Good morning, everyone. As Monique said, this is going to be a super interactive session. We're going to very briefly go through some some groundwork setting and then we're going to give you an exercise we're going to guide you through and then we'll have some follow-on discussion after that, okay? So first of all, I just want to give the people who are here on stage an opportunity to let you know the perspectives we're bringing to this conversation and we're going to have an opportunity to hear about yours as well. So I'm Julie Ann Zimmerman with ReInventure Capital in Boston, Massachusetts, and we invest exclusively in US-based companies led and controlled by BIPOC and or female founders and we do that for both high return and high social, racial, gender, economic and financial impact. Rachel. Hi, I'm Rachel Robesioti. I'm the founder and CEO of Adesina Social Capital. We coined the phrase social justice investing and brought that to public markets, which means that we integrate issues of racial, gender, economic and climate justice into portfolios. We also mobilize investors to make large systemic impact, leveraging the power in public markets. Hey everybody, I am Elaine Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Social Impact Now. We are an impact investing advisory firm, but we also do equitable economic development advising. But I also am a general partner in the Integrated Capital Fund, which we found it last year, which prioritizes investing in black, brown and rural businesses in Minnesota. Good morning. I'm Erica Seth-Davies. I use she, her pronouns. I'm the CEO of ReInventure, as well as the founder of the Racial Equity Asset Lab. At ReInventure, we're advancing reproductive and maternal health, and we do that through venture investing, ecosystem building, narrative change, and corporate engagement, shareholder advocacy, and with the Racial Equity Asset Lab or the real social enterprise that's focused on addressing the racial wealth gap through the intersection of racial equity and impact investing. Cool. Hi, and I'm Havel Rodriguez, one of the founding partners of New Majority Capital, based out of Providence, Rhode Island, and Boston. We are focused on closing the racial wealth gap as well, but with a different approach. Our approach is about entrepreneurship through acquisition, acquisition of the position, which is changing sort of the mindset and giving BIPOC and women the technical resources and skills they need to acquire an existing business and grow it as opposed to starting something from scratch. We take advantage of this silver tsunami of baby boomers retiring in the U.S. We see this as an opportunity to transfer asset ownership, in this case, small business asset ownership, over to underrepresented communities. Awesome. Thank you. So you already have a sense that we do not represent by any means the total spectrum of all ways you can deploy a capital for impact, but a really interesting sampling of very different approaches.  So I, for example, have decision making authority with the ReInventure Fund, but as an individual, I'm also a retail investor. I have alma mater institutions where I have a voice. I have retirement accounts, right? So regardless of what your capacity may be, regardless of what role you may occupy, regardless of the amount of capital you have authority over your own or somebody else's, this is a conversation for you. You are in the right place. So we're going to do a lot of interaction today. I encourage you all while we're doing these exercises together to participate on Slido. We'll also do shows of hands so you can all see each other and see your responses. So we'll get started. The first set of questions is what's your, bless you, what's your perspective? What point of view or what perspective are you bringing to this conversation? So by a show of hands, who is representing institutional asset allocation? Anyone? By a show of hands, who represents a family office or an individual practice of significant means? A couple, yeah? By a show of hands, who is in an intermediary or an advisory role? Okay. And by a show of hands, who is investing your own money at whatever scale? Awesome. Okay. So you begin to have a sense of all the perspectives and many of us occupy more than one, right? And we're going to address those together. So before we get started, we're just going to frame the conversation. So we all have common foundation and common concepts for this conversation. So we're not going to relitigate the question of whether impact investing or responsible investing is a good thing. For the purposes of this conversation, that's settled, right? So investing for both financial and impact outcomes is simply the bare entry point for responsible prudent investing. Moreover, if you're looking at the status quo, again, the framing for this conversation is the status quo is not safe. The status quo is not producing positive returns. The status quo is systemically extractive, destructive and repressive. Therefore, when we look at best practices, we need to interrogate those for the ways in which they are actively propagating those harms. And we also have the power to recognize that those harms are not unavoidable. They're not a given. We don't have to accept them. We can make other choices. One of my favorite quotes, and I think everybody on the panel knows this quote. Maybe all of you do as well. Joy Anderson has this fantastic quote.  We can make up better shit, right? So finally, it is not only something we aspire to, but it is possible. And the people on this podium and many of you in the room are already doing this work, investing for both financial and other outcomes. And our objective for this session today specifically is for everyone in the room to come out of this session with at least one actionable commitment. You can take maybe even while you're still here at SoCAP or maybe just after you return home. So with that in mind, we're going to do a little exercise together. And this is why we encourage you all to sit with other people because this is going to be a joint exercise. How many people in the room? Just really quick, for the people who just arrived, if you will go on your cell phone or on your laptop and go to slido. S-L-I-D-O.com and put in SoCAP 22. We've got some interactive questions. I just want to make sure the folks that are coming in didn't miss that. Everybody got it? Okay, so while we're doing that, and who in the room remembers Choose Your Own Adventure books? From childhood. So a few of you, awesome. Any RPG players, role-playing game players? Alright, any improv enthusiasts? Okay, so you know what we're going to do. We're going to go through a scenario together and we're going to play a role. You are going to work from a scenario in which you are on the investment committee of Do Good Foundation. And Do Good Foundation has, with some internal uncertainty, some skepticism from several members of the board, nevertheless made a commitment to put its assets in alignment with its mission. And you, as a member of the investment committee, have gotten approval for a revised and updated investment policy statement. And you've been directed to come back to the next board meeting with an update on how you're going to go about beginning to realign Do Good Foundation's investment portfolio to be congruent with its mission. Okay? You've already discovered that some of the Do Good Foundation portfolio is directly contrary or antithetical or incongruous with the foundation's mission. And you've communicated this to the consultant. The consultant is generally enthusiastic, at least in their public statements about aligning investments with purpose, but they haven't been super enthusiastic so far in their responses to you. Okay? So here's your first proposition. First of all, everybody understand the scenario? You are an investment committee member, right? At the table, we're asking you as a group at each table by consensus to choose an option. Right? Each of you putting yourselves in that position. Option one is you set new reporting requirements to your consultant. You say, okay, look, this is what we need from you now. And we need you to deliver an assessment of our portfolio against our mission and we need you to report on that to us. Or option two is you say, you know what, this consultant representation is not withstanding has not been super enthusiastic about supporting this change. So let's release a request for proposals for a new consultant. So I'm going to give you just about a minute to discuss amongst yourselves at each table, which of those options do you want to take? And I'll come back to you and we'll proceed to the next decision point, okay? So quickly, quickly, this is going to be like literally 60 seconds quickly, quickly. Which way do you jump? For those who chose option one, notifying the consultant of new reporting requirements. So here's what happens. Meeting actually goes better than you expected based on their internal original resistance. But they tell you it's going to take at least 30 days to come back to you with new data. So you already know again from the scenario setup that some portion and probably the majority of your portfolio is at odds with your mission. So what do you do next, right? And we'll give you the options in just a second. That's your setup for your next decision point. If you chose option two, you know that it's going to take you at least 90 days to issue the RFP, get back responses, and choose a new consultant. Dead minimum, right? And you are on the hook to report back in the next quarterly board meeting. So what are you going to do in the interim? How are you going to make good use of that 90 days so that you can report back to the board as instructed, right? That's your next decision point. Everybody clear? Awesome. So here are your options. First, option one, you have two options. One, assess your priorities while you wait for the updated report. So in other words, internal work. What are we going to focus on as soon as we do get that report? What are we going to prioritize? Second option, option one, B, start pulling capital from the most egregious investments. We're going to, again, for the purposes of the exercise, we're going to say you have the authority to do that. You may pull those investments. So do you do that? Do you begin taking action? For those of you who chose to issue the RFP, option A is similarly learn while you wait. Get as smart as you can internally about the options you're going to ask the new consultant to pursue for you. Because, again, clock's ticking. You have to report. Second option to B is, again, we're assuming you have the authority to act. Start prioritizing new investments you can make right now with the assets that are directly under your disposal. So go ahead and start making investments congruent with the mission. All clear? Okay, so I'm going to give you about two minutes to fight it out. Nicely. And, again, the goal is at the table, you want to come to a consensus or at least grudging agreement on which option you're going to pursue based on meeting that objective, right? You're coming back to the board at the next quarterly meetings, tell them how you're moving forward on this strategy. So, once again, here's what happens after you've made your choices. So for those of you who chose 1A, a sizable fraction of the room, guess what? Reorienting your portfolio is not going to be instantaneous and not only that, it's going to require both you and your consultant to do things differently than you have done, right? It's going to require you to make significant changes in the way you go about your investment decisions. So where will you turn for information, for guidance, for models you can adapt or learn from, right? That's option 1A. Option 1B, you're going to begin pulling capital, so you have the authority to act, but you also have very limited bandwidth, right? Your time is already stretched. So, do you focus on the very most egregious public equity investments or do you focus on the most egregious private or alternatives in your portfolio? Where do you focus your attention? 