Maria Shriver

May 12, 2012

Events

The Power of the Pause

By Maria Shriver

Remarks delivered on Friday, May 11, 2012 at University of Southern California's Annenberg School Commencement Ceremony

Good morning, Annenberg graduates -- and congratulations! You’ve made it through one of the most prestigious universities in the world. You are accomplished -- and, yes, you are blessed.

Blessed to be stepping out into the world with your degrees in journalism, PR, and Communication -- right at the moment when it seems like everything in the world is about communication.

We’re communicating like never before -- across borders and time zones -- on platforms, devices, computers, tablets, phones, apps, games, you name it.

Communicating 24/7-- wired and wirelessly -- talking, texting, and tweeting -- trending and friending -- to the other side of the room and the other side of the planet -- spitting out the old, in order to consume the new.

Every minute you’re awake, you’re reaching out beyond yourself -- waaay out beyond. It feels like the entire universe is an extension of your own nervous system.

You communicate instantly, automatically, and effortlessly. For you...communicating is like breathing.

And today, you’re rarin’ to go. Rarin’ to out into the “real” world -- to get a job and transform the world of communication yet again. It’s a race to be next, to be first, to be new. Sorta scary, isn’t it.

I get that -- because when I close my eyes, it feels like just yesterday that I sat where you are, and I remember exactly how I felt.

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December 1, 2011

Events

Join Us! Project 360, Nancy O’Dell and Lauren Potter Team Up to Support Best Buddies

By MariaShriver.com

On Tuesday evening, December 6th, Project 360, Nancy O’Dell and Lauren Potter will be co-hosting an evening of fun at Fred Segal Couture in Santa Monica to benefit "Team Maria Best Buddies" for the 2012 Hearst Castle Challenge.

The evening will include great food, manicures, an eyelash bar, music, and The Real Housewives of New York Cindy’s spa line, Completely Bare. Be a part of the making of a new PSA for the "End the R-Word" campaign.

A $100 donation will be required for admission and attendees at this level will receive the Project 360 t-shirt pictured above. $25 student and children ticket options also available. Click here to purchase tickets.

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