Waved goodbye to the obamas when they left on january 20, 2017. The secret service told me girl, youve got to get out of here. You cant stay any longer. Even on the worst days, i wouldnt have traded that for anything in the world. So after that, as i was going through the multiple stages of grief. I thought, what do you want to do next . I used to tease president obama, oh, my job is so much better than your job. I knew id never have a better job. So i did some soul searching. What are some jobs weighing on the issues that came before him . What do i care about . It came down to i care enormously about gender equity. I think its outrageous that in this day and time that we are still not paid equally, that we dont have a national pay leave policy, that Work Flexibility isnt built into every single workplace, that there are still companies that havent figured out that youre leaving your town on the sideline by figuring out a way to organize so that families can thrive. So one of my colleagues, tina chin and i, formed a notforprofit called the state of women. We brought together stakeholders from all over the country who were fighting the good fight for gender equity. We had another summit last summer, and we had more people that showed up last year than showed up when we were still in the white house. And were going to continue that and have another summit next year. And in between that, we have summits where we go around the country, trying to figure out what those best practices are. So i encourage you to go to the you stated states of women to learn more. The other issue, and i could talk to you for hours about this, voting. Mrs. Obama and i started a nonprofit around voting. As i went through those stages of grief, i was struck by you know, you do all these what ifs, what ifs, well, the one what if that i really locked in on was the fact that 43 of eligible voters did not vote in the last election. 43 . And yeah, they are stuck with the consequences as are the rest of us. So what do we do, particularly trying to get young people to become lifelong voters . So were really working on that again, and i encourage everybody to get involved and encourage young people to do so. Im working with president obama on his platform. I joined the faculty of the university of chicago law school. Theyre helping me do research in the area of criminal justice reform, which is another one of my passions. I am so troubled by the fact that the United States has about 5 of the World Population and 25 of the worlds folks who are incarcerated. And so much can happen at the state level, and the federal government would be an important leader on that front, but we can do it without federal government, so im working a lot on that around our country. [applause] and i will say im particularly concerned about women that were incarcerated, and i visited compton, california several years ago, and i visited a program where all these young teenagers were coming before the juvenile court, and the judge noticed one thing they all had in common. No matter what crime they committed, they were all victims of commercial sexual exploitation, and so thats a travesty. So these lives are being thrown away because of something that happened to them. We have to change it, and we have to change it before they even get caught up in the system. We have to reform our system with schools and suspensions. Theres so much we can do. If people do get caught up in the system, we have to make it fairer so that communities of color have a better relationship with the police department. Make sure that sentences are not mandatory, that theyre tailored to fit the job, and when people come out, lets give them a job. Lets give them another chance, right . [applause] i love that. So still living a life of service. And you know, i think president obama had it right. Im at the stage of my life dont hate me for this where i wake up every single day and do what i want to do. Now it wasnt always like that, and if you read my book, youll see that there were days that it wasnt like that at all. Life is good, notwithstanding the chaos that were in, but i know the chaos will change in a couple years because of you. Amazing. Valerie jarrett, other than the birth of my granddaughter earlier this year, this is the highlight of my year. Can we thank Valerie Jarrett . Thank you so much. I hate it to end. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. What a beautiful room. Arent they great . You guys were great. [applause] you can say you were in the room when it happened. You were in the room when two of the worlds most influential woman talks about how clear we needed to be. We need to be at the head of the table, we need to be on the extreme court, we need to be the mayor, and my god, we need to be running this country. So i want to thank you all so much for being a part of that discussion, and its not even lunchtime yet. You see how mayor breed gets down. You all with me, sisters . Can you hear me . So you have your pink bags, but i want you to hold on to your phone and download be invincible at the app store. Not now, but do that in the next ten seconds after i finish because we have a lot of workshops right on the second floor, okay . And were going to begin this conversation with so many other women, so many institutions that have come today to inspire us. So just briefly, as we walk out, and it is as you download your app, you can look at the information on speakers. Theres speakers on womens health, civic and financial engagement. Theres a couple of clothing retailers down there, so meet me, ill be shopping. We also have some really interactive resource fairs down stairs. Please check the app. A lot of hard working folks put together that app so we know exactly what were supposed to do, all the opportunities in this building today, so really take advantage of it. And lastly, and almost more importantly, at 11 45, lunch will be served. You can pick up your lunch outside of this room. Say 11 45. 