This document provides information about Fairfield University's Amazing Breaks program, which offers students alternative spring break volunteer opportunities. Students can choose from trips to Kentucky or New Orleans to help with housing construction, meal preparation, education, and community rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. The trips require fundraising, weekly meetings in the spring semester, and full participation in community service, reflection, and cultural immersion activities. Applications are due in early November and include references, interviews, and deposits. The goal is for students to grow in their faith while learning about social justice issues and building relationships through service.
JCFS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Day of Servicejcfscommunication
Close to 70 employees from Jewish Child & Family Services in Chicago volunteered at 8 locations in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Day of Service on January 16, 2012.
Chicago AMA Gives Back Holiday CelebrationChicago AMA
The Chicago AMA invites you to our annual Holiday Fundraiser on December 9th as part of the Chicago AMA Gives Back program. The proceeds for this year’s fundraiser will go to UCAN to help Chicago area youth. Join us for appetizers, drinks, prizes, and holiday cheer as we celebrate 2014 while giving back to our local Chicago community. Register online at www.chicagoama.org.
JCFS Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Day of Servicejcfscommunication
Close to 70 employees from Jewish Child & Family Services in Chicago volunteered at 8 locations in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Day of Service on January 16, 2012.
Chicago AMA Gives Back Holiday CelebrationChicago AMA
The Chicago AMA invites you to our annual Holiday Fundraiser on December 9th as part of the Chicago AMA Gives Back program. The proceeds for this year’s fundraiser will go to UCAN to help Chicago area youth. Join us for appetizers, drinks, prizes, and holiday cheer as we celebrate 2014 while giving back to our local Chicago community. Register online at www.chicagoama.org.
Ministry with and for those in their 20s and 30s in the Ignatian (Jesuit) tradition, with a special discussion of application of the 3rd week of the Spiritual Exercises.
InnerCity Mission for Children – Making Childhood a Beautiful ExperienceChris Oyakhilome
InnerCity Mission for Children runs a number of Child Development Programs including child development, Childcare and Support, Child Health and Nutrition, and Family Strengthening.
Scott Harrison and his contributions to the world as a social entrepreneurJasper Ang
This is how Scott Harrison impacted the world by providing the poor people who don't have enough money to buy clean drinking water. He was motivated by the sight of people falling sick or dying due to poor quality drinking water.
In this project, me and my group had to create an Integrated Marketing Communication plan (IMC) for the Fisher House Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps veteran's families by providing them with accommodation for free while a loved one is receiving treatment. We had to define the target audiences, come up with our Key Insight, Message and Organizing Idea. We also developed tv commercials, print ad, radio ad and a below the line tactic; Also defining our media plan and budget allocation.
Welcome Givelify Mobile Giving App CharitiesGivelify
Givelify member charities report a 20-30% increase in donations after implementing our mobile giving app. Learn how to get the most out of your 501(c)3 nonprofit's Givelify presence by customizing your app profile, setting up special envelopes, and monitoring nonprofit donations using the Givelify dashboard. Get ready to introduce your supporters to a beautiful, three-tap giving experience.
Welcome Givelify Mobile Giving App Places of WorshipGivelify
Givelify churches, places of worship, and religious organizations report a 20-30% increase in giving after implementing our mobile giving app. Learn how to get the most out of your Givelify presence by customizing your app profile, setting up special giving envelopes, and monitoring donations using the Givelify dashboard. Get ready to introduce your supporters to a beautiful, three-tap giving experience.
Geert Christiaansen/Royal Philips - Towards a collaborative approach to integ...Service Design Network
Towards a collaborative approach to integrated solutions
Abstract:
A short overview of 90 years of history of Design in Royal Philips, explaining the changing role of Design in a big corporate company. Next I would like to focus on the role Design plays in innovation and strategy, explain our current way of working, some of the tools we use and the competences we need to develop in our design community. All explained using pictures from current innovation projects. I want to conclude with a video which explains the added value of Design in renewing an Emergency Department at the Florida Hospital.
