Embracing the Messiness: Foundations of Experiential Facilitation
About Join us for an engaging, interactive workshop for students and community members who are interested in building their skills for creative facilitation and experiential forms of teaching. This session will offer helpful ideas for facilitation in settings such as classrooms and community research and activism spaces. The session will be led by the […]
Approaches to Ameliorate the Impact of Climate Change to Women’s Health in Northern Kenya
About The pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya are among the most vulnerable populations to the impact of climate change due to intensifying droughts that are threatening the livelihoods of the people in this region. While climate change has significantly impacted pastoralists communities as a whole, women, in particular, are disproportionately affected by these impacts as […]
Relationships on the Ground: How Community Health Workers Navigate “Community” in Malawi
About Community health workers (CHWs) in Malawi use their positionality—as cultural brokers between communities, NGOs, and the state—to form relationships that make global health work. In mediating program and community goals, CHWs are critical lynchpins in the everyday, unseen work behind global health programs. Without this labor, global community health projects would inevitably fail, as […]
Scaffolding Experiential Education Symposium
About We hosted a symposium on Monday, August 26th, 2024 on “Scaffolding Experiential Education”. This symposium served as a platform for sharing experiential education approaches, discussing challenges, and celebrating successes. Specifically, this event built upon a study we have been doing on experiential education in large junior-level courses. It also addressed the facilitators, barriers, and […]