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WWU to host panel discussion on Gaza, Israel and Palestine on Dec. 5 in MH 138 2023-12-01
Rally, ‘teach-in’ planned as Whatcom residents react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second week, Bellingham-area residents are standing in solidarity with people of Slavic descent by demonstrating for peace, and scholars are helping make sense of the war.

To help Whatcom County residents understand the roots of the conflict…

2022-03-04
Munro Institute Fall Seminar takes on complex issues with panels on drug policy, housing affordability 2021-10-20
Annual Munro Seminars set for Oct. 27-28 2020-10-22
Annual Munro Seminars set for Oct. 27-28 2020-10-22
WWU's Josh Ceretti to Lead 'Bellingham’s History From Below: A Virtual Walking Tour' Nov. 10 2020-10-19
WWU's Josh Ceretti to Lead 'Bellingham’s History From Below: A Virtual Walking Tour' Nov. 10 2020-10-19
How Loren Culp’s book tour turned into a campaign for Washington governor

Vernon Johnson, a political science professor who directs Western Washington University’s Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education, said Culp may not be trying to cultivate support among racists, armed militia members or white supremacists. But, at a minimum, Culp’s experience as a police chief…

2020-10-05
'Towards a More Perfect Democracy' Conversation Series Continues Oct. 6 and 13 2020-09-28
For decades he’s been ‘such an exceptional peacemaker’ in the Whatcom community

When Western Washington University professor and longtime champion of nonviolence and civic engagement Vernon Damani Johnson learned that he was receiving the Rosemary and Howard Harris Lifetime Peacemaker Award from the 

2020-09-21
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