Higher Education for All: Listen to the Humanities= Podcast

25 years ago, The Clemente Course partnered with Illinois Humanities to offer free college-level humanities courses to low-income adults in Chicago through The Odyssey Project and Proyecto Odisea.

Clemente Executive Director, Dr. Aaron Rosen, recently joined Dulce Maria Diaz (Odyssey Project alumna and founder of the SHE Gallery) and Dr. Rebecca Amato (Director of Teaching and Learning, Illinois Humanities) on the Federation of State Humanities podcast Humanities=.

In this episode, hear how this transformative program changes lives!

Links and More

S.H.E Gallery (Sharing His Energy Gallery)

“Your Odyssey Begins Here: Three alumni on why you should restart your education with the Odyssey Project” (Illinois Humanities)

“Passing the Torch” (on 2025 Odyssey Project graduates, Illinois Humanities)

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