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Just Imagine…Stepping Out for Women’s Rights

Just Imagine…Stepping Out for Women’s Rights

Huda Sha’arawi was born in 1879 to one of the leading families in Egypt. She grew up during the British occupation of Egypt. She received some education, but led a...

The Invasion of Ukraine & What it Means for Democracy – Issues & Concerns

The Invasion of Ukraine & What it Means for Democracy – Issues & Concerns

The invasion of Ukraine is one of those horrific events that can force us to look up and consider, or reassess, what we thought we understood about the state of...

Just Imagine…Reaching Down and Lifting Up

Just Imagine…Reaching Down and Lifting Up

Ursula Burns was born in 1958 to parents who immigrated to America from Panama. She grew up in the housing projects of NYC. She earned BS and MS degrees in...

Just Imagine…The First African-American Woman Bank President

Just Imagine…The First African-American Woman Bank President

Maggie (Draper) Walker grew up in post-Civil War Richmond. Her mother was a formerly enslaved woman and her biological father was a Confederate soldier. When Maggie was 14 years old,...

The Invasion of Ukraine – What it Means for Democracy

The Invasion of Ukraine – What it Means for Democracy

Join us online on March 17, 24, and 31 to discuss the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and what it means for democracy abroad and at home Our small-group conversations are designed...

Just Imagine…Battlefield Nursing

Just Imagine…Battlefield Nursing

Mary (Grant) Seacole was born in British Colonial Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish lieutenant and her mother ran a successful boarding house. Her mother also practiced traditional...

Think About…Strategies for Collaborative Classroom Discussions

Think About…Strategies for Collaborative Classroom Discussions

Previously I released a series of 11 messages on Course Design for Collaborative Discussions. Over the next 18 weeks, I will be re-sharing a series of messages on discussion strategy....

Just Imagine…Preventive Medicine for All

February 24, 2022

Just Imagine…Preventive Medicine for All

Rebecca Crumpler was born in Delaware in 1831 and raised in Pennsylvania by her aunt who cared for the sick in their community. While her aunt was not trained as...

Just Imagine… a Hidden Hero as the Mother of Modern Medicine

February 17, 2022

Just Imagine… a Hidden Hero as the Mother of Modern Medicine

Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1920. After her mother died, she went to live with her maternal grandfather in Clover, Virginia, where she grew up farming tobacco....

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