2A, again, you've decided that you're going to basically learn as much as you can in the short period of time available, the 90 days while your RFP is issued and processing. And so, again, where are you going to look for deeper insights into how to make sure that when you bring that new consultant aboard, first of all, you've selected the right one and second, you can put them to effective use right out of the gate, right? So again, where do you turn for that information, for those resources, for those examples you can draw from and adapt to your purposes? And finally, option 2B, the fantastic thing is you already, you chose this option because you already know some things you're excited about that are totally congruent with your mission at Do Good Foundation, bless you. So, the question you have is do you go ahead and press on with those investments based on what you already know or do you fold in your colleagues from the program side of the house, right? Do you continue to keep investments and programs totally separate or do you begin to find ways to share intelligence and work together? Clear? Everybody clear on the options? Okay, awesome. So, we're going to give you three minutes because as we get deeper, you have more to talk about. Three minutes to come up with, again, consensus please, if you can, about what you do next. How do you proceed? Who chose 1A? Which tables chose 1A? Okay. All right. Who chose 1B? Yeah? Okay. Who chose 2A? 2A, yeah? Who chose 2B? Okay. All right. So, in this room, given a fairly simple set of decisions, we already see that we end up in very different paths, right? Which is totally representative. So, last set of decisions for this exercise. Under 1A, those of you who chose 1A, where will you turn for guidance? Will it be industry sources or your stakeholders? Right? 1B, for those of you who chose public equities or private equities, right? Which way did you decide to go? Option 2A, again, where are you going to turn? Industry sources or your stakeholders? And option 2B, are you going to keep your investments separate or are you going to work with your program colleagues, right? So, as you worked through those, who ended up thinking we're going to turn to our industry sources, we're going to turn to published materials, we're going to turn to the practices of our peers? Let me give you, yeah? You did? Anybody else? Yeah? Anybody choose stakeholders? Yeah? Okay. For learning while you wait, the 2A option, who chose, again, industry sources? Who chose stakeholders? Stakeholders. For 2B, prioritizing new investments? Who prefers to keep them separate? Who prefers to fold in your program peers to the conversation? Yeah. Okay. So, sorry. So, here's the fantastic news. No matter which of these options you chose, the good news is there are immediate steps you can take, right? So if you chose 1A, guess what? There's a lot of resources. We hear people complain all the time. There's not enough information. There's not enough data. There aren't enough published reports. Simply not true. And Erika has very graciously offered to share a list of resources after the fact for anyone who's interested. We also offer some on our website and each of the speakers today has plenty of references to offer. If you chose your stakeholders, again, guess what? There is a lot you can learn immediately from your stakeholders. And Rachel particularly is a pioneering expert in using stakeholder input to drive investment strategy and decisions. If you chose public equities, again, here's some great news. You actually have a couple of investments in your portfolio that are aligned with your mission. You have the opportunity to double down on those. You have the opportunity to move money into new investments that are aligned with your mission with the money you've pulled from the most egregious ones. And you also have the option to go back to some of the maybe egregious but less egregious ones and practice shareholder activism. So you, again, have options. You have actions you can take right away. If you chose alternatives, a couple of the funds in your portfolio are maturing or have matured. Well, guess what? You don't have to reinvest with that same manager. You can move that money to a different manager who is aligned with your mission. Right? And there are lots to choose from. 2A1 and 2AB, excuse me, 2A2 are essentially repeats of 1A1 and 1AB. So again, good news there. And 2B1, if you're proceeding on a separate basis, the good news there is that there's really nothing to slow you down. Your team has already been given the mandate to act. You have the authority to act. Go. 2B2, guess what? Your program colleagues are excited to have the opportunity to participate in this conversation. So again, there's really nothing slowing you down. Now, I know because we had a show of hands and because many of you entered your responses into Slido that doing this role-playing exercise, not everyone is actually an investment committee member. Most of you aren't. But here's the fantastic thing. When we look at the epilogue for this fictitious persona you just pretended to occupy, these decisions are fundamentally, structurally the same decisions no matter who you are, no matter how many assets of what classes or what categories or what volume, how much money you have. You have essentially the same decisions at your disposal in all of the roles you represent, right? So no matter how much money is at your disposal or in what form, you have the ability to go through these same decisions. And so just to conclude our exercise, your investment committee persona has gone through the challenge to report back to the board. And regardless of which of those options you ended up with, you actually have significant progress to report to the board. Moreover, because you've gone through this exercise and because you've made these decisions, you have far greater confidence that you had at the beginning of the assignment that there actually is a pathway forward and that you know the steps to take to begin to move towards that aligned portfolio. Not only that, but some of the skeptical board members who remain skeptical are nevertheless listening to what you're saying. And you've created new relationships with peers and colleagues you're excited to further share your process with, right? So there's even in these very first steps, even in these very first steps, even though you haven't accomplished 100% aligned portfolio, nevertheless you have already begun making real progress moving money to create the change you seek. So now back to Slido. For those of you who are using it, there's a series of questions for you to fill in which of the options you ended up with, maybe some questions you have about resources that would be helpful to you. And so really quick, Julianne, I can only do them one at a time. So if you'll put your responses in, but with which was the result and then like every minute or so, I'll prompt the next question. Awesome. Thank you. That's why I have my computer in front of me. Everybody have the link? Okay, perfect. So really quickly, because we still also want to get to our fantastic speakers. Does anybody want to share any epiphanies that came out of your conversation? Did anything come out in this exercise that surprised you? I wanted to be clear. I'm speaking on behalf of my table and not for myself. Some of the epiphanies that came out one was a level of complexity that we would have to deal with, that there will always be challenges in trying to achieve our mission, that we will have to prioritize what can be done and what's the efficacy of what can be done, that we will have to have data and data will have to be part of the conversation with the senior leadership or the board members. Is there anything else? I feel like that was the most important ones. Yeah, absolutely. Go ahead. Thank you. I don't know if this is as much an epiphany, but I think it was really easy for our table to gain consensus because it just seemed so obvious to us. And so I was kind of like, well, why doesn't this happen more frequently and more quickly at various institutional asset owners and allocators? And I think what I was thinking at the back of my mind as we were talking about like selling out of certain positions is, well, we have all these great investment opportunities on the stage, right? Re-inventor capital, Adesina, Re-aventures. I'm not sure if you are fund managers as well, but there's just such a plethora of rich investment opportunities out there that like, why don't we move money quicker to some of these more positive investments and then why isn't this happening at a quicker pace? I think that's a whole session, in fact, a whole day all by itself, but thank you for raising it. And I think part of it goes back to, again, setting the ground rules for this conversation. In many cases, I think people feel very much constrained by the quote-unquote best practices by trying to justify a move away from the status quo, which is contrary to the evidence understood by many organizations to mean a reduction in performance or an increase in risk, stepping away from the status quo feels threatening, when in fact we know from the data that the status quo is itself quite dangerous and harmful and moving away from the status quo often generates not only better impact, but very frequently substantially better financial returns as well. And that's a hard thing in many cases for people to embrace, right? One more before we move on. Any other epiphanies anybody wants to share? I was like, oh, they're going to give us the right answer because they probably did this and so there's going to be a cheat sheet of sorts. And then now all of the above applies. Yeah, yeah, exactly. There is no a priori right answer. There's no single path, right? And that is one of the reasons why it's possible for all of us, again, no matter our capacity, no matter our role, no matter the asset classes we work with, it's possible for all of us to move forward to invest our capital with our objectives, not only financial objectives, but our change objectives, right? So, and please share on Slido as well. And Elaine is walking through those. There are also requests for wins you have already experienced. So for those of you who are already doing this, please share what you have done that is already working. If you are ready to share a commitment you're making, fantastic. But also if you have a request to the community, something that would be helpful to you, or if you have an offer, something that you can share, there are points for you to enter that as well. And Slido so that everyone has the opportunity to get access to that because we can't really do it all verbally very efficiently. So, time for me to step back from the exercise and time for you to hear a discussion with our fantastic speakers. So, feel free to ask questions at any time. If something comes up for you going through the exercise, we definitely want to hear from you and make sure we're being responsive. But also just wanted to hear from the panel with respect to some of the areas where our work actually does show up in some of the good news categories of the exercise. So, I'm going to start with Rachel and ask a question about stakeholder engagement and what that looks like when you're doing work with public markets, public equities. And how challenging it can be to think intentionally and move intentionally with respect to stakeholder engagement, which I know is a key aspect of the work. So, interestingly enough, I'll just start by saying one of my epiphanies when we were kind of setting this up is that the very beginning of the Choose Your Own Adventure is exactly the place where most people who are values aligned get stuck. I can't tell you, there have been billions of dollars where people have told me directly, we love what you're doing, it's perfect, you're outperforming, we're going to invest with you, and they get stuck at the gatekeeper.  