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The IGCP sponsored the following events during the spring 2019 semester:
- Panel presentation on “The Northern Triangle: Living Realities of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador" with ISP students who traveled to El Salvador with Crispaz & to the U.S. - Mexico border with the Kino Border Initiative and Dr. Mike Allison.
- The “Justice on Tour” program provided students an interactive opportunity to see and hear first-hand from social service providers and their clients about the lived experience of poverty in Scranton.
- The IGCP provide support for seven students to attend the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C. The Teach-In is an annual gathering for members of Jesuit institutions to come together in the context of social justice and solidarity to learn, reflect, pray, network, and advocate together.
- The IGCP provided financial support for students to participate in the inter-university competition involving the European Union in Washington, D.C.
- Daniel Bryan, Governor Murphy's Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications, met with Political Science students following his Career Services talk.
- Political Science majors had the opportunity to speak with former Barack Obama Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough, during his campus visit.
- The Department of Political Science co-wrote the Living Wage 2019 Update. Conor Nealon, who was interning in the Office of Community and Government Relations, worked on writing, presenting, and marketing the report.
The IGCP sponsored the following events during the spring 2019 semester:
- The Department co-sponsored the Sixth Biennial Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network (JUHAN) Student Leadership conference.
- Networking trip to Washington, D.C.
- Pi Sigma Alpha dinner.
- University of Scranton alumnus John Donaghy '70 discussed present day realities of Honduras.
- Redictricting Town Hall.
- Young Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
The IGCP sponsored the following events during the fall 2018 semester:
- Along with the Gerard R. Roche Center for Career Development, the IGCP sponsored an alumni talk on careers in the nonprofit field.
- The IGCP provided financial support for students to participate in the inter-university competition involving the European Union in Washington, D.C.
- The IGCP provided financial support for students to attend the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C. The Teach-In is an annual gathering for members of Jesuit institutions to come together in the context of social justice and solidarity to learn, reflect, pray, network, and advocate together.
- The IGCP co-sponsored a public lecture by John Feal and other 9/11 first responders Monday. They discussed health related consequences of working in NYC during and after the September 11th attacks and how they have pressured Congress to support those affected.
The IGCP sponsored the following events during the spring 2018 semester:
- Black History Month speakers co-sponsored with Multicultural Affairs: Miss Glynis Johns, adjunct professor of Sociology and Anthropology at St. Johns University, presented "But You're Black: The Overlooked Community of Scranton, Pennsylvania" and Dr. Cona Marshall, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Lebanon Valley College, discussed the Civil Rights Era.
- Alumni Panel featuring Political Science graduates working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Thorsen French Advocacy, Friends of the Poor, and S&P Global Market Intelligence.
- The Ellacuría Initiative, Political Science, Theology, and Criminal Justice hosted Matt Cuff for a presentation on "An Ignatian Response to Mass Incarceration." Matt also spoke with students about his career path. After graduating from Scranton Prep and Fordham (BA in Theology), he now works with the Jesuits in DC on a variety of policy issues, including criminal justice reform.
- Celeste Gregory spoke with students in Dr. Gretchen VanDyke's International Humanitarianism seminar. Celeste is a technical advisor for Emergency Response for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official overseas humanitarian relief and development agency of the U.S. Catholic Church.
- Senior International Studies major Kylie Mignat presented her research on "Framing Undocumented Immigrants in the Media: Effects on Public Support for Immigration Policies" at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association in West Chester and Binghamton University’s Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program’s Fourth Biennial Undergraduate Conference. She also presented her research the the University of Scranton's Celebration of Student Scholars event.
- A one-day networking trip to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, connected students with University of Scranton alumni State Senator John Blake, T.J. Yablonski, Joe Canamucio, and John Lavelle.
- Political Science co-sponsored three Political Dialogues events designed to help students form and share their political opinions.
The IGCP sponsored the following events during the fall 2017 semester:
- Walking tour of downtown Scranton led by Julie Schumacher Cohen, Director of Community and Government Relations.
- Public Lecture on North Korea and the US, by Dr. Frank Plantan (University of Pennsylvania), co-director of International Relations Program and honorary consul-general of Republic of Korea for Philadelphia. Co-sponsored by the Asian Studies, History, and Political Sciences Departments.
- Global Tastes of Scranton: Syrian Women Share Their Culture. Some of our newest Scrantonians, members of the Syrian refugee community, will create a “pop-up restaurant” sharing their home cuisine and traditions.
- Public Lecture on "Repositioning Migration: Workers from another World" by Dr. Debra A. Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. Co-sponsored by Latin American Studies, Women's Studies, and Political Science.
- The IGCP provided financial support for students to attend the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice in Washington, D.C. The Teach-In is an annual gathering for members of Jesuit institutions to come together in the context of social justice and solidarity to learn, reflect, pray, network, and advocate together.
