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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. a Black and Southeast Asian nonprofit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color.

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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

You can never take a break from social justice work.” Graves, chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Graves is the chief research, education and program officer at The Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Kelisha B.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Health inequity is the social justice issue of our time.” Understanding the social justice component, four professors at Sacred Heart University — Drs. These jobs may be in hospitals as well as in local health departments or nonprofit organizations. “We’re diversifying the healthcare workforce.

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Scholars: Racial Backlash Robs White Students of U.S. History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inspired by the current conditions, Scott left her position at Hood last summer to become the founding director of the Institute for Common Power, the educational branch of Common Power, a voting justice nonprofit organization. White students are robbed of knowledge of the real history of the U.S.

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The Next Frontiers in the Battle Over CRT and DEI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Defenders of anti-racism in higher education have had a hellacious year. But experts warn that conservative attacks on higher education aren’t going away any time soon. This June, the conservative Heritage Foundation issued a report arguing that Congress should “dismantle the higher education accreditation cartel.”

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