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Effective advocacy requires clarity- clarity about the story we tell and clarity about our authences.
A good story is grounded in passion and commitment, which means we need to discover what we care about individually and collectively. It's not hard.
The American invention of the community college, founded on principles of social justice, opportunity for all, and building and connecting to healthy communities, has in recent months taken on a profound significance. It connects us with what the poet Rainer Maria Rilke called "the great things of the world and with the grace of great things."
Those of us who work at community colleges do so because of a fundamental belief in our mission. To advocate well, we must be committed to this mission, to our students, and to advancing higher education as a universal right.
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