The Longform Guide to Commencement Addresses

Sheryl Sandberg ? Barnard College ? December 2009

The Facebook COO on her generation?s failures and the continuing gender gap in American business and politics.

?So today, we turn to you. You are the promise for a more equal world. You are our hope. I truly believe that only when we get real equality in our governments, in our businesses, in our companies and our universities, will we start to solve this generation?s central moral problem, which is gender equality. We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women?s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

So my hope for all of you here, for every single one of you, is that you?re going to walk across the stage and get your diploma. You?re going to go out tonight or maybe all summer and celebrate. You deserve it. And then you?re going to lean way into your career. You?re going to find something you love doing, and you?re going to do it with gusto. You?re going to pick your field and you?re going to ride it all the way to the top.?

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