Vermont Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference keynoter Xusana Davis at #WEOC today: 
On opportunity: “There’s always the implication there’s a transfer… that’s our first mistake. The barriers to opportunity aren’t just something we can unlock with three equal payments of $39.95.”
“Support is different from permission…It’s about removing barriers.”
“Women are 51 percent of the US population. We are not a special interest. We are the interest. There’s always a collective benefit to equity… When we stop disempowering people, we all move forward.”
On equal pay: “It’s not about earning the same money for the same work if that work is fueling inequality and ecological destruction.”
On visiting a beach in #VT: “Predictably, I was the only person of color… Within minutes, the entire beach had been cleared out.”
Senator Leahy to Xusana Davis: “I wish that 99 other members of the US Senate could hear what you had to say. Some would agree. For others the learning curve is a little bit slower.”
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