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“A Letter From Birmingham Jail” Was an Op-Ed: Teaching Voice & Social Justice

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“A Letter From Birmingham Jail” Was an Op-Ed: Teaching Voice & Social Justice

That’s how I now start my talk on social justice, voice, and opinion writing: “A young preacher wrote a letter in a Birmingham jail. It was published in the New York Sunday Post, in part, the following week. That letter from Martin Luther King Jr. has gone on to have quite an impact. Thats anRead More ““A Letter From Birmingham Jail” Was an Op-Ed: Teaching Voice & Social Justice”

Employees Ready “Out of the Box” at What Cost?

There are a few narratives floating around in the atmosphere these days about labor, training, and credentials. There’s the one that says we have serious skills mismatch in our economy. The solution, this narrative says, is to quickly “retool” the “labor force” for specific job functions. The other narrative says that public colleges have failedRead More “Employees Ready “Out of the Box” at What Cost?”

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