BERRY: University official hopes Berry speech 'inspires' students to make changes in community

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“When you’re a college student, you have so much passion for so many things, but you get lost in how to do it,” Robinson said. “Dr. Berry is a perfect example of someone who put their passion and turned it into action.”

Walker-Smith said that seeing Berry speak in person is a totally different experience.

“Just being exposed is enough.” Walker-Smith said. “It’s one thing to read about them or to see someone on TV, but to actually say that you were in the presence of this individual is another thing.

To see someone like [Berry] in person is to also see her achievements and trailblazing in-person. I hope people are inspired by her and know they can do anything like she did.”

Robinson said that students will be changed by Berry’s speech.

“I hope people in the audience know that these activists are people like us. Sometimes people forget those people out there are humans too.” Robinson said. “These are people who went out there and did it. The students in that audience will have their lives forever changed from hearing this woman who accomplished so much and I hope they know they can enact change too.”