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Life and Learning, the Washington Way

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Washington’s expertise is sought after and granted across religious, government, corporate, and educational settings. Dr. Jamie Washington Washington connects all these responsibilities and commitments with a very simple but unifying approach: find the humanity inside everyone. “I Because he’s taking a human-centered approach.”

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. This eventually led to applying for and receiving a grant to develop programming for LGBTQ+ students at Guttman. The number of applicants and their diversity have increased significantly over time. Dr. Luis A.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Fuentes, who is set to begin her senior year as a scholarship student at the University of California, Riverside, this fall, is majoring in education, society, and human development with a minor in political science. It was in 2001 that California AB540 allowed undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, which was a huge win.

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Driving While Black

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Yohuru Williams That case, which left Danny Reyes, Rayshawn Brown, LeRoy Jarmaine Grant and Keshon Moore injured, made national headlines and sparked around-the-clock protests organized by Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders who down parts of the turnpike to demand justice for the New Jersey Four. Williams thought. “I

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“A Million Miles Away” watch party with José Hernández

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Hamm The Amazon Original film “A Million Miles Away” is an inspiring true story based on the life of TRIO Upward Bound and TRIO Student Support Services alumnus, 2001 National TRIO Achiever Award recipient, and author José Hernández , the first migrant farmworker to become an American astronaut.