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COSI Archive (Conversations on Social Issues)
Reimagining Belonging: A Screening and Conversation on Immigration and Identity in the US & Germany
COSI Archive (Conversations on Social Issues)
Welcome
Winter 2013
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Mass Incarceration
Gender & Suicide
Food & Communication
Two-Party System
Graphics of Climate Change
Coal Terminal
Spring 2013
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Food Deserts
Black Power
Male Gaze
Punishment Matrix
Youth Democracy
Repatriation of Art
Standardized Testing
Muslim Americans
Atheists vs Believers
Fall 2013
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Aging Baby Boomers
Fair, Minimum and Living Wages
Community Colleges
Black American Culture
Environmental Racism
Organized Harassment
Seattle Hip Hop
Sustainable Agriculture
Winter 2014
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Housing in King County
Primacy of Civil Rights
Community Colleges
Mass Imprisonment
Women in Afghanistan
Public Policy of Salmon
The Fight for $15 in Seattle
The Modern Eugenics Movement
Community College
Spring 2014
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The Right to Die
Gay City
Poets Examine Race
Prison Industrial Complex
Will China Rule The World?
Beauty As Social Currency
Homelessness
Compulsory Education
Shariah Law in America
Noise and Returning Veterans
Fall 2014
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Development Movement in Greater Black Seattle
Choosing Civility
Homelessness, Community-Based Education, and the Benefits of Mentoring
The Hijab: What Does it Mean to Muslim Women?
The March to the Match: Soccer's Transformation of American Culture
Trigger Warning: Why We Need Disturbing Art
Gyasi Ross: Poet, Writer, Lawyer, and Activist
The Battle in Seattle: 15 Years After the WTO Protests
Sexism and Public Space: A Social Justice Discussion
Winter 2015
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Protecting Yourself! A Conversation on Personal Safety and Security at Seattle Central College
Segregation in South Africa and Its Repercussions and Parallels
Political Prisoners in the United States: The Case of the Cuban Five and Cuba Libre: Gender and Sexuality in Cuba
Lost in the Fine Print: When Signing Up for a Cell Phone Threatens your Basic RIghts
"Look Ma, I'm Using My Hands!" The Cultural Appropriation of ASL
"I Smoke Marijuana Every Chance I Get:" Legal Weed and the Tradition of Pot in American Poetry
Check all that Apply: How we Use Race in Statistics, Data and Reporting
Cascadia Now!: Radical Utopianism for Radical Change
Immigration Reform and What it Means to Citizens and Denizens in Washington State
Justice for Sale: How the For-Profit Prison System is Bankrupting Society
Spring 2015
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Global Warming: What is being done and what can WE do?
Defeating Racism Today: What Does it Take?
Should Football by Banned?
Writers from the Raven Chronicles Share their Work: "Stealing Light-Publishing and Editing a Seattle-Based Multicultural Magazine since 1991"
Homonormativity: How a Singular Representation Damages Growth of the Queer Community
Defeating Homelessness in Our Community: Meeting the Needs of Homeless Women
Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity: What does it really mean?
"The Seattle Stand Down:" Homelessness Among Our Veterans
ISIS/ISIL: Is the Islamic State a Consequence of U.S. Foreign Policy?
Fall 2015
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Anti-Miscegenation Laws in America
Framing Violence: The Public Life of Domestic Abuse
Diversity and Ableism at Seattle Central College
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Regional and Global Impact
The Role of Education in Structural Racism
Seattle Housing Prices: What Happened?
Winter 2016
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Stay Woke: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
America's Response to Da'ish (ISIS)
Externalities, Human Capital and Higher Education Funding
Raven Chronicles Writers Explore How Artists/Writers Rule the Information Economy
Will Robots Take Our Jobs?: The Socioeconomic Impact of Intelligent Machines
The Rising Income Gap and Inequality in Seattle
Implicit Bias and Microaggressions: Recognizing and Rectifying
Ask a Climate Scientist
Spring 2016
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Dumbing Us Down: Does the Education System Kill Student Creativity?
Change the World One Meal at a Time!
Soul of a Citizen: Making a Difference in Challenging Times
Able-Bodied Privilege: Check Yourself
See the World You Want to Live in; You Can Make It Happen!
Stuck in a Jam: Traffic, City Growth and Inequality
Adult Safe Sex: A Conversation about PrEP
Fall 2016
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Soul of a Citizen: Making a Difference in Challenging Times
Local Election Issues-- Your Vote Matters!
