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Decembere 29, 2021
Decembere 29, 2021
As we start the new year, we are excited to share the top ten lesson plans of 2021!
Every year the Pulitzer Center education team and our community of educators create standards-aligned lesson plans for K-12 classrooms. In 2021, we published 66 new lesson plans and highlighted student work through our international poetry and letter-writing contests. We are deeply grateful for every educator who has contributed to our lesson library and our mission of cultivating a more curious, informed, empathetic, and engaged public.
These lessons were selected by the Pulitzer Center education team to spotlight a range of subjects and geographies. They explore a variety of global issues including COVID-19, racial justice, migration, climate change, indigenous rights, and more.
For more lessons and curricular resources that integrate global news and journalism skills into diverse curricula click here.
The 1619 Podcast Listening Guide
“1619” is a New York Times audio series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that examines the long shadow of American slavery. To help students explore and engage with “1619” we created a listening guide. The “1619” listening guide includes time-stamped sections, guided questions, and extension activities for each episode. Students will not only be able to engage meaningfully with The 1619 Project, but they will also explore podcasts as a storytelling tool.
'Extra Life,' a PBS Series: Lesson and viewing guides
Extra Life is a multi-platform project that traces the modern history of life expectancy. In this project, author Steven Johnson explores the history of global health inequities and evaluates the way that global challenges inspired medical innovation which increased life expectancy. In this lesson plan, students watch one to two clips of each episode from the series Extra Life and complete an accompanying viewing guide that includes warm-up activities, key vocabulary, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and extension activities.
‘I Am Omar’: Exploring Identity and Representation
In this lesson, students explore a story about Omar Ibn Said, a Muslim scholar from Senegal. Said wrote the only surviving autobiography in Arabic by an enslaved person in the United States. By analyzing Said's autobiography, students consider questions about identity and representation and expand their knowledge of Muslim Africans who were enslaved in the U.S.
Pandemic: A Child’s Perspective
In this 5-day unit plan, students journal about their experiences with COVID-19, evaluate underreported news stories about the pandemic, and conduct interviews with children around the world about their experiences. The lessons are designed to help students connect, process, deal, and heal. This unit was created by Olivia StandingBear, a fifth grade teacher in Tulsa, OK, as part of the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic.
Celebrating Latinx Community Organizations and Leaders on the Frontlines
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this lesson plan focuses on a collection of stories that highlight how Latinx leaders and organizations have played a critical role in meeting the needs of their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. From dispelling misinformation about the pandemic to fighting hunger in food deserts to keeping arts and cultural programming alive, these organizations and leaders have been critical in understanding and meeting the various needs of their communities. After learning about Latinx leaders across the country, students will research and celebrate local community organizations and Latinx leaders building a better world in their own backyard.
Reframing the Gaze: Incorporating Joy into Our Truth-telling
This conversation-based unit guides students in telling fuller truths about marginalized people’s experiences and struggles for justice by centering stories of joy. This unit was created by Jairus Hallums, an ELA teacher at Shiloh Middle School in Snellville, GA, as part of the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Arts, Journalism, and Justice.
Are the Founding Principles Applicable to All Americans?
In this unit, students explore how the rights of marginalized groups in the U.S. have been denied by government policies and negligence, resulting in unemployment, housing insecurity, poverty, challenges in healthcare access, stolen lands, and discrimination. This unit explores photojournalism and centers on the stories of Black Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants. This unit was created by Tania Mohammed, an ELA teacher, in collaboration with Nina Kogut-Akkum, a 10th and 11th-grade social studies educator at The Manhattan International High School in New York City as part of the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Arts, Journalism, and Justice.
"The Living Century" from The New York Times Magazine: Underreported stories of medical progress
Students read “The Living Century” by Steven Johnson and then examine factors that have led to the doubling of human life expectancy over the past century.
