First Steps

Greetings 2018 GALACTIC Global Arts Infusion Facilitators, 

Thanks so much for your work during orientation and we hope you had a restful holiday weekend. Let's move forward with the planning. Here are a few first steps:

PERSONAL BLOGS

1. In your personal blog, share a one paragraph intro with a photo (your choice). Here are some examples from previous years that you may find as useful sources of inspiration: [1] [2] [3].

2. Please give your blog a personalized name and look. Send the name and link to Shareef. I spotted a cat on one blog! Nice.
 

3. Each week, please check out at least 3 personal blogs and say hi to someone that you did not get a chance to hang with as much at the training.

GROUPS I, II, III, IV

1. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SHORT PARAGRAPH:

By June 10th, we hope to replace the above numbers with the title for your courses. You can begin your work in your google doc by drafting a couple of names PLUS a short paragraph description of the course. This is just a working draft of course and hopefully you will get input from facilitators from other groups. 

2. Start to work in a google doc on the blog-bridge on developing your course - Shareef is available to provide technical assistance and Vesna and I are available for content feedback and bouncing around ideas. 

GENERAL

Galactic Global Infusion Orientation slides (2018-05-09)

Access to Water

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

https://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Water-Based-Story/dp/0547577311/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526762927&sr=8-1&keywords=a+long+walk+to+water

Book is focused on Salva Dut living in Sudan and it's told alongside another thread with a young girl's story and her eight hour walk to water each day. It's a quick - meant for upper elementary. You could either read it or read up about this true story online to give your students context or background information about the topic.

Salva Dut has a TED talk and there are other videos of interviews with him.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ted+talk+salva+dut&view=detail&mid=F57862B3ED4D206BC2A8F57862B3ED4D206BC2A8&FORM=VIRE

Supply List Ideas

Ideas for Supplies Needed

1. poster board 
2. poster markers 
3. pencils 
4. large post-it paper
5. sticky notes 

Bloomington Human Rights Commission on Labor Trafficking

http://www.magbloom.com/2014/04/human-trafficking-not-just-a-problem-in-other-places/

Where am I eating? Kelsey Timmerman

http://whereamiwearing.com/books/where-am-i-eating/

Failitator Groups

Dylan Miner Métis Artist

Greetings Everyone,

Here is a link for Dylan Miner, a Métis artist whose work deals with immigration, labor, and resources. 

Dylan Miner Métis Artist
Best,
MaryClaire

Motherism Book - an African Alternative to Feminism

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6mAMwQqpXlyTFdEcUZiVzNXcW9zZ0V5MGdGVmZhTE1PWmdB/view?usp=sharing

Hate Thy Neighbour-- Exploring Feminism

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6g9rdy

Indigenous Cosmologies

http://pza.sanbi.org/hoodia-gordonii
https://www.amazon.com/Reinventing-Hoodia-Peoples-Feminist-Technosciences/dp/0295742178

The Hoodia gordonii plant is one that the Indigenous San peoples fight with outsiders about in South Africa. Professor Laura Foster is Gender Studies works with the San peoples and the Hoodia plant to think about intellectual property. The Hoodia plant is used for many reasons for the San peoples while Unilever came in and used it for dieting. If you look  at the link above, the plant looks very different from the pictures on Google. The introductory chapter of Professor Foster's book will be extremely helpful. I think Wells Library has a copy.

My name is Daniel....

Hi Friends!  My name is Daniel Zapata.  I'm very excited to be here. (this is a test)