| Description |
208 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents |
Learn not to listen / Anna Quindlen -- Be in time / Wynton Marsalis -- How 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. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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Baccalaureate addresses.
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College graduates -- Conduct of life.
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| Genre |
Speeches.
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| Added Author |
Grove, Tara, editor.
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Ostrer, Isabel, editor.
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| Added Title |
Graduation speeches to live by from activists, writers, and visionaries. |
| ISBN |
9781620970904 |
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1620970902 |
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