Finding the New Business As Usual
Abstract:
SEB, one of Sweden’s largest banks and Transformator Design collaborate with the mission to make SEB a true customer centric organisation. Since we began working together three years ago, several successful service improvements have made, the management aware of the potential of service design as a key success factor. This led to a closer collaboration in customer centric service and business development, capacity buildning and governance. The presentation is about how SEB are making progress by using service design methods for services as well as organisational developement.The message is the common insight that SEB is not trying to work in an unusual way, it is SEB finding their new business as usual, by involving customers and employees in a structured way.
Innovation:
The innovative parts of our proposal addresses the fact that becoming customer centric for real isn’t a quick fix. True customer insights, courage and endurance are key success factors, in changing mindset and building new capacity of the organisation. It is about SEB finding out that service design is not a method, but an approach to a new way of thinking, acting and working. It is also about finding out that new capabilities have to be encouraged and new ways of working have to be established. Service design provides the tools for all this. The design methods are used both when developing services and when changning mindsets in a continuous way of working in close collaboration.
Ministry with and for those in their 20s and 30s in the Ignatian (Jesuit) tradition, with a special discussion of application of the 3rd week of the Spiritual Exercises.
InnerCity Mission for Children – Making Childhood a Beautiful ExperienceChris Oyakhilome
InnerCity Mission for Children runs a number of Child Development Programs including child development, Childcare and Support, Child Health and Nutrition, and Family Strengthening.
Scott Harrison and his contributions to the world as a social entrepreneurJasper Ang
This is how Scott Harrison impacted the world by providing the poor people who don't have enough money to buy clean drinking water. He was motivated by the sight of people falling sick or dying due to poor quality drinking water.
In this project, me and my group had to create an Integrated Marketing Communication plan (IMC) for the Fisher House Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps veteran's families by providing them with accommodation for free while a loved one is receiving treatment. We had to define the target audiences, come up with our Key Insight, Message and Organizing Idea. We also developed tv commercials, print ad, radio ad and a below the line tactic; Also defining our media plan and budget allocation.
Welcome Givelify Mobile Giving App CharitiesGivelify
Givelify member charities report a 20-30% increase in donations after implementing our mobile giving app. Learn how to get the most out of your 501(c)3 nonprofit's Givelify presence by customizing your app profile, setting up special envelopes, and monitoring nonprofit donations using the Givelify dashboard. Get ready to introduce your supporters to a beautiful, three-tap giving experience.
Welcome Givelify Mobile Giving App Places of WorshipGivelify
Givelify churches, places of worship, and religious organizations report a 20-30% increase in giving after implementing our mobile giving app. Learn how to get the most out of your Givelify presence by customizing your app profile, setting up special giving envelopes, and monitoring donations using the Givelify dashboard. Get ready to introduce your supporters to a beautiful, three-tap giving experience.
Geert Christiaansen/Royal Philips - Towards a collaborative approach to integ...Service Design Network
Towards a collaborative approach to integrated solutions
Abstract:
A short overview of 90 years of history of Design in Royal Philips, explaining the changing role of Design in a big corporate company. Next I would like to focus on the role Design plays in innovation and strategy, explain our current way of working, some of the tools we use and the competences we need to develop in our design community. All explained using pictures from current innovation projects. I want to conclude with a video which explains the added value of Design in renewing an Emergency Department at the Florida Hospital.
Finding the New Business As Usual
Abstract:
SEB, one of Sweden’s largest banks and Transformator Design collaborate with the mission to make SEB a true customer centric organisation. Since we began working together three years ago, several successful service improvements have made, the management aware of the potential of service design as a key success factor. This led to a closer collaboration in customer centric service and business development, capacity buildning and governance. The presentation is about how SEB are making progress by using service design methods for services as well as organisational developement.The message is the common insight that SEB is not trying to work in an unusual way, it is SEB finding their new business as usual, by involving customers and employees in a structured way.
Innovation:
The innovative parts of our proposal addresses the fact that becoming customer centric for real isn’t a quick fix. True customer insights, courage and endurance are key success factors, in changing mindset and building new capacity of the organisation. It is about SEB finding out that service design is not a method, but an approach to a new way of thinking, acting and working. It is also about finding out that new capabilities have to be encouraged and new ways of working have to be established. Service design provides the tools for all this. The design methods are used both when developing services and when changning mindsets in a continuous way of working in close collaboration.
