This is an amazing graduation address. It is essential listening for educators, students, social justice advocates.
It is poignant for anyone who has been "the one" and felt alone in that status.
It is powerful for anyone who wishes to climb into the experience of another whether it is shared or not.
Because, as student, speaker, poet, educator and graduate Donovan Livingston said:
"Our stories are the ladders
that make it easier for us to touch the stars.
So climb and grab them.
Keep climbing. Grab them.
Spill your emotions in the big dipper and pour out your soul.
Light up the world with your luminous allure."
This work, one of his stories, is brilliant. Watch, listen and read the words here.
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