Community colleges serve as a critical gateway to English-language instruction, higher education, workforce training, and civic engagement for many immigrants and refugees looking to gain an economic foothold in the labor market and integrate into the social fabric of their communities. Coming from various walks of life with different goals and aspirations, immigrants and refugees have turned to community colleges to help them further their education, prepare for citizenship, or launch new careers. At a time when our nation is facing bitter political divides over its immigration policies and gridlock at the federal level, this book tells a different story: It showcases the exemplary initiatives of community colleges and their partners working together at local and state levels to integrate immigrants and refugees into the economic, social, and cultural fabric of our communities and our country, and it illustrates the various ways immigrant and refugee students enrich campus life, strengthen communities, and benefit our economy. This book shares the perspectives of community college CEOs and examines the role of leadership in adopting institution-wide strategies and allocating resources that have advanced immigrant and refugee integration on campus and in the community. We also learn how front-line practitioners make those strategies work through educational and career pathways that have enabled immigrants and refugees to pursue their academic and career goals and contribute to the economic prosperity and cultural vibrancy of their communities.

Community colleges serve as a critical gateway to English-language instruction, higher education, workforce training, and civic engagement for many immigrants and refugees looking to gain an economic foothold in the labor market and integrate into the social fabric of their communities. Coming from various walks of life with different goals and aspirations, immigrants and refugees have turned to community colleges to help them further their education, prepare for citizenship, or launch new careers. At a time when our nation is facing bitter political divides over its immigration policies and gridlock at the federal level, this book tells a different story: It showcases the exemplary initiatives of community colleges and their partners working together at local and state levels to integrate immigrants and refugees into the economic, social, and cultural fabric of our communities and our country, and it illustrates the various ways immigrant and refugee students enrich campus life, strengthen communities, and benefit our economy. This book focuses on two key components of successful immigrant and refugee integration: multisector partnerships that have been essential for increasing immigrant and refugee students’ college and career readiness and assuring their transition to further education, training, or jobs; and strategies related to replicating and scaling best-practice models and the policy implications involved.

This is about the struggles of the African American people from being captured as slaves, their travel to America in the middle passage to the southern plantations, thru the civil rights movement to today treatment in the 21st century.

History is often viewed as a dry and dusty subject, a collection of names, dates, and facts that seem far removed from our daily lives. Yet, as we will see in the pages that follow, the study of history is essential for understanding the world around us and our place in it. This book is an attempt to demonstrate the significance of history in interpreting our present world and to explore the many ways in which the past continues to shape our society today.

In ‘I Can’t Breathe America’, Pastor L. Beaubrun Jr. delivers a powerful message, exposing systemic racism, police brutality, and political corruption. As a Moorish American National Republic, I urges unity among all citizens, regardless of color or race, under one mindset: one nation under God. With honesty and compassion, he shares personal experiences and insights, weaving a narrative that’s both personal and relatable. Through memoir, social commentary, and spiritual reflection, Pastor Beaubrun tackles tough questions: What does it mean to be an American? What’s the true cost of racism and inequality? How can we achieve a just and equitable society? This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand America’s struggles and find a path forward towards healing and hope. Join Pastor Beaubrun on a journey towards a more perfect union, where every voice matters. ‘I Can’t Breathe America’ is a call to action, urging us to come together as one people, united in our pursuit of justice, equality, and unity for all.

​This book explores the historical, foundational, and applied elements of sustainability theory and practice as relevant to the leadership, management, and innovation of organizations, companies and enterprises. It provides analytical and critical reviews of the current evolution of sustainability for people, planet, prosperity, innovation and impact. Divided into four parts, the work offers an integrated model of development for creating and delivering sustainability values at the personal, organizational, societal and environmental levels. The different sections examine sustainability leadership (focusing on of ethics, values, and purpose), sustainability management (focusing on organizational effectiveness and stakeholders’ wellbeing), sustainability innovation (focusing on social and environmental entrepreneurship), and sustainability impact (focusing on resilience, interconnectedness, consciousness, systemic thinking, and cosmic empathy for the common good and common future). Combining theoretical and practical applications that give the reader a deeper, scientific, and critical understanding of the urgent, complex, and necessary values for a sustainable future for all, this comprehensive text is a must-read for researchers and students alike, providing a framework for effective globally responsible leadership.

There are enormous and difficult challenges on a global scale, and we are living in a time when these problems are occurring. Sometimes people would refer to them as "wicked problems." As a result of the interconnected nature of these issues and the prevalence of value systems and points of view that are in opposition to one another, it is challenging to describe, comprehend, and find solutions to these complex and systemic challenges. In the present moment, we are confronted with a number of the most severe challenges that may be traced back to human activities that are not sustainable. We refer to this period of time as the "Anthropocene," which is a geological era that has been developed to acknowledge the tremendous influence that human activities are having on the processes and systems of the Earth. This era was established in order to acknowledge the "Anthropocene." Since the Industrial Revolution, which took place in the latter half of the eighteenth century, human activities have had a significant and far-reaching impact on the systems that make up the Earth. The climate of the Earth has been affected as a result of these activities, as has the chemistry of the land and ocean, and the biodiversity of the globe has been diminished via these activities. It is anticipated that the environmental modifications that have been brought about by human activity will have far-reaching repercussions, some of which could be catastrophic, for the entire planet and the people who live on these planets. In spite of this, the challenges are not restricted to problems pertaining to the environment. These difficulties have gotten even more intricate as a result of their connectivity with social, economic, and peace and security concerns

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