Living Prototypes
Fabricating Shared Experiences
Abstract:
Empathy is a type of thinking that makes us more helpful and generous in our encounters. But how can the design team, the client, and the user share a single, subjective experience? In this workshop we will be stretching the limits of prototyping. Storyboards, scenarios, sketches, and videos are helpful tools used to communicate the different elements of an experience, but they position the designer as passive. Using a range of multi-sensorial tools, participants will not be observers of an experience, but will be active co-explorers. Although these ideas are not new within the design community, we believe they have fallen out of focus. Experiential prototyping is not inherent in “design thinking,” but in what we see as “design action.”
Innovation:
Designing immersive, multi-sensorial experiences is no longer just for the benefit of end users. Experiences are a complex and subjective phenomenon—they go beyond the senses, and are influenced by a range of contextual factors like a person’s social circumstances, schedule, environment, perceptions, values, and more. Prototyping an experience can help designers, users, and clients explore and communicate what it is like to engage with the product, space, or system being designed. If designers and clients can share in these experiences, they are more likely to understand the issues and needs of their user.
Paul Mutsaers & Anna-Louisa Peeters - Making in-house service design the new...Service Design Network
Making in-house service design the new standard
7 Learnings to get there!
Abstract:
How to become the most customer centric bank in the Netherlands? To meet that challenge Rabobank has moved to service design in-house, underlining our vision that customer experience is vital to achieve competitive advantage. The journey has been both challenging and rewarding. We’ve learned a lot along the way: such as the fruitfulness of structural collaboration between service designers and customer journey managers to drive the change towards customer centricity. In this session, Paul Mutsaers (Customer Journey Manager) and Anna-Louisa Peeters (Service Designer) will share Rabobank’s 7 key learnings in their journey towards a successful service design practice that is embedded in this major financial institution.
Innovation:
One aspect that really sets us apart in how we work is that we link every service designer to a customer journey manager, who is the project sponsor. They operate as a mutually reinforcing duo in improving customer experience, ranging from small adjustments to large innovations. The designer provides research, creative facilitation and design expertise, and the customer journey manager ensures that all relevant stakeholders are involved from start to finish. This unique collaboration has proven to be very successful, for example to create support for the service design project results within our large organization and ensuring the designs get realized. This is certainly interesting for other companies to experiment with.
Death, denial and debt.
Why services need Closure Experiences.
Abstract:
We are good at creating service experiences at the beginning of the customer life-cycle, but terrible at creating a coherent, neutralised endings. This presentation argues that we have lost touch with ‘closure’ over recent generations and are in a state of denial. The argument is established through historic changes in society, evidence from academia, and our changing relationship with death. Further examples go into details from product, service and digital sectors as well as our wider society. The presentation delves into the design industry with a focus on services and what closure means in this context. It offers an alternative point of view, that embeds closure in the customer lifecycle and shows how it can bring wide reaching benefits for the entire user experience.
Innovation:
The services industry is awash with bad endings. • A surprising amount of old people are getting their first tattoo. Fearful someone will bring them back to life.
• 1 in 4 UK pensions are going missing according to the charity, Age Concern. Lost in decades of mis-management, letters, mergers and acquisitions.
• How big a party should £84k get you? After repaying £284k on a £200k mortgage, I might expect a bit more than a cold letter to say thanks? This is a wide cultural problem. Impacting the consumer and businesses in the service industry. Revealed in issues such as mis-selling of financial services, climate change, and erosion of personal reputations online. Closure Experiences is a critical factor in improving responsibility, thinking long term and increasing quality.
Service Branding
Designing for distinction
Abstract:
Designing human-centric is a wonderful thing, but leads in similar situation to similar results. However, especially large scale services need to be distinct to stick out in the competitor field. This presentation features a framework and applied case studies on Service Branding – how to create a signature experience through the process of combining service design and branding – leaving customers with a unique story they can experience first-hand.
Innovation:
Uniting two different fields that are closely related but yet in practical terms are rarely collaborating: The field of marketing communication and branding with a need for image, differentiation and preference („shaping expectation“), and the field of service design and human centered design with a need for utility, usefulness and desirability („shaping experiences“). In this unique combination, Service Design and its methods become even more relevant in a broader business context.
