SwitchPoint 2017: Day 1

April 27, 2017A big question on people ’s minds today wasn’t “What are we doing for greater social good?” but “How can wekeepdoing it? ”Our world —you’ve probably noticed—is changing. Anxiety and uncertainty are all around us. And while there are more human beings today than ever before in history, somehow there’s more loneliness, too.But nobody was lonely today atSwitchPoint 2017.A sold-out crowd of over 300  humanitarians from across the globe all converged for day one of this annual conference in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, ready to talk about the latest—and often least-known—efforts toward greater social good around the world.The question isn ’t “How are we doing good?” It’s “How can wekeepdoing good. ”One big question was on everyone ’s minds, particularly in the wake of this week’sbudget proposals that could change international development as we know it. It wasn ’t “How are we doing good?” but “How can wekeep doing good? "Humanitarian work is more important now than ever (see:war,famine, and our globalrefugee crisis). So how do humanitarians who know how to operate under today ’s funding mechanisms and bureaucratic foofaraw adapt to the changes ahead?Turns out they ' re already adapting. We saw glimpses of that on the main stage today.From the front lines of change“I believe that deep within all of us is a desire to do something great,” saidRoya Mahboob. She was one of Afghanistan ’s first female tech CEOs and tod...
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