Where to Find Us
Bard College has 25 Clemente Courses in operation in 10 states. Bard College has also assisted five other colleges/universities—through the support of a prestigious dissemination grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) of the U.S. Department of Education—in establishing neighborhood humanities courses.
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Affiliated Programs
Arizona
Clemente Veterans Initiative: Phoenix (2015)
Host: Veterans First and Business and Professional Women
Location: [On haitus] Veterans First, 8433 N. Black Canyon Hwy. Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85021
Georgia
Common Good Atlanta Clemente Course – Whitworth (2019)
Sponsor: Common Good Atlanta
Location: 414 Valley Hart Road, Hartwell GA, 30643
Common Good Atlanta Clemente Course – Metro (2018)
Sponsor: Common Good Atlanta
Location: 1310 Constitution Road, SE Atlanta, GA 30316
Common Good Atlanta Clemente Course – Downtown (2019)
Sponsor: Common Good Atlanta
Location: Gideon's Promise Inc., 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30303
Illinois
Odyssey Project (5 courses): Chicago North Side, Chicago South Side, (2000)
Chicago Pilsen (Spanish), Chicago Bridge Course, Urbana
Sponsor: Illinois Humanities Council
Locations:
North Side: American Indian Center, 3401 West Ainslie Street, Chicago, IL 60625
South Side: Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60649
Spanish, including a Bridge course very other year: T.G. Masaryk Czech School,
5701 West 22nd Place, Cicero, IL 60804
Bridge Course: Illinois Humanities, 125 South Clark Street, Suite 650, Chicago, IL 60603
Urbana: Urbana Adult Education Center, 211 North Race Street, Urbana, IL 61801
Sojourner Scholars Humanities Institute (2016) Youth
Sponsor: Illinois Humanities Council
Location: Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S. Stoney Island Ave. Chicago, IL 60649
Massachusetts
Bard College Clemente Course, Holyoke (1999)
Sponsor: The Care Center, Holyoke, MA
Location: The Care Center, 247 Cabot Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Clemente Course in the Humanities, Brockton (2013)
Sponsor: United Way of Greater Plymouth County / Community Connections of Brockton
Location: Stonehill College Downtown Center for Community Engagement at HarborOne Bank, 68 Legion Pkwy, Brockton, MA
Clemente Course in the Humanities, Dorchester (2001)
Sponsors: DotHouse Health / Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Location: Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
Clemente Course in the Humanities, Springfield (2015)
Sponsor: Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services
Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services, 106 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01109
Clemente Course in the Humanities, Worcester (2014)
Sponsor: Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities / Worcester Interfaith
Location: Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609
New Jersey
Clemente Veterans’ Initiative: Newark (2019)
Sponsor: Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University – Newark
Location: TBA
New York
Kingston Bard Clemente Course (2012)
Sponsor: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Location: Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY 12401
Harlem Clemente Course for the Humanities (2013)
Sponsor: The Children’s Village, New York, NY
Location: Drew Hamilton Community Center, 220 West 143rd, New York, NY 10030
Oregon
Humanity in Perspective, Portland (2001)
Sponsor: Oregon Humanities
Location: The Rosewood Initiative, 16126 SE Stark Street, Portland OR, 97233
Alder Early College Course at David Douglas High School, Portland (2019) Youth
Host: DDHS and Oregon Humanities.
Location: 1001 SE 135th Ave, Portland, OR 97233.
Rhode Island
Clemente Veterans’ Initiative: Providence (2018)
Sponsor: Clemente Veterans’ Initiative
Location: Trinity Repertory Theater, 45 Aborn Street, Providence, RI 02903
Texas
Clemente Veterans’ Initiative: Houston (2019)
Sponsor: University of Houston
Location: TBA
Washington State
Bard College Jefferson Clemente Course, Port Townsend (1999)
Sponsor: Jefferson Clemente Foundation
Location: Peninsula College, Port Townsend Campus. 202 Eisenhower Avenue
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Clemente Veterans Initiative: Seattle (2015)
Sponsor: Clemente Veterans’ Initiative, Seattle
Location: Antioch University Seattle, 2400 3rd Ave #200, Seattle, WA 98121
Clemente Veterans’ Initiative: Tacoma (2019)
Sponsor: Pacific Lutheran University
Location: Hauge Admin Building room 204A
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