#LaSalle College

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Affordable, Accelerated, Accredited fully Online Diploma programs by LaSalle College Vancouver from LCI Education´s global learning community. For skill-builders and career-enhancers. Applied Arts, Design, Creativity, Video games, Fashion, Management.

LCI Education is a prestigious international learning community with 12 high-caliber superior education institutions across 23 campuses present on 5 continents. We count over 20,000 on-campus learners annually; in addition to 10,000 fully online from over 100 countries. Our commitment to excellence has earned us the recognition as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies, 2 years in a row. 👇🏻

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Embark on a transformative academic journey at LaSalle College, Canada, guided by the expertise of the best overseas education consultants. Their support ensures a seamless application process and personalized assistance, enhancing the experience for international students pursuing excellence in design, arts, business, and technology at this renowned institution.

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LaSalle Basketball

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𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔_𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝟭: 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

Describe your understanding of critical thinking that you had before the class, and reflect on what you may have learned.

Critical thinking is an essential mindset for individuals to navigate. It involves analyzing facts to fully understand a problem or subject. The critical thinking discussions in class were detailed and practical, particularly the video by Pooja Nansi, which offered a designer's perspective. I found it fascinating when she talked about The Golden Staircase; it can be viewed as a piece of art by some and an obstacle by others. Thereby, we should identify the problematic aspects and find ways to address us to move on to the next stage.

What have you learned about Mindfulness? How might you integrate this into your learning environment?

Mindfulness involves being fully present in the moment while embracing an attitude of tolerance, patience, and faith. While this may seem straightforward, we often find ourselves disconnected from reality and distracted by trivial matters. Being mindful allows us to recognize our current state, helping us to ground ourselves when we ask, “Where am I?” Instead of passively accepting information without understanding our mental state, being aware of our position and nurturing our minds will empower us. As we progress, this awareness will foster greater growth.

Describe an eventful moment you have experienced in this class.

I can confidently say that every moment was filled with excitement. Each interaction was captivating, providing both encouragement and inspiration. What resonates most is that my classmates have similar ambitions, enabling us to compete while also uplifting one another on our paths toward achieving our goals. I take great pleasure in connecting with peers in the same field and nurturing new relationships and communication among us.

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Reference:

MB. "Critical Thinking Skills A Week 1 Film Pooja Nansi." YouTube, 15 Aug. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAHqOIuCsUs.

[yeonie05]

CTS Week 5 Growth Mindset

While doing our class activities today, seeing the different types of fonts was exciting, and the fact that I don’t remember many of them was even more intriguing. Thinking about the fonts more clearly helps me see them in more detail and see what attracts or diverts my attention from them. I think being able to analyze a font that I never think of was very eye-opening and helped me realize that there are many things that attract me to a specific logo. This activity made me realize that I always have more to see in this world and even more to remember.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

These are the two sketches I liked the most. Fig. 1 I enjoyed playing with the mustaches of the origins logo and putting the brand name on them. I think it’s very fitting, and the brand name fits with the mustache really well. Fig. 2 is like how I wrote the brand name. I think the boldness of the words made me like them more since they are more out there. Though I like both, I think it would've been better if I made Fig. 1 with the font of Fig. 2.

Fig.3

Fig.4

I think I didn’t put too much thought into these two figures, so it didn’t come out as satisfying as the others. I do like Fig.3, and if I had put more thought into it, it could’ve come out better, but Fig.4 feels ‘lazy,’ and it feels like I did not put too much thought into it. I think because it was one of my last designs, I ran out of ideas and couldn’t conjure more.

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[jjekka]

Week 2 Connecting Theory and Practice

This week, on week 2 the activity we’re doing is to sketch a self portrait based on the theory of my practice in life and college. And he’s the sketch of my self portrait that I did.

“What is the theory of my everyday activities?” was asked to us by the lecturers. As an International student, I do think about my daily activities a lot. I’m thinking about what time should I wake up in the morning so that I’m not late for class, thinking about what lecture is it gonna be that day, what will me and my friends have for lunch, how is the afternoon or the second class will be like, and even after all the classes are done and it’s time to go home, I’m still thinking of all the things i need to do. And that’s just the smaller case of it.

