{"id":4230,"date":"2018-07-12T15:50:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T19:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/peggy-shepards-2018-commencement-address-at-lawrence-university\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:52:08","slug":"peggy-shepards-2018-commencement-address-at-lawrence-university","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/peggy-shepards-2018-commencement-address-at-lawrence-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Shepard\u2019s 2018 Commencement Address at Lawrence University"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4230","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry","update_type-announcements","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":"","update_type":[363],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Commencement 2018: Peggy Shepard (Intro by President Burstein)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3dc4k9mTb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;\">WE ACT Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard was invited to give the commencement address at Lawrence University on June 10, 2018. 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