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The Forest, the Cake, and Glow-in-the-Dark Mushrooms: Stories About Life
No full textA compilation of human interest stories modeled after “Humans of New York.” Stories are about people’s happiest and saddest moments and are typically accompanied by a photograph. Stories obtained from random people around public places in Portland
Intentional Christian Community in Portland
No full textThe individualism that runs rampant in society and has heavily impacted the church can effectively be opposed by countercultural, holistic, expressions of faith such as new monasticism. As church involvement and interest dwindles, the desire for community remains. The Church has a lot to offer in the realm of community and belonging, not to mention restored life and eternal salvation, but we may have to think outside of the box and turn to unconventional methods of action as opposed to traditional means of evangelism in order to communicate the Gospel within the current cultural climate
Concordia Launches New Teacher Education Curriculum
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Concordia University Portland, which prepares more teachers than any other university in Oregon, launches a new undergraduate teacher preparation curriculum in fall 2017, unanimously approved by the Oregon’s Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC).
The new teacher preparation curriculum allows future teachers to be immersed from “day one” into school environments, instead of waiting several terms before beginning student teaching experiences. The emphasis on clinical field experiences – early and often – helps drive classroom discussions, theory and coursework, as part of the new 3 to PhD national education model
Environmental Justice and Extractive Industries: The Lummi Nation and Amazonian Indigenous
No full textThe negative impacts created by the operations of extractive industries are disproportionately felt by indigenous peoples around the world. Frequently, environmental justice organizations led by non-indigenous individuals or groups make efforts to support the work of these indigenous communities who are fighting to protect their peoples, cultures, and environments from mining, drilling, or other extractive operations. However, oftentimes environmental justice actors, no matter how well-intentioned, do not act in ways that are beneficial to indigenous efforts or respectful of indigenous peoples. This research study looks to examine how indigenous peoples who are fighting against extractive industries on their lands view the support of non-indigenous environmental justice actors who are wanting to support their causes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with indigenous individuals in the Ecuadorian Amazon and indigenous members of the Lummi Nation, both of whom have had their cultures impacted by extractive industries. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data gathered and draw conclusions. In a second level of the exploratory study, ethnographic techniques were utilized to produce findings aimed at demonstrating how better methodology and research practices could have led to more statistically significant results in the initial research phase
Iganga’s Women: How Iganga’s Culture Influences Women’s Opportunities
No full textA common effort to combat gender inequality is to create more access for women in employment, education, and skill development opportunities. Research has found that women continue to face difficulties to engage in such opportunities despite the policies and reforms that appear to have increased access. The structural changes have made little effect on changing the cultural factors that prevent women from effectively engaging in opportunities and thus, gain empowerment. This study seeks to explore the culture of Iganga, Uganda and how it influences women’s opportunities. The research project investigated Iganga’s cultural factors in which nine participants described how the local culture has impacted women on their growth in opportunities. Data was thematically analyzed and seven core themes, four of which had sub-themes, emerged that reflected Iganga’s culture. Key findings are discussed in terms of significance on how community members’ perspectives on women engaging in opportunities affect the overall expansion of women’s development and gender equality