- Workshops
Summit Workshop Day ~ Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
For the 2010 Summit Workshop Day local, national and international speakers have been invited to share their stories, their expertise and their passion with Brophy students, faculty and staff. We are thrilled at the number and caliber of workshops we are able to offer this year.
Please take time to review the workshop descriptions below before workshop sign-ups begin. Students and teachers will be asked to sign up for three workshops total. Space is limited for each workshop and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Sign-ups will occur during class the week prior to the start of the Summit. All workshops will be offered during each of the three rotating workshop periods unless otherwise noted.
Title: The Upside of a Down Economy: Localism
Presenter(s): Kimber Lanning
Association: Local First Arizona
Description: We’ll be talking about how important locally owned businesses are to any economy. Attracting and retaining knowledge economy workers is often about culturally unique opportunities in vibrant cities. How can Phoenix become more interesting to bright students and mid-career workers as well? How do we create policies that will allow us to build the kind of city we want to live in?
Location: P216
Title: Is Poverty a Culture?
Presenter(s): Francisco J Alatorre
Association: Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Description: A re-definition of poverty through the lens of poor families and children.
In this workshop we’ll debate and analyze the old and erroneous suggestion that the poor have a culture that values poverty, denigrates hard work and education,and values welfare benefits over jobs; to a more contemporary view in which poverty becomes a (re)produced social problem primarily understood as an expression of intersecting structured inequalities (along lines of class, race, and gender).
Location: K26
Title: The Power of Trading Fairly
Presenter(s): Melissa Yoder and Gayle Schou
Association: Ten Thousand Villages
Description: For more than 60 years, Ten Thousand Villages has provided vital, fair income to artisans in Africa, Asia and Latin America by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories. Learn how fair trade improves the lives of artisans, and hear how the promise of sustainable employment and economic opportunity creates hope for communities and empowers women around the world.
Location: P112
Title: Globalization of Natural Resources Fueling Civil Wars in Africa
Presenter(s): Tara Helm, Jany Deng and David K.
Association: AZ Lost Boys
Description: This workshop will provide a brief introduction into the natural resources available in Sudan and the DRC and how the globalization of these natural resources has played a role in civil wars in these two countries. A panel of refugees from Sudan and the DRC will share their personal experiences as well.
Location: B211
Title: Arizona’s Historic Budget Crisis and Globalization
Presenter(s): Chris Herstam
Association: Lewis and Roca
Description: Arizona’s poor economy and state globalization activities will be discussed, as well as our state’s struggling non-diversified economy and its affect on Arizona politics and the 2010 election year.
Location: NE corner of GH
Title: Legal Issues in Sustainability
Presenter(s): Andrew Askland
Association: Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Description: Any attempt to move society toward more sustainable outcomes requires an understanding of the constraints and opportunities provided by the legal system. I will address law as both an enabler and an impediment to the identification and adoption of sustainable practices.
Location: P117
Title: Dignity for Animals
Presenter(s): Heather Allen
Association: HALO Animal Rescue
Description: Companion animals are at the mercy of their human caregiver. Their very lives depend on the choices we make. In this economic climate, how does it impact homeless dogs and cats and what can we do to help them live their lives with comfort and respect.
Location: B110
Title: The Secret History of the American Empire: What Next? How to Change it. Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy
Presenter(s): John Perkins
Association: New York Times Bestselling Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire
Description: Drawing on experiences described in his two blockbuster books, John Perkins describes the post-WWII era as one that created history’s first truly global empire — mostly through economics, rather than the military. Now we find ourselves catapulted toward a future that appears catastrophic to many people; however, in Perkins’s view it offers great opportunities. Identifying corporations as “the most influential institutions on the planet,” he challenges us to transform ourselves and the companies that so deeply impact our lives. He presents a plan for creating a world “that will make our children proud of us.”
For the first time in human history every human being faces the same crises, including climate change, diminishing resources, and economic turmoil. Because of the internet and cell phones, we all know that the old approaches have failed. It is time, Perkins says, to develop a model that takes us out of war-based, exploitative economies into ones committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. Every major crisis can be traced to corporate goals of maximizing profits regardless of the social and environmental costs. By recognizing that the market place is a democratic voting booth, we the people have the power to demand new goals, ones focused on generating a sustainable, just, and peaceful world.
Location: B212
Title: Green Economy
Presenter(s): Dr. Kevin Danaher
Association: Global Exchange
Description: The steady destruction of natural resources is creating huge enterprise opportunities with business models that make their money by saving the environment and redressing social inequality. We are going from a global economy where money values ruled over the life cycle, to a future system where life values will rule over the money cycle. Environmental enterprise is the smartest career track a person could choose at this point in history, where our main agenda item is “How do we save humanity from itself.”
