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NBA Creates Annual Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Award

By NBA Official News Release — 2021

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

Read on www.nba.com

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Why Activism Is Natural for Young People

Don't underestimate young people's power to change the world.

Heather L. Ramey, Heather Lawford

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Standardization Broke Education. Here’s How We Can Fix Our Schools

“The movement towards personalization is already advancing in medicine. We must move quickly in that direction in education, too.”

Kenneth Robinson

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Our Watershed Moments. What Do They Say About Us?

There seems to be an upsurge of thoughts, conscience, and consciousness, forcing all of humanity at the same time to find some inner resolve about a personal state of vices to virtues. It is not just the loss of your interpretation of a person you have grown up with on the air, or even in your life.

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Copley Marine Corps Veteran, Amputee Makes History at Boston Marathon

When Peter Keating took off from the starting line at the Boston Marathon, it was the realization of a dream come true, but he never imagined just how unique his 26.2-mile trek would be.

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How to Deal With a Jerk Without Being a Jerk

It’s natural to get defensive, but that only escalates the cycle of aggression.

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What Does it Mean to Be Creative at the End of the World?

A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.

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Basketball Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Helping to Teach STEM Skills to Black and Latino Students

For more than a decade, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been focused on introducing underserved students to a STEM education, which is science, technology, engineering and math.

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Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger’s Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism

I am becoming increasingly concerned that intellectually gifted children are being denied opportunities because they are being labeled either Asperger’s or high functioning autism.

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How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.

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