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Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Jorge Baron, Maria Kolby-Wolfe, Kristen Smith Dayley, Twila Bird, Tsos

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The Northwest Immigrant Rights Program has been around for 35 years, started in 1984 specifically to help Central American refugees during the mid-1980s, when they were fleeing civil wars. A pro-bono group of attorneys performing "direct legal representation", helping low income community members who are navigating different aspects of the immigration system. NWIRP also engages in "systemic advocacy" which attempts to change systems and policies revolving around asylum and immigration rights.

[Introduction To] Rap On Trial: Race, Lyrics, And Guilt In America, Erik Nielson, Andrea L. Dennis, Killer Mike

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A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color

“If you believe that I’m a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.” —Rapper Ice-T, on the persona he adopted in the song “Cop Killer”

Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die”? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted …

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2019, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Byu Law School Alumni Association, J. Reuben Clark Law Society

The Clark Memorandum

• In Essentials, Unity; in Nonessentials, Liberty; and in All Things, Charity
• Choose to Trust the Lord
• First Amendment Harms
• "To Do Justly, and to Love Mercy"

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Complicated Lives: Free Blacks In Virginia, 1619-1865, Sherri L. Burr

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Would the United States have developed differently if Virginia had not passed a law in 1670 proclaiming all subsequently arriving Africans as servants for life, or slaves? What if the state had not stripped all Free Blacks and Indians of voting rights in 1723, or outlawed interracial sex for 337 years?

Complicated Lives upends the pervasive belief that all Africans landing on the shores of Virginia beginning in late August 1619, became slaves. In reality, many of these kidnap victims received the status of indentured servants. Indeed, hundreds of thousands of free African Americans in the South and North owned …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 3, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 4, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

Rafi & Patra, Rafi, Patra, Tsos

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Rafi and his family have been stuck on the border between Greece and Macedonia for almost four months. They made their way from Afghanistan, received certificates in Greece to help them on their journey, but were then stopped at the border of Macedonia. The Macedonians said that they were no longer allowing Afghans into their country. Now all they can do is wait and hope. In Afghanistan,Rafi was a military man. As a young man, he was a part of the Revolution army, but later was made a soldier for the Government Security of Kabul. During that time, he was …

Ms – 243: Emma Guffey Miller Photo Albums, Katie Amtower

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This collection includes three different albums. Two of them are bound in traditional Japanese binding with rice paper; the other may have been constructed to imitate the Japanese bound ones. These albums include Emma Guffey’s travels, from traveling around Japan and returning home periodically. They also include photographs of her time living in Japan. The photographs in this album include many small panorama photographs of nature and architecture, and there is a possibility that these albums include a few early colored photographs.

The first album, labeled “1901-1904,” begins with a few photos of her final year at Bryn Mawr. It …

Marta, Marta, Tsos

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Marta is a member of the support community for Central American refugees arriving in the southwest US. In this interview, Marta shares her own story of crossing the border at a young age with her daughter and her life in the US. Marta was self-employed for many years and later went on to serve in the US Army in Iraq. For the last 9 months, she and her husband Israel and son Josue have worked tirelessly to help make sure the current refugees arriving are cared for after they are released from detention centers and begin their lives in the …

The Santa Clara, 2019-05-16, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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The Santa Clara, 2019-05-09, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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The Santa Clara, 2019-05-02, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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The Santa Clara, 2019-04-25, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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The Santa Clara, 2019-04-18, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Ann Hopkins Papers., Beth S. Harris

Finding Aids: Guides to the Collections

This is a collection of personal and professional papers related to the Hopkins v. Price Waterhouse (Wash., D.C. Federal District Court) and Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (U. S. Supreme Court) cases. The final decision capped a seven-year battle against Hopkins’ employer for gender discrimination and her final victory in 1990 helped to expand workplace discrimination laws to include gender stereotyping.

The collection date ranges from 1967-2001 and includes correspondence, court documents, materials related to the book So Ordered: Making Partner the Hard Way (University of Massachusetts Press, c1996), newspaper and periodical publications, photographs, and a scrapbook.