11 45. I have enjoyed being your morning emcee. Be invincible. Be invincible. Be invincible. Ladies, lets change the world together. We will never be anything okay. I needed that. [laughter] how many of you needed this day . [ cheers ] [applause] yeah. All of us together pretty much saying youre not going to take our country away from us. Nor are you going to take our future away from us. And were going to take it back. [applause] im so excited that i get to be your emcee for this afternoon. Youre about to hear from a couple of super powerful, amazing women. And to introduce them is a powerful woman in her own right. A San Francisco native, a health care expert, entrepreneur for 24 years, an awardee of the 30 working mothers of the year. Janet lang is Kaiser Kaiser pere president and a major bad ass in her own right. Please welcome janet lang. [applause]. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh Kaiser Permanente is in the house today. Hello [cheers and applause] good afternoon, everyone. You know, i was so excited to be joining you today. And i was coming to the conference and i saw the theme was to be invincible. I took a minute to take a look at the dictionary to say what are some of the other ideas and themes behind the word invincible. And what stood out for me was indestructible, unbeatable, and absolutely too powerful to overcome. All right yeah thats right. [applause] those are fighting words. So i asked myself, so what exactly are we fighting for . So i have four principles that i think that were fighting for. The first is that were fighting for recognition, that there is economic value in the role that women play in raising families. [applause] thats right. Thats right. The second is that were fighting for equal pay for equal work. Its very simple. [applause] the third is that being a woman does not limit our opportunity or our voice. And then, lastly lastly, we must be in a society where women are free from oppression and physical violence. [applause] so at Kaiser Permanente i want you to know that leaders like myself and our workforce of over 79,000 believe in these four tenets strongly. We understand that women are Decision Makers for the health care for their family, youre mothers and youre sisters, youre wifes and partners and daughters. You make these choices for your family and we listen to you. You have a very important voice. The second is that we employ, i said earlier 79,000 people here in northern california, 70 of those employees are women. Very proud to say that. [applause] but i also want you to know that women have opportunity at kaiser to become executives. So we have eight were a national organization. And there are eight president s. And the president s run everything that happens in our organization. We produce the money, we take care of our members, we provide your care. And we manage a workforce of over 200,000. Of the eight president s at Kaiser Permanente, five are women. Five women president s. [cheers and applause] and in most companies of our size, with over 200,000 employees, fortune 100 companies, you will see the executive ranks have about on average 15 women. And at Kaiser Permanente we have 47 . 47 of our Vice President s, our executives, our president s are all women. And so there you have it. Kaiser permanente represents being fighting for all of the things that youre here today to talk about. We believe in women being indestructible, unbeatable and too powerful to overcome. And so i have the pleasure now of introducing two women who embody that. And im going to talk a little bit about them. You know them so theres not a lot to say. Theyre going to come out together. Of course, is our very own mayor london breed, who is the 45th mayor of the city of San Francisco. [cheers and applause] and and the first africanamerican woman mayor in our city. So she has a lot of firsts behind her name. We know her as a native san franciscan as well, raised by her grandmother in the Western Addition of the public housing. And she has fought for many of our citys most challenging issues that our community and our citizens face. Safe, clean neighborhoods. Affordable housing. Particularly her leadership recently around homelessness and she fights for equitable Education Opportunities and for services for Vulnerable People in our communities. The second woman that im introducing, of course, is our speaker of the u. S. Representatives house is nancy pelosi. [cheers and applause] 31 years. 31 years, not just elected, one of the first women to be elected, but also speaker of the house for over 16 years. She served three terms now, which is a pretty big deal, given all of the changes that happened over three decades. And i personally want to thank her. Shes known for many, many things. Many initiatives, investments in college aid, clean energy, helping veterans and small business. But i personally want to thank her for her leadership of the Affordable Care act. [applause] you know, 5 million more people in the state of california have Health Insurance and access to care because of her. So shes made a difference in our country that will last she leaves a legacy in our country under her leadership. So please join me in welcoming these two wonderful, wonderful women to the stage. [applause] respect find out what it means to me just a little bit respect oh, a little respect oh, yes just a little bit hello, ladies. [applause] are you having a good time today . [ cheers ] now we have our special guest here joining us. Our leader, our speaker, the woman who basically is the only woman with courage in this country right now. Speaker nancy pelosi [applause] so, speaker, thank you so much for being here. We so appreciate your time. And we just want to have a conversation because we want to know who is nancy pelosi. And i think that youve been out there, we see you out there fighting the good fight, standing up to donald trump. Doing what you do best to try and really move our country in the right direction. But we also know that you have a long history in the world of politics. During a time where it was difficult for women to even get engaged. Your dad served