Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz
"If we don't do our job, people die"
In the face of a humanitarian crisis you have two choices: You speak up and help, or you stand down and become an accomplice. And so I spoke up"
Carmen Yulin Cruz, Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, delivered Friday night's powerful keynote at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot. As a Master of Science in Public Policy & Management (MSPPM), she connected education and her career as a public servant amid the disruption and aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