Voices in the Shadow of Death: The Lost Narratives of the Bubonic Plague and COVID-19
In this unit, students analyze sources from the period of the Black Death in Medieval Europe and compare them to coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout their analysis, students practice historical skills of comparing, contrasting, and analyzing the purposes of sources. Students also employ critical thinking skills by analyzing the credibility of each source, evaluating their inherent bias. Students will also identify whose stories are being told and whose stories are being ignored. This unit was created by Adam Guerrero, a history teacher at Crowley Independent School District in Crowley, Texas, as part of the fall 2020 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Media, Misinformation, and the Pandemic.
Journalism, Justice, and Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Project Based Learning
This 15-day unit focuses on the fragility of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and our responsibility to uphold the document. It looks at the role of the media in defining our universe of obligation and highlights the importance of underreported news stories. In the culminating project,students leverage journalism skills to address an underreported violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights within their community. This unit was created by Stephanie Naegele, a ninth grade history teacher in Chicago, IL, as part of the spring 2021 Pulitzer Center Teacher Fellowship program on Journalism and Justice.
September 28, 2021
September 28, 2021
Washington teachers,
Join us November 6, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM PT, for the free Washington Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference:
Fact or Fake: Navigating the New Information Landscape
Join a dynamic group of speakers, including a keynote session from the Center for an Informed Public at University of Washington, at this virtual event. Participants can earn up to three clock hours for this free event.
September 27, 2021
September 27, 2021
Human Rights Education
Human Rights Education
A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
Approved and published 2021
The principles and practices of human rights support the universal values of equal justice, democracy, and dignity. Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, and the assault on the U.S. Capitol Building demonstrate the urgent need to protect, respect, and fulfill human rights and democracy at all levels of our society. Globally recognized in documents such as the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), human rights are the responsibility of “every individual and every organ of society,” including especially our schools and classrooms.
Read the entire NCSS Human Rights Education Position Statement
November 17, 2020
November 17, 2020
Recently, Thailand’s Student-Led Pro-Democracy Protests have taken center stage on the international scene.
Over recent months, an unprecedented wave of protests has swept across this Southeast Asian nation, led by high school and university students demanding major democratic reforms. Students are breaking cultural norms and taboos, while risking imprisonment, to call for a limit to the power and wealth of the country’s long-standing monarchy.
We've collected articles, podcasts, videos, lesson plans, and other resources to allow you to examine the student-led pro-democracy protests in Thailand.
Don't forget to visit the Resources tab on our website for our classroom-ready and remote-ready materials, and all of our Current Events.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
12:00 - 1: 00pm PST via ZOOM
12:00 - 1: 00pm PST via ZOOM
Please join us as award-winning author and PSU faculty Diana Abu-Jaber discusses her newest novel for middle-age readers, Silverworld.
Educators are encoureaged to attend, but all are welcome. A reading guide will be provided to all participants which includes activities for the classroom. Also, all registrants will be put into a raffle to win a copy of the book!
About the Book
About the Book
Inspired by the stories she was told growing up, the story follows a Lebanese-American girl’s adventure into a looking-glass world to rescue her grandmother. Sami’s Lebanese grandmother, Sitti, has been ill for a while, slipping from reality and speaking in a language only Sami can understand. Her family thinks Sitti belongs in a nursing home, but Sami doesn’t believe she’s sick at all. Desperate to help, Sami casts a spell from her grandmother’s mysterious charm book and falls through an ancient mirror into a world unlike any other–Silverworld, an enchanted city where the tentative harmony between light and dark creatures called Flickers and Shadows is starting to fracture. To save Sitti and Silverworld, Sami must brave adventure, danger, and the toughest challenge of all: change.
Kirkus called Silverworld “an exciting fantasy with familiar elements—magical creatures, high stakes, and courage—rich with Lebanese texture.”
About the Speaker
About the Speaker
After her parents asked her to recommend books about Arab-American families, Diana Abu-Jaber wrote Silverworld, a fantasy with an Arab-American girl at its heart: published this spring from Crown Books / Random House.
Diana often writes about the intersection of food, family, and cultural identity. Her memoir, Life Without A Recipe, was described by Ruth Reichl as “bold and luscious.” The Language of Baklava, her first memoir has been published in many languages and won the Northwest Bookseller’s Award. Her latest novel, Birds Of Paradise, won the Arab-American National Book Award. Her other novels include, Origin; Crescent, and Arabian Jazz. Fencing With the King, a novel of Middle Eastern intrigue and suspense, will be published in 2022 from W.W. Norton. Diana teaches in the English Department at Portland State University.
