{"id":1620,"date":"2016-08-19T16:38:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T16:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/cwes-euc\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2016-08-22T16:12:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T16:12:38","slug":"cwes-sends-phd-students-monroe-correctional-complex-talk-europe-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/euwesteurope\/cwes-sends-phd-students-monroe-correctional-complex-talk-europe-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"CES\/EUC sends PhD students to Monroe Correctional Complex to talk Europe and diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 18, the Center for European Studies (CES) and EU Center (EUC) sent\u00a0UW PhD students Andreu Casas Salleras<\/a>\u00a0and Kevin Aslett<\/a>\u00a0to Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) to present on current and historical concepts of Europe and the EU as part of a series on diversity at the complex. CES and EUC\u00a0Managing Director, Andrea Brocato and Outreach Coordinator, Tess Ames also attended the event, and dined with the incarcerated men and DOC staff.<\/p>\n

MCC is host to a Diversity Committee made up of a group of\u00a0inmates and\u00a0DOC employees\u00a0working together to promote greater understanding of racial, ethnic, national, and religious differences.\u00a0Together, they create events which bring both speakers from the outside and research from the prisoners themselves to discuss topics like Native American culture, Asian Pacific Islander history and heritage, and in the case of\u00a0that day’s\u00a0event, European history, and culture.<\/p>\n

The Chair of the Diversity Committee read the Mission Statement of the group, emphasizing\u00a0that they are promoting understanding of people outside their own cultural background and creating spaces with less violence, less hatred, and more personal growth. “We can do more together than we ever could on our own, and that’s something we always need to remember,”\u00a0he said at the end of his presentation. Kevin Asletts’s presentation continued in this vein.\u00a0He talked about the benefits of the EU, peacekeeping and diversity, and the role of stablizing currency to\u00a0better trade relations. The highly interactive presentation meant the attendees were able to ask for more discussion about Brexit, the impact of the rise of nationalist movements, and his thoughts on security across borders.\u00a0With these questions in mind, Andreu Casas Salleras\u00a0spoke next about the rise of different separatist movements within different EU nations, including Scotland, Northern Ireland, France, and Spain. The attendees were highly interested in Andreu\u2019s own perspective as a Catalonian, and were intrigued by the similarities between the movements discussed and Great Britain\u2019s vote to leave the EU. The other presenters, all inmates at the complex, spoke in great detail and passion about the history of Europe, its many troubles and dark times, and the ability to overcome adversity through education and shared information. A major theme of all presentations was the idea of perseverance and resilience through the hardest times.\u00a0The workshop ended with a reminder that the most important part of the hardships the attendees were facing was how they chose to get through them.<\/p>\n

The event is one in a series of many events hosted at MCC, and Director of Diversity Steven Sager (DOC), hopes to see the program grow. \u201cThese are people, and that\u2019s the thing you tend to forget when they’re locked away. It\u2019s important to remember we are all people.\u201d Educational events like these are proven to reduce recidivism<\/a>, and Sager and others are pushing for more opportunities to provide them.\u00a0In attendance were important Department of Corrections names including the Superintendent of the Twin Rivers Unit Erik Jackson and his Assistant Maria Angel. Sager is hopeful that as the program brings in more outside speakers, the men inside will gain more insight, and affect change among\u00a0their peers.\u00a0 One of the attendees spoke of the programs impact, saying \u201cI\u2019m a citizen. I\u2019ve made some bad choices, sure, and most of us have. But I\u2019m still a citizen, the 14th<\/sup> amendment tells me that. I need to learn these things to continue to fight for more education in here, to get more resources, so that we can be better, so that I can be better, when, or if, I ever get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next event will be held on October 20th<\/sup>, 2016. Its topic will be Hispanic Heritage. Click here<\/a> for more information on education and diversity events at MCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On August 18, the Center for European Studies (CES) and EU Center (EUC) sent\u00a0UW PhD students Andreu Casas Salleras\u00a0and Kevin Aslett\u00a0to Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) to present on current and historical concepts of Europe and the EU as part of a series on diversity at the complex. CES and EUC\u00a0Managing Director, Andrea Brocato and Outreach<\/p>\n

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