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What Is Critical Race Theory? Perspectives from Business, Law & Sociology | An Obermann Conversation

On July 1, 2021, Iowa House File 802 became law. Though the Act does not specifically mention “Critical Race Theory,” CRT was cited in discussions of the Act, and the Act restricts when and where...

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Trans Health & Medical Care: Where We Are, Where We Came From: An Obermann Conversation

Surfacing in the mid-twentieth century yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In this virtual Obermann Conversation, UI alum and Michigan State...

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Teen Works - Career Exploration: Be a DJ/Entrepreneurship | Iowa City Public Library

Get a feel for different careers from community members who work in different fields! Each month we’ll feature two community members from a different employment sector. This is a great way to find...

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Teen Works - Career Exploration: Education | Iowa City Public Library

Get a feel for different careers from community members who work in different fields! Each month we’ll feature two community members from a different employment sector. This is a great way to find...

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Teen Works - Career Exploration: Construction and Trades | Iowa City Public Library

Get a feel for different careers from community members who work in different fields! Each month we’ll feature two community members from a different employment sector. This is a great way to find...

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Neighborhood NESTS: Building community-education partnerships

As it became clear last summer that the 2019-20 school year would include various kinds of online learning and other interruptions to schooling as usual, a group of community leaders joined forces...

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Teen Works - Americorps and Americorps VISTA Career Exploration | Iowa City Public Library

Get a feel for different careers from community members who work in different fields! Each month we’ll feature two community members from a different employment sector. This is a great way to find...

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Native Lands: Belonging and Reclaiming. An Obermann Conversation

Shelley Buffalo and Carrie Schuettpelz share their experiences as indigenous women who have thought hard about issues of belonging. Together, they'll consider what it means to belong to a...

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Teen Works - Hospitality and Young Entrepreneurship | Iowa City Public Library

Get a feel for different careers from community members who work in different fields! Each month we’ll feature two community members from a different employment sector. In February we'll...

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End of Life and Grief - COVID's Lessons | An Obermann Conversation

The past year has made the end of life and grief a daily communal event, as we receive numbers from the headlines and news from friends and family. In the West, death and grief have often been...

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