Community

Photo: CCBLA Food Bank Sign by Shayna Clayton By Jackson LeMessurier Want to get a job after graduating from Evergreen? Volunteering in your community is a route that you can take. I know because it was my path to employment. I work at the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA), a public service center […]

Photo courtesy of the Graphic Novel Union By Khristine Sandwith As new students come to Evergreen, the first thing they think of is creating a home. Being away from home can be overwhelming and one of the ways to fit into campus is finding a club. At Evergreen, the Graphic Novel Union fits anyone interested in art, […]

Photo: Equity Symposium Event Coordinators pose for photo booth picture by Britt Pierro Workshop by Carolyn Prouty, Article by Allegra Simpkins Carolyn Prouty told her audience that “there is no biological marker, or indicator, to differentiate race,” during her lecture last Friday at Evergreen’s annual Equity Symposium. Her workshop, entitled The Paradox of Race, dove into the world of misunderstanding and misinformation regarding […]

Photo: Amira Caluya’s Equity Symposium presentation by Britt Pierro Workshop by Amira Caluya, Article by Miette Deschenes “There is no monolithic Asian American experience.” This was one of the most prominent messages of The Social Construction of AZN, a workshop that was held Friday morning during the Equity Symposium. The workshop was hosted by Amira Caluya, Trans & Queer Center coordinator at […]

Photo: A comic by Lynda Barry featured in The Cooper Point Journal in the 1970s, Marta Tahja-Syrett Cartoonist, teacher, and Evergreen alumna Lynda Barry has been awarded a $625,000 grant by the MacArthur Fellows Program. According to the MacArthur Foundation, her award is for “inspiring creative engagement through original graphic works and a teaching practice centered on the role of image making in communication.” “The […]

Photo: Evergreen Students Callista Lahney and Zoe Chamberlain (left to right) at NWTSJ Conference, Khristine Sandwith By Khristine Sandwith On Oct. 19, 2019, Evergreen students attended the Northwest Teaching for Social Justice (NWTSJ) conference in Seattle, Washington. The conference ran for its 12th year at Chief Sealth International High School, teaching and inspiring educators to get involved in social justice through the education system to strengthen […]

Photo: Book available in the Rare Book Room by Allegra Simpkins By Allegra Simpkins Just across the top of the stairs, on the third floor of the library lives a calm and quiet room that oozes a welcoming ambiance. Framed poetry and artwork reside on the walls, the natural wooden shelves and warm lighting makes it almost impossible not to be coaxed […]

Photo: Greener Foundations by Shayna Clayton By Sonia Boeger During 2019 fall and winter quarters, first-year Greeners enrolled in specific 16 credit academic programs will take a pilot program called Greener Foundations (GF). This program is described by the Irrepressible Bodies-Greener Foundations Week 1 presentation as a “holistic first-year student success course.” It is […]

Photo: Hot Spot by Brittanyana Pierro By Miette Deschenes The beloved hot spots on campus, which had been around for years and reached dangerously high temperatures, were repaired over summer break. Student reactions to the repairs vary wildly. According to William Ward, Associate Vice President of Facilities Services, the repairs have been a long time coming, despite […]