GLI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE:LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT II

S E R V I C E L E A R N I N G I N W O M E N A N D G L O B A L P O L I T I C S

D R . J E N N I F E R L E I G H D I S N E Y

A S S O C I A T E P R O F E S S O R O F P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E

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HOW IS GLOBAL DEFINED BY THE GLOBAL LEARNING INITIATIVE (GLI)?

GLOBAL: “LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND/OR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT MAY DIFFER FROM ONE’S OWN CULTURE.”

HTTP://WWW2.WINTHROP.EDU/GLI/THEGLOBALLEARNINGINITIATIVEALLAUDIENCES.PDF

HOW IS A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE COURSE DEFINED BY THE TOUCHSTONE PROGRAM?

“THE COURSE DEALS PRIMARILY WITH SOCIETIES AND CULTURES OUTSIDE THE DOMINANT HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES.”

“THE COURSE RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF THE MODERN WORLD.”

(TOUCHSTONE PROGRAM COURSE APPLICATION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE COMPONENT, HTTP://WWW2.WINTHROP.EDU/UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE/TOUCHSTONE/FORMS/PROPOSALS.HTM)

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #1

THIS CLASS WILL INCLUDE A SERVICE LEARNING/DIRECT ACTION PROJECT. EACH OF YOU

WILL BE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER AT ONE OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN ROCK HILL WITH A

WOMEN, GENDER, RACE, CLASS, ETHNICITY, SEXUALITY AND/OR FAMILY COMPONENT: A PLACE FOR HOPE (IMPOVERISHED AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

RESOURCE CENTER), INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK (PROVIDES PLACES TO STAY AND SUPPORT FOR

HOMELESS FAMILIES); PILGRIM’S INN (EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING, AND HOUSING FOR WOMEN

AND CHILDREN), ST. ANNE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH (VIETNAMESE AND LATINO ESL CLASSES); THE

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF YORK COUNTY (IMMIGRANT CITIZENSHIP CLASSES AND UNITED WAY LATINA

BATTERED WOMEN PROGRAM); THE CATAWBA INDIAN RESERVATION; CATAWBA CARE COALITION (HIV/AIDS).

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #1

SERVICE LEARNING IS DESIGNED TO BE 50% SERVICE AND 50% LEARNING. SO, YOU WILL BOTH: (1) PROVIDE A NEEDED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

WITH WHICH YOU CHOOSE TO WORK; AND (2) LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND THE

WOMEN IN THAT COMMUNITY AND SHARE WHAT YOU LEARN THROUGH A DIRECT ACTION PROJECT DONE ON

THE WINTHROP UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. YOU CAN SELECT A PARTICULAR ISSUE (WOMEN’S HEALTH, WOMEN’S

ACCESS TO EDUCATION, REPRODUCTIVE AND SEXUAL RIGHTS) OR THEME (CULTURE, LANGUAGE, RACE, CLASS,

SEXUALITY, ETHNICITY) TO EXAMINE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WITH WHICH YOU ARE

WORKING. YOU CAN WORK ALONE, IN A PAIR, OR IN A GROUP. I WANT YOU TO THINK CREATIVELY AND

MAKE A POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE AND IN OUR CAMPUS

COMMUNITY.

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #1

THE SERVICE LEARNING COMPONENT OF THE CLASS IS 20% OF YOUR GRADE AND WILL CONSIST OF: (1) 15

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS; (2) ONE DIRECT ACTION PROJECT HERE ON CAMPUS CREATIVELY DESIGNED BY YOU TO EDUCATE THE WINTHROP COMMUNITY ABOUT

YOUR ISSUE, ORGANIZATION, OR CLASS OF WOMEN; (3) ONE 1 PAGE DIRECT ACTION REPORT, WHERE YOU TELL

ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OR WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO FOR YOUR DIRECT ACTION ON CAMPUS; (4) ONE 2 PAGE

CRITICAL/REFLECTIVE ESSAY ON YOUR SERVICE LEARNING AND DIRECT ACTION PROJECTS, BASED ON A

CULMINATION OF YOUR REFLECTIONS MADE THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER.

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #2

I WILL ASK EACH OF YOU TO WORK IN PAIRS TO EXPLORE THE LIVES/ORAL HISTORIES OF EITHER: (1) THE WOMEN OF THE BLACKMON ROAD COMMUNITY; (2) THE WOMEN OF THE LATINA COMMUNITY OF ROCK HILL; OR (3) THE

WOMEN OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY OF ROCK HILL.

SERVICE LEARNING IS DESIGNED TO BE 50% SERVICE AND 50% LEARNING. SO, YOU WILL BOTH: (1) PROVIDE A NEEDED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WITH WHICH YOU

CHOOSE TO WORK; AND (2) LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY BY UTILIZING INTERVIEWING

METHODOLOGY AND CONDUCTING AN ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW OF A WOMAN IN THE COMMUNITY.

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #2

COLLECTING THE STORIES OF WOMEN WHO REPRESENT MARGINALIZED, UNDERREPRESENTED, AND/OR

UNDEREXAMINED GROUPS, SUCH AS WOMEN OF COLOR AND POOR OR WORKING CLASS WOMEN, IS NOT ONLY

NECESSARY TO FILL THE HOLES OF HISTORY, AND ESSENTIAL TO CRITIQUE EXISTING AND CONSTRUCT

NEW THEORIES OF FEMINIST AGENCY, BUT THE PROCESS ITSELF IS ALSO OFTEN EMPOWERING TO WOMEN

THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH THE WORLD. WE WILL WORK AS A CLASS TO CREATE THE SLATE OF INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND

DISCUSS ALL OF THE ISSUES CONNECTED TO THIS TYPE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, INCLUDING

CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMED CONSENT.

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT #2

THE SERVICE LEARNING COMPONENT OF THE CLASS IS 30% OF YOUR GRADE AND WILL

CONSIST OF: (1) 20 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS;

(2) 1 COMPLETED INTERVIEW AND TRANSCRIPT;

(3) ONE 5 PAGE CRITICAL/REFLECTIVE ESSAY BASED ON A CULMINATION OF YOUR

REFLECTIONS MADE THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER.

WOMEN AND GLOBAL POLITICSSERVICE LEARNING ASSIGNMENT

A MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO LINK

FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE IN YOUR OWN LIVES.

CHANDRA TALPADE MOHANTY’S FEMINISM WITHOUT BORDERS:

DECOLONIZING THEORY, PRACTICING SOLIDARITY

(DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003) IS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE HERE.

THEORIES AND METHODS OF INTERSECTIONALITY ARE GLOBAL

INTERSECTIONALITY IS THE RECOGNITION THAT MULTIPLE

IDENTITIES (GENDER, RACE, CLASS, NATIONALITY, ETHNICITY, SEXUALITY)

AND SYSTEMS OF POWER AND OPPRESSION (PATRIARCHY, SEXISM,

RACISM, CLASSISM, CAPITALISM, IMPERIALISM, HOMOPHOBIA) OPERATE IN

SIMULTANEOUS AND INTERSECTING WAYS IN THE HUMAN CONDITION AND

THE COMMITMENT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ACCORDINGLY.