Farmworker advocates push civic activism at Elon University, promote justice for migrant farm workers
Marlena Chertock APRIL 19, 2011 The blueberries or sweet potatoes you eat could have been picked by a migrant child worker just […]
Tag: social justice
Local advocate encourages students to learn about, act on human trafficking
Marlena Chertock APRIL 13, 2011 “If one person is forced to have sex with 55 people a day, is that enough to […]
Israeli philosophy professor influenced by childhood, writes about personhood to understand Holocaust
Marlena Chertock APRIL 13, 2011 Yoram Lubling always wanted to write. His undergraduate major was journalism. But after graduating, he never went […]
‘Become a producer of meaning’: Author Rebecca Solnit discusses writing about disasters at Elon University
Marlena Chertock FEB. 21, 2011 When Rebecca Solnit took a year off from her job in 1988 to write a book, she […]
Traveling with a purpose
Students hold a 2-day environmental conference in Sri Lanka, film and conduct research Marlena Chertock FEB. 6, 2011 Fourteen seniors walked through […]
North American tour raises awareness of successful social justice organizations
Community and Resistance tour stops in Greensboro by Marlena Chertock, October 6, 2010 On the night of Sept. 30, students from Elon […]
Eat and be merry, according to this traveling food truck
by Marlena Chertock I love trying new food. Middle Eastern, Mexican, El Salvadorean, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Greek, Indian, and other types. The new tastes, aromas, […]
Breaking the silence
Award-winning filmmaker raises awareness of rape by Marlena Chertock, February 25, 2010 A two-time Emmy-Award winning documentarian lamented the culture of denial and […]