Additional personal correspondence (1965-1989) …

The Santa Clara, 2019-04-11, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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The Santa Clara, 2019-04-04, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 2, Spring 2019 [Print Issue V. 60:1], Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

28 - TECHNOLOGY, WONDER & US We’re at the epicenter of the biggest ecosystem of information exchange in history. How do we ensure tech fosters human flourishing? By Dorian Llywelyn, S.J. Illustrations by Derek Brahney.

36 - QUERY RESULTS What questions should we be asking about ethics and AI? Here are six. By Irina Raicu J.D. ’09. Illustrations by Paul Blow.

40 - A CURIOUS CASE If you want to innovate for the world, you need the room to do it. Sanjiv Das and a tale of machine learning, mortgages, and mistaken identity. By Deborah Lohse. Illustrations by Ellen Weinstein. …

Respect Existence Or Expect Resistance: Fundraising For Trans Law Center, Lara Martz, Sage Kramer-Urner

Student Engagement Posters

Lara Martz and Sage Kramer-Urner discuss student engagement at Linfield College with regard to a fundraising campaign to benefit the Trans Law Center.

2011 - Published Government Sources Relating To American Indians

Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports

A U.S. National Archives and Records Administration publication regarding government sources that contain information on Federal policy toward Native Americans, overviews of Indian wars, and reports of Indian agents.

Modina, Modina, Tsos

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Modina fled Myanmar after experiencing and witnessing extreme violence, including the destruction of her village and the violent murder of her uncle by soldiers. She arrived in Bangladesh by boat after paying smugglers a large sum.

Asma, Asma, Tsos

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Asma is a teenager who fled from Myanmar after the army killed her uncle and her village was destroyed. She is now living in Cox’s Bazaar, married, pregnant, and trying to cope in a world where violence and rape are all too common.

Nidar, Nidar, Tsos

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Nidar has been in Cox’s Bazaar for 8 months and works in Hope Hospital (the camp hospital) as a traditional birth attendant. In addition, she makes house calls to pregnant women throughout the camp who are fearful of hospitals due to past trauma and sexual torture. Nidar has two children and a husband who fell victim to war.

Shamshur, Shamshur, Tsos

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Shamshur has been in Cox’s Bazaar for 8 months and works in Hope Hospital (the camp hospital) as a traditional birth attendant. In addition, she makes house calls to pregnant women throughout the camp who are fearful of hospitals due to past trauma and sexual torture. Shamshur has nine children and a husband who is in prison.

Januka, Januka, Tsos

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After being raped by a soldier in Myanmar, Januka fled to Bangladesh with her father and later found out she was pregnant. She fears no one will want to marry her because she has been raped.

Rohima, Rohima, Tsos

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Rohima was brutally raped and tortured by soldiers during an attack. After witnessing other women receive the same treatment, she fled Myanmar for Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Once there, she got married while pregnant as a result of the rape.

Shobika, Shobika, Tsos

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Shobika escaped Myanmar amid widespread chaos. After being separated from her husband and experiencing the kidnap of her two children, she was raped by soldiers and became pregnant. Her husband now rejects this child.

The Santa Clara, 2019-02-28, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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1861 - Drake's Compilation Of Spanish Grants

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

An 1861 publication compiled by Eugene B. Drake containing Jimeno's and Hartnell's indexes of Mexican land concessions, from 1830 to 1846; the Toma de Razon, or, registry of titles, for 1844-'45; approvals of land grants by the Territorial Deputation and Departmental Assembly of California, from 1835 to 1846, and a list of unclaimed grants. The compilation of indices was compiled from the Spanish archives in the U.S. Surveyor-general's office.

1913 - Indian Affairs - Laws And Treaties, Laws; Vol. Iii; Charles J. Kappler

US and Indian Relations

The first two volumes were published under a resolution of the Senate in 1902, and shortly thereafter a second edition was ordered by a concurrent resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate. This third volume included all laws relative to Indian affairs passed by Congress after 1902, together with all Executive proclamations, departmental orders, etc., relating to Indian reservations to date, a list of Indian trust funds standing to the credit of various tribes, and also several old Indian treaties which it was not possible to procure when the volume containing the treaties was prepared.