![]() “We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one. Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it, somehow we do it. And the norms and notions of what just is isn’t always justice. “We’ve braved the belly of the beast, we’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace. ![]() Emhoff, Americans and the world: When day comes we ask ourselves, ‘where can we find light in this never-ending shade, the loss we carry, a sea we must wade?’ But for some people, reading words are even more powerful than hearing them read.īelow is “The Hill We Climb” in its entirety as Gorman delivered it Wednesday: “The Hill We Climb” touched on a number of topics du jour, including race and national unity, making it especially resonate with those who heard her deliver it. ![]() The Harvard University graduate ocuses on the area where feminism, race, youth and community intersect and is the founder and CEO of One Pen One Page, a nonprofit organization that seeks to change the world through student storytellers. ![]() Gorman was named the first national youth poet laureate in 2017, winning an honor bestowed upon teen poets who demonstrate literary talent and community engagement. ![]()
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