Welcome, epic, epidemic class of 2020 I am
Tyler Arguello, associate professor in the
division of Social Work the graduate
program director as well as the faculty
advisor to the Social Work student
association or SWSA. The faculty and
staff of the division of Social Work and
the Social Work student association
humbly welcome everyone to our 2020
commencement and pinning ceremony while
we would have much preferred an
in-person celebration we trust everyone
understands the imperative of physical
distancing and most importantly social
solidarity. In that vein we present this
virtual social commencement and pinning
ceremony for 2020 graduates we celebrate
you this spring for your momentous
completion of your degrees after the
fires of 2019 and now the pandemic of
2020 your class is truly unique and we
want everyone to be assured that our all
twenty twits are welcome to participate
in the planned in-person commencement
and pinning ceremony in spring 2021
should a time be available sooner we
will surely let you know so let us begin
for the last 56 years the division has
been conferring both accredited graduate
and undergraduate degrees to new Social
Work professionals today we have the
honor to present to you here the public
and our profession the newest minted
group of social workers first we would
like to begin by recognizing that
scholarly practices have colonial
legacies we acknowledge that we live and
learn on the lands of the baidu Miwok
and Papua nations these lands were the
traditional territory of these native
nations prior to their forced removal
these lands continue to carry the
stories of these nations and their
communities struggles for survival
self-determination and identity
California State University Sacramento
has a particular responsibility to
acknowledge the people of these lands as
well as the histories of dispossession
that have allowed for the growth of this
institution for the past seventy three
years we were also obligated to reflect
on and actively address these histories
and the role that this university has
played in shaping them this
acknowledgement and the centering of
native native peoples is a start as we
move forward for the next seventy-three
years
next we would like to recognize division
leaders without whom this moment would
not be possible we would like to
recognize the entire faculty of the
division and in particular our chair dr.
Dale Russell the outgoing BSW director
dr. Sylvester Bowie the outgoing field
director Mimi Lewis the admissions
director dr. Maria Dinesh and the title
4e director dr. Tracy Kent I would like
to welcome the incoming field director
Kelly Richmond more
like likewise we would like to recognize
the dedicated and superiors staff of the
division without whom the Social Work
program certainly would never exist
finally we want to take a moment to
recognize the people without whom the
accomplishments of the graduates would
not be possible we see in acknowledge
all of you who have provided the
unconditional support that is not
recognized enough the over in the silent
moments of encouragement for the
graduates to stick with it
the additional labor in and out of the
house to make schedules and households
run as well as the heavy lifting to get
all of our graduates over the finish
line
this spring amidst the pandemic all the
families kinship networks partners
children and other significant trusted
supports out there we see you and we
praise you with much gratitude
to this end we have a few words from
leaders and division in the community
first our division director dr. Dale
Russell has a few words of welcome and
praise next the executive director of
the California Chapter of the National
Association of social work or NASW Jan
Lee Wong has some praise for our new
graduates
hello all I want to congratulate you on
the successful completion of your
programs both in the graduate and
undergraduate programs I wish we could
be talking in person I wish I could be
seeing you a crossing a stage in the
ballroom and are printing ceremony
because I know that that's a wonderful
moment I know it be it's a proud moment
for not only for you but from your
family and from your friends but I just
wanted to say a word of congratulations
and we're really proud of our graduates
we're really proud of of what social
workers are doing and prepared to doing
and I know through this difficult time
there's a lot of anxiety and we help
each other out I think ordinarily social
workers help other people out and I
think at this time we're helping each
other out as well
and so I know you will all be successful
and whatever path you want you're going
to be taking in social work and I wish
you all the luck and all the success in
your future
all the best
I'm John Lee Wong executive director of
the National Association of Social
Workers California Chapter in this time
of crisis in turmoil people look to
professionals like social workers to
help us all of us do this because this
is what we're trying to do and what our
code of ethics and values tell us to do
you will look back upon this time and
you will remember the great disruption
and the great professional Social Work
response that you were a part of you
will know that you helped in one of the
greatest challenges the world has ever
known
thank you for choosing Social Work one
of the greatest professions now I would
like to welcome our three speakers these
three people were nominated and voted on
by the graduating BSW and MSO these
students the first is the 2020 BS fu
class speaker Veronica Perez will be
