On April 23, Stanford in Government hosted former Vice President Al Gore. Gore’s speech, titled “Peril and Opportunity: Solving the Climate Crisis and Reinvigorating Democracy” was the first annual Stephen H. Schneider Memorial Lecture. In a question and answer session with the Vice President, SIG Chair Elise Timtim acknowledged the strength of Al Gore’s message on reinvigorating democracy, saying: “We can see that our democracy is broken – the responsibility is on us.”
Gore, for his part, did not disappoint, giving a passionate speech to a sold-out Memorial Auditorium crowd. The Vice President ended with a message of hope to the many students sitting in the crowd: “We’ve got everything we need, except maybe political will. But luckily, political will is a renewable resource.”
The event was co-sponsored by the Stanford Speakers’ Bureau and Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS)