November 1, 2019 Reflection on J.K. Rowling's Commencement Address to Harvard June 5, 2008. Jorge L. Valdés, Ph.D. J.K. Rowling delivered the Commencement Address: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination at Harvard University on June 5, 2008. The full title of this talk is "The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination." I urge everyone to read it. Near the end of her address she says: "If you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose to identify not only with the powerful but with the…