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“You Just Have To Continue To Go Back”: Georgetown Ballers Comes Of Age
In his senior year of high school, Patrick DiPasquale (MSB ’20) visited his cousin at John Carroll University. While there, he joined his cousin for a visit to a local youth jail, where the older boy regularly played basketball as part of a school club. Patrick loved the experience: Everyone was his age, and it was easy to relate to them. When he got home, he started a similar club at his high school.
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GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation
The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed the final club budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its online meeting, approving funding cuts to the Student Activities Commission, the Media Board and the Center for Social Justice, among others.
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GUSA Cuts SAC Budget, Triggers Club Response
More than a dozen clubs have signed a letter criticizing a cut to student activities funding, worrying the money squeeze will derail event planning and stymie club activity.
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VIEWPOINT: Be an Accomplice
Every February, I get mixed emotions about Black History Month. I’m not conflicted about the value of recognizing and reflecting on African American history. However, I am concerned that there are still not enough non-Black people who engage in racial justice work daily given the history of racism African Americans have endured for decades. For example, it wasn’t until 2009 that the first African American was elected president of the United States.
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Senior Dedicated to Serving Campus and Local Community Receives Recognition
Emma Berk (C’20) has focused on being a person for others since her first year at Georgetown. Her work with four different service projects led her to receive the university’s prestigious Landegger Award, an honor given to students who have made outstanding contributions to community service. She hopes one day to become a psychologist in a correctional facility.
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CSJ Hosts Celebration Events for 5th Social Justice Week
Georgetown University kicked off its fifth annual week of social justice programming on Tuesday with a schedule of 15 events.
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Speaker: Black Activists Must Leverage Social Media
Activists can harness the power of digital media platforms to raise awareness and bolster the goals of black liberation movements, political scientist Cathy Cohen said at a Feb. 20 event.
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VIEWPOINT: Commit to Allyship
As we approach the end of Black History Month, I ask my fellow white colleagues as well as white students to consider how they are participating in the work of racial justice.
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Black History Month Events Nearly Double for 2020
Black student affinity groups and Georgetown University have scheduled almost 50 events celebrating Black history and culture, nearly double the number of events held last year, in observation of Black History Month this February.
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SFS-Qatar Student Mitigates Tribal Conflicts in Somaliland
What are the key contributors to tribal conflict? A lack of water and grazing land contribute to clashes for pastoralist communities like the one in which Mustafe Axmed (F’21) grew up. But more than anything, nepotism in politics drives discord, says this student of international economics at the School of Foreign Service-Qatar. “The government doesn’t provide the social services that people need.”
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