Marian Wright Edelman will address Portland State University graduates next month | OregonLive.com

Marian Wright Edelman will address Portland State University graduates next month | OregonLive.com

Marian Wright Edelman will address Portland State University graduates next month

By Bill Graves, The Oregonian

May 25, 2010, 4:04PM

Associated PressMarian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, will deliver the commencement speech to the Portland State University Class of 2010 next month.

Edelman will address the largest graduating class in PSU’s history atcommencement ceremonies that begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 13, in Portland’s Rose Garden Arena.

“Marian Wright Edelman has improved the lives of countless children,” said PSU President Wim Wiewel in a prepared statement. “Her message of empowering our nation’s youth through education and outreach is a vision we share at Portland State University.”

Edelman graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta and Yale Law School and became the first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi