1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:05,806 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Reverend Booker Steven Vance. 2 00:00:05,806 --> 00:00:09,042 [crowd applauds] 3 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:11,278 I am impressed always and have been 4 00:00:11,278 --> 00:00:18,185 by the inclusiveness of the staff and the work crews, 5 00:00:18,185 --> 00:00:22,956 and the people that work for ComEd Exelon. 6 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:26,360 You have diversity, at its best. 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,729 But I want to suggest to you, 8 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:34,368 do not get satisfied with political correctness. 9 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:38,805 If we don't begin to think beyond what's politically correct, 10 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:46,580 and talk about this word "transformation," which means change, 11 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:49,049 it means a turnaround. 12 00:00:49,049 --> 00:00:54,588 And we and you who have selected this theme 13 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:57,190 better watch out 14 00:00:57,190 --> 00:01:02,129 because transformation means not only do you change, 15 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:05,165 but you change folk around you. 16 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:08,001 [crowd applauds] 17 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:12,773 And if you don't understand that or take that role very seriously, 18 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:18,779 then you're subject to miss an opportunity for transformation. 19 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:21,248 So I'm suggesting to you, as people of faith, 20 00:01:21,248 --> 00:01:24,718 that we have to continue to press through 21 00:01:24,718 --> 00:01:27,020 no matter what the forecast is. 22 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:29,823 No matter what the weather people tell you. 23 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:32,626 No matter what the naysayers will tell you. 24 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:33,760 We have to move fast. 25 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,399 So we must successfully celebrate the success of EIMA, 26 00:01:39,399 --> 00:01:41,735 the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act. 27 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:45,005 We must celebrate the implementation of FEJA, 28 00:01:45,005 --> 00:01:46,873 the Future Energy Jobs Act, 29 00:01:46,873 --> 00:01:49,242 and we must continue to explore partnerships 30 00:01:49,242 --> 00:01:53,547 with organizations like many of you and celebrate those partnerships, 31 00:01:53,547 --> 00:01:55,849 and the expansion of solar for all. 32 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:59,686 We must also not only save people money 33 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:02,089 through the savings that are provided through solar, 34 00:02:02,089 --> 00:02:05,392 but we must have living wage jobs. 35 00:02:05,392 --> 00:02:07,995 We must help workforce development 36 00:02:07,995 --> 00:02:13,100 so a person not only knows how to put a solar on a roof 37 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:14,267 and install it, 38 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:17,004 but is also able to get electrician certification 39 00:02:17,004 --> 00:02:20,507 so they know how to be the head of a contract group. 40 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:21,875 That they know how to get more experience 41 00:02:21,875 --> 00:02:24,845 so they can be diversified 42 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:28,315 and more marketable in the workforce. 43 00:02:28,315 --> 00:02:30,317 What I want to suggest to you 44 00:02:30,317 --> 00:02:34,354 is that ComEd and Exelon must be ready, 45 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:37,824 must be willing, must be able 46 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:42,029 to forge ahead with these diverse partners. 47 00:02:42,029 --> 00:02:44,231 Where there is faith in place. 48 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:45,632 [audience applauds] 49 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:48,835 Where there is communities working together. 50 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:50,003 [audience applauds] 51 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,873 Not simply because it's the right thing to do, 52 00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:56,777 but it is the right thing to ensure our future, 53 00:02:56,777 --> 00:03:00,180 the future energy future, 54 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:05,419 where we recognize that as President Obama said once so eloquently, 55 00:03:05,419 --> 00:03:10,490 we are the change that we've been waiting for. 56 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:11,525 Amen. 57 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:17,531 [crowd applauds]