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DALLAS, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ One year ago, 3-year-old Amari Boone was brought to a children s hospital in Fort Worth experiencing respiratory failure. Within two days, he would be dead. Medical personnel and an autopsy determined that Amari s death was the result of abuse while in the Texas foster care system and under the watch of ACH Child and Family Services (or ACH) and its community-based care division that goes by the name our community. our kids.
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Christiansen receives Lola Lopes Award
Christiansen receives Lola Lopes Award
Honor recognizes undergraduate student advocacy
By: Jack Rossi | 2021.04.14 | 09:28 am
Erika Christiansen, assistant director for leadership, service, and civic engagement in the University of Iowa Division of Student Life (DSL), is the recipient of the 2021 Lola Lopes Award for Undergraduate Student Advocacy.
Erika Christiansen
The award recognizes administrators, staff, or faculty outside of their teaching role who serve as strong and effective advocates for undergraduate students and the undergraduate experience. Recipients are selected by a committee of staff, faculty, and a student.
Christiansen supports many student programs in the DSL, including Food Pantry at Iowa, the Clothing Closet, Hawk the Vote, Student United Way, and Ignite UI. She proposed and enacted the Community Space, a civic-engagement hub in the Iowa Memorial Union that hosts AmeriCorps Members and students who are