Progress Report #2

Our group has really been working hard in the last week. We met tonight to see progress on each of our individual parts. Austin did an awesome job with the video! He obviously put some time into it, and I think it'll be a great opener for our presentation. Cloe finished the picture power-point and compiled some great sources for us. Sandhya has an interview set up with Dr. Rahman for later in the week. I've started on the flyer portion of our presentation as well. Things are really coming together! We've had a minor set back with a few of our members dropping the class, but we know we'll be able to finish on time. We're pretty far ahead of the game, and we're excited with what we have done so far. 

Works Cited

"Al-Nakba Refugees Picture Gallery." Hanini. Mike Odetalla, n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2012. <http://www.hanini.org/Al-Nakbagallery.html>.

"In Pictures: Palestinian Refugee Pictures." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2012. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/middle_east_palestinian_refugee_children/

html/1.stm>.

"In Pictures: Syria Before the Syrian Civil War." Demotix. Demotix, 25 July 2010. Web. 20 Sept.

2012. <http://www.demotix.com/news/1354869/pictures-syria-syrian-civil-war#media-1354808>.

"Palestinian Refugees from Iraq Resettle in Chile." The Electronic Intifada. Electronic Intifada, 8 Apr.

2008. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://electronicintifada.net/content/palestine-refugees-iraq-resettled-chile/7457>.

"Refugees of Palestine - In Pictures." Occupied Palestine. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/palestinians-in-refugee-camps/>.

Progress Report #2

Currently our group members are actively researching and gathering information to build their case for the assigned part of our action campaign. We have met and discussed deadlines for finalizing sources and the message that everyone wants to get across during our action campaign presentation. Our next step is meeting as a group so we can integrate our work into a clear and effective campaign.

 Works Cited

"A Web Resource for Combatting Human Trafficking." HumanTrafficking.org. Academy for
Development, 2006. Web. 15 September 2012. 

 

"Enslaved in America: Sex Trafficking in the United States." Women's Funding Network. n.p.
2012. Web 15 September 2012.

 

George, Shelly. "The Strong Arm Of The Law Is Weak: How The Trafficking Victims
Protection Act Fails ToAssist Effectively Victims Of The Sex Trade." Creighton Law Review 45.3 (2012): 563-580. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

Gentleman, Amelia. "Katya's story: trafficked to the UK, sent home to torture." Guardian [UK]  18 4 2011, n. pag. Web. 30 Sep. 2012. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/apr/19/sex- trafficking-uk-legal-reform>.

Smessaert, Amy. "Super Bowl Anti-Trafficking Initiative." Super Bowl Anti-Trafficking
 Initiative. Sisters of  the Holy Cross, 11 Jan. 2012. Web. 30 Sept. 2012. <http://www.cscsisters.org/aboutus/media/releases/Pages/anti-trafficking.aspx>.

 

Smith, Heather. "Sex Trafficking: Trends, Challenges, And The Limitations Of International
Law." Human Rights Review 12.3 (2011): 271-286. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 Sept. 2012.

“Who We Are.” Who We Are. N.p., n.d.  Web. 29 Sept. 2012. <http://www.catwinternational.org
 /WhoWeAre>.

Question for Professor Quigley

After the atrocities that transpired in World War II, the United Nations General Assembly seemed quick to want to right the wrongs they witnessed. For example, just one day after the UDHR was ratified, it adopted its first legally binding text regarding the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes of Genocide. This convention came on the heels of the Nuremburg and Tokyo trials. Considering the systematic address of human rights by the international community was so novel, do you think the UN got ahead of its by enacting these revolutionary documents in such quick succession? Do you think their eagerness helped or hindered the enactment of state practices that protected the human rights outlined by the documents?

Darfur question for Dr. Quigley

How did Germany react to the idea of the UDHR? What kind of an international role do they play in supporting it today?

Question for Professor Quigley

What are some of the struggles with the prosecution of human rights violations or crimes against humanity in a case like the Nuremburg trials? 

Quigley Question

You write a lot about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so what sort of steps would you suggest taking to reach a compromise between the two peoples? Do you believe a two state is practical and possible, considering the years of conflict? How long do you think it will take before the conflict is resolved?

Progress Report #2

Right now, our group members are reading and understanding our current sources. We are also actively searching for more sources such as songs and video clips. We are discussing how our final project will shape out and finalizing all of our sources.

