Stirring Words from 2022 Dorchester Graduate Diana Scott
This year, we're inviting everyone to join us in celebrating Clemente graduates across the globe. Below, read the graduation address that...
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- Jul 20
- 1 min
Meet Amy Howard, Port Townsend Graduate and City Council Member
This reflection originally appeared on our site in 2018. Amy Howard is a member of the Port Townsend, WA City Council and is the...
- Jul 20
- 3 min
"We Started A Journey," A Graduation Poem from 2022 Grad Jamie Thrasher
This year, we're inviting everyone to join us in celebrating Clemente graduates across the globe. Below, learn about Springfield graduate...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Investigating Inflection Points: New Courses for Graduates
With our academic partner, Antioch University, the Clemente Course has been awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 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....
- Jul 20
- 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,...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- 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...
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