670 --> 00:44:33,906
>> GOOD MORNING.

1092
00:44:33,906 --> 00:44:35,807
MY NAME IS DENEEN HODGES.

1093
00:44:35,807 --> 00:44:38,677
I SERVE AS FORMAL COMPLAINT

1094
00:44:38,677 --> 00:44:41,313
SPECIALIST, OFFICE OF EQUITY,

1095
00:44:41,313 --> 00:44:42,414
DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

1096
00:44:42,414 --> 00:44:45,150
DIVISION OF RESOLUTION AND

1097
00:44:45,150 --> 00:44:45,918
EQUITY.

1098
00:44:45,918 --> 00:44:49,221
IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO

1099
00:44:49,221 --> 00:44:51,823
INTRODUCE OUR LAST GUEST

1100
00:44:51,823 --> 00:44:55,661
SPEAKER, FOR TODAY'S PLENARY

1101
00:44:55,661 --> 00:44:58,263
SESSION.

1102
00:44:58,263 --> 00:45:04,202
MR. DEXTER R. BROOKS, ESQUIRE.

1103
00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:07,139
IN 1998, DEXTER R BROOKS' CAREER

1104
00:45:07,139 --> 00:45:08,240
IN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

1105
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:12,945
BEGAN AS A STAFF ATTORNEY IN THE

1106
00:45:12,945 --> 00:45:14,546
OFFICE OF FEDERAL OPERATIONS

1107
00:45:14,546 --> 00:45:17,950
APPELLATE REVIEW PROGRAM. 

1108
00:45:17,950 --> 00:45:19,518
PRIOR TO JOINING THE EQUAL

1109
00:45:19,518 --> 00:45:20,252
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

1110
00:45:20,252 --> 00:45:23,121
COMMISSION, MR. BROOKS SERVED AS

1111
00:45:23,121 --> 00:45:26,558
AN ATTORNEY ADVISER FOR THE

1112
00:45:26,558 --> 00:45:27,526
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

1113
00:45:27,526 --> 00:45:30,662
LABOR IN ITS OFFICE OF

1114
00:45:30,662 --> 00:45:31,997
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.

1115
00:45:31,997 --> 00:45:35,500
SOME OF MR. BROOKS' IMPRESSIVE

1116
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:39,638
ACCOMPLISHMENTS EARLY IN HIS

1117
00:45:39,638 --> 00:45:44,776
CAREER AT THE EEOC WAS SERVING

1118
00:45:44,776 --> 00:45:45,711
AS FEDERAL OUTREACH COORDINATOR

1119
00:45:45,711 --> 00:45:48,180
AND ADVISER IN THE FEDERAL

1120
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:53,852
SECTOR PROGRAM, AND HE WAS ALSO

1121
00:45:53,852 --> 00:45:55,821
RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING

1122
00:45:55,821 --> 00:45:58,223
EEOC'S FEDERAL SECTOR TRAINING

1123
00:45:58,223 --> 00:45:59,658
INSTITUTE, WHICH CURRENTLY

1124
00:45:59,658 --> 00:46:02,594
PROVIDES A VARIETY OF FEE-BASED

1125
00:46:02,594 --> 00:46:06,431
COURSES TO THE FEDERAL SECTOR

1126
00:46:06,431 --> 00:46:07,966
EEO COMMUNITY.

1127
00:46:07,966 --> 00:46:11,036
ALSO IN THIS ROLE, MR. BROOKS

1128
00:46:11,036 --> 00:46:14,640
SERVED AS THE PRIMARY CONTACT TO

1129
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,709
THE COMMISSION'S FEDERAL SECTOR

1130
00:46:17,709 --> 00:46:20,012
STAKEHOLDERS, PROVIDING HUNDREDS

1131
00:46:20,012 --> 00:46:22,614
OF OUTREACH SESSIONS THROUGHOUT

1132
00:46:22,614 --> 00:46:23,115
THE COUNTRY.

1133
00:46:23,115 --> 00:46:26,485
AS A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR

1134
00:46:26,485 --> 00:46:29,087
EXECUTIVE SERVICE, MR. BROOKS

1135
00:46:29,087 --> 00:46:32,124
CURRENTLY SERVES AS DIRECTOR OF

1136
00:46:32,124 --> 00:46:34,626
OFFICE OF FEDERAL OPERATIONS

1137
00:46:34,626 --> 00:46:39,131
FEDERAL SECTOR PROGRAMS, AT THE

1138
00:46:39,131 --> 00:46:40,699
EEOC IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

1139
00:46:40,699 --> 00:46:43,635
AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE FEDERAL

1140
00:46:43,635 --> 00:46:47,139
SECTOR PROGRAMS, MR. BROOKS

1141
00:46:47,139 --> 00:46:51,076
LEADS THE SSP'S UNIQUE ROLE OF

1142
00:46:51,076 --> 00:46:52,711
ASSISTING FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE

1143
00:46:52,711 --> 00:46:56,114
AGENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF

1144
00:46:56,114 --> 00:47:00,252
STRATEGIES, DESIGNED TO PRO

1145
00:47:00,252 --> 00:47:02,988
TRIVIAL PREVENT DISCRIMINATION

1146
00:47:02,988 --> 00:47:05,724
AND ALLOW FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO

1147
00:47:05,724 --> 00:47:08,260
COMPETE ON A FAIR AND LEVEL

1148
00:47:08,260 --> 00:47:10,095
PLAYING FIELD.

1149
00:47:10,095 --> 00:47:13,298
MR. BROOKS RECEIVED HIS JURIS

1150
00:47:13,298 --> 00:47:14,599
DOCTOR FROM THE HOWARD

1151
00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:17,469
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, AND

1152
00:47:17,469 --> 00:47:21,139
HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN

1153
00:47:21,139 --> 00:47:22,808
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE

1154
00:47:22,808 --> 00:47:26,445
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND

1155
00:47:26,445 --> 00:47:28,380
TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY.

1156
00:47:28,380 --> 00:47:30,015
FUN FACTS.

1157
00:47:30,015 --> 00:47:33,852
MR. BROOKS AND OUR VERY OWN EDI

1158
00:47:33,852 --> 00:47:35,020
DIRECTOR KEVIN WILLIAMS BOTH

1159
00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:37,889
ATTENDED AND WERE IN THE SAME

1160
00:47:37,889 --> 00:47:38,990
GRADUATING CLASS AT THE HOWARD

1161
00:47:38,990 --> 00:47:40,459
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW HERE IN

1162
00:47:40,459 --> 00:47:41,893
WASHINGTON, D.C.

1163
00:47:41,893 --> 00:47:45,897
PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WARM

1164
00:47:45,897 --> 00:47:49,167
WELCOME TO MR. DEXTER R. BROOKS,

1165
00:47:49,167 --> 00:47:50,936
ESQUIRE. 

1166
00:47:50,936 --> 00:47:51,203
THANK YOU.

1167
00:47:51,203 --> 00:48:01,413
[APPLAUSE] 

1168
00:48:04,850 --> 00:48:05,383
>> BRIGHT LIGHTS.

1169
00:48:05,383 --> 00:48:06,251
SO GOOD MORNING.

1170
00:48:06,251 --> 00:48:07,686
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN.

1171
00:48:07,686 --> 00:48:09,454
I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED OF SAYING

1172
00:48:09,454 --> 00:48:10,188
GOOD MORNING.

1173
00:48:10,188 --> 00:48:10,455
[LAUGHTER]

1174
00:48:10,455 --> 00:48:13,458
IT'S MY PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO

1175
00:48:13,458 --> 00:48:14,826
BE HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE

1176
00:48:14,826 --> 00:48:16,695
BIT ABOUT -- I'M GOING TO GIVE

1177
00:48:16,695 --> 00:48:18,230
YOU A BACKGROUND OF EEOC, THE

1178
00:48:18,230 --> 00:48:21,399
WORK WE DO AT NIH, SOME CURRENT

1179
00:48:21,399 --> 00:48:22,367
INITIATIVES GOING ON, AND

1180
00:48:22,367 --> 00:48:25,036
HOPEFULLY ABOUT THE FUTURE.

1181
00:48:25,036 --> 00:48:26,738
BUT SHE STOLE SOME OF MY TALK.

1182
00:48:26,738 --> 00:48:30,041
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

1183
00:48:30,041 --> 00:48:33,545
BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN HIM OVER 30

1184
00:48:33,545 --> 00:48:35,247
YEARS, ONLY MISTAKE HE WENT TO

1185
00:48:35,247 --> 00:48:38,817
MOREHOUSE INSTEAD OF NORTH

1186
00:48:38,817 --> 00:48:41,753
CAROLINA A AND T OR WE WOULD

1187
00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:44,623
HAVE SPENT OUR CAREER TOGETHER.

1188
00:48:44,623 --> 00:48:46,792
AND WE DO HAVE A LONG

1189
00:48:46,792 --> 00:48:47,192
BACKGROUND.

1190
00:48:47,192 --> 00:48:48,527
IS THAT BONITA?

1191
00:48:48,527 --> 00:48:52,964
SORRY, I GET DISTRACTED EASY.

1192
00:48:52,964 --> 00:48:55,267
I WANT TO APPRECIATE EDI, THEIR

1193
00:48:55,267 --> 00:48:56,334
EFFORTS IN INVITING ME HERE

1194
00:48:56,334 --> 00:48:56,535
TODAY.

1195
00:48:56,535 --> 00:48:59,838
ONE THING I DO AT EEOC, SHE GAVE

1196
00:48:59,838 --> 00:49:01,139
A GOOD DESCRIPTION, WE'RE THE

1197
00:49:01,139 --> 00:49:02,808
ORGANIZATION THAT PUTS TOGETHER

1198
00:49:02,808 --> 00:49:05,076
POLICIES THAT YOUR AGENCY

1199
00:49:05,076 --> 00:49:05,377
IMPLEMENTS.

1200
00:49:05,377 --> 00:49:06,878
AND SOME OF THE THINGS I'M GOING

1201
00:49:06,878 --> 00:49:10,916
TO TALK ABOUT, WE START SPEAKING

1202
00:49:10,916 --> 00:49:11,550
IN CODE, MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE, I

1203
00:49:11,550 --> 00:49:13,418
WANT TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT ABOUT

1204
00:49:13,418 --> 00:49:14,386
THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

1205
00:49:14,386 --> 00:49:16,388
THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING

1206
00:49:16,388 --> 00:49:17,789
WITH NIH IS NOT NEW.

1207
00:49:17,789 --> 00:49:19,858
I LIKE WHAT KEVIN HAD TO SAY

1208
00:49:19,858 --> 00:49:21,960
ABOUT ENDURING BECAUSE A LOT OF

1209
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,196
FOLKS AT THIS TIME GET NERVOUS,

1210
00:49:24,196 --> 00:49:25,797
BUT OUR WORK HAS BEEN ENDURING

1211
00:49:25,797 --> 00:49:27,966
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK A

1212
00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:28,633
LONG TIME.

1213
00:49:28,633 --> 00:49:31,803
MY FIRST DIRECTOR THAT I WORKED

1214
00:49:31,803 --> 00:49:35,207
WITH AT THE NIH WAS NAOMI.

1215
00:49:35,207 --> 00:49:38,376
HOW MANY WERE HERE WHEN NAOMI

1216
00:49:38,376 --> 00:49:38,710
WAS HERE.

