SOURCE Stories
CSU’s Minor in Indigenous Studies: Where practical knowledge is foundational
In 2020 amidst the pandemic, CSU’s Department of Ethnic Studies launched a Minor in Indigenous Studies, designed to provide students with a deep understanding of the theoretical positions and practical applications central to Indigenous ways of knowing and being.
Outstanding Grad: Whitney Roy
Whitney Roy has overcome difficulty and created a foundation for a better future for students of marginalized identities. As the founder of the Theatre Diversity and Inclusion Committee, she is changing what it means to be BIPOC in the world of theater today.
Ethnic Studies classes uncover Indigenous history through Blanket Exercise rendition
Ethnic Studies classes uncover Indigenous history through Blanket Exercise rendition Joshua Zaffos In a large room inside the Lory Student Center, Colorado State University students each hold a colored index card and stand on an array of blankets placed on the floor. The blankets represent Turtle Island, the Indigenous conception of North America as it once was. During the following joint class between Native American Cultural Experience (ETST 240), […]
Social Justice thru the Arts Celebration
Holding Space mural unveiling, and virtual artist talk by Rose Jaffe A celebration of the work by Alliance high school students participating in the 2018 SJTA REAM MORE “We are the next generation of voices. We are the future, we are change, we are hope, we are power and intelligence. We came into this program as strangers, and we will leave […]
Ethnic Studies Responds to White Supremacist Posters on Campus
Department of Ethnic Studies Statement on White Supremacist Posters of September 10, 2021 September 14, 2021 On the morning of Friday, September 10, posters were placed on campus with misleading and derisive phrasing about diversity. This phrasing has been used in the past by white supremacists and used by various individuals, groups, and institutions in […]
Sagás Wins Fulbright to Teach – and Learn – about Race and Ethnicity in Bolivia
Sagás Wins Fulbright to Teach – and Learn – about Race and Ethnicity in Bolivia Joshua Zaffos Relations between the United States and Bolivia have been tense – to put it modestly – in the last 15 years. From 2006-2019, Bolivian President Evo Morales – the country’s first ever Indigenous-born president and a socialist and former coca growers’ union organizer – […]