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Makaela Whalen ’23 pursues newly launched pre-law minor Makaela Whalen ’23 has a passion for the environment and animals. Her desire to find a meaningful vocation that feeds those passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law. “As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to… June 7, 2022 AcademicsAlumni ProfilesClubs & OrganizationsCurrent StudentsDiversity Justice SustainabilityInternshipsInvolvementJusticePolitical ScienceStudent Life
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The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion In her free time, professor of religion Dr. Bridgette O’Brien likes to participate in ultrarunning—completing runs longer than a marathon (26.2 miles). While Professor O’Brien is out on the trail, she often takes that time to think about her connection to the outdoors, a connection… December 4, 2017
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at PLU. We are having great conversations about the issues that are important to you. Issues like climate change issues like racial justice and we’re doing so in our small class sizes where you get to know your peers and you get to know your professors. You not only work with them on classwork but you work with them on really interesting research projects and present at conferences throughout the country and perhaps even internationally. There are opportunities to study away there are
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Bernas, and Jane Davie 2023 Recipients: Kiah Miller & Nick Etzell 2022 Recipient: Sarah Nelson Congratulations! LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDThis award recognizes a graduating student who has served as an agent of change. The individual receiving this award has contributed to increasing the PLU community’s capacity for the awareness and action necessary for justice; prioritized and engaged diversity and inclusion at PLU, local, regional, and/or global communities; and has committed to the
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. (4) NAIS 230: Indigenous Creation Narratives of the Americas (4) NAIS 321: Visual Sovereignty and Indigenous Film (4) NAIS 244: Environmental Justice and Indigenous Peoples (4) NAIS 286: Sámi Film and the Indigenous North (4) NAIS 363: Race and Indigeneity (4) NURS 404: Healthcare Diversity (4) RELI 227: Introduction to Christian Theologies (4) (when the topic is ‘Native American Theologies’) RELI 236: Native American Religious Traditions (4) RELI 397: Indigenous Religions and Culture of the
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reality, our daily struggle.” I was amazed by the clarity and simplicity of the statement. Terms mean something. The term “global citizen” carries within it an altruistic ideal that is based on a unity of human equality and posits peace, justice and sustainability for the entire planet. However, it is also a vague term that cannot be defined by the best way to achieve this. It is also subjective and potentially exclusive of more pinpointed activism like that of the Mixteca. Receiving a global
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Jared Wright ’14 discusses working on refugee resettlement, impactful internships, and more Posted by: Marcom Web Team / March 2, 2020 Image: (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) March 2, 2020 By Zach Powers '10Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March. 2, 2020) — Jared Wright ‘14 arrived at PLU eager to engage in community work and excited to study social justice. He didn’t have specific plans and didn’t know what it would all look like, but he can clearly remember the excitement he felt
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members and community. We can’t offer that. Instead, we think about what we can uniquely do on campus.PLU Campus MinistryPLU Campus Ministry seeks to welcome and affirm every member of the PLU community as we collectively respond to the spiritual call to justice and transformation.What are a few examples of programs or activities that have come from that thinking? A lot of our students are ripe with questions at the intersection of faith and daily life. They want to reflect on how their faith and
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- McChord in Tillicum and graduated from Clover Park High School in 2008. He was one of the first group of Act Six Scholars – a national group providing scholarships and social justice leadership training for students – on PLU’s campus. The program had profound impacts on his world view. “For somebody in my situation, getting a full ride scholarship to attend PLU made it a financial reality,” he said. “If not for Act Six, I would not have been able to attend PLU.” Part of the appeal of PLU was that it
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