Now, the bigger case is all the activities beside school. I mean, even though it’s outside school time, I still need to think and do the assignments given to me as it is our responsibility. But there’s no way I’m spending all my time doing school assignments or projects, so of course there’s time to do some fun too. Most of the time, I usually go shopping or brunch with my friends in a cafe or restaurants. While it is fun, it’s also sadly expensive… So, what I did is I managed the frequency of my spendings and the amount that I spent. I think that’s how I practise the theory I had in my head in my everyday activities.

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"NOW IS NOT THE TIME": CELEBRATING LEE KUAN YEW'S CENTENNIAL LEGACY THROUGH IMMERSIVE ART

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cfp: "unlearning realities - reimagining futures"

SC EVENT | SYMPOSIUM | CALL FOR PROPOSALS ‘Unlearning Realities – Reimagining Futures’ • EXTENDEND DEADLINE: 13 August 2023 PARTICIPATE: A hybrid symposium on unlearning within arts practices and arts education. We invite proposals for presentations that address the notion of unlearning within the context of cultures/histories/futures, contributing to scholarly and artistic exchanges as part of…

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Anita Blair was the first guide dog handler in El Paso, Texas, when she graduated from The Seeing Eye in March 1940 with Fawn, a German shepherd. The photo is a black and white photo of Anita being guided by Fawn across a bustling city street in the early 1940s.

Just a month later, Anita and Fawn were crossing a street in El Paso when a car nearly hit her. “Fawn, the fawn-colored German shepherd, with perfect timing checked her mistress’s pace, so that the car sped past without the driver being aware that the young woman could not see,” the El Paso Times reported on April 19, 1940.

Fawn was at her side when she graduated from the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy – now known as the University of Texas at El Paso, or UTEP – with a bachelor’s degree in 1944. She later earned a master’s degree from Texas State College for Women, now Texas Woman’s University, in Denton.

In 1946, Anita and Fawn were again in the news during a tragic fire at the 23-story Hotel LaSalle in Chicago. According to the June 6, 1946, issue of the El Paso Times, Anita was awakened by screams. “When I opened the door the smoke was so heavy I could taste it,” Anita told the newspaper. “I closed the door but did not want to get Fawn excited. Because of her I remained calm – and probably because of me she did the same.”

Fawn led Anita out the window and down the fire escape – 11 stories down – while the fire raged. Sixty-one people were killed in the fire.

In 1952, Anita became the first El Paso woman – and the first blind woman in any state – to be elected as a state representative. During her time in office, Anita fought for funding for the State School for the Deaf, teacher pay raises, and a bill that allowed women to serve on juries.

Anita returned to The Seeing Eye five more times to be matched with successor Seeing Eye dogs. Her last was Beryl, a black Labrador retriever, in 1990. Anita died in 2010 at the age of 93, and in recognition of her service as a state legislator, is buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

[miffy-junot]

Junot's early life and character

-From the book "La Generale Junot, Duchesse d'Abrantès, d'après ses lettres, ses papiers et son 'journal intime' inédits" by Joseph Turquan, a biography of Laure Junot featuring previously unpublished information given to the author by Georges Aubert, Junot's grandson.

The book is from 1901, and therefore is a little dated in some regards, but overall creates a good portrait of Laure and Jean-Andoche Junot.

General Junot was very young, but, despite his campaigns, despite the high rank to which he had reached, he was younger than his age, especially younger than his rank indicated. The first consul knew this well and that is why he told him to “grow ten years older;” for this also that he advised him to marry as soon as possible. The dignity of existence among those he wanted to call to the first jobs of the Republic was in his program of government.

