I’m always excited to learn about the guest speakers at We Day and We Day California has a lot of new faces that will be on We Day stage. One of them is Seth Rogen, a Canadian actor, writer and comedian. I was curious about what Seth would be taking about and I think I found the answer.
Last month Seth gave a speech at a Senate hearing on Alzheimer’s Research. He talked about how he and his family has been personally affected by Alzheimer’s disease and the need for more research and funding to work towards a cure. Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects your memory and thinking, and as it progresses people have a harder time even recoginzing their closest families. Both my parents have a grandparent who suffered from Alzheimer’s. It mostly affects the elderly.
Seth started a charity called Hilarity For Charity in February 2014. What he is doing is a perfect example of something I talk a lot about. For anybody to be the change, you need to do 3 things:
1. Find your spark – that issue that makes you take action every single day.
2. Use your talent to decide how you are going to take action.
3. Put your spark and your talent together.
4. Find your community and GO!
Seth has found his spark – Alzheimer’s and is using his talent and influence to create awareness and ask the people that make decisions to take their action. He has found his community with We Day California.
I’m glad he’s not only using his voice to share his family’s story, but will also be sharing it in front of 18,000 young people at We Day California.
Watch the video below – it has over 6 million views, and that means that all those people might now know something a little bit more than they did before.
Leave a Reply