We Are Here
Designer as Map Maker
Abstract:
Humans have always made maps; to tell us where we are, to show us how to get somewhere we want to go, to understand the bigger context. More and more, designers are creating maps for these reasons, and others. We make maps to draw insight, catalyze ideas, to get on the same page, and as tools for understanding complex experiences and processes. We make customer journey maps, empathy maps, mental models, experience maps and strategy roadmaps. What’s next for these tools? How will they evolve? What cartography capabilities do we need to develop as practitioners? What makes a map useful? Let’s talk about maps, baby!
Innovation:
As we look to the future of designers responding to increasingly wicked and messy problems. Service designers are at the forefront of this. We need to understand the evolution of design tools in context and the reasons for the changes. Why so many maps in service design? It matters because it helps to take a step back and survey where we have come from and where we are going in terms of the methods we use and how we as designers respond to change. Maps are a pure form of sensemaking. This is in our past and is undoubtedly in our future as a discipline. My research takes a detailed look at design maps and their evolution.
Impact of 3D printing on Service Design
Abstract:
3D printing will change and enable all sorts of things we cannot do or foresee today. One can for instance think about how the duration of ‘productizing services’ can now match the duration of ‘servitizing products’. The key will be to not just philosophy on this but hands-on experience and iterate to discover where 3D printing will bring us. To do so Merijn will give a short introduction on Ultimaker and 3D printing developments in general. Hereafter he will share the design challenges Ultimaker is facing and the overall plan how to approach them. He will conclude with his personal vision on how 3D printing capabilities can change the way how we design product-service systems in the future.
Innovation:
3D printing will change and enable all sorts of things we cannot do or foresee today. One can for instance think about how the duration of ‘productizing services’ can now match the duration of ‘servitizing products’.
Service Design & Agile are engaged!
Abstract:
Using tangible examples I’ll illustrate how the holistic and iterative nature of service design is a great fit for agile development in digital service development. As companies are moving from release cycles to continuous development, this cyclical way of working lends itself very well for an ongoing focus on the omni-channel experience rather than the more classic serial approach of research, journey mapping, design and delivery. I’ll discuss how service design is maturing from a more analytical ‘up-front’ role to an ongoing and integral role for managing the end-to-end customer experience in agile service development. Using visual examples of deliverable and proces I am hoping to add a practical and successful realisation case to the conference.
Innovation:
In this PostNL case (won the Dutch Interactive Award in ‘Service’) we’ve developed a model for how service design techniques are best applied in a cyclic agile development setup following principles of ‘lean startup’. This includes familiar examples of journey maps, service blueprints, etc.. but now with a focus on how that is used to inform agile development on an ongoing basis. Secondly I’ll cover a model for end-user involvement throughout the design proces and even the valuable role of service design after launch of the service when focus is often shifting from experience design to design optimisation, adding continuous qualitative customer feedback to quantitative analytics. There is a crucial role for service design to ensure optimisation and newly emerging needs are both covered within an agile setup.
Multiple-channel business model
Bridging service innovation in China
Abstract:
Since the 1960s, design has shifted from manufacturing, market, and now to a customer-focused era. We have undergone the Industrial Age and the Information Age, and now are at the “Smart Age”. In western worlds, these three ages were iterated one after another. However in China, this evolution
was accelerated by “joint innovation”. In this intersected age, neither just having online nor offline model can fix the issues that we have in user experience and service. With this, we witness service design with multiple-channel business model emerging in front of people’s eyesight.
Innovation:
At this great SDN event, Cathy and Xue will provide a glimpse of the unique characteristics of service innovation process in china for guests from all parts of the world through interaction and co-creation. With their 13 years of abundant project experience, they hold a deep interpretation and sharp sense of connections and challenges among industries. Additionally, they have gained a wealth of insight on trends and road paths in China while rubbing shoulders with many industry leaders. No doubt their sharing will amaze the audience and ignite a round of heated discussion.
Michel Jansen & Esther van der Hoorn - Challenges and opportunities for servi...Service Design Network
Challenges and opportunities for service design in organisations shifting to agile
Abstract:
To keep up with the ever faster rate of change in the world, more and more companies are adopting agile ways of working. For service designers working in organisations that are shifting in this direction, this presents opportunities, but also challenges. What is the role of service design in an agile organisation and how can it provide the most value? Which methods work well and which need to be adapted? And what tools and techniques can help facilitate collaboration and co-creation? During this interactive workshop, we will take an in-depth look at these emerging issues and opportunities. The presenters will share their own experiences, problems and solutions and attendees are invited to do the same, so we can jointly identify patterns, discuss solutions and learn from experiences.
