This Sunday, right after the Seattle Seahawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers to reach the NFL Super Bowl, star cornerback Richard Sherman gave a rather unique interview. In words that millions will dissect for the next few weeks, Sherman, after making a phenomenal play to seal the win, asserted that he is “the best corner… Continue reading Richard Sherman and Social Entrepreneurs
Month: January 2014
Reflections on our First West Coast Semester
As we prepare to kick off the spring semester in the Bay Area, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the past semester. This fall was Generation Citizen’s first semester on the West Coast; it was an exciting one, full of new partnerships, lots of learning and truly inspirational young people. College students… Continue reading Reflections on our First West Coast Semester
Who Gets to Determine Impact?
The 50-year anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty has sparked a fury of analyses on its efficacy in actually ending poverty. Some say that progress has barely been made, as evidenced by the fact that the poverty rate has only gone down slightly (from 19 percent to 15 percent), while 46 million Americans… Continue reading Who Gets to Determine Impact?