The Global Citizenship Campus Initiative
This is a half baked description (definition is ongoing) of the Initiative:
In a nutshell, it's like most compelling educational events on campus. Participants are really encouraged to participate in engaging real-world issues (like by watching, critiquing/roasting a movie in the company of some professors). But just when we've seen what the issue at hand is and why it's important, the SEA plans to follow up with answers to what we can do.
In other words, it's all about informing, educating, and empowering people to take sustainable action. I should mention that fun will likely be involved too as soon as cleverness graces our scheme.
For a more formal (but still baking) description:
In collaboration with other departments and student organizations, we plan to address topics of global citizenship to re-establish and foster a comprehensively sustainable community.
Through interactive and engaging events, students are invited to analyze, discuss, and evaluate various topics which share similar strategies and solutions in the way we approach and communicate the world.
In specific, students, faculty, and staff are invited to join one another in objectively and critically examining every day items (like food or roads), events, media (such as common news sources, art, etc.), and issues on topics of nationalism, gender inequality, homophobia, classism, racism, extremism, and specieism. In doing so, we hope to share and establish actionable strategies for non-violent dispute resolution through compassion and persuasive argumentation.
Care to join us?
Here's the current line up:
At UM-Dearborn's Global Fest March 18th
Kochoff Hall Room 1225
Jim McGrath & Nature Discovery Reptiles and Amphibians Exhibit
Jim will also speak on issues of Environmental Citizenship, and share with participants how to sustainably engage the environment from wherever you may be.
Earth Day April 22
? In ponderance
English Club would like to work with us, and we'd like to work with a few others too...
Have any ideas? Let us know! greenwolverines@ymail.com
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