And I'm really happy to share with you that Erica Seth Davies and I are two of the four co-creators of the due diligence 2.0 commitment. Usually what your gatekeeper is throwing back at you is a set of standards that's ostensibly there to keep you safe, the due diligence standards. But they have a lot of embedded racism, sexism, classism inside of them and work to keep our asset management industry 99% owned and controlled by white men. So, what we do in terms of talking to stakeholders in public markets is we work directly with the communities we intend to impact. And the communities that we intend to impact are those that suffer from issues of racial, gender, economic and climate justice. And so what that means is that rather than finance talking to itself to figure out what we need to do in these areas, we have social justice partners like the movement for black lives, ultraviolet, one fair wage. We have a stewardship circle of people from those partnerships that oversee the work that we do. And it's kind of a shortcut for foundations and others who are wanting to invest alongside their stakeholders because we are, if any foundation or asset owner or institution wants to target racial, gender, economic and climate justice, you really want the organization that's working with First Peoples worldwide and Climate Justice Alliance. So it's a really interesting way of putting together a portfolio and deciding which issues we're going to mobilize investors to work on, and it drives performance as well. Thank you. Hey, Will, I'm going to move to you. So I'm going to ask, I didn't ask the question, but Rachel answered it nonetheless, so I'm going to start with this. And coming up with a scenario or thinking about the scenario one, was there an aha for you or a very familiar aspect of it? And then hoping that you can talk a little bit about bringing a very new model into practice and how that has shown up within the process of the capital chain. You know, I think, I think one of the epiphanies was there's, you know, there are these sort of set ways of doing things, right? The investment that the consultants especially sort of have a prescribed way of way investments are analyzed and very often they're also looking for, you know, market returns or sort of want to put you into a peer group analysis. And that really holds back a lot of innovation and a lot of catalytic capital to be, to come to market. You know, as a new emerging manager, we're always trying to sort of push the envelope on, you know, what can we do to drive impact? And let's worry about the returns piece later, the cost of not doing what we're doing is a lot more than the cost of trying to fit into a box. So, yeah, I heard a couple of tables sort of talk about, you know, moving more towards being fully PRI and not worrying about investment hurdles as a way to move forward. So that is great. So now I'm going to switch to Elaine really quickly who does a lot of advising and works with different types of asset owners, family offices, and has a place-based approach, actually, to your work. So, Juan, any ahas or epiphanies in the exercise for you, but then also how does this show up with actually developing RFP processes. So, you know, that was one of the options up here and how challenging is that to create an RFP that's going to get you what it is that you ultimately want in your advisor. Yeah, so what was the first question? Ahas or epiphanies. Okay, ahas and epiphanies. So, more of affirmation. So, I was sharing with one of the tables, I sit on two family foundations, and before I came here today, we were going through this exercise, literally. I'm just kind of figuring out we had actually hired a consultant and now it's like, now that we're having conversations seeing where people are stuck. And so we had to do a, in our conversation in our task group, doing a level set. So then the translation into, okay, then what does the RFP look like? What I have noticed, and I'd love to hear from you, Rachel, a lot of times folks don't know what they actually need. And so what I think is really important is put out the RFP, but also be open when you receive responses that don't necessarily respond to the RFP. And the reason I say that is because the people responding have been doing this for a while, and they can see things that you can't see just based on how you wrote the RFP. Right? They're like, oh, you have a couple of blind spots, and I think you might need to take a couple of steps backwards before you move forward. And I can tell you I've gotten passed over, and then people come back to me a year or two later, because they realize, oh, snap, we weren't really where we thought we were. We paid all this money out to somebody else. And then they want me to discount my rate to clean up on aisle five, six, and seven. Like literally, I can't tell you, they bucked my price when I first come out. They, I tell them what they actually, what I think they might need based on my experience. They go and hire somebody else. And then I got to come back. They come back to me and want me to clean up. And sometimes I tell them no. Right? No. No. No. So immediately no. So I just, I just, all of that to say of the open, be, be thoughtful. It's an organic process. It's an iterative process. And take seriously into consideration when you get those responses back, and maybe they're not in the cookie cutter way that you put the RFP together. And, and, and think about, don't think about speed. This is not a destination. And I think all too often I see in RFPs, it's all about, we're going, we're going to get our investment policy done. And that's great. But maybe there's some work that needs to happen to slow down before you actually get an investment policy that is sticky, that is sustainable, that's realistic. Right? Thank you. So Julianne, we've done a few sessions together. And one of the things that I've always admired and you did this at the beginning was the level setting and actually producing a lot of content like the learning that needs to happen as well. So one, any ahas or epiphanies as we were developing the exercise, but then two, can you speak to the significance of doing that? Like why it's so important that learning was one of the options, but also why that needs to be a part of the process. And the next question is open on Slido. Thank you. So, so as Erica mentioned, we at Reinventure try to share resources as widely as possible. And so if you go to our website, reinventurecapital.com, there's a whole page that's third party resources that is not comprehensive. It is not exhaustive. It does not cover the entire waterfront, so to speak. But we try to provide at least representative resources because we know that people are trying to learn. And learning is an ongoing and as you heard Elaine say, it's not a once and done process. The learning and improving your investment practices is an ongoing and sustained endeavor. But in terms of what to do, the thing that I have found super encouraging and energizing and heartening is that I will just tell you, my retirement account is not going to make anybody supremely jealous. Like I have a modest retirement account, right? And I was able to move that retirement account away from someone who was not interested whatsoever in my values or my impact objectives to someone who wasn't frankly super excited but was receptive and willing to learn. And together over the past couple of years, we've moved my, again, not monumental, but nevertheless my retirement account is aligned with my values. And it didn't happen instantaneously, but we were able to do it. And here's the really phenomenal part. Now that advisor is taking those same approaches to other clients. And that is how I get to have outsized impact, right? Because it's not just the impact of my own retirement savings. It's the impact of that advisor reaching other clients and saying, oh, look what I've done for this other client. We could try something similar for you. What are you interested in? What do you care about? And that practice is shifting as a result. And so that's why it's really important to realize that even if you don't feel like you have a huge amount of capital authority, you don't have mountains of cash.  Yeah, thank you. The other thing that I would add is about this option of changing the investment consultant. And you asked about my take on RFPs. I'm just going to give you a really quick fact. If you're looking for a BIPOC asset manager, or a BIPOC rather, excuse me, investment consultant or financial advisor, and you're also looking specifically, if you're looking for black lead and you're looking for one that focuses on impact, you have your choice of about 10. Do you really want to release an RFP and put people through that much work when your choice is among 10? So think about not doing an RFP. Think about what your values are and think about whether or not you'd be willing to have a couple of conversations with one of the 10. So just a different framing of the situation as well. Thank you for that, Rachel. And it is true. And one of the things, one of the two things that actually happened with that one is being very focused, razor focused, but that's also signaling to the field. And I think that was one of the reasons we put the options up that we did as well, that until there's accountability for different decision making, it's very hard to move this work forward. So when there is no RFP and there is a focus on what we want and this is what we're going to get and we're going to make it so that that is a signal. But also when the ask is going out and getting actually responses that indicate, wait, there might be something else that needs to happen here taking it seriously. All of these things add up to very important signals about whether or not we're going to maintain status quo. So I would encourage folks to even think about what is it that I want to get accomplished based on my influence, right? Like if I take a systems approach to this, where is my influence and what is it that I'm trying to get done? So you can nine times out of 10 get the thing that you want out of it. But think about, wait, how can I actually use this moment or use my influence? Wherever it is that you sit to actually push and change in other ways as well. So I usually use the example of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and their consultant that decided that they were going to try to be responsive to a request for more manager diversity. And in that situation, the foundation could have gotten a whole lineup of managers that they wanted. But what they did was ask questions about the way that that consultant operated, the way that they moved, how many firms were being diligence at a time, how many of those firms were led by people of color or owned by people of color and how many firms are they recommending to their clients. And of that how many of them were black owned, Latina owned, women owned that were being recommended. And what they forced was a conversation about one, data not being collected. So that was a change. And two, when the data was collected, why does it look the way that it does. And so because of that process and the intentionality with respect to the systems change that they were trying to see, they changed the practices of that consultant in the field. And I think it's worth noting that, again, the accountability that comes with this cannot be overstated and having to have a willingness to have a consequence for not getting what it is that you fundamentally need to see, but also how that's going to impact other decision makers as well. So I don't want to, how much, what are we on time? We're on what resources, oh, we're at 1212? Okay. I don't know what time this ends. Is this 1230? Okay. Okay. So in our, in our last few minutes, I don't know if there's any more slide, but I did also want to give people the opportunity to ask any questions or to share anything else that came up during the discussions as well. Hello. I had a question about the, I think you said the stewardship circle that you had and I was curious about what kind of decision making authority they have or what really is the role of that circle. Absolutely. So our stewardship circle, it's growing, it was five, it's about to be eight now. They are leaders in social justice movements that also have financial acumen that applies to public markets. It's a very small number of those people. We try to employ all of them. It's not a full-time job. It is, it's a compensated, it's being a compensated member of an advisory circle and they basically oversee the criteria that we use to define racial, gender, economic and climate justice. They also help us select which, like within that criteria, which of those issues should Adesina take on an entire industry investor mobilization effort? Because choosing amongst the many issues to find the ones that are the most impactful, the most intersectional, it can require many, many hours of debate. And we've had some really terrific wins with the campaigns that we've had, so it's really important that selection is actually really important. Does that answer the questions you had? Great. Hi. I was wondering, what are the things you look for as a retail investor in your 401k? So, would it be how they invest or the investments themselves, or is it around the governance, or is it the public commitments that Fund has made? Like, how could you think about what might be the most impactful 401k? So, when we work with individuals, that's not where I start. Where I start with, what do you want it to look like? Right? What is important to you? Because I can give you, and I saw in the word cloud, people were putting templates and frameworks. Right? We have this joke, when you've met one foundation, you've met one foundation. I think the same can be said for investment portfolios. Right? Because different people's interests, what they need, what they're looking for, their timeline, their horizon, it's going to be as individual as your fingerprint. And so, while there might be some commonalities across portfolios, start with, what do you want? What is important to you? What is valuable to you? Is it 51% bike park on the board? Is it woman being CEO? Is it that it's in your backyard? Is it you don't want to be invested in guns, firearms, and tobacco? What's important to you? And then as you start to work within it, a wealth advisor, you start to look at your 401k and start to research what's in it. I think more answers will become clear to you as far as what you do want and what you don't want. So, if you start the journey, you'll start to get the answers to your own questions. But it's really difficult to just kind of be like, okay, what should be the thing? And I will just say I'm not the impact investing police, just in case anybody had any questions about that. So, it's really about your own individual journey. Yeah, the only thing I'll append to that is, that's the reason why we titled this session the way we did, that you have the power to move your money to achieve the change you seek, right? And the change that is most important to you is not going to be the same as the change that's most important to maybe even anybody else in this room. So, that's also why we start the scenario where we do. Like, how do you even begin to think about what your priorities are? What do you really care about? What really matters to you? And then, you know, what can you learn about what's currently in your portfolio? What can you learn about what you would prefer to be invested in? And it will not be a bit flip, right? It will be a process of making these decisions. And the fantastic thing about that is actually the more decisions you make, the clearer it becomes. Like, you don't need it to be clear at the beginning. What you really need is to have that clarity about what you're seeking, and the clarity will appear as you go through the process. And just like in this exercise, everybody in this room might end up at a completely different end point, and that's completely fine. As long as your capital is serving your objectives, you succeeded. And I would add there's three questions that investors with social justice value should ask. There's an article on the Addicina website that you can find, but it's basically what are the issues? Like, is the fund targeting the environment only, and that's their definition of ESG or social good? How are those issues being measured?  