Barack Obama was the keynote speaker at two different virtual commencement speeches—both of which made it feel like the 44th president was still in office.
. Acknowledging that this year's class would miss not only its graduation ceremonies, but also the year-end parties that accompanied them, Obama conceded that sheltering-in-place was not exactly the best trade-off: "As much as I’m sure you love your parents, I’ll bet that being stuck at home with them and playing board games or watchingon TV is not exactly how you envisioned the last few months of your senior year.
, founded by himself and the former first lady in order to "give young people like you the skills and support to lead in your own communities." But then he quickly turned his attention to the students themselves, offering a rousing, inspirational message that, just for a moment, might have salved the emotional wounds inflicted by this pandemic: "The truth is that you don’t need us to tell you what to do. Because in so many ways, you’ve already started to lead.
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