1217
00:49:38,710 --> 00:49:41,980
I WANT TO SEE HANDS.

1218
00:49:41,980 --> 00:49:43,415
OH MY GOODNESS, YOU'RE STILL

1219
00:49:43,415 --> 00:49:47,686
AROUND IN THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

1220
00:49:47,686 --> 00:49:49,654
LEFT NIH, CAME AS OUR

1221
00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:50,088
COMMISSIONER.

1222
00:49:50,088 --> 00:49:53,158
WHO WAS HERE WHEN LARRY SELF WAS

1223
00:49:53,158 --> 00:49:53,558
HERE?

1224
00:49:53,558 --> 00:49:55,460
GOOD LORD, NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN

1225
00:49:55,460 --> 00:49:56,061
MEMORY LANE.

1226
00:49:56,061 --> 00:49:58,964
I'M NOT GOING TO DO ALL THE

1227
00:49:58,964 --> 00:50:00,599
DIRECTORS.

1228
00:50:00,599 --> 00:50:02,267
THE WORK WE'VE DONE HAS NOT BEEN

1229
00:50:02,267 --> 00:50:02,901
IN A VACUUM.

1230
00:50:02,901 --> 00:50:05,937
THIS IS AN  EVOLUTION OF WHERE

1231
00:50:05,937 --> 00:50:06,238
WE'RE GOING.

1232
00:50:06,238 --> 00:50:07,839
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU

1233
00:50:07,839 --> 00:50:09,374
REFLECTIONS TO SHOW YOU IT'S

1234
00:50:09,374 --> 00:50:10,475
BEEN A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS THAT

1235
00:50:10,475 --> 00:50:13,445
WE'RE ON THIS PATH THAT WE'RE

1236
00:50:13,445 --> 00:50:15,947
GOING TO CONTINUE.

1237
00:50:15,947 --> 00:50:20,085
YESTERDAY, AT EEOC WE ISSUED A

1238
00:50:20,085 --> 00:50:24,789
REPORT, TWENTY YEARS UNDER 715,

1239
00:50:24,789 --> 00:50:26,758
WE ISSUES THAT 20 YEARS AGO.

1240
00:50:26,758 --> 00:50:28,426
IT WASN'T THE FIRST.

1241
00:50:28,426 --> 00:50:30,695
THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR US TOO,

1242
00:50:30,695 --> 00:50:33,131
OUR 60th ANNIVERSARY AS AN

1243
00:50:33,131 --> 00:50:33,465
AGENCY.

1244
00:50:33,465 --> 00:50:34,966
SIXTY YEARS OF DOING THIS.

1245
00:50:34,966 --> 00:50:37,269
WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE WITH FOLKS

1246
00:50:37,269 --> 00:50:44,709
IS WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF THE

1247
00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:45,510
FEDERAL SECTOR, EXECUTIVE

1248
00:50:45,510 --> 00:50:49,180
BRANCH, PREDATES THE COMMISSION.

1249
00:50:49,180 --> 00:50:51,917
WHAT I DO WAS IN EXISTENCE

1250
00:50:51,917 --> 00:50:55,120
BEFORE EEOC DOORS WERE OPEN.

1251
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:56,721
IN 1948, AUGUST OF 1948,

1252
00:50:56,721 --> 00:51:04,129
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ISSUED TWO

1253
00:51:04,129 --> 00:51:06,464
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, 9980,

1254
00:51:06,464 --> 00:51:08,233
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981.

1255
00:51:08,233 --> 00:51:08,767
PEOPLE KNOW 9981.

1256
00:51:08,767 --> 00:51:10,302
YOU DON'T KNOW IT BECAUSE OF THE

1257
00:51:10,302 --> 00:51:12,604
NUMBER BUT YOU KNOW OF ITS

1258
00:51:12,604 --> 00:51:13,371
SIGNIFICANCE.

1259
00:51:13,371 --> 00:51:16,341
ON THAT DAY, ON AUGUST 26, IN

1260
00:51:16,341 --> 00:51:17,642
THAT SECOND EXECUTIVE ORDER

1261
00:51:17,642 --> 00:51:19,711
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SAID OUR ARMED

1262
00:51:19,711 --> 00:51:22,681
FORCES WILL NOT SERVE IN

1263
00:51:22,681 --> 00:51:24,983
SEGREGATED UNITS, OUR MILITARY

1264
00:51:24,983 --> 00:51:26,184
WILL BE INTEGRATED, FIGHTING

1265
00:51:26,184 --> 00:51:27,285
FORCES SHOULDN'T BE DIVIDED.

1266
00:51:27,285 --> 00:51:29,154
WE HAVE ONE MISSION, ONE VISION

1267
00:51:29,154 --> 00:51:32,324
WE SHOULD FOCUS ON TOGETHER.

1268
00:51:32,324 --> 00:51:33,858
ABSENT OF SEGREGATED UNITS.

1269
00:51:33,858 --> 00:51:34,926
PEOPLE KNOW THAT.

1270
00:51:34,926 --> 00:51:37,128
BUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT

1271
00:51:37,128 --> 00:51:38,863
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNED RIGHT

1272
00:51:38,863 --> 00:51:41,266
BEFORE IT ON THE SAME -- WITH

1273
00:51:41,266 --> 00:51:43,802
THE SAME PEN, EXECUTIVE ORDER

1274
00:51:43,802 --> 00:51:45,003
9980, SAID THE FEDERAL

1275
00:51:45,003 --> 00:51:46,104
GOVERNMENT ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE

1276
00:51:46,104 --> 00:51:48,740
SHOULD BE A PLACE OF FAIR

1277
00:51:48,740 --> 00:51:51,076
EMPLOYMENT AND CREATED FEDERAL

1278
00:51:51,076 --> 00:51:52,811
SECTOR EEO 77 YEARS AGO.

1279
00:51:52,811 --> 00:51:55,981
HE SET UP A PROGRAM, AND IT IS

1280
00:51:55,981 --> 00:51:58,683
FUNNY IF YOU CAN READ EXECUTIVE

1281
00:51:58,683 --> 00:52:01,119
ORDER 9980, LOOK AT WHAT WE DO

1282
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:03,088
TODAY, THE VISION IS STILL THE

1283
00:52:03,088 --> 00:52:03,488
SAME.

1284
00:52:03,488 --> 00:52:05,023
WHAT WE WERE SAYING AT THAT TIME

1285
00:52:05,023 --> 00:52:07,325
WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

1286
00:52:07,325 --> 00:52:08,793
SHOULD BE THE MODEL EMPLOYER, IF

1287
00:52:08,793 --> 00:52:09,961
FOLKS COME TO THE FEDERAL

1288
00:52:09,961 --> 00:52:12,397
GOVERNMENT THEY SHOULD EXPECT A

1289
00:52:12,397 --> 00:52:14,132
TRANSPARENT, OPEN PROCESS THAT

1290
00:52:14,132 --> 00:52:15,433
ALLOWS FOLKS TO COMPETE BASED ON

1291
00:52:15,433 --> 00:52:24,209
THEIR TALENT, NOT BECAUSE OF

1292
00:52:24,209 --> 00:52:25,643
RACE AND RELIGION.

1293
00:52:25,643 --> 00:52:27,512
PEOPLE GET UPSET BECAUSE YOU

1294
00:52:27,512 --> 00:52:29,481
HAVE EDI, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH

1295
00:52:29,481 --> 00:52:30,148
FIRST.

1296
00:52:30,148 --> 00:52:35,153
YOU CAN'T COME TO EEOC.

1297
00:52:35,153 --> 00:52:38,323
WHY SHOULD AN AGENCY BE ABLE TO

1298
00:52:38,323 --> 00:52:43,161
LOOK AT THAT BEFORE THEY GO IN

1299
00:52:43,161 --> 00:52:43,495
FEDERAL COURT.

1300
00:52:43,495 --> 00:52:44,362
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD

1301
00:52:44,362 --> 00:52:47,499
HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN TAKING

1302
00:52:47,499 --> 00:52:50,835
CARE OF IN-HOUSE MATTERS BEFORE

1303
00:52:50,835 --> 00:52:53,071
NEEDING INTERVENTION BY A THIRD

1304
00:52:53,071 --> 00:52:54,839
PARTY, EEOC OR FEDERAL COURTS.

1305
00:52:54,839 --> 00:52:56,908
YOU HAVE EMBEDDED PROGRAMS IN

1306
00:52:56,908 --> 00:52:59,744
PLACE FOR 77 YEARS WHOSE SOLE

1307
00:52:59,744 --> 00:53:02,147
FOCUS TO HELP YOUR ORGANIZATION

1308
00:53:02,147 --> 00:53:02,447
GROW.

1309
00:53:02,447 --> 00:53:04,349
IT'S VARIED IN TIME.

1310
00:53:04,349 --> 00:53:07,852
WE SAW DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF

1311
00:53:07,852 --> 00:53:08,119
IT.

1312
00:53:08,119 --> 00:53:11,022
SO THIS DIDN'T START WITH EEOC,

1313
00:53:11,022 --> 00:53:13,425
IT STARTED WITH A THE CIVIL

1314
00:53:13,425 --> 00:53:14,859
SERVICE COMMISSION, HOW MANY OF

1315
00:53:14,859 --> 00:53:18,797
YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE THE

1316
00:53:18,797 --> 00:53:20,098
CIVIL SERVICE COMMERCIAL --

1317
00:53:20,098 --> 00:53:21,733
BONITA PUT YOUR HAND DOWN.

1318
00:53:21,733 --> 00:53:23,501
YOU REMEMBER THE SELF SERVICE

1319
00:53:23,501 --> 00:53:24,602
COMMISSION, RIGHT?

1320
00:53:24,602 --> 00:53:25,270
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

1321
00:53:25,270 --> 00:53:27,672
USED TO BE A BROAD BUREAUCRACY

1322
00:53:27,672 --> 00:53:28,606
THAT DID ALL CENTRALIZED

1323
00:53:28,606 --> 00:53:31,042
SERVICES FOR THE FEDERAL

1324
00:53:31,042 --> 00:53:31,342
GOVERNMENT.

1325
00:53:31,342 --> 00:53:37,515
IT WAS EEOC, IT WAS OPM,

1326
00:53:37,515 --> 00:53:38,049
PROTECTION BOARD, SPECIAL

1327
00:53:38,049 --> 00:53:40,885
COUNCIL, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT

1328
00:53:40,885 --> 00:53:42,420
ETHICS, IT DID EVERYTHING BUT IT

1329
00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:45,623
WAS TOO LARGE TO GIVE FOCUS AND

1330
00:53:45,623 --> 00:53:48,226
PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE.

1331
00:53:48,226 --> 00:53:50,328
1979 PRESIDENT CARTER

1332
00:53:50,328 --> 00:53:53,098
REORGANIZED FEDERAL SECTOR EEO

1333
00:53:53,098 --> 00:53:57,202
WITH CONGRESS, CREATED OFFICE

1334
00:53:57,202 --> 00:53:58,837
PERSONAL MANAGEMENT, MOVED EEO

1335
00:53:58,837 --> 00:54:01,573
TO EEOC SO WE GOT THIS

1336
00:54:01,573 --> 00:54:03,108
RESPONSIBILITY IN 1980.