Works Cited

"Family Guy Aids Song." YouTube. YouTube, 03 Sept. 2008. Web. 30 Sept. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N3dI-j6enA>.

Ford, Michael Thomas. The Voices of AIDS: Twelve Unforgettable People Talk about How AIDS Has Changed Their Lives. New York: Morrow Junior, 1995. Print.

Jackson, Michael. "We Are the World." Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones, 1985. MP3.

Kramer, Larry. The Tragedy of Today's Gays. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2005. Print.

Professor Quigley Question

 You wrote an article about Obama's unlawful use of drones, are any of his other policies violating human rights? How do you think the upcoming election will affect the United State's policy on torture?

Darfur-Question for Peck

What was it like having to watch the genocide from the US and how did you deal with it? Did you ever get frustrated with the United States reaction to what was happening?

Questions for Rutonesha

After you were arrested and held for "treason and trying to overthrow the government," what was life in prison like? What kept you sane while you were held for no reason with 3,000 others in such a small space for 6 months? How did you keep your dreams of coming to America alive even though you were put through such horrors and knew that your family could be subjected to the same kind of thing if you were able to leave? 

-HT group

Question

What was it like being a Rwandan in the US watching the genocide from afar through the news? Did you and your wife feel isolated surrounded by people with no connection to Rwanda? Were you able to find other Rwandan people in your community to commiserate with during this time? Did Americans seem apathetic or uninformed regarding the genocide or did you find them supportive and knowledgeable?

Article Discussions

Sorry this post is a bit late!

Last week during class discussion we connected a few topics we read about with our topic for our refugee project. Gandhi's article was full of quotes relating to being peaceful and nonviolent in protesting. While we believed that this was a good message, we tried to think what the Palestinians would think of the same article. We thought that a direct threat of violence can't always be met with protesting and nonviolence. As the Palestinians, we might think that we can't be passive or protest in such a situation-- that we're being kicked off our land and it's necessary for some violence. When you see an Israeli army, you can't just pick up a picket and protest. You would feel like you must do more. 

It was interesting to think of things from this perspective. Gandhi's article is so well written and makes so much sense, but as you try to apply it to current situations, it becomes less manageable and possible. 

Question-GB

 What was it like having to the make the decision to leave your friends and family behind? Were other people doing the same thing, or were you one of the only people who had the courage to protect yourself and get out?

CED Group Mueller Question:

In your article, you argue that ethnic war is not as all-encompassing as its definition leads people to believe, but rather is carried by opportunistic, often non-ideological thugs operating under the guise of ideological-driven leaders while the majority of people stand by in confusion, disbelief or indifference. Even if most people did not actively participate in the killings, aren’t they guilty by silence? They may not have had the same nationalistic vehemence as the state leaders or bloodthirst as the “thugs,” but didn’t they indirectly participate by allowing their state to get to such a place where this was possible? Would you argue that the Holocaust was not an ethnic war of antisemitic Germans against the Jewish people, but rather a war led by zealous leaders who organized opportunistic, non-ideological Germans?

Human Trafficking - Mueller Question

Do to that fact that policing forces often refrain from intervening during these conflicts in order to protect lives from their own country, how do you suggest international policing approach problems with ethnic wars in the future?

Darfur- Mueller Question

Question for Mueller What specific attributes classify the genocide in Darfur as a political war more so than an ethnic war?

Muller Question Aids group

Although I understand why foriegn powers don't utilize their armies due to potential casualties, why does it take so long for such professional intervention (us generals strategy) or guidance to eliminate a strong but cowardly uprising?

Human Trafficking Event Flyer

https://docs.google.com/open?id=1NTnmdrsV3EE2stUxlXsyZzrXPSbSvaHu-JWh86g2wJhTs7jz9_1GdDa2FqIU

HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MEDIA

PANEL DISCUSSION:

O C T O B E R 2 5 , 2 0 12
5 : 30 – 7P M

INDIANA MEMORIAL
UNION--WALNUT ROOM

PRESENTERS:

Yana Hashamova, Mershon Center for International Security
Studies, Ohio State University

Lesley Yarranton, Journalist, UK

Jon Daggy, Detective, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police, Indiana

Hosted By: International Studies Program and
College of Arts & Sciences-Themester

FACILITATOR:

Stepanka Korytova, Ph.D.
International Studies Program &
Center for the Study of Global Change
Indiana University-Bloomington

Meuller Questions

1) Are there any other examples of situations like in Yugoslavia and Rwanda that appear to be ethnic wars, but are actually something else, in recent history/currently happening? 

