carol moseley-braun, who was obviously the first african-american u.s. senator, is attending, which we're very honored with her attendance. she is on the national advisory board of n.o.w. and obviously, she ran for president of the united states. so, she knows something about running. and if you want to go to a mike, carol, could i encourage you to, or? yeah. [ applause ] >> good. take hold here. right now, she is running a -- she's an expert on food, organic food. and you ought to hear her on this subject. my grandson happens to have this terrible peanut allergy, and she was telling us about the food processing. i mean, this woman's got a lot of hats. she's been elected statewide how many times in illinois? lots. and she is -- i' never forget when you first took the floor. this might be a little known detail of why it matters when women are there. you took the floor, and she had her pin on, right? first african-american woman to take the floor. and they stopped her. remember this? at the gate, at the door. sergeant at arms stopped her and said she could

among the speakers, carol moseley-braun, the only black woman ever elected to the senate. >> we're going to go right on, because debbie walsh is -- the reason we're moving so fast is we are on c-span live and we wanted to keep the ball rolling. so, i feel like everybody should get up and stretch after all that, but i want to give a big hand to this panel on ballot initiatives. i think we have our work cut out for us. anyway, we want to get going on to the second one, and we have a central question of this one, and the central question is, are we at another anita hill moment? and just to -- debbie walsh is going to set the stage, so i'm going to move right to her. the center for american women in politi politics of the eagleton institute of rutgers university. if you are not familiar with their website, please go to it. it is cawp.org. yeah, okay, i missed it. on my little ipad, all i have to do is put in cawp and i get there. so, google's awful smart. but anyway, the official thing is cawp.rutgers.edu. and basically, it is a marvelous, marvelous instrument. it has all the facts, really,

care mosley brown -- carol moseley-braun who was, obviously, the first african-american u.s. senator, is attending which we're very honored with her attendance. [applause] she is on the national advisory board of n.o.w. and, obviously, she ran for president of the united states. so she knows something about running. and if you want to go to a mic, carol, could i encourage you to? [applause] yes. good. take hold. right now she is running a, she's an expert on food -- expert on food, organic food. and you ought to hear her on this subject. my grandson, yeah, my grandson happens to have this terrible peanut allergy, and she was telling us about the food be -- food processing. this woman's got a lot of hats. been elected statewide how many times in illinois? lots. [laughter] and she is -- i'll never forget when you first took the floor. this might be a little-known detail of why it matters when women are there. you took the floor, and she had her pin on, right? first african woman, american woman to take the floor, and they stopped her, remember this? at the gate, at the door. se

c-span2 with a discussion on the women running for house and senate seats among the speakers carol moseley-braun, the only black woman ever elected to the senate. >> i feel like everybody should get up and stretch after that. but i want to get a big hand to the initiative. we have some work cut off for us going into the second one we have a central question the central question is at another moment this is she's going to set the stage and move right to her the center for american woman and politics at the institute of rutgers university if you are not familiar with the website, please go to it. it is cawp.org. >> on my ipad all i have to do is put in cawp.org. so, google is also smart. but the official thing is cawp.rutgers.edu. as a marvelous institution and all the facts about women in office. it tells you how many women are in the state legislatures, who they are. it tells you bistate it does the point of offices and a visit by state. it does the congress, the history of all of the women in congress. i can go on. it is a bible and one of the reasons we want devotee is the executive to vector

in modern times, only one other than barack obama and carol moseley-braun, ed brooks. that is the universe of black officials. something has changed. we are not getting away from that. >> it is a spiritual change, but it does not represent an actual, pragmatic change. that changes life for black people in america beyond the spiritual self esteem in diction of, we know we do not have this glass ceiling any more. >> what i wanted to add. i move to this country in 1993. my introduction to american culture was o.j. simpson and his bronco. i remember when the verdict was announced. i am neither white nor black. i look at how the white kids and let kids reacted. what toure is saying, when obama was elected president, every single person in america that has ever felt like the other, -- latinos, blacks, asians, gay people -- we all said, that is the change, how is this going to play out? i am sure crows can talk more about this. the president himself, who is the son of an immigrant, who got to america through a college visa. some people called him an anchor baby. he is a first

in modern times, only one other than barack obama and carol moseley-braun, ed brooks.i'd say that is the universe of black officials. something has changed. we are not getting away from that. >> it is a spiritual change, but it does not represent an actual, pragmatic change. that changes life for black people in america beyond the spiritual self esteem in diction of, we know we do not have this glass ceiling any more. >> what i wanted to add. i move to this country in 1993. my introduction to american culture was o.j. simpson and his bronco. i remember when the verdict was announced. i am neither white nor black. i look at how the white kids and let kids reacted. what toure is saying, when obama was elected president, every single person in america that has ever felt like the other, -- latinos, blacks, asians, gay people -- we all said, that is the change, how is this going to play out? i am sure crows can talk more about this. the president himself, who is the son of an immigrant, who got to america through a college visa. some people called him an anchor baby. he is