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Here Comes the… Political Stump Speech?

  ~By: Andrew Shifren, ETA in Labuan Bajo~ During orientation in Jakarta, a speaker warned that politics would suffuse life in Indonesia. This is an election year and he said to expect people to be quite engaged in the democratic process. I saw this firsthand at my first Indonesian wedding. It took an hour in…

September 4, 2018 in Culture, Fulbright, Politics, Uncategorized.

In and beyond Jakarta, Indonesians hit the polls for regional elections

Citizens across Indonesia will head to the polls today, Wednesday, February 15, to vote in gubernatorial and regional elections. Seven provinces will elect new Governor leadership, according to the Jakarta Post, and 76 districts and 18 cities will also hold simultaneous regional elections. The race attracting the most media attention is that for Governor of…

February 15, 2017 in News, Politics.

What it Felt Like to Tell a Muslim Majority Classroom that Trump Won

-By Kayla Stewart- I had my lesson ready. Using the “expressing future plans” lesson plan my counterpart discussed with me the week prior, I was going to talk to my students about how the first woman president in American would shift things for Muslims in America. For minorities. For LGBTQ people. For women. For people…

November 11, 2016 in Politics.

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