Graduation should mark a joyous new beginning, not the start of an anxiety-ridden, decades-long financial… — Bernie Sanders

If my campaign for president stood for anything, it was about all of us standing together, as one nation, to demand a better life for all.

During the campaign, we forced discussion on issues the establishment had swept under the rug for far too long. We brought attention to the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality in this country and the importance of breaking up the large banks that brought our economy to the brink of collapse. We exposed our horrendous trade policies, our broken criminal justice system, and our people's lack of access to affordable health care and higher education. We addressed the global crisis of climate change, the need for real comprehensive immigration reform, the importance of developing a foreign policy that values diplomacy over war, and so much more.

I do write my own speeches.