‘We live in two realities’: Pamela Hartigan at the 2009 Skoll World Forum closing plenary

Pamela Hartigan, director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, shares some final words at the closing plenary of the 2009 Skoll World Forum.

With: Pamela Hartigan
The World of two realities, one reality is Salts is Sally with the else of modern life such as the film the first part of the film that we saw. For communities, political bribery, all of which can be traced back to the lack of responsibility from one or more constituencies . It is the reality that we read about every day, when we pick up the paper or turn on the radio or listen to the television and it can actually paralyze us.

But the other reality is what we saw in the second part of the film, and it's the reality that we've lived with for the past three days, the reality of what imaginative, committed, caring men and women are accomplishing to revert and transform what might seem to be an irreversible downward spiral.

All of you here are a testament to the power of the human spirit to transform the hugest problems into enormous opportunities. And celebrating that spirit and the accomplishments that ensue from that spirit is what brings us back together here, year after year, to draw strength from and re-energize and go back and continue, knowing that we can draw courage from the ties that bind all of us here and those of us who are not here, but are with us in our journey.

Who knows what this year will bring? This year We all know so well, may the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sunshine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly upon your feet and telling we meet again. May God
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