Sunday, February 11, 2018
Do No Harm
An excerpt from the Huffington Post -
When Volunteering Abroad Does More Harm Than Good
By Noelle Sullivan, Guest Writer
“Voluntourism” is a booming multibillion-dollar industry. Many volunteer placement companies market themselves as sustainable, helpful, even crucial.
However, there’s a growing body of scholarship demonstrating that the potential inadvertent harms of short-term international volunteering often outweigh the positives. Voluntourism can reinforce paternalism, expecting hosting communities to be passive and grateful “recipients.” Volunteers’ efforts often shirk pressing issues like infrastructure and resource shortages, or unknowingly duplicate existing resources. Sociologist Judith Lasker finds most global health volunteering benefits the sending organizations and the volunteers more than the host communities. Anthropologist Nicole Berry’s work reveals that volunteer medical missioners often prioritize their own interests rather than local needs.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-sullivan-volunteering-abroad_us_5a7de894e4b044b3821d1627
When Volunteering Abroad Does More Harm Than Good
By Noelle Sullivan, Guest Writer
“Voluntourism” is a booming multibillion-dollar industry. Many volunteer placement companies market themselves as sustainable, helpful, even crucial.
However, there’s a growing body of scholarship demonstrating that the potential inadvertent harms of short-term international volunteering often outweigh the positives. Voluntourism can reinforce paternalism, expecting hosting communities to be passive and grateful “recipients.” Volunteers’ efforts often shirk pressing issues like infrastructure and resource shortages, or unknowingly duplicate existing resources. Sociologist Judith Lasker finds most global health volunteering benefits the sending organizations and the volunteers more than the host communities. Anthropologist Nicole Berry’s work reveals that volunteer medical missioners often prioritize their own interests rather than local needs.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-sullivan-volunteering-abroad_us_5a7de894e4b044b3821d1627
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Making Hockey History
From CNN -
For the first time in Olympic history, an African-American is playing for a US hockey team
By Meridith Edwards, CNN
Video by Madeleine Stix, CNN
Jordan Greenway hasn't yet finished college, but he's already made history: He's the first African-American competing on a Olympic US hockey team.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/sport/olympics-hockey-first-african-american-greenway-trnd/index.html
For the first time in Olympic history, an African-American is playing for a US hockey team
By Meridith Edwards, CNN
Video by Madeleine Stix, CNN
Jordan Greenway hasn't yet finished college, but he's already made history: He's the first African-American competing on a Olympic US hockey team.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/sport/olympics-hockey-first-african-american-greenway-trnd/index.html
Friday, February 9, 2018
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Jobs? What Jobs?
From Propublica -
What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?
Since the election, President Trump has made 31 specific claims about companies adding or saving American jobs thanks to his intervention. We went back to see what’s become of those announcements.
By Isaac Arnsdorf and Lena Groeger
http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump-job-promises#nws=mcnewsletter
What Happened to All the Jobs Trump Promised?
Since the election, President Trump has made 31 specific claims about companies adding or saving American jobs thanks to his intervention. We went back to see what’s become of those announcements.
By Isaac Arnsdorf and Lena Groeger
http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump-job-promises#nws=mcnewsletter
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
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