Everything is set for our 6th Annual #HumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth panel discussion Tuesday 1/31 at 6:00 pm with @SetFreeMovement Macon County. This year we are focusing on legal approaches and bringing the head federal prosecutor in Central Illinois to @MillikinU. @BigBlueHum
It was so awesome to have @tlecaque guest lecture in @Danielle_Alesi‘s crusades class! Thank you so much for the insider knowledge on how crusade rhetoric is used in modern politics and for sharing what it’s like to be chronically online! We loved hearing from you!
for others. The lecture brought up a lot of questions about events we previously learned about due to a new perspective. We’re so grateful @hayleyrbowman took the time to speak with us!
On November 30th, @Danielle_Alesi Latin American History class had the pleasure of receiving a guest lecture from Dr. Haley Bowman. Dr. Alesi utilized her John C. Griswold Professorship to bring Dr. Bowman to class to speak about Women and Religion in Colonial Latin America
The students, myself included, had a blast learning about the alternate perspectives of women in convents. Many of us expressed surprise and wonder when learning that joining a convent and becoming enclosed was both oppressive for some, but liberating and a means of protection
My political science students and I will be working our Election Day #VoterRegistration and Information table @MillikinU on November 8 from 9 am to 7 pm. Please send your students down with questions...this is the first year our polling place will be on campus! @bigbluehum
On Tuesday, November 1st,
We will celebrate the recent publication
of Critical Storytelling from the Borderlands,
edited by Millikin's very own Dr. Carmella Braniger
and Dr. Julio Enríquez-Ornelas.
In addition, please mark your calendars for our next
and final virtual event this Fall;
• November 15th at 7:30pm: Poet Niki Herd,
joined by special guests
- launch celebration & reading for Herd's chapbook don't you weep,
published by Millikin's own Sting & Honey Press