continuing on in the division this
coming year in our graduate program the
second is the 2020 MSM you class speaker
karla support asa Carlos de gained her
future career to working with children
young people and families with in
clinical settings as well as she seeks
to return to the Philippines and address
the many disparities that Filipinos face
like health care mental health housing
and food security along with their
clinical passions Karla believes her
intersectional lived experiences as
assist female bilingual green-card
holding Filipino American and her
training of snack state will allow her
to bring more justice and equity for the
health and mental health of Filipino and
Asian communities please help me welcome
both Veronica and Karla
hello class of 2020 I first want to
start off and say that I hope that
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as safe and as healthy as possible
during this time like many of you I am
devastated that were not able to
physically celebrate this accomplishment
together and I know this isn't the
ceremony that we all imagined we'd be
happy but I hope that you consider this
virtual painting ceremony conscious one
way to acknowledge your accomplishments
and I hope that you still find other
beautiful creative ways to celebrate
this milestone that we all worked so
hard to achieve
many of us have stayed oblique to study
for exams and finish assignments
consumed unhealthy amounts of caffeine
and we stressed over how we would
balance work school internships and
still managed to make time for ourselves
and people who are important to us the
journey follow along and never ending at
times and when we finally reached a
point where the finish line was so close
our roles were turned upside down our
internships were terminated early
classes were transitioned to be an
online a social workers and training
were suddenly forced to be unsocial both
supposed to be our most exciting
semester as a senior quickly shifted
into a semester full of so much
uncertainty they yet here we are not
even a global pendant that could stop us
from achieving our degree and
celebrating despite the semester in not
buenas planned I am still so grateful to
have chosen the path of social work this
pandemic has shown just how truly
crucial social work is and how much the
world needs social workers during times
of crisis the risk of trauma it
increases and this pandemic is no
exception with social supports being
limited during this time it becomes
physically and emotionally difficult to
maintain or will be and so I asked
myself what is it that I'm willing to
learn from this situation what is the
takeaway
and what I've learned through this
global pandemic is that it's okay not to
be okay
and it's okay to feel lonely and it's
okay to be afraid this is a time filled
with so much uncertainty and so much
loss and fear that we're allowed to feel
whatever emotions we need to feel and
that's okay we are all working hard to
find the best ways to cope with what it
is we're experiencing right now
and now is the time to exercise
compassion not just for others but for
ourselves as well now more than ever the
work we do and the work we will do is so
valuable and the world is starting to
take notice we're constantly told that
this is not a money-making field and so
we don't enter this field to make the
big bucks we enter this field because we
have the heart and passion to serve
others we now have the opportunity to
use the skills and tools that we learn
from school and our own personal
experiences to continue to support
ourselves and others and to continue to
be agents of change it was a privilege
to be a part of such a unique and
special class and it was an honor to do
this journey with all of you
congratulations class of 2020 and good
luck on your next adventure I hope you
all continue to be kind create positive
change and take care of yourselves and
those around you Stacey and I'll see you
all May 20 21 stingers up
greetings to my fellow graduates and
your families I am Carla support essa
and MSW graduate I'm here in my living
room metaphorically standing before my
class professors department and our
friends and family I would first like to
thank you all for tuning into this
commencement video and I want to extend
my gratitude to both the Social Work
Department and the Social Work Student
Association for making this video happen
the impersonal nature of this
commencement does not diminish the fact
that I consider it an incredible honor
to represent my class and even more of a
privilege to address you during this
time a celebration
mix with uncertainty to that end fellow
graduates we have made it we started our
program bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
excited to start our MSW journey and be
conferred as Masters in Social Work
during our foundational year we quickly
learned that graduate students the
responsibilities and expectations of us
were greater than when we were Bachelor
students in both the classroom and and
our field placements the coursework was
at advanced levels assigned readings
were riddled with rich yet sometimes
inaccessible jargon and all the while
professors and field supervisors held us
up held us to the highest professional
standards but what is a master's program
without having to write a whole lot of
papers struggle through difficult exams
participate in dreaded group projects
and shed some tears while making quick
morning coffee run - grumpy mule to
answer this rhetorical question it's
likely not an accredited program the
