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Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ Who Would Take India’s Wealth

The direct language used against the country’s largest minority was a contrast to the image Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents on the world stage.

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By Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj

Reporting from New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called Muslims “infiltrators” who would take India’s wealth if his opponents gained power — unusually direct and divisive language from a leader who normally lets others do the dirtiest work of polarizing Hindus against Muslims.

Mr. Modi, addressing voters in the state of Rajasthan, referred to a remark once made by Manmohan Singh, his predecessor from the opposition Indian National Congress Party. Mr. Singh, Mr. Modi claimed, had “said that Muslims have the first right to the wealth of the nation. This means they will distribute this wealth to those who have more children, to infiltrators.”

Mr. Modi aimed his emotional appeal at women, addressing “my mothers and sisters” to say that his Congress opponents would take their gold and give it to Muslims.

Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ in Speech During India Elections

Prime minister narendra modi of india was criticized by the opposition for remarks he made during a speech to voters in rajasthan state..

I’m sorry, this is a very disgraceful speech made by the prime minister. But, you know, the fact is that people realize that when he says the Congress Party is going to take all your wealth and give it to the Muslims, that this is just a nakedly communal appeal which normally any civilized election commission would disallow and warn the candidate for speaking like this.

Implications like these — that Muslims have too many babies, that they are coming for Hindus’ wives and daughters, that their nationality as Indian is itself in doubt — are often made by representatives of Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P.

Mr. Modi’s use of such language himself, as he campaigns for a third term in office, raised alarm that it could inflame right-wing vigilantes who target Muslims , and brought up questions about what had prompted his shift in communication style. Usually, Mr. Modi avoids even using the word “Muslims,” coyly finding ways to refer indirectly to India’s largest minority group, of 200 million people.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of the Congress party, called Mr. Modi’s remarks “hate speech.” Asaduddin Owaisi, who represents the only national party for Muslims, lamented how “common Hindus are made to fear Muslims while their wealth is being used to enrich others.”

Tom Vadakkan, a spokesman for the B.J.P., said that Mr. Modi’s speech was being misinterpreted. “This is not about our compatriots, the Muslims,” he said. Mr. Modi was talking only about “infiltrators,” according to Mr. Vadakkan.

The prime minister’s fiery oration, delivered in 100-degree heat in the town of Banswara in arid Rajasthan, marked a contrast to the image he presents in international contexts.

During a visit to the White House in June, Mr. Modi said there was “no question of discrimination” in India. When he played host to the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi three months later, he chose the theme “the world is one family”(in Sanskrit, the primary liturgical language of orthodox Hinduism).

He put his own face on soft-power outreach programs like World Yoga Day, broadcast to Times Square, using it to present a Hindu-centric India as a benign “teacher to the world.”

Campaigns that divide Hindus and Muslims can be useful in animating the hard-right Hindu base of Mr. Modi’s otherwise broad-based electorate, especially in places like Banswara, where Hindus outnumber Muslims by three to one.

With his remarks, Mr. Modi may have been trying to close a divide that has opened among Hindus in Rajasthan over whether to support the B.J.P., with one prominent group holding protests over comments made by a party official.

But the prime minister’s speech was also clearly intended for a wider audience; he shared a clip on his official social media channels.

The B.J.P. remains the favorite to win another parliamentary majority when six weeks of voting concludes on June 1 and ballots are counted three days later. Mr. Kharge, the Congress party president, called Mr. Modi’s speech — perhaps hopefully — a sign of desperation, adding that opposition candidates must be faring well in the early stages of balloting.

Neerja Chowdhury, a columnist and the author of “How Prime Ministers Decide,” echoed Mr. Kharge, saying that, in her view, “voters are expressing their dissatisfaction much more openly this time.” The B.J.P. is capable of a swift course correction, she added, because “they get feedback very quickly.”

Rahul Gandhi, the public face of the Congress party , said that Mr. Modi’s comments had been intended as a diversion from subjects that trouble ordinary voters, like joblessness and inflation.

That the prime minister alluded to religion at all in his speech drew complaints that he may have violated India’s election rules.

Candidates are supposed to be barred from asking for votes in the name of religion or caste. But B.J.P. leaders regularly invoke Hindu deities during campaign rallies. The country’s Election Commission, which enforces the rules, has taken little action against the party, even as it has moved against members of other parties in similar cases.

Uddhav Thackeray, a former ally of Mr. Modi’s who is now running against the B.J.P., declared that he would now ignore an Election Commission order to remove the word “Hindu” from his own party’s campaign song.

