I have been a teacher in North Carolina Public schools for the last 36 years. I have taught US History, Civics and Economics, AP US and AP European History, as well as a course entitled Conversations in Diversity. I have been a high school basketball coach (retired) and tennis coach, cross country coach, and soccer coach. I have 3 great children and a wonderful wife who, too, is a retired public school teacher. Social justice is a burning passion of mine. Remember, "democracy isn't something you believe in...it's something you DO!" I hope this class may encourage my students to become more civic-minded; better informed. For the sake of American democracy--we must!