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Essays & Poems

Reframing the Pandemic
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Essays & Poems, Voices
Posted August 3, 2020

Reframing the Pandemic

Reframing the Pandemic  by Charlyne Gelt, Ph.D.  You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. —Abraham Lincoln    Communities around the world are still reeling from [...]

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Pornography Does Not Stop With Sexploitation
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Essays & Poems, Faculty Voices, George Floyd, Special Topics
Posted July 14, 2020

Pornography Does Not Stop With Sexploitation

Pornography Does Not Stop With Sexploitation. Sometimes a word gets stuck in a groove of familiarity and is then limited to just one definition or description. But we learn from the [...]

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I’m checking my white privilege, and here’s why you should too
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Diversity, Essays & Poems, George Floyd
Posted June 29, 2020

I’m checking my white privilege, and here’s why you should too

I’m checking my white privilege, and here’s why you should too By Emily Volz (an excerpt from the full article on the GMA website here) Emily Volz is a psychology graduate student at [...]

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Breath and Identity: What White Institutions Fail to Understand, Including Our Own 
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Alumni Resources, Diversity, Election, Essays & Poems, Faculty Voices, George Floyd, Messages from the Executive Board, Special Topics
Posted June 19, 2020

Breath and Identity: What White Institutions Fail to Understand, Including Our Own 

Breath and Identity:   What White Institutions Fail to Understand, Including Our Own  Dr. Leslie Shore Mythological Studies    Remember My Name in Africa, was Kossola. For George Floyd Whose [...]

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Charles Caldwell – George Floyd, George Floyd, George Floyd
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Alumni Resources, Diversity, Election, Essays & Poems, Faculty Voices, George Floyd, News & Announcements, Special Topics
Posted June 3, 2020

Charles Caldwell – George Floyd, George Floyd, George Floyd

George Floyd George Floyd. George Floyd. George Floyd. I have been saying his name aloud since the terrible news of his death. I want him to be witnessed, I want to witness him. Through times [...]

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Carolyn Finney – The perils of being black in public: we are all Christian Cooper and George Floyd
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Alumni Resources, Diversity, Election, Essays & Poems, Faculty Voices, George Floyd, Special Topics
Posted June 3, 2020

Carolyn Finney – The perils of being black in public: we are all Christian Cooper and George Floyd

The perils of being black in public: we are all Christian Cooper and George Floyd Too often, by default, black people are perceived as threats to white people’s physical safety. We need [...]

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Bennie Harris – The Fallacy of a Post-Racial America
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Alumni Resources, Diversity, Election, Essays & Poems, George Floyd, News & Announcements, Special Topics
Posted June 3, 2020

Bennie Harris – The Fallacy of a Post-Racial America

The Fallacy of a Post-Racial America by Bennie Harris It is Wednesday, June 3rd, 1:15am, the third night of the countywide curfew in Los Angeles. I am up looking out the windows for the third [...]

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Dr. William James Jones – The Pain
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni in Action, Alumni Resources, Diversity, Election, Essays & Poems, George Floyd, Immigration, News & Announcements, Special Topics, Voices
Posted June 2, 2020

Dr. William James Jones – The Pain

The Pain I’m exhausted from the pain. The pain of injustice, the pain of racism, the pain of America’s history toward men and women of color, the pain of violence. I’m exhausted from the pain of [...]

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A Changing World: Let’s Go Deeper Still
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Alumni Resources, Call for Submissions, Essays & Poems, Faculty Voices, Newsletters, Resources, Voices
Posted May 13, 2020

A Changing World: Let’s Go Deeper Still

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Midnight – A Poem by Beth Anne Boardman
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By PGIAA ADMIN
In Essays & Poems, Voices
Posted May 13, 2020

Midnight – A Poem by Beth Anne Boardman

Midnight – A Poem by Beth Anne Boardman (2012 PhD Mythological Studies)   ________________   midnight   has become my favorite time of night –   poised (like we are) [...]

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