From 6f08bca30688094d34e96eb4db979dc54e335906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "github-actions[bot]" Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 02:51:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update at Tue Dec 17 02:51:56 UTC 2024 --- rss.xml | 36 ++--- ...a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators.md | 135 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) create mode 100644 speeches-remarks/2024-12/2024-12-16-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators.md diff --git a/rss.xml b/rss.xml index f59543aa..170d79fb 100644 --- a/rss.xml +++ b/rss.xml @@ -8,11 +8,28 @@ The White House Briefing Room - Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:03:56 -0500 + Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:53:04 -0500 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ + + + Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at a Virtual Thank You Event for Educators + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/16/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators/ + + + Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:53:04 -0500 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/16/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators/ + + + speeches-remarks + + Statement by Vice President Kamala Harris on the School Shooting in Madison, WI @@ -506,22 +523,5 @@ presidential-actions </category> </item> - <item> - <title> - Notice to the Congress on the Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corruption - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/11/notice-to-the-congress-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-serious-human-rights-abuse-and-corruption/ - - - Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:07:30 -0500 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/11/notice-to-the-congress-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-serious-human-rights-abuse-and-corruption/ - - - presidential-actions - - diff --git a/speeches-remarks/2024-12/2024-12-16-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators.md b/speeches-remarks/2024-12/2024-12-16-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3e55200f --- /dev/null +++ b/speeches-remarks/2024-12/2024-12-16-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +--- +date: '2024-12-16' +modified_time: 2024-12-16 20:53:10-05:00 +published_time: 2024-12-16 20:53:04-05:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/16/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-a-virtual-thank-you-event-for-educators/ +tags: speeches-remarks +title: "Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill\_Biden at a Virtual Thank\ + \ You Event for\_Educators" +--- + +South Court Auditorium +Eisenhower Executive Office Building + +Good evening. + +We owe our schools and our communities better. We cannot accept this as +normal. We must protect our children and educators from gun violence. + +Thank you for being here. + +It’s hard to believe that this is one of our last gatherings of +educators at the White House. + +The day after Joe was inaugurated, nearly four years ago, I began my +time as First Lady by thanking our nation’s educators, alongside Randi +and Becky. + +The pandemic was still raging, so we sat six feet apart. And on that +day, I promised you that as long as Joe was in the White House, +educators would always have a seat at the table. That promise has been +my guiding light over the last four years, and I hope you have felt your +impact in all we’ve accomplished together.  + +We began this journey together. + +I asked Randi and Becky to help gather us again as this chapter comes to +a close. + +And my message to you is simple: thank you. + +Over the last four years, we’ve built an even stronger education system +in this country—and it took all of us. Because policies don’t work +unless we implement them in our classrooms. And our schools don’t +transform lives without educators who are dedicated to this calling. + +So thank you. + +Thank you for opening your hearts and your classrooms to me, all across +the country. For joining me for the first-ever Teachers of the Year +State Dinner here at the White House. For coming together during the +last election. For using your “teacher voice” to organize and get out +the vote. + +And I know that you will continue to push our nation forward in the way +that only teachers can, making sure that our students are front and +center. + +Joe and I will be there with you every step of the way. + +Most of all, I want to thank you for devoting your lives to our nation’s +students through the good days and tough ones, through setbacks and +breakthroughs, through careful lesson plans and all the surprises we +could never plan for. + +Being your First Lady has been the honor of my life. But being your +colleague has been the work of my life. + +Last Thursday, I taught my last class of the semester, and my final +class ever at Northern Virginia Community College. + +I will always love this profession, which is why I continued to teach +full-time while serving as your First Lady. + +And I couldn’t have done it without the love and support of fellow +educators. + +At every turn, you’ve stood by my side, lifted my spirits, and helped me +remember that we’re in this together. + +And I will always be grateful to those who lead us forward. + +Becky, thank you for being a bold champion of students and educators—and +for encouraging them to become change-makers too. You help us set our +sights on a brighter future, and show us how to fight for every inch of +progress. + +Randi, you are a force, and you use your power to lift up educators so +that we can lift up our students. You remind us that we are not alone, +and that we are unstoppable when we act together. + +Joe and I are so grateful to both of you, and all of the educators that +you represent. + +And now, I’ll turn it over to Randi. + +\*\*\* + +Thank you, Becky. + +Just a couple of weeks ago, on one of my final overseas trips, the U.S. +Ambassador in Qatar told me about how, all of these years later, he +still remembers the English teacher who changed his life. + +All of us have someone we credit for creating an inflection point in our +lives. And you are that someone. + +Every day, you see something in your students—a spark of passion, a +glimmer of talent—and you say, don’t let the world miss out on your +light. + +Thanks to you, light shines out of your classrooms, every student a sun +ray of your legacy. + +We don’t always see how far that light travels. + +But right now, someone out there is standing a little taller because you +helped them find the confidence they needed. + +Someone is working a little harder because you pushed them to try. + +Someone is braver because you helped them find their courage. + +And someone has become a teacher and mentor to their own students, +because all of us are links in an endless chain of educators. + +And while the world shifts under our feet, we will always have each +other. + +So right now, more than anything else, my message to you is this: Lean +on each other. Be each other’s strength. And never forget the power of +education to transform lives. + +From the bottom of my heart, thank you, and happy holidays. + +\###