Graduates of New College of Florida held an alternative commencement at the Sarasota Art Museum on Thursday. Hundreds of family and friends joined them in celebrating.
Sarasota Art Museum became a bastion of hope and celebration Thursday evening as New College of Florida graduates attended an Alternative Commencement they called “On Our Terms.”
The student-organized ceremony was held in protest of the Trump administration’s COVID advisor, Dr. Scott Atlas, who is the keynote speaker at the official graduation Friday.
Civil rights activist Maya Wiley was keynote for the alternative ceremony.
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