What can a POTUS and FLOTUS from the 1% teach us about the American Dream? A great deal, it turns out.
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Conquering My American Dream
What is the American Dream to me? The American Dream is opportunity for all, the ability of our nation to provide us with basic public goods, along with our right to liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
Read MorePay It Forward: The American Dream
By Karla Ortiz (BA Political Science, ’18) Everyone living in this country has his or her own definition of what the American Dream means. The struggles we have surpassed and the ones we are facing are what make us unique. The diversity of each story is what makes us American, which is what should be […]
Read MoreA Millennial Roosevelt Alum Contemplates the American Dream
I see the American Dream as being more about being fulfilled by work itself than it is for the work to be a means to one day enjoy fulfillment. It’s not that we millennials don’t want a house, family and retirement in a quiet neighborhood. For many of us, however, that part of the American Dream will have to come much later.
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn From America: The American Dream Considered from a Dutch Perspective
A funny thing happened when I published my last book in the Netherlands this September. It’s a 140-page essay titled Wat wij van Amerika kunnen leren, which translates as What We Can Learn from America. I had been prepared for negative reactions, people denouncing the book on title alone. “Learning from America? A country torn […]
Read MoreThe American Dream Conference: What Does the American Dream Mean Today?
1,008 attendees. 4 consecutive days. 580+ service day volunteers. 6 scholarship winners. 200+ “call to action” discussion participants.
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