2) Which forms of international intervention do you suggest are the best methods for dealing with similar situations? (Sanctions, U.N. peacekeeping troops, independent nations sending troops...)

3) Looking at the development of the wars in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, do you see any similar patterns happening in our world today, and if so, how and where?

Library Resources

Here are links to some resources we found that are available at the library.

Here is an article called How To End The Genocide In Darfur And Why It Won't Happen.

http://ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=43251486&site=eds-live&scope=site

And here is a list of sources that came up when we searched Darfur AND genocide AND history

http://ezproxy.lib.indiana.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=Darfur+AND+genocide+AND+history&cli0=FT&clv0=Y&type=0&site=eds-live&scope=site

You can put in your own search just capitalize AND to include more keywords, NOT to exclude articles with that keyword, and OR for keywords that are interchangeable

Hope this helps!

History of Darfur

History of Darfur

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article11445

helpful global NP links

Here are some good search engines if you are looking for global newspapers.

These are all in English and you can choose by country:
http://www.inkdrop.net/dave/news.html

This site offers newspapers sorted by country and global magazines sorted by area of interest.
http://www.world-newspapers.com/

Here is another link sorted by country which includes both foreign language and English versions of global newspapers
http://www.newspaperindex.com/

Hope this helps anyone who is having trouble locating articles!

Mueller ?s

In your article, The Banality of "Ethnic War" you mentioned that the "thugs" in Rwanda could have been easily overpowered by a military force, but international communities have "extremely low tolerance for casualties in peacekeeping ventures." What do you think would have to occur in order for other countries to get involved in these peacekeeping ventures? Or what would be a potential motivation for a country to get involved that would overpower the fear of casualties?

Do you think the "ethnic wars" of Rwanda and Yugoslavia can be compared to the War on Terror why or why not?

Why did you decide to pursue studies in both dance and political science? Have you found any connections between the two?

Darfur Presentation Idea

http://prezi.com/ I think someone mentioned using this instead of powerpoint. I haven't tried using it yet but I know we can all add things to it like a google + document. This might be a much easier way to combine all of our info into a presentation. What do you guys think?

Activists Beyond Borders Article + Gitmo

We found that the idea of the "Boomerang Effect" directly relates to our action group on Guantanamo  Bay. With the Boomerang Effect, many NGOs and activist groups are voicing concerns and stating opinions to the people that can facilitate change. However, those with the authority to change are unresponsive and the activist groups are back to where they started. The Boomerang Effect shows how groups will continue to go back and forth but are essentially placed between two road blocks. This theory is similar to the case of Guantanamo Bay, where a lot of people are voicing opinions and complaining to try and get it shut down. However, there is very little response from the government concerning this. The CIA shows no sign of giving in or making changes and neither do the activist groups. Therefore, there is a very obvious case of the Boomerang Effect happening even in today's society.

Keck Article and Campaign Advocacy

We discussed the Keck article and how it relates to the advocacy groups we will be looking at. We will look at how they use symbolic politics, informational politics, leverage politics and accountability politics. We will also look at how the campaigns we research work with people on a local level.

Darfur: NGO article

We are going to talk about how NGOs and advocacy networks have been used to combat the problem of genocide in Darfur.

AIDS - Gandhi

Gandhi said to train yourself to have a non-violent state of mind.  AIDS, as we know, has many terrible stereotypes and the people affected by the disease are often plagued by violence and discrimination from those who are unaware of the cruel realities of HIV/AIDS.  As a society as a whole, if more people apply Gandhi's beliefs of non-violence and "the law of love" to their lives, the situation of those who are HIV/AIDS positive will improve.

9/17 Blog Keck, Ghandi Readings

We felt that the Keck and Ghandi readings related to Human Trafficking because idea of transnationalism- the advocacy groups are more effective in combating Human Trafficking if they have a transnational network because it is a transnational issue. Also, we felt that although Ghandi's approach might be effective in some situations, it would not be useful when dealing with Human Traffickers because without any form of weapons they might not be intimidated. That doesn't mean that violence needs to be the first resort but it does mean that its important for the police to be armed in case they are put in danger.

