'I know this has been a challenging year for you all...I believe that a little adversity makes for a very compelling story,” Lena Waithe says at GraduateTogether. 'Use your voices and talents to be seen and heard.'
"I couldn't be prouder with all of you from the graduating class of 2020," he said."Graduating is a big achievement under any circumstances. ... Just as you're about to celebrate having made it through, celebrating proms, senior nights, and let's face it, a whole bunch of parties, there's a global pandemic."
"The old ways of doing things just don't work," Obama added."It doesn't matter how much you make if everyone around you is hungry and sick." "In our poorest neighborhoods in America, school is about much more than learning," James said, after being introduced by a student from the I Promise School he founded in his hometown of Akron, Ohio."Our schools are our safety net. ... It's time to chase every dream."
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