This Sunday will begin the two-day Social Good Summit where world leaders, technology and media experts, activists and strong voices from around the world convene to challenge attendees to join in to create a better world by 2030. Held during UN Week, these unique voices combine to electrify and ignite us, empowering us to put words into actions, and actions into improving our world.
I attended this extraordinary event last year, and was deeply moved by speakers such as Melinda Gates (Gates Foundation), Al Gore (Climate Reality Project), Pete Cashmore (Mashable), Kathy Calvin (CEO, UN Foundation), Samantha Power (UN Foundation), Barbara Pierce Bush (Global Health Corps) and Marcus Bleasdale (National Geographic). I was sorry to miss the extraordinary Malala Yousafzai.
I am looking forward to hearing and being moved again by this year's roster of speakers.
A call to action is something very important to me. When the time comes for me to leave this world, I want to feel proud that I've made a difference, whether big or small, in the life of someone else. Helping others is our responsibility, and it's something I take very seriously.
The Social Good Summit is a call to action for us to do what we can to improve the lives of others. It's a "global conversation" for all of us to do our part. What will you do?
Here's my (almost) Wordless Wednesday post from Social Good Summit 2013.
Lois Alter Mark, Cathy Chester and Jennifer Barbour
"Time to calculate the cost of carbon" Vice President Gore announces his new "What I Love" campaign at climaterealityproject.org
Marcus Bleasdale, National Geographic photographer, moved me more than any other speaker. He spoke of the human cost of children as soldiers because of parts contained in the electronics we buy. Read more of his story at mashable.com. We need to think twice before purchasing another device. For the sake of the children.
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I feel so honored to have attended this Summit, and came away so inspired by the many positive developments taking place all over the world. Thanks for posting about it, Cathy! And it was wonderful sharing this experience with you.
What an amazing event. I'm glad that I was at least able to watch parts of it through live streaming.
Looks like it was fabulous! Thank you for sharing a smidgen with us.