Tentative Schedule.
  • I update the schedule frequently in response to opportunities and class feedback. Please check website for revisions.
Week of Aug. 24-26
  • Aug. 24: Intro to course
  • Aug. 26: Read 1-41 "On That Day, Everybody Ate." Write BBVista journal entry. Go to BBVista (http://learning.cabrini.edu), click Discussions and write your thoughts
Week of Aug. 31-Sept. 2 "On That Day, Everybody Ate."
  • Aug. 31: Read 42-78 "On That Day, Everybody Ate." Write BBVista journal entry. Watch Margaret Trost on Fr. Jean-Juste http://vimeo.com/5986189
  • Sept. 2: Read 81-122 "On That Day, Everybody Ate." Write BBVista journal entry
Week of Sept. 7-9 "On That Day, Everybody Ate."
  • Sept. 7: Read 122-143 "On That Day, Everybody Ate." BBVista journal entry
  • Sept. 9: Draft of paper due.
Week of Sept. 14-16 Fair Trade
  • Sept. 14: What is Fair Trade? Is Fair Trade Making a Difference? 10,000 Villages definition. What does Fair trade mean? How Fair Trade is practiced. CRS and Fair Trade. Solidarity in a Cup. Fair Trade assignment for Nov. 9.
  • Sep.16: In-class speaker: Fair Trade Mexican farmer, Antonio Luiz.
Week of Sept. 21-23 "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
  • Sept. 21: Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 1-58. Write BBVista journal entry. In class: View Partners in Health video, minutes 1-5.
  • Sept. 23: Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 59-113. Write BBVista journal entry. In class: Haiti: http://www.hno.harvard.edu/worldmedia/haiti/
  • Guest Speaker-Johanna Berrigan, who has established a health care project in St Clare's Parish, Port au Prince, Haiti.
Week of Sept. 28-30 "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
  • Sept. 28: Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 114-177. Write BBVista journal entry.
  • Sept. 30: Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 181-241. Write BBVista journal entry.
Week of Oct. 5-7 "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
  • Oct. 5: Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 241-301. Write BBVista journal entry
  • Oct. 7 Draft of paper 2 due.
Week of Oct. 12-14 Fair Trade Communication Project for Cabrini Day
  • Oct. 12: Research on Fair Trade
  • Oct. 14: Prepare project
Week of Oct. 19-21 Global Solidarity Network: Economic Justice & Fair Trade
  • Oct. 19: GSN readings and writing online
  • Oct. 21: GSN readings and writing online
Week of Oct.26-28 Global Solidarity Network: Economic Justice & Fair Trade
  • Oct. 26: GSN readings and writing online.
  • Oct. 28: GSN Video web conference in class.
  • Oct. 28: Extra credit Bryn Mawr Film Institute pizza and movie 5 p.m.
Week of Nov. 2-4 "An Ordinary Man"
  • Nov. 2: Read An Ordinary Man: pp 1-50. Write BBVista Discussion
  • Nov. 4: Read An Ordinary Man: pp 50-95. Write BBVista Discussion
Week of Nov. 9-11 Cabrini Day and "An Ordinary Man"
  • Nov. 9: Class project on Fair Trade for Cabrini Day
  • Nov. 11: Read An Ordinary Man: pp 95-145. Write BBVista Discussion. Continue viewing “Ghosts of Rwanda” video. Global Solidarity Network: Peacebuilding
  • Nov. 11: Extra credit "Hotel Rwanda" at Bryn Mawr Film Institute 5 p.m. free pizza there.
Week of Nov. 16-18 Global Solidarity Network: Peacebuilding
  • Nov. 16: Read An Ordinary Man: pp 145-204. Write BBVista Discussion.
  • Nov. 18: GSN Video web conference in class.
Week of Nov. 23
  • Nov. 23: Paper 3 is due.
Week of Nov. 30-Dec. 2
  • Nov. 30: Project completion
  • Dec. 2: Prepare for final paper.