The schedule for this year’s CPGC pre-internship retreat has been finalized. Nearly sixty students will gather for preparation relating to cultural humility, applied and professional ethics in diverse working environments, health and safety, and the development of global citizenship. Colleagues from across the college, alumni, staff, community partners, and faculty gather to support this intensive preparation opportunity. We look forward to another packed and engaging retreat.

Friday, April 7, 6:30 pm Start at Haverford Friends Meeting House
Foci: Cultural Awareness, Ethics and Politics of Internships, Getting to Know One Another & Group Formation

• 6:30 Interns Selected for Summer 2017 Arrive at Haverford Friends Meeting House, Pizza Dinner
• 6:45 Overview of the Retreat - Eric Hartman, CPGC Executive Director
• 7:00 Understanding Who is in the Room - Janice Lion, CPGC Associate Director
• 7:20 Understanding Self as a Cultural Being, Getting to Know One Another - Eric Hartman
• 8:20 Advice to Future Interns... & the NGO Industrial Complex, Maria Padron '19 and Adam Rosenblatt, Visiting Assistant Professor, Peace, Justice, & Human Rights
• 9:20 One Hope, One Fear
• 9:25 Closing

Bus to Bryn Mawr leaves at 9:50

Saturday, April 8, 9:30 coffee and 10:00 am Firm Start at Haverford Friends Meeting House
Foci: Health and Safety, Applied Scenarios, Workplace Cultures, Challenges, Fears, Ethical Photography, Trauma, Identity & Travel

• 9:30 Coffee, Croissants, & Conversation (Flexible time for individuals to ask questions)
• 10:00 Staying Happy, Healthy, and Safe throughout your CPGC Experience
  • Elias Mohr, Interim International Programs Coordinator, CPGC
  • Stephanie Zukerman, Program Manager, CPGC 

• 11:00 Break
• 11:15 Identities, Safety, and Cultural Context
  • Qui Alexander, Program Coordinator, Women’s Center

• 12:15 Navigating Workplace Cultures, Haverford House Fellows
• 1:15 Hopes, Fears, and Support Mechanisms
• 2:30 Trauma Sensitivity, Care, and Conscientious Action, Support Center for Child Advocates
• 5:00 Snack Break  
• 5:15 Working through Challenging Scenarios from Previous CPGC Internships
• 6:15 Dinner
• 7:00 What is Global Citizenship?
• 8:00 Ethical Photography, Storytelling, and the CPGC
  • Natasha Cohen-Carroll '13
• 9:00 End

Sunday, April 9, 9:30 am Firm Start to Day, Bryn Mawr Room of the Dining Center
Experience, Reflection, Activism: Personal, Civic, and Intellectual Growth  

• 8:30 Breakfast
• 9:30 Living, Writing, and Reflecting toward Lives of Purpose
  • Eileen Flanagan, Friend in Residence
• 10:45 Break
• 11:00 Community Discussion, Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Case for Contamination
• 11:45 Post-Internship Course Options
  • Bodies of Injustice: Health, Illness, and Healing in Contexts of Inequality with Visiting Professor for Independent College Programs Carol Schilling
  • Human Rights and Development in the Context of Global Inequities with Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Thomas Donahue
  • Human Rights in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania – in National and Global Context with CPGC Executive Director Eric Hartman
• Noon CPGC Opportunities beyond the Summer
• 12:20 Conclusion
• 12:30 Lunch with Previous Interns
• 1:00 Evaluations and Site-specific Conversations
• 2:00 End