papers and the projects and the exams
were all tangible items that determine
our GPA but what impacted us most as
budding social workers were the lessons
of the six core values of the Social
Work profession embedded within the
program in our experience at large the
curve the first core value is service to
help those who are disadvantaged by
social problems including homelessness
racial discrimination and poverty
social justice we have been taught to
advocate for vulnerable populations by
unveiling and challenging larger
problems that perpetuate oppression and
inequality the core value of dignity and
worth of a person emphasizes the
responsibility to provide unbiased
respect and care to clients regardless
of individual differences and/or any
outstanding circumstances this leads us
to the principle of valuing the
importance of human relationships the
well-being of individuals families and
communities are in part determined by
the quality of the relationships between
and among people and it is the social
workers responsibility to help promote
restore and maintain these relationships
integrity is a core value defined by the
by consistently behaving in a
trustworthy manner that exemplifies the
professions missions values standards
and ethical principles finally we have
competence of social workers we strive
to improve our professional expertise in
order to provide effective service to
our clients students interns and
community members we have demonstrated
these values in many ways the most
illustrative example however is a
response to the natural disaster the
camp fire during what was for many of us
our first semester of graduate school
the blaze from disaster from this
disaster wiped up 90% of the town of
Paradise and left thousands of people
and housed although a 8585 mile separate
Sacramento from the from Paradise the
camp fires effects on our class were
far-reaching instead of cowering before
the red and sky and the ashes many of us
continued to work at our field sites for
a lot for as long as we were allowed to
the populations we care for were already
impacted by poverty neighborhood
violence and other complex trauma and
disasters such as the campfire compound
or situations it was important that we
continue to do what we could for our
clients while ensuring our
that our own families were cared for as
well soon after the campfire started the
University campus closed through winter
break in spite of this we persevered by
continuing to do our necessary
coursework and care for our communities
and maintain our core values as social
workers having strong guiding values has
helped us overcome the challenges that
came with being MSW students and simply
being human we came out stronger from
the camp fire disaster and gained a
greater appreciation for our support
system and the work we do currently we
are facing yet again another
unprecedented and harrowing challenge in
kovat 19 pandemic and this time is not
just us within northern California
that's affected by this pandemic but
there are also global implications of
what the near future may bring
specifically our work with our clients
will be much different it will be
difficult to offer a reassuring smell
from behind our masks give a warm
handshake from six feet six feet away or
get an accurate understanding of our
clients of our clients situation from a
zoom call granted while we never foresaw
this new reality our core values will
remain the same and it will serve us not
only in this pandemic but in other
challenges and in the future take for
example how we endured and persevered
under the circumstances of the campfire
or even the challenges of juggling our
professional and personal lives each
time we came out stronger and we emerged
resilient this leads me to suggest a
seven core value resilience there is a
thing in the Phillipines bug my chaga
marinol Agha which translates to if
there is perseverance there is soup for
reference Malaga is a Filipino soup that
takes about three hours to prepare along
with the key ingredients of cube beef
briskets potatoes and bok choy
perseverance is a secret ingredient in
the mix that makes this dish possible to
that end the secret seven core value
resilience is what made it possible for
us to be six
well in this program and overcome
disasters and it will be one of the most
enduring principles during the
tumultuous times in our lives as we
continue to persevere and we look
forward to a time when our world will
heal and our communities will be further
strengthened although the current state
of the world may be gray and bleak it
does not invalidate all the sacrifices
we have made and the challenges we have
overcome and the resiliency we have
shown and now we have made it through
this program and now we are converting
Masters of Social Work this is a
momentous time and an achievement that
we all can be proud of and share with
our loved ones we have received
specialized training in different
avenues of care and above all we can the
invaluable experience of committing to
and utilizing the core values of Social
Work and the secret ingredients of
resilience be confident that you all
have the necessary skills and the values
to navigate the remaining days of the
Pend of this pandemic as with any
challenge this too shall pass and when
the time arrives and beyond these social
workers are essential and we are needed
more than ever in order to create a
safer kinder and more equitable world
for all so thank you and congratulations
to us and congratulations to all our
final speaker is our keynote speaker dr.
