in 1994 when i got home, one day i was walking in an orchard with my cousin, they asked me questions. saqida, tell me what does your school quite? how did teachers what? is it true you go to school alone and return by yourself? ira thought maybe they were making fun of me but i discussed it with my father and my father asked a different question. did you notice any school from pakistan to a afghanistan? any hospital, anything and my answer was no. so basically for me it was all these questions that shaped my motive, shaped my mission and it is easy to criticize things i did in my childhood. easy to be angry at things but it is equally important to

reflect back and see that we could be critical but then it is important to answer one question. what can i do to make a change? that was the beautiful gift my father gave. to take respect to our home where we initially came from and see that i was privileged compared to my own cousins when they were living in afghanistan. so for me that was a beautiful gift my father has given to us to take us out of afghanistan and provide education. all of that was for -- it really helped me to reflect back and get things i could not have received if i was living back home and that motivated me to go to afghanistan after the fall of

the taliban. with 46 girls and later on proposals from communities to establish further classes in schools and that is my vision. the most remote areas in afghanistan where they would not have access to education. [applause] >> anybody gets a reception -- you came out here -- the money you had and the profile you have. would have to set up some sort of charitable operation. you know as well as i do a lot

of people in your position have done that and checked the box. i know you haven't just checked the box. you thought about what you wanted to do, why you wanted to do it and once you did it you went all in. i have seen some of your kids and i didn't know until we did our deal when you kicked off the that you were perhaps the discoverer of justin beaver which should give you more points. [laughter] tell these young people why you decided to do what you are doing and how you stay involved in it now. to make sure you achieve the objectives you want. >> you would assume to whom much is given much is required.

there should be a consideration. i kind of flipped that. because i was given a lot as a very young age. someone believing in me. someone encouraging me to move in a positive direction with the lot of people my age at the time coming from at risk environments, underserved communities didn't really have a lot to believe in but it was simply someone. a few people who really made the difference and molded me. they say it is not how you start but how you end. ultimately my entire perspective was a new look on life. it is how you start. it is the seeds that are planted and those she moments in our lives surely do make a difference in terms of the

outcome. next step was the evidence. who served as my manager. we had conversations about the youth in atlanta and she said in a court house in atlanta, georgia in court cases where children were coming from foster homes and were devastated. no track for success, no one to be there with them, nothing. it really pains me that someone out there could actually make a difference in our world and no motivation for them. i began to speak on panels and go to high schools, anybody that would accept me and talk about the evidence of the reality of having an education, finding a career, recognizing talent and

being able to use it as a tool to offer service and at least the hope of, optimistic hope that you can make a difference with your life as well. after that i decided i would really focus on you if -- on you if --youth. you travel all-around world and be successful and go in stages but i wanted to be remembered for something other than spinning fans. the wanted to make a difference and do something significant with my challenge so i figured i would be that motivator. i would be the mentor to recognize talent.

it has been beneficial to me. justin beaver would be one of the many kids like recognize talent in and encourage him to move forward. as a philanthropist there was a philosophy education was so important and so key. offering as a result of these things. the evidence of a seat that could be planted and you participated as a matter of fact in 2006 we had a conversation and it was pretty motivating because i have been doing a lot of work internally. he is going to know what i have been doing. you didn't know who i was as a philanthropist at all.

i thought that was great because it meant it wasn't love. hardware and put in had touched the surface and ground was laid and the seeds had been planted. and the opportunity to have been there with you gave me the opportunity to span much further than you could imagine with the clinton global initiative. powered by a service lead to many different campaigns of disaster relief. those individuals from underserved communities who were struggling and truly affected by katrina as well as rita and then on to haiti as well. after that we made a connection in africa at your event. and able to establish another

campaign. then to the world leadership conference in atlanta, georgia. obviously a very supportive man. [applause] what little did he know through all of it he had been a mentor and a motivator from the beginning. and all along you planted the seed at a very young age where i felt like could make a difference in my community. maybe it was for my mother but through the indication that the youth could make a difference i felt like i could make a difference. the new look foundation became what it is 12 years later successfully leading the charge and being used voice can prepare future leaders because the only thing that i ask is they be influential to each other as one was to me at some point.

