Lana Oliveros and Amira Altamimi, GLAS Majors, Featured in WBEZ Article on Cultural Centers
On Monday night at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Latino Cultural Center, two dozen students sat hunched over small squares of fabric with needles and thread in hand, learning a type of Palestinian embroidery called tatreez.
Lana Oliveros, a senior at UIC, found time for the workshop between her three jobs and her classes because she needed a break from the world, she said, and she was curious to learn about another culture.
Read full article here: https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/02/20/uic-cultural-centers-and-race-based-college-programs-across-illinois-threatened-by-latest-trump-guidance
Modified on February 21, 2025