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Steering Committee 4/25
At the end of the semester, every class should have an updated resume. What did you read? What partnerships did you form? How is your journey going? In order for these to be useful, we need to critique ourselves. Talk about the blind alleys that your class went down. What went wrong? Give the younger classes something they can learn … Continue Reading
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’15 Class Notes 4/16
Instead of class on the 30th, we will be having a group dinner at our generous host’s, Dr. Warner’s, house. No class on SURF day, either! In class, we continued to work on “Who We Are and What We Can Bring to the Table” document in our google drive, continuing to define our strengths, goals, and identity. Dr. Warner is … Continue Reading
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Class Notes 4/2
Freshman Induction: Thursday, April 11th The induction will take place in the LaRose auditorium of KOBC. Food is served at 5:00PM, hopefully outside, and the induction officially starts at 5:30PM, and will run until about 6:30PM. Dress is business casual, and each member of our class will be assigned a mentee. Omolayo will be our MC, and Cat and Elaina … Continue Reading
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Steering Committee 3/21
Members of the inaugural Class of Cuidadanos Globales from the University of Monterrey will be visiting with their founding director Professor Hector Gomez de la Paz on April 9th-12th (overlapping the Class of 2016 Induction). We would like to host them with members of the Class, instead of putting them up in a hotel. Perhaps we could find members of … Continue Reading
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Class Notes – 3/19
We are in communication with various local and Haitian organizations, and continuing to develop each of these relationships. When we come back from break, we will focus on what specifically we plan to get out of and contribute to our partner organizations. There is a possible event we could hold next fall in collaboration with Triad Ladder of Hope and … Continue Reading
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Class Notes 3/12
Georgia’s Restavek Freedom Foundation emailed us back! They wanted to know more about us, what we’re about, and what we can offer. (We should nail this down) So..we need to nail down our specific goals regarding our impact on Restavek, our partnership, and what specific aspect of Restavek we want to address. From this side of the water, we can … Continue Reading
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Class Notes: 3/5
Class Updates: Susie and Colby are meeting with Christa Arangala tomorrow to discuss the Freshmen Induction. Colby met with April Post, the faculty advisor of the 16’s, to discuss ideas about the induction. We will collaborate with her and Christa to come up with a plan. One idea is serving Honduran food for the induction, and we will cook it! … Continue Reading
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Class Notes: 2/26
Tom Arcaro sat in on our class today! Here’s what he had to say: The blog is going to be a crucial way for Pericleans to communicate, both between and within classes. Anyone can be an author of a post if they want to, they just have to be added to the author list. It’s not just for logistical information, … Continue Reading
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Elevator Speech Ideas
Restavek Elevator Speech Periclean Scholars Elevator Speech: Haiti’s restavec system is technically illegal but is a culturally accepted practice of childhood slavery. Rural families who do not have the means to support their children send their youth to families in urban areas and promise household help in exchange for shelter, food, and hopefully education. What many families are not … Continue Reading
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Class Notes: 2/12
Class schedule: The class will officially meet every 4:30-5:30 every Tuesday. The purpose of the class will be, hopefully, to keep the entire class up to date on what the different focus groups within the class are doing and other logistical sorts of things, not necessarily to do work. This means that most of our Periclean work will be out … Continue Reading
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