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EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT
an initiative of Education at Illinois
EJP FALL 2020 NEWSLETTER - Issue 2
Message from EJP Central Mensaje Principal de EJP Central
Dear EJP Members, Estimados(as) participantes de EJP.
We’re delighted to share the next newsletter with you that (we ¡Nos enorgullece compartir nuestro boletín contigo con la
hope) will put a smile on your face! As we transition into colder esperanza de les saque una sonrisa en sus rostros! Mientras nos
months the entire EJP universe continues to send you well adaptamos al cambio de temperatura para estos meses más fríos,
wishes, warmth, strength, and health. el universo de EJP les envía saludos calurosos, mucha fortaleza y
buena salud. Esos son nuestros mejores deseos.
EJP Programming
All programs are finding ways to stay connected and Programación de EJP
meaningfully prepare for our eventual return to DCC. Thank Todos nuestros programas están buscando maneras de
you to everyone who sent us your WAMP and Community mantenerse conectados para repensar cómo prepararnos para un
Library feedback forms. The outside EJP community library regreso realmente significativo para ustedes, cuando se nos sea
and WAMP members are thrilled to incorporate your feedback posible. Gracias por enviarnos tu retroalimentación (feedback)
as they plan for the future! The print correspondence for-credit de los cuestionarios enviados por WAMP y la Biblioteca
courses instructors are hard at work preparing for the Spring Comunitaria. A la biblioteca comunitaria del exterior y WAMP
2021 semester. They’re fine tuning their syllabi, book selections, les llena de mucho entusiasmo el incorporar estas ideas para
and looking forward to getting started! The EJP instructional planificar a futuro. La correspondencia impresa para los cursos
videos, funded by a $100,000 Mellon Grant, are also well con créditos continúa preparándose arduamente para el semestre
underway. Presenters are sending us practice videos to prepare que viene de Primavera 2021. El profesorado de estos cursos está
for their final recordings. They look wonderful! We’re looking esperanzado en retomar estos cursos por lo que se encuentran
forward to sharing them on a prison’s institutional channel in dándole los últimos toques a sus respectivos sílabos y selecciones
the near future. de libros. Los videos instruccionales de EJP, los cuales están
siendo financiados por la donación de $100,000 de la Beca
Mellon, están también de camino. Hemos recibido varios
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Reentry Guide Initiative videos del profesorado practicando sus grabaciones finales y se Message from Campus Discurso Vitual de Timothy L Killeen
As you may already know, the 2020 Mapping Your Future ven ¡ESPECTACULARES! Esperamos poderlos transmitir en el President Tim Killeen Presidente del Sistema Universitario de la Universidad de
Reentry Guide and Returning Home 2020 (our guide for canal instruccional tan pronto se nos sea posible. Oct 22, 2020 Illinois
individuals getting deported to Mexico and Central America) is 22 de octubre de 2020
now available. If you know of anyone who would like a guide, Guía de Reinserción
tell them to request a copy from: Education Justice Project, 1001 Como sabrán, la Guía de Reinserción 2020 “Mapping your Por más de siglo y medio, el Sistema Universitario de Illinois
S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820. The Reentry Guide Future” y Regreso a Casa 2020 (para quienes sean deportados/ ha sido una cantera de sorprendentes descubrimientos y de
Initiative team is happy to mail them to families and service as a México o Centroamérica) están disponibles. Si conocen de desarrollo para la próxima fuerza laboral que lleva al progreso.
providers as well. alguien que le gustaría tener una guía, díganles que soliciten una Nuestro impacto e importancia ha sido, quizás, nunca antes
copia a la siguiente dirección: Education Justice Project, 1001 S. más visible que durante la crisis del COVID-19. Desde el
For more than a century and a half the University of Illinois
EJP Virtual Community Events Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820. El equipo de la Guía de inicio, nuestro poder de generar cambios cruciales y nuestro
System has been a pipeline of breakthrough discovery and the
On the outside we have found comfort staying connected Reinserción podrá enviársela a cualquier familiar o proveedor de compromiso como institución pública continúan estando al
next generation workforce that drives progress. But our impact
virtually, especially as the cooler weather has set in, making it servicios con muchísimo gusto. descubierto.
and our importance has perhaps never been more visible than
more difficult to move around outside. EJP has offered virtual En los próximos párrafos, abordamos varios ejemplos de ello.
now during the COVID crisis. From the very beginning, our life-
lunches, workshops, critical climate discussions, meetings, and Eventos virtuales y comunitarios de EJP La primavera pasada un grupo de investigadores brillantes en el
changing power and our land-grant commitment to the public
even a 4-hour EJP retreat just within the past several weeks! A les que estamos en el exterior, hemos encontrado consuelo en Campus de Urbana desarrollaron un ventilador de emergencia
good have been on display in real time.
