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The Oregon Writing Project brings educators together to build antiracist curriculum and transform their own teaching expertise into scholarly research.
Scholar-educator Linda Christensen believes that the battle for social justice and racial equity begins in the classroom. Christensen is director of the Oregon Writing Project (OWP) at Lewis & Clark, a program that provides teachers in the region with the opportunity to collaborate on developing antiracist curriculum and that elevates K–12 student writing.
Photo: Robert Reynolds
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Every year, more than half a million pigs arrive at slaughterhouses around the country sick or severely injured. Unable to walk, these “downed” animals sometimes carry human transmissible diseases such as listeria, campylobacter, swine flu, and salmonella. Students in Lewis and Clark law school’s new Animal Law Litigation Clinic (ALLC) are facing off against industry and government to prevent animal suffering and protect the food supply, with the help of staff attorney Delcianna Winders.
Illustration by Sue Coe, Factory Pharm, 2001
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As founder and CEO of the Portland-based Center for Parental Leave Leadership (CPLL), Beacom helps businesses manage the transitions surrounding parental leave and advises them on culture change efforts and crafting new policies—ones that foster employee loyalty by creating a positive environment for working parents.
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Dr. Mawuli Nyaku is a seasoned public health expert and epidemiologist who has led multiple efforts to boost vaccine coverage in the U.S. and worldwide for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is now global director of medical affairs for pediatric vaccines at the pharmaceutical giant Merck, which has two COVID-19 vaccines and one antiviral therapy in the pipeline.
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As more than 45,000 fires scorched 8 million acres of land across the American West this past summer and fall, national news stories were accompanied by stark images: orange-red skies over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, smoke obscuring Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, and evacuated towns across Oregon. In late July, Emily Shafer ’18 and nine other East Coast firefighters drove across the country as part of the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew to help tackle some of the blazes in northeastern California.
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