This spring break—with the aid of a BLI small grant—I travelled to Nicaragua to help install electricity in a school building. I went with the Nicaragua Mission Team from my local church. The trip was intergenerational: five of us were in our twenties and thirties, and the other five were in their 60s and 70s and had […]
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Over spring break, twelve University of Michigan students embarked on a journey to the Ndakinna Education Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Ndakinna is a center dedicated to educating student groups on Native American culture, particularly that of the Abenaki and Algonquin people. While at Ndakinna, we had the chance to hear from a number
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First-generation students face a unique set of obstacles upon enrolling at the University of Michigan. Navigating the academy in measurably different ways than their continuing generation peers, first-generation students at Michigan typically take longer to graduate, graduate with lower GPAs, and have higher attrition rates than their continuing generation counterparts. Moreover, first-generation students typically exhibit
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In training course in preparation for the ALA 170 classes, peer facilitators dive deeper into improving facilitation and leadership skills. Through group activities such as sessions for development and feedback in addition to bonding over snacks before class, our group of peer facilitators grow closer into a more effective team for the 2018 winter semester. For
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Our event, “Pizza and the Planet,” was put on April 15 2018 as a part of the BLI Leadership Lab. Our original goal was to educate University of Michigan Students on sustainability initiatives occurring on campus. We ended up doing that by giving our event attendees an overview of the Planet Blue Ambassador training program and
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Hey, you! Yes, you. Are you afraid of the dark? If you are, then you’re a part of a very specific group of people — a group of people who also feel the same way. However, those of you who do feel afraid are also part of a different group of people. You walk home
As part of the Michigan Active Citizen-Alternative Spring Break program through the Ginsberg Center here at the University of Michigan, we traveled to Harlan County in Kentucky to volunteer with Cranks Creek Survival Center, a local nonprofit. Cranks Creek has worked in the area for decades, providing housework services, food, and household supplies to residents in need. The
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Our project was originally imagined as a solution to increase multicultural awareness on campus. While our campus is very diverse and there are many international students who have a lot to offer, all three members of our team agreed that there was not enough embracing of this great diversity. We all came from different backgrounds,
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This past week 12 brothers of the service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, had the opportunity to volunteer at the Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children in Killeen, Texas. Here, we were able to engage with children that ranged in physical and mental abilities. We worked with children from elementary school all the way to graduating high school seniors.
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Hijabi Monologues is a spinoff of Vagina Monologues or Mental HealthMonologues, and consisted of hijabi women from various backgrounds and identities speaking about their experience in wearing the hijab, as well as the reason why they decided to wear the hijab. Following the escalation of hate crimes towards hijabi, or Muslim-veiled, after the 2016 presidential elections, my
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