Category Political Encounters
Tune in to Encuentros Políticos/Political Encounters, Tuesdays at 4p & Sundays at 5p EST on USALAmedia.com Episode: Pandemic Schooling for students with dis/abilities a conversation with Dr. María Cioè-Peña As the school year in the midst of the Covid19 pandemic… Continue Reading →
Tensions have run high as the School District of Philadelphia, like districts across the U.S., have been devising plans to reopen schools within the context of COVID19. At last Thursday’s school board meeting, district officials presented a proposal to reopen… Continue Reading →
At least 1 in 6 of all COVID-19 cases in Illinois’ communities are linked to spread from a single jail. Nationally, we cycle 5 million people through jail every year. If the study’s findings roughly hold in other places, this… Continue Reading →
Tune in to Encuentros Políticos/Political Encounters, Tuesdays at 4p EST & Sundays at 5p EST on USALAmedia.com Episode Description In the context of COVID19 & social insurrection there are so many questions right now around educators can best care for… Continue Reading →
I’m pleased to have Dr. Marisol LeBrón, an interdisciplinary scholar specializing in race, policing, and political activism in Puerto Rico and U.S. communities of color, and an Assistant Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas… Continue Reading →
Mental health and wellbeing challenges among college students are much more common that is often discussed in the media. Generally, about 20 percent of students – both undergraduate and graduate – report being diagnosed with anxiety or depression (National College… Continue Reading →