And then the last question is who told you to measure it that way? The most important question. Tell us more about that on the website. I'd also like to quickly add that, you know, we experimented with this community round thing on B funder, because when we first got started, we needed capital to get it off the ground. We had a lot of conversations, a lot of folks at Foundations and RIAs that worked with impact-oriented investors. And, you know, they all said, why don't you create a round where non-accredited investors could participate and be part of the mission as a stakeholder? And we tried that experiment and we raised over half a billion bucks from folks who sit at Foundations, sit at RIAs, we can't publicly name them, but they were able to write checks of $200,000, right up to $50,000, but really be part of and be engaged in some of the impact that they want to see. So, for example, you can, as an individual, you can go to V funder right now and also look at these B cops and, you know, what various new B cops are doing and pick and choose what you want to do. You don't have to put a thousand bucks from your RIA or from your 401K, just put $200 or whatever, but, you know, encourage missions that you believe in as an individual is what I would say. So, before Erika or Julianne closes us out, so you have markers on your tables as a result of this conversation and those of you coming in, straggling in with lunch, we hope you would join us in this last part of our session, which is, if there is a commitment that you have arrived at as a result of this conversation, we ask you to do two things. One, write it on the back of your name badge. That's what the markers are for. Or the front. There's more room if you've got a long commitment, you might have to put it on the back. But if it's a short one, put it on the front so everybody can see. And put it in the Slido. We'd love to have a record, it's anonymous, so we'd love to have a record that we can share out with you of what were all the commitments that came out of this conversation. It's always super exciting. So, write your commitment. Whatever that is, whether that's, I'm going to have a conversation with my wealth advisor. I'm going to look into my 401K and see what I'm invested into my 401K. I'm going to look into a local business that I might want to invest in. Whatever that you've left with today, I'm going to ask more questions. I'm going to reach out to Rachel or Julianne or Erica. Whatever that is, no matter how small or how big, it's not insignificant. Everything starts with a footstep, so don't discount your footstep and put it on your badge. And we would love for you to put it in the Slido so we have an archive of it. And once again, it's anonymous, so no one will know it's you. Okay. So, with that, I don't know if there are any final questions or reflections from the audience. Anything from our panel before? Final word from our panel before we wrap up. Whether it's commitment, one last piece of brilliance for everyone. Call me. If you want to sign up for the Addicina newsletter, you can text the word justice to 55444. The word justice to 55444. And you can stay in touch with all of our updates around social justice investing. I'd make a plug to the work Astrid is doing around inclusive capital consortium. They're putting out a series of black papers that's really very, very thought-provoking and gets to some of the root causes of some of the problems we're trying to solve today. So I would encourage you to take a look at that. I would encourage everybody who's in an institutional role of any kind to sign on to the due diligence to Dotto commitment. It is really a fantastic tool to begin to reframe the way you approach due diligence to come up with better outcomes, better across the board, better impact outcomes, better financial outcomes. So if you are in a personal investing role, then again, I would encourage you to take the time to have the internal dialogue or have a dialogue with your spouse or significant other with your family about what do we really care about? Where do we want our money to be working in the world? What do we consider to be our values and how do we start to think about that in terms of our dollars or euros or whatever capital we're deploying?


So, we're at Central Library at the 2019 San Antonio Maker Faire, and the joint is hopping with all sorts of people. Right next to us is the Magic Theatre's prop master, and he made all of these props. Hi, can you tell us who you are and what are you doing here? I'm the prop master of the Magic Theatre, and I'm just displaying some of the headpieces and puppets that we used this past couple seasons. And what is the name of that guy over there? Okay, this guy? That's just a hippo. This was an ant hippo. This is from Ricky Tickey Tavi. So, like, this show, there was a lot of headpieces, so, like, we had to do three different animal headpieces. There was about 14 different animals in the show, so I had to design and build all the animal headpieces for them. These are my favorites, so I brought these. Yeah, most of them are baked milk made out of the EVA foam formats. Okay, say that again. Most of them are made out of, like, EVA foam formats, so they're all very light, they're very durable, and actors won't break them. And that is? These are here? Oh, so these three are, like, personal builds that I've done. So they're just helmets that I wanted to build because I like to do, like, cosplay stuff on the side. So these are just my original designs that I wanted to build. Wow. And I think, I recognize that guy over there. That one was one of the, we needed a Madagascar actually. We needed four Prusa headpieces because they're kind of the villains of the story. So when they get stuck on the beach, the Prusa's come and they try to eat them. So we wanted them to look big and intimidating, but not terrifying. So I actually built four different ones. And each one looks the same, but they're all a little different because they have different personalities. That one is Iago from Aladdin. So we had, when we did Aladdin, we had the three main animal puppets. Iago, Abu, and Raja, which I couldn't bring because she's a big tiger. But that was the one that I still had around. Actually, I have a progress build down there of my tiger build. But they all started as little sketches, but that one was, it outreached from the actor's body five feet into the head. But she was able to walk with it, move the head with it. Very cool. Very cool. Okay. So once again, Magic Theater.


So it can be as our children as well as the children who want to see it. We want to see how many of the children there are. We want to know if there are teens and children who don't like it. We want to see them.


He said, if he was sick, how he survived the gunshot? I heard that. So, did you get shot and out of the way? I don't know what to say. I don't know what to say, I don't know what to say. But he said, I'm waiting on him to say what I'm sick with, so we go to school. So, you know, it's the end of the night. It's the end of the night now. That little Charleston. Yeah, we on Boss Talk 101. I want to ask you about, just, I got to ask you about this. I seen Charleston after you came on here and did the interview. And he seemed pretty concerned because you said that he was sick. Yeah. I'm just being, I'm just being, he was going to say, cheese, he's trying to. He was playing this for three months. So, I mean, how are you and him? Were you guys back hanging out or? Nah, and I never could. That was a period of time. Okay. I got an album to put out. I can't have it up when I'm walking. Hey, I need a feature for most reading. Yeah. You don't want that jacket. Yeah.  You know, like I said, he released it for free on his, on his YouTube. Everything goes to his YouTube subscribers. Wow. And we into the release. Like he tells him about it today. You know, everything Ryan got, well, for the most reason because of me. Uh, I'm going to the Grammys every year. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You try to get in the bed too. And you ain't even getting the nerd. That's the easy. If that's the easy, it wasn't getting too.   So, um, it's courtesy of you. Y'all can thank him. Charleston, uh, when I got a New York Thursday, I got mode three in a tour lane. I got the biggest billboard down there. At the Times Square. At the Times Square? Yeah. I got like, the album coming out like 15 around Dallas. You trip me out when you said everything changed when I got the change. Everything changed. Boy, that change, rain change, hard to them. I gotta say, people want you to make it just not far that it is. Yeah, yeah.  There ain't no, ain't no, um. But that's reality. A lot of people do that. Yeah. Ain't no wrong with, you know, we on to different levels. I don't, I don't want him to understand, you know. Oh, you talking about company show, 10,000. Now out there, they blood it a day. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. My order's in the arena. Yeah. Yeah.  Uh, he said, uh, if he was sick, how he survived the gunshot. I heard that. Yeah. So, so did you get shot or not? I don't know what you're talking about. So, I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what you're talking about. He say, he say, I'm waiting on him to say what I'm sick with, so we go to school. So, you know, at the end of the day, uh, at the end of the night now, he, uh, had a little choice. Ray Water, man. He had a little choice. Man. So, so are you going, so what's, what's the next step, man? I mean, uh, after the Tory Lane, Tory Lane's in mode three and the album drop. Okay. What's, what's coming next? I had an album go, after the Tory Lane's album drop, then, I must do a book. I got a book deal. That's hard. And then, uh, I'm going to do a book deal and then, the book will come out, then we'll go drop another mode three album. And then that's when I start on the movie. The movie, when you say the movie, is this the movie that's going to be like, I'm going to go to AMC theaters everywhere and can see it? I'm going to tell it out. But do anybody go to AMC theaters anymore? Because everybody be on Amazon. Everybody trying to put it on to be on Amazon. I got a bad ad Netflix deal. Now, I got a bad, I'm directly talking to them. And that's why I was trying to put the documentary, it's already changed me on there. Yeah, that was another one, man. And appreciate you, man, because you linked us with, with Mama Snoop. Yeah. That was all, I appreciate you for linking us and, you know, rocking out with us on that man. That thing went crazy. You know, she was, she was hurt behind that a little bit, but she's a strong woman. So she ain't really let nothing nobody say about her get to her. You know what I'm saying? She's been through so much, man. Very spiritual. Very spiritual, but that murder changed me. She was real serious about that. And she really. Yeah, we all were, man. You know, I looked up Charles and I'm driving it on his YouTube. Damn. Man, you could go for it. I didn't even know because I don't be watching YouTube. Yeah, nah. He drives on his YouTube. He drives on his YouTube? Yeah, man. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm others who could touch the world. Yeah. So did he, did he still have it on there? Or did he just have to take it down? I ain't got, you know what you're doing with it. It's done with it. It's out there. Damn. It's out there. Like 40,000 views, 50,000 views. That's it? Yeah. If I'm saying I wanted to touch the world.