The basis for Mr. Modi’s attack was a 22-second excerpt from a statement that Mr. Singh, a Sikh economist who was the prime minister before Mr. Modi, made in 2006. Mr. Singh had been listing many of the traditionally disadvantaged groups in India, including lower-caste Hindus and tribal populations, and “in particular the Muslim community,” and said that all should share equitably in the nation’s wealth.

Since Mr. Modi took office in 2014, Muslims haven’t had a proportional share of India’s steady economic and social development . Just one of the 430 candidates the B.J.P. is fielding in the current election is Muslim.

Mr. Singh’s speech from 2006 seems old now, but it was made just four years after riots in the state of Gujarat under the watch of Mr. Modi. Hindus and Muslims hacked and burned one another and at least 1,000 died, most of them Muslims.

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of Muslim candidates that the B.J.P. is fielding in India’s current election. It is one, not zero.

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Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the site of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, accusing U.S. journalists of undercovering the war in Gaza and misrepresenting it. (AP video by Serkan Gurbuz)

An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war.

President Joe Biden, right, introduces host Colin Jost at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Joe Biden, right, and host Colin Jost attend the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Joe Biden makes a toast to a free press at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A demonstrator with red paint on their hand and face is seen behind a police barricade during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Demonstrators lay in the street during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war before the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Demonstrators hold a sign while press vest lay on the ground covered in red paint during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Demonstrators protest as guests arrive at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

A Palestinian flag hangs on the side of the Washington Hilton as demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war before the start of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Joe Biden applauds at the conclusion of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Host Colin Jost speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. Looking on at left is President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A demonstrator protests as guests arrive at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Scarlett Johansson, right, waves as Lorne Michaels, “Saturday Night Live” creator and producer, looks on at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Demonstrators protest as guests arrive at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Demonstrators protest before the start of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

George Washington University students protest the Israel-Hamas war at the university in Washington, Saturday, April 27, 2024. President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, April 27, 2024, before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attendee, second right, confronts a protester before the start of the event outside the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Demonstrators protest as attendees arrive at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war as a guest, left, arrives at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

A demonstrator lays candles on the ground next to press vest covered in red paint during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Host Colin Jost speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON (AP) —

The war in Gaza spurred large protests outside a glitzy roast with President Joe Biden, journalists, politicians and celebrities Saturday but went all but unmentioned by participants inside, with Biden instead using the annual White House correspondents’ dinner to make both jokes and grim warnings about Republican rival Donald Trump’s fight to reclaim the U.S. presidency.

An evening normally devoted to presidents, journalists and comedians taking outrageous pokes at political scandals and each other often seemed this year to illustrate the difficulty of putting aside the coming presidential election and the troubles in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Biden opened his roast with a direct but joking focus on Trump, calling him “sleepy Don,” in reference to a nickname Trump had given the president previously.

Despite being similar in age, Biden said, the two presidential hopefuls have little else in common. “My vice president actually endorses me,” Biden said. Former Trump Vice President Mike Pence has refused to endorse Trump’s reelection bid.

But the president quickly segued to a grim speech about what he believes is at stake this election, saying that another Trump administration would be even more harmful to America than his first term.

“We have to take this serious — eight years ago we could have written it off as ‘Trump talk’ but not after January 6,” Biden told the audience, referring to the supporters of Trump who stormed the Capitol after Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 election.

Trump did not attend Saturday’s dinner and never attended the annual banquet as president. In 2011, he sat in the audience, and glowered through a roasting by then-President Barack Obama of Trump’s reality-television celebrity status. Obama’s sarcasm then was so scalding that many political watchers linked it to Trump’s subsequent decision to run for president in 2016.

Biden’s speech, which lasted around 10 minutes, made no mention of the ongoing war or the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

One of the few mentions came from Kelly O’Donnell, president of the correspondents’ association, who briefly noted some 100 journalists killed in Israel’s 6-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza. In an evening dedicated in large part to journalism, O’Donnell cited journalists who have been detained across the world, including Americans Evan Gershkovich in Russia and Austin Tice, who is believed to be held in Syria. Families of both men were in attendance as they have been at previous dinners.

To get inside Saturday’s dinner, some guests had to hurry through hundreds of protesters outraged over the mounting humanitarian disaster for Palestinian civilians in Gaza. They condemned Biden for his support of Israel’s military campaign and Western news outlets for what they said was undercoverage and misrepresentation of the conflict.

