Category: Seminars

Stories of Accompaniment

Community Health and the Common Good

Community Health and the Common Good Submitted by Katie Warner on May 14, 2019 – 4:13pm “Are you the only person going on the trip that’s not pre-med?” I received this question often when talking to family and friends about my spring break seminar. When I explained that Community Health and the Common Good centered […]

U.S. Health Care Policy and Poverty Seminar

U.S. Health Care Policy and Poverty Seminar Submitted by Katie Warner on May 14, 2019 – 4:10pm After a four- hour delay, the train finally appeared in our sight, reassuring each of us that we would actually make it to our nation’s capital for our immersion on Health Care Policy. In the weeks leading up […]

Appalachia Seminar – Bethlehem Farm

Appalachia Seminar – Bethlehem Farm Submitted by Katie Warner on May 14, 2019 – 3:51pm When I think back on my time at Bethlehem Farm last fall, the first words that come to my mind are peace, serenity, and beauty. All too often in our fast-paced world today, it is easy to get swept up […]

Appalachia Seminar

Appalachia Seminar Submitted by Katie Warner on March 7, 2019 – 10:10am Johnny is the son-in-law of a woman whose house we were repairing during my immersion trip. Johnny is a very extroverted and hardworking man who was more than happy to get down in the mud and help us with the work on his […]

Appalachia Seminar

Appalachia Seminar Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 10:45am BY BRITTANY BENNINGER, NEW YORK, NY, ECONOMICS, CLASS OF 2019 Catholic social teaching (CST) has given me the language and mindset through which to take in and digest my experiences on Institute for Social Concerns seminars. Framing my week as a challenge to see […]

REALITIES OF RACE SEMINAR: ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO

REALITIES OF RACE SEMINAR: ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 9:47am I met so many amazing activists and organizers in my trips to St. Louis and Chicago with the Realities of Race seminar. They were people who have fought and continue to fight for racial equality in a […]

URBAN PLUNGE 2018: PORTLAND

URBAN PLUNGE 2018: PORTLAND Submitted by Cindy Voll on December 11, 2018 – 8:36am A man I met on an Urban Plunge in Portland, Ore., told me nonchalantly during a conversation that he wasn’t homeless, even though he was planning on sleeping on the streets in his tent that night, just as he had the […]