College(Interdeptmnt) Courses 115EQ - Global-Local Ineq./Social Chg
Spring
2018
01
2.00
Catherine Corson;M. Darling;Richard Feldman;Holly Hanson;Eva Paus;Preston Smith II
M 07:00PM-09:30PM;TH 07:00PM-09:30PM;FS -
Mount Holyoke College
103081
Clapp Laboratory 016; ;
ccorson@mtholyoke.edu;ndarling@mtholyoke.edu;feldman@mtholyoke.edu;hhanson@mtholyoke.edu;epaus@mtholyoke.edu;psmith@mtholyoke.edu
What can we do, as individuals and organizations, to address the growing inequalities at the global and local level? In the 2018 Global Challenges Course, we investigate how institutions, policies, and power structures shape access to resources. In the Conference, we explore how organizations navigate these constraints and take action to advance access to resources and make communities more sustainable. We focus on three interrelated areas: built environment (access to housing, electricity, transportation); food security (access to affordable and nutritional food, land rights, water); and income-generating activities for women (access to education, training, funding).
The course meets five Monday nights: Jan 29th - February 26, 7-9:30 pm. Students are required to attend the evening lecture by Branko Milanovic, world renowned expert on global inequality on February 8, 2018, 7pm, and to participate in the conference on F