View the prize-winning Amizade course film
Amizade's Upcoming Winter Break, 2009 Spring and Summer Courses announced. Spend the winter holiday break building Ghana's first library outside the capital, study and service in Jamaica, and more. << details >>
Amizade Course Film Wins National Competition
A film produced by students in Amizade’s summer 2008 Introduction to Social Documentary course won the top prize at the Cinemocracy Film Festival held Aug. 25 in Denver, in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention.
"Democracy: A Steady, Loving Confrontation" is a three-minute short film based on the oral histories of former civil rights activists collected in Alabama by seven college students under the direction of Amizade instructor Jen Saffron. A panel of film industry professionals chose the Amizade film from among 10 finalists screened in front of an audience of 4,000. More…
Water systems and women’s rights were the focus of the 2008 Amizade summer course on community development in Tanzania. “We work to support what is already happening, what is already effective on the ground … home water harvesting systems …a large water tank at Eden Center for Appropriate Technology, where local farmers learn improved farming techniques and local women have access to vocational training classes,” writes Eric Harman, Amizade’s executive director. Read his travel blog http://emhartman.travellerspoint.com/
Summer 2009 Global Service-Learning Course opportunities through West Virginia University will be announced by late September 2008.
Reserve 2009 service and learning experiences now. Email volunteer@amizade.org for more information or reservations.
Amizade profiled in new book on "best" travel experiences: Amizade's US programs are highlighted in Immersion Travel USA: The Best and Most Meaningful Volunteering, Living, and Learning Excursions by Sharyl Kane (2009, Countryman Press). The book describes Amizade's service-learning trips to the Navajo Nation (cultural immersion and tutoring), Montana/Yellowstone (historic preservation, habitat restoration), and Washington, DC (homelessness and hunger).