Susan Sullivan des eggman a leader with
decades of experience in public service
and community building dr. eggman was
first elected in November 2012 to
represent the 13th Assembly District
which draws together the San Joaquin
Delta communities of Stockton Tracy
Thornton and Mountain House Susan has
since been reelected in 2014 16 and 2018
Susan grew up on her family's small
almond orchard and apiary in Turlock it
was a Farm to Market family business
with Edmonds father and brother tending
the orchard and hives her mother keeping
the books and her ladder partner Renee
Hall bottling and selling the honey at
farmer's markets in San Francisco
continuing through three generations of
growing and beekeeping in California
Valley the operation ultimately
to over 40 acres of almonds and 2,000
beehives Susan joined the US Army out of
high school and served four years as a
medic after her service she attended
California State University Stanislaus
where she completed a bachelor's degree
in psychology and a master's degree in
social work she worked as a male health
provider and medical social worker
before completing a PhD at Portland
State University associate professor of
Social Work at California State
University Sacramento susan has taken a
leave of absence to serve in the state
assembly a lifelong learner susan passed
the licensed clinical social worker
examination shortly after assuming
office the chair of the assembly
Committee on agriculture susan also is a
member of the committee's on
appropriations utilities and energy
business and professions and natural
resources a former member of Stockton
City Council and the first Latina
elected to that office susan is
committed to policies that advance the
good of her whole community and
including improving access to health
care
expanding educational opportunities and
addressing her district's critical need
for resources to address crime she has a
proven record of working across partisan
divides to find working solutions to
real problems during her tenure in the
assembly susan has championed the cause
of establishing a California State
University in Stockton in addition she
has successfully authored legislation to
support the rights of undocumented
residents for victims of crimes
legislation to increase diversion
programs as an alternative to
incarceration for minor drug crimes and
authored the law that established the
multifamily affordable housing solar
roofs program which will invest up to 1
billion dollars over the next ten years
to install solar roofs and provide
electricity bill savings to residents of
multifamily home housing in
disadvantaged communities susan is also
the author of the landmark end of life
option act suzanne renee her spouse and
partner for more than 30 years live in
Stockton's Victory Park neighborhood
where they are raising their daughter
Emmie
please welcome dr. Edmund
although social workers I think we can
all start off by acknowledging this is a
very unique graduation so class of 2020
we're going into the field of Social
Work congratulations
my name is Susan Haven I'm a social
worker I'm a lead from Sac State as a
professor and I currently serve in the
California State Legislature so as you
prepare to graduate and go out there and
and are gonna enter into the world of
social work as a professional this is a
unique time I think we can all agree a
time coming out of a pandemic a time
when we are faced with disparities in
front of our eyes divisions in our
country bridges of chasms that perhaps
we don't think we can bridge but you
class of 2020 are the perfect people to
go out there and be that bridge we know
that since the beginning of time social
workers have stood for our core values
of service of social justice of dignity
and worth of the person of the
centrality of relationships to our
common experience to integrity to
competence those are the values that
define our practice as we go out into
the world whether it is in our prisons
whether it is in our school systems
whether it is working with our homeless
whether it is working in our hospitals
wherever your career path takes you and
the degree of social work provides you
many different paths many different
populations to work with we know that
this is going to be a unique time that
is going to call on all your skills to
be able to be that bridge to be able to
look for the best in people because even
though right now we think you know we're
in the middle of a pandemic we are
coming into a recession that will take
some time to get out and what we do know
is that those that it is our mission to
serve who are the most vulnerable are
those that will need our help the most
I think the pandemic has highlighted
what happens with disparities that when
crisis occurs those those on the very
bottom who need the most help those who
are or poor who are in prison who are
elderly who are in or sick all of those
people need our help and our skills
right now even more again social workers
you are not just do gooders you are
people with skills you have learned to
help people to help your communities so
that's what you're getting ready to go
out to do right now and again it can be
easy to get overwhelmed with the
divisions I invite you not to get into
the this is right this is wrong this is
right this is or because then we start
