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family. The food bank does not offer religious counseling, nor does it require a faith identification. References McMillan, T. (March 3, 2016) The SNAP gap: Benefits aren’t enough to keep many recipients fed. Retrieved from: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/03/468955099/the-snap-gap-benefits-arent-enough-to-keep-many-recipients-fed Pierce County. (2018). Food banks. Retrieved from: https://co.pierce.wa.us/454/Food-Banks Trinity Lutheran Church. (2018). Feeding ministries. Retrieved from

Work Study?Work study is a need-based program. Students will not receive Work Study if family earnings are above the maximum threshold, if their scholarships and loans already cover the financial need as determined by the FAFSA, or if the student does not file the FAFSA. If you did not get a Work Study award but you believe you might be eligible, contact Student Financial Services at PLU. What if I want to decline my award?Work study awards do not have any negative consequences. Students are not

, Gloria Anzaldua, Malcolm X, Aldo Leopold, Vine Deloria Jr., and Angela Davis. In addition to including more figures in the canon of American philosophy, this opening up of the tradition opens up philosophy itself.  Women and minorities can be seen as philosophers.  People primarily seen as activists can be seen as doing philosophy.  The daily and personal matters in one’s life (family, sexuality, sexual identity) take up new significance as they are situated in the centuries long conversation that is

Highlights “I can show sympathy to those that lost a loved one, but I am not crying alongside them. The person that just died is not my friend or family member. It is harsh to say that, but that is what you have to do to make sure that you do your job the right way.” VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1 RESOLUTE is Pacific Lutheran University’s flagship magazine, published three times a year. EDITORIAL OFFICES PLU, Neeb Center Tacoma, WA 253-535-8410 Contact Us Links Features On Campus Discovery Class Notes ResoLute Staff

complex, interconnected, and interrelated. Therefore, social work education is strengthened and enriched by a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective on social problems, social issues, and social inventions. It encourages a commitment to informed social action to remove structurally-based inequities and the use of a multi-method, evidence-informed approach to social work practice in order to meet a wide range of individual, family, group, organizational, and community PLU’s MSW Program

students spoke Nahuatl and Spanish, and were learning English as a third language. They involved me in celebrations and laughed with me when I couldn’t handle the spicy salsas. I lived nearby in Cuetzalan, Puebla with a host family. We spent many hours playing games, watching reality TV shows, and drinking a lot coffee around the kitchen table. I’m thankful that my time at PLU allowed me to encounter new ways to engage with the global community. Peace Corps Prep and Study Away only skim the top of the

National Guard Unit. Her experiences in Oaxaca and Cuba have had an important impact on her goals for the future. “I met a lot of people whose families were up here, or knew someone up here. Almost everyone knows someone in the U.S. It was interesting to hear about their struggles down there as well as [for] their family members [in the U.S.].” She would like to work interpreting or translating in the government, applying both her skills gained from the National Guard and her broader education at PLU