The world is waiting for you: graduation speeches to live by from activists, writers, and visionaries
(Book)
"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"--
Notes
Grove, T., & Ostrer, I. (2015). The world is waiting for you: graduation speeches to live by from activists, writers, and visionaries. New York, The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Grove, Tara and Isabel, Ostrer. 2015. The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By From Activists, Writers, and Visionaries. New York, The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Grove, Tara and Isabel, Ostrer, The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By From Activists, Writers, and Visionaries. New York, The New Press, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Grove, Tara, and Isabel Ostrer. The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live By From Activists, Writers, and Visionaries. New York, The New Press, 2015.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Learn not to listen /|r Anna Quindlen --|t Be in time /|r Wynton Marsalis --|t Hope to be hopeful /|r Barbara Kingsolver --|t To all my children /|r Marian Wright Edelman --|t Who will defend the earth? /|r Noam Chomsky --|t Pursuit of meaningfulness /|r Toni Morrison --|t Go the distance /|r Gloria Steinem --|t World is waiting for you /|r Tony Kushner --|t Allow hope but also fear /|r Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie --|t On empathy and reason /|r Paul Farmer --|t Not for profit /|r Martha Nussbaum --|t Know your history /|r Oliver Stone --|t Earth is hiring /|r Paul Hawken --|t Make this world a better place /|r Isabel Wilkerson --|t Against discouragement /|r Howard Zinn --|t Listen to your mother /|r Cecile Richards --|t Don't wait to change the world /|r Theodore M. Shaw --|t A left-handed commencement address /|r Ursula K. Le Guin. |
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