“Shame on you!” protesters draped in the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh cloth shouted, running after men in tuxedos and suits and women in long dresses holding clutch purses as guests hurried inside for the dinner.

“Western media we see you, and all the horrors that you hide,” crowds chanted at one point.

Other protesters lay sprawled motionless on the pavement, next to mock-ups of flak vests with “press” insignia.

Ralliers cried “Free, free Palestine.” They cheered when at one point someone inside the Washington Hilton — where the dinner has been held for decades — unfurled a Palestinian flag from a top-floor hotel window.

Criticism of the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has spread through American college campuses , with students pitching encampments and withstanding police sweeps in an effort to force their universities to divest from Israel. Counterprotests back Israel’s offensive and complain of antisemitism.

Biden’s motorcade Saturday took an alternate route from the White House to the Washington Hilton than in previous years, largely avoiding the crowds of demonstrators.

Saturday’s event drew nearly 3,000 people. Celebrities included Academy Award winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm and Chris Pine.

Both the president and comedian Colin Jost, who spoke after Biden, made jabs at the age of both the candidates for president. “I’m not saying both candidates are old. But you know Jimmy Carter is out there thinking, ‘maybe I can win this thing,’” Jost said. “He’s only 99.”

Law enforcement, including the Secret Service, instituted extra street closures and other measures to ensure what Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said would be the “highest levels of safety and security for attendees.”

Protest organizers said they aimed to bring attention to the high numbers of Palestinian and other Arab journalists killed by Israel’s military since the war began in October.

More than two dozen journalists in Gaza wrote a letter last week calling on their colleagues in Washington to boycott the dinner altogether.

“The toll exacted on us for merely fulfilling our journalistic duties is staggering,” the letter stated. “We are subjected to detentions, interrogations, and torture by the Israeli military, all for the ‘crime’ of journalistic integrity.”

One organizer complained that the White House Correspondents’ Association — which represents the hundreds of journalists who cover the president — largely has been silent since the first weeks of the war about the killings of Palestinian journalists. WHCA did not respond to a request for comment.

According to a preliminary investigation released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists, nearly 100 journalists have been killed covering the war in Gaza. Israel has defended its actions, saying it has been targeting militants.

“Since the Israel-Gaza war began, journalists have been paying the highest price — their lives — to defend our right to the truth. Each time a journalist dies or is injured, we lose a fragment of that truth,” CPJ Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna said in a statement.

Sandra Tamari, executive director of Adalah Justice Project, a U.S.-based Palestinian advocacy group that helped organize the letter from journalists in Gaza, said “it is shameful for the media to dine and laugh with President Biden while he enables the Israeli devastation and starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.”

In addition, Adalah Justice Project started an email campaign targeting 12 media executives at various news outlets — including The Associated Press — expected to attend the dinner who previously signed onto a letter calling for the protection of journalists in Gaza.

“How can you still go when your colleagues in Gaza asked you not to?” a demonstrator asked guests heading in. “You are complicit.”

___ Associated Press writers Mike Balsamo, Aamer Madhani, Fatima Hussein and Tom Strong contributed to this report.

'It's on everybody's mind': Morehouse faculty and students raise concerns about Biden's graduation speech

ATLANTA — Morehouse College’s leadership is set to hold a call on Thursday — where faculty will get the chance to speak — to address concerns over having President Joe Biden as the school’s commencement speaker next month.

“From our perspective, really having a sitting president come to Morehouse offers an incredible opportunity,” said Morehouse Provost Kendrick Brown, who, along with the president of the school, will be conducting the call this evening, adding: “This is something that is in line with Morehouse’s mission and also with this objective of being a place that allows for engagement of social justice issues and moral concerns.”

Commencement season is traditionally a time for presidents to engage with younger audiences and all the energy they bring. But this year, with pro-Palestinian protests — and protests against Biden’s support for Israel —  dominating college campuses , these speeches are more fraught. The White House announced this week that Biden will be doing just two commencement addresses this year, at Morehouse and at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Morehouse professor Andrew Douglas said many students and faculty are “wrestling” with whether — or how — to protest next month’s commencement.

“I’ve spoken with several faculty members who say under no conditions are they going to sit on a stage with Joe Biden,” Douglas said, adding: “It’s on everybody’s mind.”

Douglas, a political science professor in his 13th year at Morehouse, is a member of the school’s faculty council, the 15-member body that wrote a letter to the school’s president last week expressing “disappointment” upon hearing rumors that Biden had been invited to speak.

