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Ronald Reagan was President, and he didn't even mention the word AIDS until 1987, when 40,000 people had already died, because if you mentioned it, you were presumed to be at risk for it. You were either Haitian, an intravenous drug user, or gay. And I was a single male fashion designer, and I knew everybody's minds would immediately jump to Haitian.

Kenneth Cole, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Kenneth Cole Productions, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

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First of all, I want to give you the good news. I'm very hopeful, I'm very optimistic, I come from a country where if I'm not very optimistic I'd be dead on the ground.

Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

#mcc2013 #global education #social change #the 90%#the school bus (and beyond)#real life

I come from a region of the world where the more education you have, the more likely you are to be unemployed.

Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

#mcc2013 #youth involvement #global education #real life #the school bus (and beyond)#the 90%

In the 21st century, everything is becoming digital. The only thing that is analog is politics.

Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, Millennium Campus Conference

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If you ask me if the Taliban will come back today, I will say no. Because the people of Afghanistan today are different from ten years ago.

Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

#mcc2013 #the 90%#global development #global education #real life #the school bus (and beyond)

Everyone wants to provide education, but we have to ask ourselves, what kind of education?

Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

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Why did I have opportunities that they don't have?

Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

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We've made more progress in reducing global poverty in the last 20 years than in the last 500 years combined.

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Acting Director of the Peace Corps, Millennium Campus Conference 2013

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