WEF’s The Great Re-Set:
10 Jun: World Economic Forum: Responding to the anger
by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman
The anger generated by the murder of George Floyd has brought forth once more demands for real civil rights and an end to the racism that scars societies, not just in the United States but also around the world. In rightly addressing the cause of that outrage – the blight of racism – it is also necessary to address the fundamental inequalities amplified by the pandemic...
In the US, COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate toll on African-American communities, low-income people and vulnerable populations such as the homeless...
The fact that the pandemic affected so disproportionately black communities is a reflection not just of historic racism but also their continuation in existing systemic inequalities. In America, as in many other countries, people who face racial discrimination and marginalization are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed and have poor housing and living conditions...
While reflecting on the aspects that a future social contract might follow, the opinions of the younger generation must be integrated, as they are the ones who will be asked to live with it – the same generation that is now so engaged at the vanguard of the fight against racism. They have taken to heart the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”...
As a young student told The New York Times: “Young people have a deep desire for radical change because we see the broken path ahead”...
In short, if there is any hope for improving the state of the world, it comes from the moral recognition that some things in our society are deeply wrong. The response has to come from a fundamental reset of our political, economic and social systems enabled by an open dialogue that respects the dignity and diversity of humankind.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/responding-to-the-anger/
11 March: World Economic Forum: Meet our Young Global Leaders for 2020
by Mariah Levin, Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders
Here are some of the 114 YGLs that make up the class of 2020:
Megan Rapinoe - As co-captain of the US women’s soccer team, Rapinow lifted the 2019 FIFA World Cup. Off the field, she advocates for gender equality, including equal pay in her sport, and speaks out on diversity and inclusion.
Jesús Cepeda - Chief Executive Officer of OneSmart City, a company that uses blockchain and artificial intelligence to help city authorities provide digital services. Cepeda hopes the technology will create greener cities and stronger institutions in line with the UN goals on sustainable development.
Larry Madowo - The BBC Africa Business Editor launched of six new business TV shows for African audiences in English, French and Swahili. Madowo is also an on-air correspondent on BBC radio and television and has reported from more than 40 countries...
Alicia Garza - A co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Garza is a US civil rights activist and editorial writer influential on issues of health, student rights, rights for domestic workers, and campaigns against police brutality, racism, and violence against gender non-conforming people of colour. She directs special projects at the National Domestic Workers Alliance...
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/ygl-wef-young-global-leaders/
The homeless? I thought they were the ones with strong immune systems who were widely getting the virus without getting the disease.
Plus all that luxury housing as a lure to get off the streets.
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit: Recover better, Recover stronger, Recover together.
VIRTUAL LEADERS SUMMIT 15–16 June 2020
(SCROLL DOWN) MEET THE SPEAKERS (INCLUDES)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Al Gore, Founder and Chairman of The Climate Reality Project
Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Chair of The Elders ETC ETC
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https://registration.unglobalcompact.org/website/12559/