labeling people like that too and even
people whose values we don't agree with
if somebody can't reach out to them if
somebody can't help bridge this divide
then what work kind of work are we doing
so I invite you right now as we have
this great opportunity to go out and
serve in ways that we are going to be
called upon that perhaps historically
have never been present it is with
humility that I speak to you today as
someone who's been in the field for a
very long time who's been a professor at
Sac State currently on leave and who
serves in the California State
Legislature and it's a part of trying to
now pass a budget that will have an
impact on human beings lives and on your
lives so we need you we need you to
speak up for those who don't have others
to speak for them we need you to bring
stories of resiliency we need you to
celebrate the kindness of others because
we've also seen that highlighted through
this pandemic unlike any other time the
kindness of others reaching out wanting
to do more so this this is the time
where there it is it is ripe for the
kinds of work that we do so I invite you
not to be discouraged as we go forward
during the pandemic as we come out of
this as we face an uncertain future what
we do know is that social so the the
profession of Social Work was
established about the turn of the
century right when we knew we were going
into hard times when immigrants were
flooding to us when our living
situations in city
became untenable that's what began our
profession so let us return to those
roots of helping those who need it the
most and being open to see the
disparities that exist and to be able to
see the goodness and kindness of people
at the same time right we are not just
helping those who need our help we are
providing tools and resources for people
to be able to help themselves right and
it is through that work that we truly
truly truly make a difference I'm a
veteran of the United States Army and I
have often thought during my time as a
social worker that social workers are an
army too right we are all over the
country we are all over the world the
more we join each other the more we
value our networks of support because
it's not going to be easy right the the
career of Social Work you have not
picked something easy you have not
picked something that's gonna make you
which but you have picked something that
is going to make you rich in spirit and
just rich in in part of being part of
the human condition right because that's
one thing we can't forget we are all
part of this human condition together
you look to your left you look to your
right you look at your professors you
look at the people that you have been in
school with through these times of
uncertainty your family think about
those who you fall upon right now to
help prop you up and because those are
the networks that you're going to
continue to lean on in your career right
because it is going to be sometimes
depressing it is going to be sometimes
disheartening but we can't lose our hope
we can't lose our faith we can't lose
our our trust in people's ability to
change in a society's ability to change
and and finally become that place that
we all dream of right that land where
justice exists where every human being
is valued where competence and integrity
again and the values of humans of
service those are our values social
workers right and that is what we want
to go out and create in the larger world
right
it's not enough for us to hold those
values by living them by joining with
others and we all live them together
that's the way that we truly embody our
profession so don't go out there
thinking you're going to do it all
yourself you're gonna do it with others
you're gonna link arms into the the army
of social workers as we go forth we take
care of ourselves we do self-care so we
don't get bitter we don't get angry we
continue to look for those those kernels
of goodness we continue to look to that
to that to that mom who can make the
changes that we need her to make took
make sure her child is safe we look for
an immigration system that truly
welcomes everybody and where families
aren't separated we look to a time when
when criminal justice truly involves
reform we look to a time when hospitals
provide the basic needs for everybody
we look for a time and a place when
public education is a place where
everybody can thrive no matter their zip
code we look for a time in place when
our environment provides the same air
quality and the same water quality and
the same living conditions regardless of
our zip code because those are our
values service social justice dignity
and worth of the individual competence
integrity that's who we are and that's
what we live by our work and our work is
is is is what you have prepared for it
and I know a lot of you when I when I
got my MSW had already been in the field
for a while I know a lot of you do too
so I welcome you to this great
profession I invite you never to lose
hope I asked you never to lose your
passion for your profession of helping
others and never forget that you MSW z--
u BS w z-- all of you are a needed part
of this society we are often the ones
who speak for those who nobody else will
speak for
so find your voice develop your
confidence develop your competence
