At age 22, eight months after graduation from Harvard College, she burst into our consciousness on January 20th, 2021 with poetry. >> We will rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation, in every corner called our country, our people diverse and beautiful will emerge battered and beautiful. When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid.The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there was always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be i ...

[Music] [Applause] [Music] Good day our esteemed guests. To say our voices count goes beyond words would ever express. Yes.Even though we are kids, our voices still matter. When we speak kindly, when we ask questions, when we say what we feel, it makes a big difference. Our voices can help someone who's sad, can stop something that's wrong, can bring new ideas, share love, and also bring a change to the world around us.Some people may think she's just a kid. No one will listen. But guess what.God listens. O ...

So let's get started. Adopting pause a new way. Let's imagine a scenario.Your colleague comes and tells you that they've had a baby girl. What's your instant reaction. Another scenario, a peer comes and tells you that they've become a parent through adoption.What's your instant reaction. For most part, and for most people in scenario one, it would be, "Oh, lovely. So cute. Congratulations." And perhaps in the second scenario, more tentative, more cautious. Wow, what a noble deed. What a good man you are.Som ...