NHS in the News: Students Confront Bias

Satellite brings its readers the news coverage of NHS from the community.

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Satellite brings its readers the news coverage of NHS from the community.

A course at NHS, called Race, Rights, and Trans-cultural Beliefs, has students facing controversial topics head-on. Subject matters such as race, immigration, and LGBTQ rights are discussed and debated in the class in a respectful manner. Mrs. Barb Jirikowic, who teaches the class, and several students were featured in an article by the Post-Crescent regarding the class. “We can criticize ideas, but we don’t criticize each other,” Jirikowic said in the article.

Read the Post-Crescent article to find out more.