Cox Radio Retrospect interview on the Prometheus Project with Beth Perrell.

mms://media.valenciacc.edu/prometheus/coxRadioInterview.mp3

Access WMFE's (90.7 FM) Arts Connection special on the Prometheus Project, including interviews with Stephen B. Davis, Professors Elizabeth Eschbach, David Sutton, and John Scolaro.

http://www.wmfe.org/907/arts/show_art.asp?progID=1513

Access Stephen B. Davis' Valencia Community College commencement day speech of Saturday, May 6, 2006. Stephen is Valencia's 2006 Distinguished Graduate.

Stephen B. Davis Commencement Speech

See the commentary on Stephen B. Davis by Orlando Sentinel columnist, Daryl Owens.

Pomp Trumps Circumstances of Orlando Street Person

See Professor John Scolaro's Orlando Sentinel article on Stephen B. Davis, recipient of Valencia Community College's 2006 Distinguished Graduate Award. It was published as a My Word column on Thursday, May 4, 2006.

 Knowledge is power
 

Carol Traynor of Valencia Community College's Marketing and Media Relations forwarded the press release below on Stephen B. Davis, recipient of the college's 2006 Distinguished Graduate Award. Stephen will also deliver the commencement speech at graduation on Saturday, May 6th.  

Marketing and Media Relations Press Release

Orlando Weekly article in honor of Stephen B. Davis, 'graduate' of the first college-level, non-credit Clemente Course in the Humanities. Stephen Davis, formerly homeless, was recently selected as the recipient of Valencia Community College's Distinguished Graduate Award. He was also invited to give the college's commencement speech at the graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 6, 2005 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Congratulations, Stephen B. Davis!

Orlando Weekly Article on Stephen B. Davis

John Weyman's burial occurred on August 3, 2005 at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.  Gary Shif, owner of Best Cleaners, and the Director of a local Orlando Funeral Home worked together with the Veterans Administration to arrange this significant event.  John Weyman was one of our first Clemente Course in the Humanities students and was awarded two Certificates of Completion for Parts 1 & 2 of the Clemente Course several years ago by Valencia Community College's President, Dr. Sanford C. Shugart.  (The Clemente Course is now known as The Prometheus Project).  His obituary can be found at:

Orlando Sentinel Obituary Article on John Weyman
 

Grant Aims to Get People Out of Poverty Through Lessons in the Humanities
(February 5, 2002 Press Release)     

First in a Series of Public Presentations Will Focus on The Most Effective Way to Get People Out
of Poverty
(February 18, 2002 Press Release)    

For The Homeless, Knowledge is Power:
(February 25, 2002 article submitted to Orlando Sentinel "My Word" Column by Project Director, John Scolaro) 

Lessons Learned from the Highwaymen:
(March 13, 2002 Press Release)    

Noted Author and Sociologist Earl Shorris Redefines Poverty and Ways to Conquer It in Upcoming Talk at Valencia
(April 23, 2002 Press Release)   

War on Poverty Turns to Art
(Article by Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel, May 13, 2002 Section B)   

Gracious Extra Miles & Beyond  by Morgan W. Brown Morgan Brown is homeless in Montpelier, Vermont. He has followed the progression of The Clemente Course in the Humanities at Valencia Community College almost since its inception. As the course's Project Director, I have corresponded with Mr. Brown via e-mail, and recently received his article on going the extra mile and beyond. I have decided to include it as part of the Clemente Project web site. Morgan Brown's e-mail address is morganbrown@gmail.com.  His blog site address is http://norsehorses-turf.blogspot.com.  Thank you, Morgan!