The Cavalcade of America, presented by Dupont. As far back as the beginnings of our country, chemical science played an important part in our civilization. This evening, the Cavalcade of America, presented by Dupont, relates the story of the country's first chemist, the New England gentleman, John Winfrey. As his experiences are unfolded, you will gain a new understanding of the tremendous handicaps under which the pioneer chemist worked 300 years ago. Also, when you think of the comforts and conveniences for which chemistry has been responsible, you will have a better appreciation how chemists are continually striving to create a new and better America by improving present products and developing entirely new ones. The ideal of the great chemical industries of today is aptly expressed in the Dupont phrase, better things for better living through chemistry. In an overture, Don Vorreys and his orchestra will play a special setting of two old English songs, drink to me only with thine eyes and sally in our alley. In a simple house in Boston, John Winfreyt, the younger eldest son of the first governor of Massachusetts, is in the midst of an experiment in a room in his house, the first chemical laboratory in the new land. His wife Elizabeth is busy nearby at her spinning wheel. It is hard to keep the house clean, John, with all those kettles and pots lying around. In time, I'll have a place for such things. Till then, I need some excuse this room. I mind not, John. Only to trouble enough anyway to keep things clean here in the new world. I have patience, good wife. Sometimes it seems so hard to do without the things we had in England. We'll get them all in time. But if only we could have a few of them now. I'll look at this cap. Once it was white, and now for one of these soap it's nearer gray. The same with all our linens. No amount of washing turns them clean and white. It will not always be this. Oh, John, we've given up home and country. All that's dear to us for this new land. Must we now even give up cleanliness? Must this new world be a gray world? Not for long, I trust. Elizabeth, I've been experimenting with potches. That's what I use these kettles for. And soon, I hope to have good soap for all the Bay Colony. That is not certain yet, but soon it will come in. Good day, Master Barclay. Where's John? Oh, there you are. Still stirring kettle. There's much to be done yet, Edwin. And still more to be done outside. You spent too much time on this foolishness, John. There's land to be cleared, and seed planted, and houses built. And soap to be made. Oh, so that's the meaning of all this mess. And soon, Edwin, I think we'll have soap as good as any in England. Well, better or worse, it's still soap. And soaps are luxury in the Bay Colony. You should put your efforts to better uses, John. There's no place here for this foolishness of yours. There's a place for anything that fills a need, Edwin. And our needs are great. Some of them can only be met through the science of chemistry. John Winthrop, the younger, stuck steadfastly to his belief. He produced potash that made the first really serviceable soap in the new world. He made pitch and tar, and started the frying trade in naval stores. Slowly, the struggling young colony grew stronger. Sankets roots deeper into the soil of the new land. And then, a fateful day in the history of the Bay Colony arrives. A ship just in from England drops anchor off the coast of Massachusetts. And the joyful colonists rush down to the shore to get the long-awaited supplies so necessary to their existence in the new world. Is it that a sight to gladden your eyes? An English ship at anchor after all this time. Hi, John. She's been long enough overdue. She's six months since she sailed for England with our furs and hinds. Aye, six long months. But now our waiting's at an end, Edwin. Thanks to Providence. There's not so much as one handful of seed wheat left in the whole colony. We could ill have waited longer. Another week, and we'd have missed the planting. They've lowered the ship's longboat. Aye. And the surf will bring them straight onto the beach here. The waves do not overturn the boat. They think they've loaded her too heavy. And we could ill lose one sack of seed. There are so many things we'd like to. What do you need most, John? All manner of things. Mainly glassware, crucibles, olympics. All sorts of scientific instruments. Instruments. You call such things important? I must have them to carry on my chemical work. Place too much importance on such things, John. Oh, I know you've made good soap. But we can live without such things. Seed and lead and tools we cannot live without. And I cannot live without chemicals and scientific instruments. They are my tools. Oh, look, Edwin. Look. Look how they manage the longboat. Oh, aye. It bears skins over the water. Aye, but they're not ashore yet. Oh, they're not far to go now. The next breakers should bring them in. Master Watson. Yes. Then the hand-bearers will come in. That I will, Master Wincroft. If you're all right. All right. Quick now. There you are. I've got this, sir. All right. You'll give a pull all together with a beach to hide. Safe and sound. And everything dry and ship-shape in the tool. All right, hearties. Time to unload the boat. That is good to see you again, Master Higgins. The colony had almost given your ship up, but it's lost the sea. Well, it's not too easy across another mountain, Wincroft. Here we are. Glad to set foot online again, too. Did your captain remember to bring the instruments? I especially requested. Well, I don't know how he brought all you with, sir. But I need everything I ordered. I have nothing here. Why didn't he fill my order? Well, you'll have to ask the captain that yourself, Master Wincroft, when he comes ashore. Eh, strange. There must be some misunderstanding. There's something of yours, Master Wincroft. Oh, good. Take that small box out next leg. Hand it easy now. Thank you, Master Higgins. I'll have to make out with what you've brought as best I may. This is a lot more. I'll have to do that, too, Master Wincroft. Where are my tools? Have you got three cakes and nails? Not so fast, sir. Let me check off what's in the boat first. You'll get your supplies big enough now. I have the list right here. Eh, Master Atkinson. One sack of seed wheat. One sack of seed wheat. There it is, sir. But where's the other sack? I sent for two. That's all there is. But there must be another somewhere. Oh. Master Barclay. One cake of nails. One cake of nails. Right. Master Bennett. Hold on there. I'm to get three cakes of nails. Once all I've got you down for, Master Barclay. You mean you didn't bring the other two? That's right. I sent first enough for three. I've waited six months for them all. And my orders are to give you one cake. Yes. All they want. There's some trickery here. Watch your captain done with the rest of the money from our friends. Master Watson. Two bars of lead. One long knife. Two bars of lead. One long knife. There's twice as much. Then do me. And by my account. Where's the balance? That's all there is. We've been tricked. The captain's alone. Hey! Hey! The captain will have to answer for this. We'll have him up before the council. The ship had come from England. But it had brought less than half the things the colonists had ordered six months before and needed so desperately. Angry, upset, they called upon the elder Winfrey, who was then governor, demanding an investigation. An emergency meeting of the executive council is called. And the master of the ship summoned to appear. The captain's alone. We've been tricked. Please, gentlemen, please. Come to order. Captain? Yes, sir? You have been called here to answer for your misdoings. I've done not, Governor Winfrey. There are those of us who think differently in the matter. Six months ago you were commissioned to carry a full cargo of hides and furs for trade in London. I, in this day, I brought back the goods requested by your lordships. Yet you brought scarce half the goods to us. Aye! I sent furs enough for three kegs of nails and got but one back. And I lack half the tools I ordered. Where's my seed wheat? What have you done with the rest of our goods, you scoundrel? Order, gentlemen, please. You have abused the trust placed in you, captain. Your actions force us to take harsh measures with you. Have you ought to say? Aye. You got full value for your furs. The larger part of them did not survive the boy. What mean you? The hides were brittle, the parts unfit for use. And the fur came off near half the skin. It is no fault of mine. Your cargo was in good condition when you sailed. It's more likely that you let soft water get into the hole. Nay, my ship's as tight as any auntie. Then you must have packed our furs badly. Nay, not so. Or else you tricked us. I know the quality of my furs.  I tell you, the quark was in the canning and the curing. Oh, of course it was. You have my word for it. That's not enough for me. Or me. No, no. You need not take my word. Look here. Here's a letter from the agents in London. Let me see it. Willingly. What say they, Governor? Hmm. It is as the master of the ship told it. We'll have our furs and hides were spoiled for want of proper curing. Why? Then our trade is ruined. How can we get the tools and other things we need from England now? We've nothing else to trade. Our future here is doubtful unless we can improve our curing at first. But how are we to do that? I know not how. I only know we must. And I can think of not. Well, for chance, young master Winfreyp can help us. Yes. He found pitch and power for us. And improved our soap making. Yes, indeed. He did that. That's true. Speak up, then, John. What's to be done to save our trade? If we could only get our own gentlemen, that would strengthen and preserve the furs hides so they would last a voyage. But we can't send to England for it to take the best part of a year. Then we must find it here. But we're so rare a substance to be found in this barren wilderness. I know not. But God willing, we shall find it somewhere in this new land. After long weeks of patient searching, the younger Winfreyp located shale that he thought might contain the precious album. Next, he put this shale into an album, which was heated by a special furnace he had built, and tried to extract the album by roasting. The process was long and worrisome. Mixed past and still, he seemed no nearer success than when he had started. It is a bright Sunday morning and the elders of the Bay Colony are walking through the woods on their way to call upon John Winfreyp. We asked your company this morning, Governor Winfreyp. Because there are some amongst us who are troubled over the strange conduct of your son John. What troubled you about him, Master Barclay? Well, he was not at the meeting house this morning. No, he wasn't, Governor. Perhaps he is ill, or there may be some other reason. In these times, most beware of being overlapped with those who neglect their duty. This time we spoke with John about his faith. And I am sure, friend Edwin, that John will have a suiting answer for us. Look! Look, I see a glow in the workshop yonder. He's working at his furnace. Let us judge him, Master Barclay, when we have heard what he has to say. Aye. Let us hear him first. Come. You go in first, Governor. Thank you. Good morning, John. Well, John, can you think of no better way to spend the Sabbath? Oh, good morning, Edwin. Father. Hi, son. We came to see what kept you from the meeting house this morning. Why, this work, of course. I've been roasting different kinds of shale. You know, bits of rock. Trying to get alum from them. Have you succeeded yet? No, but I hope to expect it soon. Ah, that's what you told us yesterday and the day before and the day before that. There's great need. We've got