Month: April 2021
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Ramiro Hernandez ’23 Named Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow
Ramiro Hernandez ’23 has always had a knack for writing. “I remember being in fourth grade, and we had to take this state exam,” says Hernandez, of Hidalgo, Texas. “We had to write essays for it and whatnot. They graded us from 1 to 4, with 4 being the best. I remember I was the…
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Religion, Race, and Environmental Activism after Standing Rock
All are invited to an event on Tuesday (April 20) at 7:00 p.m.: “Religion, Race, and Environmental Activism after Standing Rock” at Montclair State University. Professor Smithey will participate in the panel that follows a screening of Half-Mile, Upwind, On Foot. Some of you will remember a similar film screening at Swarthmore College in 2019.…
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Swarthmore Community Comes Together for King Speech Reading in collaboration with Breaking the Silence
A number of major civil rights organizations, including The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the SNCC Legacy Project, and the Highlander Center, came together this month to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s April 4, 1967 speech “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” in which he for the first time publicly advocated for an end to…