1337
00:54:03,108 --> 00:54:05,743
THIS IS LEGACY GOING ON, THERE'S

1338
00:54:05,743 --> 00:54:08,012
NO TRUST, EMPLOYEES DIDN'T TRUST

1339
00:54:08,012 --> 00:54:08,713
THEIR INTERNAL PROCESS, DIDN'T

1340
00:54:08,713 --> 00:54:09,781
TRUST THAT THE FEDERAL

1341
00:54:09,781 --> 00:54:11,249
GOVERNMENT WAS REALLY STRIVING

1342
00:54:11,249 --> 00:54:15,120
TO BE A MODEL EMPLOYER.

1343
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:16,454
CONGRESS HELD HEARINGS, SHOWED

1344
00:54:16,454 --> 00:54:17,856
THE DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION OF

1345
00:54:17,856 --> 00:54:19,724
THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE HADN'T

1346
00:54:19,724 --> 00:54:22,360
CHANGED IN 20 YEARS, LESS THAN

1347
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,430
2% OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IN

1348
00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:28,066
THE SENIOR LEVELS WERE WOMEN,

1349
00:54:28,066 --> 00:54:30,135
WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN, WERE

1350
00:54:30,135 --> 00:54:30,668
HISPANIC.

1351
00:54:30,668 --> 00:54:32,337
AND HAD BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT

1352
00:54:32,337 --> 00:54:32,604
PROGRESS.

1353
00:54:32,604 --> 00:54:35,273
ALL OF A SUDDEN IN 1980 CONGRESS

1354
00:54:35,273 --> 00:54:38,776
AND THE PRESIDENT SAID SAID EEO,

1355
00:54:38,776 --> 00:54:39,544
FIX IT.

1356
00:54:39,544 --> 00:54:42,080
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A

1357
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:42,480
STRATEGY.

1358
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,016
OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN HOW DO WE

1359
00:54:45,016 --> 00:54:46,551
PARTNER WITH THE FEDERAL

1360
00:54:46,551 --> 00:54:48,753
AGENCIES TO DO THIS WORK.

1361
00:54:48,753 --> 00:54:50,054
SO IT'S NOT ADVERSARIAL.

1362
00:54:50,054 --> 00:54:52,190
IT'S SOMETHING WE WORK TOGETHER

1363
00:54:52,190 --> 00:54:52,390
WITH.

1364
00:54:52,390 --> 00:54:54,993
AND SO OUR APPROACH ARE NIH AND

1365
00:54:54,993 --> 00:54:57,495
OTHER AGENCIES HAS BEEN THROUGH

1366
00:54:57,495 --> 00:54:57,762
GUIDANCE.

1367
00:54:57,762 --> 00:54:58,696
WHAT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE

1368
00:54:58,696 --> 00:54:59,364
TALKING ABOUT?

1369
00:54:59,364 --> 00:55:02,000
I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A SESSION

1370
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:03,101
LATER ON MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE

1371
00:55:03,101 --> 00:55:03,268
715.

1372
00:55:03,268 --> 00:55:09,240
THE  STRATEGY IS REMOVING

1373
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:11,976
BARRIERS FOR OPPORTUNITY.

1374
00:55:11,976 --> 00:55:13,178
BEFORE WE ISSUED 715 EVERYTHING

1375
00:55:13,178 --> 00:55:14,612
WAS NUMBERS, HOW CAN WE GET

1376
00:55:14,612 --> 00:55:15,780
THESE NUMBERS TO SAY WHAT WE

1377
00:55:15,780 --> 00:55:17,549
WANT THEM TO SAY?

1378
00:55:17,549 --> 00:55:18,983
PEOPLE STILL TO THIS DAY VERY

1379
00:55:18,983 --> 00:55:20,318
MUCH GET FOCUSED ON NUMBERS.

1380
00:55:20,318 --> 00:55:22,153
HOW DO WE MAKE THE NUMBERS SAY

1381
00:55:22,153 --> 00:55:26,090
WHAT WE WANT THEM TO SAY?

1382
00:55:26,090 --> 00:55:27,959
OUR APPROACH WAS DON'T FIX THE

1383
00:55:27,959 --> 00:55:30,595
NUMBERS, FIX THE ROOT CAUSE

1384
00:55:30,595 --> 00:55:31,896
THAT'S CAUSING THE NUMBERS.

1385
00:55:31,896 --> 00:55:35,500
YOU'LL STILL HEAR THIS THING

1386
00:55:35,500 --> 00:55:37,635
NOW. 

1387
00:55:37,635 --> 00:55:39,337
I NEED SOME WATER.

1388
00:55:39,337 --> 00:55:42,040
KEVIN GOT ME EMOTIONAL WITH HIS

1389
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:42,440
SPEECH.

1390
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:42,740
[LAUGHTER]

1391
00:55:42,740 --> 00:55:47,545
TOOK SOME OF MY ENERGY.

1392
00:55:47,545 --> 00:55:49,948
I GOT TO GET REHYDRATED.

1393
00:55:49,948 --> 00:55:52,450
SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET REALLY

1394
00:55:52,450 --> 00:55:53,384
FOCUSED ON THE NUMBERS.

1395
00:55:53,384 --> 00:55:55,220
SO WE USED TO TALK ABOUT

1396
00:55:55,220 --> 00:55:56,187
MANIFESTING BALANCE, THINGS OF

1397
00:55:56,187 --> 00:55:57,488
THIS NATURE, HOW DO WE MAKE

1398
00:55:57,488 --> 00:55:59,457
NUMBERS LOOK A CERTAIN WAY.

1399
00:55:59,457 --> 00:56:00,325
THAT WAS AGENCY FOCUS.

1400
00:56:00,325 --> 00:56:01,893
THEY WOULD DO THINGS TO FIX THE

1401
00:56:01,893 --> 00:56:03,061
NUMBERS REAL QUICK.

1402
00:56:03,061 --> 00:56:05,363
FIXING NUMBERS REAL QUICK DOES

1403
00:56:05,363 --> 00:56:06,297
NOT FIX PROBLEMS.

1404
00:56:06,297 --> 00:56:08,233
SO IT'S LIKE A LOT OF YOU IN THE

1405
00:56:08,233 --> 00:56:09,968
MEDICAL REALM, YOU KNOW HOW TO

1406
00:56:09,968 --> 00:56:11,502
DO DIAGNOSIS, ROOT CAUSE, YOU

1407
00:56:11,502 --> 00:56:12,604
DON'T TREAT THE SYMPTOMS.

1408
00:56:12,604 --> 00:56:14,906
YOU TREAT THE ROOT CAUSE.

1409
00:56:14,906 --> 00:56:17,208
I USE THE EXAMPLE OF HOW MANY OF

1410
00:56:17,208 --> 00:56:18,643
YOU ARE BIG IN LAWN CARE?

1411
00:56:18,643 --> 00:56:23,448
HOW MANY OF YOU CUT YOUR OWN

1412
00:56:23,448 --> 00:56:23,781
GRASS?

1413
00:56:23,781 --> 00:56:26,084
ONE THING I WOULD SAY, WHAT

1414
00:56:26,084 --> 00:56:28,353
PEOPLE USED TO DO BEFORE WAS

1415
00:56:28,353 --> 00:56:30,154
TREAT THE SURFACE LEVEL.

1416
00:56:30,154 --> 00:56:34,926
IF YOU HAVE WEEDS IN YOUR YARD

1417
00:56:34,926 --> 00:56:36,461
THAT GROW, THE EASIEST THING TO

1418
00:56:36,461 --> 00:56:38,196
DO IS CUT IT, TO MAKE IT LOOK

1419
00:56:38,196 --> 00:56:39,831
LIKE YOUR GRASS BUT UNDERNEATH

1420
00:56:39,831 --> 00:56:42,166
YOU KNOW THERE ARE ROOTS GROWING

1421
00:56:42,166 --> 00:56:44,035
AND IT'S DESTROYING YOUR YARD,

1422
00:56:44,035 --> 00:56:45,536
YOUR PLANTS, EVERYTHING ELSE.

1423
00:56:45,536 --> 00:56:47,405
YOU CAN KEEP CUTTING IT TO MAKE

1424
00:56:47,405 --> 00:56:49,807
IT LOOK -- BUT YOU DON'T TREAT

1425
00:56:49,807 --> 00:56:50,508
THE ROOT PROBLEM.

1426
00:56:50,508 --> 00:56:52,543
WE'RE

1427
00:56:52,543 --> 00:56:56,514
WE'RE SAYING DON'T FIX THE

1428
00:56:56,514 --> 00:56:58,683
NUMBERS, STOP FOCUSING ON FIXING

1429
00:56:58,683 --> 00:56:58,916
NUMBERS.

1430
00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:03,087
LET THE NUMBERS BE AN  INDICATOR

1431
00:57:03,087 --> 00:57:05,990
AND LOOK AT YOUR POLICIES,

1432
00:57:05,990 --> 00:57:07,692
PRACTICES, PROCEDURES TO SEE IF

1433
00:57:07,692 --> 00:57:08,559
THEY ARE DISADVANTAGING ANY

1434
00:57:08,559 --> 00:57:10,194
PARTICULAR GROUP.

1435
00:57:10,194 --> 00:57:13,364
IT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES FOR

1436
00:57:13,364 --> 00:57:15,566
GOOD BUSINESS REASONS, ONE THING

1437
00:57:15,566 --> 00:57:18,303
WE SAY IN MD 17 WE'RE NOT

1438
00:57:18,303 --> 00:57:19,504
LOOKING FOR VILLAINS.

1439
00:57:19,504 --> 00:57:22,340
YOU TRY TO PUT THIS GOOD VERSUS

1440
00:57:22,340 --> 00:57:23,207
THIS BAD.

1441
00:57:23,207 --> 00:57:25,410
SOMEBODY FILES A COMPLAINT, THIS

1442
00:57:25,410 --> 00:57:28,246
PERSON TOOK ILLEGAL ACT, I WANT

1443
00:57:28,246 --> 00:57:29,347
MY REMEDIES, IT'S

1444
00:57:29,347 --> 00:57:29,947
CONFRONTATIONAL.

1445
00:57:29,947 --> 00:57:30,982
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE

1446
00:57:30,982 --> 00:57:34,152
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT

1447
00:57:34,152 --> 00:57:34,619
CONFRONTATIONAL.

1448
00:57:34,619 --> 00:57:38,423
WE'RE LOOKING FOR BETTER PATHS

1449
00:57:38,423 --> 00:57:39,857
FORWARD FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY.

1450
00:57:39,857 --> 00:57:41,392
THERE ARE THINGS IN PLACE, YOU

1451
00:57:41,392 --> 00:57:45,463
MAY NOT UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE

1452
00:57:45,463 --> 00:57:46,631
LIMITING OPPORTUNITY.

1453
00:57:46,631 --> 00:57:48,433
I GIVE A PRESENTATION FOR A

1454
00:57:48,433 --> 00:57:50,468
SMALL AGENCY, ONLY 100 PEOPLE,

1455
00:57:50,468 --> 00:57:53,871
THERE'S ABOUT 200 TYPES OF

1456
00:57:53,871 --> 00:57:56,708
FEDERAL AGENCIES OUT THERE.

1457
00:57:56,708 --> 00:57:59,243
RANGING FROM 4 EMPLOYEES TO

1458
00:57:59,243 --> 00:58:05,149
800,000 BUT THIS AGENCY WAS ONE

1459
00:58:05,149 --> 00:58:11,189
AGENCY THAT DEALT WITH STORING

1460
00:58:11,189 --> 00:58:13,591
NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFELY, THEY

1461
00:58:13,591 --> 00:58:15,760
DID AN OVERVIEW OF DoD.

