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