Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for courses in the Center for Social Concerns. A variety of seminars and programs are built around national and international immersion experiences. Students examine social issues from multiple perspectives, read relevant texts, study Catholic social tradition, and take an active role in building a learning community. 2012-12-13T08:11:11-07:00 en Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors daily 1 2012-11-26T11:29:28Z Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Environmental Justice and Human Rights in the Aftermath of Katrina" in the Center for Social Concerns. This seminar will explore how impoverished communities in Louisiana are recovering from Hurricane Katrina. We will explore the historical, political, and economic issues that created a culture of inequality in these areas. The course will also critically reflect on the nexus between social stratification, poverty, and current environmental issues facing the New Orleans community. Cynthia Toms Smedley Cynthia Toms Smedley Karl Hardy Julieann Ulin Pat Schenkel Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en Human Rights Catholic Social Teaching Africana Studies refugees social justice Racism Community recovery strategy United States Race Hurricane Katrina environmental justice environmental damage Center for Social Concerns Community-based Learning environmental racism 2012-11-26T11:45:39Z Course text/html CSC 33976 Spring 2009 Undergraduate Image courtesy of FUSAL, in Honduras. FUSAL University of Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en FUSAL social concerns Honderas 2012-11-26T11:44:19Z Image image/jpeg Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Border Issues Seminar" in the Center for Social Concerns. This seminar provides a look at immigration from diverse perspectives, principally through a week-long immersion at the Annunciation House on the border of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Cynthia Toms Smedley Cynthia Toms Smedley Matt Palkert Karl Hardy Michael McKenna 2009, by the Contributing Authors en immersion Catholic social teaching diversity immigration Mexico culture Catholicism courseware Latino studies experiential learning Catholic Social Tradition community-based learning El Paso social concerns social justice borders America open Notre Dame OCW 2012-11-26T11:44:12Z Course text/html CSC 33966 Winter 2009 Six weekly 1.5 hour seminar meetings. Also a week-long immersion during winter break at the Annunciation House on the Texas-Mexico border. Undergraduate Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Changing the Face of American Healthcare" in the Center for Social Concerns. This seminar invites the student to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of our health care system, explore possibilities for the future of American health care, and to consider how modifications might help create the society we hope to become. Cynthia Toms Smedley Cynthia Toms Smedley Karl Hardy Michelle Byrne Rick Ward Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en health Catholic Social Teaching immersion open courseware social concerns Notre Dame social justice Catholic social tradition Health healthcare community-based learning America Center for Social Concerns Community-based Learning OCW 2012-11-26T11:42:24Z Course text/html CSC 33951 Spring 2009 Undergraduate