We’re hard at work upholding our mission to build a model sintonizar nuestros eventos virtuales especialmente ahora con para atender la escasez de ventiladores que amenazaba dejar sin
college-in-prison program, and persevering through the ups and los cambios de temperatura durante los meses más fríos. EJP ha Here are just a few of the many examples: in a matter of
atención a pacientes en estado crítico. Esto se hizo en cuestión
downs of the pandemic and social change that is upon us. James ofrecido almuerzos, talleres, discusiones de “Critical Climate”, days last spring our brilliant researchers in Urbana created
de días. Posteriormente, desarrollaron la prueba de saliva y
Baldwin once said “I am what time, circumstance, history, have reuniones y hasta nuestro retiro de cuatro horas de manera an emergency ventilator addressing a national shortage that
el programa de monitoreo de COVID-19 el cual permitió la
made me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are virtual durante las pasadas semanas. Hemos continuado nuestra threatened to leave critically ill patients without equipment
reapertura de nuestras universidades para reanudar la enseñanza
we all.” This reminds me of the perseverance and capacity for misión incansable de desarrollar un modelo de educación en las critical to their recovery. Later they developed the breakthrough
presencial este semestre. Este programa, de crucial y vital
radical wholeness we all have within us, even in the midst of cárceles a la vez que perseveramos en medio de los sube y baja de saliva based testing and surveillance program that allowed our
importancia, ha despertado interés en literalmente todo el
pain and struggle. la pandemia con sus respectivos cambios sociales. James Baldwin universities to restore in-person instruction this fall--a game-
mundo. Desde el Campus de Urbana, se generaron los modelos
una vez dijo: “Yo soy lo que el tiempo, las circunstancias y la changing program that is drawing interest from literally around
predictivos que guiaron las ordenanzas del Gobernador de
May you all be safe and healthy, and continue to tap into your historia han hecho de mí, ciertamente, pero también soy mucho the world. Urbana researchers also provided the leading-edge
Illinois, Pritzker, para salvar innumerables vidas durante esta
reservoirs of resilience. Please take care of yourselves, and each más que eso. Somos mucho más que eso”. Esto me recuerda de modeling that were behind statewide stay-at-home orders issued
pandemia.
other. la perseverancia y la capacidad íntegra radical que todos(as) by Governor Pritzker--orders that saved countless lives.
En el Campus de Chicago, estuvimos en primera fila durante
tenemos, a pesar de todos los pesares y el dolor. In Chicago, we are at the forefront of clinical trials towards
los ensayos clínicos de tratamientos y posibles curas incluyendo
Les deseo que estén en buena salud y seguridad, mientras siguen treatments and possible cures including one currently underway
una de las primeras vacunas de COVID-19 a ser probada
sacando fuerzas de resiliencia. Por favor, cuídate y cuídense for the first COVID vaccine to be tested in people. At the state’s
por personas. A petición del estado de Illinois, la facultad de
mucho. request, Springfield faculty have shared their expertise in online
Springfield ha compartido su peritaje en educación en línea para
education to help colleges and k-12 schools across Illinois
ayudar a Universidades y escuelas K-12 durante la transición a
transition to virtual learning. And all the while the dedicated
educación en línea. Finalmente, pero no por menos importante,
healthcare professionals at our hospital and clinics in Chicago
la dedicación y el trabajo incansable de les trabajadores de la
have been hard at work on the front lines providing care and
salud en el hospital y clínicas médicas en el Campus de Chicago
comfort to patients and their families.
quienes le han traído bienestar a pacientes y sus familias.
I hope our contributions to the fight against this historic crisis Espero que se puedan enorgullecer de nuestras contribuciones
makes you as proud to be part of the U of I System as I am... en la lucha contra esta histórica crisis de salud sin precedentes.
You make the U of I System a cut above, the gold standard for Este es nuestro Sistema Universitario de la Universidad de
education and innovation, a place we have further cemented as Illinois. Ustedes hacen de la U of I un estandarte de oro para la
we lead efforts to restore the way of life that we all appreciate educación y la innovación, un lugar que hemos forjado mientras
De parte de EJP Central now more than ever. lideramos los esfuerzos para restablecer el estilo de vida que
On behalf of EJP Central,
Ellen Ritter Ellen Ritter, conocíamos antes, el cual apreciamos ahora más que nunca.
Academic Director Directora Académica Take care. Be safe. Cuídense. Que estén bien.
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Did You Know?
The term “jazz” was coined in Chicago in 1914 by Benny
Goodman and Gene Krupa.
Back to the Drawing Board
Try following these steps to draw an eye!
