Pearls of wisdom and displays of affection were shared widely on Tuesday afternoon when honorees Judy Blume, Natasha Lyonne, Rosie Perez, Kelly Ripa and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez took the stage at Var…
Pearls of wisdom and displays of affection were shared widely on Tuesday afternoon when honorees Judy Blume, Natasha Lyonne, Rosie Perez, Kelly Ripa and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez took the stage atWhile all five women touched on the key lessons they’ve learned in life and the importance of those who teach them during the luncheon, hosted by “Saturday Night Live’s” Ego Nwodim, it was iconic YA author Blume who made much of her speech a tribute to public educators and librarians who are trying...
Blume, who also made the point that she was excited to be honored in a group that included two other New Jersey natives , drew the crowd’s attention to the work of the NCAC. She credited the organization with helping her channel frustration over efforts to ban her works from public school libraries because of her trademark candor about adolescence.
“One of the greatest privileges that we can grant ourselves as human beings is the blessing to know who we are innately. This isn’t something that comes easy. Being a woman comes with a lot. To some, this gift may never come,” Rodriguez said before thanking the women in her life who have lifted her up, her mother and her aunts, who were in attendance. “You continually change my life and y’all were the only people to give me my strengths of womanhood. No one else can take that away from me.
Perez finished by citing a bit of meaningful advice that she got from director George C. Wolfe as she waited in the wings to go on stage in a play. “Breathe. Then push through your fears and step into your greatness,” she recalled.
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