Innovation:
With service design becoming increasingly part of the “business as usual” of organisations, it’s also becoming more important to integrate it with the practices of the rest of the business. An ongoing trend is a shift to more bottom-up and agile ways of working. This opens up great opportunities for designers, as it makes it easier to respond to customer insights, but it also presents new challenges. At Aegon, we started this shift over a year ago and have learned a lot along the way. We’ll share our experiences and solutions and:
* How we combine traditional methods with iterative working
* How we approached the transition (traditional & agile working side by side)
* How we direct insights to teams that need them, using dashboards etc. to encourage serendipity
* What we haven’t solved yet
Come to the Table Guidebook: Second EditionRAFI-USA
The second edition of the Come to the Table Guidebook is a 40-page publication released in 2015 by RAFI, the NC Council of Churches and Resourceful Communities. It includes snapshots of community groups that have pioneered innovative food access work, the current status of hunger and agriculture in North Carolina and nationally, along with new resources and stories from faith leaders and from the field.
On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Episcopal Migration Ministries hosted Love in Action: Episcopal Churches Welcome Refugees, a free, one-hour educational webinar. Attendees learned about community efforts born out of Episcopal congregations to create a welcoming community for refugees and immigrants. Three faith communities shared stories about their local community and interfaith initiatives to create a ministry of welcome. Presenters were West Virginia Interfaith Refugee Ministry, Northern Virginia Friends of Refugees, and Refugee Community Center, Allentown.
Dominican Starfish Foundation May 2023, UpdateLouise ZoBell
This is an update of our activities for May 2023.
Dominican Starfish Foundation helps those suffering in poverty in the Dominican Republic in 5 different areas:
Housing and Shelter
Education
Health and Wellness
Food and Clothing
Employment
We thank all of our donors who make this possible!!
iServe is a community ministry of The Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens, Missouri. Our members have committed to spend 10 percent or more of member contributions within our neighborhood. This presentation describes how we do that.
ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES DIVINE JESUS, MANCORA - Prese...mniebuhr
I would like to invite you to visit with us and welcome you to the Center Divine Jesus, for you to perceive, as we do, the dramatic needs and the dynamic created by these children with different abilities with their responses and positive reactions to the treatment and to the love they constantly receive. In order for you to feel our lacking and to learn together to work in this important endeavors for one of the most abandoned segments of our community.
We are sure that jointly, we can achieve our ambitions objectives for the benefit of our children. The job ahead of us is tough, but we will succeed with love, patience, dedication and faith,
Many thanks for your support!
Maria Córdoba Casimiro
President
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
2. WHAT ARE AMAZING BREAKS?
Each year during spring break,
Fairfield University students volunteer
for a week of service in various areas
of the United States. Campus Ministry
sponsors these exciting and
challenging programs, which seek to
embody the University’s commitment to
the service of faith and the promotion
of justice.
Amazing Breaks are a Fairfield
tradition!
3. Participants help in a variety of ways such
as:
•Repair substandard housing and build homes for low-income
families, prepare meals and serve at soup kitchens, tutor school
children, offer hospitality to those in need, engage in the culture
and with the people.
•Groups engage in projects during the day while evenings are
dedicated to reflection, group activities and relaxation!
4.
5. VOLUNTEER EXPECTATIONS
In addition to building relationships within our own
groups, our mission is to learn about the societal
realities that uphold marginalization and share them
with others when we return home, discuss the
injustices that create poverty and perhaps also
consider a faith perspective on social justice.
WHEN APPLYING, CONSIDER THE COMMITMENTS YOU ARE ASKED TO
MAKE:
Time
Raising money and awareness
Exploring faith, yours and others
Live simply
Restricted/limited cell phone use
6. TIME COMMITMENT
Once applicants are selected, groups meet regularly until departure –
once each week starting next semester.
TRIP MEETINGS ARE MANDATORY.