Location: SW corner of GH
Title: Microfinance: Theory and Practice
Presenter(s): Dale Sevin
Association: Brophy Alum
Description: Microfinance is a new and growing trend within International Development. While the rest of the world grew and benefited from the modern financial system, impoverished people from the developing world lacked access to financial tools such as savings, borrowing and insurance. Microfinance seeks to provide this group of people with these financial tools, specifically small sized loans to help new and established enterprises grow and become profitable. This workshop will look at why access to these tools is a vital step in the economic development of nations, as well as the practices and methods of Microfinance Organizations across the globe.
Location: P110
Title: The Moral Imperative – Protecting Children in the Era of Globalization
Presenter(s): Mr. Will Danztler and Mr. Kim Brown, President & CEO of Holt International Association: Holt International Children’s Services
Description: Despite increasing globalization, many children in disadvantaged populations live in poverty, lacking basic needs including food, water, shelter, medical care, and growing up without family or cultural support systems. Many of these children are exploited for economic or other reasons, and most lack the means or ability to rise out of poverty and reap the benefits of globalization. Beneficiaries of globalization may ask if there’s a moral imperative to assist the disadvantaged, whether personal commitment is required, and what forms of assistance are appropriate given cultural and other impediments. The discussion will be informed by over fifty years of experience garnered by a leading international child services organization.
Location: B102
Title: Equity and Ethics in Child Welfare under Globalization
Presenter(s): Francis W Wankowicz
Association: Holt International Children’s Services
Description: The impact of unevenly distributed benefits of globalization may be most damaging to the populations of children in developing countries. Any who embrace and benefit from globalization must confront issues associated with with that impact – should the United States and other developed nations support services to disadvantaged children domestically and abroad, what are the ethical challenges in this support, and how do each of us define a role with which we’re comfortable when our peers have great and unfulfilled needs? The discussion will be informed by challenges and issues faced by an established international service organization with over fifty years of service in the United States and abroad.
Location: B208
Title: NAFTA – Sixteen Years Later
Presenter(s): Armando Contreras, Karl Heiland, Kyle Underseth, Rene Sanchez
Association: Brophy Student Activists for Social Justice
Description: During this workshop, We will discuss what NAFTA is. Why and How NAFTA came about, What effects NAFTA had on Mexico and United States when it first passed, How it has shaped Mexico to what it is today, and also effects on agriculture farming in America. My clubs goal of this workshop is to educate our Brophy students on the injustice of this system that brings our country wealth. It challenges our students to think about the effects of this beneficial program on America to the impoverish state of Mexico. We will be doing this presentation powerpoint style.
Location: K1
Title: Toward a Humanitarian Accord: How US Policy Could Help Bring Peace Instead of War to Colombia
Presenter(s): James Jordan
Association: The Alliance for Global Justice
Description: The US has given billions of dollars in military to Colombia but has not supported a peace process there. The US and Colombian governments have concentrated their efforts around a military only solution. What has not been addressed are the roots of this conflict, especially the massive displacement of rural populations in order to make room for foreign corporations’ access to natural resources. This workshop will focus mainly on how we can best advocate for a process to define and establish a just peace.
Location: E210
Title: Mercantilism
Presenter(s): Joe Klein
Association: Brophy
Description: Students will participate in a simulation that allows for an understanding of how the mercantile system was utilized historically.
Location: E215
Title: Of Floods and Earthquakes: How US Support for Coups and Occupation Has Created Unnatural Disaster in Haiti
Presenter(s): Mr. Chuck Kaufman
Association: The Alliance for Global Justice
Description: The Alliance for Global Justice just participated in a delegation to Haiti to investigate human rights abuses and conditions for labor unions, farming communities and schools since the 2004 coup and occupation. AFGJ delegates returned five days before the earthquake. Rather than creating a completely new situation, what the earthquake has done is magnify the poverty and misery that was already in place. In this workshop, we will explore not only the problems, but the possible pathways to rebuilding Haiti in as just a way as possible.
Location: E209
Title: ACTION WORKSHOP: Modern-Day Abolitionists
Presenter(s): Katharina Weihmann (NFS AZ Director) and (possibly Lt. Jacqui MacConnell of the Phoenix Police department or representative of the anti-human trafficking task force)
Association: Not For Sale Campaign
Description: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
Not For Sale (NFS) is the international campaign to abolish the current enslavement of more than 27 million men, women and children around the world, and in our backyards. NFS equips and mobilizes Smart Activists to deploy innovative solutions to internationally re-abolish slavery. The Arizona State Director welcomes you to not only bear witness to the reality of human trafficking, but to commit the courage to make a difference.
In this workshop, participants will learn about the basics of modern-day slavery, the global freedom fighting movement and about the Not For Sale Campaign (and local partners). Taking on a holistic approach, learn how to advocate for the freedom of our global family.
