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...
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- Jul 20
- 2 min
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...
- 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
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 20
- 2 min
Clemente on the Big Screen: New Documentary Tells the Story of Common Good Atlanta
When documentary filmmaker Hal Jacobs first heard about Common Good Atlanta, the program that offers Clemente courses to people who have...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- Jul 20
- 2 min
An End-of-Year Reflection
Lela Hilton, Clemente's National Executive Director, offers some thoughts about Clemente and the humanities as we close out 2021. When I...
- Jul 20
- 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...
- 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
- 1 min
A Reckoning Round Up
On Martin Luther King Day, January 17th, A Reckoning in Boston made its national premiere on PBS. Started in the Boston Clemente...
- 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
- 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...
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Power of Telling Your Story: Portland Alumna Sosan Amiri's Journey to Advocacy
This spring, in graduation ceremonies across the country, Clemente students spoke passionately about how their time in the classroom gave...
- 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...
- 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 11, 2022
- 3 min
Reckoning with A Reckoning in Boston: A Study Guide
In conjunction with the release of the documentary film A Reckoning in Boston, which airs nationally on PBS on Martin Luther King Day,...
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