Cultural Citizens and North-South Dialogue: Building the National Identity and Civic Participation in the Philippines     

May – June

 
 
                                   May 31 – June 28, 2008                  *June 3, 2008        

 

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Fri

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Saturday, May 31

Participants Arrive

Mabuhay!

 

* Sunday, June 1:

Free morning

 

Dinner @ Yen Cheng

 

 

 June 2    Heritage Room

9:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Inaugural Program

Overview & Logistics

 (Sue Russell & Lina Ong)

 

11 – Noon  NIU Photo ID

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Intercultural Communication

Practical Guide to Living in DeKalb (Rey Ty)

 

4:30 pm  Activate LogOn ID

(Nalika )  HSC 023

June 3     Illinois Room

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Managing the learning process; defining learning mission (Rey Ty)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

An Overview of American Democracy (Matthew Streb)

 

1:30 pm Tour of NIU & DeKalb (Staff)

June 4     Illinois Room

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

 

Civic Engagement & Political Participation

(Barbara Burrell)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Principles of Citizen Participation; Multi-sectoral Approaches (Heidi Koenig)

 

9:  June 5     Diversions

8:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Understanding the Diversity of American Society (Kay Forest)

 

Welcome Luncheon

 Sky Room

GROUP PHOTO

 

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Participants – Sharing experiences in citizen participation (Sue Russell)

   June 6    Illinois Room

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m

Ethics and Public Service

(Curtis Wood)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Transparency &  Accountability

(Curtis Wood)

 

 

Synthesis (Sue Russell)

 

Dinner at Evelina/Steve Cichy

June 7     CHICAGO

 

Tour of Chicago:

 

United Center

Sears Tower

Navy Pier

 

Baha’i Temple

 

Blues Festival in Millennium Park

 

 

 JUNE 8   

 

Free morning

(Church & Laundry)

 

5:30 pm   Dinner hosted by Sue & Zee

9   Heritage Room  

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Practical Skills for Strengthening Civil Society (Garth Katner)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Building NGO Coalitions from Common Action (Garth Katner)

 

10     Chicago

10:00 am  Tour of

Chicago City Hall

3:00 pm Philippine Consulate in Chicago

 

5:30 pm Philippine Independence Day > Sch. Of the Art Institute of  Chicago

(Reception Hosted by

Chicago Mayor R. Daley)

11       University Suite

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Legal & non-formal framework for public participation (H. Koenig)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Media & Citizen Participation (H. Koenig)

12       University Suite

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m

Program Development & Evaluation (Laurel Jeris)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Action Planning for Implementation

(Laurel Jeris)

13          Heritage

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

E-Democracy &  E-Gov’t; Online Civic Engagement

 (Yu-Che Chen)

 

 

HSC 023 (Computer

1:30 – 4:00 pm  Management &  Implementation of E-Gov’t Projects  (Yu-Che Chen)

13     Chicago:  Site visits & job shadowing

8:15 am - Rainbow Push Coalition

 

11:30 – 2:30  Lunch  on your own

 

3 – 4:00pm Pacific Garden Mission

 4:30 Return to DeKalb

15      6:00 am - Leave for Cahokia Mounds

(a pre-historic city)

11:00   Interpretive Ctr.

12:30  Tour of Cahokia Mounds

2:30 – 4pm Gateway Arch

4:00 – 5:30  Union Station

6:00 pm

> Drive to Springfield, IL

> Overnight in Springfield

  * Howard Johnson

16   Springfield, Illinois

 

8:30am Illinois State Capitol

10:30am Lincoln Memorial Library & Museum

Lunch

2:30 – 3:30 pm  Site visit & job shadowing

SPARC Residential Living

 

 

4:00 pm   Return to NIU     

17      University Suite

 

9:00 am  Panel Discussion: Civic Engagement & Grassroots Organizing Maryjane Bicksler, Cele Meyer, Sylvia Fuentes

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm

Networking & Source Mobilization  (Kurt Thurmaier)

18     University Suite

 

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Community organizing & advocacy (Laurel Jeris)

 

1:30 – 4:00 pm Intergovernmental Relations & Civic Engagement (Kurt Thurmaier)

 

19         Chicago:  Site visits & job shadowing

9 – 11 am -- Mooseheart

11 am – Lunch (on your own) in Mooseheart Cafeteria

1:00 – 3 pm – Hull House Parkway Community Ctr.

4 – 5pm Architecture Cruise

6 pm – Dinner w/ Consular officials & Concert (HAPAG)

20           Heritage Room

9 am:  Community Development Projects & Service (Jorge Jeria)

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Creative Non-Violence  & Advocacy (Jeff Leys)

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Socio-political & media activism, coalition building

Christina Abraham (CAIR)

Synthesis  &  Planning for the National Workshop

21      Chicago

Check out of HSC hotel

9:00 am  Pilsen -- Little Village (Mexican Community Projects)

 

4:00 pm Check in @ Baymont Inn

 

5:00 pm The Buddy Holly Story ((Drury Lane Dinner-Theater)

Baymont Inn & Suites (Aurora, IL)

22         Chicago

 

10:00 am Premium Outlets

 

2:00 pm  Return to NIU

 

3:00 pm  PICNIC hosted by the Filipino community in DeKalb

23      University Suite

 

9:00 am - Noon

Work on Action Plans

 

2:00 – 4:00 pm: Oak Crest Retirement Ctr.

( site visit & Job shadowing)

24         University Suite

 

10 – 12:00 Noon

 Conexion Comunidad

 

Afternoon:  

25      University Suite

9:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Work on Action PLans

 

Capitol Room

1:30 – 5:00 Presentation & critique of Individual & Regional Action Plans

 (L. Jeris & S. Russell)

26       University Suite

 

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Debriefing (Sue & Lina)

 

Online Final Evaluation  

 

11:30 am – 2:00 pm Graduation & Luncheon (Sky Room)

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9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Fox Valley >  Premium Outlets 

 

 

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Have a safe trip!