Claudette Colvin: She Sat on Bus and Was Arrested, 9 Months Before Rosa Parks

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 by Chris Landers

 For closed caption click “cc”                                                                                                     […]

Read More... Subscribe


The Soweto Uprising: Thousands of Students Stand United

Thursday, August 16th, 2012 by Chris Landers

“Our parents are prepared to suffer under the white man’s rule. They have been living for years under these laws and they have become immune to them. But we strongly refuse to swallow an education that is designed to make us slaves in the country of our birth.” – Soweto Student, 1976 So often our […]

Read More... Subscribe


Istvan Csakany: Connecting Classrooms to Promote Understanding

Monday, July 23rd, 2012 by Chris Landers
Istvan Csakany: Connecting Classrooms to Promote Understanding

Within ten minutes of talking to Istvan Csakany, it’s easy to forget that he’s actually halfway around the world in Hungary. Which, in a lot of ways, is exactly the point. Csakany, 25, works with the International Center for Democratic Transition (ICDT) in Budapest, where he’s launched the One World Learning (OWL) project—a series of […]

Read More... Subscribe


Lauren Slive: Changing Health Care in Africa, One Suitcase at a Time

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012 by Chris Landers
Lauren Slive: Changing Health Care in Africa, One Suitcase at a Time

And to think, it all started with a couple of suitcases. When Lauren Slive first began her dream to improve health care in Ghana in 2007, she was just a 19-year-old girl dragging as many supplies as she could carry through airport customs. But from those humble beginnings sprang Project HEAL, an organization connecting medical […]

Read More... Subscribe


MORE STORIES



Subscribe

Copyright Taking On The Giant. All rights reserved.