maintain your integrity value humans
always strive for social justice through
the act of service in relationship with
others there really is no other right
that has kind of been my my hallmark am
I engaged in service to achieve a higher
degree of justice through relationships
with others so welcome to the field I'm
sorry I couldn't be there with you in
person I hope to meet you all one day
and I'm sure at some point our paths
will cross in this great profession we
call social work congratulations class
of 2020
greetings fellow graduates families
faculty and staff I hope everyone is in
a safe condition together with your
family i am kimberly rose blanco the
curved and outgoing president of the
social work student association or SWS a
last year the SPSA assured in a new
aspect of celebration into the pinning
ceremony
each year the SW sa administers a survey
to graduating BSW and MSW students who
have the opportunity to vote on the
class speakers the keynote speaker in
quite importantly various awards for
students and faculty these awards
formally recognize the various
contributions of valued members of our
division the graduating students have
nominated voted and spoken now we would
like to recognize the MSW and BSW
students than the faculty the student
awards are as follows the helpee Han
awards recognize students who have been
exceptional in their support of their
fellow students during the program the
walk the walk awards recognize students
who have been embodied Social Work
values in the classroom the field and
the community the wholehearted Awards
recognizes the students who have had
exceptional impact in the community both
as a social worker and of the committed
citizen and the SMB sa award recognizes
one student was conducted the most
Walters service hours across the year
next the faculty awards are the
committed action awards recognize
faculty bumpers pug-nosed inspired
supported and mentored students as well
as have been a shining example of what
it means to be a social worker and the
phenomenal faculty award recognizes one
faculty member from across the entire
division who effectively embodies Social
Work values and ethics and you walk the
walk as an educator mentor and leader
Thank You Kim for that presentation of
the awards parallel to these awards we
would like to also pay recognition to
the Social Work Student Association
without whom this event would not be
possible as their faculty advisor this
year I have not only witnessed their
tireless efforts I've been impressed
with their commitment to supporting our
students and their professional growth
with much pride and gratitude on behalf
of the faculty and staff I want to thank
each of the officers for their committed
service
we will now move into the pinning
portion of the ceremony this unique
one-of-a-kind pin symbolizes not only
the countless time and energy each
student has put into completing the
program but more were the shared values
and ethics that each graduate has proven
to embody that now makes you a Social
Work professional this pin displays your
qualifications as well as our confidence
in you being social workers made at Sac
State
rest assured when is safe to reconvene
in person business at the university the
pins will be made available and
distributed to 2020 graduating BSW and
MSW students
lift every voice and sing till earth and
head
bring with the heart
Burtie let our rejoicing rise high
you skirt
now I'm gonna sing
so
full of the faith that the dough is I'm
gonna see
I'm gonna
I'm gonna
sing a song full of the pain that the
day that this time
the
facing the rise of a new day
it is my child
Oh God
become infertile Annika
No
Max is down yeah
keep that Elvis Africa Africa
Africa
thus Africa
and
but justice Africa
la vida
my kitchen
I guess
go
just
as we close I'd like to offer a few
final remarks on behalf of the faculty
and staff of the Division of Social Work
in the SW si again we congratulate all
the new MSW MPs of you graduates and we
salute the families partners kinship
networks and other important people who
supported you through your journey as
you move into your careers the division
looks forward to staying in touch with
you
we always welcome you to keep us
informed about what good works you are
doing our communities please stay
connected to the divisions social media
accounts and the University's alumni
network and please stay connected with
the profession through the national
association of social work or NASW Ed's
California chapter contact information
and more follow us on one of the closing
slides next just after these remarks the
faculty and staff of the division have
assembled well wishes and good tidings
to send you off on your career paths
please know that we have been and will
continue to be committed to your success
we have all been in conversation this
semester about how it all we are of all
of you watching rise to the task to
finish and so determined to get to doing
social work as new professionals so
congratulations again and enjoy your
faculty send-off to you now finally I
would like to offer you a timely message
inspired by the compelling words of
Charles King a staunch leader and
advocate for HIV and AIDS and housing
justice well he spoke similar and
renowned words for the HIV epidemic
years ago I have taken this charge to
