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New Critical Conscience.” The conference challenges participants to align concepts of education and justice in ways that call for conscience, critique and change—all concepts, in turn, that align precisely with PLU’s mission. PLU participants include: • Ruth Bernstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Management and Nonprofit Studies • Callista Brown, Associate Professor of English • Melannie Denise Cunningham, Director of Multicultural Recruitment • Emily Davidson, Assistant
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the feeling of being from a place, but not necessarily of that place. She shares how her experiences interacted with her navigation of her own identity both personally and globally. Giovanna Urdangarain’s research looks at the ways in which countries in the Southern Cone of Latin America experience dictatorships, and the narratives of women that arise out of those circumstances. She speaks to her experience of returning to her home country of Uruguay first to teach through the Peace Corps, then
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she’s grown to cherish. “This place called Pacific Lutheran University is very special, and it’s made up of the most amazing people,” Cunningham said. “I couldn’t have chosen a better work family.” Cunningham’s career has included successful tenures in federal, city and state government; nonprofits; radio; television; higher education; and entrepreneurship. Despite the varied sectors and scenery, Cunningham said her goals and objectives always have drawn from the same source of passion
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services in 10 out of the Peninsula School District’s 15 schools. Both Speer and Shultz are motivated by their organization’s unique opportunity to make a positive and profound difference in the trajectory of Peninsula-area students. “The most gratifying part of our work is knowing that what I do ‘behind the scenes’ is making a difference in children’s lives,” says Speer, who has spent her entire career working for nonprofits, previously serving at the American Lung Association of Washington, United
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environmental to economic. (Photo courtesy of the United States Coast Guard) Narratives like this are common surrounding the clean-up efforts. Oil has damaged more than open waters within the past two months, since the April 20 explosion killed 11 men on the offshore rig and ignited the disaster. During my short trip to Venice, I tried talking to a few fishermen who would not comment on camera about what they though about the spill. Many of them have lost work due to the environmental devastation and are
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. Was there a particularly memorable project or professor from the past four years? I’ve taken many upper-level Hispanic Studies classes with Dr. Giovanna Urdangarain. Dr. Urdangarain is from Uruguay and started a project with Dr. Rona Kaufman interviewing the residents of a Jewish nursing home in Montevideo, their caregivers and loved ones. We’re creating a digital archive of narratives collected from Uruguayan Jews who experienced the Holocaust, migration and the diaspora. So for the past 12
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nation’s history and their own family narratives. This year’s pilgrimage — from July 6-9 — saw 320 participants immersed in educational films, emotionally candid discussions and a tour of the Minidoka site. The latter, Kitajo says, is perhaps the most poignant. For him, the impact of setting foot on the camp’s grounds is most powerful. “We can hold these lectures and screen films anywhere,” Kitajo said, “but to do that in combination with visiting the site and really providing context to what we’re
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system, with an eye on how they represent themselves and their experiences in foster care. She interviewed youth currently in foster care as well as those who, like herself, had aged out of the system. The research culminated in a series of theater productions featuring actors with foster experience alongside those without. Benge strives to challenge existing narratives and assumptions about foster youth. Because most of our understanding comes from social workers, psychologists, and a slew of bleak
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itself. A collective impact model is a community-centric partnership structure that convenes community stakeholders to co-design approaches to solutions of complex social and economic challenges. We believe we can be more equitable and just in mobilizing resources for PLU when we aim to build the capacity of our faculty, students, and facilities to achieve public good. We’re learning how to be a trusted community partner who weaves together businesses, nonprofits, local government agencies and donors
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unfiltered and allows organic dialogue to happen.Lute Powered: City of TacomaThe City of Tacoma provides high-quality, innovative and cost-effective municipal services that enhance the lives of its 215,000 residents and the quality of its neighborhoods and business districts. PLU alumni Tom Chontofalsky ’03, Clarissa Gines ’12 and Lisa Woods ’92 are three of the many Lutes who serve the public good at the City of Destiny. Read more stories from the Fall 2022 issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous
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