Posted by NWA VISTA on Friday, May 13, 2011,
To kickoff AmeriCorps Week on the right foot, CNS organized a small event to gather VISTA Alums in the area. At this event, I interacted with VISTA Alums who served from 60s to present. Theme of the night revolved around sharing one’s VISTA experience. Alums who shared their stories came from diverse background and all have accomplished very interesting things. Different decades had different themes related to them. For example – VISTAs who served in 1960s and 1970s were trained to be com...
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Justice Talking - The History Teacher
Posted by NWA VISTA on Friday, January 14, 2011,
Back in October I had an opportunity to attend a Justice
Talking training. Justice talking is an exercise designed to invite reflection
about civically engaged activity. The rationale behind this exercise is that
civically engaged people (can be anyone VISTAs, your co-workers, volunteers,
etc.) want to think more deeply and to talk more comfortably with colleagues
about the beliefs and opinions that inform their activity. Moreover, this
dialogue through reflection will help strengthen the ...
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