{"id":10388,"date":"2026-05-20T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:30:00","slug":"harrison-ford-urges-arizona-state-graduates-to-extend-social-justice-during-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=10388","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Ford urges Arizona State graduates to &#8216;extend social justice&#8217; during commencement speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Actor Harrison Ford\u00a0told graduates at Arizona State University (ASU) to \u201cextend social justice\u201d to clean up the environmental \u201cmess\u201d his generation left behind for them.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary \u201cStar Wars\u201d and \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d actor gave\u00a0the commencement speech\u00a0during a graduation ceremony on May 11, where he received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters degree for his work in conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Ford\u2019s background in fighting\u00a0climate change\u00a0was a significant theme throughout the speech as he warned students about the need for \u201ccultural change\u201d to prevent \u201cmass extinction\u201d caused by corruption and global warming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHumanity is a part of nature, not above it,\u201d Ford said. \u201cWe have an essential mandate to protect 30% of the world\u2019s land and sea by 2030, to prevent the mass extinction, to slow the warming of our planet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harrison Ford told ASU grads his generation left them an environmental \u201cmess\u201d and urged them to \u201cextend social justice.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Arizona State University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cStill, despite new science, new policies, we are still losing nature to profiteering, corruption, conflict \u2014 including land that is already protected on paper. These efforts matter, but they\u2019re not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWe need cultural change. We need to extend social justice. We need to respect and elevate the Indigenous people that are being marginalized and, in many cases, killed in cold blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese communities have long understood that the trees, the mountain, water, soil are not commodities. They are relatives to be cherished for following generations to embrace and protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cStar Wars\u201d icon warned of \u201cmass extinction\u201d from corruption and global warming. <span class=\"credit\">Arizona State University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ford encouraged graduates and members of their generation to go out and \u201cchange the world\u201d after acknowledging that past generations, including his, left the world a mess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can all play a role by embracing that wisdom in our day-to-day lives, by loving the planet, by honoring nature\u2019s authority, her generosity, the bounty she affords us, the justice of her example, because the world you\u2019re stepping into, the world my generation left you, is a real mess,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cYour generation has far more power than you may realize. And if you harness that power, if you find your leadership, your issues, your voice, the world will not be able to ignore you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to\u00a0Fox News Digital, a ASU representative pointed to another speech given by University President Michael Crow, who praised the founding of America and called people who were sick of the country \u201closers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ford, a frequent critic of President Trump, received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters degree. <span class=\"credit\">Arizona State University<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[U]niversities are not about one perspective or position,\u201d the ASU representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Ford, who previously said his \u201cmoral purpose was\u00a0being a Democrat,\u201d has also been a frequent critic of President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He was among several celebrities who endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris 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