Past Guest Speakers

A message to our students:

Mr. Armmand was unable to join us this year, but he wanted to leave a note to inspire students to continue pushing for a better world.

"At 17 I started college in New York City to study physics and mathematics. I had to wake up at 5 a.m., catch a bus at 6 a.m., then a 30-minute ferry boat ride, followed by a 30-minute subway ride to get to my first class at 8:00 a.m. I did that five days a week for one and 1/2 years. Then I dropped out to join the exploding Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. I worked in it for ten years before returning to college with renewed motivation and purpose. Yes, indeed, anything that advances humanity in a position direction is possible to achieve. Most worthy things in life are difficult to achieve but greatly worth the effort. Remember that preparation, persistence, vision, and courage are the qualities that we can all develop and exercise. As the old adage goes: 'If you can conceive it, you can achieve it.'

When I feel down or discouraged, I think of those that came before me to create a path for the future like Malcolm X, Dr. M.L. King, W.E.B. DuBois, Mrs. Fanny Lou Hamer, Mrs. Rosa Parks, Che Guevara, and Mohammad Ali."