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An Agentic Approach to Democratic Engagement in Higher Ed
by Craig Berger How would higher education look if it adopted an agentic approach to its work? How might students’ experiences change, and what might it be like to work in this new...
July 13, 2015 · 10:55 AM
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Describing Transformative Engagement Practices
by David Hoffman George Mehaffy, founder of the American Democracy Project (ADP), has reflected  that too many of the campus civic learning and democratic engagement programs and activities...
July 1, 2015 · 10:23 AM
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Democracy on the Inside
by Jessica Cook Earlier this month, I traveled to New Orleans to attend the joint Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement meeting of the American Democracy Project (ADP), The Democracy...
June 16, 2015 · 11:26 AM
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"The Very Reason You are Here"
by Theophilus Aluko Thanks to the Mechanical Engineering department, I was able to join UMBC’s delegation to the 2015 American Democracy Project/The Democracy Commitment/NASPA Civic Learning...
June 16, 2015 · 11:19 AM
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Themes in Baltimore's Story
by Lee Boot A number of us from UMBC have been working with partners from across Baltimore--artists, civic leaders, and faculty, staff and students from local colleges and universities--to...
May 12, 2015 · 9:18 AM
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Finding Community in Common Ground
by Jill Wrigley When asked how many raised plots in the UMBC Garden their family would like, Ba Zo and Na Lun, my course collaborators and refugees from Burma, turned their gaze to an unused...
May 11, 2015 · 9:34 AM
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The Need to Care about Other People and Insist upon Justice
by Freeman A. Hrabowski, III [What follows is a transcription of President Hrabowski's remarks at the UMBC Discussion on Complex Challenges Facing Baltimore Communities held Friday, May 1,...
May 8, 2015 · 1:36 PM
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I am Baltimore
by Scott Murdock, '08 I am the child and grandchild of policemen, both of whom worked in Baltimore City and more. There were nights as a child that I feared for my father's safety. I knew he...
May 8, 2015 · 11:37 AM
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Baltimore Uprising: The "Resiliency" of Our Youth
by Kimberly Moffitt I speak to you today not as Kimberly Moffitt, media scholar, but Kimberly Moffitt the parent of two brown children who attend Baltimore City Public Schools and as a founder...
May 7, 2015 · 5:18 PM
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Not a One-Time Deal
by Jazmin Simmons A proper thank you and acknowledgment can never be late when you mean it. I want to say thank you to each and every UMBC activist (and now friend) for showing up this past...
May 7, 2015 · 9:29 AM
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