since then i hoped to be successful other than just music ended happened. we just had a celebration not too long ago for his birthday. you probably saw it but backstage joking, one little finger are really hated that actually performed in front of the president, we were all hanging out. my pants would actually on stage, not many people can say they did that. we have been able to share -- [talking over each other] >> she never missed a beat. he did the whole thing all the way through. [cheers and applause]

>> happy we have been able to share some experiences. thank you very much. [applause] >> a specific reason i want to get off of this story. this is something you can all do before you go to school with people. when i was a governor more than 20 years ago, my primary responsibility public education, colleges, helping people go to college. and generating economic opportunities. i read a study the name of which i have long forgotten. sociologists follow through a period of 20 years.

and absolutely hogged circumstances. and it would be did some horrible crime. most of their brothers and sisters got in trouble but these kids have all done great. so it was the lead over 20 years and tried to figure out how they turned out amidst the relevance of what you do. at critical points in their lives every single one of them was made to feel that they were the most important person in the world. >> they could be something. they could amount to something. >> i will never forget one young man who was part of the four brothers and abandoned by their parents, their poor grandmother tried to raise the mall in a little apartment in new york

city and spent half the night sleeping outside. three went to jail and one of them became a doctor. the one who became a doctor every day when he walked to school and came home past one of those kiosks in new york where you sell magazine that newsstands and the guys on demand and interest and told him he could learn something and he should. he stopped him and said show me your homework. when the kid went to school next day he showed the man he had done his homework. it sounds simple. would you are doing can change lives of thousands and thousands of people and you too. [applause] and let you wrap up and we will take questions. we have more than 20 minutes for

questions but tell me, tell me how you promote students that gw and how you came to believe it was important. tell them, not me. >> it is rather humbling for an english professor to find himself on a panel with people with these kinds of stories tell. but these stories inspire all of us to take an interest in service. i will give you an example what got me thinking about this. not quite five years ago you were -- i was talking to an undergraduate who had done to you gonna and noticed there were young women who had been subject to sexual abuse. and suffering from terrible trauma and lack of self-worth

and the rest of that so she found a soccer team called girls kicking. none of these women had any experience in athletics before and all the southern they were joyfully involved in athletic activity and form camaraderie among their teammates and it was transformative for her so she made that her life work to continue that kind of effort. these stories, i do think numerous teams come together here talking about disparities that exist across the world. the capital city of our great nation that has the most striking disparities of outcomes, education levels, anything you can point to problems in the world and so one of the things we do here at george washington university is engaged our citizens who live in one part of the town that has high educational leads and low unemployment and across all wars

of the district of columbia and their service projects. one of the ways we're doing is commemorating every september 11th not only with a vigil to remember the terrible losses that occurred on that day in 2001 but also have advanced service where we can out across the entire city so that when children come back after a weekend suddenly find their schools have been cleaned and painted. we will be doing that for them over the weekend. we engage our veterans. strong outrage to veterans and over 700 of those we find they are tremendous leaders who have gotten the experience and the dedication and the skills they brought back with them that enable them to be leaders within the student body. how veterans have stepped up to wiki younger and less experienced students in the values of service and discipline of service and creativity of

applying their skills the way we have been hearing about. at the same time we are developing initiatives that are more formidable than that. one of them as a center for civic engagement and public service and brought a person to lead that effort for more formal and continuous focus on service. our new institute for global women's issues. we are doing that with the understanding you are looking for one whether to pull anywhere in the world that would simultaneously promote economic development and reduce violence is the education and empowerment of women. [cheers and applause] the range of things from hands-on experience. what really impressed me about this generation of students is what you picked up on in this whole initiative, we have got

students that don't just go into activities but create opportunities for activities. they are entrepreneur real as well as dedicated in their service. that is a hallmark of this generation. we did tutoring and we were involved in political activism on one or other end of the political spectrum. no doubt your generation but this extraordinary creativity that goes into the projects that have been chosen and are represented here. to come to my office hours and come up with an idea and i say explore that and talk about that and the student will say here is my list of endorsements from city council. here's my business plan. here is the capital funds i started collecting for this. that is a hallmark of this generation as reflected in the creativity you see here and that is why i congratulate the students. they're doing something my generation could not have

