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January 21, 2021 Community stories / Race

Diverse Working-Class Community

By Daniel Carr Joshon Allen is an employee at United Shore, one of the largest and fastest growing wholesale lenders

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December 29, 2020 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration

Overcoming the Foreigner Bias

By Jessica Orlando You might know Dr. Angineh Djavadghazaryans from taking German at Oakland University or being involved in the

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February 9, 2020 Community stories

We Are All the Same

Students in the Fall 2019 “Social Media and Public Relations” course created a social media campaign to raise awareness about

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February 6, 2020 Age / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Religion / Sexuality

Friendly. Biracial. Introverted. Lost.

Time for another class exercise with six-word stories to reflect on diversity and identity. Understanding. Curious. Passionate. Believer. Loving. Brazilian.

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December 12, 2019 Ability / Acceptance / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Immigration / Race / Religion

Teachers in Training on Diversity

A Fall 2019 cohort of students in Elementary Education, with an Early Childhood Concentration, completed their last course, EC 3330.

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November 7, 2019 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Immigration

Working for Equity and Inclusion

By Jeremy Curtis The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion specializes in promoting diversity, as well as the creation of

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August 29, 2019 Gender / Race / Sexuality

Safe on Campus

By Eileen LeValley Jada Martin is a full-time student at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Jada has been living on

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July 31, 2019 Identity

From Private High School to Learning About Diversity

By Megan Wolowiec Going to a small private school didn’t allow much exposure to diversity. Opportunities to interact with people

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Girl posing by market and mosque
June 20, 2019 Identity / Religion

Shaped by Being Jewish

Amanda Silvestri interviewed Logan Fletcher on her views about diversity. DIFFERENT AS: How would you describe yourself as a person

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June 8, 2019 Acceptance / Family / Immigration / Suburban

Two Countries. Two Cultures. One Girl.

By Layla Saad I was born in Michigan. My parents were born in Lebanon. Being born and raised in Rochester

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