A message from Dale Weeks
May 10, 2020
Congratulations to each one of you on your accomplishment over the last 3+ years in Law School at Temple University!
The world stands in front of you as your opportunity to change our planet in whatever way you choose, during our Covid-19 era and well beyond.
As further background as you ponder your future, I would refer you to two “keynote speeches” that were relevant during my time at the undergraduate college level. They are:
1. Robert F. Kennedy’s “Day of Affirmation” address on June 6, 1966 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp81OYCjXtU&t=1544s
2. John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration address to our nation on January 20, 1961 in Washington, DC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC1C4p0k3E
Both of these addresses, to me, are overwhelmingly inspirational statements that remain highly relevant today as we all face many global challenges going forward in the Year 2020.
Also, if I may, as a concluding thought, I offer you this quote below (used by Senator Ted Kennedy at the funeral of his brother RFK in 1968) and originally attributed to George Bernard Shaw:
” Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”
Robert Kennedy visited my undergraduate school (St. Lawrence University) in 1968 and we all saw him on campus. His voice still resonates with me and many of us as graduates as related to that tumultuous period of the 1960’s.
Take these messages to your heart as you progress in the Year 2020. Go forward and do good things.
“Ask not what your planet can do for you, ask what you can do for your planet!!”
That is my JFK adaptation for you today.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Dale F. Weeks, Family Friend and Member for
Vitoria Medeiros, Temple Law School
Graduating Class of 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
850-591-1076
rei89dfw@gmail.com