7. FORMATION
Each participant will be invited to share in
reflection and discussion. We ask everyone to be
prepared to contribute and engage with the
group. People of all faiths, those seeking and
those with no faith tradition are welcome on the
trips and encouraged to explore their faith
further; all you need is a willingness!
Openness to building community among team
members.
“God doesn't require us to succeed;
he only requires that we try.”
- Mother Teresa
8. FUNDRAISING
Each participant will need to raise a significant amount of money. We
encourage volunteers to raise this money by seeking support from
family, friends, employers, home parish community, etc. through a
letter writing campaign and fundraising activities planned by your
group. (examples of group fundraisers: late-night pizza sales and
Sunday breakfast in res halls, dorm storms, bake sales).
9.
10. 2016 SPRING BREAK IMMERSIONS:
WorkFest Appalachia, Kentucky
IN HONOR OF THE 10TH
ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE
KATRINA
Plunge! Into New Orleans
Camp Restore, New Orleans
Operation Nehemiah, New Orleans
11. WORKFEST, KENTUCKY
Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) encompasses
community, service and spirituality. Surrounded
by the beauty of the Appalachian mountains,
“WorkFest” allows you to devote your time and
energy to improve the homes of Appalachian
residents and immerse yourself in the culture
while learning about the injustices and realities
of poverty they face throughout their lives.
COST: $350
12. PLUNGE! INTO NEW ORLEANS
Not for the faint of heart! A sample day: Engage in
dialogue about systemic issues like race with the
Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal,
serve meals to the homeless at the NOLA Mission for
the first part of the day and then each afternoon
volunteer with St. Bernard Project doing rebuilding
projects before returning to Camp Hope to collapse.
This trip will have a large social justice component. Our
goal is for you to have a well-rounded, Jesuit-style
experience!
COST: $600
13. CAMP RESTORE, NEW ORLEANS
The mission of Camp Restore is to “restore
faith, home and community to victims of
Hurricane Katrina.” They strive to do this by
equipping volunteers to bring renewed hope
as they rebuild homes, churches and schools
in New Orleans and the surrounding area.
Work includes gutting houses, drywall,
painting, landscaping, etc.
COST: $600
14. OPERATION NEHEMIAH, NEW ORLEANS
Operation Nehemiah is a faith based non-profit
organization committed to the cause of helping all
individuals in the New Orleans community rebuild all
aspects of their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina. You will be engaged in Individual, Family,
Community, Green & Specialty Projects
COST: $600.
15. APPLICATION PROCEDURES
1. Application deadline: Monday, November 2, 2015
2. Submit completed application including:
a. two references (employers, teachers, church, etc.
References from RAs/peers not accepted)
3. Sign up for an interview at Campus Ministry when
dropping off application. Signup sheet on Wylie
Blake’s door
4. Interviews early November, decision before
Thanksgiving
5. When accepted, submit deposit for half of amount
($175 KY, $300, NOLA)
16. “AMAZING BREAKS”
THE ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK
Guaranteed to be one of the most
memorable weeks of your life…
It’s the spring break trip you’ll be
PROUD to tell mom about!
Editor's Notes
Over 400 students from over 35 schools will give their time over spring break to perform critical home repairs for extremely low income families during Workfest at CAP. Evenings in addition to getting to know students from other schools, you’ll have the chance to learn about the Appalachian culture through speakers, hear live Bluegrass and enjoy a meal with the family your helping during Family Appreciation Night.
Where others might see young men and women with almost no education almost all of whom have a criminal record of some kind, Homeboy Industries in LA see only potential. HI offers opportunities for young people trying get out of the gang lifestyle they’ve grown up in to transform their lives.
Water is an extremely limited and precious resource in the dry and barren environment of the Eastern Navajo Nation. The St. Bonaventure Mission is often the last best hope for the Navajo as they struggle to maintain health, wellness and dignity amidst extreme poverty on the reservation. The res is at about a 7500 foot elevation and it’s very windy. You will have the chance to visit Sky City, Window Rock, Chaco Canyon to learn more about the ancient culture.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the most hotly disputed part of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, S.B. 1070, which requires police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” they are not here legally. You also have heard about record numbers of Central American women and children (especially children alone) crossing the US-Mexico border, and there is simply not adequate infrastructure to house and process everyone.