as mayor of baltimore, your brother served as mayor of baltimore. You raising five kids ran for office and became a congresswoman for San Francisco. [applause] so tell us about tell us about those early years and how challenging it was at that time for women, because you were breaking barriers even back then. Thank you very much, madam mayor. First, i want to congratulate you on the great job that you are doing as mayor of San Francisco. [cheers and applause] im so very, very proud of you. And now it appears your reelection is quite obvious. As you gain even more standing in our city and i know our city is your focus. Youre a National Example of whether its Public Education or Affordable Housing or issues that relate to gun safety, the list goes on. Theyre stories you can tell from personal experience. And i want everyone in this room to know that personal stories are the power are the power. I remember when i first met the may, he was is she was a star at city hall. My daughter christina said she was also an officer of the California Democratic party. Christine is here with a Ruth Bader Ginsburg scarf on today. [applause] and then you were involved in emerge and i know suzie beal is very much a part of this. You took all the steps. And now to be the mayor of this great city, to bring your experience and your values. So i hope in the course of our conversation, as i share my story, youll share another generations story, your own. And im sure youre doing it in the course of this very important meet. Its wonderful. Wonderful to be in San Francisco on any given day, but to be here with all of these women, these invincible women. We have our bracelet. Its quite an honor. I have to just tell you, though, it is a curious time in our country. And the time for women to be invincible has never been more important, even though this year we will congress we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote. [applause] thats a good thing. As we do so, we have over 100 women in the house of representatives. 91 of them are democrats. 106, 91 are democrats. But they represent the beauty, the diversity of america. And when women first got the right to vote, we still had much more work to do to make sure extended to women of color and people of color across our country. So again i thank you for the opportunity to share some thoughts on that subject. When women got the right to vote, the headline said women given the right to vote. No, women fought, women were starved, women starved themselves, marched, advocated for decades before the right to vote came. And now we have to do some of the same things to. In the course of our revolution, when times were dark, thomas payne said the times have found us. We believe the times have found us now again to save our democracy. To save our democracy. [applause] and the role of women in all of that is very, very important. So know your power. Its fabulous to see the strength of it all here. But understand how necessary that is. So i thank you for your leadership, your involvement, your courage to be invincible. Thank you. [applause] now 100 years may seem like a long time. But it wasnt that long ago in our history when we basically took the right to vote and were celebrating that 100year anniversary, but were still in the midst of a lot of inequities that women face in this country. I know you have been a leader around equal pay. So tell us a little bit about your work and what youre doing to help address the inequalities and the pay gap for women and men. Well, i appreciate you asking that, because one of our top items on our agenda, when we came in as the new majority in congress, was to pass the fair pass act, equal pay for equal work. And its still stunning to me to see people voting against that. And Mitch Mcconnell in the senate is saying im the grim reaper, its not going to see a vote in the senate. But i say to him, this may be you may think its dead, but its alive and well in the public. So i appeal to you, because no good thing happens with the outside mobilization. We can maneuver to pass the bill in the house, to get it through the senate and the president , to sign it is absolutely essential, for us to have the outside mobilization. Know your power. Weigh in. I mean, who would vote against such a thing . The republican members of congress. I know this isnt a partisan [laughter] but it was amazing to see. And tied to that, which were going to bring up in a couple of weeks, is raising the minimum wage to fight for 15. 15 an hour. [applause] that affects women in the workplace as well. But when you think of the fact that women are not paid for the same amount of work as men, and what it means not only to the well being of their families, but what it means to their pensions and their retirement and the rest, its so very, very unfair. We can correct it, we passed the bill, rosa was the author of it. And now we just have to get it past the senate. Lincoln said public sentiment is everything. With it you can accomplish anything with it. In order for the public sentiment to weigh in, the public needs to know. So tell a friend, call in, especially into some of you are not from california. Call home. Tell those people call the republican senators. So bring up to bring up the bill. Its a threshold we must cross. We must cross. And that, along with a number of challenges that youve been dealing with for decades in the house of representatives, you work with a number of president s and, of course, we had a great time working with president obama and we truly miss him now more than ever. And i just i just wanted to understand because we watch you on the news. And we in my mind, i dont know about you, but im like how is nancy pelosi sitting there with a straight face, when [laughter] when some of those things are being said. I just wonder, well, what is going on in her head. And you, classy as always, try to hold him accountable. Madam speaker, what is going on in your head . [laughter] with all of that . Well, thank you for bringing up president obama and Valerie Jarrett, whom you had