We thought we'd share Regina's closing speech with y'all.....

"When a child is born, his parents and his community celebrate. They are happy to see the long anticipated hump transform itself into a child. However, from the child's perspective, his birth is not a celebration. Instead, he is ripped from his comfortable home and thrown into a world where his needs are not automatically met by his umbilical cord. Now, he must wait for his parents to know the right times to feed him.
"Now, you are wondering what does child birth have to do with you or me.... No, I am not pregnant, but childbirth directly relates to your experience this week at the conference. Some of you, like me last year at Engaging Our World at U of L, were comfortable and complacent before you came to Wofford. You knew about some social justice issues, or maybe you didn't, but through your experiences this weekend, you have become more aware of some of the global issues on a greater scale.
"You, like the baby, were comfortable in your womb, whether it was your lifestyle, campus, or your beliefs. However, after this weekend, you are no longer in the womb. You have been thrust into the realization of this not-so-just world, where people daily are discriminated against and thrown out of their homes because of their ethnicities or where people live on less than a dollar a day. You wonder why this unjust world exists and you wish to return to the womb.
"However, while you are sad, people outside this conference are celebrating. Why are they celebrating, you ask? Yesterday, most of the presenters came up to me and told me how engaging you were. While you are struggling with your disillusionment, they celebrate because they see the greater good of what you are initiating today. You all have the power and the passion to change the world. And you will."