After those concerns came out, Morehouse’s leadership decided to hold its call with faculty members, though officials have made clear Biden’s invitation will not be rescinded.

“This was a decision that should have included more members of the campus community — students and faculty,” Douglas said. “And if those conversations had happened, I’m not sure that the decision to move forward would have been made.”

He pointed to “very serious and widespread concerns” over the war in Gaza, arguing that “the Biden administration has had a hand in seven months of death and destruction in ways that we don’t condone or support.”

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to the backlash, telling reporters that commencements were meant to focus on the graduates and their families.

“It’s not the first time, obviously, that he’s given commencement speeches," she said. "I understand this is a different moment in time that we’re in. But he always takes this moment as a special time to deliver a message, an encouraging message, a message that’s hopefully uplifting to the graduates and their families. And we’re going to continue to have these conversations that I’ve just mentioned, with the different communities about what’s happening right now. We get it. It’s painful."

Calvin Bell, a senior at Morehouse who voted for Biden in 2020, has similar concerns. While he described Biden’s speech as a “distraction” from celebrating students during commencement, he also sees the visit as a chance to take student concerns over Gaza directly to the president.

“This is also an opportunity for students to make their voices heard during a time of increasing war and genocide in the Middle East,” Bell said. 

While Douglas acknowledged the call with leadership is “unlikely” to result in Biden’s speech being canceled, Douglas says the priority among faculty is to protect students’ rights to protest, noting that a protest at Morehouse — the nation’s only college dedicated to educating Black men — could bring a different risk than similar protests at other campuses across the country.

 “Our priority should be … to try and ensure that under no circumstances are the police brought to bear on our students,” Douglas said. 

“Our students do not have the same privileges that Ivy League students typically do, and confrontations with the police can turn deadly for our students,” he added.

“We have a legacy of being at the forefront of justice movements,” Brown said. “We certainly encourage our students, our faculty, our staff, to form strong opinions and to come together peacefully and engage in that. So the way I see this is, this is certainly an opportunity … for our community to engage with the president to express the range of views that exist on the present issues, certainly in Israel and Gaza.”

Politically, the speech holds several layers of significance for Biden. Morehouse is located just west of downtown Atlanta in battleground Georgia — a state Biden barely won in 2020. Some state Democrats have expressed concern about his ability to repeat that victory.

A speech at the lauded alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr. would also give the president a unique opportunity to appeal to young Black voters — a group where polls show his support is lagging.

But while commencement is still a month away — enough time for minds to change — Douglas said the early signs do not point to a warm welcome: “I have not had a conversation with a student who’s happy about this.”

Nnamdi Egwuonwu is a 2024 NBC News campaign embed.

Blayne Alexander is an NBC News correspondent, based in Atlanta.

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Biden’s planned Morehouse College commencement speech spurs alumni protest

President, scheduled to speak at the historically Black campus before the start of the Israel-Gaza war, will give speech on 19 May

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Joe Biden will be the commencement speaker at Morehouse College in Georgia, giving the Democrat a key spotlight at one of the nation’s pre-eminent historically Black campuses but potentially exposing him to uncomfortable protests as he seeks re-election against Donald Trump.

The White House confirmed on Tuesday that Biden would speak on 19 May at the alma mater of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, and then address the graduating class at the United States Military Academy at West Point on 25 May.

The Morehouse announcement has drawn some backlash among the school’s faculty and supporters who are critical of Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. That could put the White House and Biden’s re-election campaign in a difficult position as the president works to shore up the racially diverse coalition that propelled him to the Oval Office.

By Tuesday afternoon, some Morehouse alumni were circulating an online letter that condemns the administration’s invitation to Biden and seeking signatures to pressure Morehouse’s president, David Thomas, to rescind it.

The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, claimed Biden’s approach to Israel effectively supports genocide in Gaza and runs counter to the pacifism that King expressed with his opposition to the Vietnam war.

“In inviting President Biden to campus, the college affirms a cruel standard that complicity in genocide merits no sanction from the institution that produced one of the towering advocates for nonviolence of the twentieth century,” the letter states, emphasizing King’s stance that “war is a hell that diminishes” humanity as a whole. “If the college cannot affirm this noble tradition of justice by rescinding its invitation to President Biden, then the college should reconsider its attachment to Dr King.”