Human Trafficking Progress Report #1

Kristin Leist: interviews with previously trafficked women, news stories, news articles

Natalie Sabourin: statistics about trafficking in the United States and Bloomington

Shay Sutton: support and preventative programs

Annie Shank: definition, general facts, difficulties with prevention

Jourdan Bray: legal cases

Ryan Fadorsen: identifying differences between prostitution and trafficking

Haley Brooks: visual aides

We will be using educational databases, news articles, and the media to do research. We will be trying to answer what trafficking is, and what one can do to prevent its occurrence. To present an effective campaign we plan to educate people as well as try to get them involved.

Helpful links

I found some good websites with general information that I think everyone in the group could benefit from reading, especially those related to your research area.

• http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/pdf/Indigenous_Industry_Eng.pdf (very short; gives basic background, what practices are especially harmful i.e. damming, extractive industries, etc., some positive case studies and actions to amend the situation aka stuff for our action plan)
• http://human-rights.unglobalcompact.org/dilemmas/indigenous-peoples/ (business/indigenous people relationship, lots of case studies, role of corporations, overview of situation)
• http://www.csrandthelaw.com/articles/indigenous-peoples/ (impact of responsible actions on businesses, corporate social responsibility and the law)
• http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/cel10_richardson_2.pdf (paper on corporate responsibilities, proposed changes to protect indigenous people)
• http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=corporate%20impact%20on%20indigenous%20communities%20and%20environment&source=web&cd=9&cad=rja&ved=0CFgQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twnside.org.sg%2Ftitle2%2Fhumanrights%2Findigenous%2F7223_HR.doc&ei=CVFWUOTKJ8jzygHpyYGYBQ&usg=AFQjCNHuIrBCqN_Eu6RoFEQWRKpCTzsRIg (document that touches upon role/interrelation of communities and governments, stresses importance of the issue)
• http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuideIPleaflet10en.pdf (summarizes The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Earth Summit), held in Brazil in 1992, represented a turning point in the promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights relating to the environment. Most importantly, there now exists an international legal framework which recognises the unique relationship indigenous people have with their traditional lands.)... good if we want to talk about the evolution of indigenous environmental protection
• http://www.uanativenet.com/topicitem/Topics%20In%20Brief/381 (corporate social responsibility overview/explanation, lots of helpful links)

Progress Report #1

Group: Refugees and Internationally Displaced Persons; Sandhya Sridhar, Cloe Pippin, Zoe Lewis, Austin Rose

Topic: Refugees in the Israeli-Palestinian context

Plan: Our action campaign aims to raise awareness of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with respect to its impact upon Palestinian civilians and its implications for the global community. Not only will raising awareness increase cultural sensitivity, it will also recognize the needs of those who actually live through the now over-diplomacized situation, to coin a more appropriate term.

Questions:

• What is the difference between refugees want and what their governments want?
• What resources do refugees have?
• What kind of physical and psychological hardships do refugees most commonly face?
• Why is there such a large refugee population?
• What can we as students, communities, or first-world nations do to address this international problem?
• What is the historical background for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular, and why is the situation so stagnant?

Resources: 

• Arutz Sheva: Israel National News
• Palestine News Network (PNN)
• EBSCO - peer-reviewed journals
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee website
• Israel/Palestine documentaries
• Partisan online videos

Tasks (in order of presentation) and Responsibilities:

1. Intro video: What do people at IU Bloomington know about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

• Austin Rose will film approximately 1.5 minutes' worth of students' responses to the question, "What do you think about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?" and appropriate follow-up questions. He will then create a 2-minute introduction video that we will play at the beginning of our presentation to introduce our topic, plan, and questions to answer.

2. History/Background prezi: What caused the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and what caused such a large refugee population?

• Christopher Lang will create an approximately 8-minute prezi detailing the highlights of the conflict and the reason why a refugee population exists. 

3. Professor Presentation - current political situation: From a governmental perspective, what is the current Israeli-Palestinian situation? Where are we at with respect to peace talks, and why have they stagnated?

