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Tibet to Trinidad
Posted 02/28/2013
For 50 years, the School of Music's Ethnomusicology Program has advanced the study of music and culture, and has brought world music to Seattle
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Stay Woke—With Help From A Bot
Posted 08/04/2016
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson teams up with artist Darius Kazemi to create a Twitter bot with a mission — and a personality.
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Does ‘Black Lives Matter’ still matter?
Posted 07/21/2016
"Despite its current focus on addressing police brutality, BLM’s agenda isn’t confined to this issue.
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Dance for Everyone -- and Every Body
Posted 09/30/2004
A new class in integrated dance brings together dancers of varying abilities, including several who use wheelchairs.
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A Pow Wow Primer
Posted 07/04/2006
American Indian Studies offers a course on the history and significance of pow wow, which includes working on one of the University's two annual pow
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Dream Student, Dream Project
Posted 06/30/2007
UW junior Alula Asfaw dreamed up The Dream Project, through which undergrads help first-generation, low-income high school students navigation the
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American Sign Language Introduced
Posted 09/30/2007
The UW Department of Linguistics is offering American Sign Language, with a full-time lecturer teaching two sections of ASL each quarter.
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American Indian Studies Gains Department Status
Posted 03/08/2009
First introduced as a center in 1970, American Indian Studies is now an Arts and Sciences department.
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Mapping Seattle's Gay and Lesbian History
Posted 03/08/2009
Tour downtown Seattle with Professor Michael Brown and you’ll experience the city from a rarely seen perspective, focusing on Seattle’s gay and
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Students Create Course About Mixed Identities
Posted 06/30/2009
Wanting more discussion of mixed-race and mixed-identity issues in their classes, an ambitious group of undergraduates created and taught their own
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Tribal Museum Program Launches with UW Involvement
Posted 04/30/2010
A new Tribal Museum Program is now offered through the Northwest Indian College, thanks to the vision of UW Professor Emeritus James Nason and the
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Under Our Skin
Posted 06/23/2016
A video on what it means to talk about race. Two College of Arts and Science students featured.
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Sharing an Ocean, Traditions, and a Canoe
Posted 08/31/2010
A year-long cultural exchange between the indigenous Ainu community of Japan and several Washington State tribal groups, organized by the Burke Museum
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Bathroom battle: Parents rally behind transgender youth
Posted 06/22/2016
I-1515 would amend the state’s discrimination law so that public and private entities could restrict “private facilities” to “biologically” male or
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A Deep Dive into History & Race
Posted 06/21/2016
In his academic work and community involvement, Dustin Abrahamson is committed to addressing racism.
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