Meet Corey Saffold, Odyssey Graduate and Change Agent
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2018. Around the state of Wisconsin, people travel to hear Corey Saffold speak. The...
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- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Jewel Walcott, A Kingston Clemente Graduate Who is Rocking the Vote
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2017. One thing that’s clear about Jewel Walcott is that she never stops learning. A...
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Irene Salas, A Free Minds Graduate Expanding Her Horizons
This profile originally appeared on our site in 2017. On the last night of class this year in Free Minds, Irene Salas addressed the...
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
Meet Dianna Calvente, Odyssey Project Graduate Sharing Her Love of Learning with Her Own Students
Though Dianna Calvente is celebrating her graduation from our Chicago course, Odyssey Project, this spring, her journey with Clemente...
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Samantha Jordan, Odyssey Project Graduate Changing her Neighborhood for the Better
Samantha Jordan found the Chicago Clemente course, Odyssey Project, in the midst of a personal reckoning. The pandemic shutdown had...
- May 11, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Bill Murphy, CVI Graduate with an Extraordinary Story
After he retired, Bill Murphy realized he had a story to tell. He began taking writing workshops in his hometown of Boston, which led him...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Ibrar Mirzai: a Journey to the Liberal Arts
When Ibrar Hussein Mirzai enrolled in the pilot year of the Socrates Project, a Clemente-inspired program that launched in 2019 in...
- Mar 7, 2022
- 4 min
At 78, Socrates Project Student Embarks on New Educational Experiences
In 2019, the Socrates Project was launched in Budapest, bringing a Clemente-inspired course to adults through the Central European...
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Tim Blades: Anti-poverty Advocate and Halifax Humanities 101 Graduate
Tim Blades is a 2017 graduate of Halifax Humanities 101, the Clemente-inspired program offered by the Halifax Humanities Society in Nova...
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
Meet Reckoning's Carl Chandler
On Martin Luther King Day, January 17, A Reckoning in Boston will air nationwide on PBS. As we get ready for the premiere, we're sharing...
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Clarence Jackson: A Veteran Serving Veterans
Since the Vietnam War, Clarence Jackson has made it his mission to help fellow veterans find the resources and support they need in their...
- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
Patrick Rodriguez: Dreaming of a World Based in Grace and Forgiveness
Through the Beyond the Box Georgia campaign, Patrick Rodriguez aims to open the doors to education by removing the criminal convictions...
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Amy Howard: Creating Opportunities in Port Townsend, WA
As a City Council Member in Port Townsend, Washington, Amy Howard is always seeking ways to equalize opportunities for members of her...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Jacqueline Velez: Writer and Advocate
Many people got to know Jacqueline Velez, a graduate of the Clemente Course in Holyoke, MA, when her essay was published in O, The Oprah...
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Monique Henry: Still Rising
In January 2017, Monique Henry co-presented a paper at the Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference (EQRC) in Las Vegas. Standing...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Sandy Fernandez Believes in Always Aiming High
Sandy Fernandez remembers how nervous she was when she first entered the classroom in August 2017 to begin her journey in Free Minds, the...
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
Brenda Nicholson: Leaving the FLDS and Becoming a Voice for Women
When Brenda Nicholson enrolled in Venture, the Clemente Course offered by Utah Humanities in Salt Lake City, she was undertaking a series...
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Lamont Smith: Five Olympic Games and Counting
Over the summer, Lamont Smith flew to Tokyo for his fifth Olympic Games as a video editor for NBC Sports. A 1997 graduate of the original...
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
Ginnette Powell: Always End Up on the Side of Good
Recently on Clemente’s Twitter account, Ginnette Powell posted a photo of herself at her Clemente graduation, a rose in her hand and her...
- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
Anna Mangahas: The Value of Wrestling with Big Ideas
For Anna Mangahas, the richness of the classroom community in Chicago’s Clemente Course, the Odyssey Project, was a powerful motivator....
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