We would be very mistaken if we imagined the General Junot as a serious general of our time. He was only twenty-nine years old when he was called to the command of Paris, and he had a bit of the tone of the hussars mauvais sujets: General Fournier, General Lasalle especially, this scoundrel of distinction, were the great masters of this kind, and it was on them that the turbulent and untamed youth of the army was enthusiastically modelled. But, in society, Junot affected the tone of the best company.

Born in 1771 to a lower middle-class family, in Bussy-le-Grand, in the Côte-d'or department, Junot began his studies in Montbard and continued them at the college of Châtillon-sur-Seine. There his comrade was the young Marmont: they were to be the first two aides-de-camp of General Bonaparte. Junot's parents dreamed of a cassock for their son, said Marmont, a robe and a lawyer's cap, wrote the Duchess of Abrantes. But the young man had another ideal: his ardent nature in no way fit with the tedious study of the pandects and the institutes: the struggles of the bar would never have been enough to satisfy the combative mood of the future general which felt flowing in his veins "soldier's blood", to use an expression from General de Ségur, and not the juice of stamped paper. Her father did not know how to curb such an ardent nature: he felt that he was wasting his time trying to subdue him with sophistry and a round of leather in a prosecutor's office. Fortunately, the Revolution came and rescued them both by ridding the father of his devilish son and opening the most astonishing perspectives to his activity. As the very idea of ​​the stamped paper made him nauseous - and it is not I who will reproach him for it - as he only understood the sophistry with his sword in his hand, he felt more keenly than anyone, with his fiery nature, the generous ardor which then vibrated all that there were in France of young hearts enthusiastic about freedom, grandeur and glory. At the call of the homeland in danger, Andoche Junot enlisted in the second battalion of Côte-d'Or volunteers, so famous since for the number of remarkable men who emerged from it.

We will not repeat here how Junot distinguished himself from General Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon. The episode is classic and everyone knows it. He owed this success only to himself, to this happy harmony of composure, wit and good grace which is only found in privileged moments of a generous youth. From one day to the next, Junot had acquired personal respect. Also a certain number of brilliant actions have been attributed to him which he was certainly capable of accomplishing, but which he probably did not. A handsome soldier, he was a man who was instinctively and immediately "impulsive" as we say today, and more a slave to his anger, his senses and his whims - like a woman - than to his duties... Nature, in forming him, had forgotten to put the brakes on him that we call character, that strong will which makes us reign over ourselves and, as Goethe said, makes us sovereign over our hearts, - or rather it had made Junot so impetuous, that he had escaped without waiting that she would rivet it to him. Hence the jolts, inconsistencies, lack of balance and frequent derailments in his life. The general was no more bothered to analyse his impressions - although they appeared vividly on his face which changed as soon as a thought agitated him - than to repress his first movement or his instincts. With insane bravery, he never backed down from danger, he even sought it out, he took pleasure in it, a little by nature, a little also by attitude, to set an example to the troops certainly, but also for a lot of admirers. This is a very chivalrous hero's coquetry that we would be reluctant to reproach him for: we can regret, however, that Junot did not bring, in his ordinary habit, this coolness and this calm which distinguished him so astonishingly on the battlefield: in life he was always excited.

From each of his campaigns, Junot had brought back glorious scars and these imposed on men a respect that his youth would not have imposed enough on him. His audacity was such that General Thiébault, his chief of staff during his Portuguese campaign, wrote: “A hundred men like Junot would have crossed hell". And this at a time when bravery was an almost vulgar thing and heroism was common currency.

Junot was one of the most wounded in the army, but the most serious of his wounds was a saber blow, a souvenir of the battle of Loano, which cut half of his face, from the temple to the mouth. If Junot collected saber blows, those he delivered were much more numerous and the unfortunates who received them did not have the leisure to glory in them: his grip was too heavy. “Hey! Well, Monsieur le sabreur..." said Napoleon when he approached him. A swordsman, and "of the first number", as Balzac wrote, who knew him well through hearsay, that is, in reality, what General Junot was.

