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Rhetoric and Composition

2007

Literacy

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Engendering Agency: Literacies, Social Action, And Wangari Maathai S Green Belt Movement, Cassandra Marie Allen Jan 2007

Engendering Agency: Literacies, Social Action, And Wangari Maathai S Green Belt Movement, Cassandra Marie Allen

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This thesis analyzes the life and work of Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, one of the foremost African woman rhetors of our time. Wangari Maathai--founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement (GBM), Member of Parliament, and activist for democracy, sustainable development, and human rights--has cultivated a multidimensional literacy that has allowed her to truly understand and address the problems that post-colonial Kenyans face. Her strong solution-oriented approach has allowed her to develop and refine operation of the GBM, which began simply planting trees, to produce a worldwide organization that works for sustainable development, human rights, and environmental conservation/restoration (among many others) …

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Qep Grant Proposal, Jenn Fishman Dec 2006

Qep Grant Proposal, Jenn Fishman

Jenn Fishman

Jenn Fishman and Chris Holmlund were awarded a QEP Grant for AY2007-8 to support the Citizenship, Literacy, and Media Film/Speaker Series, which brought to campus Tamara Rosenberg, Vicky Colbert, and Erin Krampetz.

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