Why do the leaves on trees change color? November
By Emily Dickinson
One of the most beautiful aspects of the transitioning seasons is the changing of the
leaves from their bright Spring and Summer green to yellow, orange, and red. But where Besides the autumn poets sing,
do these colors come from, and why does the change occur? A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow
Leaves have color because of chemicals called pigments; there are four main types of And that side of the haze.
pigment in the leaves: chlorophyll (green,) xanthophyll (yellow,) carotenoid (orange,) and A few incisive mornings,
anthocyanin (red.) Leaves tend to be green in Spring and Summer because the trees are A few ascetic eyes, —
making lots of chlorophyll as they photosynthesize (make energy from the sun.) Once the Gone Mr. Bryant’s golden-rod,
days start getting shorter and the supply of sunlight becomes smaller and smaller, the And Mr. Thomson’s sheaves.
trees stop chlorophyll production as they prepare for winter; the green fades and the other Still is the bustle in the brook,
pigments become more visible. Sealed are the spicy valves;
Mesmeric fingers softly touch
Eventually the leaves will die and fall to the ground, but the trees stay alive, they become The eyes of many elves.
dormant and essentially hibernate for the winter, relying on the energy they stored Perhaps a squirrel may remain,
through the growing season. My sentiments to share.
Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind,
Thy windy will to bear!
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Science Corner Psychology Corner
Perception requires substantial interpretation and is subject
to lots of error and bias. This is true of visual perception, and
it’s also true of “social perception” (i.e., perception of people).
What we see is not necessarily what is actually there, but what
is plausible to us (based on schemata and construal). Construal
is your personal interpretation of a stimuli or situation (i.e.,
your reality). Our judgments and beliefs are actively constructed
from perceptions and thoughts, they are not simple readouts of
reality. Our perceptions of the world are mediated by construal
Is truth stranger than fiction? Or are the aliens processes that are informed by well-developed knowledge
coming? structures (i.e., schemata). Schemata represent generalized
knowledge about the social world.
This is the Blue Angel Sea Slug. it is quite small and fits on
the center of your palm. It is related to the garden snail but is Did You Know?
What do you see?
more colorful. Even though it is pretty, we can rule it out as a
pet. Actually, humans who mess with this slug may experience a The Nabisco factory in Chicago is the world’s largest
Sometimes what you see in the picture depends on what you bakery in the world at 1,800,000 square feet!
painful and possibly dangerous sting. Oddly enough it spends its
thought about, saw, or heard before looking at an object or a
life upside down, floating on the water being carried hither and
yon by wind and currents. person. In psychology, this is called priming. Priming describes
the process whereby being presented with a stimulus (image,
words, etc.) alters subsequent evaluations. For example, if you The Funnies
Did You Know? The Funnies
watch TV and there’s an ad for a burger and then I ask you what
How does NASA organize a party? They planet.
you want to eat, you’d be much more likely to say “burger”-
The word Illinois originates from the word “Illini,” which related food. The same works in person perception.
There are three kinds of people: Those who can
was once a confederation of several Indian tribes.
count and those who can’t.
Gestalt (German, meaning “form” or “figure”) psychology
In Mount Pulaski, Illinois, it is illegal for boys (and only
boys) to hurl snowballs at trees. How do you measure a snake? In inches—they don’t People perceive objects not by means of some automatic
have feet. registering device but by active, usually unconscious
Twinkies were first invented in River Forest, IL in 1930.
interpretation of what the object represents as a whole. Gestalt
What did one ocean say to the other ocean? Nothing, psychologists stress the fact that people perceive things as a
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th amendment
it just waved. whole rather than the sum of its part. We perceive the world in
to abolish slavery.
a way that is meaningful and coherent to us.
Word Scramble The triangle is completely a function of our conceptual judgments of our social world. Our judgments are actively
apparatus… it is not actually “there”. This also applies to constructed from perception and thought.
How do you play?
• Create as many words as possible using the letters provided. (Can you find 10? 20?)
• Words must contain at least 4 letters.
• Words must include the underlined letter.
• Letters can be used more than once.
• There is at least one word that uses all the letters. (Want to know the solution? Check out the bottom of the newsletter!)
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and Julia Spielmann; Graphic Designer: Shriyak Singh
Fall 2020 Newsletter Team: Hugh Bishop, Aurora Cruz Torres, Ellen Ritter, Nadja Robot, Karla Sanabria-Veaz,
yellow squares all the same color?
Are the squares inside the blue and
Word Scramble Answers: Definitive, Definite, Deft, Dent, Dented, Dentin, Détente, Diet, Dieted, Diffident, Dinette, Dint, Edit,
Edited, effete, Entente, Event, Eventide, Evident, Feet, Feint, Feinted, Fete, Feted, Fetid, Fifteen, Finite, Fitted, Identified, Indefinite,
Indent, Indented, Infinite, Infinitive, Intend, Intended, Intent, Invent, Invented, Inventive, Invite, Invited, Invitee, Netted, Nineteen,
Nite, Teed, Teen, Tend, Tended, Tenet, Tented, Tide, Tided, Tidied, Tied, Tiff, Tine, Tined, Tinned, Tint, Tinted, Vent, Vented,
Vetted
the digits 1 to 9, without repeating.
Fill the grid so that every row, column and 3×3 box contains
Sudoku
1956 (Channel 5).
The first all-color TV station debuted in Chicago in
Did You Know?
crooked?
Are the horizontal lines straight or
Brain Teasers
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