by asamawi | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
In her poem titled “When I Say We Are All Teen Girls,” Olivia Gatwood describes the contradiction in attitudes towards teenage girls, who are often considered frivolous and shallow based on their linguistic choices. Simultaneously, so much of the language and...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Part of studying and learning a language is studying the rules of that language; the fixed guidelines for how the language operates. A second part of studying and learning a language is knowing about how the language works in practice; how people actually use the...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is hard to know what to say when tragic events occur in rapid succession and the commentary surrounding them is constantly evolving; still, we must address the recent attacks targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, and the general discrimination...
by Julie Matsubara (Director) | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo credit: Philip Joseph In June of this year, violence and social unrest erupted in the United States after the murder of George Floyd. (see here for a timeline on the resulting protests) We believe it is the ELI’s role to provide pertinent information to our...
