Research

1. Basic Engery Needs - Almost Home

Almost Home provides a safe, transitional home and support for homeless teenage mothers and their children.

2. Community resources and disaster services - Kingdom House

Kingdom House provides excellent, spiritual-based social services to meet
community needs.

3. Domestic violence and legal services - Crime Victim Advocacy Center of St. Louis

Provides resources, counseling, advocacy and referral for victims of crime and their families.

Film Presentation

Human Rights Topics

1. African human rights activists have criticized "human rights violation" at the ongoing international fight against terrorism.

2. The CIA Mind Control Doctors: From Harvard to Guantanamo

3. US Invasion of Panama 1989

How I felt at the end of the "Maus" Discussion

I felt that the discussion over all was pretty well done. Certain questions could have been stated differently, but beside from that all other questions were answered very throughly and were covered by everyone in the class.

The Congo. What's going on now?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/05/congo.rapes.arrest/index.html?iref=allsearch CNN
This article talks about how one of the authority figures in the Congo arrested for charges of rape. Many Congolese citizens were also abducted for forced labor. Remind you of anyone? It make me wonder, why don't other countries try to help or get involved in bringing a sense of peace in the Congo?


http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=allsearch CNN This article talks about the some of the genocide that is going on in the Congo. The article specifically mentions how, "Tens of thousands of people were killed, and numerous others were raped, mutilated or otherwise victimized during the decade". How do other counties know about this and still do nothing? 

Post Discussion Thoughts

Overall, I thought the group I participated with today had some very interesting answer to the question that were thought up before class. Everyone had some very interesting ideas, and everyone got a chance to talk. Concerning questions I have after the discussion, one question I have is, "How would Leopold's presence in the Congo effected the uprising of the Africans?".

Response and Questions

Response: Concerning pages 1-32 of Adam Hochshild's King Leopold's Ghost, I think it sheds some great  light on a very rarely heard of topic of Imperialism in Europe and the world wide movement against slave labor in the Congo. I myself became very interested, as I read, in learning about this event in history that I had never heard of before. 

Questions:

1. How did the notion of Imperialism in Europe first come about?

2. Why was it important to have slave labor in the Congo?