--- title: Barack Obama at Miami Dade: Commencement Address Transcript description: Read Barack Obama's commencement speech at Miami Dade College in 2011. canonical: https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/ author: Barack Obama article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-02T18:30:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:39:14.210Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Commencement Address at Miami Dade College og:description: "I will always remember that in no other nation on Earth could my story be possible" og:url: https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a3a6b93608455f8/698893cf428a9e742fcd2b1a/barack-obama-miami-dade-college.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Speaks At Miami Dade College Commencement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Commencement Address at Miami Dade College twitter:description: "I will always remember that in no other nation on Earth could my story be possible" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a3a6b93608455f8/698893cf428a9e742fcd2b1a/barack-obama-miami-dade-college.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Commencement Address at Miami Dade College  by [Barack Obama](https://time.com/author/barack-obama/)  ## Barack Obama Jun 2, 2016 6:30 PM UTC  Barack Obama after giving the commencement address during Miami Dade College graduation ceremonies on April 29, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Barack Obama after giving the commencement address during Miami Dade College graduation ceremonies on April 29, 2011 in Miami, Florida.Vallery Jean—FilmMagic  by [Barack Obama](https://time.com/author/barack-obama/)  ## Barack Obama Jun 2, 2016 6:30 PM UTC Here are the [full remarks](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/04/29/remarks-president-miami-dade-college-commencement) from Obama’s speech on Miami Dade College’s campus in Miami, Florida in 2011. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/"},"headline":"Read President Obama's Commencement Address at Miami Dade College","datePublished":"2016-06-02T18:30:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:39:14.210Z","description":"\"I will always remember that in no other nation on Earth could my story be possible\"","url":"https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/","keywords":["Barack Obama","White House","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a3a6b93608455f8/698893cf428a9e742fcd2b1a/barack-obama-miami-dade-college.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Barack Obama","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/barack-obama/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a3a6b93608455f8/698893cf428a9e742fcd2b1a/barack-obama-miami-dade-college.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Speaks At Miami Dade College Commencement","caption":"President Obama Speaks At Miami Dade College Commencement","creditText":"Vallery Jean—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4340894/obama-commencement-speech-transcript-miami-dade-college/","name":"Read President Obama's Commencement Address at Miami Dade College"}}]}] ```