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Tag: Democracy and Justice Studies

  • All Rise: A UW-Green Bay Civil Liberties Lecture Series with Lemarque Campbell

    All Rise: A UW-Green Bay Civil Liberties Lecture Series with Lemarque Campbell

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Join us for the semester’s first event in All Rise: A UW-Green Bay Civil Liberties Lecture Series! March 29 5-6 p.m. Zoom The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will hear from LeMarque Campbell on their career and path to law. Lemarque Campbell is the Senior Technical Advisor on Anti-Corruption for the…

  • Join the informational panel about law school

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    Editorial Student

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    Are you interested in justice? Looking for a career path? Curious about the law, politics, or advocacy? Let’s talk about law school! Join the Democracy and Justice Studies program for an informational panel featuring representatives from a number of great law schools (Marquette, University of Illinois, Chicago, University of St. Thomas, and University of Minnesota).…

  • Attend a book talk for prof. Jon Shelton’s new book

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    Professor Jon Shelton recently published a book titled, “The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy”. The book explains how Americans think about public education and its connection to economic opportunity, and how that has changed over time, helping us to understand our current political divisions. In celebration of the new release, Lions Mouth Bookstore…

  • Associate Prof. Eric J. Morgan receives publication

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    Associate Prof. of Democracy and Justice Studies and History, Eric J. Morgan has published an article in Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies. Morgan’s article, “The Higher Morality: Students for a Democratic Society Confronts Apartheid,” examines SDS’s efforts to raise awareness of connections between United States corporations—specifically Chase Manhattan Bank—and apartheid in…

  • UW-Green Bay’s Katia Levintova to participate in three-year research seminar

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    Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies, Katia Levintova recently received news that her application for Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning’s 2023-2025 Research Seminar on Mentoring Meaningful Learning Experiences has been accepted. This three-year research commitment fosters multi-institutional scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), through identification of shared research questions and methods from individual and institutional interests related to…

  • UW-Green Bay’s Jon Shelton publishes new book

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    Editorial Student

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    Chair of Democracy and Justice Studies, Jon Shelton recently published a book that is now available for purchase. Titled, “The Education Myth: How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy”, the book explains how Americans think about public education and its connection to economic opportunity, and how that has changed over time, helping us to understand our…

  • Attend the final Harvey Kaye State Democracy Speaker Series event of the academic year

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    The Harvey Kaye State of Democracy Speaker Series is excited to announce their final event of the 2022-23 academic year: Oneida professor and author Rebecca Webster, speaking on the topic of food sovereignty. This event will take place on March 7 at 7:00 pm, in Ft. Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. The talk will…

  • Faculty, alumnus play key roles in major report on housing inequality in Green Bay

    Faculty, alumnus play key roles in major report on housing inequality in Green Bay

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    A new report laying the framework to revitalize housing opportunities across Green Bay has the distinct imprint of UW-Green Bay collaboration. Two faculty and a recent alumnus played key leadership roles in the findings and recommendations laid out by the Green Bay Equal Rights Commission Housing Inequality Report, which was unanimously approved by the nine-member…

  • Video: UW-Green Bay’s Democracy and Justice Studies Program encourages change, innovation

    Video: UW-Green Bay’s Democracy and Justice Studies Program encourages change, innovation

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    pischkes

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    Innovation can be about bringing change to society. Hannah Beauchamp-Pope felt this calling when she saw police brutality and racism in the U.S. She is majoring in Democracy and Justice Studies at UW-Green Bay. “Something that would be powerful for me, giving a voice to people who don’t have a voice. If that’s as a…

  • Austin is holding runoff elections for mayor and City Council. Why don’t people vote in these races? | KUT 90.5

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    Kristin Bouchard

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    Beto O’Rourke. Sure, you’ve heard of him. Greg Abbott? Duh. Herschel Walker. You’ve probably heard of him, too. (If you haven’t, here you are.) But what about Celia Israel? Ryan Alter? Linda Guerrero? Walking out of a coffee shop in North Austin on Monday, Paige Henney conceded those last three names may be less familiar…