The pandemic has been educating us to take care of each other, to make sacrifices for the common good, to understand how we are all interconnected. How might these values guide us toward a better society? Erella Shadmi (Israeli criminologist and feminist) and Emily Kawano (co-founder of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network) will discuss the better society that can come out of our experience with Covid.
We will depart from San Miguel early in the morning to Patzcuaro, where we will spend three days. We will visit the most important buildings and churches in Patzcuaro and also visit a number of nearby indigenous villages:
Manifest destiny was the belief that westward expansion of the US from 13 Atlantic colonies to the Pacific was natural, predetermined, and even divinely ordained. But were Indians, Mexicans, and the buffalo just in the way? This lecture will briefly examine and discuss such events as our expulsion and removal of Indian tribes; the US... Read more
Omar S. Dahi is Professor of Economics at Hampshire College and Founding Director of Security in Context, a research network on peace, conflict, and global affairs. He was born and raised in Syria and currently lives with his wife and two children in Amherst. Dahi has served as a lead expert on the United Nations Economic and Social... Read more