FULL VIDEO: #MeToo: Allies in Action Town Hall

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Friday, April 6, 2018
FULL VIDEO: #MeToo: Allies in Action Town Hall
ABC7 recently brought together a group of local experts to discuss the challenges facing employees and employers across the Bay Area. This is the full town hall discussion that was recorded.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- ABC7 recently brought together a group of local experts to discuss the challenges facing employees and employers across the Bay Area.



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Watch the video above for the full town hall discussion that was recorded.



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Town Hall Guests



Maureen Broderick


CEO/Founder


WorldWideWomen


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Founder & CEO of WorldWideWomen, a vetted web resource for women around the globe.


FB: @WorldWideWomenCo


TWT: @WorldWideWomen



Karina Cabrera Bell


Host, REACH Mama Podcast


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Her podcast features stories of successful multicultural moms managing high powered careers and kids.


INSTA: @reachmamapodcast


TWT: @REACHMama



Estella Cisneros


CRLA Fresno Directing Attorney,


California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.


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Working toward social justice and equity for farmworkers & all low-wage workers in rural communities. Offices across California.


FB: @CRLA.org


TWT: @CRLAinc



Dr. Will Courtenay


Psychotherapist, "The Men's Doc"


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Provides strategies for men to address the confusing messages regarding manhood and how a man is supposed to be in today's society.


TWT: @TheMensDoc


FB: @WillCourtenay



Laura Guio


Vice President, Systems Services Center of Competency and Sales & California Senior State Executive


IBM Corporation


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Longtime respected leader at IBM, with a focus on sales, customer support, development and operational infrastructure; Vice President of Silicon Valley Leadership Group.


INSTA: @IBM


FB: @IBM


TWT: @L_Guio and @IBM



Saru Jayaraman


Director, Food Labor Research Center, UC Berkeley


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Nationally recognized for he efforts to insure the rights of restaurant workers. She was also Amy Poehler's guest at the Golden Globes. Founded Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC United) after 9/11, when so many were displaced from restaurant work in the Twin Towers.


INSTA: sarujayaraman_roc


FB: Saru Jayaraman


TWT:@SaruJayaraman



Grace Kahng


Founder/Executive Producer, Santoki Productions


Co-Author/Editor, "Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products & Profits"


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Award-winning Producer & investigative journalist, dedictaed to stories addressing human rights abuses domestically & abroad.


INSTA: @gekahng


FB: Grace Kahng





Catherine Kudlick


Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, SFSU


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Professor of History & disability rights activist, leading the historic Longmore Institute.


TWT: @kudlick



Hayley Leibson


Founder, Lady In Tech


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Founded her successful blog about being a female in the tech industry & works to inspire others.


INSTA: @lady_in_tech


FB: @ladyintech


TWT: @hayleyleibson



Nashormeh Lindo


Artist & Educator


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World-renowned visual artist/designer, photographer, historian & educator. She was appointed to the California Arts Council by Governor Jerry Brown in 2014.


INSTA: @mamanonilin816



Jonathan Sposato


Angel Investor


Co-Founder of both Geekwire.com and PicMonkey


Author, "Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products & Profits"


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The one and ONLY tech angel investor to announce he would ONLY fund female-founded companies, since 2016. He co-founded 2 tech companies, and was the first person to sell 2 companies to Google.


INSTA: @jonathansposato


TWT: @jonathansposato

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