Speeches at graduation used to be nonpartisan, uplifting, generalized addresses to encourage optimism within graduates, whether it was at the high school or college level. But a northern Virginia school board member chose to politicize…
Topic: Commencement address
Wisconsin Lutheran caves, revokes invitation to Pence
Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to speak at the commencement of Wisconsin Lutheran University this past weekend, but the private college revoked the invitation. The college, located in Milwaukee, announced that “after further review…
“Transgender Woman” Laverne Cox Delivers Keynote Commencement Address at Pitzer College in California
While delivering Pitzer College’s keynote commencement speech on May 18th, transgender actor Laverne Cox spoke about including transgender men when considering the issue of abortion. Cox explained that after retweeting a tweet about abortion that…