WEBVTT - Dr. Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton: How Community Colleges Can Build A Modern Workforce

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<v Speaker 1>In two thousand seven, my foundations started the Cluton Global

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<v Speaker 1>Initiative University Program or c g IU, to bring college

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<v Speaker 1>and university students together to create change in the US

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<v Speaker 1>and around the world. Our annual meeting was a special

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<v Speaker 1>one as we joined with our virtual host campus, the

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<v Speaker 1>American Association of Community Colleges, to bring together more than

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<v Speaker 1>four hundred student leaders from around the world, representing seventy

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<v Speaker 1>countries and more than two hundred schools. So why am

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<v Speaker 1>I telling you this? Because graduation season is here and

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<v Speaker 1>soon a new generation of leaders will take their energy,

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<v Speaker 1>their ideas, and their action out into the world to

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<v Speaker 1>help solve the challenges we all face. And the more

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities we provide for more people to pursue higher education,

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<v Speaker 1>the better off we all are. On today's episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Why Am I telling You This, you will hear a

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<v Speaker 1>conversation between Hillary and Dr Joe Biden, who continues to

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<v Speaker 1>teach at a community college is first Lady, about why

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<v Speaker 1>community colleges are one of the great quarterstones of America's

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<v Speaker 1>education system and the important role they play in shaping

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<v Speaker 1>the leaders of tomorrow. I hope you will come away

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<v Speaker 1>from this episode like I always come away from c

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<v Speaker 1>g I U and from every trip I take to

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<v Speaker 1>a community college, feeling much more optimistic about our future. Hello,

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks to all of you for joining us. I'd

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<v Speaker 1>also like to thank each and every one of you

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<v Speaker 1>from the c g I YOU class of for coming

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<v Speaker 1>together to take action on some of today's most urgent challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>I thank you for more than three commitments to action

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<v Speaker 1>you've made, and I'm grateful that, in addition to fulfilling

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<v Speaker 1>these projects, you're still looking to do even more. We

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<v Speaker 1>need your energy, your action, your creative cooperation. We need

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<v Speaker 1>them urgently. While we made significant progress in fighting the

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<v Speaker 1>COVID nineteen pandemic, deep inequities still exists around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>and access to vaccine and care here in the US.

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<v Speaker 1>The pandemic also has ripped off the cover of long

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<v Speaker 1>standing disparities and injustices and virtually every aspect of American life. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>the existential threat of climate change continues to grow, and

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<v Speaker 1>democracy is under assault all around the world, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>most painfully and glaringly in Ukraine. The number of displaced

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<v Speaker 1>people and refugees worldwide is higher than it's ever been

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<v Speaker 1>and rising, and it seems that all across the globe.

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<v Speaker 1>People are pulling away from those who are different, putting

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<v Speaker 1>our future at greater risk and making it harder and

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<v Speaker 1>harder to solve the challenges and seize the opportunities right

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<v Speaker 1>in front of us. In the face of this growing

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<v Speaker 1>wave of divisive tribalism, you offer one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>examples how I think our world ought to work rooted

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<v Speaker 1>in what I would call inclusive tribalism. You come from

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<v Speaker 1>all around the world. You represent different schools and just

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<v Speaker 1>about every demographic distinction you can think of. You're proud

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<v Speaker 1>of the specific schools you attend and the parts of

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<v Speaker 1>your identity that make you the unique person you are.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact that we're proud of who we are

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean we can't come together as a larger community

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<v Speaker 1>focused on turning ideas and the action for the greater good.

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<v Speaker 1>That's inclusive tribalism. We all have unique perspectives, we all

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<v Speaker 1>have something different we bring to the table. What we

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<v Speaker 1>have in common is that each of us can make

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<v Speaker 1>a difference in the lives of people in our community

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<v Speaker 1>and around the world. And because of that ability to

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<v Speaker 1>make a difference, we each have a responsibility to act

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<v Speaker 1>to make good things happen, and to do it together.

