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Thanks for a great program, would have made this comment live but was blocked by a gateway error.

I teach at LBCC in Albany and many of our students cannot afford to take internships, paid or otherwise, without making a huge sacrifice. This creates (or reinforces) a class divide with regard to who gets access and who doesn't. A viable alternative would be focused volunteer programs whereby students could spend a day a month, get to know the employers and the field, and not put themselves at risk financially. Students shouldn't have to pay for the credit, either - and I don't believe the cost is the same in spite of what your panelists stated. There is no prep time, no classroom time, and the only cost that can be accounted for is if, in fact, the school pays for an internship coordinator, in which case the full cost of a credit is unjustifiable.The time spent per student does not equate to the cost of a credit.

Students should, however, have the information on their transcripts, much as they would have Honor Society designations, which are non-credit.

Programs like Teach For America at least offer assistance with student loans, and in the case of Education students time spent in the classroom is overseen by a faculty advisor.

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I applaud the people of John Day (and those who traveled from all over the state to support them) for their success. I am nervous about people being denied services, though, just for being who they are. That sounds too familiar, and with Oregon's history of racism and denial of service to people of color it is troubling.

I hope that people all over the state can take a moment to examine the seemingly less egregious issues of racism - read the State of Black Oregon's report released earlier this year and address the institutional and sadly harder to detect (by those not directly affected) racist practices. The report suggests we invest in children and education rather than prisons, and ultimately we may not have the populations in prision we do today. Also, unequal policing and conviction is still at issue.

White power groups are nothing to ignore, but they do have constitutional rights. And I really believe our structural inequities allow for the proliferation of these groups.

Callie P.

Albany OR

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