Humanities 101 by Margo Pfeiff An article by our Canadian Neighbors detailing how they have implemented the Clemente Project in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.    http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2003/08/humanities.html

Excellence: Do It Right The First Time AN INTERVIEW WITH Jaime Escalante http://www.govtech.net/magazine/visions/feb98vision/escalante.phtml

Segment from National Public Radio Broadcast Talk of the Nation aired on Monday, December 29, 1997 (links will take you outside the Clemente site to the National Public Radio Website) Listen to Segment                     Listen to Entire Show Instructions:  Will require Real Player to be installed in order to listen to the program POVERTY GUESTS:  Earl Shorris Author, New American Blues: A Journey Through Poverty to Democracy [W.W. Norton, 1997] and Jay Larry Brown, Head of Tufts University Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy,  Former Head of Harvard University's School of Public Health, Former Assistant Surgeon General, There are 40 to 80 million people living in poverty in the United States - and no clear solution on how to get them out of it. Cultural critic Earl Shorris believes impoverished people need skills in dialogue and negotiation to get them out from under; skills they could learn through lessons in the humanities. But critics say getting a job is most important. Join Ray Suarez for a look at the debate over getting people out of poverty.

	Segment from National Public Radio Broadcast Homeless In Orlando - from All Things Considered, aired on Wednesday, September 4, 2002 (link will take you outside the Clemente site to the National Public Radio Website)
Click on link titled Homeless In Orlando http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/segment_display.cfm?segID=149455
Tanya Ott reports from Orlando, Fla., that city officials have passed tough ordinances cracking down on the homeless. It's now illegal for the homeless to sit or lie down in public on a park bench. Downtown merchants had complained that large numbers of homeless people were scaring away customers and hurting their businesses. Homeless advocates say it's part of a national mood to criminalize homelessness. (5:00)

Teaching Democracy:  Reflections on the Clemente Course in the Humanities, Higher Education and Democracy.  A PEGS Reader.  The Good Society.  Committee on the Political Economy of the Good Society.  Volume 11 (2002) Number 1. Kevin Mattson. http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/gso/11.1mattson.pdf

Promoting the humanities, or: How to make the poor dangerous Author: Shorris, Earl Source: American Libraries 46-48 31, no. 5 (May 2000): p. 46-48 ISSN: 0002-9769 Number: 54170689 Copyright: Copyright American Library Association May 2000 http://libsnap.dom.edu/Reserves/LIS740Halv_Promoting.htm

Humanities Course Finds its Way to Bush Alaska.  Anchorage Daily News.  Thursday, December 31, 1998, D5 Lifestyles, by Mike Dunham, Daily News Reporter. http://www.alaskool.org/projects/women/Martz/Clemente.html

New thoughts, new lives: Struggling Seattleites look back on year of study The Seattle Time, Thursday, July 8, 1999. by Mark Ramierz, Seattle Times staff reporter. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=clem&date=19990708&query=clemente+course

National Homelessness Strategy WORKING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS- Part 1  (November 2001) WORKING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS - Part 2. (October 2002) The development of an innovative education and employment program for homeless single men and women in inner Sydney.  Report by:  Colin Robinson, St. Vincent DePaul Society, State Council NSW/ACT

Seattle's Homeless Newspaper, see: http://www.realchangenews.org/pastarticles/features/articles/fea.Bard2.html

Teaching Classics to the Homeless:  Poverty war starts with Socrates http://www.spinninglobe.net/educpoor.html

USAO launches innovative Kiowa-Clemente course, see:  http://www.okit.com/education/august/usao.htm

Cherokee Heritage Center, see: http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/ov_clemente.html

54 Ways You Can Help the Homeless, an e-book by Rabbi Charles E. Kroloff, see: http://www.earthsystems.org/ways/

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Homeless Awareness Holiday Event sponsored by Kelly Kilpatrick The Ripple Effect, held at Disney Amphitheater on December 8, 2001, short video clip of the event, including speeches by:
 John Scolaro, professor of Humanities, West Campus, Valencia Community College
Bob Decker, Director of Community Services for Mental Health Assoc. of FL
Robert Brown, President of Coalition for the Homeless
Kelly Kilpatrick, President and Founder of The Ripple Effect.
and music by:
Kaley, Jayla, Mike Adams, Lance Roland Band, and Evans High School Choir
 see:
Homeless Awareness Holiday Event