Contribution or Prohibition of SDG Progression: Factors influencing the Global South’s SDG Advancements After completing the podcast project focused on UN Sustainable Development Goals, there seem to be both similar and differing international factors driving progress or a lack thereof. For instance, my assigned country, Chile, has been plagued by political protests most recently beginning…

United States and Romanian “othering” A society cannot have a community without individuals. Though, with the concept of self, there remains problematic tendencies to “other” others. Perhaps, othering is historical—ingrained into the systems years ago. For my home community of Mt. Lebanon, our “othering” was evident with the predominantly White population living among very few…

Perception versus reality Lily Neemes Upon meeting Riham and Ayesha—students from the American University of Sharjah—we discussed where everyone was from. From Somalia, but born and raised in Northern Virginia, Riham discussed the location of her school in the suburbs in comparison to downtown Dubai. Agreeing with Riham’s remarks about the suburb-city school dynamic, Ayesha explained…

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