About the Episode
Join Andrew at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate as he speaks to two of Campus Compact’s Newman Civic Fellows, Zaynab Abdi from St. Catherine University and Cameron Conner from Whitman College. Hear more about these two community-committed students and the work they’re doing both locally and globally to tackle wide-ranging issues like girls’ education, disaster relief, voter registration and more. Plus, we discuss how to be thoughtful about celebrating Thanksgiving while acknowledging the complicated history of our country. Then, a Thanksgiving treat: an extra-large conversation about what’s sparking joy for us right now.
Show Notes
- Thanksgiving reading from Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact:
- Thanksgiving Resources & Reflections from Mohegan Educator Rachel Sayet, The Underground Table
- 8 Ways to Decolonize and Honor Native Peoples on Thanksgiving, Cultural Survival
- Native Appropriation by Adrienne Keene
- This Land, Rebecca Nagle/Crooked Media
- All My Relations, Adrienne Keene & Matika Wilbur
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Reclaiming Native Truth, First Nations Development Institute
- Andrew's Lula Wiles recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSAocF1bNPY
- The Campus Compact National Webinar Series: compact.org/current-programs/national-webinar-series
- Giving Tuesday: https://compact.org/give
Guests
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Cameron Conner is a Newman Civic Fellow and a Rhetoric Studies and Politics major at Whitman College. Read more about Cameron >
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Zaynab Abdi is a Newman Civic Fellow and a Political Science, International Relations, and Philosophy major at St. Catherine University. Read more about Zaynab >
Your Hosts
Andrew Seligsohn
President
Marisol Morales
Vice President, Network Leadership
Emily J. Shields
Executive Director, Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact