i'm really excited to introduce tamika mallory. tamika mallory, look at her. she is leading, leading at the top, one of the nation's top civil rights organizations. [ applause ] she is the executive director of the national action network. she has been a member of national action network since it was formed in 1991. she is the youngest national executive director in the group's history. how old are you? tamika, is it -- 32. [ cheers and applause ] tamika has worked closely with the obama administration on civil rights issues, including education, equal rights for women, health care reform -- woo! health fair reform -- gun violence and police misconduct. recently tamika was named one of the grios.com 100 future leaders. i don't know what that means. she's a leader today. she sits on news corps diversity advisory council, and is a board member of youth in action. please give the warmest round of applause for tamika mallory. [ applause ] >> thank you all so much. thank you so much, erin. i feel like i have absolutely nothing to say after these two, wonderful wome

movement in the streets. [ applause ] it is younger women, like sandra fluke, crystal ball and tamika mallory who are not waiting for the change that we wish to see. there's a generational shift taking shift in feminism. it is real. sit a shift that is about perspective and it is about power. perspective and energy, being told from birth that we are equal, being restrained by radical right wing men who aren't willing to accept our presence and our intelligence, and then a willingness to try be called a slut and try again. [ applause ] >> power sharing an excitement that we are here and we can launch and take away rush limbaugh's advertisers and demand full abortion funding for all levels of government whether or not the established chains of command think it is the right wording, the right tactic, the right time. a willingness to demand that just as a great president of the united states must evolve to stand publicly for every person's right to live and love, so to a great organization must evolve to champion young women leading the women's movement forward without its tutelage. so to a great

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