November 12, 2020
November 12, 2020
4-6 pm (PST)
4-6 pm (PST)
The Global Classroom team is excited to announce this upcoming workshop for educators!
Outside the Box, Behind the Screen: Connecting to Students through Cultural Artifacts
Cultural artifacts are objects, or realia, from daily life, that reflect the beliefs, values, and assumptions that make us who we are. In this workshop, you’ll explore realia from WorldOregon’s Culture Box program and see how they can help you learn about your students while teaching about the world. The Culture Boxes include primary sources that develop students’ observational skills, increase curiosity about the world, and provide conversation starters to build community in your classroom, whether you are teaching remotely or in person.
This workshop will address the following Culturally Relevant Teaching practices:
Knowing Your Students: Learn how race, language, culture, gender, and class shape students' beliefs and expectations about learning.
Capitalizing on Student Expertise: Learn about students' cultural capital and the strengths and experiences they bring into the classroom.
Cost: $15
PDUs: 2 (for Oregon and Washington public school teachers)
Check out the other Culturally Relevant Teaching Virtual workshops coming up
October 5-11, 2020
October 5-11, 2020
Teaching Center Amercia: A project of Teaching for Change
Teaching Center Amercia: A project of Teaching for Change
Hundreds of teachers from 29 states and the District of Columbia have signed up to participate in Teach Central America Week so far.
We have added several new resources for teaching about Central America to our website, including new books and teaching guides appropriate for use with elementary students.
If you haven't already, we encourage you to sign up for Teach Central America Week. Then share your stories about how you teach about Central America October 5-11 and all year long.
September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020
Choices Program- Brown University
Choices Program- Brown University
Our free Teaching with the News (TWTN) lessons help to connect classrooms to headlines in the news. Some of our other TWTN lessons, along with our latest curriculum unit, Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies, and our unit on the civil rights movement, explore a variety of topics related to this lesson. (See below.)
September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020
The Choices Program
The Choices Program
Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, and Racial Justice
Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, and Racial Justice
Recent events across the United States have demonstrated the need, as much as ever, for effective social studies education. A responsible telling of history provides students with a framework with which to interpret current issues. The importance of understanding the racial discrimination and oppression that have plagued the United States since its formation cannot be discounted.
We applaud the many teachers who are engaging in challenging conversations with their students, whether in the classroom or online, about these current events that have deep roots in the inequalities and injustices in our country's history. This history reaches back to the slave trade and enslavement of millions throughout the Americas, which will be carefully examined in two of our forthcoming units: Racial Slavery and the Making of the Modern World and A Forgotten History: Slavery and Emancipation in New England. These units will be added to our U.S. History Series that, as a whole, aims to tell an inclusive and responsible history of the United States from multiple perspectives. Both of these units will be available this summer.
We have developed a new free Teaching with the News lesson Black Lives Matter, the Killing of George Floyd, and the Long Fight for Racial Justice, which includes an interactive timeline of black activism since the 1950s. Below, we list some of our other resources that may also be useful in guiding conversations.
Related Resources:
Related Resources:
Taking It to the Streets: A Year of Global Protests
In this free lesson, students examine photographs of protests from around the world, analyze the origins and causes of protest movements, and identify similarities, differences, and patterns using the Question Formulation Technique.
Freedom Now: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
In this unit, students trace the history of the black freedom struggle from Reconstruction through the 1960s. Readings and activities focus on the grass-roots movement to achieve civil rights for African Americans.
Competing Visions of Human Rights: Questions for U.S. Policy
In this unit, students probe the history of human rights and consider options for defining and protecting rights. One of the lessons explores social movements and paintings inspired by Black Lives Matter.
