Connecting Minds to What Matters
CRS Programs Reach Across the Globe - So Can Your Classroom
What is it?
The CRS Global Solidarity Network Study e-Broad program (GSN) is a web-based "participatory learning community" that connects students and faculty in the United States to Catholic Relief Services policy experts and technical staff working on the front lines of humanitarian relief and developments around the world.
How does it work?
- For a two-week period, students review short essays and videos prepared by CRS and faculty experts on a particular topic
- Students reflect on the material within an online discussion forum
- Then they meet-up to discuss the topic in a live web-meeting with CRS staff
The purpose of this participatory learning community is to more deeply engage students in global issues of pressing concern (e.g. food security, migration, international development, human trafficking, peacebuilding, etc.). The GSN provides students with real-time information and on-the-ground analysis from CRS expert staff working directly on these issues.
When you use the GSN, you can globalize your class without leaving your college or university.
To learn more visit GSN.CRS.org today!
Will the GSN work for you and your classes? Learn more.
Learn more about GSN at Villanova.
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Upcoming Sessions:
FALL 2011 CRS* GLOBAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK
STUDY e-BROAD
(a multidisciplinary, web-based participatory learning community for classes. For information on what the GSN is, go to: gsn.crs.org)
NEW ISSUE - EXCITING NEW FORMAT
(For more information, see attachment)
"THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA:
NEW REALITY, NEW RESPONSE"
CHOOSE FROM: 3 MINI-SESSIONS or 1 HIGH-PROFILE 2 WEEK SESSION
MINI-SESSIONS:
SEPT. 19-23: "THE POWER OF YOUTH IN BUILDING A PEACEFUL SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA"
OCT. 3-7: "THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES in the Middle East & North Africa" (SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IRAQI REFUGEES)
NOV. 7-11: "HOW YOU CAN RESPOND?"
HI-PROFILE 2 WEEK SESSION:
OCT. 17-28: "CRS' CHALLENGE: Shaping an appropriate response as a U.S. Catholic NGO taking into account Middle Eastern traditions, social contexts & popular aspirations" - Mark Schnellbaecher, CRS Middle East Region Director
* To register, contact: margaret.kowalsky@villanova.edu or suzanne.toton@villanova.edu
*Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official overseas humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Community. It alleviates suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries without regard to race, religion, or nationality.
