FIRSTHAND
FIRSTHAND Talks: Juan Salgado
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Juan Salgado explores an often-overlooked pathway out of poverty: community colleges.
Juan Salgado explores an often-overlooked pathway out of poverty: community colleges and their unique position to meet people where they are. He explains how these under-resourced institutions help students capitalize on their talents and make it possible for them to realize their dream of upward mobility.
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FIRSTHAND is a local public television program presented by WTTW
FIRSTHAND
FIRSTHAND Talks: Juan Salgado
Clip: Season 3 | 10m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Juan Salgado explores an often-overlooked pathway out of poverty: community colleges and their unique position to meet people where they are. He explains how these under-resourced institutions help students capitalize on their talents and make it possible for them to realize their dream of upward mobility.
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FIRSTHAND Talks: Mark Jay, PhD
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Clip: S3 | 11m 19s | Jay examines how mass incarceration and police violence overwhelmingly targets the poor. (11m 19s)
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Clip: S3 | 10m 38s | Juan Salgado explores an often-overlooked pathway out of poverty: community colleges. (10m 38s)
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Clip: S3 | 11m 1s | Scott explores why poverty persists in spite of the "War on Poverty" launched in 1964. (11m 1s)
FIRSTHAND Talks: Calvin Holmes
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Clip: S3 | 11m 9s | Calvin Holmes explains how the cycle of poverty can be broken with long-term investment. (11m 9s)
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Clip: S3 | 10m 20s | Wilson explores the myth that people in poverty made personal choices that put them there. (10m 20s)
FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty – Trailer
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Preview: S3 | 1m 24s | The summer and fall of 2020 through the eyes of five people living in poverty in Chicago. (1m 24s)
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