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How to Address Environmental Justice Issues in Your Community
Environmental justice aims to tackle the disproportionate burden of environmental hazards on marginalized communities and strives to achieve equitable outcomes for all. Addressing environmental justice issues is crucial for ensuring that all communities, regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, have fair treatment and meaningful involvement in environmental matters. This article will guide you…
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“Poems Cost Nothing Except the Poet’s Life”: Antioch Hosts Conversation About Democracy Between Two Vietnamese American Writers
The Antioch MFA in Creative Writing recently hosted a conversation about democracy, war, and identity between the writer and scholar Viet Thanh Nguyen—author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer—and the poet Cathy Linh Che, who serves as Core Faculty in the MFA. They both read from their work and then had a conversation about the…
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Panel on Arts, Culture, and Democracy Sparks Generative Conversation
Six artists, scholars, and activists from a wide range of disciplines recently gathered for a panel broadcast over Zoom where they discussed the interplay between democracy and the arts. The panel, “Cultural Practices, the Arts, and Democracy,” marked the first presentation on the recent book, Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life,…
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Exploring Staff Perceptions of Meaningful Interactions with Leaders in Local Government | Dissertation Watch
Brigette Collins, a 2024 graduate of Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change program, has written and published a dissertation titled Exploring Staff Perceptions of Meaningful Interactions with Leaders in Local Government. Collins’ study aims to reduce the literature gap, providing a helpful tool for understanding the follower-centered perspective of leadership in local government. Leaders are…
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The Impact of Inclusive Education for English Language Learners
English Language Learners (ELLs) face many obstacles in the classroom that can impede their education and academic progress, ranging from language barriers to cultural differences to clashing communication styles. Inclusive education plays a vital role in overcoming these challenges, with strategies like culturally responsive teaching to help educators foster an environment where ELLs can learn…
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The Power of Cultural Competence in Conservation Psychology
Imagine the power of conservation strategies that not only protect nature, but also honor and incorporate the unique ways different cultures interact with their environments. That’s the power of applying cultural competence to conservation psychology. Conservation psychology is an emerging field that explores the relationships between human behavior and the environment, seeking ways to promote…
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Future-Proof Your Career: Essential Skills for Healthcare Leadership
Technological advancements, policy changes, and demographic shifts are contributing to widespread transformation within the U.S. healthcare industry. Agreli et al. expanded on this notion in their article on healthcare role reconfiguration, writing: “New technologies including digital health and robotics are driving the evolution of healthcare. At the same time, healthcare systems are transitioning from a…
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Mid-Career MFA Leads a Documentarian Back to Fiction—and to the Stage
In April of 2023, the playwright and documentarian Dara Padwo-Audick made an ambitious request: that her community give $20,000 to underwrite staging her play, Onion Skin, as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. She explained to potential backers that Onion Skin, her first full-length play, drew on her experiences as a skin cancer survivor, as…
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Awakening Courage, Compassion, and Kinship for Justice and Change
I reach out to all of you feeling the weight of sadness in these challenging times. The recent election has left many of us questioning the future, yet it’s essential we recognize this moment as a call to deepen our courage and compassion. Our society’s struggles—marked by our susceptibility to fear, misinformation, and corporate control—can…
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