Honored by Southern Vermont College

On May 9, 2015, Southern Vermont College, which is an extraordinary college with a just and noble mission, awarded me an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. I am humbled by this incredible honor. I delivered the commencement speech, in which I suggested to the students that success is truly found not in achievement but in authentic striving. The quest for liberation is itself the liberating act, the search for beauty is itself beautiful, in the search for social justice is where you will create social justice and the search for the better more ethical life is already the better life. It was a lovely day. These terrific photos of the event were taken by Max Flatow.