A good boy, moreover, easy and pleasant relationships, faithful to his friends more than he will be to his wife, devoted to his family... Unfortunately quite forgetful, light, a little childish sometimes and, like the children, violent, hotheaded, hardly calculating the consequences of his words or his actions and, moreover, very abandoned in his morals. But let's not be unfair or too rigorous, they were those of his age and time. He was too much of a man of first impulses to repress himself externally and control his inclinations. Knowing oneself was not his doing; know others, no more. A general, he seemed to have remained a second lieutenant, sometimes even a non-officer, and his character never matured. You have to certainly make allowance for the fire of youth, that of the military customs of the time, which were not the most recommendable, and that of intoxication. Ultimately, General Junot was better than his morals. There was, however, a little incompatibility of mood between his dizzy youth and the high functions of aide-de-camp to General Bonaparte. These functions were perhaps too heavy a load for Junot's shoulders: his past, his studies, his education had not sufficiently prepared him for them. Enjoyer of the present moment, like most of the other exploits resulting from the Revolution, of a complexion more sensual than amorous, he took care of women, out of taste no doubt, but also for the sake of fresh air: the Lauzuns, the Tillys, the Richelieus, did not do otherwise; and if he later had a transport of jealousy worthy of Othello, he never had the ecstasies of Saint-Preux with Julie. He even mixed a little brutality with his gallantry. Was this the consequence? Junot had an excessive sensitivity, unhealthy rather than delicate, that of men who abuse their nervous system, become soggy and become slaves to their impressions instead of remaining ill-beings of them. He had, basically, very good principles, but the mistake of not conforming his conduct to his principles. This is not a rare thing: do you know many men who are otherwise? But, as a soldier, he should have remembered this maxim that Sully liked to repeat: “He who wants to acquire glory and honor must try to dominate his pleasures and never allow them to dominate him.” He prided himself on literature, posed as a connoisseur of art, theater and music. There was something glorious, vain, and witty in him: piquant quips, a few happy words had earned him a reputation as a witty conversationalist: aptly placed quotations from Virgil had also earned him a reputation for knowledge. In fact, it was at the theater, where he went every evening, that the best part of his education was spent. Sensing what he lacked in terms of education, he had the good spirit to seek to perfected through contact with some distinguished comrades, like Marmont, like Duroc, whose manners he copied. Generous, in no way petty, he very gallantly threw money out the window, like the great lords of the ancien regime, ate three hundred oysters for his lunch, because the fashion was for gluttony, had the most beautiful horses in Paris, played big games and ruined himself on dancers. Tall and well built, very similar in face and somewhat in appearance to General Rapp, but more slender than him, he had a pleasant exterior. Such was, in truth, General Junot. I have tried to be fair in drawing this portrait: I have not softened any angle, I have not concealed any fault. I am perhaps too harsh: I believe I am only impartial. I would add that all that the general lacked to be an eminent man was moderation, balance and character, in a word, to have an equal degree of reflection and action. If Napoleon kept him close despite his faults, it was because he had a sort of tenderness for the men who had found themselves associated with his prestigious successes in Italy; it was because he knew that Junot, who had shared with him during the difficult times of his availability, in 1795, the meagre pension he received from his father, was devoted to him body and soul.

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In August, a swarm of hopeless and horny romantics on Reddit disputed the pros and cons of Bumble, the dating app that requires women to make the first move.

“Besides barren wastelands like [Plenty of Fish] crawling with bots, scammers, hookers, and psychos, this app has to be the worst,” one user posted.

Said another, “Lots of fun conversations but ghost city when trying to get a number or plan a date.”

Other Redditors openly shared how they met their partners on the app, but the consensus was unequivocally clear: Bumble, like the majority of dating apps currently on the market, is bad. “If Bumble is the worst dating app, then what’s the best alternative—Tinder, Hinge?” asked one user. “They all suck so which one sucks the least?”

After a decade of swiping left and sliding into DMs, many people are now longing for a simplification of the dating pool. As with so much about the internet, online dating made everything accessible all at once and turned socializing into something of a competitive sport. Waves, swipes, likes, and roses embodied the desires of a generation of users ravenous to find connection however they could.

