RED denotes Catholic Relief Services Partnership activities.

Sodexo Stop Hunger Initiative  


for Tuesday, March 31: FOOD SECURITY

for Thursday, April 1: FOOD SECURITY
  • Study Hunger Report 2009
  • pages 4-9 (the executive summary, which you read for Tuesday)
  • pages 10-19
  • pages 23-26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37-39






for Tuesday, Jan. 13: Introduction to course

  • short-term remedies vs. long-term systemic change
  • Advocacy for the common good
  • justice vs. charity
  • using your interests and talents for the common good after college
  • How does ordinary become extraordinary?
  • The Millennium Goals


for Thursday, Jan. 15: -Defining Poverty (link to class slides)

  • Read: Sachs: The Foreword (p. xii-), The Preface (p. xvi-), The Introduction (p. 1-), and Ch. 1 (pages 1-25)
  • Defining poverty: Extreme, Moderate, Relative Poverty; ascending the ladder of development. Introduce Millennium Development Goals, US budget.
  • Relationship of poverty and national security.
  • Issues: Poverty and development; peacebuilding and the effect of war on children, refugees; hunger and food security; HIV/AIDS and other diseases and health.

for Tuesday, Jan. 20: - The Rise of the Rest

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 2 -- The Spread of Economic Prosperity - pages 26-50

for Thursday, Jan. 22 - Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 3 pages 51-73
for Tuesday, Jan. 27: - The Voiceless Dying - Africa and Disease

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 10 pages 188-209

for Thursday, Jan. 29 - The Millennium Goals

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 11 (p. 210-225). The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations


for Tuesday, Feb. 3 - The Global Compact to End Poverty

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 14 page 266-
  • Study CRS on Microfinance:

for Thursday, Feb. 5: - Can the Rich Afford to Help the Poor? Obama’s Economic Stimulus lecture--powerpoint

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 15, pp. 288-
  • or go to WHYY.org > Radio Times > Jan. 24, 2008
  • Study CRS on Microfinance:

for Tuesday, Feb. 10: -

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 16 - Myths and Magic Bullets. No class but work on your group projects.

Hunger Banquet -- Extra Credit!


for Thursday, Feb. 12: - Work on projects -

  • Read Sachs: Chapter 17 - 18 -- Why We Should Do It and Our Generation’s Challenge
  • Bridget Flynn comes to class to speak about Ethiopia and what she learned that can help your projects.

for Tuesday, Feb. 17: Class will be at night instead of at 1:55--Founder’s Day

  • Assignment: Find ways to tie what you learn here into your project and into our class. Focus especially on ABIOSSEH DAVIS. Ms. Davis is an expert on issues of gender and international trade policy, with particular emphasis on Africa.
  • 6 p.m. Grace Hall Atrium: Photo-display of “Witnesses to Hunger” ethnographic project sponsored by Drexel University
  • 7 p.m. Grace Hall Atrium: Keynote Speakers:
  • ABIOSSEH DAVIS, Project Associate for the Global Women’s Project at the Center of Concern, a Catholic social justice organization in Washington D.C. Originally from Gambia and educated in the U.S., Ms. Davis is an expert on issues of gender and international trade policy, with particular emphasis on Africa.
  • DR. MARIANA CHILTON, PhD MPH, is Asst. Prof. of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University. Trained in both folklore and epidemiology, Dr. Chilton is principal investigator of the Philadelphia GROW Project, serving at-risk children at local pediatric hospitals. Her fields of expertise include human rights and health; race, ethnicity and poverty; hunger; women and children; alternative health; religion and medicine. Her varied interests led her to found the “Witnesses to Hunger” photo-essay project, which Cabrini will host during the week of Founder’s Day.

for Thursday, Feb. 19: Global Solidarity Network: Peace in Israel and Palestine
  • Study and write GSN. http://crs.nortia.org Read the essays and watch the video. Begin to write your thoughts in three of the five threaded discussions. Write a substantive reflection 10-15 sentences. Return and comment on others’ 5-7 sentences.
  • New students need to sign up and select your class.
  • Returnees like yourself need to do 2 things there after logging in.
  • 1) select loginarrow Edit Your Profile
  • in order to choose your current class
  • 2) select loginarrow Manage Topics
  • in order to select Israel and Palestine.

for Tuesday, Feb. 24: Global Solidarity Network: Peace in Israel and Palestine
  • Study and write GSN.

for Thursday, Feb. 26: Global Solidarity Network: Peace in Israel and Palestine
  • Study and write GSN.
  • Buy Paul Farmer book: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. In bookstore.

for Tuesday, March 3:
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  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains 1-75

for Thursday, March 5: Inside Higher Education reporter comes to class
  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains 75-150

for Tuesday, March 17:  The Example of Paul Farmer
  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains pp. 150-225
  • You may skip chapter 17 & 23

for Thursday, March 19 - The Example of Paul Farmer
  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains pp. 225-end
  • You may skip chapter 23.


for Tuesday, March 24: Global Solidarity Network: FOOD SECURITY
  • Study and write GSN. http://crs.nortia.org Read the essays and watch the video. Begin to write your thoughts in three of the five threaded discussions. Write a substantive reflection 10-15 sentences. Return and comment on others’ 5-7 sentences.
  • Microfinance expert Guy Vanmeenen to speak in class

for Thursday, March 26: Global Solidarity Network: FOOD SECURITY
  • Study and write GSN. http://crs.nortia.org Read the essays and watch the video. Begin to write your thoughts in three of the five threaded discussions. Write a substantive reflection 10-15 sentences. Return and comment on others’ 5-7 sentences.