It has probably been longer than ten years since Pat Ciarrocchi was our Commencement Speaker, so it has been quite awhile since the speaker was quite memorable. However, tonight Dr. Tony Allen, an executive with the Bank of America (formerly MBNA) has set the bar higher. I was pleased to see a young community leader who had managed to rise to the top in the banking business, but hadn’t needed to obliterate obvious characteristics of his culture of origin.
He made all of us affirm the following - vociferously and repeatedly:
I am the Voice
I will lead, not follow
I will create, not destroy
I am a force for good
I am a force for peace
I will xxx xxx xxx
Defy the odds
Set a new standard
Step up
Step Up
Step UP
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