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Student Voices January 08 2019

Why different places have different attitudes towards the police

By Jalen Vaugn My homestay with a South African family this summer was an eye-opening exper…

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Student Voices January 07 2019

Student activist finds inspiration in Netherlands

By Amie Sillah Before traveling to the Netherlands this summer, I plateaued. I’m …

A Microfinance Group at a meeting in Hyderabad Slum in Andhra Pradesh, India ( Women members of Microfinance Group )

Student Voices August 17 2015

Travel to India builds solidarity between women

While looking through a photo album of my host mother’s wedding day, I learned that she was 17-years-old the day she was arranged to marry a 30-year-old man from another village whom she did not know.

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Student Voices July 27 2015

Chicago to India: Finding hope in Delhi's slums

Chicago and the slums of India are similar. As you walk through each community, you see despair in both. But in India, I saw something I would have never thought was possible — I saw unity in poverty.

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