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Limited Access to Higher Education
January 9, 2004
Eva Milona MIRA Coalition
Albert F. Argenziano Somerville public schools
Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jenny Alexander ASPIRE/East Boston Ecumenical Community Council

Speakers discuss resource issues and the conflicting messages given to immigrant youth, who report they hope to go to college but cannot figure out how to pay for it.

Culture & Identity | Education
Achievement Gap | Classroom & Community | Education Reform | Higher Education | Race
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Women Waging Peace: Why Women Must Be Included as Leaders of Peace Processes
Swanee Hunt
00:52:53
“Let’s face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no … wars in the first place,” stated Sally Field in 2007.
Wisdom, Freedom, Community, Truth
David Lyle Jeffrey
01:00:37
David Lyle Jeffrey delves into the meaning of four values at the heart of Christian university education wisdom, freedom, community, and truth both as ideals, and as ideas put into practice.
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William Lloyd Garrison: Words of Thunder
Deval Patrick
01:56:24
This bicentennial celebration, co-presented by the Museum of Afro-American History and the Boston Public Library, includes The Massachusetts 54th Regiment and musical performances by Vivian Cooley-Collier, Guy Peartree, and the Studio Singers of the Eliot Congregational Church of Roxbury.
William Lloyd Garrison at 200: Meanings for Our Own Time
David W. Blight
01:19:17
Dr. Blight discusses the legacy of Garrison's unique brand of abolitionist radicalism, its roots, and the challenges it raises in the present. William Lloyd Garrison, passionate Boston abolitionist, was born 200 years ago.
Why Our Schools Need the Arts
Jessica Hoffmann Davis
00:54:49
Jessica Hoffmann Davis argues that the arts teach our children powerful lessons like no other subjects can.
Why High School Graduates Become College Dropouts
Melissa Roderick
01:40:14
Melissa Roderick discusses the last several decades she has spent conducting research and talking to students in Chicago's public high schools.

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