Late last week, before the school and the White House formally announced commencement plans, Morehouse provost Kendrick Brown, Thomas’s top lieutenant, sent an email to all faculty acknowledging concerns about “rumors” and affirming that the school issued the invitation to Biden last September. That would have been before Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, spurring the sustained counteroffensive that the Morehouse alumni letter called an act of genocide against Palestinians. Brown’s email did not reference anything about the Middle East conflict.

Brown invited faculty to an online forum, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, to discuss the matter. But, he added: “Please know going into this conversation that the College does not plan to rescind its accepted invitation to President Biden.”

Morehouse officials have not responded to an Associated Press inquiry.

Asked about the concerns from some faculty members, the White House deputy press secretary, Andrew Bates, said Biden was eager to speak at the school and added: “Commencements are about the graduates, their families and their loved ones, about celebrating the accomplishments of the graduates.

“I’m not going to weigh in on processes happening at Morehouse, but he looks forward to going there and celebrating with the graduates,” he added.

Earlier Tuesday, Thomas released a statement to BET.com that, like the provost’s faculty letter, highlighted the September timing of the invitation to Biden.

Thomas said Morehouse officials “eagerly anticipate” the president’s visit, which he called “a reminder of our institution’s enduring legacy and impact, as well as our continued commitment to excellence, progress and positive change.”

The Rev Stephen Green, pastor of the St Luke AME church in Harlem and an author of the alumni letter, said in an interview that his group had reached out to several Morehouse trustees and hoped to speak with Thomas. Green, who graduated in 2014, called the effort part of a “common thread of protest and activism in the Morehouse tradition” of social and political engagement.

“We hope this would send a strong message that we are serious about the values we were taught,” Green said, adding that he wants to see Biden forcefully advocate for a Palestinian state and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Beyond any dissatisfaction over Israel, polling suggests Biden may have work to do with Black Americans generally. More than half of Black adults approve of how he is handling his job as president, according to an AP-NORC poll conducted in March, but that is down significantly from when he took office and 94% approved of his performance.

Biden has increasingly encountered protests this year from progressives who assert that he is too supportive of Israel. The issue has proven vexing for the president. He has long joined the US foreign policy establishment in embracing Israel as an indispensable Middle East ally. Yet he also has criticized the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , for mounting civilian deaths in Gaza and told him that future US aid depends on Israel taking steps to protect civilians.

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Tom Walsh, director of the MSW program at BCSSW, will deliver the keynote address at the School’s diploma ceremony

In this file photo, Tom Walsh speaks at the 2023 diploma ceremony for the Boston College School of Social Work. Photo by Tim Correira.

Tom Walsh , a fixture at the Boston College School of Social Work for more than 40 years, will deliver the keynote address at BCSSW’s diploma ceremony on May 20. 

The event will take place at around noon on the Lower Campus Lawn, rain or shine.

Walsh’s speech will mark a professional milestone, as he plans to retire at the end of June. 

He currently serves as the associate dean and director of the master of social work program at BCSSW, which ranks No. 8 in the nation. 

He also chairs the School’s Academic Planning Committee and the MSW program’s clinical specialization.

The Academic Planning Committee oversees the structure and content of the MSW curriculum. The clinical specialization prepares students to integrate evidence-based interventions and culturally sensitive practice into their work with individuals, families, and groups.

Walsh joined BCSSW as a part-time faculty member in 1982, when he began teaching in a program focused on the interplay between mental health and the law. He was promoted to the full-time faculty in 1995 and was named director of the MSW program in 2001. 

Over the years, Walsh has taught Psychosocial Pathology, Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work, and Clinical Practice with Adults. 

For decades, his commitment to educating students to address the world’s most pressing social problems extended beyond the walls of BC. He served as a member of the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation from 2010 to 2013 and from 2019 to 2022, reviewing accreditation self-study materials for BSW and MSW programs. He served as a member of the CSWE Commission on Educational Policy from 2013 to 2019, writing the curriculum policy that the Commission on Accreditation uses to formulate accreditation standards.

His research interest lies in forensic social work, which applies the principles of the helping profession to issues related to criminal justice. He has published in the areas of psychopathy and substance abuse.

His expertise led to appointments on the Governor’s Commission on Correctional Reform at Bridgewater State Hospital in 2005 and the Governor’s Social Work Education Working Group on Substance Misuse in 2017.

Prior to joining the full-time faculty at BCSSW, Walsh served as the executive director of the Massachusetts Prison Mental Health Program from 1984 to 1988. He’s held an appointment as an associate clinical social worker at McLean Hospital since 1980. 

