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So as scary and uncertain as these times may be, they are also a wake-up call, and they are an incredible opportunity for your generation. Because you don’t have to accept what was considered normal before. You don’t have to accept the world as it is.

You can make it into the world as it should be and could be. You can create a new normal, one that is fairer, and gives everybody opportunity, and treats everyone equally, and builds bridges between people instead of dividing them.

Just as America overcame slavery and civil war, recessions and depression, Pearl Harbor and 9/11 and all kinds of social upheaval, we can emerge from our current circumstances stronger than before, better than before.

But as has always been true at key moments in history, it’s going to depend on young people like you to go out there and rewrite what is possible.

I’ll admit that it’s a little unfair to lay such a heavy burden on you. I wish that my generation had done more to solve some of our country’s big problems, so you didn’t have to. But the good news is that I know you’re up to the challenge. You’re the best-educated generation in history – and a whole lot more technologically savvy.

You’ve been exposed to more knowledge and perspectives than my generation ever was; you’re more tolerant and empathetic, entrepreneurial and environmentally conscious. Even before graduation, many of you have already started to make your mark – feeding the hungry, mentoring kids, fighting racial injustice, helping veterans, battling climate change. And now, to see so many of you participating in peaceful protests, to see so many of you of every race and background raise up your voices on behalf of justice for all – well, it’s been unbelievably inspiring.

You make me optimistic about our future.

So as you prepare for the next stage of what I know will be a remarkable journey, I’ll leave you with a few quick pieces of advice for what they’re worth.

First, do what you think is right, not just what’s convenient or what’s expected or what’s easy. While you have this time, think about the values that matter to you the most. Too many graduates who feel the pressure to immediately start running that race for success skip the step of asking themselves what’s really important.

Too often, they end up as adults who only do what’s good for them and say to heck with everybody else and they end up not having a lot of meaningful relationships or not really feeling as if they made a serious contribution to the world. I hope that instead, you decide to moor yourself in values that last – like responsibility, fairness, generosity, and respect for others. That will make you part of the solution instead of part of the problem. And if experience is any guide, it actually makes for a happier life.

Second, listen to each other, respect each other, and use all that critical thinking you’ve developed from your education to help promote the truth. You are the internet generation and the social media generation – it’s not just how you shop or listen to music or watch videos, it’s part of your social lives; it’s the new town square where you all come together and meet.

In many ways, it’s been an amazing tool – in your pockets, you have access to more information than any group of people in history. It’s allowed movements of like-minded people to mobilize on behalf of worthy causes.

But what’s become clear is that social media can also be a tool to spread conflict, division, and falsehoods – to bully people and promote hate. Too often, it shuts us off from each other instead of bringing us together – partly because it gives us the ability to select our own realities, independent of facts, or science, or logic, or common sense.

We start reading only news and opinions that reinforce our own biases; we start canceling everything else out; we let opinion masquerade as fact, and we treat even the wildest conspiracy theories as worthy of consideration. And the irony is that usually the people who are peddling falsehoods on the internet or social media are doing so for their own purposes – either to sell you something or distract you from the real issues that matter.

You can change that. If a friend tells you COVID-19 is a hoax, politely correct them. If an older relative cites some video to promote a racist stereotype, show him or her why that video is a sham.

As a generation that understands social media and technology a lot better than anyone, it’s going to be up to you to create online cultures and communities that respect differences of opinion and freedom of speech, and also restore the kind of honest, informed, fact-based debate that is the starting point for tackling the challenges we face.

Finally, even if it all seems broken, have faith in our democracy. Participate – and vote. Don’t fall for the easy cynicism that says nothing can change – or that there’s only one way to bring about change. In the midst of recent protests, I’ve noticed that there have been some debates among young people about how useful voting is compared to direct action and civil disobedience in ending discrimination in our society.

The fact is, we don’t have to choose, we need both. Peaceful protests and demonstrations are patriotic – they shine a light on injustice, they raise public awareness, they make the folks in charge uncomfortable in a way that’s healthy. After all, we’re a nation that was founded on protest.

Eventually, though, your aspirations have to be translated into specific laws and institutional practices – and that only happens when we elect good people, at every level, who are responsive to our demands – and that includes local offices like the office of the mayor or the office of the district attorney that don’t get as much attention as a presidential race, but have the most direct impact on issues like how communities are policed.

In fact, you don’t even have to be an activist to make a contribution to our democracy. If you’ve always dreamed of starting your own business, go build a company that is a model for paying its workers a fair wage. If you’ve dreamed always of being a doctor, think about working in a community that is short on doctors. There are so many ways to serve – the important thing is to recognize that this nation needs your talents, your passions, your voice, to make it better.

You know it’s not always pretty, this democracy of ours – trust me, I know. It can be loud and messy and sometimes depressing. But because citizens took seriously the mandate that this is a government of and by and for the people, well, bit by bit, generation by generation, we’ve made progress – from cleaning up our air and water, to creating programs that lifted millions of seniors out of poverty, to winning the right to vote and to marry who you love.

None of these changes happened overnight, or without sustained effort. But they did happen, usually because young people marched, and organized, and voted, and formed alliances, and just led good lives, and looked after their community, their families, their neighborhoods and slowly changed hearts and minds.

America changed – has always changed – because young people dared to hope. Democracy isn’t about relying on some charismatic leader to make changes from on high. It’s about finding hope in ourselves, and creating it in others. Especially in a time like this. You don’t always need hope when everything’s going fine. It’s when things seem darkest – that’s when you need it the most.

As someone once said – hope is not a lottery ticket; it’s a hammer for us to use in a national emergency; to break the glass, sound the alarm, and sprint into action.

That’s what hope is. It’s not the blind faith that things will get better. It’s the conviction that with effort, and perseverance, and courage, and a concern for others – things can get better.

That remains the truest part of our American story.

And if your generation sprints into action, it will still be true of America’s future.

Congratulations, Class of 2020. Make it mean something. And keep making us proud.