The world is waiting for you : graduation speeches to live by from activists, writers, and visionaries /

"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Grove, Tara (Editor ), Ostrer, Isabel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, 2015.
Temas:
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Baccalaureate addresses.
College graduates > Conduct of life.
Discours américains.
Discours de remise des diplômes.
SELF-HELP > Motivational & Inspirational.
EDUCATION > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Speech.
Baccalaureate addresses
College graduates > Conduct of life
Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Speeches
Graduation speeches.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Learn not to listen / Anna Quindlen
  • 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.

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