US Sen. Booker Brings Inspiring Message to Hopeworks

Young Adult Trainees Heard How to Reach Far in Setting Personal Goals

CAMDEN – US Sen. Cory Booker – speaking on Friday at nonprofit Hopeworks in a conference room filled with young adults who are learning technology, life skills and the path to a career – shared the profound question with which his mother had inspired him.

“What would you try to do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” he quoted his mother as asking.

That should be the goal, and it should be a stretch one.

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