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Activism/Service & access to education

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The Activist’s Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Century

In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of The Activist’s Handbook, Randy Shaw’s hard-hitting guide to winning social change, the author brings the strategic and tactical guidance of the prior edition into the age of Obama.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Discusses the Importance of Athletes Using Their Voices | The Arena

NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares how he first became a social activist during the historic Cleveland Summit and the importance of today’s generation of athletes to continue bringing issues of social injustice to the forefront.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society...

Malala Yousafzai

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W.E.B. DuBois: Activist Leader in Niagara Movement and Co-Founder of the NAACP | Biography

Watch a short video biography of W.E.B DuBois, the black scholar and activist who led the Niagara Movement and cofounded the NAACP.

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NBA Creates Annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Award

The new annual honor that will recognize a current NBA player for pursuing social justice efforts.

NBA Official News Release

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“Radical Transformational Leadership in Times of Crisis” with Monica Sharma (United Nations)

Dr. Monica Sharma worked for more than 20 years in the United Nations as Global Director of different programs. She discusses how Radical Transformational Leadership is the key to unleashing people’s potential globally through values such as compassion, equity and dignity.

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LGBTQ Students on Campus: Issues and Opportunities for Higher Education Leaders

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students are more visible than ever on U.S. college campuses.

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We Must Choose Revolution Over Privilege and Complacency—Here’s How I’m Doing It

A better, more just and compassionate world is in sight. As long as we’re in this together.

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Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don’t Learn in School

Most students learn that Keller, born June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Ala., was left deaf and blind after contracting a high fever at 19 months, and that her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her braille, lip-reading, finger spelling and eventually, how to speak.

Olivia B. Waxman

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