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Kone My name is Jonah Kone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, and I major in International Political Economy with minors in Hispanic Studies and Environmental Policy. I am especially interested in how cultural, anthropological, and political factors shape environmental policy, especially with interdisciplinary and international issues such as climate change. As an outdoor enthusiast with an addiction for travel, I hope to do environmental work in the Americas with an international focus

groups in Mexico is the establishment of transnational social networks of support between migrants. This is so important because without the establishment of these networks and groups, the risk exists that there will be a loss of connection with homelands and families, and also a potential erosion of cultural ties. The mistreatment of the Tzetltal women demonstrates an instance where indigenous migrants were at risk of being severed from their families and roots, forcibly, by those in control of the

!’ But to LGBT people, it can mean a word that they now own. Queer has many different meanings to different people, and I didn’t know that. I never would use those words. I just was surprised—it was cultural shock hearing someone call themselves queer, like calling myself the N-word.” I’d see my poster on professors’ doors and thought I was pretty cool. I should have signed them.” As a Rieke Scholar—selected to reaffirm PLU’s commitment to inclusiveness and diversity— Hoefer was a regular volunteer

”); the opening of Mortvedt Library in 1967 and the all-campus book-moving party it took to stock it; the opening of PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center; royal visits, including by the king and queen of Sweden (a “particular highlight”); PLU’s centennial celebration in 1990—and, of course, its quasquicentennial in 2015. (She also divorced Mr. Henderson: “I decided I liked my job at PLU better than him,” she quips.)   (Photo: Courtesy Kerstin Ringdahl) Ringdahl's first PLU ID card. +Enlarge Photo “I’ve

-Blackness includes the act of labeling features of Blackness and Black cultural artifacts—such as clothes, speech, hairstyles, and music—as desirable, without acknowledging the humanity of Black people. Decolonize To decolonize is to recognize, reject, and replace the systems implemented by the colonizer. According to Leigh Patel, “Much of this work begins from the assumptions that communities that have been under the heel of colonization hold within them deeper resources and ways of being, refusing to

Memorial Museum. The play is based on Seder’s book, Miracle at Zakynthos, The Only Greek Jewish Community Saved In Its Entirety From Annihilation. Seder is the co-founder of a nonprofit organization, Cultural Exchange Foundation, which has presented Holocaust-related exhibitions, presentations and films in Washington, DC, New York, Boston, Budapest and Jerusalem (Yad Vashem). Seder is married to art director Anita Semjen and lives in the Washington, DC area. Conference ScheduleCynthia Flash

Mathematics (NCTM) and the Common Core State Standards for math (CCSS-M) that serve to guide curriculum and instructional development in the state of Washington. (4) EDUC 374 : Management and Student Engagement Develops management strategies for student engagement and increasing academic achievement (4) EDUC 375 : Technology Integration The integration of technology tools for the classroom. (2) EDUC 385 : Comparative Education - GE Comparison and investigation of materials and cultural systems of

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, and dehumanization that is taking place on our Southern border and [in our] ‘detention’ centers they would be moved to action.”  Why?  Because, as with many other historical civil rights movements, the cause of immigration rights should be able to call upon American constitutional and cultural traditions of justice and fairness. — Carmiña Palerm Annunciation House: A Shelter for immigrants; Photo by Carly Brook Back: Callista Brown's "Third Rail Inquiry"Next: Pauline Shanks Kaurin's "Thinking

-granting institutions of higher education 0 Nation’s Congressional representatives 0 Elected officials nationwide Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Bar Association, National Science Foundation, American Medical Association, National Center for Education Statistics, National Association of Latino Elected Officials Chávez said she sought out and received support throughout her own educational journey, despite external challenges: a cultural background in which she says women’s ambitions were often