megan, kajul, bill nigh, sophia bush, neeve schulman is here.nd applause ] >> but folks, all kidding aside, at no time in the history of the world has it been harder to hide injustice, whether it's in plain sight or in the darkest corners of the earth. and within each one of us, with each one of you, there's a light of conscience. and look, each of us has to move beyond, reach beyond ourselves. we have to be a light to the world, not in the world. that's what you're all here for tonight. look, i look out and i see a sea of global citizens, optimistic, determined, absolutely determined, rejecting the false premise that our challenges are mere fate with no solutions, and that protecting the universal rights is something equally universal, because it is. this is all about possibilities. and it's within our reach. we can change the world. we really can. you can. and it's also true -- it really is also true -- i know i'm known as the white house optimist, but i'm optimistic because i know the history of the journey of this country. it's also true tha