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End of the day prayer and at the assembly before leaving for home
Jul 08
Empower

Light on the hill: the global impact of Tufts International community by Derick Athiri (A’23)

by tuftsigl

I wish I could say I am a stranger to Kenya. I wish I could describe the country with the awed language of a tourist. But mine is an even better perspective: one of a local boy and seasoned teenager who is a returning sojourner.

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Jun 29
IGL Global Fellows

How Women Resist Within Independence Movements by Avani Kabra (A23)

by tuftsigl

For the past year, I have been working on an independent research project that compares women’s resistance movements in Algeria during the Algerian Revolution and Palestine during the First Intifada. This project was inspired by a research paper that I wrote in Fall 2019 for my Colonizing Palestine class on this topic.

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Jun 02
Amnesty International

Tufts Amnesty: Immigration Detention in the U.S. by Ellie Murphy

by tuftsigl

ICE and border security were some of the focal points of U.S. domestic policy under the previous administration. What can we expect under the Biden Administration? What is the status of efforts to help families separated at the border?

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Jun 01
WIIR

A Conversation with Ambassador Caroline Kennedy by Emma Christman (A’23)

by tuftsigl

On Friday, April 19th, Tufts Women in International Relations (WIIR) had the privilege of hosting Ambassador Caroline Kennedy for a virtual speaker event. Kennedy served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 during the Obama Administration.

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May 28
MERG

Africa’s Last Colony: International Law Ignored by Connor Doyle (A’21)

by tuftsigl

On Friday, April 23, the Middle East Research Group (MERG) was joined by academics and activists to shed light on an issue not often discussed, the sovereignty of the Western Sahara.

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Apr 15

Women in the World Panel by Emma Christman (A’23) and Emily Witherell (A’23)

by Chris Burke

In honor of International Women’s month, Tufts Women in International Relations (WIIR) and Tufts Women for Higher Education Now (WHEN) joined forces to host a panel on Women in the World.

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