to find alum to save our fur trade. And soon. Every day counts, Edwin. If I let the fires go out, it will take two days to sort them up again. Hmm, there's something in what he says, Edwin. Yes, it does not seem right to me. But don't you see, Edwin, if we lose our fur trade, then we cannot get those things we need from England. And without them, we cannot live here and worship in freedom. In the freedom we sought by coming to this new land. In this freedom to worship in our own ways. Very dear to us. Perhaps if John were committed to continue his work. Ah. Ah. There are many ways of serving God. Perhaps serving us here in the Bay Colony is John's way. So John Winthrop, the younger, became the first and only man in the Bay Colony permitted to work on Sundays. But months passed and still he had not succeeded in his task. Again and again he experimented in various attempts to extract Alam. Only to meet Fager each time. Late one night he has busy at work with his retorts and kettles in the rough laboratory in his log house. His wife enters. It's three days now since you slept. Ah, no. Can I now, Elizabeth? I'm in the midst of a new experiment. Ah, but can it wait a little longer? Ah, may good, wife. I must wait up till I see if this turns out better than my other tests. Then can I not help your husband? Hi. The shale has boiled long enough in the kettle now. You could steady these glass speakers for me while I pour the fluid off. Hi. What's in the kettle, John? Small pieces of shale. First I roast them. Then put them in boiling water to dissolve out the salts. Hi. Take care, Elizabeth. Discarding hot. Now the second glass is finished. Set them down on the table, Elizabeth. Is that all, husband? Nay. Now I must wait. But, John, how can you tell if you've drawn the Alam out? I won't know until the liquid in the beaker cools. Then, if God wills, I should succeed. The Alam will form crystals on the bottom. And if no crystals form? Then... Then I must try again. What are these other glasses, John? Shall I clean them? Ernie, Elizabeth, don't touch them. They, too, contain dissolved shale. I set them there to cool earlier this evening. Ah, so long have I watched them. How scarce do they seem more than a blur before my eyes now? Is there all else I can do to help you? Nay, Elizabeth. Go rest again. Only God can help me now. I know. Oh, Elizabeth. If only I can find the way. I must. The whole colony counts on me to succeed. So much depends upon it. And yet... You'll find a way, John. I'm sure of it. Come in. Oh, it is you, Father. My son. What brings you and Edwin here at this hour? We saw your light as we were passing by. We missed you at the meeting house again tonight, John. Oh, I could not leave my test. God will forgive you. Now a great need. But tell me, son, have you found the way to get Alam? Yes. Nay. But I still hope to extract it from this shale. His plain providence finds no favoring your work.  We must get along as best we can without the fur trade. Find something else to take its place. I don't intend to give up yet. What's in this glass, John? Oh, some of the liquid I've boiled from the shale, Father. Well, what else is in it? Why, nothing. Why do you stare at it so? Look, John. Some strange substance forming on the bottom. Quick, let me see. It seems to come from nowhere. Like a miracle taking place. At last. At last. What is it, my son? The crystals are forming. See? Crystals of Alam. Alam. Alam. Are you sure? Yes. Yes, there could be nothing else then. In our fur trade, our colony is saved. But Alam was only one of many things which the younger Winthrop developed for the early columnists. Things essential to the growth and access of the new land. He dedicated his entire life to the public need. After 18 years as a magistrate and member of the Executive Council of the Bay Colony, he became the first governor of Connecticut. During these years, he maintained a steady correspondence with friends in England on scientific subjects. In 1662, these friends, meeting in Gresham College in London, organized a royal society for the improvement of knowledge. Unanimously, they elected Winthrop a charter member. Winthrop has come to London for a visit. It's a great pleasure to have you now accompany Master Winthrop. You do me great honor, sirs. You honor us by accepting. I will follow your research as Master Winthrop. I dare say more of your papers have been read before the society than those of any other person. You have indeed added greatly to the scientific knowledge of the world, sir.  I only hope I shan't disappoint you on my work after I return to Massachusetts. Oh, come now, Winthrop. Certainly you don't intend returning to America. I plan to sail within them. Oh, it would look clear you cannot do that. But the chemist of your reputation, Winthrop, you must give up such an idea.  There's work to be done there, Bariton, as well as here. But if you stay here in England, you'll be able to do great things. The society will give you every possible assistance. You'll have supplies, instruments to carry on your experiments. Across the sea, you'll be alone in your work. You'll have nothing. But my work lies in the colonies, gentlemen. You see, I believe in the new world that someday America will become a great country in her own right. John Winthrop's confidence in his adopted land was not misplaced. America was destined to surpass his fondest hopes. And this first American chemist did much to make his own dreams come true. Working virtually alone and with meager facilities, John Winthrop pioneered in scientific research and blazed away for the thousands of chemists who have followed him. Last year, America's chemical industry celebrated the 300th anniversary of the enterprise which he founded in 1635. Tonight it is fitting once more to pay tribute to John Winthrop for his example of patience, of courage, and the determination to make life better for his fellow man. All outstanding traits of those who have marched in the cavalcade of America. 300 years have passed since John Winthrop played the foundation of the chemical industry in this country. America has come far since those days, and chemistry has played a leading role in that swift-moving pageant of progress. The pioneers found the land magnificently endowed with natural resources, and those who followed have utilized nature's bounty to create for Americans the highest standard of living the world has ever known. By far the greatest part of our nation's advance has taken place within the last few decades. Previously, man had been dependent almost entirely on natural materials to supply his needs. Wood was known only as wood. Cotton is cotton. Coal is coal. Then chemists began to discover the remarkable riches that nature had stored away in such materials. Today, in addition to their time-honored uses, such natural materials as wood and cotton are converted through chemistry into rayon yarn for lovely fabrics, lacquer for your automobile and furniture. The transparent wrapping that protects your packaged food, coated fabrics for furniture upholstery and washable window shades, plastics for safety glass, toiletware and scuffless heels, and many other products of beauty and utility. The chemist also has explored the mysteries bound up in a lump of coal. From coal tar, chemistry produces drugs to allay pain, a chemical rainbow of beautiful colors, the flavors of rare fruits, exotic perfumes and chemicals that add life to automobile tires and many other essentials of modern living. The chemist has helped banish the likelihood of famine by creating products that protect food crops from insects and bees and other chemicals that improve crop yields. Through the chemist's contributions, we have finer cars, better gasoline, we have household refrigeration, conditioned air, new fabrics, fade-less colors and more comfortable homes. So in 1936, America can give thanks for resources of which the early settlers never dreamed. The chemist has unlocked the real treasure house of nature. Every day sees him seeking to improve existing products and to develop new ones, striving always to achieve, as DuPont expresses it, better things for better living through chemistry. Next week at the same time, Tram will dramatize incidents from the life of Edward McDowell, well-known American musician and composer, when DuPont again presents the Cavalcade of America. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in continuing on with my budget series today We're looking at a star BM 9 Check that out a Spanish made military surplus gun. Why is it in the budget series? Well, people were picking this up between 200 and $250 I picked it up for 230. I think it's great now. I've often considered it a Mini high power and that is because it has an all steel frame many of the same controls It actually looks like it to a degree If you look at the fore end there, it is chambered in nine millimeter single action trigger I'm measuring right at five pounds has the same positioning with the thumb safety and it looks Similar with the hammer eight round single-stack magazine Magazine disconnect right here much like the high power It has a barrel bushing right there. You'll notice with the disassemble 3.8 inch barrel and overall pretty nice handgun very much a budget handgun and This has performed very well. I recall it's been a while since I've had this out So let's go ahead and take a few shots here and there we go This was produced in 1979 and that is because it is stamped right there on top of the trigger guard 1979 so it is an old gun and I I actually like it, you know star has the the b9 the larger one and The bm9 let's try the bm9 One-handed and I had a hang up here. I'm not surprised by that actually Didn't like to slide back Yeah, failure to eject and the reason why I'm not surprised It's because I Had this issue before and I'm pretty sure it was with the one hand And and that's it but look at what's laying on top of that follower of the mag So having a little trouble ejecting. Let's go ahead and turn the camera around. It is very low recoil with that all steel frame It actually disassembles much like a high power as well So it just continues on in my eyes to be a mini high power But I'll go ahead and load it up and we'll turn the camera around I want to show you the trigger pull it is unloaded. It has magazine disconnect So I have to do it this way and we'll Drop the slide and here is the reset very 1911 ish and I like that it even has barrel lugs in there You'll see on the the disassemble that it does have barrel lugs that Keep the barrel nice and tight and aids with accuracy Another hang up here when I Took this gun out of the safe. I made sure it was properly lubed Yep failure to eject so some of the issues that you may have with a Older an older fire and that that one felt weird. So I'm gonna check this Even further We'll drop the mag. No reason to do a limperous test with This handgun So far anyways and that's it So for a Spanish military surplus gun This one is in really nice shape. You see a lot of these that kind of look beat up But this one still has the bluing on it. You can see that it does have polymer grips there But overall, I still like the handgun. Okay, so it had some issues at the range those were 124 grain ball ammo by the way nine millimeter, but I like that short trigger pull and I like the overall feel of it this gun has some heft behind it and What can you say for for 200 230 dollars? You really can't go wrong if You clean up some of those issues that many people have by the way You'll find that it's a real nice shooter if you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


