Tag: Tradition
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Equity Versus Tradition
In my experience, traditional Muslim families tend to have their daughters grow up thinking their main priority in life is cook, clean, caretake, get married and repeat. Young Muslim women are often raised to believe they do not need an education, do not need to go to college, or worry about anything that is a…
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Refugee Students Explore Food Justice With Cameras
During the month of July, students in The AjA Project‘s food justice workshop at Crawford High School explored cultural relationships to food. Through photo exercises and discussions, students considered the things that make their families’ food traditions unique and important, as well as how those traditions have and have not changed since coming to America.…