1462
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:16,761
VERY SMALL, 100 EMPLOYEES, ALL

1463
00:58:16,761 --> 00:58:18,830
IN THE ROOM WHEN I'M GIVING THE

1464
00:58:18,830 --> 00:58:21,899
PRESENTATION. 

1465
00:58:21,899 --> 00:58:23,868
I'M UP HERE, PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING

1466
00:58:23,868 --> 00:58:26,037
IT, LIKE ALL MY PRESENTATIONS.

1467
00:58:26,037 --> 00:58:26,304
[LAUGHTER]

1468
00:58:26,304 --> 00:58:28,339
BEHIND ME WAS A DOOR.

1469
00:58:28,339 --> 00:58:30,541
WEIRD, A DOOR RIGHT BEHIND ME AS

1470
00:58:30,541 --> 00:58:32,610
I'M GIVING MY PRESENTATION.

1471
00:58:32,610 --> 00:58:34,145
AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN STUMBLES

1472
00:58:34,145 --> 00:58:34,612
IN.

1473
00:58:34,612 --> 00:58:36,981
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

1474
00:58:36,981 --> 00:58:39,283
I'M THINKING HE LOOKS CONFUSED,

1475
00:58:39,283 --> 00:58:42,053
I'M CONFUSED.

1476
00:58:42,053 --> 00:58:43,020
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS, TELL

1477
00:58:43,020 --> 00:58:46,424
HIM PERMISSION TO COME ON BOARD.

1478
00:58:46,424 --> 00:58:49,360
I SAID PERMISSION TO COME ON

1479
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:49,694
BOARD.

1480
00:58:49,694 --> 00:58:51,562
AYE AYE, HE SAT DOWN.

1481
00:58:51,562 --> 00:58:52,764
I FINISHED MY PRESENTATION, IT

1482
00:58:52,764 --> 00:58:54,532
WAS GREAT, PEOPLE LOVED IT.

1483
00:58:54,532 --> 00:58:55,533
AFTER THE PRESENTATION EXECUTIVE

1484
00:58:55,533 --> 00:58:58,035
DIRECTOR CAME UP AND SAID, RIGHT

1485
00:58:58,035 --> 00:59:01,005
AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION WE WERE

1486
00:59:01,005 --> 00:59:02,106
DOING ALUMNI CELEBRATION, ALL

1487
00:59:02,106 --> 00:59:03,274
OUR FORMER DIRECTORS STILL ALIVE

1488
00:59:03,274 --> 00:59:03,841
WERE HERE.

1489
00:59:03,841 --> 00:59:06,244
HE'S ONE OF THE FORMER

1490
00:59:06,244 --> 00:59:06,511
DIRECTORS.

1491
00:59:06,511 --> 00:59:08,546
I WAS LOOKING AT THE ROOM.

1492
00:59:08,546 --> 00:59:10,615
IT LOOKED JUST LIKE THE NAVY.

1493
00:59:10,615 --> 00:59:13,551
I WAS LIKE -- YEAH, I KNOW YOU

1494
00:59:13,551 --> 00:59:13,785
NOTICED.

1495
00:59:13,785 --> 00:59:15,586
A LOT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERS,

1496
00:59:15,586 --> 00:59:17,989
PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN PLACE.

1497
00:59:17,989 --> 00:59:20,291
WE RECRUIT, TRY TO RECRUIT

1498
00:59:20,291 --> 00:59:22,260
BROADLY BUT A LOT OF STAFF COME

1499
00:59:22,260 --> 00:59:23,995
FROM THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM FROM

1500
00:59:23,995 --> 00:59:25,263
THE NAVY.

1501
00:59:25,263 --> 00:59:27,265
JUST DOING AN ON THE SPOT

1502
00:59:27,265 --> 00:59:30,468
ANALYSIS, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE

1503
00:59:30,468 --> 00:59:31,436
SOPHISTICATED, JUST LOOKING AT

1504
00:59:31,436 --> 00:59:32,970
POLICY, HOW DID THAT START?

1505
00:59:32,970 --> 00:59:35,039
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.

1506
00:59:35,039 --> 00:59:37,442
HE SAID IN THE '50s WHEN THE

1507
00:59:37,442 --> 00:59:40,645
NUCLEAR STOCKPILE STARTED TO

1508
00:59:40,645 --> 00:59:42,947
GROW CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED

1509
00:59:42,947 --> 00:59:45,016
TO STORE SAFELY, STOOD UP OUR

1510
00:59:45,016 --> 00:59:47,218
NAVY, TOOK A PIECE OF DoD, THE

1511
00:59:47,218 --> 00:59:48,052
NAVY CREATED OUR PROGRAM, WE

1512
00:59:48,052 --> 00:59:49,821
WERE STAFFED THAT WAY.

1513
00:59:49,821 --> 00:59:50,755
THAT BECAME OUR CONDUIT.

1514
00:59:50,755 --> 00:59:52,356
WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO GET

1515
00:59:52,356 --> 00:59:53,758
GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT

1516
00:59:53,758 --> 00:59:56,961
WE GREW UP FROM.

1517
00:59:56,961 --> 01:00:00,665
THAT WAS THEIR MAIN RECRUITMENT

1518
01:00:00,665 --> 01:00:00,932
STRATEGY.

1519
01:00:00,932 --> 01:00:01,866
INSTEAD OF SAYING HIRE MORE

1520
01:00:01,866 --> 01:00:04,502
WOMEN, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CHANGE

1521
01:00:04,502 --> 01:00:06,337
RECRUITMENT STRATEGY, TO MAKE IT

1522
01:00:06,337 --> 01:00:07,572
A BROADER OPPORTUNITY, A LOT OF

1523
01:00:07,572 --> 01:00:08,840
TIMES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING, DOING

1524
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:11,375
THIS WORK AT YOUR AGENCY, YOU'RE

1525
01:00:11,375 --> 01:00:13,211
NOT TRYING TO FIX THE NUMBERS.

1526
01:00:13,211 --> 01:00:14,545
HOW DO WE GET MORE HISPANIC

1527
01:00:14,545 --> 01:00:15,646
FEMALES IN THE SEAT IN THE

1528
01:00:15,646 --> 01:00:17,181
QUESTION SHOULD BE WHY AND WHAT

1529
01:00:17,181 --> 01:00:19,150
POLICIES ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE

1530
01:00:19,150 --> 01:00:20,117
LIMITING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND

1531
01:00:20,117 --> 01:00:22,320
ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN CHANGE IT?

1532
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:24,755
SO AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH

1533
01:00:24,755 --> 01:00:25,823
MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE 715, IT'S

1534
01:00:25,823 --> 01:00:27,692
BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE TO

1535
01:00:27,692 --> 01:00:29,327
STOP FOCUSING ON THE NUMBERS AND

1536
01:00:29,327 --> 01:00:32,497
DO THE HARD WORK OF GETTING IN

1537
01:00:32,497 --> 01:00:33,698
THE GROUND, PULLING THE ROOTS

1538
01:00:33,698 --> 01:00:37,435
OUT SO WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT

1539
01:00:37,435 --> 01:00:39,403
OUTCOME FOR FOLKS THAT NEED THE

1540
01:00:39,403 --> 01:00:40,137
OPPORTUNITY.

1541
01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:42,340
SO TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR

1542
01:00:42,340 --> 01:00:43,474
20th ANNIVERSARY, WE'VE BEEN

1543
01:00:43,474 --> 01:00:46,410
SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE BIDEN

1544
01:00:46,410 --> 01:00:47,044
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT.

1545
01:00:47,044 --> 01:00:51,315
DAY ONE, PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME

1546
01:00:51,315 --> 01:00:52,917
IN, PASSED EXECUTIVE ORDER

1547
01:00:52,917 --> 01:00:54,218
13985, WHICH I CALL EQUITY

1548
01:00:54,218 --> 01:00:55,419
EXECUTIVE ORDER, THAT GAVE THE

1549
01:00:55,419 --> 01:00:57,922
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIFFERENT

1550
01:00:57,922 --> 01:00:58,122
FOCUS.

1551
01:00:58,122 --> 01:01:00,658
IT SAID THAT WE MUST BE MINDFUL

1552
01:01:00,658 --> 01:01:02,193
OF THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITIZENS

1553
01:01:02,193 --> 01:01:05,263
AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES

1554
01:01:05,263 --> 01:01:06,264
THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR

1555
01:01:06,264 --> 01:01:11,402
CITIZENS REACH ALL OUR CITIZENS.

1556
01:01:11,402 --> 01:01:14,839
AND THEN TO COMPLEMENT THAT HE

1557
01:01:14,839 --> 01:01:18,709
PASSED 14035, DIVERSITY

1558
01:01:18,709 --> 01:01:20,244
EXECUTIVE ORDER WE NEED A WORK

1559
01:01:20,244 --> 01:01:27,151
FORCE  THAT UNDERSTANDS OUR

1560
01:01:27,151 --> 01:01:27,852
POPULATION, RECRUITING FROM ALL,

1561
01:01:27,852 --> 01:01:29,353
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN THE

1562
01:01:29,353 --> 01:01:30,454
WORK FORCE AND UNDERSTAND

1563
01:01:30,454 --> 01:01:32,189
CITIZENSHIP WE'RE TRYING TO

1564
01:01:32,189 --> 01:01:32,390
REACH.

1565
01:01:32,390 --> 01:01:33,858
I WAS PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO WORK

1566
01:01:33,858 --> 01:01:36,761
WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TEAM ON

1567
01:01:36,761 --> 01:01:38,229
HIS DRAFTING EXECUTIVE ORDER,

1568
01:01:38,229 --> 01:01:39,263
I'M PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION

1569
01:01:39,263 --> 01:01:40,197
TEAM FOR THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

1570
01:01:40,197 --> 01:01:42,600
ONE OF THE THINGS WE PUT IN THAT

1571
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:43,367
EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS THE

1572
01:01:43,367 --> 01:01:44,802
FOUNDATION OF THE WORK THAT

1573
01:01:44,802 --> 01:01:48,306
WE'RE DOING IN THIS SPACE THAT

1574
01:01:48,306 --> 01:01:51,142
WE'RE NOW CALLING DEIA, I'M GLAD

1575
01:01:51,142 --> 01:01:52,243
YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE I WAS

1576
01:01:52,243 --> 01:01:54,745
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE

1577
01:01:54,745 --> 01:01:58,149
CONTROVERSY OF DEIA, KEVIN, IS

1578
01:01:58,149 --> 01:01:59,584
FOUNDED IN MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE

1579
01:01:59,584 --> 01:02:01,786
715 AND MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED

1580
01:02:01,786 --> 01:02:02,420
DECISIONS.

1581
01:02:02,420 --> 01:02:03,521
IT'S NOT ARBITRARY.