Walsh earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Boston College in 1975; a master’s degree in social work from Simmons College in 1979; and a doctorate in social work from BC in 1995.

In addition to Walsh, more than half a dozen other members of the BCSSW community will play prominent roles in the diploma ceremony. Amanda Schar, MSW’24, will deliver the invocation and Sierra Pannell, MSW’24, will give the student address. Jamelia Destiny Willock, MSW’24, and Ty B. Tucker, PhD’24, will serve as the degree representatives. Kathleen Flinton and Carolyn Romano, assistant professors of the practice, will serve as the faculty marshalls. After graduates receive their diplomas, Professor Alejandro Olayo-Méndez will offer a benediction. 

Seating for guests on the Lower Campus Lawn is first come, first served. People who are unable to attend the event can livestream the ceremony on the University’s Commencement page.

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Daily Vocabulary Words 30 April 2024 along with their meanings, synonyms, and antonyms has been discussed in the given article. Check the Daily Vocabulary Words 30 April 2024 here.

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Daily English Vocab 2024

For most competitive exam aspirants, vocabulary is a nightmare, but it carries a great amount of importance in every competitive exam. It is very important to have a good hold on the vocabulary to increase efficiency in the language section and also to increase your overall scores. That is why Adda247 has started a new initiative to improve the vocabulary of the aspirants with Visual vocabulary words and their meanings.

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Vocabulary Words With Antonyms & Synonyms

1. Brevity (noun) Meaning; The quality of being brief in duration, short in size

• Synonyms: shortness
• Antonyms: lengthiness
• Sentence Example: The best quality a graduation speech can have is brevity.
• Noun (Definition): Nouns  make up the largest class of words in most languages, including English. A noun is a word that refers to a thing ( book ), a person ( Noah Webster ), an animal ( cat ), a place ( Omaha ), a quality ( softness ), an idea ( justice ), or an action ( yodeling ).

2. Stiffen (verb) Meaning; To make stiff.

• Synonyms: solidify, strengthen
• Antonyms: weaken, loosen
• Sentence Example: Plans to further stiffen the already onerous requirements for admission to the elite military unit.
• Verb (Definition): Verbs  are words that show an action ( sing ), occurrence ( develop ), or state of being ( exist ).

3. Emulate (verb) Meaning; To attempt to equal or be the same as.

• Synonyms: imitate, irritate
• Antonyms: real, original
• Sentence Example: A pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents—not him.

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Importance of Vocabulary Words in the English Language

• The reading comprehension on which 50% of the English language section questions are based requires the candidate to have good reading skills and requires a good hold of the English vocabulary. A good vocabulary will give the candidates a better understanding of comprehension which will benefit them in scoring maximum marks.
• A good vocabulary also helps a candidate to crack the interview round of the competitive exams. The candidate can form a sentence perfectly if he/she has a good vocabulary.
• Apart from the reading comprehension section, there are multiple English tests where vocabulary can be used.

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Biden to give commencement speech at West Point graduation

As vice president in 2016, Joe Biden stands with Army Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, then the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., at the school’s commencement. Biden will give commencement speech at the Class of 2024 graduation next month. (U.S. Army)

President Joe Biden will give the commencement speech next month to the Class of 2024 at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., according to a White House official.

The White House is expected to make the formal announcement Tuesday afternoon, according to the official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The West Point graduation is scheduled for May 25 at Michie Stadium with roughly 1,000 cadets graduating and commissioning into the Army as second lieutenants.

As vice president, Biden twice addressed a graduating class of cadets at the academy in upstate New York, but this will be his first time to do so as president. Donald Trump was the last president to speak at West Point commencement in 2020.

The speech typically rotates among the president, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, vice president and defense secretary, according to the university’s historical list of commencement speakers. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to the West Point Class of 2023.

Biden will give the commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., the week prior, according to the White House official.

The decision has caused some concern among the historically Black university’s faculty, according to NBC News. Morehouse and many other college campuses have been fraught with protests over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

While it is unknown what Biden will speak about during his commencement speeches, he typically includes references to current events. Speaking to graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado last year, Biden referenced Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and growing global instability caused by food insecurity and natural disasters.

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Words related to give are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word give . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

verb as in give approval, grant

verb as in devote effort to something

• apply oneself to
• concentrate on
• devote oneself to
• hammer away/hammer into
• have a go at
• knuckle down to
• plug away at
• take care of
• throw oneself into

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