The world is waiting for you graduation speeches to live by from activists, writers, and visionaries
"With more than a dozen contemporary graduation speeches that dissect the world as it is and imagine what it could be, [this book] brings forth the courageous people who've dared to transform the podium into a pulpit for championing peace, justice, protest, and a better world"--Provid...
| Other Authors: | Grove, Tara (Editor), Ostrer, Isabel (Editor) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Learn not to listen /
- Anna Quindlen
- Be in time /
- Wynton Marsalis
- Hope to be hopeful /
- Barbara Kingsolver
- To all my children /
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Who will defend the earth? /
- Noam Chomsky
- The pursuit of meaningfulness /
- Toni Morrison
- Go the distance /
- Gloria Steinem
- The world is waiting for you /
- Tony Kushner
- Allow hope but also fear /
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- On empathy and reason /
- Paul Farmer
- Not for profit /
- Martha Nussbaum
- Know your history /
- Oliver Stone
- The earth is hiring /
- Paul Hawken
- Make this world a better place /
- Isabel Wilkerson
- Against discouragement /
- Howard Zinn
- Listen to your mother /
- Cecile Richards
- Don't wait to change the world /
- Theodore M. Shaw
- A left-handed commencement address /
- Ursula K. Le Guin.