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Boys go boys! Presumably, you have a lot of questions. Like, Papa Meigs, where are you? What is this set? Why did my parents leave me? And honestly, the only question I can answer for you is that final question. Because I clashed another one. So I'm in Hawaii for a couple months. Hopefully I get a little bit tanner. Hopefully I get a little bit more jacked. Hopefully I clap a baddie. So for those of you who are interested in exactly what's going on, there's gonna be a whole vlog. It's gonna be dope. And for those of you who just view me as a video monk who slaps my hands together and puts out bangers, you're in luck, because I'm not gonna talk about it anymore. The only thing I'll say is my set is gonna change like five times. Don't be alarmed. Basically, I'm here. I'm trying to get settled in, but I'm also trying to post for you guys every single day. So I'm doing my best to make it work. So if the backdrop changes, whatever. Who cares, right? The last Wheel of Mutts I recorded was Before the Draft. My schedule was Wheel of Mut, then go to Los Angeles, then go to Vegas, then drive back to Michigan, then fly to Hawaii. So I have missed some stuff. And I know as I'm recording this golden tickets come out tomorrow, but the golden tickets that come out tomorrow, none of them really affect me right now, but the confirmed list has a golden ticket wide receiver DK Metcalf. So I'm gonna get to it. I have a prestige golden ticket. I don't know if I've ever done that before. There also is potentially a Sean Taylor golden ticket, but I don't know if I read that correct. And as for upgrades, I really like this team. Wildcard Playoff game went spectacular. Najee Harris, Josh Allen have been absolutely amazing. We got Zonklers in there just for funsies. Tootsall Jones is getting a golden ticket, by the way, and that's coming out tomorrow. I mean, the good news is there's tons of gold 99s in the game now, and all of them are like very affordable. So I don't think it's gonna be very difficult for me to give my hands on them. Also, if I lose, I can just blame it on Hawaii Wi-Fi. And it's not my fault at all, right? Eight and three. Let's see if we can add to this squad. All right, spin's coming in. There's tons of new drafties. I wanna get Garrett Wilson in my squad. I don't know if you guys watched that on vlog, but it was sick playoffs, Jack. Dude, I might go with the Munoz left tackle. Cameron Jordan is nice. Honestly, the only thing I like about Cameron Jordan is he has secure protector for 180. Yeah, dude, this is the move. 97 Anthony Munoz. I know this is the Redux, but it's all the same thing. 96 strength. He's gonna be an upgrade from Cameron. Cameron, I think, is a 93 overall, boosted to a 94 on my team. So Munoz plus his power-up, since that was a jackpot, is gonna be at the least the 98, and now I will have a 98 and a 99 left and right tackle. That is awesome. Also, I wanna say, since this is one of the first videos I'm recording after the draft, I love you guys so much. Thank you for supporting me and putting me in a position to be able to announce a draft pick for the Detroit Lions. And I think it goes to show a lot, cause you know what? Sometimes I am a total head-ass on videos, but we've come a long way and a big company like Subway was willing to partner with me and let me announce a draft pick. That's just so cool. All right, that's wheel spin won. All right, boys. A gold 99 on our second spin, headed into our divisional playoff would be huge. Let's see if we can clutch up. Come on, come on, come on, let's do it.  It's just one position. This is a positions jackpot. I'd get a gold 99, but they have to come from this position. Corners, linebackers. I'd take a gold 99 linebacker, go! Any gold 99 linebacker in the game, give me mine right now. Question is who do we take? Anthony Barr is my power-ups. I don't want to replace Anthony Barr. And I'd feel kind of taboo replacing Devon White, cause he's been so solid. I think we just get a gold 99 right outside linebacker. I get K Von Tivito. They call him right outside linebacker. Don't want to brag. I did meet that guy and he said he's watched some videos. So it's not a big deal. I'm not bragging. Oh my God. He's 480,000 coins.  Ironically, I can still put a power-up on him so he can actually get even better. Sorry, Clay Mathews. I love you. And you know what? Clay Mathews was an incredible right outside linebacker for us, but we're stuck between Iraq and our place here. Devon White's got to stay where he is. Anthony Barr is our power-up. Mathews is out. In fact, I can put Clay Mathews in for Jalen Phillips though, so that's probably what I'll do. Attributes, 96 speed, 99 excel, 96 strength, 93 tackle, 95 play recognition, 98 block shed, 99 power moves and finesse moves and edge rush God. Survive the playoffs, boys. I know we with two Ks in. I know Madden's coming with slow end, but I can promise you three more bangers. The division, all the conference in the Super Bowl. And yes, I know that requires me to win. I plan on it. Challenge wheel, baby. I'm gonna let you guys see it just like this. We're gonna hop into this game. I'm so nervous. Honestly, I'm so nervous. I'm out here in Hawaii. The challenge was worst camera angle for one drive. Now that can be offensive or defensive. I think there's like unanimously, though the worst camera angle is a defensive one where you literally can't see behind you. It's horrible. TGCNave, he's got 99 DK, 99 lock and 99 cam. I smell a Seahawks theme team. He's got Brady. Why do you have Brady? Why is Brady on your Seahawks theme team, bro? That's so bummy. Good hit. Oh, shoot. Nothing's gonna be open. Clamp central, no way. Guys, no, I'm okay with that though. Scenarios like that make me happy. It means they're willing to make a bad pass and that's a bad one too. Rashad Penny brings another one. All right, first and 10. We know it's a pass. Oh my God, it's not. What am I witnessing? Is he chewing clock? How funny would it be if I just box him right now? My Matthews is that dude. Oh my God, he skits stuff. That's not how Kimmy Sneak works in real life. Let's just hit a half back dive. Beautiful run, not Seaharis. I got underneath at a Darren Waller.  Oh my God, the latency. Wait, what? What are you doing?  Okay, what just happened was like, I'm used to insanely good ethernet so I snapped it and I pressed A and it kinda delayed for half a second. So I pressed it again but then it snapped the ball through with the Waller and he double pitches it. Wait a minute, hasn't failed me before. Although it looks, it appears as though it might fail me right now. Darren Waller, just get up, buddy. Not sure what he's looking for here. I don't think there's anything open.  Oh my goodness, that is quite the change of events, ladies and gentlemen, my goodness. There he is, Waller.   He's ready to play now. He is gonna run boot over on me. I'm disappointed, Dave. He is a rocker.  First and 10, it is a pass. Ooh. Oh my God, that's so open. Left side crosser. Ramsey. Oh, it's a PA boot over type of deal. It's the telegram just at the end. Josh Allen, Josh Allen. Go buddy, let's go. The blocks get through it, nah, gee. There's that two tall Jones, open in the middle, big boy. God, he's so good. I can't wait for that golden ticket to come out. I want the clock to tick. Maybe I'll get lucky. Who's supposed to be on Najee Harris? I think his user was supposed to be on Najee Harris. That's what I'm talking about. I'm just gonna run the ball and kick a field goal. There, I have, there is no point in getting fancy right now. It's like this clock tick as much as we can. I'm actually gonna run this right side. Ooh, they guess? Did he guess to run right side or just guess to run? I'm on Matthew. Dude, I own you. I actually own you. You have fallen apart. Clay Matthews is gonna pick six this. It's over. It's so over. All right, so he's back on offense.  I would say this is probably the worst camera angle you can do, would you guys agree? I literally can't see him going over the top of me or I can't even see myself on defense right now. Hey, hey, I'm getting on top, ready boy.  Oh, get there, get there, get there.  We gotta get Anthony Barr stats. Let's go Anthony Barr. Let's go Anthony Barr. Oh, we're so close. I was worried about this game at one point. Can you believe that? I'm still worried about this game and it's 31 to set. I'm gonna go stretch right. He's gonna guess that I'm going stretch right. That's crazy. I really have not thrown the ball at all. I think it's about time we send one. Send it. Did you come on? That ball was in his hand for like four seconds. Dude, that should actually, that should legitimately be a fumble. That ball was in his mitts for like four seconds. I don't know.  I'm gonna look for Najee on the angle. Ah, I can't, but that might be enough. Just barely not enough. How do I get out of this angle? Ah, don't do something.  Let's see it, Anthony Barr. Oh, I saw it. Gotta be one of Tom Brady's worst games ever.  All right, that should pick me up a first down and end this ball game. This stat sheet is gonna be wild though. He said, hey, GG man, played nervous. Honestly, Nave, that's kind of what I figured. That's how it looked, because you were definitely a good player. But hey, GG's bro, I love you. And you know what? I advanced to the conference championship because of you, Nave, so you're the homie. Dude, look at our poverty, Ash Korgman. Tom Brady, 42.2, 217 yards, four interceptions. Josh Allen, six for nine, nice. 63 yards and an interception. Ross Shing Najee here is actually really solid. 10 for 28, 2.8 averages, eh. That game was good, dude. If he stepped to the run game, I think it would have killed me. Josh Allen, three for 11, had some big pickups. Receiving his mat calf, I didn't do anything, bro. I literally did nothing. Boys, massive W, we move on to the NFC championship. One more win until we head to the Super Bowl. What we do know right now is the challenge was complete.  I get one of any pack in the store can even be with training. Crazy enough, I'm pretty sure the 89 plus NFL draft player is my best choice. There's not a single player in NFL draft past, flashbacks or rising stars that upgrades my team other than 97 overall, Alex Mack's center.  I opened an 89 plus overall NFL draft player and I pull a gold 99 or at least have a chance to. This gives me one 89 plus. This gives me choose two from two 89 plus. So this is better. This is the Hail Mary that I'm doing. I know I could get a guaranteed 97 but a lot of them wouldn't help us. So I'm sending my Hail Mary right here. See if we can get anything that works. This is around one of two, Trace Smith. I think my current left guard is, I think I have a 95 left guard right now. So I don't think that helps. All right, this is the moment of truth. I gotta get the animation or my Hail Mary didn't work. That's not the animation. It is a 95. Jeez, he's obese though. Jeremiah Usukaramoa. Oh, and we don't get the animation here either. Now just for shits and gigs I'm actually gonna open both of these. They can't go on my team but I just wanna see what I would have gotten. Okay, cause I'm a true Calvin Ridley. All right. So the 89 plus, no animation. It's a center but an 89 doesn't help us. And if this is Alex Mack, I will be. If this is Alex Mack, I feel like it's gonna be Tyler Lockett though. For no reason. That's just what I feel. Sam Hubbard, 97 left end. Also dustin' out my team. I got Ed Tutile Jones down there and Aaron Donald. So it didn't make a lot of sense to go with either of those. Incredible episode. Thank you guys so much. Watching as always. I love Willemut. I love doing this. I'm sad it's about to be over. But hey, Madden 23 Willemut is going to be even better. Every single year my goal is for you guys to enjoy Willemut more and more and more.  Making a million times better. And we're gonna have a banger here Madden 23. All right, boys. I love you. Thanks so much as always. I'll see you in the next video. Peace.


