Monday evening I attended this meeting at Kings College London. It was very well attended and I met some very inspirational students and speakers. It gives me hope that we have young women that are full of passion and drive to achieve a better world for all. They are prepared to tackle key subjects of Health Conflict and Climate issues. I noted in my question that those 3 words are dominated by the word Conflict. Conflict damages our health and our planet health to now seen extreme climate challenges. We attended this meeting having just witnessed on the news the massive Earthquake in Morocco and the horrendous flooding in Libya. The loss of life and casualties on a mass scale! Yet still we have deluded power egos in the world war mongering and fighting their immature tantrums damaging lives, infrastructures and communities in senseless destruction. So it is a ray of hope that those of us that wish peace in the world and wish healing of the world are coming together. Some of the women I met though still in their 20s being in top influential jobs.
It was good to network over drinks and snacks and to have good conversations with attendees. I felt Marjorie truly me mixing with students listening to their goals and guiding with good wise advice to achieve those goals. I felt respected and listened too despite being an old lady now retired and soon to be 70 but then there is a lot of experience in me to share. I was able to share about my Family Link Up project and how I have befriended a Syrian refugee family over the last 8 years and the knowledge I have learnt from this project journey. A journey that took me in camps and in our parliament to get voices heard.
So though retired keep active in international and domestic issues. we all shared how in lockdown we found the portal Zoom and was able to attend international conferences and meeting on Climate change. I highlighted my concern with other health professionals on the Health impact of climate change. I made some of the attendees aware of The Global Climate and Health Alliance so a very proactive and interesting evening.
