Books:
  • Tracy Kidder: Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. ISBN 978-0812973013. Dr. Farmer believed that HIV/AIDS and TB need not, and should not, be a death sentence for millions around the world. He convinced the world.
  • Not for Sale. ISBN 978-0-06-120671-9. Our hope is that this section allows you to learn from those around the world that have been in bondage and about those who are fighting modern slavery.
  • Sonia Nazario: Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother. ISBN 978-0812971781. How hard would you try to make a better life for those you love? What would you endure and do?



for Wednesday, Aug. 26: Our Hands Are Not Tied

  • How does ordinary become extraordinary?
  • Why “Our Hands Are Not Tied.”
  • Working for what’s fair
  • In class: Undressing and dressing from ‘round the world.


for Friday, Aug. 28: - The Many Worlds on our Planet

  • Hand in the reflection questions distributed in class.
  • In class: View Partners in Health video, minutes 1-5.
  • Discuss your thoughts from written assignment: Initial Assessment Questions.
  • View “Our Hands Are Not Tied” video.

for Wednesday, Sept. 2: -
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  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 1-58.


for Friday, Sept. 4 -

  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 59-113.
  • Go to BBVista (http://learning.cabrini.edu), click Discussions and write your thoughts for the two Peacebuilding baseline questions. Your answers here will help guide the October portion of the course.
  • In class: learn about Fair Trade. Watch beginning of PBS Frontline on Fair Trade coffee in Guatemala.

for Tuesday, Sept. 9: -

  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 114-177
  • Learn in class Fair Trade.

for Thursday, Sept. 11 -

  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 181-241. You may skip chapter 23.
  • Go to BBVista (http://learning.cabrini.edu), click Discussions and write your thoughts for Discussion 4. The first part asks what does Farmer admire about healthcare in Cuba. The second [art asks you to write four thoughtful interview questions about Fair Trade in preparation for our trip to Media. Consult these links to help you formulate your questions:
  • Review interview questions for Sunday’s trip in class. Plan the trip. 
  • Fair Trade--More than Coffee

on Sunday, Sept. 14 - Trip to Media, Pa., first Fair Trade City in America
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  • Visit Media, Pa. and experience Fair Trade.

for Tuesday, Sept. 16 -

  • Read Mountains Beyond Mountains: pp 241-301.
  • Prepare for assignment on Mountains Beyond Mountains.

for Thursday, Sept. 18: -

  • What is Paul Farmer's message?
  • Assignment on Mountains Beyond Mountains.

for Tuesday, Sept. 23: - Building Global Solidarity
  • What is Fair Trade? Is Fair Trade Making a Difference?


for Thursday, Sept. 25: -
  • Fair Trade: Bringing It Home (And To Campus)



for Tuesday, Sept. 30:
  • The Ongoing Genocide in Darfur
  • Video: "The Devil Came on Horseback"
  • If someone were to ask you what the major obstacle to peace in the world and in Africa, in particular, is, what would you say?


for Thursday, Oct. 2: Conflict and Peace Building
  • Causes of conflict.
  • What is peacebuilding? What efforts do you see being made locally or globally to build peace?
  • Begin viewing “Ghosts of Rwanda” video (120 min.)

for Tuesday, Oct. 7:
  • Hear the personal story of Pauline Acayo, who will visit us from Uganda and tell us what she does there to build peace amidst war. She has a deep understanding of the crisis in northern Uganda, having escaped abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army on a family visit in 2003. Since 2004, many of her immediate family members and relatives have lived in camps for internally displaced people for safety. Sadly, three of her nephews did not escape abduction, and two are still in the hands of the rebels. She is Catholic Relief Services’ Peacebuilding Officer in Uganda. Serving in this role since 2002, she oversees CRS’ peacebuilding projects in the country, which include initiatives that promote dialogue and mediation among the varying ethnic groups in northern Uganda. She also works with community and youth leaders to increase conflict resolution skills, form peace committees and youth peace clubs in local communities and schools, and support reconciliation ceremonies for returning adults and children formerly abducted by rebels. She joined CRS in 1998, serving first as an Administrative Officer and then as Sub-office Manager in Gulu. She next became a Program Officer for a CRS project developing radio programs to share agronomic best practices with Ugandan farmers.

for Thursday, Oct. 9 - An Ordinary Man
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  • Read An Ordinary Man: pp 1-50.
  • Write BBVista Discussion 6
  • Have you selected the photos from Media, Pa., with your group yet? As a group, please pick out at least 10 photos that tell a story. Identify them, print them out, write captions for the photos so that your story comes out. Staple them together and submit one set for each group. Put the names of the people who met and did the work on the package. Bring this to class Tuesday or Thursday.
  • Begin viewing “Ghosts of Rwanda” video in class

for Tuesday, Oct. 14 - An Ordinary Man

  • Read An Ordinary Man: pp 50-95
  • Write BBVista Discussion 7
  • Continue viewing “Ghosts of Rwanda” video
  • Have you selected the photos from Media, Pa., with your group yet? As a group, please pick out at least 10 photos that tell a story. Identify them, print them out, write captions for the photos so that your story comes out. Staple them together and submit one set for each group. Put the names of the people who met and did the work on the package. Bring this to class Tuesday or Thursday.

for Thursday, Oct. 16 - An Ordinary Man

  • Read An Ordinary Man: pp 95-145
  • Write BBVista Discussion 8
  • Continue viewing “Ghosts of Rwanda” video
  • Have you selected the photos from Media, Pa., with your group yet? As a group, please pick out at least 10 photos that tell a story. Identify them, print them out, write captions for the photos so that your story comes out. Staple them together and submit one set for each group. Put the names of the people who met and did the work on the package. Bring this to class Tuesday or Thursday.

