Erica Thompson

Erica Thompson graduated from the University of Washington in 2012 with a degree in journalism and sociology. She now works for the UW Department of Communication as a storyteller – telling stories of the students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the Department. Erica has a curious passion for experiencing other cultures while traveling the world and photographing every adventure.
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UW United Students Against Sweatshops demonstrates outside a local GAP store with a Bangladeshi survivor of the Tazreen factory fire. (Photo courtesy Emily Garverick)

Top three UW student organizations for global change

by Erica Thompson
How three UW organizations are harnessing the power of college student idealism to help the world’s poor.
Dec 9, 2013