DR.SUE MAXAM’S EARTH DAY EVERYDAY #EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE NUMBER 3
Sue Maxam’s Everyday Activism Blog Week Three of “Earth Day Every Day” As a society (specially in the US), we tend to be very consumer-driven, buying, buying, buying, even when we don’t need things. This impacts us so many…
DR.SUE MAXAM’S EARTH DAY EVERYDAY #EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE Number 2
Sue Maxam’s Everyday Activism Blog Week Two of “Earth Day Every Day” Three years ago for CCAR’s Everyday Activism challenge I chose to try out veganism and have been a “95% vegan” ever since! (Admittedly, I occasionally have a MilkyWay…
CCAR Student Staff Member Karen Soliz’s Experience at the Debating for Democracy Conference
I was invited to participate in the Debating for Democracy (D4D) a Project Pericles Initiative the past weekend at the New School Campus in NYC. The project seeks to empower students by training them in areas of civic engagement, advocacy,…
Everyday Activism Challenge 2019
This April join the team members of CCAR and the Vote Everywhere Ambassadors, students, staff, and faculty members will be pledging to commit to one personal action – either a daily habit or weekly action – to lessen their contributions to climate change…
Take Action Against Gun Violence Campaign
By Kealy Costigan ’19, Vote Everywhere Ambassador The Center for Community Action and Research and Vote Everywhere at Pace is launching a take action on gun violence campaign. The CCAR and Vote Everywhere will be partnering with student organizations…
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance Transgender Day of Remembrance honors individuals whose lives were taken by acts of anti-transgender violence. Every year, since November 20, 1999, vigils have been held to remember transgender men and women who have been murdered. It…
The Election is over… Now What?
By Kealy Costigan ’19, Vote Everywhere Ambassador So everyone told you to go out and vote and you did! Congratulations on performing your civic duty. But what comes next? Civic engagement does not end at the polls. Here…
American College of Physicians deem gun violence a “public health crisis.” NRA tweets that doctors should “stay in their lane.”
American College of Physicians deem gun violence a “public health crisis.” NRA tweets that doctors should “stay in their lane.” 11/12/18 The response by doctors was swift and under the hashtag #thisisourlane. As it stands now, the Center for Disease…
SUE MAXAM’S #EVERYDAYACTIVISMCHALLENGE
For her #EverydayActivismChallenge this year, Sue Maxam (Pace’s Assistant Vice President of Undergraduate Education) is promoting social justice and environmental activism among students every day by both educating students on the importance of such activism and providing them with the support and tools…
ASHLEY KUENNEKE’S Everyday Activism Challenge
By Ashley Kuenneke, CCAR Program Coordinator (NYC) For this year’s #EverydayActivismChallenge, I decided to reduce my food waste by starting my own vermicompost (worm) bin in my apartment. Roughly 40% of all produce in the U.S. is thrown away, and about…