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I just added this to the Column Callout above with the 3 CTA grouping. You can just keep adding and going down the page under the same heading. Or you can add a separate Column Callout element with it's own title. Hmmm.

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This is where I'd rather be. Not here at my computer. :D

Adding the 2/3 mix to the ongoing Column Callout above they were not aligned for some reason. But independently, they should align. 

The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor led President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 9066, forcing the incarceration of an estimated 120,000 Japanese Americans. In Washington, nearly 13,000 people were forcibly removed from their homes and communities — including 36 students from University of Puget Sound.

The cherry trees were initially planted in 1940 by the Japanese Students’ Club symbolizing a circle of friendship. In 2017, members of the campus community renewed their remembrance of the Japanese students in a planting ceremony for five new Yoshino cherry saplings along the eastern side of Howarth Hall. Today, a plaque and these trees honor the students whose education was unjustly interrupted and serve as a reminder of the fragility of freedom. Just before the students were removed from campus, they shared this message of solidarity and hope: 

Each spring, you will watch the cherry trees bloom and grow. It has been our only tangible contribution to the college. It is our most earnest prayer that our friendship will continue to grow. At this time, we say, not goodbye, but until we meet again. - Sigeo Wakamatsu

Language and communication are fundamental aspects of education and culture. Acknowledging and preserving diverse ways of knowing — and the languages that facilitate them — are critical. When University of Puget Sound constructed the entry wall at the campus entrance at Alder Street and North 15th Street in 2008, it sought to honor the knowledge and language of the Indigenous peoples of the Puget Sound.

The goal for the entry wall was to invite community members into a subtle yet meaningful dialogue regarding the history of this specific place and region. Two signs facing the campus feature text written in Lushootseed, a language spoken by 13 tribes in the Puget Sound region. Lushootseed is a member of the Salish language family, which comprises 23 distinct languages. 

Translated by the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, the sign on the left reads University of Puget Sound, while the sign on the right translates to Our Guardian is the Mountain. 

Ultimately, the use of this language allows us to honor ancestors, express appreciation for a sense of place, and a desire to deeply connect with the ecosystem we inhabit

The university is on the traditional homelands of the Puyallup Tribe. The Puyallup people have lived on and stewarded these lands since the beginning of time, and continue to do so today. We recognize that this land acknowledgement is one small step toward true allyship and we commit to uplifting the voices, experiences, and histories of the Indigenous people of this land and beyond.

The land acknowledgment comes from the advice on the Puyallup Tribe website and was first used at the university to open the business meeting of the Puget Sound Board of Trustees in February 2021. The Board acknowledged ASUPS President Nicole Carino ‘21 for inspiring them to take this step based on her inclusion of a land acknowledgment statement in her reports to the Board during her service as an ex officio member. 

This acknowledgment signifies a commitment to our continuing efforts to build a positive and caring relationship with the people of the Puyallup Tribe, to the uplifting of Indigenous Communities and protecting the land and resources that sustain us.