Knowledge for Freedom Newsletter |
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Welcome to the Teagle Foundation’s Knowledge for Freedom annual newsletter. Knowledge for Freedom is one of The Teagle Foundation’s longstanding priorities, and there is much to share about the work that professors at our partner campuses are doing to give underserved local high school students an opportunity to study humanity’s deepest questions about leading lives of purpose and civic responsibility. Today, there are 24 Knowledge for Freedom programs at the planning or implementation stages on campuses across the country.
In this edition, we feature How & Why I Teach this Text videos, where professors share how they teach transformative texts; Knowledge for Freedom in the news; and writings by and about professors and students associated with Knowledge for Freedom.
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Knowledge for Freedom in the News |
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New BU Center for the Humanities Summer Program for Local High Schoolers Launches with $300K Grant. Read the full story >
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Dickinson College's "House Divided Project" to Offer Framework for Summer Program for Low-income Students. Read the full story >
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Columbia recognizes Casey N. Blake’s work with "Freedom & Citizenship" by awarding inaugural Faculty Service Award. Read the full story >
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How & Why I Teach This Text |
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Over the last year, scholars across our Knowledge for Freedom network have offered their expertise on texts they teach in the classroom. Enjoy these videos of Knowledge for Freedom professors teaching transformative texts from Plato to Frederick Douglass.
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Meet the Inaugural Teagle Humanities Fellows |
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In light of the pressures wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Foundation supported 20 first-generation college-bound students who had previously attended a Knowledge for Freedom program through the Teagle Humanities Fellowship. The Fellowship gave students the opportunity to spend the summer reading, writing, and thinking deeply about our current historical moment and the opportunities it must present for students traditionally underrepresented in higher education. Learn more and read writing by the Fellows>
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Jasmine, a current student in the Freedom & Citizenship program, became a United States citizen in March. Jasmine helped her mom study for the exam for the last year so they could become citizens together.
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Isabel and Arris, now at Smith College, are embarking on a new civic project with a third Smithie: launching their own summer program in the Dominican Republic to teach girls CSS and HTML. Isabel wrote, “As first generation college students, [we] have both felt the impact of similar programs in our career and would love to return the energy back to our home country.”
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Last summer, Sharon designed a flag representing "New York City, love, unity, and diversity" which the Rockefeller Center Flag Project selected to fly alongside those of artists such as Carmen Herrera, Jeff Koons, and Faith Ringgold. Sharon immigrated to New York from Honduras in 2016 and submitted her design "to give a voice to those immigrants who haven't been heard."
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Public Writing from Knowledge for Freedom Teachers & Students |
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Teachers and students in the Knowledge for Freedom network are committed to sharing their knowledge beyond the classroom. |
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Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Professor of Classics at Princeton and a teacher in Columbia’s "Freedom & Citizenship" program was featured in the New York Times for his critical engagement with the Classics field.
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We want to hear from you. If you have feedback on how this newsletter could best serve your program, news to share, or published writing by Knowledge for Freedom teachers or students, reach out to Tamara Mann Tweel at ttweel@teagle.org.
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