Lee Pelton
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Lee Pelton is the 12th president of Emerson College in Boston. He is an internationally known speaker and writer on the value of a liberal education and the importance of leadership development, civic engagement and diversity and inclusion in higher education.
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I'm Not Celebrating The Chauvin Verdict
I fear that congratulatory celebration may lead to complacency -- a complacency that does not fully acknowledge that there have been and will be many George Floyds, writes Lee Pelton.
What Will You Do, White America? What Will You Do?
I have no words of comfort today, because they would be inauthentic. They would absolve so many from coming to terms with their own silent complicity in the world in...
Those Of Us Who Benefit From The Power Gap Have An Even Greater Responsibility To Close It
Meaningful change will require courage from individuals as well as structural solutions from our institutions, writes Emerson College president Lee Pelton.