Topic: civic engagement
Students provide aid, promote peace for Brazilian orphans
30 May 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—The most fragile residents of an impoverished Brazilian community will receive an influx of support this summer from four Lewis & Clark students and grants totaling $12,500. Sixty children and adolescents, many of whom were abandoned out of economic desperation, inhabit the humble Criamar orphanage in Ceilândia, Brazil, where the Lewis & Clark students [...]
Grad student leads Roosevelt freshmen to define their own community
16 May 2008
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—At a high school most often in the news for its record-breaking dropout rate and gang violence, students are redefining themselves and their neighborhood. With the help of Lewis & Clark graduate student Kristen Goessling, Roosevelt High School students have undertaken a photography project aimed at giving Portlanders a more authentic portrayal of their [...]
Professors offer political analysis on youth vote in Oregon
14 May 2008
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—John Callahan, Morgan Odell Professor of Humanities, and Robert Eisinger, associate professor of political science, recently spoke with the Seattle Post Intelligencer about the exciting injection of youth participation in Oregon politics this election season. “They’ve got an operation here that looks like the old grass roots, the Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy campaigns of [...]
Student to hone leadership skills in Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute program
12 May 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Dante Perez is one of 32 college students from across the country to earn an internship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute . The sophomore international affairs major will spend this summer in Washington, D.C., working in a congressional office and honing his public leadership skills. A native of Uruapan, in the state [...]
Junior to gain political insight as congressional intern
30 April 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—A junior who aspires to improve conditions in Africa will be one step closer to his goal this summer, learning political processes from a seasoned leader on education and human rights issues. Jonathan Shectman, an international affairs major from Warrenton, Virginia, will work in the office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer through a [...]
Junior earns Truman Scholarship for public service
15 April 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Ben Brysacz has earned the nation’s top prize for undergraduate leaders, a highly competitive Truman Scholarship. The junior political science major earned one of 65 scholarships awarded this year, an honor which brings up to $30,000 for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through [...]
Iraq War exhibit designed to provoke conversations about peace
22 February 2008
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—An exhibit memorializing Oregon soldiers and contractors killed in the Iraq War, on display at Lewis & Clark on March 3, underscores the human and economic costs of the war to Oregon. Eyes Wide Open, a project created by the American Friends of Service Committee (AFSC), has toured nationally since 2004 and launches its [...]
Law student leads universal health care movement on Facebook
30 November 2007
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)— An estimated one-third of young Americans are uninsured, which is unacceptable to Jeff Traylor, a Lewis & Clark Law School student from Kirkland, Washington. Traylor is part of a growing number of individuals turning to the social networking site Facebook to advocate for universal health care. Having confronted the choice facing many Americans [...]
Lewis & Clark calls on anti-Measure 50 group to clarify campaign ads
25 October 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Lewis & Clark College today called on an anti-Measure 50 political action group to amend its new television ads to make clear that Lewis & Clark Law School did not endorse its position. “The law school takes no official position on this or any other ballot measure,” Law School Dean Robert Klonoff said. “The opponents [...]
In the race: Law professor John Kroger begins Oregon attorney general campaign
25 September 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
(Portland, Ore.)—Associate Professor of Law John Kroger announced his candidacy in the 2008 election for Oregon attorney general. Citing his experience as a former federal prosecutor, Kroger said if elected he will help Oregon confront challenges such as methamphetamine manufacturing and corporate pollution, employing an aggressive approach modeled after New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. [...]