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President Obama prepares for his commencement speech today at Notre Dame. First Lady Michelle Obama offered words of wisdom Saturday to the class of 2009 at the University of California at Merced, urging the new graduates to give back to their communities.
We need your ideas, graduates. We need your resourcefulness. We need your inventiveness. Dream big, think broadly about your life, remember that you are blessed. Remember that in exchange for those blessings, you must give something back. Hold on to the hope that brought you here today, the hope of laborers and immigrants, settlers and slaves, whose blood and sweat built this community and made it possible for you to sit in these seats. You are the hope of Merced and of this nation. And be the realization of our dreams, and the hope for the next generation. We believe in you. Thank you so much, and good luck. God bless you all.