“I want young people to see my journey”: Obama to Rashford’s Zoom | Marcus Rashford (Marcus Rashford)
“I want young people to see my journey”: Obama to Rashford’s Zoom | Marcus Rashford (Marcus Rashford)
Barack Obama and Marcus Rashford have joined forces to encourage young people to shape their own destiny and the society in which they live. The former U.S. president met Manchester United and England forwards at the Zoom conference arranged by Penguin Books. Publish to YouTube on Friday, Discuss the motivations behind their own activism and their desire to inspire others to create change.
“What I want young people to see is that even at the highest level of power, sitting with world leaders, we are working hard to design a plan to tackle climate change or end wars or resolve a major world economic crisis. It is still just human beings. ,” Obama said. “It’s still just people. For many young people, especially those who are poor, poor family relations, young people of color, women, or people of different sexual orientations, they often feel like outsiders, not sure about themselves. Whether it belongs to this world. Table makes these decisions.
“But the fact is that the people who made the decision are not smarter than you. They are not given some special gifts in some way. They may have access to things you don’t have, but you can get them. I want to be young People see my journey to understand that they belong to the rooms and tables where decisions are made.”
Obama, 59, said that Rashford was “ahead of my level when I was 23 years old” and praised the football player for being smart enough to ask, “How can I give back?” Rashford initiated a project in the UK last year. The campaign to tackle child poverty has successfully lobbied the government to withdraw its refusal to provide free school meals to the most vulnerable groups. Next month, he will launch a book club to encourage children to explore through reading.
Rashford said: “I really feel that if you lend a helping hand when you are young, they will continue to do what they think they can’t achieve.” “For me, it’s just getting them in the right direction. Go ahead and let them do things beyond anyone’s imagination.”
“No one is destined to be president, no one is destined to have an impact,” Obama said. “This is a matter of taking risks, seize the opportunity, maybe you can make a difference.”
“What I tell young people is that no matter what career you choose, you still have the ability to give back to society and make a difference,” Obama continued. “If you want to be a journalist, then there is a kind of news that aims to stimulate people and make people passive and ignorant, or there is a kind of news that focuses people on important issues, provides them with information and empowers them. If When you start a business, you need to make a decision: Does your company treat employees fairly, be environmentally conscious, and behave correctly in your community? Or is it exploitative? If you decide to engage in public service, you can do it in the government, but It can also be done through a non-profit organization.
“As time goes by, people do some positive accumulation of small things, so that every generation of us becomes a little better.”
