United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power is, in a word, incredible. She's spent her career working on the world's most pressing issues, from visiting West Africa during the ebola outbreak to meeting with Caitlyn Jenner to talk about transgender rights. Last week, Her Campus Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Kaplan Lewis sat down for a conversation with Power. In honor of International Day of the Migrant, we're sharing their discussion of the global refugee crisis.
Power talks about the American attitude toward refugees in the wake of tragedy in Paris and San Bernardino, as well as her own background as an Irish immigrant. What really comes through is the Ambassador's compassion for others, and her ability to truly empathize with the painful choices refugees make on a daily basis.
"They’re not appealing to come to the United States or any other country because they want to trade up a good life for a great life," she says. "They are coming to this country because they are desperate. And they believe, because of our traditions, and because of the values of the vast majority of the American people, that we are a country that could understand that."
Watch the full clip below!
