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News Story

Campus Conversation on Ferguson Continues

Continuing campus dialogue about recent police brutality and protests in Ferguson, Mo., faculty and students discussed race and the law on a panel in Copley Formal Lounge on…

September 19, 2014

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Georgetown Community Reflects on Ferguson

A student-led vigil and a panel discussion between university scholars this week spurred reflection and action on Georgetown’s campus, two and a half weeks after the fatal…

August 29, 2014

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Alternative Spring Break 2014: A Native Experience

Alexandria Plutnicki is a member of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business Class of 2017. This is her first year of involvement with the Alternative Spring Break program,…

June 5, 2014

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The Power of Dialogue: Alternative Spring Break 2014

This post was written by Stefan Rajiyah, a member of Georgetown's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Class of 2014, who has been involved with the Alternative Spring Break…

April 8, 2014

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1525 Lesseps Street: Alternative Spring Break 2014

This post was written by Kayla Corcoran, a member of Georgetown's College of Arts and Sciences Class of 2015, who has been involved with the Alternative Spring Break program for…

April 7, 2014

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Georgetown University student groups to march in Day of Action Against Deportations

As part of the national #Not1more Deportation campaign, the Georgetown University Immigration Coalition, Hoyas for Immigrant Rights, MEChA, and its allies will gather at the…

April 3, 2014

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ASB Looks Outward, Reflects Inward

In an effort to increase reflection and service beyond the one week of spring break, the Center for Social Justice’s Alternative Spring Break program expanded pre- and post…

March 28, 2014

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Changing What Homelessness Looks Like

Jimmy Ramirez (C’15) is well aware of the stereotype of what being homeless looks like. But most of the nation’s homeless youth are hidden, he says. A government major with…

March 24, 2014

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Scholars of Social Justice

As a course of study, the Program on Justice and Peace embodies Georgetown’s commitment to Jesuit ideals unlike any other. The College’s decision, therefore, to expand the…

March 4, 2014

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GUSA Aligns With Jesuit Student Associations

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate voted to join the National Jesuit Student Government Association and to adopt the NJSGA constitution.…

February 28, 2014