Our emotions and desire to help others is also a part of the whole human being. Some of us believe that creating compassion

that involves thinking, feeling, and doing is right at the center of why we teach. And deserves a place in what we teach.

Writer George Saunders and his commencement address at Syracuse, 2013

Dallas Morning News. Excerpt (with photo).

The DMN editorial about the speech. 

New York Times article: the complete speech

The DMN Excerpt as a link. 

Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman protester to die in the Civil Rights movement. 

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