Encuentro

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Encuentro 2018   The author learns how to tan a hide at the Menīkānaehkem Community Center in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin by Emanuel Preciado, June 2019. On a trip last November…

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Encuentro 2018

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Encuentro 2018   UC Irvine Students experience snow at the Menīkānaehkem farm in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin By Karen Valladares. June 6, 2019. Last fall, I had the honor of being…

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Environmental Justice Writing Award Ceremony

Click to download as PDF The 2019 UCI Courageous and Transformative Action for Environmental Justice Writing Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, June 4, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm at…

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Seeking 2019-20 Community Resilience Student Fellows

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Join the Student Team 2017-18 student fellows from across the UC convene in an outdoor classroom during a leadership training intensive led by UCI Community Resilience Projects UCI Community Resilience…

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Encuentro: Land and Freedom

Exchange among community-based organizations in Santa Ana, California, and in the Menominee Nation, Wisconsin Exchanging stories about healing through the recovery of land and language at Menīkānaehkem Community Center in the…

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Cultural Strategies for Environmental Justice

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Visiting Hip-Hop Artist Will See January 21-25, 2019 Will See is a hip-hop artist, poet-MC, environmental justice (EJ) activist, and cultural worker from Detroit. He brings attention to issues of…

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Karen Valladares

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Karen Valladares Karen Valladares is a fourth-year first-generation undergraduate student majoring in Public Health Policy. She was inspired to go into public health after understanding the numerous events she had…

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Emanuel Preciado

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Emanuel Preciado Manny is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Urban Planning and Policy focused on community-driven planning, urban sociology, social movements, and community-based research. As an urban planner, he…

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Navi Kaur

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Navi Kaur Navi Kaur is a second-year PhD student in the Criminology, Law and Society department at UC Irvine and a Eugene Cota-Robles Fellow. She graduated from the University of…

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