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of race or religion. However, references to the Holocaust, while common in popular media analyses and advocacy as a compelling historical comparison and call to action, are largely absent from official Catholic statements. This presentation analyzes the rhetoric, symbolism, and historical precedents employed by church leaders in urging Catholics to oppose the persecution or exclusion of targeted groups, explores possible reasons for the absence of direct references to the Holocaust, and ponders

, social organization, language, and nonverbal aspects of messages. Prerequisites: COMA 101 or consent of instructor. (4) COMA 306 : Persuasion & Argumentation Studies how people use reason-giving in social decision making and how people use persuasion as a means of personal and social influence through rhetoric. Examination of genres, forms, techniques of argument and persuasion, and the social implications of each in political, social, and commercial contexts. (4) COMA 321 : The Book in Society A

deeply rooted. This is not something new. It is intensified because of COVID and rhetoric directed against Asian and Chinese people. This is something ACPSS and Chinese community members, lawmakers, and scholars and social science and health professionals need to face and address. Jingyi Song Professor of History Dept. of History and Philosophy SUNY at Old Westbury Behind the cruel and violent attacks on Asian Americans Racist attacks have soared against Asian Americans and their communities amid the

unsavory names on campus. One spat on me. There was an editor on the school paper who was producing a lot of anti-gay rhetoric. She was very anti-gay and wrote a lot about it. Christine Hiller-Claridge ‘07: I transferred from a school where there was so much backlash to any attempt at gaining equality for the LGBTQA group. I knew there were people on the PLU campus who did not agree with same-sex relationships or gender expression, but it was never thrown in my face. I believe that did not happen

the Year, at the White House and meeting President Barack Obama? One of the constant challenges of teaching is being passionate in a career that is immersed in negative rhetoric. Often teachers feel under appreciated, overworked and unsupported by their administration, districts or communities. When I attended the White House events and met President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden, and Secretary of Education John King, I experienced my profession being celebrated. Leaving this

rhetoric that is poisoning public discourse in recent months, PLU is launching an institution-wide educational campaign to promote active listening in academic spaces and beyond. The university’s primary goal for this academic year, to be carried throughout the years that follow, is to move PLU’s campus from a place of welcoming to a true place of belonging for students of all backgrounds. PLU strives to be a place where people of color, people of all sexual and gender identities, people of all faiths

All Courses AICE 276 : Part-Time Internship A supervised educational experience in a work setting on