La ciudad de Nashua Sophie Kim Spanish 59: Spanish and the Community, Spring 2020…Continue Reading Student Work Spotlight: Sophie Kim
Ellie Taylor | Sociology 1130: Student Leadership and Service in Higher Education
52 student interns, many belonging to marginalized groups, are employed through internship programs at four offices under the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion branch of the Harvard College Dean of Students Office. This project explores student perception of the roles, their compensation, and their ability to effect change at both an office-wide and institutional level. Generally,…Continue Reading Ellie Taylor | Sociology 1130: Student Leadership and Service in Higher Education
Student Work Spotlight: Stephanie Tang
Spanish 59: Spanish and the Community, Spring 2020 This project draws inspiration from the theory and imagery of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza to depict the the idea of los intersticios, a space that individuals living between cultures create for themselves, reflecting on their experiences and forming new possibilities or realities….Continue Reading Student Work Spotlight: Stephanie Tang
Student Work Spotlight: Will McConnell
El Aniversario | Spanish 59: Spanish and the Community, Spring 2020 Este historia trata del estrés que la amenaza de deportación puede crear en inmigrantes sin papeles, y debe expresar el costo humano del practico deplorable de deportación. El AniversarioEdgar agarró las llaves de la mesa al lado de la puerta de su apartamiento, se…Continue Reading Student Work Spotlight: Will McConnell
Student Work Spotlight: The State of COVID-19 Periods
The State of COVID-19 Periods Olivia Tai and Sienna Santer, Spring 2020 COVID-19 puts undue pressure on women experiencing homelessness. Women are more likely than men to live in poverty and face the burden of “period poverty,” or barriers of access to menstrual products, such as the tampon tax. Our website hopes to shine light…Continue Reading Student Work Spotlight: The State of COVID-19 Periods
Student Perspective: The Best Way to Spread a Climate Message? Wear It.
How can students talk about climate change in a way that sparks action, innovation, and change? This spring, a handful of students in GOV 1318, a new course titled “The Great Food Transformation,” took a fresh approach to climate communications. They used digital backpacks to start conversations about the food system and its impacts on…Continue Reading Student Perspective: The Best Way to Spread a Climate Message? Wear It.
Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover
On 50th anniversary, former prisoners, activists recall when inmates ran prison without incident during guard strike The topic proved painful, even explosive. In fall of 1972, inmates at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts, peacefully organized themselves into a labor union called the National Prisoners Reform Association. The following March guards went on strike, and…Continue Reading Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover