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Sustainability & Human Rights: Attend the Joseph Loundy 2022 Human Rights Symposium @RU this Wed 11/30
When we look to history, there is much to be learned about human rights. We may find that local and global movements were born from particular events — often traumatic, and with great political, health and environmental impacts. Can the … Continue reading
Register Now for the Joseph Loundy 2022 Human Rights Symposium @RU: History, Health, & Sustainability (Wed 11/30)
When we look to history, there is much to be learned about human rights. We may find that local and global movements were born from particular events — often traumatic, and with great political, health and environmental impacts. Can the … Continue reading
Loundy 2022 Human Rights Symposium @RU: History, Health, & Sustainability (11/30)
When we look to history, there is much to be learned about human rights. We may find that local and global movements were born from particular events — often traumatic, and with great political, health and environmental impacts. Can the … Continue reading
Indigenous History in Chicago
The Forest Preserves of Cook County invites you to learn about Indigenous history in Chicago today, May 11th from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM in a zoom presentation entitled “Indigenous Presence: History & Memory of Native Americans in Cook County.” Event … Continue reading
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TikTok Chicago Historian Shermann Dilla Thomas Speaks @RooseveltU on 11/16
Roosevelt University College of Arts and Sciences welcomes Chicago historian Shermann Dilla Thomas, as seen on Tik Tok & Twitter as 6figga_dilla, to the Ida B. Wells Lounge on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. Check out this profile … Continue reading
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The Dangers of Working in Waste
SUST co-founder and former Roosevelt University professor Carl Zimring, now professor of sustainability studies at the Pratt Institute in NYC, published this powerful op-ed in the Friday 2/9 online edition of the NY Times. In his essay, “A Waste Worker … Continue reading
This Week @RooseveltU: The American Dream Reconsidered Conference 2017
When: Monday, September 11, 2017 – Thursday, September 14, 2017 Where: Roosevelt University – 425 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605 | Ganz Hall, Room 745, Auditorium Building Join the conversation about what it means to be an American in these challenging times. … Continue reading
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Environmental Justice Activist To Speak at RU this Wednesday, Oct. 5
Roosevelt University’s Loundy Human Rights Project 2016 Distinguished Environmental Organizer Series is proud to host Joseph Standing Bear Schranz, Founder and President of Midwest Soarring (Save our Ancestor’s Remains and Resources Indigenous Network Group). Schranz will be delivering a presentation … Continue reading
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Reflections on a Day of Service on the Banks of Bubbly Creek
by Moses Viveros To conclude its inaugural American Dream Reconsidered Conference last week, Roosevelt hosted a day of service where students, faculty, and staff were able to participate in a variety of different volunteer projects throughout Chicago and in the … Continue reading
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Day Three of #AmDreamConf at RU: Faculty Panels on Immigration, Citizenship, and the 2016 Election
Today is Day Three of Roosevelt’s American Dream Reconsidered Conference this week. This afternoon in Ganz Hall, on the 7th floor of the university’s historic Auditorium Building, RU faculty are featured in two panel discussions on the interrelated issues of … Continue reading
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