Initiatives4

Projects associated with academic work and college administrative work.

A diverse group of people pose together on indoor steps, smiling and holding up peace signs, or "V" signs for VELI. Some stand, while others kneel or sit. The background shows a modern interior with wood accents and metal railings.
Integrity as an Expression of Value Enacted ExcellenceEducationInitiatives

Integrity as an Expression of Value Enacted Excellence

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 27, 2025
A group of nine adults sit around a red outdoor table at a café, smiling at the camera. The table has drinks, mugs, and condiments, and the setting is sunny with greenery and other diners in the background.
Welcome to the Inaugural Values Enacted Leadership InstituteAcademicInitiatives

Welcome to the Inaugural Values Enacted Leadership Institute

Christopher LongChristopher LongJuly 14, 2025
A wooden gate framed by two columns of beige brick covered by green vines with red blossoms opens onto a tiered garden with a birdbath in the center. Off in the distance beyond the garden there are trees in full autumn folliage. The path leading to the bird bath is lined with purple flowers on this sunny November day in the Dumbarton Oaks gardens.
Coalition for the Future AcademyInitiativesThe Long Road

Coalition for the Future Academy

Christopher LongChristopher LongJanuary 18, 2024
A diverse group of people of wide-ranging ages stand in a courtyard in front of a colorful mural of Grace Lee and James Boggs with young people. A young Grace Lee Boggs is in yellow, holding a megaphone to her mouth. Jimmie Boggs, on the right, is in a dark jacket, hands folded in front of me, listening. There is a diverse group of young people between them.
Ubuntu, Drawing, and A Pilgrimage to the Boggs CenterInitiatives

Ubuntu, Drawing, and A Pilgrimage to the Boggs Center

Christopher LongChristopher LongOctober 21, 2023