• Sandhya Sridhar will coordinate and introduce an IU Professor who is an expert on the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and this professor will come speak to our class for about 15 minutes about the different governments' views on the conflict. She will also speak about the most important current statistics that are relevant to this professor's discussion after the professor's talk is over.

4. Refugee Presentation - personal interview of a refugee: What is it like to be a refugee? What resources are available? What do refugees seek? What kind of psychological and physical hardships do refugees most commonly face?

• Sandhya Sridhar will interview a refugee from Africa who currently lives in Indianapolis about what it was like to be a refugee who sought asylum in multiple places. Excerpts from this recorded interview will be played after the professor finishes speaking in class. This section of our presentation will last approximately 10 minutes.

5. Volunteer experiences with Refugees - personal transcript: What is it like to work with refugees? What is the difference between what is available and what refugees seek? What situations were the easiest or most difficult to address, and what actions or words from volunteers seemed to have the most impact?

• Grace Evans will interview a person who has had personal experience volunteering with refugees via email, and she will read his responses out loud in class. This transcript reading will last approximately 2-3 minutes. 

6. From the eyes of a refugee - group skit: Our group will together address all of our questions by acting our some personal manifestations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Where do refugees go for help? What answers or help do they receive, if any? Why?

• Everyone in the group will draft and act out this skit. This skit will last approximately 10-15 minutes.

7. Action campaign flyers:  These hand-outs for the class will address the question "what can we as students, communities, or first-world nations do to address this international problem?".

• Zoe Lewis will create, print off, hand out and present these flyers to the class. The flyers will be about half a regular 8" x 11" page each, and the presentation of them will last approximately 5 minutes.

8. Picture powerpoint: What is the face of refugees and internationally displaced persons?

• Cloe Pippin will create a picture powerpoint that will capture the face of refugees caught within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Not only will this uphold and destroy stereotypes of what refugees are, but the powerpoint will balance our ethos- and logos-centered approaches to this problem with a more pathos focus. 

Important Please Read

Students,

By now you should have all received and joined the Class Blog and hopefully posted on it too. 

Here are a few reminders and tips to help you on the blog this Fall Semester:

1) Always "label" your post with the tag that corresponds to your Action Group. Remember to pick one from the list, please do not make a new tag. Each of the 6 groups has a tag:

AIDS, CED, Darfur, GB, HT, and Refugee

2) If you want to edit your post for any reason, such as forgetting the label, grammatical changes, or adding new a link, you can do so by clicking on the yellow pencil icon.

3) Please input a Title for each post you create. It simply helps distinguish between posts.

4) Please check the "Links from Dr. Horowitz" page frequently. I will constantly add new links there by date (newest to oldest, top to bottom.)

5) Please remember to CC Professor Horowitz on all email correspondence you send to me (J Hunter, jhunter.414@gmail.com).

Much Appreciated,

J Hunter

P.S. If you read this post, please comment below, so I know that you saw this message. Thank you!

AIDS Progress Report # 1

AIDS Progress Report 1

AIDS - social stigma and revelations

Topic Introduction

For our action campaign we will be discussing the topic of AIDS. In the current American Society AIDS or Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome has gotten a rotten wrap. This disease while medical does not discriminate societally it has become known as the "gay disease" since the liberation of homosexuality in the late 60s early 70s. For instance on books in regards to blood donation any man who has had sexual intercourse with another man since the late 60s early 70s is now no longer able to donate blood. Through the use of pop culture as well as historical and current research we will try to examine this stigma and show that its is no longer the gay disease. We will also attempt to show that there is a positive side to this disease for instance the number of infected has decreased over the years. Through this attempt we will show gratitude for those who have donated to the various organizations that help with AIDS research and education, as well as stress the importance of continuing this great work that has already been done. 

Resources

The resources we intend to use, we hope will not only engage audiences that see our campaign but also spark them with the motivation to take action. We hope to achieve this goal by using a mixture of both good and bad pop cultural references to AIDS. As well as informational articles and educational books and journals to present the cold hard facts.

"Task Force" Assignments

After discussing as a group we believe that no one person should be responsible for one specific thing. So as far as assignments go we shall bring what we have to the table. However the work will be distributed equally. An example of how we will achieve this is that no one person apart of this campaign will post consecutively on the blog.

