Michelle Enfield of the Red Running Into The Water People clan, born from the Black Streak Wood People clan, presented the history of Native Americans and the term ‘two spirit’ which she recently chose to identify as.
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Her Campus hosts Tedx speaker
Two-time TEDx speaker and mindset effectiveness expert Pina De Rosa left students with a concrete methods to deal with feelings of overwhelm and stress.
Finkel paints vivid picture of PTSD
David Finkel spent several months in Baghdad covering the Iraq War, and even longer following some of the soldiers as they returned home and struggled with re-entry into civilian life after the trauma they experienced in combat.
Happenings
Campus and community arts events for the week of Oct. 5, 2018.
The Laughing Buddha
Junior art and art history major Damairis Lao, an interfaith fellow at the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, speaks Tuesday in the interfaith chapel.
Refugee crisis analyzed
Alexander Betts, director of the Refugee Studies Centre, highlighted the approximately 5 million Syrian refugees that have been forcefully displaced within their own country’s borders Wednesday in the Campus Center Ballroom. Betts, a professor at Green-Templeton College at the University of Oxford, was the speaker for the annual Benazir Bhutto and Ahmed Ispahani International Lectureship.
Plastic ‘smog’ spreads in the ocean
Marcus Eriksen, co-founder of 5 Gyres Institute, sailed from Long Beach to Hawaii on a raft kept afloat with plastic bottles to raise awareness about plastic pollution in marine environments. Eriksen shared his story, the organization’s discoveries about plastic pollution, and its effect on marine life with an audience of 40 people Friday in LaFetra […]
Huerta discusses political activism
More than 250 La Verne community members gathered for a talk by human rights activist Dolores Huerta and a screening of the documentary film “Dolores” about her life, March 29 in Morgan Auditorium.
On The Calendar
Campus events for the week of March 30, 2018.
On the Calendar
Campus and community events for the week of Feb. 23, 2018.