Dr. Shenkin’s dissertation research explores environmental justice, land sovereignty struggles, and sustainable livelihood in the Bolivian, Amazon.
The WFP Solaidarity Collective 2019 Speaker Tour
Heidy Alachán is a writing, attorney and activist of the Broad Movement for Dignity and Justice (MADJ – Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia). She is a member of the leagal team representing the family of internationally renouned indigenous and environmental rights activist, Berta Cáceres, in their struggle for justice for her assassination.
Social Science Symposium Series
The War in the Ukraine: A Forum Discussion
Professor David Doellinger (History) & Professor Eliot Dickinson (Political Science)
Join us for a discussion of the War in the Ukraine from the perspective of history and international relations.
For more information, contact Dr. David Doellinger, 503-838-8254, doellind@wou.edu.
Nick Licata
To question all types of authority you have to be creative and brave. Continually moving forward is the goal- not finding a perfect solution to rest upon. There is no utopia – but there is a path foward one.
This new interdisciplinary certificate builds on a core course in two departments: one course in Service Learning in the Spanish Department, and another core course in Service Learning applied to the Latino Community offered by the Sociology Department.
“ACTIVISM, LOBBYING, AND THE OREGON LEGISLATURE”
With Oregon Speaker of the House:
DAN RAYFIELD
Brought to you by the Department of Politics, Policy & Administration’s Civic Engagement Project.
For more information, contact Dr. Mark Henkels, henkelm@wou.edu
“Supporting A Healthy Human Service Workforce: Understanding Occupational Stress and Turnover within Child Welfare”
Join us for a presentation by Sociology/Social Work Faculty Candidate: Rebecca Phillips
Co-Sponsored by the SOC321 Labor Relations class and the Social Science Symposium Series
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Pettenger, 503-838-8301, pettengm@wou.edu
To celebrate the United Nations’ birthday, the Model UN club hosted “Four
Days in Clint” on Wednesday October 23rd.
This featured Willamette Law professor Dr. Warren Binford, who described what she observed at the southern U.S. border.
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Social Science Symposium Series
NO OUTLIER: THE CUBAN ECONOMY IN THE LATIN AMERICA CONTEXT
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Join us via Zoom for a presentation from RICARDO TORRES PÉREZ as he discusses the profound changes in the Cuban economy since the demise of the Soviet Union.
Learn tips to craft persuasive and succinct messages to hummingbirds (a person such as an…..
The Social Science Symposium presents Greg Leo, an expert in the field of lobbying. Greg is the founder of The Leo Company LLC, a marketing, public relations, and government affairs firm that specializes in assisting local governments, Native American tribes, corporations, non-profit corporations, and individuals to turn their ideas into policy.
Charles Busch, founder of Fields of Peace, will give a talk on his organization’s work. “Our Vision is a world in which conflicts are solved peacefully,” he says, “our Mission is to stop the killing of children in wars.” Friends of Fields of Peace take the following pledge, called “A Promise to Our Children
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