provide some context for yet another
pandemic that we are currently living
through and that you are graduating into
kovat 19 can learn much from that the
still going epidemic of HIV and AIDS the
reality of koban 19 is that is caused by
a virus but that virus would not have
created the pandemic that now exists if
we're not fueled by homophobia biphobia
strands phobias racism ethnocentrism
cícero sexism capitalism classism
ableism oligarchies and systems of
postmodern enslavement Kovan 19 is is a
disease that persist as a consequence of
economic and social marginalization
prejudices biases discrimination and
disinformation
whether it was and always has been gay
men Haitians sex workers IV drug users
old people people of color or the
subservient working class COBIT 19 has
been able to wreak its havoc because it
has in the main taking the lives of
people deemed expendable
and that is why Kogan 19 is not an
exception rather it is yet another
symptom of the state of civil rights and
the injustice 'as in our country as well
as the impossibility z' and
possibilities of liberation for our
peoples who are black brown asian
pacific-islander indigenous lgbtq+ women
immigrant poor working-class and
disabled people whether we want to own
it or not and those people not in the
main have always known this
graduates the divisions mission is to
prepare competent Social Work
professionals who will lead and serve
our region and state promoting social
justice the worth of all humans and the
improvement of the quality of life of
those marginalized and justice-seeking
in no time in our modern history is this
mission and your training more important
I ask that you look at our world today
we have all participated in how this
world has been built
however today of all days as we
recognize and commend our new social
workers we must also recognize and that
we have the obligation to not simply
question this world or critique its
rules but we have the duty to rebuild it
in a more just and equitable way
graduates we implore you to rebuild this
world because this is your world and you
all are essential to the work ahead so
congratulations and unwavering
solidarity with you all onwards
I love you
so we are here we are here not nearly to
gather but to move right in our
movements our movements require us to do
more than just show up and say the right
words it requires us to break out of our
comfort zones and be confrontational it
requires us to defend one another when
it is difficult and dangerous
right
together we're creating a statement
returning to our
to organize to resist
once one tribe one time one planet One
race it's all one that don't care about
your face color you're out of toner your
skin don't care what you are don't care
when you because where we gonna go is
where we wanna be the place where the
native language is unity and the content
of this comp injeel and the main ideas
are connected like a sphere don't
propaganda they try to up and expand I'm
loving this beast lately and I'm loving
this piece lately and I'm loving this
piece I don't need no leader that's
gonna force me the concept to make me
think I neither feel my brother and fear
my sister shoot my neighbor with my big
toe if I had an enemy giving me fired
enemy giving me if I had an enemy to my
enemies gonna try to come and kill me
cuz I'm his enemy there's one tribe
y'all what tribe y'all tribe y'all
people let's catch that leisure forget
about all that evil
evil that evil that they feature let's
catch that diva forget about all that
they feed you
one people fifa one trap will travel a
tribe one time one planet one race one
run one people one too many thing that's
causing one to forget about the main
cause connecting uniting but the evil is
sitting in alive in us so our weapons
are colliding and our peace is sinking
like Poseidon but we know that the one
the evil was planned by the Sun so we
come and try to separate the Sun but he
dumb he didn't know we had it would
overcome we should relate by the beam of
the trunk come together by the cycle all
the hum and freedom when all become one
forever
one tribe y'all Travie ah
what tribe y'all
people let's catch that leisure forget
about our evil
evil the evil that they feature lets
cassadee's your
one people
people
one hot what we equal
connected like the Internet United
that's how we do
let's break wall so we see through let
love and please lead you we could
overcome the complication cuz we need to
help each other make this changes
brother sister we erase this way of
thinking the we can chase this bad
condition great use your mind and not
your greed let's connect them to proceed
this is something not believe we are one
we are just people want tribe y'all what
tribe y'all one tribe y'all we all want
people let's cap amnesia forget about
all that evil
all that evil that evil that they feed
you let's cut that measure
one tribe
poor people
what people
what what what people worked it worked
one people worked it worked it one
people let's let's cats add ninja Lord
help me out trying to figure out what
it's all about cuz we wanting the same
same joy same pain and I hope that you
dare what I need you maybe we need
amnesia and I don't wanna sound like a
preacher but we need to be one one world
one cup one passion once I won't
understand
become one
we