1582
01:02:03,521 --> 01:02:05,923
WE GAVE A DEFINITION OF DEIA

1583
01:02:05,923 --> 01:02:08,259
THAT WE WANT THE FEDERAL

1584
01:02:08,259 --> 01:02:08,893
GOVERNMENT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE

1585
01:02:08,893 --> 01:02:10,428
A LOT OF THINGS YOU HEAR IN THE

1586
01:02:10,428 --> 01:02:13,264
MEDIA, THINGS YOU HEAR IN TERMS

1587
01:02:13,264 --> 01:02:14,665
OF OPPOSITION FROM DEIA, THEY

1588
01:02:14,665 --> 01:02:16,434
PUT FORTH PRINCIPLES THAT ARE

1589
01:02:16,434 --> 01:02:19,503
NOT WHAT WE ESPOUSE TO BE DEIA.

1590
01:02:19,503 --> 01:02:20,471
IF SOMEONE'S SAYING WHITE MALE

1591
01:02:20,471 --> 01:02:23,874
SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF OUR

1592
01:02:23,874 --> 01:02:24,642
INITIATIVE, THAT'S

1593
01:02:24,642 --> 01:02:25,076
DISCRIMINATORY.

1594
01:02:25,076 --> 01:02:27,712
THAT'S NOT A PART OF DEIA.

1595
01:02:27,712 --> 01:02:29,981
IF A PERSON HAS AN OPINION

1596
01:02:29,981 --> 01:02:31,349
THAT'S NOT ALONG WITH YOUR

1597
01:02:31,349 --> 01:02:32,850
OPINION, THEY SHOULDN'T BE SHUT

1598
01:02:32,850 --> 01:02:34,585
OUT OF THE CONVERSATION.

1599
01:02:34,585 --> 01:02:36,554
SO WHEN YOU HAVE A DEIA FORUM, I

1600
01:02:36,554 --> 01:02:41,258
WANT TO HEAR THE VOICES THAT

1601
01:02:41,258 --> 01:02:42,360
FIND DEIA IS PROBLEMATIC AND I

1602
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:43,561
WANT TO KNOW WHY.

1603
01:02:43,561 --> 01:02:46,297
BECAUSE WE NEED ALL THOSE VOICES

1604
01:02:46,297 --> 01:02:47,932
IN THE ROOM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S

1605
01:02:47,932 --> 01:02:48,399
GOING ON.

1606
01:02:48,399 --> 01:02:51,535
SO IN TERMS OF PUTTING FORTH THE

1607
01:02:51,535 --> 01:02:53,738
EXECUTIVE ORDER WE CAN EXPLAIN

1608
01:02:53,738 --> 01:02:55,940
THAT, NO, DEIA IS NOT EXCLUSIVE

1609
01:02:55,940 --> 01:02:58,876
TO SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THEIR

1610
01:02:58,876 --> 01:03:05,650
COLOR OR GENDER. 

1611
01:03:05,650 --> 01:03:07,418
AT EEOC WHEN I REVIEW REPORTS

1612
01:03:07,418 --> 01:03:10,421
AND I SEE DIFFERENT PATTERNS,

1613
01:03:10,421 --> 01:03:11,589
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SAY THERE

1614
01:03:11,589 --> 01:03:13,991
SEEMS TO BE A RECRUIT.

1615
01:03:13,991 --> 01:03:16,727
ISSUE WITH WHITE MALES.

1616
01:03:16,727 --> 01:03:17,595
BECAUSE YOUR LEVEL OF

1617
01:03:17,595 --> 01:03:18,696
RECRUITMENT HAS INCREASED IN

1618
01:03:18,696 --> 01:03:22,199
THIS AREA BUT YOU'RE NOT

1619
01:03:22,199 --> 01:03:24,835
REACHING THIS COMMUNITY.

1620
01:03:24,835 --> 01:03:26,470
WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK DEIA IF WE

1621
01:03:26,470 --> 01:03:28,005
HAVE A COMPLETE DEFINITION

1622
01:03:28,005 --> 01:03:28,806
CONSISTENT WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER,

1623
01:03:28,806 --> 01:03:30,641
IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO ARGUE WITH

1624
01:03:30,641 --> 01:03:32,076
OUR APPROACH IN TERMS OF TRYING

1625
01:03:32,076 --> 01:03:34,578
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POCKETS OF

1626
01:03:34,578 --> 01:03:35,579
OUR POPULATION ARE NOT

1627
01:03:35,579 --> 01:03:37,882
PARTICIPATING IN PERHAPS THE WAY

1628
01:03:37,882 --> 01:03:38,115
WE WANT.

1629
01:03:38,115 --> 01:03:40,384
I THINK VILIFICATION OF DEIA IS

1630
01:03:40,384 --> 01:03:42,153
WHAT'S CONFUSING PEOPLE SO

1631
01:03:42,153 --> 01:03:44,321
SOMEONE SAYS, DEIA IS THIS,

1632
01:03:44,321 --> 01:03:47,491
THAT'S WHAT I GET INTO A LOT OF

1633
01:03:47,491 --> 01:03:50,127
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ON A MORE

1634
01:03:50,127 --> 01:03:51,228
PHILOSOPHICAL LEVEL, A LOT OF

1635
01:03:51,228 --> 01:03:52,630
TIMES PEOPLE CLOUD AS DEIA IS

1636
01:03:52,630 --> 01:03:54,065
NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE

1637
01:03:54,065 --> 01:03:54,598
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

1638
01:03:54,598 --> 01:03:56,801
WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AND DEFINE

1639
01:03:56,801 --> 01:03:58,769
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1640
01:03:58,769 --> 01:04:02,807
AS WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD IN

1641
01:04:02,807 --> 01:04:03,708
THIS ADMINISTRATION, WE'VE BEEN

1642
01:04:03,708 --> 01:04:06,310
WORKING ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE

1643
01:04:06,310 --> 01:04:08,846
MORE EVIDENCE TO MAKE MORE

1644
01:04:08,846 --> 01:04:09,914
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT

1645
01:04:09,914 --> 01:04:13,084
EMERGING AREAS IN DEIA.

1646
01:04:13,084 --> 01:04:14,085
PRESIDENT BIDEN PASSED 14075

1647
01:04:14,085 --> 01:04:16,954
WHICH GAVE US OPPORTUNITY TO

1648
01:04:16,954 --> 01:04:17,922
LOOK AT LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY WHICH

1649
01:04:17,922 --> 01:04:20,324
WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON.

1650
01:04:20,324 --> 01:04:21,759
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT

1651
01:04:21,759 --> 01:04:22,026
IT.

1652
01:04:22,026 --> 01:04:24,395
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER

1653
01:04:24,395 --> 01:04:25,463
EVIDENCE-BASED AGENDA FOR

1654
01:04:25,463 --> 01:04:26,664
COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR THAT

1655
01:04:26,664 --> 01:04:26,931
COMMUNITY.

1656
01:04:26,931 --> 01:04:28,332
IT'S A PART OF THE PRIOR

1657
01:04:28,332 --> 01:04:29,767
EXECUTIVE ORDER, WE SAID WE NEED

1658
01:04:29,767 --> 01:04:31,936
TO LOOK AT THE RACE/ETHNICITY

1659
01:04:31,936 --> 01:04:33,404
CODES BECAUSE THE WAY WE

1660
01:04:33,404 --> 01:04:35,573
CLASSIFY FOLKS IN TERMS OF

1661
01:04:35,573 --> 01:04:36,674
RACE/ETHNICITY IN THIS COUNTRY

1662
01:04:36,674 --> 01:04:38,309
IS WAY TOO BROAD.

1663
01:04:38,309 --> 01:04:41,278
WE HAVE LARGE CATEGORIES.

1664
01:04:41,278 --> 01:04:42,580
BLACK, HISPANIC, ASIAN, WHICH

1665
01:04:42,580 --> 01:04:45,649
ARE WAY TOO LARGE.

1666
01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:47,051
SO THROUGH ADMINISTRATION WE

1667
01:04:47,051 --> 01:04:50,221
WERE ABLE TO REVISE THE

1668
01:04:50,221 --> 01:04:50,821
RACE/ETHNICITY CATEGORIZATIONS

1669
01:04:50,821 --> 01:04:53,257
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

1670
01:04:53,257 --> 01:04:54,091
THROUGH STATISTICAL DIRECTIVE 15

1671
01:04:54,091 --> 01:04:56,527
THAT CAME THE NEW PRINCIPLES AND

1672
01:04:56,527 --> 01:04:58,662
POLICY BACK IN MARCH OF THIS

1673
01:04:58,662 --> 01:05:05,236
YEAR NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT

1674
01:05:05,236 --> 01:05:11,742
DIS AGGREGATED DATA SO WE KNOW

1675
01:05:11,742 --> 01:05:13,043
SUBPOPULATIONS THEY BELONG TO.

1676
01:05:13,043 --> 01:05:15,913
WHEN COVID CAME OUT AND YOU HAD

1677
01:05:15,913 --> 01:05:17,548
BROAD CLASSIFICATIONS, HOW IS

1678
01:05:17,548 --> 01:05:20,151
THIS AFFECTING THE ASIAN

1679
01:05:20,151 --> 01:05:23,654
COMMUNITY, WIN DIFFERENT ASIAN

1680
01:05:23,654 --> 01:05:25,189
POPULATIONS COVID AFFECTED

1681
01:05:25,189 --> 01:05:29,126
DIFFERENTLY, WE NEED BETTER DATA

1682
01:05:29,126 --> 01:05:30,761
INSTEAD OF BROAD CATEGORIZATION

1683
01:05:30,761 --> 01:05:32,630
AND PASSED NEW GUIDANCE ON HOW

1684
01:05:32,630 --> 01:05:34,932
WE COLLECT RACE/ETHNICITY DATA.

1685
01:05:34,932 --> 01:05:36,567
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ACCESSIBILITY

1686
01:05:36,567 --> 01:05:38,636
IN TERMS OF DISABILITY.

1687
01:05:38,636 --> 01:05:40,604
ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE

1688
01:05:40,604 --> 01:05:43,140
THAT'S KEPT FOLKS FROM

1689
01:05:43,140 --> 01:05:46,310
DISABILITIES FROM MEANINGFUL

1690
01:05:46,310 --> 01:05:48,379
OPPORTUNITY, KEPT THEM ON

1691
01:05:48,379 --> 01:05:50,147
ASSISTIVE BENEFITS VERSUS WORK.

1692
01:05:50,147 --> 01:05:53,551
THIS ADMINISTRATION PUT A LOT OF

1693
01:05:53,551 --> 01:05:55,286
EFFORT ON COMPLIANCE, 508

1694
01:05:55,286 --> 01:05:56,487
COMPLIANCE, MAKING THINGS

1695
01:05:56,487 --> 01:05:58,022
ACCESSIBLE, BUT AS A DISABILITY

1696
01:05:58,022 --> 01:05:59,657
ADVOCATE FOR THE MANY YEARS I'VE

1697
01:05:59,657 --> 01:06:02,159
BEEN, WHEN WE DO THINGS FOR THE

1698
01:06:02,159 --> 01:06:03,160
DISABILITY COMMUNITY, IT HELPS

1699
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:04,028
US ALL.

1700
01:06:04,028 --> 01:06:05,129
I'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR

1701
01:06:05,129 --> 01:06:05,696
ACCESSIBILITY CENTER.

1702
01:06:05,696 --> 01:06:08,966
I WANT TO VISIT.

1703
01:06:08,966 --> 01:06:11,235
DoD HAS ONE IN THE PENTAGON.

