Reanimating Fair Trade Learning for the Current Moment: Theory and Practice

Program

Reanimating Fair Trade Learning for the Current Moment: Theory and Practice
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM with post-retreat networking session to follow

Facilitated by the Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative in partnership with Child Family Health International, and co-hosted by Georgetown University's Center for Social Justice Research Teaching and Service

Interested in learning more about the theory that shapes Fair Trade Learning (FTL) and better understanding how to apply it? Join this half-day, in-person retreat to delve into examples of how FTL is being applied and how it can be adapted to your program(s), policies, practices and strategy. Open to all community-based global learning educators.

Most host communities that receive international volunteers and service-learning students would like to continue doing so, but under better terms. Fair Trade Learning principles offer practices that “prioritizes reciprocity in relationships” and “foregrounds the goals of economic equity, equal partnership, mutual learning, cooperative and positive social change, transparency, and sustainability” (Hartman, Morris Paris, & Blache-Cohen, 2013).

How do the current principles of FTL speak to the current moment and how might they need to be reanimated? We will ask participants to come with a program, practice, policy or strategy case study from their context that we can workshop together. This interactive workshop will be led by Sam Brandauer, Collaborative co-director and Carolina Bolaños Palmieri, Director of Programs at Child Family Health International -- the Collaborative's hosting organization.

Stay for our post-retreat networking session (5:00-7:00pm, included in registration) sponsored by ISEP Study Abroad!

About the facilitators

Samantha Brandauer is Associate Provost and Executive Director of the Center for Global Study and Engagement at Dickinson College and co-director of the Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative. She currently leads a diverse, global team with staff and faculty in Cameroon, Argentina, England, France, Italy, Germany, New Zealand and Spain. It is the relationships with these incredible individuals who guide the learning and impact of U.S. students in their own local communities that inspires her and fills her with hope that international education can and should lead to creating more just, sustainable and equitable communities.

Carolina Bolaños Palmieri is the Director of Programs at Child Family Health International (CFHI), a United Nations–recognized nonprofit specializing in ethical global health experiential education. In this role, she oversees the development of over 30 virtual and place-based programs in collaboration with CFHI’s 100+ academic partners and teams across 10 countries. Carolina also serves as the Associate Director for the InterAmerican Center for Global Health in Costa Rica, where she designs and facilitates interdisciplinary curricula that promote ethical, community-centered learning.

Location

Georgetown University's Capitol Campus
Capitol Overlook at 111 Massachusetts Ave NW
Room 8404

How to get there: Near Union Station Metro stop, very accessible by public transportation

Registration Rates

Community-based Global Learning Collaborative Non-member = $199
Community-based Global Learning Collaborative Member = $99