UW-Madison grad`s emotional commencement speech goes viral: `We`re gonna teach `em how to say goodbye.`


UW-Madison grad`s emotional commencement speech goes viral: `We`re gonna teach `em how to say goodbye.`


When Lisa Kamal got up on stage in front of the 7,300-strong winter graduating class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she stopped, took a deep breath and started to sing.

"Raise a glass to freedom, raise a glass to all of us, telling the story of — today."...

...In the month since she made the speech — a poignant meditation on belonging, resilience, diversity, mental health and kindness toward oneself — the video went viral, garnering 3.5 million views across multiple social media platforms and a lot of attention, especially from her home country of Malaysia...

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