Panorama Project Opportunity // Deadline May 21st

 Happy Monday everybody! Here is an exciting message from a friend at Carleton:

"My name is Michael Schultz – I am a Junior at Carleton College and an organizer of a student-led initiative called the Panorama Project, which offers a great summer opportunity for the students in your department. This initiative will bring together a diverse group of students, faculty, and members of civic organizations from around the country to collaborate on works of journalism that explore topics in U.S. politics and history. Each piece of media will be authored jointly, by a team of two or more students of different backgrounds and political persuasions. The diversity of perspectives on each team will offer opportunities for participants to not only encounter other ways of framing contentious issues but also to reckon with the assumptions and evidence that those who disagree with them use for their arguments. We will publish participants’ work on a website devoted to the findings of our project. The Panorama Project is made possible through a grant from Davis Projects for Peace." https://www.davisprojectsforpeace.org/

Anyone who wants to learn more or apply can visit our website(https://thepanoproject.com/), and any further questions can be directed to me at michael@thepanoproject.com. The project is not a full-time summer commitment, and we are accepting applications until May 21st.

Asia 491 Presentations, MONDAY, MAY 3, 2021 AT 5 PM PDT – 6 PM PDT

 

Please join the ASIA 491 class on May 3, 2021 at 5pm PDT as they present their individual research projects from this semester! Topics range from​ politics, representation, comics, literature, and more! Email Prof. Joshi at pjoshi@pugetsound.edu if there are any questions. Zoom link here

Online Event: Troubled Historical Memories in Eastern Europe and Russia: Friday 9 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

 

You are all invited to attend the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Northwest Conference, the annual conference of the The Herbert J Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS), on April 30. This year, a Puget Sound senior (Fran Leskovar), alumnus (Nicholas Kulawiak), and faculty member (Benjamin Tromly) will be presenting together.

Registration link can be found here 

Summer Opportunity: Democracy Summer w/ Derek Kilmer, Deadline May 7th

Democracy Summer - developed by Maryland Congressman (and law professor) Jamie Raskin - is an educational program dedicated to training the next generation of political activists, organizers, and leaders. In 2021, for the first time ever, Democracy Summer is expanding nationally in partnership with the DCCC and Democratic campaigns across America. We are proud to be a partner campaign this year and bring the program to our region! 

Throughout the six week course (Monday, June 21st - Friday, July 31st), Fellows will learn from great activist heroes, young and old political leaders, Democratic policy experts and top political and community organizers across the country. Democracy Summer Fellows with Team Kilmer will also work directly with our campaign. Through this organizing work, Fellows will receive an intensive practical training in the key skills of Democratic campaigning: electoral strategy, field organizing, door-to-door canvassing, phone-banking, text banking, fundraising, policy development and campaign messaging, social media and digital strategy, rally and online organizing, event planning, scheduling, and campaign management.

 

Fellows will receive a $500 stipend, and they can expect to work Monday-Thursday for a total of 20-30 hours per week. 

More info can be found here, and the application can be found here.

The application deadline is Friday, May 7th, so make sure to apply ASAP! 

 

Build-up at the Border, April 23rd @noon

 

IMMINENT DEADLINE: Women's Congressional Staff Foundation Scholarship, Due April 15th

 

Presidential-Style Debate, April 21 7:30 PM, Zoom Info Posted

Zoom ID: 94277963651

 

Chris Singleton; Love Your Neighbor, Wed March 31st 6PM

 

ICE Whistleblower Brown Bag Lunch , Wed 3/31/2021 at 4:30pm PDT

Please join us at 4:30pm PDT on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 as attorney Dana Gold moderates a virtual interview with ICE Whistleblower Dawn Wooten, LPN, to discuss the dangerous medical practices she witnessed at an immigration detention facility last year. 

 A short Q&A will follow. 

Click here for more information and Zoom link.

 

PG Brown Bag, Wed 3/24/2021 at Noon PDT

Click here to join via Zoom

Meeting ID: 935 6597 7199
Passcode: 557456

Questions? Please contact Professor Kessel at akessel@pugetsound.edu

Logger Day Challenge! Tuesday, March 9

TODAY is our fourth annual Logger Day Challenge! It’s going to be an epic day of Logger pride, virtual events, and philanthropy. It’s a great day to celebrate being a Logger and saying thank you to our Logger community for supporting Puget Sound.

Hashtag: #LoggerDayChallenge

Link: pugetsound.edu/loggerdaychallenge

Virtual events: bit.ly/LDCVirtualEvents

If you’re on (or near) campus Tuesday you can: 

• Hunt for one of 10 Hidden Hatchets, each with a special prize 
• Order a Hazelnut Hack latte from Diversions 
• Grab a Grizz cookie from The Diner 
• Visit the Logger Store for 20% off all Logger gear (including that sustainable mug you’ve had your eye on) plus an extra 20% off already marked down items 

 

"Daily Labors"- A Conversation with Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky. Wed 3/17 at 6pm PST

For details in Events Calendar, click here

For Zoom link, click here 

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ASK a Logger: International Affairs, Government, and Law Panel - Wed 3/3

 

The March 3 panel features alumni who represent a diversity of majors (P&G, International Relations, Business, English), and who are all working in fields that may be of particular interest to P&G students.

These are Logger alumni who have volunteered to share their stories and insights in order to benefit current students. And they are wonderful individuals for students to get to know.

MICHELE COLLINS '01 | Supervisory Special Agent | Department of State
At Puget Sound: Politics and Government major, Asian Studies minor

RILEY CONLIN '12 | Associate Attorney | Stoel Rives LLP
At Puget Sound: Business Leadership Program

SARAH GRIFFIN '19 | Ocean Policy Assistant | Seattle Aquarium
At Puget Sound: Politics and Government/U.S. Politics major

NATALIE McNAIR '91 | Director of Government Relations & Corporate Social Responsibility | TrueBlue, Inc.
At Puget Sound: English/Writing major 

LURA MORTON '19 | Program Assistant | Democracy International
At Puget Sound: Politics and Government/Comparative Politics major

REBECCA NATHANSON '12 | Senior Domestic Policy Advisor | Senator Ron Wyden
At Puget Sound: Politics and Government/International relations major

The Commons: Call for Papers. Deadline extended to March 30

 

 

Get published in our undergraduate publication The Commons: Puget Sound Journal of Politics!!

DEADLINE: March 30 

We are The Commons! The Commons is the University of Puget Sound’s undergraduate journal of politics. We are a student run publication founded in the Spring of 2020. For our first two issues submissions were closed to students outside of UPS to allow us time to establish roots and grow. This semester we are expanding our submission pool to four other PNW universities. We hope this gives us a greater variety of views!

But we still want to see your work! This is the Puget Sound journal after all! This is a journal for undergraduates by undergraduates. What you have to say is important and we want to provide a platform for your voice to be heard.

We are looking for submissions from any discipline as long as they are addressing a political question. Submissions can be from any part of your academic career - we want to hear your interesting ideas and perspectives!

Technical requirements:
5-25 pages, including bibliography
7 sources minimum required
Currently enrolled as a full time undergraduate student at your university

(please remove any identifying marks/content and formatting before submitting your work)

Check out our website and first issue here !

Additional information can be found in the attached flyer, but please direct any questions to thecommons@pugetsound.edu

Thank you!
Melanie Siacotos || (she/her)
Marketing Coordinator for The Commons: Puget Sound Journal of Politics

Class of 2021
International Relations and Economics