+ Arianna Taboada Michal Osterweil April 19 th, 2012 CCPH 15 th Anniversary Conference Houston, TX Partnership Development in a Global Context

+ OBJECTIVES Describe the Campus Y and how it fits within service learning and global engagement at UNC Share lessons learned in the process of developing curriculum for critical reflection on service learning in a global setting Describe useful tools and materials used to address ethical in global partnership development

+ THE WHAT What is the Campus Y? How do we fit into the global engagement plan at UNC?

+ CAMPUS Y GLOBAL 19 student led committees International Summer Travel Fellowships Global Gap Year Fellowship Program

+ CAMPUS Y GLOBAL 19 student led committees International Summer Travel Fellowships Global Gap Year Fellowship Program MISSING INGREDIENT: infrastructure and student resources!

+ GLOBAL PROGRAMS Safety, security, and other logistics Speaker series Retreat Global orientation on ethics and culture

+ WHERE TO START? Post summer interviews led to the themes of our work: White Privilege/American Ethnocentrism Legacies of Development and Service Anti-American Sentiment

+ WHAT TO DO NEXT? Combination of: 1) theoretical background (speaker series) 2) embodied experiences (retreat/GO!)

+ LET’S SEE SOME EXAMPLES…

+ QUESTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE Am I projecting my experience, cultural norms or values onto this person/ group? Am I hanging on to a preconceived notion of how things should be/ how this should go / what is right? Am I assuming that I know best, or better, what someone needs? Am I personalizing something that is much larger than me / this moment? Am I truly listening to those around me, and working to build trust and partnership?

+ GO! Ethics Becoming an ethical agent, requires three key competencies: Humility, Respect, and Caution. In order to develop these skills, participants will become aware of power inequalities, ethnocentrism, and the potential to do harm (both in research and as a service provider).

+ GO! Responsibility Cultivating a sense of responsibility requires being: Informed, Reflective and Accountable. Being informed requires doing basic research on the location’s history, culture, geography, government and other context specific knowledge. Being reflective is an active and intentional practice requiring the ongoing questioning and thoughtful engagement of your experience. Holding yourself accountable for your professional and personal actions, as well as for the health & safety of yourself and others.

+ GO! Realistic Expectations Having realistic expectations involves: Contextual understanding and flexibility This entails having an understanding of the history and problems of “development” projects; recognizing the limitations & barriers of you work (both project-based and personal), and being aware of the particularities of the local context.

+ GO! Sustainable Being sustainable requires taking into consideration: Longer term impacts and effects of ones’ work The only truly sustainable outcome of your project will be your own learning.

+ NEXT STEPS Building on power of retreat and other activities Culture shift in how service work is conceptualized and practiced Tools for students to use in their committee work Specifically addressing gender/sexuality