EDUCATING FOR LIFE SND Administrators Conference July 18 2017 Jean Stoner SNDdeN Polarized politics racial prejudice warring nations and religious bigotry Populist antiestablishment nationalist reactionary ID: 641634
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ADDRESSING THE CURRENT GLOBAL SITUATION --EDUCATING FOR LIFE
SND AdministratorsConference
July 18, 2017
Jean Stoner, SNDdeNSlide2
Polarized politics, racial prejudice, warring nations, and religious bigotry
Populist, anti-establishment, nationalist, reactionary, and terrorist movements
CURRENT
GLOBAL
SITUATIONSlide3
Destructive policies that exacerbate poverty and exploit the earth
Increased military spending to make “America First”Budget cuts that negatively impact middle class and people on the marginsDenial of climate change and support of fossil fuelsBlind eye to gun violence in the name of Second Amendment rightsTravel ban and restrictive immigration policies in the name of national security
Assault on women’s reproductive rights in the name of religion
CURRENT
US
SITUATION
Toxic atmosphere
that encourages animosity and discrimination
Ongoing partisan political debate
Alternative facts/outrageous statements/fake news
Public name-calling, bigotry, discrimination, racism, sexism, intoleranceSlide4
Heartfelt
desire for unity, peace, and prosperity for allHunger for genuine, inclusive, diverse community and spirituality
Growing number of grassroots networks spanning the globe
CURRENT
GLOBAL
SITUATIONSlide5
We need a spirituality that will prioritize commonalities over differences and open up new pathways for a justice that will empower, liberate, and reconcile.
Diarmuid O’Murchu
WHAT DO WE NEED?
We must move from cacophony to symphony.
Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
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By Ethical Coordinates which act as compasses to orient actions and choices in the right direction.
Christianity and the Political Order: Conflict, Cooptation, and Cooperation,
by Kenneth R. Himes, 2014
HOW DO WE GET THERE?Slide7
HALLMARK: WE EMBRACE THE GIFT OF DIVERSITY
EDUCATE: OPPOSE RACISM, SEXISM, EXCLUSION, BULLYING, AND DISCRIMINATION WHEREVER THEY OCCUR
1 - AUTHENTIC HUMANISMSlide8
HALLMARK: WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
EDUCATE: UNDERGIRD SERVICE WITH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
2 – SOLIDARITYSlide9
HALLMARK: WE PROCLAIM BY OUR LIVES EVEN MORE THAN BY OUR WORDS THAT GOD IS GOOD
EDUCATE: LAUDATO SI’: ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME by Pope Francis
3 – COMMON GOODSlide10
HALLMARK: WE EDUCATE FOR AND ACT ON BEHALF OF JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD
EDUCATE: TO ERADICATE INEQUALITIES, WORK FOR EQUITY
4 - JUSTICESlide11
HALLMARK: WE HONOR THE DIGNITY AND SACREDNESS OF EACH PERSON
EDUCATE: TREAT EVERYONE AS A HUMAN BEING, EVEN THOSE YOU OPPOSEWhen I change the level of my awareness, I start attracting a different reality.
Gasten Saint Pierre
5 - HUMAN RIGHTSSlide12
HALLMARK: WE DEVELOP HOLISTIC LEARNING COMMUNITIES WHICH EDUCATE FOR LIFE
EDUCATE: BECOME ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS — STAND UP, AND SPEAK OUT Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
Robert Frost
6 - PARTICIPATIONSlide13
HALLMARK: WE CREATE COMMUNITY AMONG THOSE WITH WHOM WE WORK AND WITH THOSE WE SERVE
EDUCATE: JOIN A NETWORK; BE PART OF NOTRE DAME VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND NOTRE DAME ONLINE
7 - SUBSIDIARITYSlide14
1- What did you learn that you didn’t know before?2- What touched or inspired you?
QUESTIONS FOR SHARINGSlide15
Human Development as measured by life expectancy, education, and per capita income
Human Development Index (HDI) If there were only 100 people in the world
PARTICIPATE IN THE CURRENT
GLOBAL PRIORITIES
PROCESSSlide16
UN wants to know what matters most to you -- VOTE
See what priorities the people of the world are choosing -- DATA
PARTICIPATE IN THE CURRENT
GLOBAL PRIORITIES
PROCESS
The love of one's country is a splendid thing.
But why should love stop at the border?
Pablo Casals
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PARTICIPATE IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL PRIORITIES PROCESS
EDUCATE
ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALSSlide18
SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR AT THE UN SINCE 2001Grace Amarachi Ezeonu, SNDdeN
Sisters of Notre Dame de NamurNGO Representative at the United NationsSNDatUN NGO Office777 UN Plaza, Concourse, Suite CNew York, NY 10017-3521 USASNDatUN@SNDdeN.org
1-646-683-6559 cell
Follow SNDatUN on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SNDatUN
Like SNDatUN on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/fc3Zkv
Subscribe to SNDatUN blog: http://sndatun.wordpress.comSlide19
HELPFUL LINKSHDI: http://bit.ly/2hqCrhp100 People in the World: http://bit.ly/2sdMDle
Vote global priorities: vote.myworld2015.org/Data global priorities: data.myworld2015.org/SDGs: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsTeaching SDGs: http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/Notre Dame Online: www.notredameonline.org/Notre Dame Virtual School: www.ndvs.org/NDVS e-newsletter: kristin.hokanson@sndden.org
Pope Francis’ TED Talk - Why the only future worth building includes everyone: http://bit.ly/2oupb2PSlide20
We must have courage in the century we live in. St. Julie Billiart
We were made for these times. Clarissa Pinkola EstésWe are the ones we’ve been waiting for. The Hopi EldersSlide21Slide22
What is a takeaway that you want to bring back to your learning community?
QUESTION FOR SHARING