1704
01:06:11,235 --> 01:06:12,803
YOU'D BE SURPRISED, GO VISIT,

1705
01:06:12,803 --> 01:06:13,904
EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE

1706
01:06:13,904 --> 01:06:15,306
YOU'RE A PERSON WITH A

1707
01:06:15,306 --> 01:06:16,740
DISABILITY, YOU'LL LEARN.

1708
01:06:16,740 --> 01:06:22,179
I TOOK MY TEAM TO THE PENTAGON

1709
01:06:22,179 --> 01:06:23,080
ACCESSIBILITY, CAP, COMPUTER

1710
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:24,615
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ELECTRONIC

1711
01:06:24,615 --> 01:06:26,016
PROGRAMS IN THE PENTAGON ONE

1712
01:06:26,016 --> 01:06:27,218
YEAR FOR A TOUR.

1713
01:06:27,218 --> 01:06:29,753
THIS WAS MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO OR

1714
01:06:29,753 --> 01:06:30,087
SO.

1715
01:06:30,087 --> 01:06:32,590
MOST OF THOSE FOLKS DIDN'T

1716
01:06:32,590 --> 01:06:33,357
CONSIDER THEMSELVES WITH

1717
01:06:33,357 --> 01:06:34,258
DISABILITIES BUT WALKED THROUGH

1718
01:06:34,258 --> 01:06:37,661
AND I HAD REQUESTS FOR ALL KINDS

1719
01:06:37,661 --> 01:06:40,264
OF THINGS.

1720
01:06:40,264 --> 01:06:41,932
A SIT-STAND STATION, WHOA.

1721
01:06:41,932 --> 01:06:43,234
IT WOULD BE AMAZING.

1722
01:06:43,234 --> 01:06:45,302
THESE THINGS WE WERE MAKING TO

1723
01:06:45,302 --> 01:06:47,605
MAKE LIVES EASIER FOR EMPLOYEES,

1724
01:06:47,605 --> 01:06:50,574
IT HELPED ALL EMPLOYEES.

1725
01:06:50,574 --> 01:06:51,976
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS,

1726
01:06:51,976 --> 01:06:54,745
25 OR SO YEARS AGO THERE WAS A

1727
01:06:54,745 --> 01:06:56,347
CONCERTED EFFORT THROUGHOUT THE

1728
01:06:56,347 --> 01:06:59,216
COUNTRY TO CREATE CURB CUTS.

1729
01:06:59,216 --> 01:07:01,852
REMEMBER THE CURVE CUT

1730
01:07:01,852 --> 01:07:02,152
INITIATIVES?

1731
01:07:02,152 --> 01:07:05,222
REMEMBER SIDE WALKS YOU USED TO

1732
01:07:05,222 --> 01:07:07,091
HOP OFF OF, FOR FOLKS WITH

1733
01:07:07,091 --> 01:07:07,858
MOBILITY ISSUES.

1734
01:07:07,858 --> 01:07:10,127
SEVEN YEARS AGO DID A STUDY TO

1735
01:07:10,127 --> 01:07:11,228
SIGH WHO BENEFITED MOST FROM

1736
01:07:11,228 --> 01:07:12,096
CURB CUTS.

1737
01:07:12,096 --> 01:07:15,266
WHO DO YOU THINK BENEFITED MOST,

1738
01:07:15,266 --> 01:07:16,166
PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS?

1739
01:07:16,166 --> 01:07:19,336
I'LL ALREADY TELL YOU NO.

1740
01:07:19,336 --> 01:07:20,004
WHO?

1741
01:07:20,004 --> 01:07:21,338
WHO SAID THAT?

1742
01:07:21,338 --> 01:07:23,207
HE'S GOOD.

1743
01:07:23,207 --> 01:07:25,175
PARENTS WITH STROLLERS.

1744
01:07:25,175 --> 01:07:26,810
THEY BENEFITED, THEY USE IT MORE

1745
01:07:26,810 --> 01:07:28,012
THAN ANYONE ELSE.

1746
01:07:28,012 --> 01:07:29,647
WHEN WE IMPROVE THINGS -- WHEN

1747
01:07:29,647 --> 01:07:31,849
WE THINK WE'RE IMPROVING ONE

1748
01:07:31,849 --> 01:07:32,616
THINGS FOR ONE SPECIFIC GROUPS

1749
01:07:32,616 --> 01:07:34,051
IT HELPS US ALL.

1750
01:07:34,051 --> 01:07:35,986
THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF REALLY

1751
01:07:35,986 --> 01:07:39,056
DOING A DIVERSITY, EQUITY,

1752
01:07:39,056 --> 01:07:39,723
INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY

1753
01:07:39,723 --> 01:07:40,057
PROGRAM.

1754
01:07:40,057 --> 01:07:43,027
WHILE YOU THINK IT'S NARROWLY

1755
01:07:43,027 --> 01:07:44,528
FOCUSED ON ONE COMMUNITY WE

1756
01:07:44,528 --> 01:07:45,863
STRENGTHEN THE WHOLE WHEN WE DO

1757
01:07:45,863 --> 01:07:48,599
THIS WORK.

1758
01:07:48,599 --> 01:07:50,567
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, KEVIN STOLE

1759
01:07:50,567 --> 01:07:52,169
SOME OF MY PRESENTATION, I'M

1760
01:07:52,169 --> 01:07:53,003
STILL PISSED.

1761
01:07:53,003 --> 01:07:53,304
[LAUGHTER]

1762
01:07:53,304 --> 01:07:55,272
THIS WORK WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE

1763
01:07:55,272 --> 01:07:56,173
WE'VE SEEN SO MANY CHALLENGES

1764
01:07:56,173 --> 01:07:57,474
OVER THE YEARS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE

1765
01:07:57,474 --> 01:07:59,343
SAY WE TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD,

1766
01:07:59,343 --> 01:08:00,210
ONE STEP BACK.

1767
01:08:00,210 --> 01:08:02,613
BUT WE ALWAYS STILL HAVE OUR

1768
01:08:02,613 --> 01:08:03,480
EYES FORWARD.

1769
01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:05,783
AS WE GO THROUGH WHATEVER

1770
01:08:05,783 --> 01:08:06,550
POLITICAL CHANGES WE SEE,

1771
01:08:06,550 --> 01:08:08,852
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A STOP

1772
01:08:08,852 --> 01:08:11,155
OF THIS MOMENTUM.

1773
01:08:11,155 --> 01:08:12,790
WE'LL GET SOME CLARIFICATION,

1774
01:08:12,790 --> 01:08:14,224
REDEFINE, BUT THE WORK WILL

1775
01:08:14,224 --> 01:08:14,491
CONTINUE.

1776
01:08:14,491 --> 01:08:16,527
I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY

1777
01:08:16,527 --> 01:08:18,595
WITH A GROUP OF NIH BECAUSE I

1778
01:08:18,595 --> 01:08:20,564
WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING THAT

1779
01:08:20,564 --> 01:08:21,999
WAS SAID BEFORE, SOMEONE ELSE

1780
01:08:21,999 --> 01:08:24,935
SAID, I WAS SHOCKED.

1781
01:08:24,935 --> 01:08:26,470
FIRST WEEK, FIRST QUARTER OF A

1782
01:08:26,470 --> 01:08:27,571
FISCAL YEAR, YOU'RE ABLE TO

1783
01:08:27,571 --> 01:08:29,974
EXECUTE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

1784
01:08:29,974 --> 01:08:32,810
THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY

1785
01:08:32,810 --> 01:08:33,177
IMPRESSIVE.

1786
01:08:33,177 --> 01:08:33,577
VERY IMPRESSIVE.

1787
01:08:33,577 --> 01:08:34,011
[APPLAUSE]

1788
01:08:34,011 --> 01:08:36,146
AND WHAT IT DOES FOR ME IS I CAN

1789
01:08:36,146 --> 01:08:37,514
GO BACK, I CAN TALK ABOUT THE

1790
01:08:37,514 --> 01:08:40,884
GREAT WORK YOU'VE DONE AT NIH,

1791
01:08:40,884 --> 01:08:42,052
THAT WAS PART OF MY PRESENTATION

1792
01:08:42,052 --> 01:08:42,886
I INTENDED TO DO.

1793
01:08:42,886 --> 01:08:45,089
YOU'VE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF

1794
01:08:45,089 --> 01:08:46,724
REALLY GOOD WORK AT NIH, THE

1795
01:08:46,724 --> 01:08:49,660
THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN TERMS OF

1796
01:08:49,660 --> 01:08:50,761
YOUR IMPLEMENTATION OF MD-715,

1797
01:08:50,761 --> 01:08:52,863
I'VE SHARED WITH OTHER AGENCIES,

1798
01:08:52,863 --> 01:08:54,164
I'M GOING TO SHARE THE

1799
01:08:54,164 --> 01:08:55,599
COMMITMENT I SEE HERE TODAY, THE

1800
01:08:55,599 --> 01:08:57,668
VERY FIRST PART OF YOUR FISCAL

1801
01:08:57,668 --> 01:08:59,303
YEAR, YOU'RE TAKING TIME TO

1802
01:08:59,303 --> 01:09:01,839
REFLECT TO LOOK AT YOUR

1803
01:09:01,839 --> 01:09:04,875
ORGANIZATION, SEE WHAT THINGS

1804
01:09:04,875 --> 01:09:09,079
YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE, BEING

1805
01:09:09,079 --> 01:09:10,080
INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE AND BEING

1806
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:10,981
RESPECTFUL IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE

1807
01:09:10,981 --> 01:09:12,349
DOING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

1808
01:09:12,349 --> 01:09:13,884
I'M HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO BE

1809
01:09:13,884 --> 01:09:14,251
HERE TODAY.

1810
01:09:14,251 --> 01:09:17,688
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS

1811
01:09:17,688 --> 01:09:17,988
OPPORTUNITY.

1812
01:09:17,988 --> 01:09:24,094
[APPLAUSE] 

1813
01:09:24,094 --> 01:09:27,264
WAS I SUPPOSED TO TAKE

1814
01:09:27,264 --> 01:09:27,664
QUESTIONS?

1815
01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:28,665
PAM SAID YES, KEVIN.

1816
01:09:28,665 --> 01:09:31,001
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO GET

1817
01:09:31,001 --> 01:09:32,069
ON THE MIC.

1818
01:09:32,069 --> 01:09:34,271
IT'S $100 TO THE FIRST PERSON

1819
01:09:34,271 --> 01:09:35,672
THAT HAS COURAGE ENOUGH TO GET

1820
01:09:35,672 --> 01:09:36,774
ON THE MIC.

1821
01:09:36,774 --> 01:09:39,410
BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE

1822
01:09:39,410 --> 01:09:40,277
WORRIED ABOUT DEIA, THINGS

1823
01:09:40,277 --> 01:09:43,147
THAT'S GOING ON.

1824
01:09:43,147 --> 01:09:44,248
MAYBE YOU'RE AFRAID TO SAY

1825
01:09:44,248 --> 01:09:46,283
SOMETHING IN FRONT OF LEADERSHIP

1826
01:09:46,283 --> 01:09:48,719
BUT I GET VALUE HEARING THE

1827
01:09:48,719 --> 01:09:50,354
THINGS ON YOUR MIND WITHIN THE

1828
01:09:50,354 --> 01:09:51,021
FEDERAL COMMUNITY.

1829
01:09:51,021 --> 01:09:52,322
WHAT MADE YOU COME HERE TODAY?