So let's start off by talking about food. What's your favourite food? I really love Asian food because I live in England so it's harder to get Asian food around but I like spicy, flavourful and just generally savoury food. Do you cook a lot at home? Not as much as I would like to. I would love to cook more because I actually enjoy the process of cooking but I just cook out of convenience because every day I've got to make sure I get my work done and then cook for my kids which takes a lot of time. Sometimes we get takeaway but they like it. What are popular takeaway meals in your local area? Fish and chips. It's a favourite for everyone so that's an easy option but generally because of my own preference I love just to get Thai and Vietnamese. This is something that I could just get around my local area. It's very easily sourced. How often do you eat fast food? I try to eat really healthily but then I tend to go down the Filet-O-Fish McDonald's route when I'm travelling so I suppose only once every few months. Now let's talk about seasons of the year. What's your favourite season of the year? I love any time when the sun starts to come out so around spring or early summer before it gets too hot. I just love a little bit of Vitamin D and it makes me happier as well so that is definitely better than the winter. What do you do when it gets too hot in the summer? Hide. I tend to also go into any kind of buildings with air conditioning and I have to fan on every night when it's really hot so yeah when it gets really hot in the summer you know I really need a lot of like fans and you know kind of just anything I can hold with me when I'm gone as well. At what time of year do you normally go on holiday? I try to go outside of the school holiday season but because I have kids you know we tend to have to go doing you know the the you know when when this term breaks you know when the school breaks but my favourite time of going away would be during Christmas you know because I much prefer to be in a warmer climate when it's really really cold so yeah it's just that time before or after Christmas. Have you ever been on holiday somewhere very cold? Yes I love Norway you know it was amazing it was just everything was like a picture a perfect postcard you know you could see the fields in the distance and the what you call them icebergs it was an experience you know and to to write the husky sled you know was also an amazing experience for me. Now let's talk about clothes where do you buy most of your clothes? I would like to do you know clothes shopping in the shop but the reality is most of us do it online now you know when I get my clothes from the Zara and Asos because I just love the hip and trendy but also timeless look. How often do you buy clothes for yourself? I buy it more often than I should because I use online shopping and clothes shopping as a form of you know like dopamine hit for me so it's it's and for me I love to express myself through my clothes so because of that then I need to find different clothes for different occasions and so very often. Have you always had the same taste in clothes? No I have not because I see myself as different identities throughout my life you know before I became a mum during and also after when work became something that I could express myself you know true so yeah I've had different fashion tastes you know throughout the ages. Now let's talk about social media which social media sites do you use? I use Instagram and LinkedIn because I feel like I run a business and that's where my target audience are you know I built a community through Instagram and then on LinkedIn where I work on my business to business leads. How much time do you spend on social media? Way too much I shouldn't be spending so much time but I find that it is once you visit you know social media and you post something it's also about engaging with people to ensure that you know you build relationships so yeah a couple of hours a day. Is there anything you dislike about social media? I dislike the addictive quality about it you know because so many of us are connected you know through a tablet or a device now and social media is our form of communication so it's becoming even though it seems like you're being connected to loads and loads of people the actual quality of your relationships with your immediate sphere you know kind of you know kind of forced by the side so yeah that's one bad side to it. That's the end of part one of the speaking test so now we're going to move on to part two of the speaking test I'm going to give you a cue card you'll have one minute to read the cue card and prepare your answer feel free to make any notes during that one minute at the end of the one minute I'll let you know and I'll ask you to speak for up to two minutes is that all clear of course okay here is your cue card and I'll start the one minute preparation time here's a pen if you want to make any notes so please speak for up to two minutes on this topic please okay so a job that I really enjoyed is being a speaker and a storyteller and I love doing this job now because when I was growing up I love writing little stories and you know just connecting with people and having conversations but I never thought that I could become a speaker one day and I started my career you know in STEM and then eventually through 16 different industries because I didn't really know where in the world of work I fitted into it but eventually I realized that all this became really useful for me to gain all the skills that I needed you know in communication and brought it all together in a field that I was deeply passionate about that allowed me to channel what I really love about my work and the topic that I love you know to make a difference in people's lives being a speaker is the perfect place to do this because you could influence people's thoughts and inspire positivity in people's lives which is something that you could do in other places but the impact is so much more immediate and you are affecting people in such a big way and affecting a bigger audience as well whilst you're doing it and this is something that I'm very lucky to be able to do now and I don't take it for granted and know that the journey for me to get here has been really long but I'm deeply grateful for being given this opportunity and what I like it also is that to be able to connect with people in the topic that is so personal about mental health and well-being you know where in some way or other you know we're all struggling um in life thank you very much that's the end of the two thank you I could have gone on so now we're going to move on to part three of the speaking test and we're going to continue to talk about careers what factors do you think are important when choosing a career I think it's really really important that we are interested in what we're doing and because if you are not interested then there's absolutely no chance that you're going to be able to have longevity in that career we should also choose an industry where there's a potential for you to really grow within that industry because as we're moving now into the future of work you know technology is very quickly replacing people you know especially artificial intelligence it's threatening a lot of jobs like writing and recruiting and connecting you know with people so we need to look at how you know the industry that you're going into has got the potential to go beyond that you know technological capacity what can you bring as a human you know that no technology or anyone could replace you you know if you were to go into it why do you think some people fail in some careers I think one of the main drivers I think for for people is money and when you do anything solely because of money then it will never work and the reason people fail I think the biggest reason is because they have felt aligned identity with their work because we spend a third of our lives you know in work so a very big proportion of it you know needs to feel fulfilled and it can only be fulfilled if you're you understand you know what what you like authentically inside you know and then you know go into a career but then the reality is that most people then you know just jump in and figure it out explore and then we'll work it out you know in hindsight I guess that's what life's about now let's talk about working from home in the future do you think most people will work from home I think it's just it definitely seems that way anyway you know after the pandemic you know hybrid working is becoming more common and a lot of organizations are offering fully remote working now which a lot of people like but there are also people who like human interactions like connections you know people who live by themselves or you know just need some accountability so being amongst people could be a good thing but I think if technology were to replace you know a lot of the work you know then people would actually eventually do more remote work and finally what are the disadvantages of working from home well I guess it's the disconnection you know from from people but also not getting accountability for your work because I think working from home requires us to have some a sense of agency you know and some level of organization which some people might not have so we're dealing with different personalities here and I think if we were to ask people what they prefer then there's a better chance you know for like either remote or not remote work to work that's the end of the speaking test well done right I hope you enjoyed that band nine performance what you should do now is watch one of these videos if you want to compare band nine with a band eight performance click on this video or if you want to know why that was band nine and exactly what you can do to improve to the score that you need click on this video where I'll explain the key differences between lower bands and higher bands


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