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<v Speaker 1>While the challenges our world faces today are quite steep,

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<v Speaker 1>c g IU has always been about what we can do,

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<v Speaker 1>not what we can't do. By bringing diverse partners together

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<v Speaker 1>to take action and achieve results, we can create a

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<v Speaker 1>culture of possibility in the world hungry for hope. In

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<v Speaker 1>this moment of both peril and promise. Your generation can

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<v Speaker 1>be the engine of profound transformation. But it will take

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<v Speaker 1>hard work, termination, cooperation, and innovation. I believe you'll rise

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<v Speaker 1>to the challenge and I'm looking forward to an inspiring meeting.

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<v Speaker 1>Hello everyone, and thank you for tuning in for this

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<v Speaker 1>really important conversation. Community colleges are close to my heart

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<v Speaker 1>and at c g I you, we have seen their

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<v Speaker 1>power in preparing the leaders of tomorrow to tackle our

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<v Speaker 1>biggest challenges. And there is a leader who knows a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about the importance of community colleges, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>Dr Jill Biden. Dr Biden, or as her students like

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<v Speaker 1>to call her. Dr b has spent her entire career

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<v Speaker 1>in the classroom, teaching high school and then community college students.

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<v Speaker 1>She continued teaching even as she became second Lady and

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<v Speaker 1>then First Lady of the United States, and today she

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<v Speaker 1>teaches English at the Alexandria, Virginia campus of Northern Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>Community College just outside Washington, d C. When we were

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about who we would dream of have ing at

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<v Speaker 1>this c g I, you, we could think of no

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<v Speaker 1>one better, uh to talk about the role community colleges

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<v Speaker 1>play and equipping students from all walks of life with

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<v Speaker 1>the skills and opportunities they need. So I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>start by asking Dr Biden. You've been a community college

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<v Speaker 1>professor for almost thirty years now more probably even more,

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<v Speaker 1>and you said that when you moved from teaching at

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<v Speaker 1>a high school to Dell Tech, something clicked for you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've continued teaching the whole time that your husband,

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<v Speaker 1>President Biden has been in public service. So what is

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<v Speaker 1>it about this job, Dr Biden that is so special

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<v Speaker 1>to you. Well, first of all, you know, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for inviting me to join you today. Hillary,

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<v Speaker 1>and you and Bill and Chelsea are doing such great

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<v Speaker 1>work here at c g I. But I was especially

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<v Speaker 1>excited to learn that this year you were partnering with

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<v Speaker 1>an organization that I really worked with for so many years,

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<v Speaker 1>the American Association of Community Colleges. And I used to

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<v Speaker 1>call community colleges America's best kept secret. But with organizations

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<v Speaker 1>like yours and a a c U shining a light

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<v Speaker 1>on all the incredible ways they serve students, the secret

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<v Speaker 1>is now out. But to your question, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>have been teaching high school English, I guess for I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, maybe thirteen years. And one of my colleagues,

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<v Speaker 1>uh said to left to go teach you to community

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<v Speaker 1>college and called me up and said, Jill, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the best thing ever. You got to come teach a

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<v Speaker 1>community college. So I waited until there was a job opening,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I applied and got the job. And then, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I have to tell you, Hillary, I mean I went

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<v Speaker 1>and Dell Tech, where I started, was different than anything

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<v Speaker 1>I had done before or because it was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time that I had taught adults. So many of my students,

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<v Speaker 1>as you well know, we're working, Some had children, some

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<v Speaker 1>were taking care of their parents. So when we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about literature, they had, you know, so many life experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>They talked about their travel, their jobs, their families, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my life was a little different than theirs,

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<v Speaker 1>but I saw so much of myself in them, and

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<v Speaker 1>that I really connected with my students because here I

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<v Speaker 1>was teaching full time at three children, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to grad school, so I knew what some of

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<v Speaker 1>these struggles were and how hard it was to try

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<v Speaker 1>and sort of juggle it all. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>what makes community colleges so unique. You know, they serve

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<v Speaker 1>students from every walk of life, and they meet students

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<v Speaker 1>where they are and I have students, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>one of the really great things about teaching at the

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<v Speaker 1>community college, especially here in Northern Virginia, is that the diversity,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and the different cultures. I have students this

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<v Speaker 1>semester from all over the globe, like Ukraine and Honduras

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<v Speaker 1>and Ethiopia, and you know, I think I learned more

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<v Speaker 1>from them than they probably learned from me, because they

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<v Speaker 1>write about their lives and their stories, and uh, they

