Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates: ‘Our world is on fire. Welcome to the battlefield.’
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa tells the Harvard Class of 2024 they ‘must have the courage’ to ‘create the world as it should be: more compassionate, more equal, more sustainable.’
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/maria-ressa-commencement-speech-harvard-university-may-2024/
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00:00Our world on fire needs you, welcome to the battlefield.
00:07Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa tells the Harvard Class of 2024
00:12they, quote, must have the courage to create the world as it should be,
00:17more compassionate, more equal, more sustainable.
00:21In her commencement address, she commends the battle-tested graduates
00:24who survived the pandemic and saw on their screens the horrors of war.
00:29We live in a dystopian science fiction world
00:33when you have been forced to turn crisis into opportunity.
00:40Around 30,000 graduates gathered at the entire stretch of the Harvard Yard,
00:44which was the site of a 20-day pro-Palestine encampment.
00:48The campus protests are testing everyone in America.
00:53Protests give voice. They shouldn't be silenced.