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February 19, 2004
Family: A Celebration of Humanity
San Diego, California
February 19, 2004
Excerpts from keynote speech
I would like to conclude promoting what we call Black Family Technology Week. It was celebrated last week.The theme for this year’s celebration is "Let excellence become your way of life - in your family, your education and your career."
I urge everyone to participate in next year’s celebration. However, we must remember that we are fathers, husbands, mothers, and wives first, and technologists second.
Therefore, Black Family Technology Week should also be a period of reflection.
A period for husbands and wives to strengthen their relationship with each other; for absent fathers to contact their children; to ask for forgiveness from ex-spouses we have wronged; and to forgive ex-spouses that have wronged us.
It is the family that nurtures children, transmits values from one generation to the next, and lays the foundation for our future.The family is the building block of society. One thousand years ago, a Chinese scholar wrote:
"When a man is at peace with himself, he will be at peace with his family.
When the families are at peace there will be peace in the villages.
When the villages are at peace there will be peace in the country.
When all the countries are at peace there will be peace in the world, then man can be at peace."
Posted by emeagwali at February 19, 2004 01:11 PM
Comments
l am impressed with your write up its really educative and traditional.anytime i set to read your thesis or write up. it gives me a joy that you no doubt a true born africa.And your work as gone a long way to teach the up coming generation that there is a future for them, that they must take a step.we are the block foundation of the society. And stand to be our brothers keeper and true families.
Posted by: ANNE OBIEKE at March 12, 2005 12:48 PM
I am very impressed with your work. Infact i am proud to be a Nigerian just because of you.
I am looking forward to becoming a Great personel like you.
I am a Mechanical Engineer without no support from anyone except from God.
Sir I don't mind a scholarship so as to contribute to Humanity through Mechanical Engineering.
Keep the Flag Flying for we younger Generation are looking up to you.
Stay Blessed.
Posted by: Aluko, Emmanuel Olufemi at June 17, 2005 09:15 AM
