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City Kid Chronicles: From East Village to, uh, Actual Village
October 16, 2011For the past few years, Sam, Srilekha, and I have all been living in New York, a place where the word “village” refers to a kind of cultural hamlet, a neighborhood with a certain self-conscious style and character. The West[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged digital storytelling, fieldnotes, The Modern Story | Leave a commentSt. Peter Paul’s School for the Disabled
September 7, 2010One of the schools our group was afforded the opportunity to work was a school which focused on educating mentally and physically handicapped children. During our visit we worked with the students on a variety of art projects and were[]
Posted in Field Notes | Tagged fieldnotes, India, service/learning, volunteer | Leave a commentBC-Learning about Indian Social Justice Issues
September 27, 2009BC students spent several days visiting Indian NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that work with a variety of social justice issues in India such as Dalit rights, gender discrimination, and child trafficking. They learned about microcredit provided through women’s self-help groups and[]
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