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Exploration Seminar in Guatemala
2006 UW Recognition Award Winner Angelina Godoy
Dr. Godoy received the James D. Clowes Award for the Advancement of Learning Communities, which recognizes a faculty or staff member who transforms undergraduate learning by creating or sustaining learning communities among students.
"This [Exploration] seminar immerses students in the realities of human
rights as it is experienced "on the ground" in Guatemala, exploring the
issues human rights advocates, scholars, and policymakers face addressing
past atrocities while adapting to respond to new challenges. Students
examine the ways in which Guatemalans have organized, often despite overwhelming
odds, to defend their rights and pursue justice in a post-genocidal context.
The class seeks to learn from the examples and experiences of those on
the front lines of contemporary human rights challenges, and to think
critically about our own role in global structures of justice and injustice."
Professor
Angelina Godoy, Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice and of International Studies
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UW Guatemala Project Fundraising Auction
The Fundraising Auction held March 31st, 2007 raised more than $50,000
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Professor Godoy's Exploration Seminar in 2005 and 2006 has evolved into a human rights study abroad in Guatemala course that will go to Guatemala in June and July 2007 >>
University of Washington Guatemala Project
Read about this project which aims to support primary and secondary education in Guatemala’s coffee communities. The Project was organized entirely at the initiative of students in the 2005 and 2006 Exploration Seminars to Guatemala.
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