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<v Speaker 1>just add so much more richness to to the classroom.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know. Uh. But when I started teaching at

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<v Speaker 1>the community college, I realized that a lot of my students,

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<v Speaker 1>especially women who were returning back to school, didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the support I had, And so I thought, geez,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to have a women's mentoring group on campus,

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<v Speaker 1>and I found that, UM, many of the women who

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<v Speaker 1>came back maybe didn't have some of the skills and technology.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh so many of them had matth anxiety, UM, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were, you know, just trying to juggle it all.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I mentored the students, I felt like I

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<v Speaker 1>was really making a difference. And Hilary, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>whether you know this, but some of these uh you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I especially talked this one woman, UM who left her husband.

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<v Speaker 1>She was abused, She was living in her car with

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<v Speaker 1>her children. She got into a shelter. They saw how

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<v Speaker 1>smart she was. They got her into the community college,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh it changed her whole life. So UM, I

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<v Speaker 1>mentored her and I helped her write an essay, and

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<v Speaker 1>then she got into a four year college and now

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<v Speaker 1>she's an accountant and she has this great life. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many stories like that. I mean, there's just

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of them out there. They're just a place for

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<v Speaker 1>people to get a second chance, or to advance the

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<v Speaker 1>skills that they already have, or change careers. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they really do so much, and UM, I just can't

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<v Speaker 1>say enough about them, as you probably can tell. So anyway, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I love teaching at community college and I

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<v Speaker 1>love hearing you talk about it, jil It really it

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<v Speaker 1>warms my heart so much because it just is conveyed

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<v Speaker 1>so clearly, and at the end when you said it's

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<v Speaker 1>really a second chance for so many people and how

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<v Speaker 1>they need a little bit of help and a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of support to be able to find themselves, I

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<v Speaker 1>just I just love hearing you talk about it and

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<v Speaker 1>your experience I think goes right to the heart of

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<v Speaker 1>why we are partnering with the community colleges in our country. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like you said, we all need a little

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<v Speaker 1>help sometimes, and you've seen that for yourself. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you put eighteen million cracks in the ultimate glass ceiling.

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<v Speaker 1>But that comes with a lot of uncertainty and questions. So, Hilary,

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<v Speaker 1>did you have mentors and you know what were some

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<v Speaker 1>of the lessons that you learned from your mentors? Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I did, and and honestly, I don't know how anybody

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<v Speaker 1>gets through life, let alone education, without having people that

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<v Speaker 1>can guide them offer constructive criticism. One of my great mentors,

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<v Speaker 1>um was one of my first bosses. When I went

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<v Speaker 1>to work for Marion Wright Edelman at the Children's Defense

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<v Speaker 1>fund and you know she, Um, she really not only

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<v Speaker 1>showed me the good that lawyers can do in trying

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<v Speaker 1>to defend people, particularly children who often need um some

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<v Speaker 1>extra help to protect them against all kinds of challenges,

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<v Speaker 1>but also how to do it um as a wife

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<v Speaker 1>and mother, you know someone who was, as you said,

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<v Speaker 1>raising children while while working while tying to make a difference.

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<v Speaker 1>And I can go all the way back to my

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<v Speaker 1>sixth grade teacher, someone Mrs Mrs King, who was so

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging to me. And and it's those memories of people who, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they did their job, I mean, obviously that's part of it,

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<v Speaker 1>but more than that, they took an interest in the

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<v Speaker 1>people they taught or that they worked with, and they

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<v Speaker 1>went the extra bit to try to find out what

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<v Speaker 1>could help that individual. And and I think that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of mentoring is so important, and it's important all stages

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<v Speaker 1>of our life. But you know, for me, obviously, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I know that your education is never finished. I'm always

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<v Speaker 1>learning new things and in the world today, we have

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<v Speaker 1>to keep learning or we'll fall behind. And as you

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<v Speaker 1>rightly pointed out, some of the people that you were

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<v Speaker 1>teaching needed some additional help with technology and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the jobs our economy needs most. And I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to put in a shameless plug and say, what a

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<v Speaker 1>great job your husband's administration is doing unemployment. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so so proud of that. But some of the jobs

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<v Speaker 1>that um, we're going to need u haven't even been invented.