for Tuesday, Oct. 21 -

  • Read An Ordinary Man: pp 145-204 -- BBVista response.
  • Read hand out on El Salvador and come to Widener Lecture Hall for class.
for Thursday, Oct. 23 - Global Solidarity Network on Peacebuilding

  • Read An Ordinary Man: pp 145-204 -- we will discuss.
  • We are now starting a two-week segment in which we will use the CRS Global Solidarity Network on Peacebuilding in Africa.
  • You will need to register to become a member. Select: "Become a Member" and complete all fields. Be sure to select ECG 100 as your course.
  • After registering, Go to: MEMBER AREA. Select: "Building Peace in Africa 2008"
  • Go to: 1) Video 1 and Video 2 Interview with Sr. Pauline Silver Acayo from CRS Uganda. Select and view each video.
  • Return to discussion question 1 under "1) Video 1 and Video 2 Interview…" Select: click "here." This will take you to the page with the discussion thread.
  • Please Note: before doing anything, you must remove the green check from the box saying: "Receive posts by mail for all threads" or you will receive 100 postings a day in your email in box!!
  • Scroll down to thread. Select discussion question 1 Acayo. Read the question. Then post your response by selecting: "reply." (Please make your response approximately 10 sentences.) End with your name, shortened course title, and Cabrini. Select: "Submit."
  • Return again to the Member Area. Select: "Building Peace…"
  • Read essay 1 by Hippolyt Pul and post your response to the Pul question by repeating the process you followed for Acayo. Do the same for essay 2 by Hedley Abernethy
  • Now the fun begins: visit the threads every day from now until Oct. 30 to see how other students are responding, and post your own responses to them. (Please be respectful and try to limit your responses to 5-6 sentences). Be sure to end with your name, shortened course title, and Cabrini.

for Tuesday, Oct. 28 - Global Solidarity Network on Peacebuilding
  • You should have now posted a major discussion of your own on Sr. Pauline’s videos, another on the essay by Pul, and a third on the essay by Abernathy.
  • Now visit the threads every day from now until Oct. 30 to see how other students are responding, and post your own responses to them. (Please be respectful and try to limit your responses to 5-6 sentences). Be sure to end with your name, shortened course title, and Cabrini.
  • Each group should send me an email in which you describe each photo you selected for the SoundSlide show on Fair Trade. You should then pick out what lines/sentences from the group members’ Fair trade articles you will use to narrate each picture. Attribute each line to who wrote it. If you need to write new lines because nothing in anybody’s articles is appropriate, do so. Email me the sheets or give them to me Tuesday lunch time if possible.
  • Sample Sound Slide show: http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2005/06/05/opinion/20050605_DARFUR_AUDIOSS.html

for Thursday, Oct. 30 - Global Solidarity Network on Peacebuilding
  • Global Solidarity Network videoconference


for Tuesday, Nov. 4: Migration
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  • Read Enrique's Journey: pp Prologue-42 for today. As you read, take good notes about what you are learning. Show your notes in class.
  • Write your reflection on BBVista: Explain what you have learned in this section about the lives of people who choose to leave their homes to come to the United States without proper documents. Explain what new insights you now have.
  • Send me your updated Soundslide show on Fair Trade.

for Thursday, Nov. 6

  • Read Enrique's Journey: pp 45-100. As you read, take good notes about what you are learning. Show your notes in class.
  • 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in FH 279--Live video conference on Trends in International Migration, with speakers from Eastern Europe, Guatemala, and Brazil:
    • Moldova, Eastern Europe-Michael McKennett, CRS Country Representative, Moldova, will discuss efforts by CRS-Moldova to prevent human trafficking and create alternatives to unsafe migration among at- risk populations.
    • Guatemala, Lucrecia Oliva, Program Manager of Priority Policies and Global Solidarity, will discuss her work coordinating CRS Guatemala’s work in the area of migration and trafficking in persons.
    • Br. Xavier Plassat - Pastoral Land Commission, Brazilian Bishop’s Conference, will discuss his work as Coordinator of the Brazilian Catholic Church' Pastoral Land Commission’s (CPT) National Campaign Against Slave Labor.
  • Write your reflection on BBVista

for Tuesday, Nov. 11 - Migration

  • Read Enrique's Journey: pp 103-166. As you read, take good notes about what you are learning. Show your notes in class. Write your response on BBVista to this question: In this section we are leading up to the final point when Enrique is at the border, ready to cross. At the beginning of this section we see the good people of Veracruz. At the end of this section Enrique is in Nuevo Laredo where life could not be more scary. Think also about what you heard in our video conference about migrants and trafficked people. Try to put yourself in Enrique’s position and express how you think you would feel as he must deal with such people as El Tirindaro. How bad must their lives be to get them to resort to such hardships in hope of a better life?
  • Video in class: Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey

    for Thursday, Nov. 13:
    • Participate in Cabrini Day as assigned: morning events
    • Read the 2 Global Solidarity Network essays by Rick Jones and Mary DeLorey of CRS regarding Migration. Watch the video on line. http://crs.nortia.org/ to log in.

    for Tuesday, Nov. 18 - Are they breaking the law or is the law breaking them?
    • Today, we are speaking with Guatemala in class about Fair Trade.
    • Read Enrique's Journey: pp 167-240. As you read, take good notes about what you are learning. Show your notes in class.
    • Justice for Immigrants Campaign

    for Thursday, Nov. 20 - Global Solidarity Network on Migration
    • Finish Enrique's Journey: pp 240-260. As you read, take good notes about what you are learning. Show your notes in class.

    for Tuesday, Nov. 25:
    for Thursday, Nov. 27:
    • Thanksgiving!

    for Tuesday, Dec. 2:
    for Thursday, Dec. 4:
    for Friday, Dec. 12 Final Paper due