Tag: Puerto Rico
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Nation & World
Writing wrongs
Laura Pérez Sánchez was awarded a journalism fellowship that allowed her to thoroughly report on Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.
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Nation & World
Now that she has the floor
Tap dancer Ayodele Casel swings into the spotlight — and brings her predecessors with her.
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Nation & World
Citizens arrested
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but are not treated equally, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said at Radcliffe conference on “Unsettled Citizens.”
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Nation & World
Puerto Rico benefits from Harvard’s living lab
The community group Unidos por Utuado has won $100,000 in seed funding from the Puerto Rico Big Ideas Challenge to implement a plan — designed by Harvard students — for renewable and affordable electricity.
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Nation & World
‘We did all we could, but we could have done more’
Accepting the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award at Harvard, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reflected on the aftermath of deeply damaging Hurricane Maria.
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Nation & World
Law students help to mend Puerto Rico
A group of Harvard Law School students traveled to Puerto Rico over spring break to offer legal aid to local residents, who are still struggling to get disaster relief from the federal government, six months after Hurricane Maria.
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Nation & World
Rock ’n’ roll recovery mission
The Big 6, a cover band formed at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is planning a concert to aid communities recovering from Hurricanes Harvey, Irene, and Maria.
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Nation & World
Another climate change concern: Forced migration
Experts trace the fingerprints of climate change in the world’s mass migration crises, saying that the effects of shifting norma appear to play a role.
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Nation & World
An author finds her voice
Addressing a diversity dialogue session, author Esmeralda Santiago, who was born in Puerto Rico, recalls how she grew up living in two ethnic worlds, and how she embraced her roots, in life and literature.
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Nation & World
In the swim of things
The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.