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9 posts tagged "La Casa de Amistad"

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South Bend bounces back from spike in cases, adjusts to new reality of pandemic

Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

As college students in the tri-campus community made their return to campus in late July and early August, St. Joseph County was already seeing an uptick in the number of daily coronavirus counts compared to the month of June. “At the end of June, [St. Joseph County] was averaging 15 new cases a day,” Dr.

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Course organizes prayer service in honor of DACA recipients

Charlotte Edmonds | Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Members of the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross College community gathered in the Geddes Hall chapel on Monday for a prayer service in honor of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Hosted by members of the “Advocacy for the Common Good” — a one credit course that aims to

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Social Work Club raises money for disaster relief

Hallie Nolan | Monday, November 13, 2017

Saint Mary’s Social Work Club has conducted two successful charity events this semester, raising money for disaster relief in Puerto Rico and hosting a peanut butter and jelly drive for La Casa de Amistad, a community center in South Bend. Social Work Club president and senior Marilla Opra said the group aims to foster unity.

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Saint Mary’s club celebrates Hispanic Heritage month

Jordan Cockrum | Thursday, September 21, 2017

La Fuerza, the Latina cultural club at Saint Mary’s, began its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a kick-off event Thursday. It will continue to observe the month over the next several weeks with a series of events, closing Hispanic Heritage month with a celebration of Hispanic culture, the organization’s president Roxana Martinez said. “This month we are

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Lecture connects immigration, labor reform

Mariah Rush | Monday, September 11, 2017

As part of the Higgins Labor Program’s Research and Policy Series (RAPS), president of the North Central Indiana chapter of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Tony Flora and executive director of La Casa de Amistad, Sam Centellas, delivered a lecture about immigration and labor reform at Geddes Hall on

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Students to run in 11th annual Holy Half

Andrea Vale | Friday, March 27, 2015

The 11th annual Holy Half Marathon will be held this Saturday. This year’s race will be filled with the maximum 1500 participants, as well as 500 waiting list members, and will benefit the local charities St. Margaret’s House and La Casa de Amistad. Holy Half President Katie Wood said the tradition started eleven years ago with

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CSC Fair to highlight organizations

Andrea Vale | Tuesday, January 20, 2015

The Center for Social Concerns (CSC) will host its annual Social Concerns Fair on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in rooms B035 and B036 of Geddes Hall. Representatives from over 40 organizations, all of which offer students opportunities for outreach in the South Bend community, will be in attendance. Some of the groups at last year’s

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Students delve into solidarity

Macaila DeMario | Sunday, November 23, 2014

Students, faculty and staff gathered in the student center at Saint Mary’s College on Friday to hear volunteer groups talk about solidarity from both local and global perspectives as part of the Justice Fridays lecture series. Students stated that their definition of solidarity was unclear before their experiences, but many, including sophomore Tere Valencia, said their lives

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ComUNIDAD to foster immigration discussion

Siying Yang | Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy (SCIA) will host the first ever ComUNIDAD, an immigration conference Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, which will focus on Latino immigration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), new immigration laws and policies and local immigration services. “Being from Arizona, a

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After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Ba After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Basement Breakdown, The Observer’s sports podcast, is back with some Pittsburgh predictions.  Some highlights from the stream include:

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