1830
01:09:52,322 --> 01:09:54,091
WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU HOPE TO

1831
01:09:54,091 --> 01:09:55,859
GAIN, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT

1832
01:09:55,859 --> 01:09:57,161
ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU?

1833
01:09:57,161 --> 01:10:01,098
WHO IS GOING TO BE THAT

1834
01:10:01,098 --> 01:10:03,634
COURAGEOUS PERSON THAT KEVIN IS

1835
01:10:03,634 --> 01:10:06,136
GOING TO GIVE $100 TO?

1836
01:10:06,136 --> 01:10:07,704
[LAUGHTER]

1837
01:10:07,704 --> 01:10:11,942
COME ON! 

1838
01:10:11,942 --> 01:10:14,344
>> I'LL ASK THE FIRST
QUESTION.

1839
01:10:14,344 --> 01:10:18,715
OKAY, YOU DON'T GET THAT.

1840
01:10:18,715 --> 01:10:19,616
YOU CAN'T.

1841
01:10:19,616 --> 01:10:20,484
[LAUGHTER]

1842
01:10:20,484 --> 01:10:23,454
>> YOU MENTIONED ABOUT
CHANGING

1843
01:10:23,454 --> 01:10:24,988
OF ADMINISTRATIONS, YOU

1844
01:10:24,988 --> 01:10:26,957
MENTIONED ABOUT CONTINUING ON,

1845
01:10:26,957 --> 01:10:29,993
EVER SINCE 1948, YOU KNOW, WITH

1846
01:10:29,993 --> 01:10:31,562
DESEGREGATION OF THE MILITARY,

1847
01:10:31,562 --> 01:10:33,964
ALSO THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OF

1848
01:10:33,964 --> 01:10:35,032
THE FEDERAL EEO PROGRAM.

1849
01:10:35,032 --> 01:10:40,204
WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE

1850
01:10:40,204 --> 01:10:42,372
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING THE YOUNGER

1851
01:10:42,372 --> 01:10:45,676
FOLKS THAT ARE COMING ALONG IN

1852
01:10:45,676 --> 01:10:46,677
CIVIL RIGHTS?

1853
01:10:46,677 --> 01:10:48,412
I'M A BABY BOOMER.

1854
01:10:48,412 --> 01:10:51,148
WHEN I TALK ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS,

1855
01:10:51,148 --> 01:10:53,784
I CAN FEEL IT, TASTE IT, BREATHE

1856
01:10:53,784 --> 01:10:54,051
IT.

1857
01:10:54,051 --> 01:10:57,054
WHAT DO YOU SEE ARE SOME

1858
01:10:57,054 --> 01:10:58,622
HURDLES, SOME CHALLENGES, BUT

1859
01:10:58,622 --> 01:11:01,658
ALSO SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE

1860
01:11:01,658 --> 01:11:04,828
FUTURE AS WE EMBARK IN THIS NEW

1861
01:11:04,828 --> 01:11:07,131
VENTURE, YOU KNOW, CALLED LIFE.

1862
01:11:07,131 --> 01:11:09,967
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS FAR AS

1863
01:11:09,967 --> 01:11:13,904
FEDERAL SECTOR, THE FUTURE LIKE

1864
01:11:13,904 --> 01:11:14,605
LET'S SAY 2040?

1865
01:11:14,605 --> 01:11:17,608
WHAT DO YOU SEE THE FUTURE TO BE

1866
01:11:17,608 --> 01:11:19,643
IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ARENA?

1867
01:11:19,643 --> 01:11:21,945
>> YEAH, I WISH I HAD A
CRYSTAL

1868
01:11:21,945 --> 01:11:23,514
BALL BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO

1869
01:11:23,514 --> 01:11:26,850
BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE MORE

1870
01:11:26,850 --> 01:11:28,919
INTERSECTIONAL THINGS THAT WE --

1871
01:11:28,919 --> 01:11:30,988
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK, WHAT IS

1872
01:11:30,988 --> 01:11:33,624
THIS GROUP, THIS GROUP DOING?

1873
01:11:33,624 --> 01:11:34,491
SOMETIMES IT'S DISTINCT.

1874
01:11:34,491 --> 01:11:37,027
IT'S IMPORTANT NOW THAT WE

1875
01:11:37,027 --> 01:11:39,329
CREATED ABILITY TO SEE MORE

1876
01:11:39,329 --> 01:11:40,063
DISAGGREGATED DATA.

1877
01:11:40,063 --> 01:11:41,498
INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT'S GOING

1878
01:11:41,498 --> 01:11:42,599
ON WITH HISPANICS, THERE'S

1879
01:11:42,599 --> 01:11:44,334
SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE SPECIFIC

1880
01:11:44,334 --> 01:11:46,303
TO HISPANIC FEMALE, BUT MAY BE

1881
01:11:46,303 --> 01:11:48,939
VERY UNIQUE TO THOSE WHO ARE OF

1882
01:11:48,939 --> 01:11:50,474
MEXICAN DESCENT VERSUS FROM CUBA

1883
01:11:50,474 --> 01:11:51,441
OR PUERTO RICO.

1884
01:11:51,441 --> 01:11:56,180
HAVING DATA THAT ALLOWS US TO

1885
01:11:56,180 --> 01:11:58,882
SEE THE VARIATIONS AND TO SEE

1886
01:11:58,882 --> 01:12:00,551
THE GREAT DIVERSITY WE SEE IN

1887
01:12:00,551 --> 01:12:02,085
COUNTRIES PEOPLE DON'T FIND

1888
01:12:02,085 --> 01:12:03,754
THEMSELVES IN SINGLE BOXES

1889
01:12:03,754 --> 01:12:03,987
ANYMORE.

1890
01:12:03,987 --> 01:12:06,256
I THINK THE GENERATION THAT

1891
01:12:06,256 --> 01:12:07,691
COMES OUT SEES THEMSELVES IN A

1892
01:12:07,691 --> 01:12:09,660
MUCH MORE COMPLEX WAY.

1893
01:12:09,660 --> 01:12:11,929
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING

1894
01:12:11,929 --> 01:12:13,297
HAVE TO START STUDYING,

1895
01:12:13,297 --> 01:12:15,432
INTERSECTIONAL INFORMATION.

1896
01:12:15,432 --> 01:12:16,967
WE'RE SPENDING TIME ON LGBTQI+

1897
01:12:16,967 --> 01:12:19,703
AND HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THE

1898
01:12:19,703 --> 01:12:21,238
DIFFERENCES THAT THEY EXPERIENCE

1899
01:12:21,238 --> 01:12:21,772
IN EMPLOYMENT.

1900
01:12:21,772 --> 01:12:23,440
THERE'S NO THINGS THAT'S COMING

1901
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:26,510
UP WITH RELIGION IN TERMS OF

1902
01:12:26,510 --> 01:12:27,711
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION, WE

1903
01:12:27,711 --> 01:12:29,446
PROBABLY -- OFF AND ON THAT ARE

1904
01:12:29,446 --> 01:12:30,881
PERCOLATING NOW THAT WE'RE GOING

1905
01:12:30,881 --> 01:12:31,548
TO BE EXPLORING.

1906
01:12:31,548 --> 01:12:33,217
I THINK THE THING WE ALWAYS HAVE

1907
01:12:33,217 --> 01:12:36,587
TO DO IS BE INQUISITIVE AND

1908
01:12:36,587 --> 01:12:38,121
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS

1909
01:12:38,121 --> 01:12:38,789
CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT.

1910
01:12:38,789 --> 01:12:40,624
ONE OF THE MORE FRUSTRATING

1911
01:12:40,624 --> 01:12:43,794
THINGS I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST

1912
01:12:43,794 --> 01:12:44,728
ISSUED OUR MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE

1913
01:12:44,728 --> 01:12:46,129
715, HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT

1914
01:12:46,129 --> 01:12:50,033
AGENCY I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE

1915
01:12:50,033 --> 01:12:50,601
LEADERSHIP TEAM.

1916
01:12:50,601 --> 01:12:53,103
THEY SAID WHEN DO WE KNOW WE'RE

1917
01:12:53,103 --> 01:12:54,605
DONE?

1918
01:12:54,605 --> 01:12:56,840
WHEN IS THIS FINISHED?

1919
01:12:56,840 --> 01:12:58,809
WHEN CAN WE SAY MISSION

1920
01:12:58,809 --> 01:12:59,142
ACCOMPLISHED?

1921
01:12:59,142 --> 01:13:00,244
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T THINK WE

1922
01:13:00,244 --> 01:13:02,412
EVER GET A MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

1923
01:13:02,412 --> 01:13:03,847
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HUMANS, AND

1924
01:13:03,847 --> 01:13:06,049
HUMANS HAVE A WAY OF FINDING

1925
01:13:06,049 --> 01:13:06,850
DIVISIONS AND DIFFERENCES, IT'S

1926
01:13:06,850 --> 01:13:09,086
ON ALL OF US TO FIND, TO MAKE

1927
01:13:09,086 --> 01:13:14,258
SURE WE HAVE GUARD RAILS THAT

1928
01:13:14,258 --> 01:13:15,125
DOESN'T DISADVANTAGE FOLKS, WHAT

1929
01:13:15,125 --> 01:13:19,696
YOU HEAR NOW ABOUT IMMIGRANT

1930
01:13:19,696 --> 01:13:20,297
POPULATIONS, VILIFICATION OF

1931
01:13:20,297 --> 01:13:22,566
IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS WILL PLAY

1932
01:13:22,566 --> 01:13:23,200
ITSELF INTO THE WORKPLACE, WE

1933
01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:24,868
HAVE TO BE ON GUARD.

1934
01:13:24,868 --> 01:13:26,503
WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CULTURE,

1935
01:13:26,503 --> 01:13:29,339
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE WAY WE

1936
01:13:29,339 --> 01:13:32,409
SOCIALIZE, IN PARTICULAR IN

1937
01:13:32,409 --> 01:13:32,976
EMPLOYMENT.

1938
01:13:32,976 --> 01:13:33,844
YES, SIR.

1939
01:13:33,844 --> 01:13:37,414
>> SECOND QUESTION, I KNEW
KEVIN

1940
01:13:37,414 --> 01:13:38,081
WOULDN'T PAY ME THE $100.

1941
01:13:38,081 --> 01:13:38,415
[LAUGHTER]

1942
01:13:38,415 --> 01:13:41,385
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT

1943
01:13:41,385 --> 01:13:44,454
WE'VE ALL I THINK BEEN HEARING A

1944
01:13:44,454 --> 01:13:46,657
LOT ABOUT THE MORE RECENT

1945
01:13:46,657 --> 01:13:48,525
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, HOW

1946
01:13:48,525 --> 01:13:50,927
THEY INTERPRET ISSUES AROUND

1947
01:13:50,927 --> 01:13:53,864
DISCRIMINATION AND DEIA.

1948
01:13:53,864 --> 01:13:57,167
SO I WONDER, AS THOSE

1949
01:13:57,167 --> 01:13:58,468
POTENTIALLY CHANGING VIEWS

1950
01:13:58,468 --> 01:14:00,437
COMING FROM THE COURT, HOW DOES

1951
01:14:00,437 --> 01:14:03,940
THAT IMPACT HOW YOU INTERPRET

1952
01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:06,910
THE EXISTING LAWS THAT ARE

1953
01:14:06,910 --> 01:14:08,979
AROUND DEIA AND EEO.