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<v Speaker 1>And some of the jobs people are doing now weren't

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<v Speaker 1>around fifteen or twenty years ago. So, as someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>been involved with community colleges, how do we keep giving

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<v Speaker 1>students the education so that they can get the skills

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<v Speaker 1>they need as the workforce changes. And really there's no

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<v Speaker 1>better institution in our economy to do that than community colleges. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with you, and I think one of the things,

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<v Speaker 1>um you know, community colleges really have a major role

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<v Speaker 1>to play in that. And I've traveled to so many

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<v Speaker 1>community colleges and seen so many different programs, whether they're

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<v Speaker 1>in clean energy or technology. And I was just at

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<v Speaker 1>Intel and um at actually the president of Intel went

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<v Speaker 1>to community college and we connected right away, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>his company. They're making computer chips and he's hiring community

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<v Speaker 1>college students, and um, you know, really they it's all

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<v Speaker 1>about jobs. And so most of my students know that

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<v Speaker 1>they will have jobs when they get out because there's

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<v Speaker 1>all these partnerships and um, especially in the healthcare field.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we communities desperately need nurses and e m

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<v Speaker 1>t s especially during this pandemic, radiologists, ultrasound technicians, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they all know that they will have jobs when

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<v Speaker 1>they graduate. That's what community colleges do best to help

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<v Speaker 1>communities all all across the country. No matter what field

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<v Speaker 1>it's in, We'll be right back. You know. I've often

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<v Speaker 1>thought that community colleges could be one of our best

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<v Speaker 1>exports because it makes such a difference in our education system.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I agree with that, and you know, I traveled

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<v Speaker 1>to several UH Latin and Southern American countries and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of them are starting UH community colleges because a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of their communities have some of the same needs

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<v Speaker 1>that we have. And I love, um, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>love how Joe just gets all this and is putting

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<v Speaker 1>so much money into workforce development. I have to give

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<v Speaker 1>him my own plug, but nobody, you know, here's it

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<v Speaker 1>every night at the dinner table when I tell him

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on, and uh, you know, the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>programs that we have so anyway, but it's clearly something

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<v Speaker 1>that you understand as well. And you know, I was

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<v Speaker 1>so excited to know that c g I You is

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<v Speaker 1>partnering with community colleges this year and is working further

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<v Speaker 1>to diversify its global community of student and alumni leaders.

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<v Speaker 1>So I would love to know what excites you the

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<v Speaker 1>most about the student leaders coming out of colleges throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Oh, it's so wonderful to look back on

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<v Speaker 1>the c g I use that we've held. We used

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<v Speaker 1>to of course hold them in person, which was really

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<v Speaker 1>thrilling to actually meet students from all over the world,

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<v Speaker 1>and then because the pandemic, you know, we had to

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<v Speaker 1>move to virtual, but we've kept it going and I

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<v Speaker 1>have to say several things really stand out. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a it's a self selected group people here about

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<v Speaker 1>c G I You, or maybe somebody recommends that they

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<v Speaker 1>look at it, and so they say, I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>do that because I have an idea or I want

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<v Speaker 1>to meet people from everywhere across the globe. And so

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<v Speaker 1>the students come often with some specific ideas. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>we always have um some competitions around ideas for uh

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<v Speaker 1>new businesses or new job creation we have a a

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<v Speaker 1>coding contest that we give students a problem and how

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<v Speaker 1>do they come up with some kind of technical way

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<v Speaker 1>to address that problem. So I've just been so impressed

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<v Speaker 1>at the level of curiosity and passion and interest and determination. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really been wonderful uh to see UH them. And

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<v Speaker 1>part of why we wanted to focus on UH community

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<v Speaker 1>colleges this year is because, as you said earlier, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people are going back to school people or

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<v Speaker 1>they're or they're coming into community colleges after taking time

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<v Speaker 1>off or or having a different set of experiences in

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<v Speaker 1>the work world or in their personal life. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got so many UM students who are hungry for

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<v Speaker 1>an education and frankly for the kind of mentoring that

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<v Speaker 1>you were talking about. UH. So when i see our

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<v Speaker 1>student body for c g IU, I'm so encouraged, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know that our world will be in good hands

