secretary of labor; cecilia firethunder, former president of the oglala sioux tribe; faye wattleton,former national president of planned parenthood; randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers; and sheryl wudunn, pulitzer prizewinning writer and co-author of "half the sky." we are glad you joined us. irv it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> aft, making d aifference a de every day. pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [applause] tavis: i have done these symposiums for years, and this is the first time in my 20-year career i have been blessed to moderate a panel of all women, and i will tell you this is the most difficult symposium my people have helped me produce. trying to get focused on this, trying to get media attention about this. when you put together a panel of experts, i have a few friends and industry. it is not so difficult to get a platform and i need to talk about the impending conversation. this has been like pulling

i am joined by a terrific panel including nely galan, cecilia firethunder , faye wattleton, suze orman, h, randi weingarten, sheryl wudunn, and julianne malveaux. we are glad you joined us for "made visible." [applause] >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street or a boulevard, but the place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> aft, making a difference every day. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- [applause] tavis: i am going first to the labor secretary. women and children, as you well know, are falling faster into poverty than any other group of americans. it is also the case that the younger you are in this country -- it is hard for me to get this out -- the more likely you are to be poor. something is wrong with a nation that allows women and children, often the week and the vulnerable, to fall into poverty faster than anybody else. and when to start with you and