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Fundraiser brings clean water to international schools
Katie Spotz, a South Portland resident, hosted a virtual fitness event to bring clean water to schools in need.
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Katie Spotz, an athlete and activist for clean water, hosted a barre class on April 22 to raise funds to bring clean water to a school in Honduras.
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SOUTH PORTLAND A local activist and record-breaking runner managed to exceed her recent fundraising goal to raise money for clean water at a Honduras school as well as a Ugandan school on April 22.
Katie Spotz, a South Portland resident, hosted an online fitness class, “Raising the Barre for Water” with barre yoga instructor Emily Sferra, who taught the course virtually from Southern California. Some attendees participated in-person at The Point community center, located at 345 Clarks Pond Parkway.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Emily Sferra
By Sarah Lofstrom, Graduate Communications Editor
Meet Emily Sferra! Emily is a fourth year PhD student and teaching fellow in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. As part of the new Graduate Student Spotlight series, we asked Sferra a few questions about her research and intellectual interests.
Can you tell me a bit about your research?
Throughout nineteenth-century British novels, readers encounter friendships and sisterhoods between characters on the cusp of womanhood. My research considers adolescent women who fail to follow the expected trajectory of domestication and their relationships with other young women. I ask: Does the aberrant woman’s relationship, or lack thereof, with other young women influence her ability to thrive as wife and/or mother?