September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020
Your Roadmap for Teaching Controversial Issues
Your Roadmap for Teaching Controversial Issues
Today’s polarized climate may seem intimidating for teaching controversial issues, but it also makes it all the more important. With the right approach, classrooms can be welcoming spaces for students to test-drive their ideas and to see disagreement as an opportunity to learn, not as a form of conflict. Classrooms are ideal incubators for facilitating constructive dialogue on today’s most divisive issues—from immigration… to religious and cultural tolerance… to the relative powers and functions of our three branches of government.
April 3, 2020
April 3, 2020
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the World History Digital Education Foundation (WHDEF) offer you a set of free, three-day classroom modules to address the COVID-19 pandemic. These modules provide instruction for comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to past pandemics and for examining geographic and economic data to understand diffusion sources, globalization, and government responses.
Day 1: Historical Comparison to the Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Students will investigate primary and secondary sources on the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and the Influenza pandemic of 1918.
Day 2: Geographic Diffusion
Students will investigate sources on the diffusion of COVID-19 and also analyze population pyramids for five countries impacted by COVID-19.
Day 3: Globalization and Economic Impact
Students will analyze globalization through global economic data on the crisis as well as the growth of COVID-19 cases in Italy, South Korea, and the United States including government responses.
Free COVID-19 Three-Day Teaching Module
Modules are designed for virtual learning and classroom use.
February 26, 2020
February 26, 2020
Zinn Education Project
Zinn Education Project
Teach Climate Justice in 2020
Teach Climate Justice in 2020
Lesson Spotlight: Teaching How the Movement Against Fossil Fuels Is Changing the World
Lesson Spotlight: Teaching How the Movement Against Fossil Fuels Is Changing the World
This role play engages students in building solidarity among different groups from across the globe, from China to Canada, India to the United States, who are fighting fossil fuels and building an alternative future.
Teaching climate justice means putting students in the position where they can understand the importance of working for a fossil fuel-free world. This lesson helps them imagine themselves in the roles of grassroots activists. Download the lesson for free.
Visit our Teach Climate Justice site to access lessons, teaching stories, and other climate justice resources
Take the Pledge
Take the Pledge
The climate crisis is not going away. Teaching for climate justice is work we all need to do, all year long.
Here is what some teachers who took the pledge say about why they teach climate justice:
My students will be living with the consequences of climate change directly. They are living in flood-prone areas and poor neighborhoods.
---- Ann Milton, High School Social Studies Teacher, Tampa, Florida
The climate emergency threatens the farms where my students' families work and get their food... It matters that my students, who are just starting to feel the effects of climate disaster in these ways, understand their connections to people all over the world on the front lines of the crisis.
---- Bethany Hobbs, High School Social Studies Teacher, Greenfield, Massachusetts
You cannot separate social justice from climate change, environmental racism or the debilitating impact of climate injustice on health care and food security.
---- Joy Barnes-Johnson, High School Chemistry and Social Studies Teacher, Princeton, New Jersey
Share Your Story And Receive Three Free Climate Justice Books!
Share Your Story And Receive Three Free Climate Justice Books!
Describe how you used one or more of our climate justice lessons to teach about climate change, environmental activism, and issues related to land rights, to participate in the book giveaway.
December 2, 2019
December 2, 2019
News Literacy
News Literacy
As you know, we’re fighting an ever-growing battle between truth, evidence and facts on one side and viral rumors, hoaxes and disinformation on the other. The News Literacy Project (NLP) is addressing the dangers of such rampant misinformation by working with middle school and high school educators to provide their students with the tools and resources that will help them separate fact from fiction and become informed and engaged participants in civic life.
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT: WEEKLY CURRENT EVENTS
CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT: WEEKLY CURRENT EVENTS
PROTESTING FOR CHANGE: Young People Rise Up Around the World
PROTESTING FOR CHANGE: Young People Rise Up Around the World
Over the last several weeks, protests in Lebanon, Iraq, Chile, and Bolivia have followed on the heels of the ongoing public protests in Hong Kong. In all four countries, students began the protests based on injustices they feel are being forced on them by their governments. Some protests center around government corruption or autocratic rule, while others are based on economic oppression and long-lasting poverty. In all cases, people are risking their livelihoods, and sometimes their lives, to speak out against governments they believe must be radically changed. Read more about these issues, and how we, as a democratic nation, might respond when we witness others fighting for democracy.
