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Dove Power: Advocacy the Christian Way

January 28, 2013 by J. Nathan Matias 2 Comments

“What does it mean for Christians to do social justice advocacy as if God is real and Jesus is risen?” is a significant question. Anyone have example regarding how such social justice advocacy relates to (interacts with or even been played out in) their research, field and/or higher education in general? Once again, thank-you to J. […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana12 Tagged With: Alexia Salvatierra, Christian Community Development Association, Desmund Tutu, dove power, Reverend James Lawson, serpent power, social justice, urbana, Urbana12, World Vision

The Intersection of Church and Business

January 22, 2013 by J. Nathan Matias No Comments

J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media continues his Urbana12 series. This post in original form (12/28/2012) can be found here. As some of you know, the seminar is part of the Business Changing the World Track. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. Your work is much appreciated.. ~ Thomas […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana12 Tagged With: business, Business Changing the World, case studies, Chi-Ming Cheng, culture, Dayspring Tech, jobs, John Greenhill, urbana, Urbana12

Find Your Voice and Own It: Women and the Academic Life

January 14, 2013 by J. Nathan Matias No Comments

Thank-you to J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media, for venturing into and reporting on Women and the Academic Life as part of his Urbana12 series.* We’re looking forward to your responses to this material — any seminar participants with thoughts to add? Note: In addition to ESN’s mentoring resources, be sure to visit The Well — a website […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Mentoring, Urbana12, Vocation Tagged With: academic careers for women, Janet Clark, Mentoring, the Well, urbana, Urbana12, vocation, women in the academy

Making Cross-Cultural Relationships in a Globalised World

January 10, 2013 by J. Nathan Matias 2 Comments

J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media continues his Urbana12 series. This post in original form (12/30/2012) can be found here. Thank-you Nathan! Great to have you contributing material to the ESN Blog. Your work is much appreciated.. ~ Thomas B. Grosh IV, Associate Director of ESN. ———————- This weekend, I’m at Urbana, a gathering of […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana12 Tagged With: cross-cultural relationships, digital cosmpolitanism, urbana, Urbana12

What I Remembered at Urbana 12

January 8, 2013 by Micheal Hickerson 4 Comments

Last month’s Urbana 12 taught me a few things — for example, on a panel of three people, it takes a long time for each panel member to answer each question from the audience. The more important lessons, though, were reminders more than anything else. Three lessons, in particular, have been helpful to me as […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Urbana12 Tagged With: calling, satisfaction, urbana, Urbana12, vocation, work

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