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Sustainability for Hogares Sanos Program
We (the 2013s) met with the 2016s today for about an hour to further discuss the sustainability of Hogares Sanos next year. It was a great turnout! Close to ten 2016s came and seemed very eager and ready to give Hogares Sanos a whirl. I think it’s safe to say the Hispanic women we’ve been working with are just as … Continue Reading
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2013 Class Notes – Monday, May 6
1. Leaders of the 21st Century organizer, Kevin Otos, came to brainstorm and give us some tips: -What do we want the audience to walk away with? -How many people do we want to present? -Celebration of our accomplishments, our opportunity to share with the audience -Mission of the Periclean program -Potential approach: our journey through Periclean -Went over logistics: … Continue Reading
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Technology Session
Thomas (far left) is very tech-savvy and taught about basic computer skills today. Nick (second from right) is a 2016 and came to check out the session and meet us and the women. Jennie helping some of the women. They learned how to search on Google, how to copy and paste, and other simple skills. Blanca was kind enough to … Continue Reading
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Stoles have arrived
Thanks, Eliza, for being an awesome model! The name of the village where we got them means “Bat House,” hence the bats. As far as the sun, I can’t remember a specific reason why we did that. I think we just thought it would look nice and it was easy for the women to sew.
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“Illegal” Immigrants??
Big news regarding immigration…and the power of words. Thought I’d share. AP no longer using “illegal immigrant” What do y’all think?
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Video on Immigration
http://illegalmovie.org/ This video has a lot to do with what our class has been studying, so I thought I’d share it. Hope everyone is enjoying break! Here is the trailer:
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PODs this week
Our class met for about three hours today to finalize the POD presentation and figure out what else we have to do before the big day(s). We present Wednesday at 9:25 and 12:15 and Thursday at 8 and 2:20. It’s a Powerpoint with mostly pictures and then quite a few video clips of Skype sessions with Isra and segments from … Continue Reading
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POD Planning Update
On March 20th and 21st our class will be presenting about immigration to several Global classes. We have broken the immigration process down to four sections (Life in Mexico, Journey to America, Life in America, Return Home) and will be using the story of a friend of ours to add context. Isra, seen below in the red shirt, was deported … Continue Reading
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