1954
01:14:08,979 --> 01:14:09,646
>> GOOD QUESTION.

1955
01:14:09,646 --> 01:14:14,451
THE SUPREME COURT PASSED A

1956
01:14:14,451 --> 01:14:15,552
COUPLE DECISIONS, EDUCATION

1957
01:14:15,552 --> 01:14:15,752
REALM

1958
01:14:15,752 --> 01:14:17,721
NOT IN THE EMPLOYMENT REALM,

1959
01:14:17,721 --> 01:14:19,022
LOOKING AT D.E.I. PROGRAMS.

1960
01:14:19,022 --> 01:14:20,290
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO READ THE

1961
01:14:20,290 --> 01:14:21,825
DECISIONS TO SEE WHAT THE

1962
01:14:21,825 --> 01:14:23,760
SUPREME COURT WAS SAYING.

1963
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:24,528
WE DID.

1964
01:14:24,528 --> 01:14:27,264
WE DIDN'T FIND ANY -- WHILE

1965
01:14:27,264 --> 01:14:28,565
HARVARD AND UNIVERSITY OF NORTH

1966
01:14:28,565 --> 01:14:30,200
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL WERE

1967
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,436
DISAPPOINTED IN OUTCOMES I DON'T

1968
01:14:32,436 --> 01:14:36,807
THINK SOME OF US IN THE CIVIL

1969
01:14:36,807 --> 01:14:37,908
RIGHTS COMMUNITY WERE SURPRISED.

1970
01:14:37,908 --> 01:14:40,410
THEY HAD POLICIES IN PLACE, THEY

1971
01:14:40,410 --> 01:14:41,945
WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE

1972
01:14:41,945 --> 01:14:45,615
YOU HAVE X NUMBERS.

1973
01:14:45,615 --> 01:14:46,683
REMEMBER, MAKING DECISIONS BASED

1974
01:14:46,683 --> 01:14:47,217
ON NUMBERS.

1975
01:14:47,217 --> 01:14:48,752
AND THE SUPREME COURT WAS

1976
01:14:48,752 --> 01:14:49,920
BASICALLY SAYING, NO, YOU CAN'T

1977
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:52,422
DO THAT WITHOUT A COMPELLING

1978
01:14:52,422 --> 01:14:53,790
GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST.

1979
01:14:53,790 --> 01:14:55,225
THAT'S BEEN THE STANDARD FOR

1980
01:14:55,225 --> 01:14:57,594
ALMOST 30 YEARS.

1981
01:14:57,594 --> 01:14:59,029
THE JUSTIFICATION DIDN'T MEET

1982
01:14:59,029 --> 01:14:59,596
THEIR MUSTER.

1983
01:14:59,596 --> 01:15:01,031
WHAT THE SCHOOLS WERE DOING,

1984
01:15:01,031 --> 01:15:04,101
THEY WERE SAYING THEY NEED A

1985
01:15:04,101 --> 01:15:05,936
CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICAL MIX TO

1986
01:15:05,936 --> 01:15:07,270
HAVE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, AND

1987
01:15:07,270 --> 01:15:10,107
THEY WERE USING THAT AS A PART

1988
01:15:10,107 --> 01:15:11,441
OF THEIR SELECTION CRITERIA.

1989
01:15:11,441 --> 01:15:13,610
AND THE SUPREME COURT CAME BACK

1990
01:15:13,610 --> 01:15:15,345
WITH SOME ARGUMENTS TO SAY

1991
01:15:15,345 --> 01:15:18,081
YOU'RE NOT GENERATING DIVERSITY

1992
01:15:18,081 --> 01:15:21,184
OF THOUGHT BY USING IT

1993
01:15:21,184 --> 01:15:22,152
GENERICALLY, THEY MADE ONE

1994
01:15:22,152 --> 01:15:24,354
ARGUMENT LIKE YOU SAY YOU NEED X

1995
01:15:24,354 --> 01:15:25,355
NUMBER OF HISPANIC STUDENTS,

1996
01:15:25,355 --> 01:15:27,057
WHAT IF THEY ALL CAME FROM LOS

1997
01:15:27,057 --> 01:15:29,159
ANGELES, FROM THE SAME HISPANIC

1998
01:15:29,159 --> 01:15:29,426
COMMUNITY?

1999
01:15:29,426 --> 01:15:31,228
NONE CAME FROM CUBA, NONE CAME

2000
01:15:31,228 --> 01:15:32,162
FROM VENEZUELA.

2001
01:15:32,162 --> 01:15:33,964
ARE YOU GETTING THE DIVERSITY OF

2002
01:15:33,964 --> 01:15:37,033
THOUGHT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE

2003
01:15:37,033 --> 01:15:38,568
THAT NUMBER?

2004
01:15:38,568 --> 01:15:40,537
IN SOME WAYS, EVEN THOUGH FOLKS

2005
01:15:40,537 --> 01:15:41,538
WERE DISAPPOINTED IN THE

2006
01:15:41,538 --> 01:15:44,274
DECISION, I WAS TOO INITIALLY,

2007
01:15:44,274 --> 01:15:46,877
BUT IT'S SAYING DON'T MAKES A

2008
01:15:46,877 --> 01:15:48,245
NUMBERS-BASED DRIVEN DECISION

2009
01:15:48,245 --> 01:15:48,979
WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

2010
01:15:48,979 --> 01:15:51,148
I COME BACK TO THE WAY WE'RE

2011
01:15:51,148 --> 01:15:53,250
WORKING IN OUR FRAMEWORK,

2012
01:15:53,250 --> 01:15:54,785
EVIDENCE DRIVEN, LOOKING AT WHAT

2013
01:15:54,785 --> 01:15:56,853
CAN WE DO TO CHANGE POLICIES TO

2014
01:15:56,853 --> 01:15:59,956
BROADEN OPPORTUNITY VERSUS THE

2015
01:15:59,956 --> 01:16:00,290
NUMBERS.

2016
01:16:00,290 --> 01:16:02,592
I SEE IT AS THE GLASS HALF FULL.

2017
01:16:02,592 --> 01:16:05,095
I DON'T THINK THE SUPREME COURT

2018
01:16:05,095 --> 01:16:06,963
DECISION, AND WE HAVEN'T

2019
01:16:06,963 --> 01:16:07,898
INTERPRETED IT TO UNDERMINE THE

2020
01:16:07,898 --> 01:16:09,833
WORK WE'RE DOING BUT I

2021
01:16:09,833 --> 01:16:10,500
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

2022
01:16:10,500 --> 01:16:12,135
TELL ME HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE,

2023
01:16:12,135 --> 01:16:12,602
PAM?

2024
01:16:12,602 --> 01:16:14,438
I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER.

2025
01:16:14,438 --> 01:16:15,405
ONE MINUTE?

2026
01:16:15,405 --> 01:16:16,306
THAT'S IT?

2027
01:16:16,306 --> 01:16:18,708
>> I'LL BE QUICK.

2028
01:16:18,708 --> 01:16:20,877
GOOD MORNING.

2029
01:16:20,877 --> 01:16:23,079
I'M A DATA ANALYST UNDER

2030
01:16:23,079 --> 01:16:24,848
MR. KEVIN WILLIAMS IN THE OFFICE

2031
01:16:24,848 --> 01:16:26,917
OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND

2032
01:16:26,917 --> 01:16:30,520
INCLUSION, ALSO 2019 GRADUATE OF

2033
01:16:30,520 --> 01:16:35,992
NORTH CAROLINA A AND T.

2034
01:16:35,992 --> 01:16:38,161
AGGIE PRIDE.

2035
01:16:38,161 --> 01:16:40,464
AS STUDENTS WE'RE GROOMED AND

2036
01:16:40,464 --> 01:16:42,032
LEARNED ABOUT HOW JESSE JACKSON

2037
01:16:42,032 --> 01:16:44,267
SHAPED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, SO

2038
01:16:44,267 --> 01:16:46,603
MANY WAYS, I WANTED TO KNOW FROM

2039
01:16:46,603 --> 01:16:48,038
YOUR PERSPECTIVE HOW HAS YOUR

2040
01:16:48,038 --> 01:16:51,074
EXPERIENCE AT NORTH CAROLINA A

2041
01:16:51,074 --> 01:16:59,616
AND T AND BEING AN HBCU GRADUATE

2042
01:16:59,616 --> 01:17:00,817
TWICE, SHAPED YOUR LEADERSHIP?

2043
01:17:00,817 --> 01:17:02,252
>> I HAVEN'T HAD THAT
QUESTION

2044
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BEFORE.

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THANK YOU.

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I HAD TO THINK.

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I GUESS IN SOME WAYS MY

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EXPERIENCE, MY EXPERIENCE IS

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INTERESTING IN TERMS OF

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EDUCATION AND WHERE IT LED MY.

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I GREW UP LIKE KEVIN, IN THE

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CITY, BUT IN THIS CITY,

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

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BUT I WASN'T BORN HERE.

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I WAS BORN IN RURAL NORTH

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CAROLINA. 

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IN THE '60s, OUR COUNTY WAS

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ONE OF THE LAST TO DESEGREGATE.

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KINDERGARTEN AFTER THE THIRD

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YEAR, I'M LIGHT SKINNED, YOUNG

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KIDS, YOU DON'T KNOW.

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SOME KIDS THOUGHT I WAS WHITE.

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SOME THOUGHT I WAS BLACK.

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I HAD TO CLASS MYSELF BUT THAT

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ONLY LASTED A YEAR.

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MY MOM MOVED US TO WASHINGTON,

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D.C.

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I CAME BACK TO SEGREGATED

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SCHOOLS.

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I HAD ONE CLASSMATE THAT WAS

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WHITE IN MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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AND I DIDN'T KNOW -- I DON'T

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KNOW HOW MANY HISPANICS BECAUSE

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WE ASSUMED EVERYBODY WHO WAS

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HISPANIC WAS BLACK WHEN I WAS A

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KID, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.

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I GREW UP IN A SHELTERED

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ENVIRONMENT.

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SO MOVING TO NORTH CAROLINA A

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AND TAND HOWARD WERE HELP

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FUL

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BECAUSE I GOT A BROADER

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PERSPECTIVE BUT WAS STILL IN THE

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BUBBLE OF PROTECTION.

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THEY DID A GREAT JOB PROTECTING

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ME AND MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND

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AND NURTURED ME BUT A LOT OF MY

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GREAT EDUCATION CAME AFTERWARDS

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WHEN I HAD A BROADER EXPOSURE TO

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THE WORLD.

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I THINK THOSE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY

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PREPARED ME FOR IT REALLY WELL.

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THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.

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IT'S INTERESTING.

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I APPRECIATE IT.

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[APPLAUSE]

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THANK YOU AGAIN.

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I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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BE HERE.

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[APPLAUSE] 

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THANK

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YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING TO THE

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OPENING SESSION.

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WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO COME FOR

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TODAY.

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AND TOMORROW.

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VIRTUALLY.

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WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME OUT

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AND JOIN US.

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WE HAVE A LEADERSHIP PANEL AND

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PRESENTATIONS AND TRAININGS, OF

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COURSE COME OUT TO SEE OUR

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INTERACTIVE ACCESSIBILITY

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STATION.

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WITH THAT, GO FORTH AND DO GREAT

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THINGS.

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[APPLAUSE]

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