From Streets to Scholarship by Terence Lester
Terence Lester, Ph.D., Vonnetta L. West, Ernest Crim IIIFrom Streets to Scholarship is a newsletter about dignity, compassion, justice, faith, culture, and what we can do to create change.
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What an Evicted Father Taught Me About Gratitude
Two days ago, there was a knock at the door at our Love Beyond Walls office in College Park. A man I will call Henry asked if I had a few minutes to talk.
He told me that he and his family had been living outside since they were evicted. H...
Serving Through the Storm: Community, Crisis & the Work Ahead
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Homelessness is at record highs
Earlier today, I had the honor of speaking to a room full of students, community leaders, and professors at Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University in Rochester, New York. We spent our time together talking about poverty, homel...
This Is Not Normal
Earlier this week, I sat with a mother in our community who was carrying more than anyone should have to carry alone. She had recently been laid off, and she was doing everything in her power to keep her child steady and provided for. We ta...
Over 100 people helped me film a movie
Directing my first film has been one of the most awesome experiences of my life, and it changed me forever. On August 20th, my team and I set out to do something we did not think was possible—film a whole movie.
After months of dreaming...
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I’m a scholar-practitioner offering concepts grounded in dignity, compassion, justice, and faith. I founded Love Beyond Walls in 2013 and published From Dropout to Doctorate in 2025. Married to my best friend, Cecilia.
Curates and hosts learning experiences that teach good neighboring, courageous empathy, moral imagination, and nonviolence. Pastor + writer + human rights advocate
Crim's Class is a newsletter exploring untold (Black) history, (racial) justice & the power of education to transform lives - written by an Emmy-nominated producer, public teacher and author of 'How Black History Can Save Your Life.'
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