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{SPEAKER name="Jerrica Escoto"}
To dismiss her, is to dismiss the fact that she is the reason why I am still alive.
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{SPEAKER name="Jerrica Escoto"}
I am nothing, without the parts of me I have been and will become.
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{SPEAKER name="Jerrica Escoto"}
I am nothing, without the woman who lives inside of me.
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[crowd applause]
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Let's give it up for Jerrica Escoto everybody!
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Let's welcome back to the stage for a final Capturing Fire. Let's give it up for Gowri K, Dia Bui, and Jerrica Escoto.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Could I ask someone to snap a photo? Someone? Thank you so so much.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
I'm Regie Cabico.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Yeah. You will see me perform with Jerrica. He and I will be performing at 2:45 right here.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
um, and also group group photo
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Thank you so much.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Big big shoutout to the Smithsonian Latino Center; Asian Pacific American Center; Triple-A, which is not what you think, The American Anthropological Association
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
with collaboration of Anacostia Community Museum; National Museum of American History; On the Move advisory committee; youth advisory council; the National Park Service; WAMU; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Poets and writers; and all of our ancestors.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
um. Thank you so much. We will see you very very soon.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
I need a drink. I'm single and available. So, if you have a brother, an uncle, a great-great-grandfather, or someone who has beer and/or ice cream. I also do shiatsu.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
Thank you.
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{SPEAKER name="Regie Cabico"}
And big big shoutout to Jessie, our fabulous tech and Olivia Cadaval, and Sojin Kim, and Amalia, and all the folks at Folk Life. Thank you.
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[crowd applause]
Transcription Notes:
Guessing on a name at 37:44 - Jessie? Possibly project intern Jessie Riddle