Spotlight: Patricia Chui, Volunteer and Donor
Though Clemente is now an international movement with more than 30 courses spread across the globe, it all started with a single...
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- 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....
- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
Amelia Templeton: Veteran and Artist
Amelia Templeton’s Artists in Arms brings together her two greatest passions: giving back to her veteran community and art. She was...
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
Moise Koffi: From Clemente to a PhD
As a mathematics professor at Hostos Community College in the South Bronx, Dr. Moise Koffi has made it his mission to support...
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Lela Hilton, Executive Director
Executive Director Lela Hilton
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Clemente's Turning 25 -- Celebrate with Us!
In the spring of 1996, the Clemente Course in the Humanities graduated its first class in a ceremony attended by New York City Mayor...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Introducing the CGA Project Showcase
When Jonathan Shelley was designing his “Shakespeare and the Common Good” classes for Clemente alumni in Atlanta, he had a clear goal: to...
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
One Person Protests: Exploring Social Movements Through the Humanities
Rozzell Medina, who directs Portland's Clemente Course, Humanity in Perspective (HIP), shares a behind-the-scenes look at a class for...
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Classroom as a Place of Healing
How do we create safe and welcoming spaces for those who may have felt estranged from the classroom? How do we design educational...
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
Choosing to Celebrate Love: A Reflection on Clemente Graduations
Lela Hilton, Clemente's Executive Director, attended numerous virtual Clemente graduations this spring. She reflects on where we were in...
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
This Is Your Democracy: New Essays on Civic Engagement
Brian Boyles, Executive Director of Mass Humanities, introduces us to the newest anthology of writing from Clemente Course graduates,...
- Jun 8, 2021
- 2 min
New NEH Grant Opens Doors for Virginia Veterans
Service in the military comes with a clearly defined purpose, and the transition to civilian life can come with uncertainty about how to...
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Jacqueline Rosário Believes Everyone Needs to Be Heard
Jacqueline Rosário learned about the New Bedford Clemente Course the day before the recruitment deadline, but that didn’t stop her from...
- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
New Board Member Lamont Smith Reflects on How Clemente Helped "Light My Path"
In May, the Clemente Board of Directors welcomed two new members. One of them, Lamont Smith, is a 1997 Clemente graduate who has gone on...
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Jacqueline Velez: in O Magazine and in Cap and Gown
It was a big year for Clemente Holyoke graduate Jacqueline Velez. She worked on the reelection campaign of Massachusetts Senator Ed...
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
Larry Madden on "The High Cost of Fear"
The powerful stories of Clemente graduates across Massachusetts are collected in the anthology We, Too, Are America, published this fall...
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Impact of a Humanities Education
Over 25 years and in dozens of communities, our graduates tell us that Clemente often marked a turning point in their lives. The course...
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
From Trauma to Recovery Through the Humanities
What do Clemente Course instructors have to share with other educators working with nontraditional and adult students? Plenty! Since...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Erik and the Bhagavad Gita
With 200,000 verses, the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata is considered the world’s longest narrative. Erik Sean Montoya-Treanor, 2007...
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Free Minds Shakespeareans Take the (Virtual) Stage
In Austin's Clemente affiliate, Free Minds, program graduates have a unique way of coming together this spring, care of a committed...
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
"A Reckoning" in the Classroom
With A Reckoning in Boston making its world premiere this week at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, I’m answering two questions...
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
The World Premiere of a Very Clemente Story
Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler are the true-life lead characters in a new documentary film inspired by the Clemente Course in the...
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
From Odyssey to a Cap and Gown
In the UW Odyssey Project in Madison, WI, co-director/founder Emily Auerbach and the entire team work to assure that the pathway from the...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
For Aimee Luna, Homeschooling Is a Way of Life
In Austin's Clemente Course, Free Minds, graduates gathered this fall for a writing course designed for alumni and offered for credit at...
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