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Global Service-Learning
Amizade empowers individuals and Amizade empowers individuals and communities through worldwide communities through worldwide
service and learning .service and learning .
EXPLORE.
SERVE.
UNDERSTAND.
Community-Based Learning
Community-Driven Service
Intercultural Immersion
Global Citizenship
Reflective Inquiry
www.globalservicelearning.org
Academics
- Intro to Int. Development (B0livia)
- Intro to Native Comm. (Navajo N.)
- Hist. of Holocaust (Germ. / Pol.)
-- Peace and Reconcil. (N. Ireland)
-- Intro to Comm. Dev. (Tanzania)
-- Intro to Social Doc. (AL / GA)
- Intro to Global Studies (Ghana)
Academics
1. Content
2. Questions
Community-
Driven
Service
Project Selection, Implementation, Evaluation
Continuous Partnership
Community-Driven Service
- School / Orphanage Building
-- Tutoring
-- Learning
-- Youth Center Activities
-Historic Preservation
-Nonprofit Evaluation / Grant-writing
-Building Relationships & Communicating once home
"Before Amizade volunteers "Before Amizade volunteers came, we didn't even dare to came, we didn't even dare to dream to have all we do now. dream to have all we do now. Our lives changed so much. Our lives changed so much. All our lives are better All our lives are better thanks to you." thanks to you."
– Sister Leticia, director of – Sister Leticia, director of the Hogar de Ninos in Boliviathe Hogar de Ninos in Bolivia
Intercultural Immersion & ExchangeIntercultural Immersion & Exchange
Consideration of Global Citizenship
Global CitizenshipGlobal Citizenship
Concept: belief in equal human dignity, Concept: belief in equal human dignity, global community, respect for other global community, respect for other cultures, desire for peaceful coexistence cultures, desire for peaceful coexistence (Carter 2001) (Carter 2001)
Characteristics (Nussbaum 1997)Characteristics (Nussbaum 1997)– Recognition of common valueRecognition of common value– Critical distanceCritical distance– Narrative imagination Narrative imagination
From Concept to ApplicationFrom Concept to Application
Knowledge, Skills, Efficacy Knowledge, Skills, Efficacy – (values, commitment)(values, commitment)
Cognitive DevelopmentCognitive Development– Habit of mind Habit of mind
Habit of MindHabit of Mind
Critical DistanceCritical Distance
EmpathyEmpathy
Liberal Education: embracing a diversity of Liberal Education: embracing a diversity of ideas and recognizing multiple ways of ideas and recognizing multiple ways of knowingknowing
Student Development: singular Student Development: singular → dualistic → dualistic → relativistic → commitment in relativism → relativistic → commitment in relativism → continuously evolving knowledge→ continuously evolving knowledge
PersonalPersonal EconomicEconomic PoliticalPoliticalConserve Conserve ResourcesResources
Live SimplyLive Simply
Share Your Story Share Your Story with Friends, with Friends, FamilyFamily
Stay in Touch with Stay in Touch with Friends around the Friends around the WorldWorld
Raise AwarenessRaise Awareness
Buy Fair TradeBuy Fair Trade
Buy LocalBuy Local
Buy OrganicBuy Organic
Familiarize Familiarize Yourself with Yourself with Conscious Conscious Consumption Consumption Resources, e.g. Resources, e.g. www.ethicalconsumer.com
Educate Yourself Educate Yourself and Voteand Vote
Apply for Oxfam Apply for Oxfam America’s America’s CHANGES CHANGES ProgramProgram
Get Involved with Get Involved with the Student Global the Student Global AIDS Campaign, AIDS Campaign, Students Taking Students Taking Action Now - Action Now - Darfur Darfur
Global Citizenship Beyond the Course
Reflective Inquiry
In Bolivia, 40 street children now have beds due to the construction of an orphanage by Amizade
volunteers.
In Brazil, thousands of teenagers have gained skills through a vocational center built by Amizade volunteers.
Considering SustainabilityConsidering Sustainability
•Social Enterprise Model •Specific Sites•Start-up Costs in Past •Multiple Partners helps share costs •Community cooperation and support•Market Reality
How Amizade approaches How Amizade approaches AffordabilityAffordability
Less expensive than tuition plus traveling Less expensive than tuition plus traveling and living abroad and living abroad
Mission-driven for affordabilityMission-driven for affordability
Many students raise money for Many students raise money for international service international service
Scholarships availableScholarships available– WVU: Eberly College, Departments, OIP, ASKWVU: Eberly College, Departments, OIP, ASK– Pitt: Honors College, UCIS, Nationality RoomsPitt: Honors College, UCIS, Nationality Rooms– Amizade Amizade
www.globalservicelearning.org
www.amizade.org
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