SOURCE 2019

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Alejandra Lopez Rocha - Structural Violence in Mexican Immigration
In the Unites States, Mexican immigrants are often victims of structural violence and are marginalized. This research will be focused on the factors that propel Mexicans to immigrate to the United States being aware of the bias and structural violence they will face before and after arriving to the United States and the main causes of Mexican immigrant deaths during their journey to the United States.

Anna Gomez - Gendered Disparities in Educational and Vocational Programming in America's Prisons
Female inmates in America’s prisons have been exposed to gender-stereotyped rehabilitative programs and have faced a limitation in educational and vocational programming compared to male inmates. Dating back to earlier 1970s, literature has highlighted disparities in educational and vocational programs between female and male prisons and a rise in female incarceration rates. This study identifies female and male inmate educational and vocational programming across the US; and examines whether gendered disparities continue to exist between inmate programming as documented in past research. Data for this study were collected by examining publicly available sources such as Department of Correction websites and public records for all fifty states. Specific measures were gathered and analyzed for this study including: program counts and descriptions, inmate populations, and facility-specific characteristics. Through a mixed methods approach and analyzation of descriptive data, this research will serve as a basis for identifying gendered disparities. This will expose a reality which can impede female offenders during the transition from prison to the community known as reintegration. Study findings will add to the literature by providing current information on the contemporary status of the gendered disparities regarding inmate programming.

Mariah Hogan - The law and Herpes: A Positive Contradiction
Herpes simplex virus type 2, known colloquially as genital herpes, has rapidly become the most commonly transmitted sexual disease in the United States. The law has frequently attempted to address this problem through a number of different legal theories including tort, negligence, and even strict liability. At present, the law is addressing this STD epidemic through existing legal mechanisms which may or may not be adequately responding to the unique challenges posed by the transmission of STDs in a casual encounter environment as United States culture, and American college campuses particularly, have evolved in to. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the extent to which these attempts by our legal system have been effective in terms of regulating and facilitating human behavior- a function that legal theorists have long posited the law as providing- as well as relative to both the victim and the infected individual who are separately implicated by situations of wrongfully transmitted sexual diseases and infections. This project aims to provide a historical context surrounding the legal treatment of STD cases in the United States and to be able to illustrate the complications, contradictions, and frustrations that arise from where the law fails to either fairly remedy situations of wrongfully transmitted sexual diseases to victims, or to fairly represent infected individuals.

Amanda Schact - Border Patrol and Racial profiling
There have been multiple cases of border Patrol Agents abusing their power. It is important to understand the rights that we have because of the fourth amendment. In some instances, border patrol agents do not have the right to stop and search a person. Agents have no right to stop someone based on their race, culture, or language that is being spoken. An example of this type of racial profiling took place in May 2018 in Montana when two U.S Citizens were detained by a border Patrol Agent based solely on the color of their skin and the language being spoken. This is an obvious example of racial profiling and these agents should be held accountable for their actions. I plan to research, analyze, and apply the fourth amendment to support my opinion.

Alexandra Barragan - Barriers & Setbacks That Latinos Faced In Their Careers
Everyone faces barriers and setbacks through their journey, but what makes these barriers and set backs different? Well we are looking at Latinos in specific because their barriers and setbacks can be different than a person that isn’t Latino or of a minority group. I want to focus on this subject because some of these experiences that these individuals have gone through might not be relatable to some people. Being part of CWU Latino Triunfar, we go out and interview Latinos that are in higher job positions in neighboring cities and get a glimpse of the work that they are doing and the journey that they have had to go through in order to get to the place that they are in today. Being in this group has helped me gather information first hand. I asked what barriers and set backs they have encountered and also asked them what they did in order to overcome these experiences. From this I was able to see that there was a trend in the barriers. Such as language, lack of education, and discrimination. In conclusion I was able to find a trend in the barriers and setbacks that these Latinos had encountered. However, individuals that I interviewed said that the future for upcoming Latinos looks bright and that maybe future generations won’t have the same barriers that they encountered because they felt like society is changing and not making it so hard for future Latinos to advance into greater careers.


Quincy Harthun, Jahkari Aujla-Singh, Marcelo Berganza, Vivian Diaz, Linden Elggren, Liliana Fausto, Jessica Hernandez, Daisy Hernandez Hurtado, Mariah Martinez, Janeth Nunez, Morgan Rodriguez, Marisol Serrano-Perez, Simone Tuilaepa, and Katie Van de Water - Social Justice through Service Learning
Focusing on leadership through collective dialogue and service, the Chavez-King Leadership Institute at Central Washington University is committed to developing student leaders by means of experiential learning opportunities, exploration of real-world issues and continuous self-analysis and reflection. Embracing the legacy and philosophy of civil rights activists Cesar E. Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr., members will continue the vision of connecting leaders to their communities while broadening their knowledge base related to advocacy, policy and public support. The cohort, comprised of 14 leaders across a variety of disciplines will take you through a journey founded on the institute’s four core principles: mentorship, public service, leadership development and commitment to social justice. After attending this session, the audience will learn more about the personal impact service learning continues to play in college student retention, involvement and overall experience at Central Washington University. Join us as we screen a short documentary about our time in the cohort, the friends who have become family and the organizations we have had the privilege to serve.