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Location: Blackbox
Title: Refugee 101: Globalization Through the Refugees Eyes
Presenter(s): Shannon Johnson
Association: Catholic Charities Refugee Program
Description: Could you imagine packing up your entire life in a suitcase and leaving your country to save your life? How do you think it would feel to spend most of your years living in a camp, far away from the comforts of home?
“Refugee 101″ sxplores the plight of refugees who flee their home countries in order to escape persecution and violence. Arizona resettles thousands of refugees every year from many parts of the world including Burma, Iraq, Congo, Somalia and Bhutan. This presentation will touch on the process of becoming a refugee,how Arizona plays a role in welcoming these individuals and the cultural/economic challenges they face in their new country. Refugees themselves will also share their experiences of living in a refugee camp, resettling in the United States and will touch on the current political and economic situations in their homelands. This promises to be an eye opening experience, especially for those interested in learning more about human rights, international affairs and social justice work!
Location: P114
Title: Your Economic Future Is At Risk!
Presenter(s): Kelly Guffey
Association: Brophy Faculty
Description: The long-term economic outlook for the United States is very bleak. The budget deficit, the trade deficit, and the national debt are soaring to all-time highs. By the time you graduate from college we will also be at a critical point with Social Security and Medicare. Come and find out how your generation can stop the problems that our political leaders are creating.
Location: SAC
Title: Globalization and the Developing World: A Debater’s Perspective on the Costs and Benefits
Presenter(s): Nicholas Petsas, Zane Waxman, Andrew Anderson, Scott Franz and Matt Johnson
Association: Brophy
Description: Topics to be covered:Brain Drain, Social Impacts, US benefits, Import substitution empirical examples, Export oriented empirical examples
Location: B111
Title: Caritas in Veritate: A Global Church Addresses Globalization
Presenter(s): Dcn. Joe Stickney
Association: Brophy Faculty
Description: We need a globalization that is human, not merely economic, writes Pope Benedict in his latest encyclcal message to the world. He presents refreshing insights on how practical Christian love (caritas) can be when the truth (veritas) about human dignity is honored. His letter addresses the complexities of giving to all peoples their proper “room at the table.” Deacon Stickney will illustrate the social teaching in the letter as it applies to situations around the world.
Location: E209
Title: Spiritual Sustainability in Community Centered Business
Presenter(s): Jeff Fischer
Association: Lux Coffeebar
Description: How succinctly defining Spiritual Sustainability led me to develop a local business deeply rooted in its’ community. And how centering a business on Love and Service, in particular the articulation of good old fashioned hospitality, is fundamental to our prosperity.
Location: Chapel
Title: Social Responsibility in Business Practices and Investing as relates to Brophy College Preparatory
Presenter(s): Joe Helm and an investment office
Association: Brophy Business Office
Description: To discuss social responsibility practices as they relate to business practices and investment work at Brophy College Preparatory.
Location: B104
Title: Learn about Credit – The Key to a Secure Financial Future
Presenter(s): Carol Ford
Association: Brophy Controller
Description: One of the most important things you can do to get ahead financially is to learn about credit. It is essential to learn how to use credit wisely and how to maintain a good credit rating. In this workshop, we will review the different types of credit and how to effectively manage credit. We will look into the world of credit reports, credit scores and their impact. We will also discuss consumer spending and savings habits.
Location: B112
Title: Paradoxes of Globalization
Presenter(s): George M. Thomas
Association: School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University
Description: Globalization is commonly thought to be economic globalization and specifically increased free market competition. But is globalization only economic? Is it only increased and faster economic, technical, and informational interconnectedness among people? In this workshop we will explore the cultural and political aspects of globalization and the view that globalization is more than just greater interconnections among people: it also involves a greater self-awareness or consciousness of the world as one place. Even many proponents of economic globalization recognize that it creates issues of inequality and inequity. At the same time however, globalization in the broader sense is marked by the worldwide diffusion of human rights, principles of equity and justice, and attempts to shape global policies. Thus, globalization is marked by paradoxes and thus by opportunities.
Location: K22
Title: Business Choices in a Global Economy
Presenter(s): Tom Franz
Association: Greater Phoenix Leadership
Description: Every choice made, whether by an individual, a corporation or a nation, has a ripple effect.
We’ll consider several scenarios that highlight the complexities of remaining competitive and compassionate in a global economy.
Location: P210
Title: Eggs and Inmates….who knew?
Presenter(s): Clint Hickman
Association: Hickman’s Family Farms
Description: Hickman’s Family Farms talks about the challenges of producing eggs in a tough environment. Their inmate work program, their appearance on Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs…and keeping Arizona fed, one egg at a time.
