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Georgetown LEAD Explores Student Solidarity On, Off Campus

Georgetown LEAD Explores Student Solidarity On, Off Campus

By Sophia Lu February 24, 2023

Students gathered at Black House, a community space devoted to meeting the needs of students of color, to discuss ways to better support community activism and build stronger coalitions of solidarity...

VIEWPOINT: The Strength of Female Solidarity

VIEWPOINT: The Strength of Female Solidarity

By Lauren Hogg April 1, 2022

When I was seven years old my mother told me that to be born a woman was to be born cursed. At first, I didn’t understand — I spent days pondering what this meant, feeling my temples for any budding...

Students, Faculty Celebrate Virtual Georgetown Day

Students, Faculty Celebrate Virtual Georgetown Day

By Giulia Testa April 30, 2020

Hundreds of homebound students tuned in to a Zoom video conference April 24 to celebrate the 20th annual Georgetown Day, breaking a long-held tradition of daytime partying and jamming out to “Mr. Brightside.” “Georgetown...

Global Health Initiative Faculty Forum

Community Solidarity Essential During COVID-19 Pandemic, Panel Says

By Yalda Zarrabi March 30, 2020

Communities must unite in solidarity to protect one another during the global COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of health experts and Catholic leaders said in a Facebook Live event Thursday. COVID-19, a respiratory...

BIGGIO: Finding Hope in Compassion

BIGGIO: Finding Hope in Compassion

By Rachel Biggio April 15, 2019

Last year, I prided myself on my immunity to the “sophomore slump,” an experience of generalized apathy common among second-year university students. While many sophomores grapple with a dissipation...

Hundreds of Students Join Walkout to Protest Gun Violence

Hundreds of Students Join Walkout to Protest Gun Violence

By Jeff Cirillo and Caroline Gardner March 14, 2018

Hundreds of students marched out of class Wednesday morning to call for gun violence prevention, part of a nationwide network of protests in the aftermath of last month's mass shooting at a high school...

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A panel of commentators discussed issues of working-class Americans for a crowd of about 60 spectators at a panel event Tuesday, stressing solidarity to heal national divides.

Panel Discusses State of Working Class Families

By Léa Nicolas October 28, 2016

The Catholic teaching of solidarity is essential in addressing the societal neglect of working class families, according to a panel of commentators, labor leaders and Catholic advocates for working-class...

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

A Love Letter to Us: The Queer Community

By Grace Smith January 29, 2016

This is my love letter. But it isn’t to one person. It is to a community — a community that has taught me how to love and be loved, that embraces me even when I don’t embrace myself, that is profoundly...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Interfaith Gathering for Solidarity, Understanding and Peace in Gaston Hall on Wednesday. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Interfaith Gathering Encourages Solidarity

By Molly Cooke December 18, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden, national leaders of the Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish and Sikh faith traditions and student speakers reflected on the importance of unity and the need for...

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O’Brien Expresses Solidarity With Muslim Community

By Syed Humza Moinuddin November 25, 2015

Vice President for Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J. penned a letter in support of Georgetown’s Muslim community Thursday, emphasizing the university’s commitment to its Muslim students...

Coordinate Solidarity

Coordinate Solidarity

By The Editorial Board November 17, 2015

Student-athletes at Georgetown launched a campaign to raise awareness of the unethical business practices perpetuated by Nike — specifically the use of sweatshops in their production process. Operating...

Solidarity Against Bigotry

By The Editorial Board September 19, 2014

On a campus where most forms of physical or emotional hostility are thankfully rare, it can be especially jarring when we learn of an incident that challenges our notions of safety — both close to home...

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