Gratitude & Generosity

in cross cultural exchanges

An encounter

What then must we do?

A question

Encounter, Extraction, Exchange

A range of possibilities

My movement towards an answer

2011-2012 Trips with students

Evolving experiments with cross cultural exchange.

2011 Learning Exchange

Why a Learning exchange?

We wanted to shift the model of service learning. Collaborative learning model evolved from discussions in Nicaragua.

Coffee, crafts and culture

January 2012 Learning Exchange to Nicaragua.

 We do not serve, this is not service learning. Collaborative learning model evolved from discussions in Nicaragua. Focus on activities and experiences to build solidarity

Learning through experience

International solidarity is "not an act of charity but an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objectives." - Samora Machel

What then can we do?

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Service, solidarity, generosity and gratitude

6/5/2012

Service, service learning can function as beneficial for both host communities and North American Participants

Supporting development

Solidarity deepens and transform service, creating a lens through which what has been seen and experienced creates a bridge. There is no other world, no place to go to there is only the struggle of humans working together to build a world.

Acting in solidarity

In my experience, we the privileged from North America are most often the recipients of true generosity.

Receiving true generosity

And we can return only honest gratitude to our hosts.

Offering gratitude

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Unasked for gifts

Don Teofilo