/ page 3

Haunani-Kay Trask
Speeches
‘Onipa’a Event at ‘Iolano Palace - January 17, 1993
January 17, 1993
This transcription is adapted from Haunani-Kay Trask’s speech delivered at the ʻOnipaʻa Commemoration on January 17, 1993, at ʻIolani Palace. It combines elements from the video recording uploaded by Hawaiian Voice on YouTube and the transcription by Joan Lander (Na Maka o ka ʻĀina), ensuring accuracy and preserving the speech’s original tone and cadence. Audience: Aloha. Haunani-Kay Trask: Aloha, Ka Lāhui Hawai'i. Audience: Aloha. Haunani-Kay Trask: Aloha the indigenous people of these islands, aloha to you, my love to you because you are still here. The intention was to kill […]
Elizabeth Alexander
categories: Inaugural Address, Poem, Speeches
Praise Song for the Day - Jan. 20, 2009
January 20, 2009
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each other’s eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of repair. Someone is trying to make music somewhere, with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, with cello, boom box, harmonica, voice. […]
Lois Gibbs
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Congressional Testimony on Love Canal - June 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
I want to thank you and the members of the Committee for inviting me here. My name is Lois Gibbs, and I am Executive Director for the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. It is a national organization that has worked with over 10,000 community groups faced with environmental health threats over the past 30 years. I also was a resident and community leader at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York. And as I began preparing my testimony for this afternoon it occurred to me that 31 years ago […]
Susan E Rice
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Ohio State University Commencement Address - June 10, 2012
June 10, 2012
Good afternoon, everyone. President Gee, thank you for your warm welcome and your outstanding leadership. The Ohio State University is mighty lucky to have you - again. If anyone out there doubts that public education can meet today's challenges, just come to the home of the Buckeyes. I'm honored to be part of your 400th commencement-the last class to hear those bells. I'm also excited because your invitation allows me to bring back to campus, for the first time since his graduation, a proud Buckeye who's very special to me. […]
Valerie Jarrett
categories: Interview, Speeches
Leadership in the White House - March 13, 2014
March 13, 2014
In March 2014, Jarrett participated as a speaker on the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health webcast series “Voices in Leadership” in a discussion titled "Leadership in the White House," moderated by Dr. Atul Gawande. JARRETT: That was a flawless introduction. You could have left off the years I graduated from school; other than that it was really good. GAWANDE: Well this is fantastic, because of course what you're getting to tell us about and this whole series focuses on decision-making in leadership to help develop young people […]
Kathy Szeliga
categories: Political Ads, Web Exclusive
Primary Ad - March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
SZELIGA: Hi, my name is Kathy Szeliga, and I want to be your next United States Senator in the great state of Maryland. People ask me why I'm running and I tell them one reason: her name is Avery 15 months ago, our baby granddaughter was born, and I couldn't stop asking myself what kind of world are we leaving for our children and grandchildren? Rather than complaining, I've decided I need to do exactly what I've been doing in Annapolis as a delegate, and that's to roll up my […]
Katherine “Kate” Brown
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Lewis & Clark Law School Commencement Address - May 27, 2017
May 27, 2017
Thank you so very much. Good morning everyone and congratulations to our graduates. We are so very proud of you. I am deeply, deeply honored to be here today. Thank you to Dean Jennifer Johnson and the law school administration for inviting me to return home. I loved being a student here. As you graduates have discovered, this is truly a special place, a place where through a special mixture of adrenaline, terror and perspiration you are transformed from a regular person into a lawyer. Today as newly minted lawyers, […]
Theresa May
Speeches
Remarks after the Manchester Arena Attack - May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
I have just chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee COBRA , where we discussed the details of and the response to the appalling events in Manchester last night. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and with the family and friends of all those affected. It is now beyond doubt that the people of Manchester and of this country have fallen victim to a callous terrorist attack. An attack that targeted some of the youngest people in our society with cold calculation. This was among the worst […]
Kathy Manning
categories: Political Ads, TV
Blessings - Aug. 21, 2018
August 21, 2018
MANNING: When my youngest daughter was diagnosed with a chronic illness, we counted our blessings that there was a medication that could help her live a normal life. Then came the $10,000 bill and the monthly fight with the insurance company. I'm Kathy Manning. I approve this message and I'm running for Congress because I'm tired of politicians from both parties letting big drug companies write the rules while families pay the price. ANNOUNCER: Kathy Manning for Congress
MJ Hegar
categories: Political Ads, Web Exclusive
Doors - June 20, 2018
June 20, 2018
HEGAR: This is a story about doors – a lot of them. And that's me – MJ Hegar, an Air Force combat veteran and a mom. This door behind me is from my Pave Hawk helicopter. It's all that's left of the aircraft that I was flying that day. I was on a rescue mission in Afghanistan as a combat search-and-rescue pilot. I heard the windshield crack and realized I'd been shot, but continued the mission and airlifted the patients out. After taking even more fire, we crashed a few […]