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‘Almost like waking up again’: Harper College students embrace Social Justice Studies Distinction

First SJS graduate Ada V. standing outside the Schaumburg Trickster Gallery

Ada Velazquez was the first Harper student to complete the Social Justice Studies Distinction. A Mexican American with indigenous roots, she is completing a capstone project working with the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg.

When Assistant Professor Michael Bentley was a student – first in high school, then at Harper College and Northwestern University – he felt like something was missing from his education...Click to read the full article...

Last Updated: 1/14/25