Remarks by Cayden Brown, student speaker at the Walled Lake Central High School Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony. Held at the George Gervin GameAbove Center at Eastern Michigan University on June 1, 2025, the event celebrated approximately 300 graduates in front of an audience of over 7,000.
Filmed and produced by American Photo Marketing in partnership with Walled Lake Television (WLTV), this address by Brown — an award-winning child rights defender and Harvard Law–trained legal historian — delivers an unflinching confrontation of mortality, urgency, and the power of children. He challenges the belief that youth’s impact is pending until adulthood, calling instead for immediate responsibility in a world unraveling by the hour.
Watch the full speech here: https://youtu.be/ADbfKQAooeU?si=HCRYh4hdID1BVhy1
Walled Lake Central High School, June 1, 2025.