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X-WR-CALNAME:Info Session: PHCG4060 Borderlands & Health Justice: Migration
 \, Environment\, and Indigenous Rights
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DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about this Spring 2026 course taught by Prof. S
 helley White with a travel component to the US-Mexico border over spring b
 reak! \n\nCourse description:\n\nThis experiential learning course focuses
  on the borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico\, cutting across tradition
 al indigenous lands. We examine the history\, politics\, policies\, and ch
 allenges of the border and the borderlands region. Students employ a socia
 l justice lens to understand histories of nation-building\; migration and 
 immigration challenges\; local Native rights issues\; food\, biodiversity 
 and sustainability challenges\; rural health delivery\; the effects of ext
 ractive industry and the possibilities of restorative economy\; and models
  of liberatory education honoring indigenous histories and knowledges. Thi
 s course is built around a REQUIRED\, PLACE-BASED TRAVEL EXPERIENCE OVER M
 ARCH SPRING BREAK (typically 8 days from Friday Saturday) in the trination
 al space of the Sonoran Desert and Sky Islands region of southern Arizona\
 , northern Sonora\, Mexico\, and the Tohono Oodham Nation. Students explor
 e local landscapes and learn through dialogue with community partners. Whi
 le we consider historical and contemporary challenges of the region\, we a
 lso learn about innovative models of response based in local organizing. U
 ltimately\, students apply a root-cause analysis to consider health in con
 text\, community challenges and assets\, and the importance of community-d
 riven models of development and justice. Finally\, students will practice 
 leadership skills for social change by developing and implementing an acti
 on plan to advance health justice in the context of their course learning.
 \n\n \n\nThree sessions available:\n\nOct. 9 - 5-6PM\, Maloney 296\n\nOct.
  15 - 5-6PM - online via Zoom\n\nOct. 21 - 5-6PM\, 245 Beacon 501\n\nRSVP 
 for a session at the Register button!
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SUMMARY:Info Session: PHCG4060 Borderlands & Health Justice: Migration\, En
 vironment\, and Indigenous Rights
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bc.edu/event/info-session-phcg4060-borderlands
 -health-justice-migration-environment-and-indigenous-rights-8345
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