November 5, 2019
November 5, 2019
CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT: WEEKLY CURRENT EVENTS
CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT: WEEKLY CURRENT EVENTS
Wildfire's and Who Controls the Power
Wildfire's and Who Controls the Power
CalFire and the US Forest Service have recorded over 6,190 fires throughout the state of California so far this year. This week's Current Event explores the intersection of nature, business interests, climate change, and the people who live in one of the United State's most fire-prone areas. What are the contributing factors to this deadly problem, and how does the role of business matter when considering how to manage this now-constant danger?
October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019
Classroom Law Project's Current Events
Classroom Law Project's Current Events
THE NBA, CHINA, and FREE SPEECH
THE NBA, CHINA, and FREE SPEECH
On October 4, 2019 the General Manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, tweeted an image from his personal Twitter account in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong – sparking controversy in the NBA, and beyond. This week, Current Events provides you with the background on the history of the tension between China and Hong Kong, along with resources for students to discuss how the NBA became enmeshed in that conflict.
October 8, 2019
October 8, 2019
What is a Big Idea?
What is a Big Idea?
Big Ideas are interdisciplinary and multifaceted concepts covering everything from local politics to global debates. Learning through Big Ideas integrates perspectives from multiple disciplines, cultures, and ways of understanding the world. They provide opportunities to explore sustainability through real world scenarios that learners can connect to their everyday life. Learners can acquire new knowledge and skills by digging deeper into the meaning and implications of big ideas. Facing the Future is organized around eight big ideas: Connecting with Nature, Equity and Justice, Health and Resiliency, Interconnectedness, Local to Global, Peace and Collaboration, Respect for Limits, and Universal Responsibility. The activities and readings in Facing the Future materials provide opportunities for learners to explore these ideas in a variety of contexts and disciplines and to incorporate these ideas into their own thinking, problem solving, and decision-making.
Teaching Central America Week
Teaching Central America Week
Hundreds of teachers from 31 states and the District of Columbia have signed up to participate in Teach Central America Week so far.
We have added several new resources for teaching about Central America to our website, including new books and teaching guides appropriate for use with elementary students.
If you haven't already, we encourage you to sign up for Teach Central America Week. Then share your stories about how you teach about Central America October 7-13 and all year long.
June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019
supplementary resources:
supplementary resources:
New York Times Learning Network
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Generation, a nationally recognized organization providing interdisciplinary climate change education training and resources for over 14 years is offering a professional development opportunity. Summer Institute for Climate Change Education–held in partnership with the Lowell School and the NOAA Climate Office.
The focus of this 3-day Institute is for educators to gain skills, tools, and resources to teach climate change in Humanities classrooms — with a heavy focus on learning the historical, economic, and social aspects of the issue. We have 10 scholarships remaining, and are prioritizing social studies and ELA teachers. Please pass the details along, and encourage teachers to apply for a scholarship here!
August 5-7, 2019
Lowell School, Washington D.C.
Scholarships available. Apply now.
20 hours of Continuing Education
2 Graduate Credits (optional)
June 12, 2019
June 12, 2019
Two years ago, Teaching for Change launched SocialJusticeBooks.org to identify and promote the best multicultural and social justice children’s books. We partnered with the See What We See (SWWS) coalition to create a database of hundreds of critical children's book reviews and more than 60 booklists.
In the coming year, we will continue to put pressure on the book industry to publish better multicultural children's literature and post many more book reviews.
None of this is possible without your support. Please make a donation to SocialJusticeBooks.org.
Scholastic Book on Trump Silent on Racism
Scholastic Book on Trump Silent on Racism
Scholastic's “true book” on Donald Trump is far from an accurate portrayal of his life and campaign.
There is a full page dedicated to New York City’s Central Park where Trump is credited with rebuilding the Wollman ice skating rink in 1986, but no mention of another Central Park story, Trump’s crusade against the Central Park Five. Trump spent $85,000 for full page ads in all four New York daily newspapers in 1989 calling for a reinstatement of the death penalty.
This is a crucial story for understanding Trump’s use of racism and law and order rhetoric to garner support.