What We Will Try and Achieve 

With the direction this campaign is taking, there is no clear questions we want to examine specifically in regards to AIDS. Moreover we would like to use this campaign to break down one major and possible a few minor stigmas in regard to the disease, and show WHY and HOW you should and can get involved 

AIDS Action Campaign Activist 

Aaron C.

Daryl T.

Laura T.

Kevin F.

Mitch G.

Saras A.

Finnemore Article Discussion

From the article National Interests in International Society by Martha Finnemore, we could bring up a few points:

• Since the Red Cross is an international association that cares for all people effected by war regardless of nationality, perhaps they could offer aid to Palestine

• We could mention how organizations such as the Red Cross have found ways to respect human rights of both sides during war, so why haven't Israel and Palestine found a way to deal with this conflict without violating international human rights laws?

Darfur- Activism

Darfur-History links

Kaufmann article discussion

Our action campaign is focusing on closing down Guantanamo Bay. We realize this is a very complicated process that we found somewhat similar to the social movement of abolishing slavery discussed in the Kaufmann & Pape article.  In order for Guantanamo Bay to be closed down permanently a very special set of circumstances will have to occur such as support of the citizens, a majority vote in Congress and an opportunity/location to transfer prisoners (just to name a few!) We found that achieving this combination of events would be somewhat similar to the seemingly accidental circumstances that allowed Britain to abolish slavery.

The events that allowed the abolition of slavery in Britain were summarized on page 644-45 as:
1) happening within Britain 2)cultural imperialism: not taking into account other nation's views 3)fixing corruption in English society and 4)a favorable environment to form coalitions in support of the movement. Although closing Guantanamo will require different circumstances there is some overlap such as fixing corruption, and an environment for support. This again illustrates the point that every social movement must be brought about by unique strategies.

Progress Report #1

Members: Emily Metallic, Marjorie Richards, Emma Venard, Lori Probasco, Victoria Tudor, Sam Alig,  Solai Meyappan

Topic: Impact of corporate environmental destruction on indigenous societies through

·      Deforestation/Agriculture

·      Extracting industries

·      Water Industries/Land Grabs

Plan: We will show specific case studies and the impact that the environmental destruction has had on indigenous societies. Also showing why people should care about this issue and the impact these corporations are having on people that are unable to defend themselves.

Resources: Newspaper articles, JSTOR, Academic Articles, Documentaries, YouTube Videos, Oxfam materials, Organizations/Corporation Websites.

Questions to be answered:

What aspects of the environment are being destroyed by corporations?

What are the effects of environmental destruction?

What is the government role in the environmental destruction?

What are specific case studies/examples of environmental destruction in indigenous societies?

What are some possible solutions?

How are the corporations defending/covering up their actions?          

What are the roles of individual citizens (globally and in indigenous societies)?

Why do we need to change the current situation?

Task 1: Emma Venard

            Roles of government/citizens

Task 2: 

Topic: Impact of corporate environmental destruction on indigenous societies

·      Deforestation/Agriculture

·      Extracting industries

·      Water Industries/Land Grabs

Plan: We will show specific case studies and the impact that the environmental destruction has had on indigenous societies. Also showing why people should care about this issue and the impact these corporations are having on people that are unable to defend themselves.

Resources: Newspaper articles, JSTOR, Academic Articles, Documentaries, YouTube Videos, Oxfam materials, Organizations/Corporation Websites.

What aspects of the environment are being destroyed by corporations?

What are the effects of environmental destruction?

What is the government role in the environmental destruction?

What are specific case studies/examples of environmental destruction in indigenous societies?

What are some possible solutions?

How are the corporations defending/covering up their actions?          

What are the roles of individual citizens (globally and in indigenous societies)?

Why do we need to change the current situation?

Task 1: Emma Venard

            Roles of government/citizens

Task 2: Lori Probasco

            Case Study: Deforestation/Agriculture

Task 3: Victoria Tudor

            Case Study: Extracting Industries (Land Grabs?)

Task 4: Emily Metallic

            Overarching information: Basic info on a global level; effects, definition, etc.

Task 5: Sam Alig

            Case Study: Water Industries

Task 6: Marjorie Richards

            Proposed Solutions, organizations working to stop environmental destruction

Task 7: Solai Meyappan

            Roles of corporations: PR campaigns, covering up, etc.