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Michelle Ramos Ramirez ’24
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iStock / SeventyFour
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A U.S. Department of Education grant will fund mental health services for K–12 schools nationwide
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Inez Beverly Prosser is known as the first Black woman psychologist in the United States.
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Juneteenth Legacy Project
"Absolute Equality" mural in Galveston, Texas, commemorating Juneteenth
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With a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Grant, Foundations in the Humanities is funded to run at Corcoran for three years.
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Michelle Bell
Michelle Bell, Chinatown Live
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Federal funding for the JEDI Project will increase the number of highly trained psychologists in K-12 public schools
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Matt Perko
Professor Kathleen Moore, February 2023
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Matt Perko
Professor Shane Jimerson