Learn about the innovative programs that Bogotá mayor Antanas Mocus instituted to make improvements to the city, and reflect on the ways that change can be made in a society.
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Mehmet Ülkümen's Testimony on His Father's Decision
Mehmet Ülkümen discusses the ideas and beliefs that motivate his father, the Turkish diplomat Selahattin Ülkümen, to save the lives of the Jews of Rhodes.
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Race in US History
My Country Tis of Thee
Investigate Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in bringing black singer Marian Anderson to perform in segregated Washington, D.C.
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Not Just Awareness, But Action
Read President Barack Obama’s commencement address at Howard University from 2016 about his vision of civic participation and the duties of citizenship.
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Not in Our Town
Learn about how the residents of Billings, Montana, responded to a wave of racist and antisemitic violence in their town.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Officer Kills Ferguson Teen
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article summarizes what was known in the first 24 hours after Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Mo.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Online Civic Participation
Share with students political theorist Danielle Allen's ten questions to ask before choosing to take action online.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Open-Source Participation
Learn about how bloggers and activists in Kenya used technology to respond to violence after a contested election in 2008.
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Overcoming Fears and Spurring Action
Read Ambassador Samantha Power's 2016 speech on the global refugee crisis, and her examples of the "small steps" communities are taking to aid refugees.
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Holocaust
People without Papers
Learn about the refugee crisis that developed in the immediate aftermath of World War I.
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Philip Zimbardo on "What Makes a Hero?"
Zimbardo identifies social mechanisms that can facilitate the transition of ordinary people into evil-doers as well as into heroes.
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Democracy & Civic Engagement
Police Press Conference in Ferguson
Read a transcript of the press conference that took place ten days after Michael Brown’s death and several days after responsibility for security in Ferguson was transferred from local police to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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