This is Your Democracy

Read the powerful writings from graduates of the Clemente Course in which they explore the connections between personal experience, civic engagement and democracy.
Photo of Onyedikachi Nwogu, a Clemente Course student.

Onyedikachi Nwogu Worcester In July 2020, I was harassed and arrested because of my sexuality for a third time. I was still living in Abia

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Brittney Washington Springfield One day, sitting at home watching TV, I got a phone call from my brother, and we started chatting about the election

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Jaseth Beason Belchertown When I was a child, voting was a little confusing to me. I usually asked my parents why voting was important. My

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Don Vo Worcester I enrolled in Clemente at exactly the right time: the year when Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice died at the

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