Commencement · Macalester College, Saint Paul
The Generation That Builds
Faith’s address to Macalester’s Class of 2023, on the day the college conferred his honorary doctorate — on the questions that shape a life, standing in the arena, and the charge to dream big.
13 May 2023 · Commencement
“Of all the things that I could be, who will I be? Of all the things that I could do, what will I do to make the world a better place?”
I was 21 years old and preparing for my own graduation with a degree in the Social Sciences, and wondering how exactly I would go on and make a tangible difference in the world — but the choices I had made long before then dictated that I would never actually make it to my own commencement ceremony.
Right before I turned 19, I decided that I would be known, not so much for the words that I speak, but the work that I do.
Read the full address · 15 minThe Generation That Builds: Macalester College 2023
