We have busy during the month of June with visits from both Rutgers University and Colorado College.
Beyond Development: Andean Social Movements and Their Struggle for Autonomy was the title of Colorado College's 4 week course in Bolivia. The goal of the course was to get students to think critically about the effects of neoliberal policies and the rise of "left" governme
nts in the Andean Region. We visited women organizations, artist cooperatives, student lead social movements and environmental activitists. In an attempt to explore and understand the radical critiques of "western development". The group of 12 studetns left Bolivia with a deeper understand of the country and with, we hope, a new perspective on the United States.
nts in the Andean Region. We visited women organizations, artist cooperatives, student lead social movements and environmental activitists. In an attempt to explore and understand the radical critiques of "western development". The group of 12 studetns left Bolivia with a deeper understand of the country and with, we hope, a new perspective on the United States.Rutgers University students participated in a 6 week course called Law, Justice and Rights. This course combined lectures by various guest speakers with a serivce learning experience in the Zona Sur of Cochabamba. All 13 students lived with Bolivian host families as well as traveling as a group to La Paz, Chapare and Toro Toro.
We hope that both groups found their time in Bolivia worthwhile and Volunteer Bolivia looks forward to working with both universities in the future.
