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Radio Naturopath Episode 479: Know Your Farmer Fair, Help for Political Stress

February 26, 2025

Health and Science, Podcasts, Public Affairs, Radio Naturopath, Talk

This week, we talked about Ron's experience with the chiropractor. He's a fan! He knows it'll take time but he's on board. I also talked about the Know your Farmer Fair which will happen March 8, 2025 at the W...

d’Archive Episode 51: Organizing for Change, 1974 Black Student Sit In @ Wilbur Cross Library

Graham Stinnett

January 29, 2024

d'Archive, Featured, Podcasts, Public Affairs, Talk

This episode features an interview with alumni Rodney Bass (BA '75/MA '76) who was active in organizing Black students through the Organization of African American Students (OAAS) during his time at the Univer...

Student activists kick off year with Disorientation

Grace Mcfadden

October 7, 2021

Local News, News

On Friday, September 10, students rallied together for an omnibus of intersectional campus political causes. But this gathering had another motive: to introduce new students to the variety of activist groups on campus.

Talking Across Activisms Episode 5: Mental Health and Burnout

gabrielaramosking

February 26, 2021

Featured, Podcasts, Public Affairs, Talk, Talking Across Activisms

In this episode, my good friend Maya and I sat down for a discussion about mental health, burnout, and coping with kindness. She shared some wise insights about self care and we had some laughs along the way. ...

Save the Earth Podcast Episode 1

Ben Albee

November 30, 2020

Podcasts, Public Affairs, Uncategorized

Both active members in various UConn organizations, Brittany Diaz is the president of UConn Collaborative Organizing and Mason Holland is the president of NAACP UConn. In the first installment of the Save The ...

Students rally for reproductive justice

The News Desk

November 4, 2019

Featured, Local News, News

On Saturday, Oct. 26, UConn students and Mansfield community members held a rally outside the Rome Ballroom to protest a fundraiser for Caring Families Pregnancy Services. Caring Families, a pro-choice nonprofit group, is best known for their MobileCare van, a crisis pregnancy center often seen parked on Fairfield Way.

d’Archive Episode 25: Art/Activism/Archives

Graham Stinnett

May 2, 2019

d'Archive, Podcasts, Talk

This episode features a conversation with visual artists Mary Banas and Breanne M. Trammell about their residency at Counterproof Press in the UConn School of Fine Arts. Mary and Breanne consulted the Alterna...

Founder of #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke: ‘You Have Power Now.’

Katie Sypher

April 22, 2019

Featured, Headlines, Local News, News

On April 10, civil rights activist Tarana Burke spoke at Jorgensen about the #MeToo movement, having empathy for sexual harassment survivors, and her life as an activist. Burke was invited to the Unive...

d’Archive Episode 21: AIDS Activism and Public Health

Graham Stinnett

February 6, 2019

d'Archive, Featured, Podcasts, Talk

This episode features a conversation with Thomas Lawrence Long, Associate Professor in Residence in the UConn School of Nursing and curator of the Dolan Collection of Nursing History. Tom provides insight to ...

Activists work to enact international treaty on violence against women

The News Desk

December 7, 2018

Featured, Local News, News

Sri and Shannon discussed their work with Every Woman Treaty, formerly Every Woman Everywhere, in a speech entitled Mobilizing the World to End Violence Against Women: The Campaign for an International Treaty, to a group of more than 50 students on Monday December 3. The speech was organized by the UConn Humans Rights Institute .

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