OLLI101605 - Philadelphia Pathbreakers
Course Description
Philadelphia Pathbreakers
Instructor: Debra Weiner
Day of the Week: Wednesday
Dates: March 12 – April 9
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Hybrid at TUCC
If there were an Academy Award for local innovation, our guest speakers would all be winners: from arts to community organizing, from law to appliance repair, from homeless college students to historic preservation. Come meet these Pathbreakers who have forged new pathways for the next generations.
Maximum: 30 in person, 50 virtual
Instructor Bio: Debra Weiner has graduate degrees in city planning and urban education through which she has met local innovators from diverse professions who share a commitment to making Philadelphia a more united, resilient and equitable community. Her 45-year career in education included leading several non-profit education advocacy organizations, advising state and local education officials, designing and evaluating college prep programs and high school/college partnerships, researching policy options, and teaching working adults in higher education.
Instructor Bio: Debra Weiner has graduate degrees in city planning and urban education through which she has met local innovators from diverse professions who share a commitment to making Philadelphia a more united, resilient and equitable community. Her 45-year career in education included leading several non-profit education advocacy organizations, advising state and local education officials, designing and evaluating college prep programs and high school/college partnerships, researching policy options, and teaching working adults in higher education.
Notes
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