Read Kamala Harris Speech to Class of 2021 as Students Graduate
On 5/24/21 at 5:49 AM EDT
Vice President Kamala Harris praised the Class of 2021 on Sunday as she noted that high school students had to deal with virtual lessons, canceled proms and a lack of normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking at a special event hosted by CNN, Harris said the latest wave of graduates had the strength to get through anything, and told them they had so much to offer America as it started to return to normality.
In her speech, she added that the Class of 2021 needed to ask itself how it would make our world better as she quoted the 23-year-old American poet Amanda Gorman, who spoke at President Joe Biden s inauguration in January.