But the glow has worn off, and there is growing sentiment among young people that dating apps, once considered the future of romantic connection, are broken.

Facebook Dating is all old people. Raya is full of posturing. Hinge, which bills itself as the “dating app designed to be deleted,” conceals its most attractive daters behind a $50 monthly subscription (or, at least, that’s the theory according to a handful of TikTok users). As for Tinder, the app that revolutionized online dating when it launched in 2012, it “has become the dating air, or maybe the pollution, we all breathe,” writer Allison P. Davis observed last year, reflecting on the Olympian level of difficulty modern dating presents for many people thirsty for connection.

Dating app disillusionment is felt most strongly among college students, according to a new study from Axios and research firm Generation Lab. Most are forgoing regular app usage (79 percent) in favor of in-person connection, a fact that seems at odds with Gen Z’s innate gift for virtual expression on platforms like Snapchat and Twitch.

“Dating apps promised a quick fix to the messiness of love,” says Carolina Bandinelli, a professor at the University of Warwick whose research focuses on the digital culture of love. “Their promotional narratives spoke about reducing love to a simple procedure. Dating apps promised a love that ‘works.’ But they do not ‘work’ as they are supposed to, yet they create the expectation of love as an efficient business. Users get frustrated with this.”

That young people in college are choosing to forgo digital connection is not as shocking as the study suggests, says Paul Eastwick, a psychologist at UC Davis who specializes in the nature of attraction. “College students are in the fortunate position of being surrounded by many similarly aged peers, and their social networks are in a constant state of flux. Online dating sites and apps are typically going to be especially useful for folks whose networks feel frozen and who don’t have as many opportunities to meet new people through friends of friends,” he tells me. “So it makes sense.”

The culture of online dating will continue to evolve, as it has over the past decade. Although many young people are taking a more traditional alternative to apps—while also relying on options like Date Me docs—that has not stopped Gen Z from being vocal about the culture that surrounds modern relationships.

Since the publication of her 2008 book, Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, Kathleen Bogle, a sociologist at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, says the biggest evolution in dating culture was prompted by women, who have brought more transparency to the dating process. “Platforms like TikTok have created space for women to upload videos talking about their issues with the hookup culture, such as not getting what they want relationally, feeling used, the double standard, and, in some cases, the lack of sexual pleasure for women,” Bogle says. “In previous decades, women may have felt this way but only talked about it with their own friendship circle, not online to thousands of followers.”

Online dating is now a multibillion-dollar industry. From 2016 to 2021, global subscription rates for apps increased by 81 percent. Analysts predict that despite market saturation and a current decline in user growth, companies will pivot to monetization by any means, a move that could further spoil what people believe is an already poor user experience.

The current techlash is a byproduct of the environment dating apps have contributed to over the past decade. We are inching toward what Bandinelli refers to as a period of post-romantic love in our digital society, where conveniences such as dating apps play a hand in rewriting “the ethical codes of love with the objective of building a notion of love deprived of pain, loss, and negative emotions.” In this new notion of love, if it should even be called that, the human experience that characterizes dating, its highs and lows, is flattened through machined exchanges.

In a quest to streamline romantic connection, it seems we are losing all that makes it worthy of pursuit. “With new technologies, there is always a period in which they seem to take over what was in place before,” Bandinelli says of then and now. “Then there is a counterforce, and people want to retrieve what seems to have been lost.”

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𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔_𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝟭𝟬: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭

I believe that critical thinking is something unnatural. However, as we face challenges, we strengthen our problem-solving skills by carefully analyzing different factors and tackling them head-on in tough situations. This is something we naturally pick up over time. For me, the last semester was a suitable opportunity to practice critical thinking while interacting with a diverse group of people in various scenarios. It was enjoyable to share similar aspirations and learn new things with my classmates as we worked towards common goals. I could say that our past activities in class are alike an ant colony. We began as a group, but we created our unique areas based on our styles, all while moving forward together without losing our identities. There are numerous chambers, yet the ant colony is one cohesive unit.

