Pharrell To College Graduates: ‘We Need To Lift Up Our Women’

“As you find your way to serve humanity it gives me great comfort knowing that this generation is the first that understands that we need to lift up our women,” Williams, who was also honored with a Doctor of Fine Arts degree by the university for his commitment to change and education, said. “Imagine the possibilities when women are not held back. Your generation is unraveling deeply entrenched laws, principals, and misguided values that have held women back for far too long and, therefore, have held us all back. The human race.”  

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