Edelman发表NC State Spring开学演讲

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玛丽安·赖特·埃德曼（Marian Wright Edelman）, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will deliver North Carolina State University’s commencement address on Saturday, May 12 at 9 a.m. in the PNC Arena in Raleigh.

During the ceremony, Chancellor Randy Woodson will confer honorary degrees on Edelman and Temple Grandin, a pioneer in improving farm animal health and welfare.

埃德尔曼（Edelman）一直是美国职业生涯中处于弱势美国人的拥护者。爱德曼（Edelman）是斯佩尔曼学院（Spelman College）和耶鲁大学法学院（Yale Law School）的毕业生，是第一位进入密西西比州酒吧的黑人妇女。她指挥了密西西比州杰克逊市的NAACP法律辩护和教育基金办公室。

在1968年，她移居华盛顿特区，担任穷人竞选活动的律师，马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）博士在去世前开始组织。她创立了华盛顿研究项目，该项目是一家公共利益律师事务所，并指导了哈佛大学的法律和教育中心，然后于1973年成立儿童国防基金。

Edelman’s many awards include the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize; the Heinz Award; a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. She received the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings. Her books include “Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change,” “The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours,” “I’m Your Child, God: Prayers for Our Children,” and “The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation.”

科罗拉多州立大学动物科学教授格兰丁（Grandin）以设计牲畜设施和设备的工作而闻名。美国和加拿大的一半牛在她设计的设备中处理。

At age 2 she had all the signs of severe autism. Intensive speech therapy and teaching enabled her to learn to speak. Mentoring by a high school teacher and aunt motivated Grandin to become a scientist. She earned a doctorate from the University of Illinois. Her book “Animals in Translation” was a New York Times best seller and her livestock handling textbook is in its fourth edition.

Her other books include “Thinking in Pictures,” “Animals Make Us Human” and “The Autistic Brain.” An HBO film about her won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. Grandin served on the Autism Society of America’s board and speaks to parents and teachers across the country. In 2010 Time Magazine named her one of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World.” She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 and the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017.

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