This class felt like a team effort, and while I was used to working in teams, collaborating with peers with similar interests was a fresh experience. The most memorable part of the CTS-A was when we created a monument, as it was the first time we went through the process of teamwork. I had to express my ideas confidently while gradually finding common ground with my teammates' differing opinions. It was fascinating to see how we could harmonize our thoughts through compromise and understanding. Looking at the final result, I felt that my identity shone through, along with unique traits that I didn’t possess. Instead of working solo, I appreciated the chance to broaden my style by learning from others and filling in each other's gaps. I’ve grown a lot from those experiences.

Personally, the practical advice and tips Shawn shared as a senior designer were utilizable. I could say that the class was open-minded and genuine. It would have been more fascinating to have additional chances to apply these methods as a team in various settings. Out of all my first-semester classes, CTS-A offered me the biggest sense of accomplishment as I experienced significant personal growth.

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Photo Reference:

Cho, Hye-sun. "거대 개미굴 발견 '사람을 치면 만리장성급 규모'." Dong-A Ilbo, 8 Feb. 2012, www.donga.com/news/Inter/article/all/20120208/43872659/3.

[yeonie05]

CTS Week 3 Emotional Intelligence

The flaw that you immediately notice  in someone you meet  Is probably a flaw of yours, too. If you didn’t have it, You wouldn’t have noticed it so quickly. -Haemin Sunim p.131

Sunim, Haemin, et al. The Things You Can See Only When You Slow down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World. Penguin Life, 2018.

Today, we were paired up and interviewed to delve deeper into understanding each other. Interviewing each other made me realize that there are more things I need to work on, but it also made me realize that I’m more than I thought I was. Being able to know what I lacked when working with others helped me realize I should take more time to fix some habits of mine, but I was also relieved to hear what my partner had to say about my strengths. I was told my relationship management was better than I had initially thought, which brought up my confidence. It helped me realize I should become more confident when talking to people to improve my communication skills.

While I have much to improve in all aspects, I am best at being self-aware. I often have time to myself at night, which helps me reflect on the whole day. I may be too critical of myself, but I think being self-aware is excellent because I can know my shortcomings and always try to fix them in my spare time. Though it may be good to be self-aware, I should improve my self-awareness because I become too self-aware to the point where I get scared to speak up. I may be good at being self-aware; however, I’m not too good at managing myself. I’ve never been good at time management and managing my work. My work ethic has never been good, and it is slowly getting better, but I think I have to put aside separate time to work on my self-management.

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[lboogie1906]

Congressman Dwight Evans (born May 16, 1954). He was born in Philadelphia. He attended Germantown High School, and the Community College of Philadelphia, graduating, and graduated with his BA from Lasalle University. He worked as an employment counselor, a job developer, and a community organizer for the Urban League of Philadelphia, before becoming a teacher in the Philadelphia Public School System.

In 1980, he was elected State Representative from the 203rd Legislative District. He was re-elected twelve times against only token Republican opposition and made history in 1990 when he was named the first African American to Chair the House Appropriations Committee in the state legislature. He held the position for the next two decades when Democrats were the majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

He championed the Philadelphia Fresh Food Financing Initiative, which brought together public and private funds to expand and build grocery stores and food cabinets in designated “food desert areas” across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Initiative created over 5,000 jobs and nearly 100 grocery stores while bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to underserved areas across Pennsylvania. The program became a model for the entire nation.

He was instrumental in the efforts to build a new Convention Center in Philadelphia. He ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 1986 and became the first African American candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1994. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia in 1999 and 2007.

In November 2015 he announced he would run in the Democratic Primary for the 2nd District seat. He won an upset victory in the Democratic Primary in April 2016 and won both the regular election and a special election to fill the two months left in the term. He now represents Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District.

He sits as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus. He is a member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. He released his book Making Ideas Matter: My Life as a Policy Entrepreneur. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence