Huge crowd of youth descend on Vancouver's Rogers Arena for WE Day
An estimated 18,000 students and educators packed Rogers Arena in Vancouver to rally behind WE Day, a daylong event of motivational speeches by former U.S. vice-president Al Gore, activist and actor Martin Sheen, U.S. civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Paralympian Rick Hansen and entertainment by Canadian rockers Hedley and the Barenaked Ladies.
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But it was Gore, Nobel laureate and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, who was the real rock star of the day.
As he entered the auditorium, the excitement was palpable as teens jumped up — many of them onto their chairs — and flashing cameras went off throughout the arena.
“Never ever doubt for one second that you can change the world,” Gore told the teens.
In a rousing speech filled with calls to protect the environment, Gore urged the young activists to lead the charge in finding solutions to renewable energy.
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