马萨诸塞州代表。Liz Miranda'02提供她的开始致辞。

这是一个漫长的，艰难的一年，预测呼吁雷暴。但是，在6月4日星期五，天空已经清除了2021年级的570名成员，以庆祝学院​​的第143届开始。Paula Johnson总裁欢迎来自美国周边的遣散生和超过100名学者的老年人，来自中国，印度，摩洛哥，波多黎各，沙特阿拉伯，韩国和津巴布韦。

For the first time, an acknowledgment that Wellesley is built on the ancestral and unceded lands of Indigenous people was offered, partly in Wampanoag, by Kimimilasha “Kisha” James ’21, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and Oglala Lakota.

Class speaker Lia James ’21 recalled the challenges and gifts of the last four years, offering a Haitian proverb, “Remember the rain that made your corn grow,” to evoke the transformation difficult times can bring. “I am still blown away by the radical acts of courage and advocacy I see spearheaded by members of our class,” she said, urging them to continue to “say what needs to be said. … Be an ally, be an advocate, be a co-conspirator for change.”

呼应Lia James的挑战和变革的主题，开始发言者Massachusetts State Rep。Liz Miranda'02说：“你将创造美丽的新空间，为我们的社会带来治疗，对我们的家庭人的创新，以及转型对无数社区的改革爱。......说出真相并用它们作为改变世界的催化剂。......是勇敢的，sibs。勇敢起来。世界需要你。继续要求更多。“

Paula Johnson总统告诉课堂，“你已经挑战了美国 - 你已经改变了我们，”提醒他们他们所取得的差异。“谢谢你，我们正在做更多的事情来解决气候变化。您的领导和批准减少碳减少学生投票倡议的意愿在我们的受托人委员会决定禁止在化石燃料中的新捐赠投资的决定中有用。“

There may not have been a brass ensemble or any cheering families on hand to mark the moment, but the carillon rang jubilant changes as the seniors threw their tams in the air, heading into the world with Lia James’s exhortation sounding in their ears: “Stay loud.”