Fourteen Cabrini University faculty learned from a master teacher of social justice, who, by his own admission, said he could read only on a third-grade level. David had spent 25 years on the streets of Philadelphia, homeless. He is now a staff member at Project HOME, In all that time, David resisted social workers’ requests […]
Course work, experiential learning, and a variety of curricular and co-curricular opportunities must be pursued in order to cultivate students’ dispositions and develop their desire to pursue a commitment to social justice.
Cabrini Alumni: Thurs., Jan. 21 6 PM – 8 PM Great American Pub, 123 Fayette St,, Conshohocken, PA 6-7 PM (drinks and food), 7-8ish PM (talk and discussion) Hosted by Cabrini CRS Ambassadors Alumni Topic: Refugees: a first-hand report from CRS. Alumni, please come to Global Justice on Tap – an informal, social gathering of […]
The website “ConfrontGlobalPoverty.Org” interviewed me about teaching young adults to do advocacy. Here is a portion of the interview. Young adults today are growing up in a time of political polarization, cynicism about leaders and often a lack of inspiration. They are disengaged from the traditional processes of citizenship. While they are often generous and […]
Refugees Seeking Safety simulation began as a topic of study within a course, grew into a Cabrini Day project, but then continued outside of class through the spring semester as new opportunities occurred. What engaged these students and how did their engagement grow? 1. Finding a topic. The topic itself, within the broader course theme, captured […]
What to put on your resume for your advocacy experience
Are there defining moments and choices that set the direction of our life or is it really an amassing of many small choices that makes us who we are?
With the provocative title, “Now Grandma Can Win a Trip Too,” Nick Kristof opened up his contest to people over 60. One young person and one old person can report with him in developing countries. Here’s my entry.
For two days in August a third of the Cabrini faculty travelled to Baltimore and Washington to deepen our knowledge of social justice and Catholic Social Teaching. Each of us wrote a reflection after the trip.
ECG 200 AND ECG 300 Guatemala: Faces of Justice (includes spring break short-term study abroad). On spring break in March 2016 you could go to beautiful San Lucas Mission to meet, work alongside, and learn from the Mayan people of Guatemala.