mills college president elizabeth hillman...elizabeth hillman/president- "to be honest, we couldn't believehe wasn't a mills woman already, hadn't already been honored by mills in this particular way. so, when we realized that, we were thrilled to bring forward this nomination to our faculty, who absolutely endorsed it and to our board of trustees who felt likewise." last year, a commemorative coin betty was awarded by former president barack obama was stolen in a violent robbery... but it was later replaced by the white house -- accompanied by a personal letter from the former president. betty says this honorary doctor of arts and letters degree... nats- crowd cheers. ranks right up there with that coin. elizabeth hillman/president- "given at mills college in the state of california, on the 13th day of may in the year of 2017."betty reid soskin/honoree - "to have lived into an age, to be affirmed in this way, by mills college -- you have no idea what that means." so gracious -- so eloquent... a shinning example for the young people here with a lifetime ahead...nats- confetti and, big shoes

mills college president elizabeth hillman...elizabeth hillman/president- "to be honest, we couldn't believehe wasn't a mills woman already, hadn't already been honored by mills in this particular way. so, when we realized that, we were thrilled to bring forward this nomination to our faculty, who absolutely endorsed it and to our board of trustees who felt likewise." last year, a commemorative coin betty was awarded by former president barack obama was stolen in a violent robbery... but it was later replaced by the white house -- accompanied by a personal letter from the former president. betty says this honorary doctor of arts and letters degree... nats- crowd cheers. ranks right up there with that coin. elizabeth hillman/president- "given at mills college in the state of california, on the 13th day of may in the year of 2017."betty reid soskin/honoree - "to have lived into an age, to be affirmed in this way, by mills college -- you have no idea what that means." so gracious -- so eloquent... a shinning example for the young people here with a lifetime ahead...nats- confetti and, big shoes

mills college president elizabeth hillman...elizabeth hillman/president- "to be honest, we couldn't believeshe wasn't a mills woman already, hadn't already been honored by mills in this particular way. so, when we realized that, we were thrilled to bring forward this nomination to our faculty, who absolutely endorsed it and to our board of trustees who felt likewise." last year, a commemorative coin betty was awarded by former president barack obama was stolen in a violent robbery... but it was later replaced by the white house -- accompanied by a personal letter from the former president. betty says this honorary doctor of arts and letters degree... nats- crowd cheers. ranks right up there with that coin. elizabeth hillman/president- "given at mills college in the state of california, on the 13th day of may in the year of 2017."betty reid soskin/honoree - "to have lived into an age, to be affirmed in this way, by mills college -- you have no idea what that means." so gracious -- so eloquent... a shinning example for the young people here with a lifetime ahead...nats- confetti and, big shoe

we also heard from elizabeth hillman. she is the president of mills college. she was invited by representative barbara lee. she's conducted extensive research on the history of sexual violence in the military organizations' culture. she is a director and past president of the national institution of military justice, a nonprofit, that promotes fairness in and public understanding of military justice worldwide. she previously served on the response systems to the adult sexual assault crimes panel and an independent panel chartered by congress to study and make recommendations about sexual assault in the u.s. military. and of course we heard from gloria allred, who is a nationally renowned women's and victims' rights attorney. he was the lawyer representing marine corps veteran butner and . tive duty marine corps what treasures these activists are. they are patriots in their own way because they are defending and standing up for our patriots and how sad, how sad that they have to spend so much of their time to do that. now since this scandal broke up, there have