A left-handed commencement address / Ursula K. Le Guin. 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.
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.
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