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 1
- 4 min
Notes on The Power of the Classroom, from Academic Director Amelia Pace-Borah
For ten years, Amelia Pace-Borah has served as the Academic Director of Free Minds Austin, providing mentorship, support, and...
- Mar 25
- 3 min
Humanities for All
Lela Hilton, Clemente's National Executive Director, reflects on the power and beauty of advocating for the humanities. Every year in...
- Jan 11
- 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,...
- Dec 22, 2021
- 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...
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
25 Lessons for 25 Years!
If you've spent time with Clemente on Facebook or Twitter this fall, you've seen our #Clemente25 campaign, highlighting 25 years of...
- Nov 25, 2021
- 3 min
Spotlight: Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Stanley Paterson Professor of American History, Boston Clemente
Harvard professor Tim McCarthy has been part of the Boston Clemente Course in Dorchester, MA, since its founding in 2001. Recruited by...
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Audrey Petty, Director of Sojourner Scholars
Audrey Petty joined Clemente in 2007, when she was teaching in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois at...
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Chris Eklund, Member of the Clemente Board of Directors
By profession, Clemente board member Chris Eklund is a venture capitalist and investor focused on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. But...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Pat Garcia, Literature Professor at Free Minds Austin
Professor Pat Garcia brings to her teaching in Free Minds, a Clemente course in Austin, TX, her dual expertise in English Renaissance...
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Marina van Zuylen, National Academic Director
Professor Marina van Zuylen fell in love with the Clemente model during her time teaching at Columbia University. After reading Earl...
- Sep 9, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- 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....
- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight: Lela Hilton, Executive Director
Executive Director Lela Hilton
- 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 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...