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Arianna TaboadaMichal OsterweilApril 19th, 2012CCPH 15th Anniversary ConferenceHouston, TX

Partnership Developmentin a Global Context

+OBJECTIVES

Describe the Campus Y and how it fits within service learning and global engagement at UNC

Share lessons learned in the process of developing curriculum for critical reflection on service learning in a global setting

Describe useful tools and materials used to address ethical in global partnership development

+THE WHAT

What is the Campus Y?

How do we fit into the global engagement plan at UNC?

+CAMPUS Y GLOBAL

19 student led committees

International Summer Travel Fellowships

Global Gap Year Fellowship Program

+CAMPUS Y GLOBAL

19 student led committees

International Summer Travel Fellowships

Global Gap Year Fellowship Program

MISSING INGREDIENT: infrastructure and student resources!

+GLOBAL PROGRAMS

Safety, security, and other logistics

Speaker series

Retreat

Global orientation on ethics and culture

+WHERE TO START?

Post summer interviews led to the themes of our work:

White Privilege/American Ethnocentrism

Legacies of Development and Service

Anti-American Sentiment

+WHAT TO DO NEXT?

Combination of:

1) theoretical background (speaker series)

2) embodied experiences (retreat/GO!)

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LET’S

SEE

SOME

EXAMPLES…

+QUESTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE Am I projecting my experience, cultural norms or values

onto this person/ group?

Am I hanging on to a preconceived notion of how things should be/ how this should go / what is right?

Am I assuming that I know best, or better, what someone needs?

Am I personalizing something that is much larger than me / this moment?

Am I truly listening to those around me, and working to build trust and partnership?

+GO! Ethics

Becoming an ethical agent, requires three key competencies:  

Humility, Respect, and Caution. 

In order to develop these skills, participants will become aware of power inequalities, ethnocentrism, and the potential to do harm (both in research and as a service provider).

+GO! ResponsibilityCultivating a sense of responsibility requires being:

Informed, Reflective and Accountable.

Being informed requires doing basic research on the location’s history, culture, geography, government and other context specific knowledge. Being reflective is an active and intentional practice requiring the ongoing questioning and thoughtful engagement of your experience. Holding yourself accountable for your professional and personal actions, as well as for the health & safety of yourself and others .

+GO! Realistic ExpectationsHaving realistic expectations involves:

Contextual understanding and flexibility

This entails having an understanding of the history and problems of “development” projects; recognizing the limitations & barriers of you work (both project-based and personal), and being aware of the particularities of the local context. 

+GO! Sustainable

Being sustainable requires taking into consideration:

Longer term impacts and effects of ones’ work

The only truly sustainable outcome of your project will be your own learning.

+NEXT STEPS

Building on power of retreat and other activities

Culture shift in how service work is conceptualized and practiced

Tools for students to use in their committee work

Specifically addressing gender/sexuality