ACTIVITY POINTS
Global Perspectives on Faith
Jeanette Smith
"Why would I interfere with your religion and if you discriminate against members of my group and I, what makes you think I would support your group?" - Reverend.
Culture Through the Lens of Gender and Diversity
Maya Salem of New York Times
The news is represented by women by only 5%. Gender Bia needs to be discussed more as how we are perceived and portrayed has not been improved enough within the amount of time that has been passed within the fight.
Climate and Health Equity
Catalyst Miami and CLEO Institute sponsored by The New York Times.
Climate change is highly responsible due to human activities, especially from industrialization increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, including others such as methane.
Different ways of seeing the world: What it means to be bilingual
Graduate student, Victoria Sisouphone
The advantages beat the disadvantages as what is considered weak is really not, it is a misconception of not being able to understand the length between languages. For example, “I love you” has a different length of meaning than “Te Amo” or “J’Taime” or “Mwen renmen ou.”
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Global Implications
Current issue as of March 2022. The relationship between US and Putin. The facts and opinions to educate and help destress.
Water Rights and Water Security: Meeting the Demand in the Face of a Shrinking Supply
Dr. Assefa Melesse and PHD Candidate Mekdelawit Messay from FIU
All countries need equitable amounts and clean water for all with the understanding of empathy and awareness. We need to focus on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level of all things and people, including the water.
The Great Pumpkin Rescue
a friend and I worked together on this as a project of our own. We formed a great group of people who were interested with the help of the Soustainability Club, hospitality students, and Sustainability office at FIU MMC campus. After weeks of research and physically going to locations we obtained around 20 pumpkins. One big donor was Kendall United Methodist Church. we baked pumpkin loaf, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin seed and donated to a homeless shelter.
CLEAR Catalyst Miami
Catalyst Miami is a community driven organization working to solve issues affecting low income communities. I volunteered with their CLEAR initiative and utilized knowledge in socio-cultural issues from climate change to build a stronger community by administrating proposals within local area and participating in issues of other communities near by.
FIU DC FLY-IN
I attended FIU's DC FLY-IN with Eric Feldman in Spring 2022. The fly-in's focus was Women in Politics. A group of students and I met with multiple women in power striving for equality and justice. A great learning experience of advocation in policy, something very crucial in environmental studies and needs.
