Alison Hill SteichenAlison Hill Steichen is a longshoreman on the Seattle Waterfront by trade. She is a current returning undergraduate student at the University of Washington studying the Comparative History of Ideas and Labor Studies. Alison has a strong interest in social justice, specifically workers rights. She has participated in study abroad programs in Greece, […]
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Roots Excluded From Soil
I carry a pain—a pain I do not fully understand, the trauma of my ancestors. I find it difficult to talk about the struggle of my parents immigrating to the U.S. and the consequences that have rippled to my generation, mostly because they have done what they can to shelter me from this dark time […]
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My study experience was quite long – several years, from 2007 to 2010. Miami is not “abroad” in the usual sense, but it is not easily categorized next to the rest of the United States. At over 75% Latin@ and as one of the most “foreign” cities in the world by population, Miami is something […]