{"id":9621,"date":"2016-10-27T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T22:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=9621"},"modified":"2016-10-27T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T22:21:45","slug":"sustainable-student-spotlight-aashe-conference-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2016\/10\/27\/sustainable-student-spotlight-aashe-conference-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Student Spotlight: AASHE Conference Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aashe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education <\/a>(AASHE) had their annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Oregon State had a few representatives from the <a href=\"http:\/\/sli.oregonstate.edu\/ssi\" target=\"_blank\">Student Sustainability Initiative<\/a> (Jen Christion-Meyers), and the <a href=\"http:\/\/sli.oregonstate.edu\/CCE\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Civic Engagement<\/a> (Jeremy Chu). Jeremy Chu, the Internal Coordinator for CCE, and a current Oregon State Student shared a little bit about his experience attending and presenting at the conference:<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2016\/10\/AASHE_ConferenceLogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9623 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2016\/10\/AASHE_ConferenceLogo.png\" alt=\"aashe_conferencelogo\" width=\"279\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2016\/10\/AASHE_ConferenceLogo.png 504w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2114\/files\/2016\/10\/AASHE_ConferenceLogo-300x257.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The primary reason for my attendance at the AASHE Conference, was to present on the links between Civic Engagement participation and <strong>Toxic Masculinity<\/strong>. My session\u2019s objective was to introduce <strong>gender socialization<\/strong> and allow personal reflection and discussion about it. It was exciting to see <strong>70 individuals<\/strong> attending my session and actively participate in the discussion. I really hope that these individuals carry-on the same discussions with their peers in their communities. Gender socialization is so ingrained in our day-to-day lives, that it doesn\u2019t surprise anyone that it is often taken for granted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My favorite part of the trip was listening to <strong>Keynote speaker: Dr. Marc Edwards<\/strong>, who spoke about his sacrifices, professionally and personally, to stand-up for the people of Flint, MI. He disclosed so much that the people don\u2019t know such as the internal corruption from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and their role in the water crises in Washington DC and Flint, MI. His personal account was incredibly moving and he undoubtedly demonstrated his <strong>commitment and compassion<\/strong> to the people of Flint. This man fought against corrupt government officials, lost professional and personal friends, and put himself in almost $1 million in debt. Dr. Edwards\u2019 level of sacrifice to do what is right, is one of the bravest, inspirational, crazy, and remarkable acts of human moral there is.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thank you for sharing your experience at AASHE, Jeremy. We hope you can\u00a0bring the inspiration from the conference here to OSU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) had their annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Oregon State had a few representatives from the Student Sustainability Initiative (Jen Christion-Meyers), and the Center for Civic Engagement (Jeremy Chu). 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