More than 1,200 people have sent letters demanding that Scholastic recall their books for children celebrating Trump. Add your voice.
June 11, 2019
June 11, 2019
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance
Dear Andres,
Dear Andres,
This week, a Texas teacher made news by tweeting President Trump to ask for help “actively investigating and removing” undocumented students from her district. In the face of this stark reminder of the hostility undocumented children face even from those charged with their care, we’re sharing our best resources for supporting and protecting undocumented students. We hope you’ll use and share them, and that you’ll continue to stand up for all of the young people in your schools.
We’ll let you know whenever we update The Moment. Whether it’s lessons on a timely topic, resources for supporting vulnerable students or tips for making it through a tough time of year, we’ll have what you need front and center.
Thanks for all you do for students.
Maureen B. Costello
Director, Teaching Tolerance
June 11, 2019
June 11, 2019
LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH
LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH
As with all of our history months, the acknowledgement of a particular group for a single month serves as a reminder and a celebration of the rich complexity of the American fabric. An inclusive social science classroom weaves a diverse examination of history and culture throughout the year allowing all of our students to see themselves and others in the curriculum.
Although many of you are wrapping up the school year in the next few days, now might be a good time to reflect and assess on the adjustments you might make to next year's curriculum to reflect the growing diversity of Oregon's classrooms. Look below for links to LGBTQ resources.
1. RESOURCES FOR LGBTQ
The Anti-Defamation League host several lesson plans for LGBTQ month, including information on Stonewall. Other lessons include:
Lesson Plans
What Is Marriage Equality? (Grades 4-8)
Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Leaders (Grades 6-8)
Mathew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act(Grades 6-12)
Understanding Homophobia/Heterosexism and How To Be An Ally(Grades 7-12)
The Stonewall Uprising (Grades 9-12)
Identity and Diversity in My Generation (Grades 9-12)
Wedding Cake, Same-Sex Marriage and Discrimination (Grades 9-12)
Unheard Voices: Stories of LGBT History (Grades 9-12)
Transgender Identity and Issues (Grades 9-12)
Analyzing Hate Crimes Statistics (Grades 9-12)
May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019
In recent weeks, Alabama and Georgia have passed laws restricting abortions in their states. They join six other states that have increased restrictions on the practice so far in 2019. These more restrictive laws may result in a challenge to the Supreme Court case of Roe v Wade (1973), once again pushing this landmark case into the spotlight. How well do you know Roe v Wade? In this eLesson, students will use a document based question to explore this historic ruling.
Be sure to join us for our next free "Tenth Period" webinar, "A Wall of Separation: Teaching Religious Liberty," on Tuesday, June 4 at 4 p.m. ET. You can REGISTER HERE to join us live or watch later on demand.
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
The State Board of Education approved the revised standards on May 17. It is important to note that these standards use the term Multicultural Studies standards so there is no confusion with the standards being prepared by the Ethnic Studies Workgroup from HB 2845. Click this link for the newly revised Oregon Social Studies Standards.
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019
Global Conversations
Global Conversations
Great Decisions
Friday, March 8, 12pm - 1pm
Portland State University
Academic and Student Recreation Center, Room 001
1800 SW 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97201 Buy Tickets
Every state in today’s global system has its own laws and policies about who is permitted to cross its borders, and how they will do so. Who determines whether someone is a refugee or a migrant? How effective are the international laws, policies and organizations that have evolved to assist and protect refugees and migrants?
Maureen Hickey is an Instructor of International & Global Studies at Portland State University.
Ambassador and Former Envoy to North Korea, Joseph Yun
Ambassador and Former Envoy to North Korea, Joseph Yun
Thursday March 21, 7pm - 8:30pm
WorldOregon
1207 SW Broadway Ave, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97205 Buy Tickets
Every state in today’s global system has its own laws and policies about who is permitted to cross its borders, and how they will do so. Who determines whether someone is a refugee or a migrant? How effective are the international laws, policies and organizations that have evolved to assist and protect refugees and migrants?
Maureen Hickey is an Instructor of International & Global Studies at Portland State University.
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