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Knowledge / Ignorance and Caring About the Food We Eat and Study

Anthropology News

But, these tropical foods like banana and pineapple are not part of my heritage or my culture, so I don’t feel like I’m losing that identity by not consuming those foods. Not just writing articles that few people read but sharing the knowledge with communities, policymakers, and organizations that are already doing good work.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

. * * * My most recent connection with a cultural center occurred over a year ago when BSC social studies teacher candidates worked with the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center (UGRR) during an informal service-learning project. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. Image via Step Out Buffalo.

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Making their work count: Political Science students improve Wikipedia

MPSA

Despite its millions of articles, Wikipedia still consists of glaring content gaps. They greatly expanded the article on the Tunesian National Dialogue Quartet , a group of four civil society organizations that sought to strengthen and solidify that country’s democratic processes following their Jasmine Revolution of 2011.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

Vides searched online for Havasupai, bookmarked an article calling it Americas Worst Tribal School and sent in his application. The bill didnt advance, but Heritage resurrected the idea last year in its Project 2025 transition plan for the next president. He had considered retiring, but knew he would miss working with kids.

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