Social
Justice
Sociology and FemGen Classes Influence Alum to join Colorado Legal Services
Julia Fennell ’21
Inspired by their experience at CC, Alanna Jackson ’23 is now working as a Denver Housing Unit Paralegal for Colorado Legal Services (CLS), a non-profit organization that offers legal services to seniors and low-income Coloradans. “My professors, especially those in the Sociology and Feminist and Gender Studies Departments, and their patient teachings about the intersections of power, prepared me for this job,” says Jackson.
CC STUDENTS PUBLISH JUDICIAL ELECTION RESOURCE
Julia Fennell ’21
More than 50 CC students over the past two years worked tirelessly to create a judicial retention election resource, which was published in the Colorado Springs Independent in September. In collaboration with Citizen’s Project, a local nonprofit, the students wanted to create a judicial report card with a comprehensive overview of a judge’s record in the courthouse.
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CC EARNS SECOND HEED AWARD, NEW CDO LOOKS AHEAD
Alexa Gromko
For the second year in a row, CC has won a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award is given to higher ed institutions that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. CC’s two-time winning of this award is in large part thanks to the efforts of its new College Diversity Officer, Rosalie Rodriguez.
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CC PROF WORKS TO DISMANTLE RACISM IN THE SCIENCES
Megan Clancy ’07
In June, CC Professor of Molecular Biology Dr. Phoebe Lostroh co-hosted a workshop with Grinnell College Professors Dr. Leslie Gregg-Jolly and Dr. Katya Gibel Mevorach at Grinnell College to support faculty members in fields where the use of racial labels are common. It was funded by a $20,000 grant, co-authored by Lostroh, Gregg-Jolly, and Mevorach.
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CC PROFESSOR EXPLORES FOOD INSECURITY AMONG BLACK MOTHERS
Megan Clancy ’07
Dr. Cayce Hughes, CC Assistant Professor of Sociology, recently published two papers stemming from his work with collaborators at Rice University and North Carolina State. Their study focuses on how low-income mothers in Sunnyside, TX, a high-poverty, historically Black neighborhood in Houston, navigate food insecurity. Hughes and his colleagues began their research in the fall of 2020, looking at pandemic responses and food-related supports.