imagined would be possible. [applause] >> we're going to go to questions now but the reason i saved him until last is to make that point. when i was in georgetown in the 60s i participated in the university community action program for a semester at night. i went into poor neighborhoods and went in to people's homes and invited me. we treated the kids and talk to parents about their problems. that is fine. i didn't recruit ten other people to do it. it wasn't institutionalized. what i have been trying to do with this and the clinton globalization at all and the american economy is to convince people in this century the definition of citizenship has to include this. not just working and being a good parent and voting at

election time but doing this and helping people like her. question no. one is from james lee. students loved dreaming began discussing ways to change the world how can we become more action based? >> love that question. and mentor of mine was a writer named stephen presserfield who wrote gates of fire. great book. and he was coaching me a little bit when i was working on a book and i was hitting this roadblock because i was confronting my own fears of how to get word on a page. wrote a short little manifesto called do the work. in this manifesto about the creative process with you are starting a business or a social enterprise or ngo, writing a

song, we were all speaking about usher's creative process backstage. a pretty cool moment in my life. whatever you are doing, start before you are ready. start before you are ready. there's no shortage of things to care about. so choose one that connects with your own life narrative. [applause] >> next question for secretary albright. what is the role of private-sector in creating opportunities for public service especially through cross sector partnerships. >> there are so many opportunities because the private sector really has the desire and the need to create jobs. there's no question. in order to make it work it has

to create jobs. private sector working abroad particularly which is what i have been involved in wants to be able to be a part of the societies in which they are operating so what they do is provide opportunity for young people to be able to earn a living and be able to get an education and get trained. one of the most interesting things recently about the private sector is understanding that it is not just a matter of putting people to work but also giving them an education that all of them to take part in innovation and be a part of developing new ways of operating in their societies. the other part that i find interesting is the private sector's operating abroad need to also do good things. many of them established foundations. they work on creating school and they like to combine with people such as the young people here in terms of getting them involved in it also. i have learned a lot in terms of

how public and private sectors operate together. there has often been the thought that there inimical to each other and not similar interests. i think we have learned that the private sector can do well by doing good. so what they do in society is make sure the health care programs are good and there is education and they employ women and young people. it is a very important tool that one hadn't thought about before. they want to operate well and we need to take advantage of that. >> i agree with that. [applause] >> one thing we try to do in my foundation is to work with companies and governments and hope we find a way to do something faster, cheaper and better in a way that will make a business want to incorporate into the business model. for a government see that it is

affordable to adopt. this is really important. next question is for ushered from ferdinand. what do you think of the power of the performing arts as an education tool in the developing countries? can it help? should we think of that as a luxury or try to use the culture of performing arts in these countries to promote education? how can it be done? >> the passion lies in something identified in talent but no different than the four pillars i created and the foundation. you have to have an education and identify that talent and allowed that talent to offer a career, racist in a book written get you to the point where you are able to make a difference. obviously leading to service.

it obviously would. at least that is the hope that if you are blessed and there's an opportunity to make a difference then you will. [applause] >> here's an interesting question. we all want to be that. how can men join the movement to empower women? do you have mail supporters in afghanistan? how important is that? >> definitely in a society like afghanistan where men make decisions for everything men are the key. and supporting women and making their dream come true and i have seen in my life -- in the lives

of so many friends not only in afghanistan but worldwide that women do care. they care for the world. there are the ones making a difference. if i were not supported by my father and if i were not supported by my husband who let me come after we were married for two months he stated afghanistan and spend me to study and come back and make a change in the lives of women who don't know what education means and what difference education can make in their life. i always said to my fodder why don't we have many fathers like you? i made a complaint, an official complaint. i asked my father why don't you have a coalition of fathers who

should be supporting their daughters so that we keep the ball rolling? [cheers and applause] >> my father is getting that. >> one of the questions i asked you before that you did not have time to enter and you could briefly tell us. how did you go from your first relatively modest education project to and educating so many young girls and then having a community college and your other training program? how did you grow this thing and did you get financial help from others? >> i knew that the need is great but i couldn't do it myself alone. as the teenager 14 years old in grade 9 i couldn't do anything.

