LERRN Community Page of Wisdom and Shared Experience
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May 26, 2019Is Peace Possible After Violence?
Sally Talal, Webster Athens Senior Literature and Psychology Student and Artist Sally Talal is a senior student as well as an admissions counselor at Webster University Athens. She works closely with LERRN students and Webster Athens Faculty in an effort to facilitate a positive social and academic environment. We are so grateful to Sally for all of her efforts, and especially for her interest in bringing awareness to the unique journeys and challenges that migrants
Somi is a student at Webster Athens. She wrote this article for her Advanced English Composition class. We admire her determination to learn, refine her English language and composition skills, and that she seeks to explore important world issues in her writing. This essay was originally published on the author’s own blog and is re-published here with permission. You can visit her blog and read more of her essays at https://sominem12.wixsite.com/myarticles. In recent centuries despite
Arch Alaa El Wahidi, a refugee himself from Palestine, and a student at Webster University Athens, has designed the beautiful and deeply meaningful logo for Love Elevates Refugee Relief Network. The design eloquently represents rising from darkness and despair through education and community engagement. I have known Alaa since he arrived at Ritsona Refugee Camp, where we were both volunteers with Café Rits, an independently run program that organizes supplemental food distribution and social events