The PGME global health portfolio, via extra-curricular education initiatives encourages a new generation of health leadership committed to activism and advocacy.
“There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.” Malala Yousafzai I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education
"Thus shall we live, because we will have created a society which recognises that all people are born equal, with each entitled in equal measure to life, liberty, prosperity, human rights and good governance. Such a society should never allow again that there should be prisoners of conscience nor that any person’s human right should be violated.
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees." Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1993
"I believe that even amid today’s mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. I believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits." Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1964
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must—at that moment—become the centre of the universe. Action is the only remedy to indifference: the most insidious danger of all." Elie Wiesel Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, 1986
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. Be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi
"The more you want to embrace the notion that you can indeed inspire change, the more power and courage you give yourself to act in the pursuit of justice and equality." Chief Robert Joseph
