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Welcome to Amplify & Ignite 2025

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Emerson College:
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Sustainability Invitation
Emerson Sustainability is currently preparing for the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste competition that runs from February through the end of March. It’s a friendly competition between universities in North America to reduce waste on campuses and raise awareness about waste-related behaviors. In celebration of Campus Race to Zero Waste, we are participating in the Green Event Certification program and we hope you will join us in this challenge. In advance of your travel to Boston, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle and/or hot thermos and utensils to reduce the need for single use products.
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Migration From. Migration Through. Migration To. Migration Back. This workshop will explore how applied theatre can be used to deepen learning around these themes of migration. The session draws on our experience developing and co-teaching a first-year college course at CUNY John Jay College called “Voices of Migration: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Movement.” Through embodied, on-your-feet learning, we will share best practices for how college classrooms can center student voices, familial histories, and cultural knowledge throughout the learning process. Throughout the session, we will guide participants in a series of applied theatre games and activities that can be used to explore key themes and questions related to migration and immigration. Together, we will practice creating lines of questioning that lead to deep conversation about those core class concepts. Participants can use these practices to explore the ever-more-important topics of migration and immigration in their classrooms and communities or apply them to other challenging topics. Whatever the case, this workshop will equip attendees with a set of concrete tools and strategies that can be used with young people and adults, in and out of school settings.
Speakers
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Jessica Cortez

Jessica C. Cortez (she/her) is a Chicana theatre artist from San Diego based in Brooklyn. Jessica graduated from the CUNY School of Professional Studies MA in Applied Theatre program where she was awarded the Graduate Apprenticeship for Diversity in Applied Theatre and now teaches... Read More →
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Sarah Meister

Sarah Meister (she/they) is a full-time faculty member in John Jay College (CUNY)'s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, where her courses include "Voices of Migration," "Troublemakers in the Pursuit of Justice," "Technology and Culture,"  "Forbidden Love,"  and more. Sarah... Read More →
Saturday March 22, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
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