Foley Distinguished Lecture American political rhetoric has been increasingly filled with cries of constitutional crisis, and such worries have only increased since the 2016 elections. What does constitutional crisis mean, and how would we know if we are in one? This event is a collaboration between Gonzaga Law and The …
Read More »Teaching the Holocaust 101
Practical, hands-on, engaging activities for the classroom. Participants will be challenged to address issues of citizenship, stereotypes, confronting intolerance, and the difference each one of us can make. Free resources for grades 5-12. Topics include: Using personal stories and primary sources, Challenging stereotypes, Citizenship, and Rescue and Resistance. Tracy SimmonsTracy …
Read More »A 147-year-old dispute between church and state spills onto a school playground
Why do so many state constitutions have provisions preventing funding for religious schools? The history is complicated.
Read More »Adopt-a-school initiative gains popularity with Spokane churches
A movement is appearing throughout the United States and is taking hold here in Spokane. Churches are stepping into schools and building partnerships that aim to improve the lives of individual students and entire communities.
Read More »Whitworth president responds to petition for “sanctuary campus”
"I call on members of the Whitworth community to rally around all students, staff and faculty – regardless of nationality or status – with prayer, love and support. That's the Whitworth way."
Read More »Support: You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.
The responsibility to educate doesn’t only fall on the heads of your Muslim, Jewish, brown, immigrant, disabled, LGBTQ friends. We need you!
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