Sustainable Water Treatment Systems In The La Vega Region Of The Dominican Republic,
2024
Purdue University
Sustainable Water Treatment Systems In The La Vega Region Of The Dominican Republic, Hannah Fulton, Justina Thomae, Jorge Del Angel, Ramin Ansari, Karina Peate, Rylan Elliott, Adam Spieth, Thalia May, Morgan Jung, Ernest R. Blatchley Iii, Rebecca C. Johnson
Graduate Industrial Research Symposium
Purdue University's service-learning course, Water Supply in Developing Countries (WSDC) is dedicated to ensuring access to safe drinking water in the La Vega region of the Dominican Republic. The focus in the current academic year is to enhance the functionality, sustainability, and independence of community-based water treatment systems installed by previous WSDC students. Despite the construction of four water systems since 2012, operational challenges ensued, rendering them currently inoperable. Our objective is to learn from past mistakes, restore the systems and ensure their continuous functionality. During the fall semester, class members assessed repair needs in two communities with existing systems, …
Analyzing And Understanding America’S Foreign Policy Decisions And Strategies Throughout The Bosnian War,
2024
Providence College
Analyzing And Understanding America’S Foreign Policy Decisions And Strategies Throughout The Bosnian War, Hope Rhind
Global Studies Student Scholarship
This paper explores the evolution of American foreign policy in the Balkans in the years preceding the Dayton Accords. Specifically, it examines the progression from America’s position of nonintervention and reluctance to engage to a role of leadership in ending the conflict. Key factors discussed include the inadequacy of early U.S. policies in the region, mounting pressure to end the violent conflict, the value placed on the NATO organization and relationship by the Clinton administration, and the unwavering commitment to keep American troops out of the conflict. This paper seeks to highlight the intricate interplay between international commitments and domestic …
Review Of For God And My Country: Catholic Leadership In Modern Uganda,
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Review Of For God And My Country: Catholic Leadership In Modern Uganda, John Ashworth
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of After Genocide: Memory And Reconciliation In Rwanda,
2024
Syracuse University
Review Of After Genocide: Memory And Reconciliation In Rwanda, Selina Gallo-Cruz
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of My Soul’S Journey To Redefine Leadership,
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Review Of My Soul’S Journey To Redefine Leadership, Patricia Mische
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Mathare: An Urban Baston Of Anti-Oppression Struggle In Kenya,
2024
Aljazeera Network
Review Of Mathare: An Urban Baston Of Anti-Oppression Struggle In Kenya, Mugo Patrick Mugo
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Book Discussion "Innovations In Peace And Security In Africa",
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Book Discussion "Innovations In Peace And Security In Africa"
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Book Discussion "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History Of The Cia And A Cold War Assassination",
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Book Discussion "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History Of The Cia And A Cold War Assassination"
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Abdul Aziz Said: A Pioneer In Peace, Intercultural Dialogue, And Cooperative Global Politics,
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Review Of Abdul Aziz Said: A Pioneer In Peace, Intercultural Dialogue, And Cooperative Global Politics, Patricia Mische
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Bullets To Ballots: Collective De-Radicalization Of Armed Movements,
2024
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
Review Of Bullets To Ballots: Collective De-Radicalization Of Armed Movements, Gary Prevost
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Book Discussion "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, And The Global Battle To Power Our Lives",
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Book Discussion "The War Below: Lithium, Copper, And The Global Battle To Power Our Lives"
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Ecomartyrdom In The Americas: Living And Dying For Our Common Home,
2024
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Review Of Ecomartyrdom In The Americas: Living And Dying For Our Common Home, Caesar A. Montevecchio
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Cli-Fi And Class: Socioeconomic Justice In Contemporary American Climate Fiction,
2024
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Review Of Cli-Fi And Class: Socioeconomic Justice In Contemporary American Climate Fiction, Kyhl Lyndgaard
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Of Water Management And Violent Conflict In East Africa: Scarcity And Security In Kenya And Uganda,
2024
School of International Service, American University
Review Of Water Management And Violent Conflict In East Africa: Scarcity And Security In Kenya And Uganda, Ken Conca
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
In Memory Of Bishop Paride Taban,
2024
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
In Memory Of Bishop Paride Taban, Sara Ketelaar, Fr. Peter Mbaro, John Ashworth, Fr. Joseph G. Healey, Rosanne Fischer, William O’Keefe
The Journal of Social Encounters
The Journal of Social Encounters mourns the loss, and celebrates the life, of the much-loved Bishop Paride Taban. We thank our authors below for sharing their reflections on him. In his memory, we also re-print an essay about him by Alberto Eisman Torres, A Beacon of Hope in a Troubled Context: Sketches of the Life of Mons. Paride Taban, Shepherd and Bridge-builder, an essay in our special collection on Peace Bishops. I was blessed to know Bisop Taban, and would see him in Nairobi and in Minnesota. One of his associates was a student of mine at the Catholic …
Review Essay: Populism- Ensuring That People Have A Voice That Is Heard And Followed,
2024
John Marshall Law School
Review Essay: Populism- Ensuring That People Have A Voice That Is Heard And Followed, Walter J. Kendall Lll
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Essay: An Apostolate Of Friendship: Recent Publications On The Letters And Conferences Of Thomas Merton,
2024
International Thomas Merton Society
Review Essay: An Apostolate Of Friendship: Recent Publications On The Letters And Conferences Of Thomas Merton, Paul Pynkoski
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Essay: Mitri Raheb On Christian Zionism,
2024
Ohio University
Review Essay: Mitri Raheb On Christian Zionism, Loren D. Lybarger
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Review Essay: Receiving Pope Francis’S Condemnation Of Nuclear Weapons,
2024
Mount St. Mary’s University, MD
Review Essay: Receiving Pope Francis’S Condemnation Of Nuclear Weapons, William J. Collinge
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Peace Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Djoma Lola -- Bishop Of Tshumbé,
2024
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Peace Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Djoma Lola -- Bishop Of Tshumbé, Stephen R. Hilbert
The Journal of Social Encounters
Fr. Nicolas Djomo Lola was appointed a bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1997 and immediately was thrust into a brutal war between Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire that lasted through 2003. That conflict exacerbated deadly ethnic conflicts in the eastern provinces of the Congo that continue to this day. Bishop Djomo, driven by his belief that Jesus Christ calls all people to build peace, and protect people from violence responded to this war and chaos in remarkable ways. He led a delegation of the Central Africa Bishops to advocate with the Presidents of Burundi, Rwanda and …
