Telling the Solar Story Gabrielle Giffords September 10, 2009 – Solar Economics Forum, Washington DC Good morning everyone. It’s great to be with you all today to take part in this important discussion on the future of solar energy. As many of you may know, I’m...
A Sick Child Sally Quinn 1999 Ben and I couldn’t turn down an opportunity to help the extraordinary Wendt Center when Father Wendt had christened our son Quinn soon after he had had heart surgery at Children’s Hospital 18 years ago. When we were trying to...
The Crusade Against Cancer Diahann Carroll February 9, 2001 – World Summit Against Cancer, Paris, France Bonjour. Good afternoon. Thank you for your gracious invitation to join this assembly of medical and scientific professionals who collectively, in my...
Still in Love With Words Helen Gurley Brown January 24, 1996 – Henry Johnson Fisher Award, Magazine Publishers Association Thank you. Many of us in this room tonight live in the world of print. I’d like to talk to you about cyberspace. Not unlike Ivana...
Learning from the 60s Audre Lorde February 1982 – Malcolm X Weekend, Harvard University, Cambridge MA Malcolm X is a distinct shape in a very pivotal period of my life. I stand here now – black, lesbian, feminist – an inheritor of Malcolm and...
On Peace Golda Meir May 26, 1970 — Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel At this opening of our parliamentary session, I wish to survey the security and political conjuncture. In recent months, and in the past weeks especially, the security situation has worsened...
