College Courses
Action for Juvenile Justice course Leondar-Wright 2024
In this course, all the students together will design and carry out a brief activist campaign to move Massachusetts towards a better juvenile justice system.
Meritocracy Myth course -Leondar-Wright 2024
In a country that often preaches the idea that prosperity comes mostly from hard work and talent (AKA “meritocracy”), this course delves deep into the reality…
Social Movements course Leondar-Wright 2023
You are breathing cleaner air right now thanks to the environmental movement. Maybe you can vote thanks to the Civil Rights or women’s suffrage movement.
Climate Action First-Year Seminar Leondar-Wright 2023
Droughts, fires, flooded coastlines, extreme heat, mega-storms: climate change is already harming people around the world, especially in poor countries…
Race and Ethnicity course Leondar-Wright 2023
When the US elected our first black president in 2008, many said we had become a post-racial society.
But that assessment turned out to be…
Action for Social Justice course Leondar-Wright 2022
In this course, all the students together will design and carry out a brief activist campaign to move towards a better future.
Wealth & Poverty course - Leondar-Wright 2022
Why are millions of people poor in this rich country? Why are the top 1% getting so much wealthier?
First-gen & low-income students First-Year Seminar Leondar-Wright 2021
How did you get to college? You have a unique story, about your parents’ and grandparents’ educational experiences; about your high school;
IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA - Leondar-Wright
The United States is a nation of immigrants:
Every family except Native American Indians came here from somewhere else.