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Lauren Underwood
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at RUSH University - April 29, 2023
April 29, 2023
Hello, RUSH University. I am so excited to be with you today. Thank you, Dr. Kennedy, for your kind introduction and thank you to Jordan Cisneros for his inspiring student address. [applause] I'd also like to thank President Goodman and his leadership team, the Board of Governors, and honorary governors for the invitation to join you for the 51st commencement ceremony at RUSH University. Most of all I want to say thank you to the graduates. It's an honor and a joy to share this special day with you as […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Regent University - May 6, 2023
May 7, 2023
Thank you. What a beautiful day here at Regent University. It's an honor to address the class of 2023. Congratulations on the end of this journey and the start of one that's even better. This is an important day in your life. We are all so proud of you, and you should be proud that you made it this far. It's a great achievement. Take a breath—the classes are done, the tests are over, the grades are in and you cleared the bar. [applause] Now all you have to do […]
Alma Adams
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Commencement Address at Clinton College - May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023
Adams’ address begins at 40:27 in the video. Good morning. Thank you to the president of Clinton College, Dr. Lester McCorn, the Reverend Dr. Lester McCorn, to Bishop Monroe and to all of the members of the Board of Trustees, to the faculty and staff, to all of the parents and friends, but most especially, most especially to the phenomenally awesome bold and courageous graduating class of 2023. Congratulations, Golden Bears! [applause] Oh, they tell me I could do a call and response. C C! [audience response unintelligible] All right. […]
Oprah Winfrey
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Tennessee State University Commencement Address - May 6, 2023
May 6, 2023
Good morning! Oh, my my. Friends, faculty.... Have a seat, y’all. This is your day. Friends, faculty, family and the Tennessee State University class of [shouting] 2023. [cheers and applause] Who says you can't go home again? Cause I'm back. [cheers] Dr. Glenda Glover is the reason why I'm here, because she is relentless. [speaking to Glover] You actually…you don't know the meaning of no. She's been here a decade and has been asking me for a decade. I've been to so many graduations since I have 20 daughters from […]
Susan Wild
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Regarding Child Care Crisis - Apr. 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Speech begins at 10:37:49 AM SUSAN WILD: Thank you, Mr. speaker. I am a mother myself. My children are now 27 and 30 years old. but i distinctly remember how challenging it was to have children in a two-parent working family. I was a lawyer before I came to congress, and I remember the panic when I had to bring my very active toddler son to court with me because his preschool was suddenly closed. I really feel for people who have ongoing issues finding affordable, reliable childcare. more than […]
Michelle Steel
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Representative Steel Speaks on the House Floor for Commemoration of Black April - Apr. 28, 2023
April 28, 2023
Speech begins at 10:33:12 Thank you, Mr. speaker. I rise today to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Black April. I am proud to represent Orange County's Little Saigon, which is home to the largest population of Vietnamese in the world outside of Vietnam itself. During Black April we remember the fall of Saigon, those who served in Vietnam, and those who lost their lives fleeing communism. The fall of the republic of Vietnam is one greatest tragedies in modern history. It reminds us that freedom is not free. It reminds […]
Stacey Plaskett
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. House, Speeches
Congresswoman Plaskett Addresses Congress - April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have now concluded 100 days of Congress, yet my colleagues across the aisle continue to prioritize political grievances, political theater, to the cost of the American people. Many are more concerned about policing women's and girls' bodies than they are about protecting the lives of all American citizens. The recent attempt to deny women access to FDA-approved medication because of its use in medical abortions is yet another attack on Americans' personal freedom. This week HR734 coming to the floor is a threat to young […]
Kamala Harris
Speeches
Remarks at Fisk University - April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023
As the students as the young leaders here know, the legacy of this extraordinary place of education in America has produced leaders who have gone on to be not only national leaders but global leaders. And I'm reminded in particular this afternoon of two of those leaders, the late, great John Lewis, and, of course, the phenomenal Diane Nash and what they learned and then taught was that if one is to understand that you are born a leader and it is just a matter of when you decide to […]
Nikema Williams
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
Tennessee State University Commencement Address - Nov. 20, 2021
November 20, 2021
Thank you so much, Sydnee. Good morning y'all. [pauses to wait for response] Good morning! It's graduation day! Everybody should be excited! [cheers and applause] That's a lot better. Y'all, I'm southern, so I expect a little call and response when I say something. President Glenda Glover, Dr. Deborah Cole and the entire Board of Trustees and to the administration, faculty, and staff—thank you. Thank you for having me today. What an honor to share a few encouraging words with the country's newest class of HBCU graduates ready to change […]
Gloria Steinem
categories: Commencement/Baccalaureate/Convocation Address, Speeches
School of Visual Arts Commencement Address - May 9, 2017
May 9, 2017
It's at moments like this that you can't believe your life at all, you know. I grew up in Toledo, hoping, praying to be a Rockette. Because I think girls grow up with their only signs of rebellion in show business, just like boys in poor neighborhoods grow up with athletics, you know, is their dream. And I just want to say to my 10- and 11-year-old self, I'm on the stage at Radio City Music Hall and it's better than being [a Rockette]. [applause] I'm so happy to be […]