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When politics, religion, and sexuality are the conversation , article
While getting her master’s degree, the assistant professor of religion and culture discovered an interest in political theology. Now she is co-hosting a podcast dedicated to the broad swath of topics the discipline encompasses.
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Wornie Reed: Juneteenth represents freedom , article
What began as a freedom celebration in Texas 155 years ago has spread throughout the United States. June 19 is known as Juneteenth.
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College launches research program in honor of Juneteenth , article
Faculty members and students will research connections between the Juneteenth holiday and contemporary struggles against institutional racism, the exposure of structural inequality, and support for vulnerable populations.
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HokieTalks to explore contemporary social justice issues , article
From the perspectives of community advocacy, market research, and environmental design, researchers from three Virginia Tech colleges will discuss topics centered on social justice. Dean Laura Belmonte from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences will moderate the virtual event.
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‘Team Yellow’ stands for community change-makers , article
With social change, sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Many may charge in full steam ahead without a plan to sustain the effort. Others do not know how to proceed with their cause. “Team Yellow,” a video game Brandy Faulkner created for her community advocacy trainings and workshops, helps activists and organizers become successful change-makers.
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Demystifying Nahua healing , article
Driven by his personal experience with healers and his quest to understand who decides whether a practice or a system of beliefs is good or evil — and why, historian Edward Anthony Polanco is at Chicago’s Newberry Library on a National Endowment for Humanities fellowship to complete a manuscript and start a new project on the Nahuas, an Indigenous people from Mexico and Central America.
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In the name of inclusion and diversity , article
During the summer of 2020, early-career faculty members in the inaugural cohort of the Juneteenth Scholars Program researched topics spanning the Americas from present day to times less recent, all in the name of inclusion and diversity.
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Eight faculty to research Juneteenth themes as part of annual scholars program , article
The program supports faculty whose research aligns with the Juneteenth holiday’s themes, such as resistance to systems of oppression, emancipation movements, and institutional racism.
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From Spanish Empire slavery to modern-day Black feminists in sports , article
Faculty from eight departments and schools in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences make up the second cohort of the Juneteenth Scholars Program. Starting in the summer of 2021, these researchers will embark on scholarship that honors the legacy of Juneteenth and highlights the contemporary struggles against institutional racism, the exposure of structural inequality, and support of vulnerable populations.