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<v Speaker 1>if they get a chance to make their contributions. And

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<v Speaker 1>and we have hundreds and hundreds of students watching us

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<v Speaker 1>in this conversation, and I want to underscore something you

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<v Speaker 1>said because I know some of them really related to

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that you know they face challenges whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>finding childcare or supporting their parents while they're going to school,

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<v Speaker 1>or working a job full time while they're also trying

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<v Speaker 1>to get an education, but they have to pay the bills,

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<v Speaker 1>and those challenges got so much more complex during COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the theme for this c g I You

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<v Speaker 1>meeting is about building resilience. And you know, that's something

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<v Speaker 1>that I think all of us have to learn in life, um,

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again, not just once. And you've been

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<v Speaker 1>such a role model in so many ways for so

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<v Speaker 1>many people. UM, and for the students who are watching.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have any advice or any message for students

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<v Speaker 1>today coming out of a pandemic, coming into a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of uncertainty, trying to make sense of all of it,

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<v Speaker 1>about how they personally can find the resilience to keep

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<v Speaker 1>themselves going despite whatever setbacks they face. Well, this has been,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, such a tough year, and UM, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my students honestly just inspire me every day. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they had to deal with things that really no other

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<v Speaker 1>generation has had to deal with. And our world has

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<v Speaker 1>just changed in so many ways that I mean, heck,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't really fully understand yet, but but what we

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<v Speaker 1>do know is you know that you've made it this far,

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<v Speaker 1>and that says you know. That's what I say to

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<v Speaker 1>my students. You have such strength and grit, and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that you know that you're proud of what you've accomplished,

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<v Speaker 1>because I feel so proud of them. And there was

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<v Speaker 1>a poet who once said, what matters most in life

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<v Speaker 1>is how well you walk through the fire. So my

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<v Speaker 1>message to the students is, sooner or later, we will

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<v Speaker 1>all have to walk through the fire, and some of

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<v Speaker 1>us stumble and fall, and maybe we'll feel alone, but

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<v Speaker 1>we're never alone. And sometimes people can't see that pain

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<v Speaker 1>that hides behind your smile, but if we give them

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<v Speaker 1>the chance, they can help us shoulder the weight of

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<v Speaker 1>our lives. And I think that, you know, we give

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<v Speaker 1>our hearts in little ways, like the words we use,

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<v Speaker 1>the conscious decisions we make to be present, the small

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<v Speaker 1>acts of iiness. And sometimes I think the most courageous

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<v Speaker 1>thing we can learn to do is lean on our communities.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's what we give to to each other.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, It's our our vulnerability, our brokenness, and the

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<v Speaker 1>chance to be someone else's strength in return. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think that that's what community colleges are they help students

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<v Speaker 1>find their confidence and build their skills and feel like

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<v Speaker 1>they're part of this big family that supports them and

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<v Speaker 1>they know that, um, they can go out into the

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<v Speaker 1>world and get great jobs and really and then in

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<v Speaker 1>turn build better communities. So UM, you know, I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>back there in the classroom tomorrow and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>helping them move forward. And UH, like I said, Hillary,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't say enough good things about the power of

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<v Speaker 1>community colleges. So thanks for having me today. Oh, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so very much. Honestly, that was such an incredible answer,

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<v Speaker 1>and your students are so lucky, uh to have you

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<v Speaker 1>in the classroom. And I just think every student watching

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<v Speaker 1>that answer, UM is going to take something away because

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<v Speaker 1>they they are going to feel that they have the

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<v Speaker 1>strength and and ability to continue to pursue their own dreams.

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<v Speaker 1>And I just can't thank you enough for joining us

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<v Speaker 1>and sharing your experience and sharing your heart, um with

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<v Speaker 1>all of the c g I students. Uh, you really

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<v Speaker 1>are making a difference. And I'm thrilled that more people

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be able to see and hear what

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<v Speaker 1>you say and take that to their own hearts. So

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<v Speaker 1>you make me more hopeful about our future. They make

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<v Speaker 1>me hopeful. My students make me hopeful. So thank you

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<v Speaker 1>Hillary for focusing on community colleges. It'll make a real difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you for everything you're doing. Our hearts

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<v Speaker 1>and our hearts and energy. Go with you, my friend,

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