{"id":2255,"date":"2019-09-10T19:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2019-09-17T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T18:28:15","slug":"taking-action-to-create-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/alumni\/2019\/09\/10\/taking-action-to-create-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action to Create Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dream Closet<\/span><\/b>\u00a0WSU<\/span><\/b>\u00a0held\u00a0<\/span>its<\/span>\u00a0semi-annual free shopping event, providing the community with quality clothes<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Students took a unified stand against sexual and gender-based violence at WSU\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Take Back the Night<\/span><\/b>\u00a0event<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Football<\/a><\/p>\n

WSU Football players helped neighboring Fountain City in their\u00a0<\/span>sandbagging<\/span><\/b>\u00a0efforts against rising waters<\/span>\u00a0this spring.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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WSU hosted its first-ever\u00a0<\/span>Kindness Week<\/span><\/b>\u00a0\u2013 spreading kindness and positivity throughout our community<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"One-in-a-million<\/a><\/p>\n

WSU students\u00a0<\/span>and Chartwells\u00a0<\/span>filled boxes with healthy snacks for children in Winona as part of Ellen DeGeneres\u2019 and Cheerios\u2019\u00a0<\/span>One Million Acts of Good<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>initiative<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

WSU\u2019s Persuasion and Advocacy course worked to bring awareness to the issue of excess plastic bags and make it easier to recycle them through their\u00a0<\/span>Bag the Bags<\/span><\/b>\u00a0event on campus<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Arbor<\/a><\/p>\n

WSU<\/span>\u00a0held\u00a0<\/span>its<\/span>\u00a07<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0Annual\u00a0<\/span>Arbor Day<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>celebration, complete with free tree giveaways!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Green<\/a><\/p>\n


\nStudents founded a WSU chapter of the\u00a0<\/span>Green Bandana Project<\/span><\/b>, to help people who are struggling with mental illness realize the support and resources around them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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