i knew that there must be a way to change this perception. it must be changed. the initial support that i got was for my father. i wanted a hand to support me and take me into afghanistan because i couldn't travel myself. that helped me develop my leadership skills. i grew in many ways and i was inspired by the founder, she was able to establish the first woman college in 1836 and basically she had a small pouch and she was riding her horse walking into communities collecting coins. in return for their education

will bring buttermilk. that is how mount holy war was started. i compare myself -- i dared to do at and i said now that the world is paying so much attention to women's rights in afghanistan and the lot of support is coming and a lot of money coming to afghanistan women are not able to be benefited to see the impact and this was the right time that one has to start. i learned what you said. try not to be intimidated by the press you will see. associated to their work but the opportunities that are available, approach those opportunities and use them strategically. it was a big dream for me.

to start a woman's college. i shared this idea with my professors. i got support from public service award. it was a national condition across the u.s. for senior students, seniors and colleges. was difficult for me to enter that competition. my writing skill isn't that much to compete with american students but i ended up one of the two students who got the award. but global partnerships, i was able to get some kind of exposure to organizations that really care about women's education afghanistan and awards that helped me to basically find

a building for the school and later on i started writing draft proposals, national endowment for democracy. it all made a difference and it happens in mount holyoke. a worked hard to meet the deadline. that was the important thing but i graduated not only with a degree from the -- imus it so much. but also in funding to start a woman's college and realized don't intimidate. just do. always fun to work. [applause] >>? ? for before you. education allows young people to

learn, learn and return. what ideas do you have about every college and university in america? we know they all have vigorous community service programs. not every school integrated this as part of the court nation of a community the way you have. is there some way we could accelerate and in so doing increase the numbers of young people in universities and colleges to run the country who do this? instead of doing what i do which is bring as many people here, to infect others in a positive way. is there some way to work from the base of colleges, and get more people to run universities and colleges to institutionalize this sort of thing?

>> i want to recognize a lot of the impetus for what we're doing is from our students. our students are pushing universities in this direction. goes back to that sense i was talking about earlier where this generation of students wants to make a difference and make the connection between what they're doing in the classroom and the real world. what was impressive about what we just heard is the way she was thinking about how leadership skills she was developing in college experience translated real action. getting that thought process in a student's career or getting students thinking about their careers earlier. not just the last semester of their senior year but all along try to think about the shape of their lives and connect them with their intellectual experience. the jargon for the service, what they think that is is trying to

reduce the intellectual seriousness of the classroom and replace it with something not as academic. as our students begin to get more connections it is because somewhat contagious. they're starting to exemplified by and connect in many ways with real life opportunities to build things that reflect the skills they are developing. the impetus comes from students. we have a long way to go. i see changing the attitudes of my colleagues in the last few years in response to that initiative from our students. >> thank you. very briefly when i set up my presidential library and arkansas the university of arkansas agreed to establish a graduate school for me that is a school of public service. 46 such institutions around the world but ours is the only one

that gives you a degree in public service. not public policy. we have half the time spent in the field doing service projects. there are people there from nontraditional students. 45 years old from thailand come back because he wanted to know -- he was happy to do the academic work but really wanted to know how to get the show on the road once he started. time is on your side. a couple questions. i particularly like this one. as students, this is partly dealing with what her father -- how do we get over generations involved in our work so we can motivate more young people? not that you and i do what we

are doing but how do we help them more? >> across generational partnerships are very important. in many ways young people motivate people our age. i have been listening to this and i am blown away. one of the things you're comparing classes before i talked at georgetown in the 80s and i was asked when there was a reunion class how students of the 80s compared with students today. i said students in thes were interested in their retirement programs and all of a sudden there was booing and i'm addressing students of the 80s. what i find is the motivation that the young people have for what we are doing. what is useful, many programs were young people of going abroad and working with young people in partnership so that

the experiences of being older are matched. and i think there's a great opportunity for cross mentoredship. not always older people meant for the younger ones but in terms of activity and enthusiasm that the younger students have. i also think if i might speak for wellesley which trains young women. what is very important is to look at how to do interdisciplinary training. what we have a tendency to think that one discipline may be the best one for operating in a service doing public service is to cross the board. you need people that understand help -- understand music and biology and a number and religion and work people together and i do think older people have a great partnership with younger people and i have been to your school and it is fantastic in terms of people

