Oprah Winfrey gave a commencement speech at her alma mater, Tennessee State University. She graduated in 1988.
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00:00Voting rights are being gutted. Women's rights are being dismantled. Books are being banned. History is being rewritten.
00:05The Supreme Court is being corrupted. The debt ceiling is being held hostage. The climate is changing. The LGBTQ community,
00:13LGBT plus community is under attack. The Cold War is back.
00:18The leaders are behaving like children. The children are being gunned down by military-grade assault rifles.
00:24We live on a planet where there is more than enough wrong to keep you busy trying to make things right
00:30for the rest of your natural life.
00:32Well, this is what I know for sure.
00:36There will never be anything in your life as fulfilling as making a difference in somebody else's.
00:45Everybody here wants to see you take your integrity,
00:50your curiosity,
00:52your creativity,
00:53your guts, and this newfound education of yours, and use it to make a difference.
01:01Everybody always thinks you got to go do something big and grand. I'll tell you where you start. You start by being good
01:09to at least one other person
01:12every single day.
01:15Just start there.