Re: Critical Service-Learning

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Hi Harold and All: 

At globalsl.org, we have been pulling together resources that relate to these themes for a few years (including a recent reflective blog post from Tania Mitchell). Thinking about this framework and alternative breaks makes me think of a few related posts and resources there: 

• Haiti Compact Co-Founders share 10 tips for meaningful reflection on alternative breaks, drawing on their justice-oriented framework
• Creating nuanced conversations, a 'learning service' video series by Claire Bennett & Daniela Papi 
• The Ethics of International Development: A Video on Voluntourism from the University of British Columbia 
• Fair Trade Learning: A Framework for Ethical Standards in Global University-Community Engagement - a framework that has been developing through the participation of a broad coalition of community, NGO, and university partners 
• And a sample syllabus for a global service-learning course developed through Amizade Global Service-Learning and its partnerships with a number of communities and universities. 

I choose to emphasize the list above based on popularity of the posts / resources or other feedback I've received from faculty, staff, and community partners. Many more additional, related resources are on the site. 

The site will be re-launched in August, and will feature steady updates throughout the upcoming academic year. In addition to more formally partnering with a group of universities interested in careful and conscientious global university-community engagement, we're also thrilled that we will have the opportunity to share resources related to the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning's special section on global service-learning this fall. 

Please, as you and your colleagues further interrogate these areas, keep our guest blog opportunities in mind. 

I am also interested in learning more about your sharing and research initiative. 

Best Wishes, 

Eric 

Eric Hartman, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor in the School of Leadership Studies at Kansas State University, where our mission is to develop knowledgeable, ethical, caring, inclusive leaders for a diverse and changing world.

Editor & Co-Founder, globalsl.org