Location: P214
Title: Globalization, Migration and Worker Justice
Presenter(s): Cristina Sanidad and Nicolas de la Fuente
Association: Arizona Interfaith Alliance for Worker Justice
Description: In this workshop we will explore the connections between globalization and the consequential forced migration of Latino immigrants to the United States as well as the problems immigrant workers are facing in the labor market. The prevalence of wage theft, discrimination, and safety/ health violations that immigrants are particularly vulnerable to will be discussed as well as the obstacles these workers face in organizing to have their rights and humanity recognized.
Location: E214
Title: Gender, Work and Globalization
Presenter(s): Maria L. Cruz-Torres
Association: Arizona State University
Description: This workshop is designed to introduce students to some of the economic, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions of globalization and how these impact women and the types of work they do in Third World Countries.
Location: B207
Title: Invisible Children Presents The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers
Presenter(s): Nathan Canning, Colin O’Shea, Megan Duhon, Jess Morris, Tony Bazilo, Richard Okello
Association: Invisible Children
Description: Journey together with three young men from Southern California (Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole) as they retrace their struggles and triumphs throughout the past six years in working to end the longest running war in Africa. “The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers” documents their efforts to expose the tragic realities of war-affected regions and educate and inspire individuals in the Western world to use their unique voice for change
Location: E201
Title: Project HOPE: Addressing Arizona’s Poverty
Presenter(s): Tricia Hoyt
Association: Catholic Charities
Description: What if we could cut the rate of poverty in the U.S. in half by 2020? That’s the goal Catholic Charities agencies across the country have set for themselves, and with Project HOPE it can happen here in Arizona. But it takes awareness, commitment, education and solidarity. This workshop helps students understand how generational poverty sets in, conducts a mini-training, and invites them to join the HOPE Corps!
Location: B105
Title: Advancing Opportunities in Arizona
Presenter(s): Barry Broome
Association: Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Description: Economic Development; Understanding the Big Picture
Location: NW corner of GH
Title: Rights of Day Laborers in Arizona
Presenter(s): Mr. Salvador Reza
Association: Macehualli Day Labor Center
Description: Mr. Reza has been instrumental in establishing a safe place for day-laborers to find work. Macehualli Center has just celebrated its 7th anniversary giving workers some protection against those who would exploit them. It is also one of the sites for a Brophy Summit tour on Sat Feb 27th. One should not treat globalized aconomoy without addressing lobalized labor, since they are intimately bound together. If we look at immigrants, legal or illegal as part of globalized labor, we will get a fresh view. Mr. Reza is also a leader in Tonatierra, an organization which promotes indiginous rights.
Location: K24
Title: Local produce farm providing safe sustainable food supply to public and living wage to farmworkers
Presenter(s): Jennifer Woods
Association: Crooked Sky Farms
Description: Crooked Sky Farms based in Phoenix grows produce year-round for its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members and farmers market patrons around the state. They are committed to sustainable practices so that they may provide safe affordable food to the people of Arizona as well as employing farmworkers in a safe environment while paying a living wage. We will discuss these and other topics including the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) and the future of farming.
Location: K21
Title: Running a Local Business in a Urban & Global Economy
Presenter(s): Bill Sandweg
Association: Copper Star Coffee
Description: Bill Sandweg owns Copper Star Coffee and is the President of the Seventh Avenue Merchants Association. He will be discussing the benefits/challenges of supporting local businesses over national chains, the challenges involved in opening a small business, and an overall discussion of how global issues directly effect the economics of the coffee industry, from labor and costs to product selection and coffee origins.
Location: K23
Title: Helpful Options for the Poor
Presenter(s): Stephen Haessler
Association: Apostles and Markets
Description: Luke 10:30-37 tells of a man who was robbed and beaten and left for dead in a ditch near the road. A priest came along, saw the man, and kept walking. A Levite man also saw the man but did not stop. Then the Good Samaritan saw the man and stopped to help. The Samaritan also chose to use some of his own money to pay for the injured man’s recuperation at a nearby inn. Today there are many policy choices that have as a goal helping poor people who are like the injured man in the story. But some policies are more helpful than others. Perhaps the priest and Levite felt sorry for the man, but their feelings weren’t very helpful. Other policies seem to make a real difference, like the Good Samaritan’s assistance and generosity. All policies seem motivated by good intentions of wanting to help the poor. But is there a way to distinguish between less effective policies and “Samaritan” ones that actually help?
In this workshop Students compare the amount of foreign aid by country with an index that estimates how easy or difficult it is to start up a new business in those same countries. Students compare both policies to a baseline measure of global poverty, the percentage of a country’s population living at or under $2 per day. Though correlation is not the same as causation, correlation is useful in providing some clues about which policies are more helpful. Students grapple with the implications of this idea by trying to agree on a ranking of policy options from more effective to less effective in terms of helping poor people escape poverty.
Location: B101