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Fighting for the Soul of the Public University: A Manifesto
A 2012 discussion of teaching among faculty and graduate students at UMASS-Amherst led to the manifesto that follows. Enjoy the text below - then decide how you will further commit to and spread opportunity for education that supports ecological sustainability, … Continue reading
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3 Clear Principles for Honorable Activism
Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation Alex de Waal originally published this insightful and provocative essay on April 30th of this year. Considered one of the foremost experts on Sudan and the Horn of Africa, de Waal’s scholarly work and practice … Continue reading
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Reflecting, Reconsidering, and Re-Connecting: The Journey Home
Re-entry is the elephant in the room for international educators. We know, from Student Learning Abroad, that systematic reflective activity after abroad experiences significantly improves students’ intercultural communication skills, cultural understanding, and self-awareness. As I have shared elsewhere, Richard Kiely’s chameleon … Continue reading
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Michigan Journal Call for GLOBAL SERVICE-LEARNING Abstracts
The Fall 2014 issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) will feature a special section on global service-learning guest co-edited by Richard Kiely, Cornell University and Eric Hartman, Providence College. Please consider submitting an article to this … Continue reading
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Between Hope and Humility: Navigating a Space for Ethical Global Engagement
The presentation below was delivered by Eric Hartman as part of Becker College’s Global Voices of Change Speaker Series on November 4 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Thank you all for the opportunity to be here with you today. It is an honor … Continue reading
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The Spirit of Giving? … Why? For Whom? To What End? (another BotB: Best of the Best)
Title: Starfish Hurling and Community Service Author: Keith Morton Target Audience: Students, Community Members, Faculty, Staff Date: 1999 Succinct Summary: Morton challenges readers to think critically about service and its implications. This brief reflective piece connects well with his longer exploration of the same themes … Continue reading
Watch Dr. Maya Angelou’s Tribute Poem for Nelson Mandela
Released by the US State Department, written by Angelou, “on behalf of the American people.”
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BotB: Soul of a Citizen
Title: Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time Author: Paul Roget Loeb Target Audience: Students Date: 1999 (1st Edition), 2010 (2nd Edition) Succinct Summary: This collection of stories of social change will restore your faith in both society and the power … Continue reading
Partnering Human Rights and Engaged Scholarship in Local Communities
“Human rights pedagogy means that we are all responsible for injustice and we all have a role to combat it daily — in both small and substantial ways. The creation of a human rights pedagogy, based on interwoven liberation, requires … Continue reading
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