How can I volunteer without doing more harm?

 
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This 4 week course will explore activism and volunteerism in a contemporary context. Students will learn about present and past activists and movements, how volunteerism can navigate into dangerous territory when good intentions turn into uninformed actions, and how to be informed when venturing into volunteer work. Hayley Johnson will be facilitating this module. Get to know Hayley... keep reading! 

 

 
 

What this course will entail:

Topic one: Activism

  • What is activism?

  • What is its’ purpose?

  • What are influential movements?

Topic two: Volunteerism

  • What is volunteerism?

  • How do good intentions cause harm?

  • How can we avoid it?

  • What is the importance of understanding both activism & volunteerism when doing volunteer work?

Topic three: Application

  • How have some organisations been ethically responsible?

  • What are tools that we can use? How can we do social work in the Netherlands?

Action Sunday

On this Sunday,  all the agents from all the various modules  will put their learning into action with an organization in the Amsterdam area. 

 

What will a class will look like:

  • Over one rotation of a module, there will be 5-10 high school students.

  • Meetings will be in Amsterdam, dates/times will work around the groups schedules.

  • Minimal course work outside of meetings.

  • Topics will be discussed and explored through interactive mediums

  • 4-6 hours in total meeting time

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Hayley Johnson

Hayley is a previous intern and newly made staff member currently pursuing a bachelors in Psychology at the University of Leiden. She is originally from California, but moved to the Netherlands to complete the international baccalaureate program.

Hayley is the youngest staff member at age 20, loves to write and sing music, and is always enthusiastic to try new things. While she is creative and fun, she is also driven and hardworking towards the projects she is involved in.

"Being part of InSite came from a number of places for me, but it was primarily from a space of wanting to work hard in the activism sector and to understand the technical sides of executing a successful program such as this. I also wanted to re-experience the moments, beauty, and people that are tied with going to South Africa."

 
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