Blog

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria is pleased to announce the annual call for applications for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2022/2023 academic year. The Humphrey Fellowship is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Program Overview: The Humphrey Fellowship is a specialized, non-degree exchange program for accomplished mid-career…

Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities’ ability to control their own food systems. This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether and how it might be achieved and sustained. Unprecedented in its focus and scope, this collection addresses nearly…

The World Historian Student Essay Competition is an international competition open to students enrolled in grades K–12 in public, private, and parochial schools, and those in home-study programs. Membership in the World History Association is not a requirement for submission. Past winners may not compete in the same category again. The World History Association established this $500 prize…

Orca Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the whales of the Pacific Northwest, and the importance of providing them healthy and safe habitats.  Registration for Orca Network’s Langley Whale Center Youth Event Seastars & Company, invertebrates of the Salish Sea Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 4-5pm PST – is available HERE. These youth events…

2021 Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest 1st Prize $1500 | 2nd Prize $750 | 3rd Prize $500 Our Topic for 2021:  “What Would Lincoln Do?” 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan Act, a major milestone in the tumultuous Reconstruction era. Examining Lincoln’s 1863 Louisiana plan along with other evidence, would…

With the help of the apps below, you should be able to craft an interesting essay that is well structured. Are you looking for the best apps to help you write essays? You need to learn more about various apps that are available at the moment, and that can help you stay more focused and…

Today, With all the inflation and the stress that is the product of pandemic, it is hard to survive only on the income. To facilitate students, universities and colleges allow students to apply for different scholarship opportunities. A student is supposed to write a scholarship essay that can help students to express and demonstrate their…

Biography (1811–1896) Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author and social activist best known for her popular anti-slavery novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Harriet Beecher was an author and the matriarch of a family committed to social justice. Stowe achieved national fame for her anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which fanned the flames…

Man camps are temporary housing facilities constructed for predominantly male workers on resource development projects in the oil, pipeline, mining, hydroelectric, and forestry industries. Reports show a direct correlation between these encampments and violence against women. Located on Indigenous territories, away from cities, and often in close proximity to Indigenous communities, resource projects bring an…

Thomas F. Pettigrew*a [a] Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. Abstract No one factor describes Trump’s supporters. But an array of factors – many of them reflecting five major social psychological phenomena can help to account for this extraordinary political event: authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, prejudice, relative deprivation, and intergroup contact. Research…