The Fall Carbon Tax Initiative: A Measure Designed to Address Global Warming
Disability in the Media
You Get What You Get: Local Elections and Your Vote
Healing War Trauma with the Humanities
Malcom X: Internationalist and Revolutionary
Champion Your Career: Winning in the World of Work
Indigenous Peoples' Day: The Story Behind the Resolution, Native Media Outlets, and the Next Chapter
Winter 2017
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Reimagining Belonging: A Screening and Conversation on Immigration and Identity in the US & Germany
Nonviolent Direct Action: Lessons from the U.S., Chile, and South Africa
Sanctuary Cities in Seattle: A History of the Movement and Why They are Necessary
The Central Newspaper: Moving Forward
Promised Land: The Fight for Treaty Rights
Climate Change and the Impact is Has on the Homeless: A Song and Dialogue
Collective Memory and Violence
Recognizing and Rectifying Cultural Appropriation
Financial Stress Management
Spring 2017
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Outweigh the Gravity
5 Valve Turners-Civil Disobedience Against Big Oil
Contemporary Flamenco, Art, Resistance, and Gender
Students at Standing Rock
Outing the Strategy- Outing the 50 Year Old Southern Strategy Against People of Darker Color
Losing Our Public School, Lessons from the Student Revolution in Chile
Financial Stability in Turbulent Times
NCORE Faculty and Staff Roundtable
Fall 2017
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Post-DACA: Supporting Undocumented Students, Families and Communities
The Fight for Climate Justice and its Impacts on Low-Income People
Immigrant Rights
Beneath the Surface: Heroin in Your Neighborhood
Islamophobia: Uncovering Misconceptions of Islam
Maturing through Military Experience
Privacy and Cybersecurity in the Digital Age
Mindfulness and Social Justice
Winter 2018
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Carbon Tax for Climate Justice
Funding College: A Student Panel
Interracial Relations at Seattle Central College
Artivists' Strategies for Creating a Civic Discourse of Belonging
Linked Fate: Race and Political Mobilization
Representations and Readings of Blackness in Historical and Contemporary Film
Re-entry and Education for the Currently and Formerly Incarcerated
Millenials and Unions--The New Labor Movement
Spring 2018
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National Poetry Month Open Mic Reading
Urban Agriculture and Social Justice
Why We March: The History of May 1st and its Relevance Today
Denuclearizing Korea: Negotiation and/or Obliteration
Gun Violence: Why Assault Rifles Aren't the Problem
Asian American Women Reclaiming History, Place and Identity
Fall 2018
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Effective Political Engagement and Civil Discourse
Gerrymandering and the Midterm Elections
The Power of Palestine: Imperishable in a Transnational World
The Power of Media in Social Movements
Deconstructing Veteran Stereotypes
Student Created Films at Seattle Central College
Prison Labor and Prison Abolition
Winter 2019
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The Political Life of Flags
Full-Time Student Parents: The Ultimate Balancing Act
Revolutionary Cuba: Changes in the Post Castro Era
The Pine and the Cherry: Japanese Americans in Washington
Art & Activism: Tariq Touré
Climate Change, Green Jobs, and Social Justice
Conscious Consuming: Purchasing Power and Social Justice
Racism and its Impact on Mental Health and Well-being
Spring 2019
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Voices that Matter: Poems and Prose
Permaculture Practices and the (R)evolution
Advancing Economic, Racial, and Climate Justice with a Green New Deal
Should I Still Watch This Show? Pop Culture in the #MeToo Era
Cinematic Democracy: Alain Badiou and the Geopolitics of Film
I Got 99 Problems, But My Identities Ain't One (or Two)
A Reading by Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna
Living in a Non-binary World: LGBTQ Issues on Campus
The Legacy of Juneteenth: The Current Struggle for Black Liberation in Seattle
Fall 2019
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#MMIW-Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Seattle and Beyond
Immigrant and Refugee Students at Central: Building Community
Disability and Social Justice
Hunger: Sustainable Food Systems and the Myth of Scarcity
What is a Veteran?
Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama—the Legacy of Slavery
Multi-Metric Environmental Costs of an Animal-Based Diet: Feeding a 9-billion people earth & the role of individual choices
Interrupting Identifiers: The Limits of Identity Politics
Winter 2020
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Peace and Labor Activism in Okinawa and Tokyo
Connecting Stories to the Impact of the Census
Facebook, McGraw Hill, and Fox News: The Problem with Commodifying Information
Let It Not Happen Again: Lessons of the Japanese American Exclusion
Fall 2020
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Sex! An Empowering, Healthy and Honest Discussion
Who was Chief Seattle
COVID-19 & Public Health
Winter 2021
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Music is the Message: Popular Music and Social Change
Open Educational Resources: The Student Perspective
Learning Behind Bars: Race, Equity, and Academics in Prison
Spring 2021
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Afrofuturism
A Home For The Fruits To Bruise: A Poetry Reading and Discussion
Climate Justice Divestment
Voter Suppression and the Southern Strategy
Student Survival: Pandemic Edition
Sometimes Heroes: America’s Changing Relationship with Its Veterans
The Misrepresentation of Juneteenth
The Student Debt Crisis and Student Poverty
Fall 2021
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The Struggle for Philippine Democracy- Building an Intergenerational Movement here and abroad
The Intersections of Policing and Healthcare
dO yOuR oWn ReSeArCh for vaccines (this counts)
Beyond Individualism, Towards Solidarity: The Limits of Identity Politics in Antiracist Activism
Recommended Web Sites
Recommended Reading
Undocumented
by
Aviva Chomsky
ISBN: 9780807001677
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Integration Nation
by
Susan E. Eaton
ISBN: 9781620970959
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
Immigrant Networks and Social Capital
by
Carl L. Bankston
ISBN: 9780745662374
Publication Date: 2014-06-03
Coming to America
by
Roger Daniels
ISBN: 9780060505776
Publication Date: 2002-10-22
The DREAMers
by
Walter Nicholls
ISBN: 9780804788847
Publication Date: 2013-08-21
Interracial Communication
by
Tina M. Harris; Mark P. Orbe
ISBN: 9781412954587
Publication Date: 2007-08-14
The New Americans
by
Joseph Rodriquez (Photographer); Ruben Martinez; Marilyn Young
ISBN: 9781565847927
Publication Date: 2004-03-26
The Immigrant Advantage
by
Claudia Kolker
ISBN: 9781416586838
Publication Date: 2013-09-21
Everyday Illegal - When Policies Undermine Immigrant Families
by
Joanna Dreby
ISBN: 9780520283404
Publication Date: 2015-03-07
Today's Conversation
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