The 2017 BE Conference has kicked off in Austin, Texas — where actress and entrepreneur Kristen Bell will begin the gathering of influential women in conversation with TheWrap Founder and CEO Sharon Waxman.

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Bell will discuss her all-natural, non-GMO snack bar company This Bar Can Save Lives — which delivers a packet of life-saving food to a child in need for every bar purchased.

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Bell is a decorated stage and screen actress, currently starring the Mike Schur’s NBC comedy “The Good Place” with Ted Danson. She’s one of the lead voices of Walt Disney’s juggernaut animated film franchise “Frozen,” and most recently appeared in the STX R-rated hit “Bad Moms” with Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn. She was also the star of the cult hit CW series “Veronica Mars.”

The BE is a special gathering of influential women in Media, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship and Technology.

The two-day event offers networking, workshops, panels and mentor sessions with top industry executives, thought leaders and creatives in a first-class setting for networking, mentorship and ideas.

Speakers will include award-winning TV journalist Soledad O’Brien; LinkedInCMO Shannon Stubo; Author and Media Strategist Wendy Sachs; Co-founders & Co-CEO’s of WERK Annie Dean; and Anna Auerbach; Jesse Draper, Founder, Halogen Ventures; Sarah Avins, CDO, NY Presbyterian Hospital; Eddie Bauer guide and mountaineer, Melissa Arnot; Andrea Razzaghi, Deputy Director of Astrophysics at NASA and many more.

The BE is a joint creation of TheWrap and the Mom 2.0 Summit. The event is hosted at Austin’s Omni Barton Creek Resort and Hotel.

'Nevertheless, She Persisted': 9 Inspiring Images From a New Rallying Cry (Photos)

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a rare Senate rule to stop Sen. Elizabeth Warren from reading a letter by Coretta Scott King to oppose the nomination of Jeff Sessions to attorney general. McConnell said Warren was warned, but "nevertheless, she persisted."

Within hours, that phrase became a feminist rallying cry, applicable to any situation in which women have been essentially told to sit down and shut up.
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This image shows photos of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Black Panther Angela Davis.
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This meme shows a photograph of Rosa Parks sitting in the front of a bus.
This iconic photo of a young woman standing her ground against riot police during a Black Lives Matter in Baton Rouge, La.
This image is of Belva Ann Lockwood, the first woman allowed to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Here's Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree.

It's captioned, "They told her women couldn't be doctors. Nevertheless, she persisted."
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This is Gloria Richardson, the leader of the Cambridge Movement (a civil rights movement in Cambridge, Maryland). It is captioned: "Gloria Richardson in 1963, is having none of a soldier with fixed bayonet. Nevertheless, she persisted."
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This meme is a photo of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to serve in congress.
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This photo is from the Jan. 21 Women's March and is captioned with "Nevertheless, she persisted."
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Bonus: "Star Wars" fans got into the meme, too. If you went to the L.A. Women's March, you saw a lot of signs with Princess Leia. And she continues to persist.

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From the Women’s Marchers to Shirley Chisholm, they all persisted

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a rare Senate rule to stop Sen. Elizabeth Warren from reading a letter by Coretta Scott King to oppose the nomination of Jeff Sessions to attorney general. McConnell said Warren was warned, but "nevertheless, she persisted."

Within hours, that phrase became a feminist rallying cry, applicable to any situation in which women have been essentially told to sit down and shut up.

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'Nevertheless, She Persisted': 9 Inspiring Images From a New Rallying Cry (Photos)

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