All about my mother: Ami Dar's speech for CUNY graduates

posted by on July 8, 2011
Filed under: Featured and Our People and Warm Fuzzies
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Congratulations, graduates! Mural photo by Paul Lowry (Flickr/Creative Commons).

Our founder, Ami Dar, recently gave a commencement address to the 2011 graduates of the City University of New York’s School of Professional Studies.

It was a special day for Ami – his first graduation of any kind. From the time he was three, Ami says, “my mother had to fight me every day to get me to go to school (or in the direction of school).” Since he knew his mom would have loved seeing him up onstage, he decided to pay tribute to her and to the lessons she taught him. You can watch the video here.

Thanks again to the CUNY School of Professional Studies for inviting Ami to speak. And congratulations to everyone who graduated this year!

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Comments (2)

  1. April writes:
    July 11, 2011 at 10:47 am

    He was amazing at our commencement! His speech was heartfelt and inspiring, not to mention funny as hell! We need more people like him in the world!
  2. Lisa Murray writes:
    July 20, 2011 at 10:14 am

    That CONVERSATION (Speech) rocked! It gave me courage to tell a story I had decided never to tell.

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