being motivated. also think to have the possibility of condescending that you learn by doing. that it is a great way you should get credit for doing work than sitting in a library. or understanding the practical aspects. and what i believed so full the is i believe in democracy but democracy has to deliver. people want to be able to work and the understand what they're doing. the most exciting thing about everything you are doing and all these young people are doing is understanding that giving back is the way to make the world work better. [applause] >> i want to ask something. some times--most of the time students -- we have this plan that i am done with my college

and the next thing is i do my phd as well and i have plans to change the world. that would be too late, getting education ourselves and then going out to the world and saying i want to make a change. actually went i graduated from college i was offered a scholarship by georgetown university and i dared to ignore and say no. i wanted to go home and i wanted because i had done something. i knew my plan and wanted to implement. i wanted to deliver before i take more. and i did it. it worked. and then what happened? i went home and established the school and i wanted to be not the full employment but make sure everything is ok and functioning of the way it

should. but then our government said that i am not qualified enough to do so. i am not 35 years old and i don't have masters. so in a way i had to lead the country back because it does not offer master's degrees a lot and it is the up and society institute and university of auto investing in me to make sure i am qualified enough to go back and work with the university. [applause] >> most of the people on work with, not all but most are 30 years younger than i am or more. i like it. a lot. one of the things that happens to people is just naturally people spend most of their time with people more or less in

their age group unless there university presidents or something. a serious answer to the question that was asked, all of you know you would like older people, help you raise money or get experience or got time. you might try asking -- might be as simple as that. there are a lot of older people who want to feel their life has meaning all the way to the very end. all the way to the very end. their idea of retirement may mean they don't do the job they used to do any more but they want to be useful. vacant -- they want to keep doing something. if you are serious about that you would be shocked at the number of older people who would tell you if you ask for help or guidance or support because a lot of times with your hair gets gray and hearing gets bad thing

people think no one wants you around anymore. it is a big deal. the baby boom generation and many other countries cannot afford to be mentally or physically as declining as previous generations of seniors. we are so large we will cramp your style financially and that of our grandchildren. you would be doing a good thing for society as a whole by getting people involved. we are of of time but i cannot resist this. on want to ask one more serious question and ask this unbelievable question but first a serious question. from someone viewing the web cast. anybody can answer it. how can women like me who want to help women in haiti and other places across the world actually

do that? i am one person out here following this. i want to help women in haiti and other places. where should i start? what is your advice? anybody. >> you have been doing an amazing amount of work in haiti and are able to get money and support to a variety of areas. various people that have a project or for instance the national democratic institute. we have been trying to figure out how to help people identify their needs and work with them. there are organizations that are the best way to do this. i also do think there are those who go there and be helpful but the best thing is to get involved with an organization

that can direct because the individual can help the organization. the problem is americans are the most generous people in the world with the shortest attention span. a lot of people have forgotten about haiti. it was very much in the news all the time and now people have forgotten and things are still not good and they need to operate to your kind of -- >> haiti has second only to india the largest number of ngos operating per-capita than any country in the world. much smaller but a couple thousand that operate -- a few hundred seriously and deeply so my recommendation is figure out exactly what you want to do. if there is an organization you know about, go to that organization's website and see

if they work a place you want and give them time or money or go to my foundation clintonfoundation.org and track it to haiti and see what kind of things are going on across the board and you can find someone to work with that fits with what you care about. we have lists of a lot of them and you can follow it through but it is the simplest way to start. i will answer this question anyway. this question on twitter, what inspires you to deuce service? singing the answer is and courage. isn't courage.

[choosers] [jeter -- [cheers] >> you won't be happy and to lead to a concert. i didn't say no. no. truly the evidence that by applying the pillars that i created that we have spoken about on the panel the entire night to engage a very young age to support those in need to be engaged and accept the help. all of those things lead me to do the community work. the evidence that is the reality. i was able to meet when i first

started, now in college check the career and identify the challenge continuing to give back to the community and i have been able to take a look as far as nairobi, kenya. and actually go all over the world and make a difference by identifying similarities between the issues in the community. not isolated by the differences. that is the thing that motivates me. now you want me to sing it. [cheers and applause] >> you can help me with this one too. ♪

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