{"id":5845,"date":"2026-07-28T11:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/?page_id=5845"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:57:59","slug":"dionna-uzueta-lucio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/dionna-uzueta-lucio\/","title":{"rendered":"Dionna Uzueta Lucio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\"   >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/DSC4801.jpg')\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\" data-et-multi-view=\"{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;This project interested me because I enjoy learning about the social and political changes that occurred after WWII. I also didn\\u2019t know about the Lutheran World Federation or its deep ties with St. Olaf before researching for this project. I\\u2019ve enjoyed learning about St. Olaf\\u2019s connections to the LWF-SR and the DPs they helped. It\\u2019s restored my faith in humanity in some ways. The story this website tells is tragic in some ways, but also wonderfully sweet. I hope you enjoy learning about these amazing people and this wonderful initiative as much as I have.&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;I made an interactive timeline because it was hard to discern the connections between the primary source material we were handling and studying, and the secondary (more contextual) literature that we were reading. I&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-size: 14px;\\&quot;&gt; also wanted people to be able to narrow down the information that they needed. Usually, a person doesn\\u2019t look at an entire site, but at one particular section. I hoped that a timeline would help someone narrow down their search and also cultivate enthusiasm for looking at history through different lenses: studying the individual stories while also seeing how those stories are connected to significant\\\/substantial historical events.&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;My initial research questions:&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;What geopolitical events caused the mass displacement of people around WWII and the Lutheran World Federation\\u2019s subsequent efforts to help?&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\&quot;font-weight: 400;\\&quot;&gt;How can that history be best communicated to a broad, online audience who are curious about this story?&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&lt;p&gt;The word \\&quot;World\\&quot; in the title of \\&quot;Lutheran World Federation\\&quot; is what caught my eye on this project. I was curious about how St. Olaf people get involved in an international project and also excited to dig deep into this \\&quot;real-world application\\&quot; of international cooperations in a politically unstable situation after WWII.&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The International Cooperation section would focus on a couple of aspects:&lt;\\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;ul&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;How was LWF established? What&#039;s its relationship with other Lutheran organizations? What was Howard Hong&#039;s role in it? Why is it not mentioned on LWF official website?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;How did LWF operate under authorities, such as UNRRA\\\/IRO, the allied military forces and the US government? How did the immigration policies in the US affect the LWF Service to Refugee?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;How did the LWF interact with the local German Lutheran Churches?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;How did the LWF cooperated with Churches-in-Exile?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;How did the LWF&#039;s resettlement programs carry out with the help of Northfield or Minnesota local policies\\\/commissions?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;li&gt;What was the connection between St. Olaf and LWF? What was Howard Hong&#039;s role in it?&lt;\\\/li&gt;\\n&lt;\\\/ul&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;To answer these questions, my colleagues and I have together visited a few archives as well as interviewing a few related persons. As we read more through the historical documents and books written, we hope to create a historical narrative of this missing parts of the history.&lt;\\\/p&gt;&quot;},&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hover_selector&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_testimonial&quot;}\" data-et-multi-view-load-tablet-hidden=\"true\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project interested me because I enjoy learning about the social and political changes that occurred after WWII. I also didn\u2019t know about the Lutheran World Federation or its deep ties with St. Olaf before researching for this project. I\u2019ve enjoyed learning about St. Olaf\u2019s connections to the LWF-SR and the DPs they helped. It\u2019s restored my faith in humanity in some ways. The story this website tells is tragic in some ways, but also wonderfully sweet. I hope you enjoy learning about these amazing people and this wonderful initiative as much as I have.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I made an interactive timeline because it was hard to discern the connections between the primary source material we were handling and studying, and the secondary (more contextual) literature that we were reading. I<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> also wanted people to be able to narrow down the information that they needed. Usually, a person doesn\u2019t look at an entire site, but at one particular section. I hoped that a timeline would help someone narrow down their search and also cultivate enthusiasm for looking at history through different lenses: studying the individual stories while also seeing how those stories are connected to significant\/substantial historical events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My initial research questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What geopolitical events caused the mass displacement of people around WWII and the Lutheran World Federation\u2019s subsequent efforts to help?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can that history be best communicated to a broad, online audience who are curious about this story?<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5722,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5845"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6010,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5845\/revisions\/6010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}