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#ProtectDreamers Action Week

- Higher Education leaders are coming together this week to urge Congress to act quickly to pass legislation to protect Dreamers.
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Voices of Trinity: “A Heavy Heart” by Kevin Bouknight

- SPS Human Relations Major Kevin Bouknight reflects on racism, civility, fear and leadership. He shares his thoughts on the current state of our nation with "A Heavy Heart."
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Turning Trial into Triumph

- We must see this moment in history not as an unbearable trial but as an opportunity for our values to triumph. We must speak up and shout out what we believe in every day.
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Freedom of the Press: Straw Poll on the First Amendment Part 2

- Trinity students, faculty and staff are definitely skeptical of all news and know that good research and independent thinking are key to keeping democracy vital. And there's a big generation gap when it comes to choosing newspapers, television or social media as the favored news source.
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Constitution Day 2017: First Amendment Poll Part One: Freedom of Speech

- Voices of Trinity: Freedom of Speech! For Constitution Day 2017 we took a First Amendment Straw Poll of the Trinity community. The results on the Freedom of Speech question are on today's blog, more to come on Press and Religion later this week!
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Land O’Lakes: Legacy and Leverage

- 50 years after the Land O'Lakes statement on Catholic higher education, we are called to be leaders of a new revolution for racial and social justice, for hope, for charity and peace.
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September 11: Restoring American Values

- We must not let the memory of September 11 defeat our values of equality, justice and freedom for all.
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Trinity Stands with Dreamers

- As a matter of social justice, deeply rooted in Catholic teachings on the dignity of human life and consistent with our mission values, Trinity stands proudly with our students who are Dreamers and urges preservation of the DACA program.
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Straw Poll: CAS New Students Speak Out!

- New students in the College of Arts & Sciences speak out in our straw poll conducted at the opening convocation.
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Leadership Imperatives

- True leadership is a moral act to restore hope, ensure justice, achieve peace. Leaders cannot equivocate in the face of clear hatred, provocation and violence. We must be clear and firm: there is no place in American society for those who seek to foment racial hatred.
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Patricia A. McGuire, President, Trinity, 125 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20017
Phone: 202.884.9050   Email: president@trinitydc.edu