HQ Photos and Video of of Angelina Jolie At 2009 World Refugee Day Commemoration
Today Angelina Jolie, NBC reporter Ann Curry and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres attended the 2009 World Refugee Day Commemoration at the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C.
“Refugees have profoundly changed my life. They have taught me what it is to be brave … to be a mother … to have strength of character,” Angelina told the crowd referring to her 8 years as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
“There are millions of desperate families, so cut off from civilization that they don’t even know [World Refugee Day] exists,” she added.
Angelina also reiterated the World Refugee Day theme “Real People, Real Needs”.
“I believe we must persuade the world that refugees must not be simply viewed as a burden,” she said. “They are the survivors. And they can bring those qualities to the service of their communities and the countries that shelter them.”
Angelina also sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper this evening to talk about the plight of refugees around the world. (We don’t have the video just.) In that interview, she talked about how her work with refugees effects how she raises her kids.
“I usually just explain to [my kids] that there are other families in the world that aren’t as fortunate as ours and other kids’…And so I tell them that it’s important for all of us to do what we can and then go to these places and understand what’s happening.Hopefully I’ll take them to as many countries as I can and raise them witwith an education of the world.”
“And I think by…meeting them, by making friends with these type of people and these type of children, it will make my children better people as they get older,” she added.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Love her, she is always involved and compassionate about her causes. What worries me is I saw her interview with Ann Curry and when Ann asked about her family, Angelinga didn’t mention Brad at all, just the kids. Anyone else catch that?
June 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Love her, she is always involved and compassionate about her causes. What worries me is I saw her interview with Ann Curry and when Ann asked about her family, Angelina didn’t mention Brad at all, just the kids. Anyone else catch that?
June 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Great role model.