I loathe when people say, “The young people will save us.”

It’s a repudiation of responsibility and fails to recognize that we all have a role to play in making our world healthier, more just, more equitable, and candidly, still here for generations to come. Yet, it thankfully is true that many young people today are leading to build a better world and inspiring people of all generations to work together to make and protect progress. They turn anger and anguish into activism. Passion into progress, for everyone.

Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) convened last weekend at Vanderbilt University, bringing together student leaders from across the country and around the world as they turn their ideas into action to drive real change on their campuses and in their communities. Through their work and examples, they are demanding more of each other, of my generation, and of all of us.

We had so many standout new commitments such as Amina Ahmed from Smith College who has committed to providing menstrual health, education, and hygiene support for refugees and evacuees in Afghanistan; Jennifer Meggison from Franklin University who committed to building a digital application that provides access to social services for emergency interventions and long-term social support for individuals struggling with a variety of unmet needs in Arizona; and Ellie Armstrong and Gina Yu from Vanderbilt University who have committed to developing a text message-based intervention system for cardiovascular health improvement.

I’m thrilled they are joining our community of changemakers like CGI University alum Christine Schindler, who founded a nonprofit to increase gender representation in STEM fields; Donnel Baird, who is, in his own words, “turning buildings into Teslas” through retrofit efforts to expand clean energy in all of America’s inner cities; and Jovia Kisaakye, who is building a mosquito-repellent skincare line to fight malaria.

Each of these leaders identified a problem they wanted to solve and developed a plan for action of how to do so. They sought community through CGI University to help them refine their strategies, develop their skills, troubleshoot obstacles to progress, and build partnerships to maximize impact, and the likelihood that their plans would succeed.

Thanks for being a partner in our community —

Chelsea Clinton
Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation

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