Each year Miami Students for Peace and Justice plans a spring break trip to a Latin American country. This trip is preceded by a three-credit-hour, student-created class and is followed by a weeklong series of presentations called Globalization Gone Wild.
For our sixth delegation, we will be traveling to Guatemala to study environmental sustainability, workers’ rights, and fair trade issues. The trip will take place from March seventh to fifteenth. We invite Miami University students, faculty, and staff to interact with us through the blog as we prepare for the trip, travel, and reflect on our experience.
Our thanks go out to the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence for sponsoring this blog.
Welcome!
Wed, 02/11/2009 - 16:36 — hollonla
Welcome to the blog for the 2009 Miami University Students for Peace and Justice Delegation to Guatemala!
Our delegation is preceded by a series of classroom lectures from professors from Miami. Guest lecturers include:
Elena Albarrán (Guatemalan History 1890-1954)
Tom Klak (Sustainability & Ecotourism)
Susan Paulson (Women's Issues)
Juan Carlos Albarrán (Immigration)
Jeanne Hey (History of Economics in Latin America)