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U.S. NEWS Monday 25 June 2018

First lady: kindness and compassion are important in life

substance abuse, traffic they face every day. ters, said her spokeswoman
safety and bullying. Before she addressed the Stephanie Grisham.
Mullins said the first lady’s gathering, which con- As audience members
campaign aims to highlight cludes Wednesday, Mrs. awaited the appearance,
programs and organiza- Trump met with the orga- they rocked out in their
tions, like SADD, that seek nization’s leadership and seats to music by Justin
to help young people over- helped make blankets the Bieber, Neil Diamond and
come some of the issues group is donating to shel- Journey.q

First lady Melania Trump speaks at the annual conference of
SADD: Students Against Destructive Decisions, in Tysons, Va.,
Sunday, June 24, 2018.
Associated Press
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE believe in SADD’s mission
Associated Press of empowering you to con-
TYSONS, Va. (AP) — Me- front the risks and pressures
lania Trump said Sunday you are challenged with
that kindness, compassion every day.”
and positivity are important “Kindness, compassion and
traits in life. positivity are very impor-
The first lady helped SADD tant traits in life,” she con-
— Students Against De- tinued. “It is far easier to say
structive Decisions — open nothing than it is to speak
its annual national confer- words of kindness. It is easi-
ence at a hotel just outside er to judge quickly than to
Washington. The appear- take time to understand. It
ance followed her trip last is often easier to see a glass
week to the U.S.-Mexico half empty rather than half
border to see the effect on full.”
children of her husband’s “Nevertheless, you have
“zero-tolerance” policy the power to be the posi-
against illegal immigration. tive force in so many peo-
It also followed her recent ple’s lives,” added the first
announcement of a cam- lady, who is the mother of a
paign called “Be Best” 12-year-old boy. “Show re-
that’s about adults help- spect to each other. Treat
ing children be their best your community like your
selves. family, and look out for one
“I feel very strongly that it another.”
is the job of adults to pro- SADD was founded in 1981
vide you with the tools you as Students Against Drunk
need to become the best Driving but changed its
you can be in all areas of name and mission in the
life,” she said during brief late 1990s to focus on pre-
remarks to about 450 stu- vention of all behaviors and
dents and adults attend- attitudes that are harmful
ing the conference. “That to middle, high school and
is why I am here today. I college students, including