Resources
Links to Supplemental Readings:
Our JOURNEY Photos
Angela Davis on feminism, activism and assimilationism
Globalization Videos
Globalization Simplty Explained
Pros and Cons of Globalization
Allies to accomplices
Global Activism
Gratitude – 31 Scientific Benefits
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?
Beyond Good Intentions (the book)
Othering/ Boxes
Colonialism (Notes)
500 Years of Colonialism
Dangers of Single Stories
5 Trinidad and Tobago Heroes Whose Stories Must Be Told on Film
The importance of cultural humility: Online module
The Colour of My Skin – iknowwhomygodis
Your White Savior Complex is detrimental to my development
Why are some black Africans considered white Americans?
Social Justice Must Be Complicated, Because Oppression Is Never Simple
Ally Solidarity?
INTERESTED IN A CAREER IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT? HERE ARE 8 THINGS AMERICANS SHOULD DO FIRST FROM HOME
The “Third World” Is Not Your Classroom- Courtney Martin
13 EYE-OPENING FIRST EXPERIENCES WE ALL HAVE WHEN TRAVELING-Jacqueline Kehoe
6-Day Visit To Rural African Village Completely Changes Woman’s Facebook Profile Picture
When Coming Home Is the Hardest Part of Travel- Ellie Cleary
Hardest Part of Travel Nobody Talks About
WHY I AM BOTH A TRAVELER AND A TOURIST
TRAVEL THE WORLD AND MAKE MONEY
Free Books to further your learning on race, gender, sexuality, class, and culture!
5 Reasons College Students Should Not Study Abroad
by Maggie Cleary
5 Reasons You Should Not, Not Go Abroad
by Mallory Meiser
White Privilege, Explained in One Simple Comic
by Jamie Kapp
Claiming an Education: Adrienne Rich’s Spectacular
1977 Commencement Address
HOW TO PISS OFF SOMEONE FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO By Suzanne Bhagan
(Beyond) the death of global service-learning and the white saviour undone By Judy Bruce
A New Technique For Creating More Aha Moments: The Surprise Journal
Make Better Decisions, Turn Your Assumptions Upside Down, And Kick Your Curiosity Up A Notch By Starting A “Surprise Journal.”
Slavery’s Global Comeback By J.J. Gould
Colonialism is a good thing? See map.
Educating Your Five Senses Via Travel Article by Dr. Jessie Voigts
How to Use All 5 Senses When You Travel by Amanda Kendle
Links to videos:
Trinidad and Tobago 2015 Elevator Speeches
Global Trinidad 2016 Elevator Speeches
LaToya’s Life – Trinidad and Tobago Trip 2014
Trinidad and Tobago Travel – Local Etiquette
Trinidad and Tobago Vacation
A Tour of Trinidad’s Market
Funny Things Trini People Do And Say
RT5 S1E3 Top 5 Worst Women to be with in Trinidad
Trinidad Mission 2014
Trinidad & Tobago Online Quiz
Multiculturalism and its Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago
Why America Needs a Slavery Museum
The Costs of Trinidad Carnival
Trinidad Carnival (travel-documentary from the season “Caribbean Moments”)
Trinidad Carnival 2015 – The Great Parade
TEDTalk “We Should All Be Feminists” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Individually or as a group, watch the video. Next, use the questions (provided here) for a group discussion on the themes and ideas presented in the video.
Links to Podcasts:
Youth violence and the neocolonial system of education in Trinidad (Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams)
Links to Films:
- Cannibal Tours by Australian filmmaker Dennis O’Rourke. Use the viewing guide (following pages) to sensitize yourself to the ethical issues involved in global travel
- Stephanie Black’s documentary “Life and Debt” (2001) and a guest lecture featuring Dr. Erica Williams (Spelman College, Sociology & Anthropology) discussing her new book, Ambiguous Entanglements. See http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/67nsg8gz9780252037931.html.
- To Educate a Girl: What does it take to educate a girl? Framed by the United Nations global initiative to provide equal access to education for girls by 2015, To Educate a Girl takes a ground-up and visually stunning view of that effort through the eyes of girls in Nepal and Uganda who are out of school, starting school, or fighting against the odds to stay in school. To Educate a Girl
- New Film: The Voluntourist
Books
Women & Change in the Caribbean: A Pan-Caribbean Perspective By Janet Henshall Momsen
Sweet and Sour: Trinidad and Tobago By Johnny Coomansingh
Trinidad and Tobago Travel Guide – Tiki Travel
SOCA
Calypso
Trinidad Travel Publications
Other Skills/ Global Competences
Global Competence
Critical Thinking How to?
History Single Narratives
We Need a Decolonized Education
We are the Ones
Globalized Museum
Home Child of Nomads
