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10 posts tagged "Human Dignity"

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We need to start using people-first language. Here’s why. 

Alexa Schlaerth | Thursday, September 1, 2022

As a new anthropology major, I am eager to explore the various subcategories of discipline, including, but not limited to the sociocultural and linguistic aspects of study. And in this, the first week (or so) of classes, my mind has already been opened to the power behind the language used within the area of study

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Pro-life advocate speaks on rise of current day colonialism

Serena Zacharias | Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Obianuju Ekeocha, a pro-life advocate and the founder and president of Culture of Life Africa, discussed the rise of modern-day ideological colonialism in the developing world in the Eck Center Tuesday. While imperialism in Africa is in the past, Ekeocha said in recent years Africans are seeing the return of western footprints all across the

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International Justice Mission of Notre Dame organizes “Night to End Slavery” Prayer Service

Thomas Murphy | Thursday, August 30, 2018

The International Justice Mission of Notre Dame (IJMND) will be holding a “Grotto Prayer Night to End Slavery” prayer service Thursday evening. Founded in the spring semester of 2018, the organization is a chapter of International Justice Mission (IJM) and seeks to bring an end to modern slavery through prayer, advocacy and fundraising. IJMND co-presidents

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College Campus Ministry panel discussion explores human dignity

Iman Omar | Thursday, February 1, 2018

Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry explored the relationship of human dignity on issues such as racism, disabilities and autism during a panel discussion Wednesday. Assistant director of Campus Ministry Emily Sipos-Butler said this panel discussion was intended to explore the inherent human dignity of each and every human person. She said the panel served to reinforce

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College students serve with the Sisters of the Holy Cross

Nicole Caratas | Friday, August 25, 2017

Over the summer, five Saint Mary’s students — juniors Teresa Brickey, Jessie Purvis, Madeline Moeller and Michaela Mwachande and sophomore Nguyen Nga — volunteered with the Sisters of the Holy Cross to help run a summer camp for school children in Park City, Utah. Moeller, a economics major, said she found out about the program through the Saint

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Being anti-legal abortion does not make you ‘pro-life’

Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 10, 2017

On the day following Donald Trump’s inauguration, women around the world organized in protest. It has been reported that the Women’s March was the largest demonstration in U.S. history, with nearly three million people participating in cities across the country. Though the march was a success in the eyes of many, there was still some

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Workers are not invisible

Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 27, 2015

I am writing this article in order to shed some light on a recent unfortunate event, which would otherwise remain unnoticed and unaddressed in its everyday occurrence. But first let me say something about myself. I am a South Dining Hall worker. I have not been working there long – around six weeks, actually –

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Group reflects on human dignity

Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, January 29, 2015

Wednesday evening, the Kellogg Institute of International Studies hosted “Understanding Human Dignity,” the inaugural event in a semester-long discussion on human dignity and human development, utilizing lessons learned at Kellogg’s “2014 Human Dignity and Human Development Conference” on Oct. 22-24 in Rome, Italy. “We invited 14 terrific faculty members and divided them into four interdisciplinary groups:

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Through the needle’s eye

Billy McMahon | Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Three years ago this fall, I met with University President Fr. John Jenkins to discuss what I saw as an important human rights issue: the University’s contract with Coca-Cola. I was motivated by human rights violations committed by Coca-Cola’s bottlers in Colombia, which have prompted university boycotts internationally. The bottling companies, which Coca-Cola continues to

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Author provides insights on dignity

Alex Cao | Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland offered his insights on the difficult concept of human dignity to students and faculty on Tuesday. McCrudden’s lecture centered on his book, “Understanding Human Dignity,” and took place at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies. McCrudden said the subject of his book is difficult but

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