Inspired by his father and grandfather, Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker tells Stanford graduates to join a “conspiracy of love” that will lift them in times of need and challenge them to go beyond what they think is possible.
Answers are easy to come by – just Google them, Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, told the Class of 2012 at the Baccalaureate ceremony. “No, what the world really needs from you now is the courage to ask the right questions without apology, without fear and without close-mindedness.”
Stanford's 121st Commencement Weekend, June 16-17, will also feature a Class Day lecture by Larry Diamond, a Hoover fellow and professor of political science and sociology, and a Baccalaureate address by Sister Joan Chittister, author and co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women.
