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Robert Emigh Norwalk Community College
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RobertEmighNorwalkCommunityCollege
Anindividualhasnotstartedlivinguntilhecanriseabovethenarrowconfinesofhisindividualisticconcernstothebroader
concernsofallhumanity.
‐‐Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.
Educationisanadmirablething,butitiswelltorememberfromtimetotimethatnothing
thatisworthknowingcanbetaught.
‐‐OscarWilde
READING:Content‐based/theme‐basedcourse
WRITING:Essays,discussionboards,blogs
SPEAKING/LISTENING:Peerinterviews,PowerPointandMoviemakerpresentations
CUNYLanguageImmersionProgramKingsboroughCommunityCollege
Level1CourseDescriptionSummer2005
Instructor:RobertEmighOfficetelephone:(718)368‐4870E‐mail:[email protected]
PoliticalMovementsthatChanged(andAreChanging)theWorld
Inthiscourse,wewilltakeacloselookatfivepoliticalmovementsandtheirprincipalleaders.Thefivepoliticalmovementsarethetenants’rightsmovementinNewYorkCityintheearly20thcentury,India’sfightforhomerulearoundWorldWarII,theAmericancivilrightsmovementofthe1950’sand1960’s,thefarmworkers’boycottsandmarchesofCaliforniaofthe1960’sand1970’s,andthecurrentstrugglesfordemocracyinBurmaorMyanmar.ThefiveleaderswewillstudyareJacobRiis,MohandasGandhi,MartinLutherKing,Jr.,CesarChavez,andAungSanSuuKyi.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
deKay,JamesT.MartinLutherKing:AManofPeacewithaDreamforallPeople.RandomHouse.NewYork.1993.
Hugo,Victor(adaptedbyMonicaKulling).LesMisérables.RandomHouse.NewYork.1995.
Jacobs,WilliamJay.“JacobRiis”inGreatLives.CharlesScribner’sSons.NewYork.1990.
Mitchell,Pratima.Gandhi:TheFatherofModernIndia.OxfordUniversityPress.NewYork.1998.
Twain,Mark.ThePrinceandthePauper.Longman.EdinburghGate,England.1999.
Zannos,Susan.CesarChavez:LaborLeader.MitchellLanePublishers.Childs,Maryland.1999.
Films/Videos
Attenborough,Richard;director.Gandhi.ColumbiaPictures.1982.
August,Bille;director.LesMisérables.Tri‐Star/ColumbiaPictures.1998.
Baber,JerryandFabian,Rhonda;directors.AHistoryoftheCivilRightsMovement.SchlessingerVideoProductions.1994.
Presentations
PowerPoint:AnEnvironmentalIssue
EnvironmentCrisisinIraqfinal‐Shortcut.lnk
MovieMaker:APolitical/InfluentialPerson
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MulticulturalClub StudentWorld
Assembly—NCCChapter
CommitteeforActiveandResponsibleEnvironmentalSustainability(NCCCARES)
Collectedover300signaturesonapetitioncallingontheU.S.governmenttotakeactiontostopthegenocideinDarfur
Raisedover$400tosupportdisplacedDarfurians
SWAisa“deliberativeassemblywherestudentsaroundtheworldcanexchangeviews…andtranslatetheseviewsintomeaningfulactions.”
Over100chapters Chaptersonallfive
continents CreatedNCCChapter,
February2007
STUDENT WORLD ASSEMBLY
NorwalkCommunityCollegeChapter!
Monday, March 10 2:30-3:30 p.m. Room: E221
FormoreinformationcontactSWA/NCCPres.MattLoter([email protected]),VicePres.Olga
Anatos([email protected])orProf.RobertEmigh(857‐3358)
Whatare“green”buildings?HowcanNCCtobemoregreen?Comeheararchitectureprofessor
JohnSneidertalkonenvironmentallyresponsiblebuildings.
ThenewHealthandScienceCenterproposalistobuild46,000squarefeetofnewconstructionandtodemolishtheexistinggymwing.
TheproposedNCCstructureisestimatedtocostover$30million. ThenewbuildingdesigndoesnotmeettheLeadershipinEnergy
andEnvironmentalDesign(LEED)standardsbecausethefundsforthebuildingproposalwereapprovedbeforetheLEEDrequirementwasineffect:“…newstatefacilitiescosting$5millionormore,fundedonorafterJanuary1,2007,arerequiredtomeettheLEEDsilverstandardoritsequivalent.”
TherearefourlevelsoftheLEEDstandard:certified,silver,goldandplatinum.NCC’sproposedHealthandScienceCenterdoesnotmeeteventhelowestcertifiedstandard.Recently,GatewayCommunityCollegeunveiledplansforanewcampusthatwouldmeetthegoldstandard.
The Student World Assembly NCC Chapter
presents
Christiana Figueres
Tuesday, April 22, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 PepsiCo Theater
“GWhat??Global Warming: …What is it? …What is being done? …What is it that can I do?”
MeetingwithNCCPres.Levinson
Monday,April24,200812:00p.m.
“Townhall”meetingwithConnecticutDPWandarchitects
May29,2008
CheckwithStudentActivitiesOffice‐‐Whatarerequirements
fornewclubs? ‐‐Arefundsavailable?
Recruitclubmembers‐‐Talktoyourstudents‐‐Clubfairs/registration‐‐Visitcoursesoflike‐
mindedcolleagues
Findanissuethatstudentsarepassionateabout
SWAwebsiteforresources http://
studentworldassembly.org/SWAHome/Default.aspx
Usecolleaguesasresources(includingme!)
Exploitgovernmentandnon‐profitorganizations
Monitorlocalmediaoutlets
Historywillhavetorecordthatthegreatesttragedyofthisperiodofsocialtransitionwasnotthestridentclamorofthebadpeople,
buttheappallingsilenceofthegoodpeople.
‐‐Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.
Neverdoubtthatasmallgroupofthoughtful,committedcitizenscanchangetheworld.Indeed,itistheonlythingthat
everhas.
‐‐MargaretMead
