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New Immigrants Share Their Stories

2011

The students of Newcomers High School in Long Island City, which specializes in teaching recent immigrants, and those of St. Luke's, a private middle school in Manhattan, have come together to dialogue about difference and combat bias.

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Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage

Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers.

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Robert D. Austin, Gary P. Pisano
2017
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We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the frontlines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group the Earth Guardians believe that today’s youth will play an important role in shaping our future.

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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
2017
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Eco Winners: Uncovering the Traits of Successful Environmental Leaders

"All those who love our planet Earth: Eco Winners is a guidebook and a pep talk... a sigh of relief and a battle cry for those who want to better our world TODAY." - Mellie Napolitano, Author of Hola Miss

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Katya Pronichenko
2020
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Why Self-Care is Essential for Effective Sustainability Leadership

For activists and those who work on environmental, climate and sustainability issues, we might feel angst, grief, anger and/or frustration each time we hear about another climate domino falling.

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Thomas L. Rosenberg
2019
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Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead

From Cecile Richards—president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund for more than a decade, daughter of the late Governor Ann Richards, featured speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, and a “heroine of the resistance” (Vogue)—comes a story...

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Cecile Richards
2018
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From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation

From Thought to Action: Developing a Social Justice Orientation empowers readers to successfully navigate their individual social justice journeys and channel their increased consciousness into activism.

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Amy Aldridge Sanford
2019
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The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence

A revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Dacher Keltner argues that compassion and selflessness enable us to have the most influence over others and the result is power as a force for good in the world.

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Dacher Keltner
2017
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The Character Edge: Leading and Winning with Integrity

Character―the moral values and habits of an individual―is in the spotlight now more than perhaps at any other point in modern history. Politicians distort facts. Corporations cheat customers and investors. Athletes are caught using illegal supplements.

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Robert L. Caslen Jr., Michael D. Matthews, Martin Seligman (foreword)
2020
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On Teaching and Developing Character

A systematic approach to cultivating positive traits.

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Michael D. Matthews
2018
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The Discipline of Building Character

We have all experienced, at one time or another, situations in which our professional responsibilities unexpectedly come into conflict with our deepest values.

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Joseph L. Badaracco
2006
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Immigration and Assimilation