Please join me in welcoming Sarah Junkin Woodard, representative of the Center for Development in Central America, to USM for a talk titled 'Partnering with the Poor: Building Lives and Sustainable Communities in Nicaragua'.
This Thursday, April 22, 5pm at the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater
Need a gift for Mother's Day or just want to support a good cause?
There will also be crafts and art made by Nicaraguan artisans for sale in the Woodbury Cafe from 11a-2p, Thursday April 22.
Sarah comes to us from the CDCA, the Nicaraguan project of the Jubilee House Community, a non-profit organization originally started in North Carolina. Working in Nicaragua since 1994, the CDCA seeks to respond to human needs created by poverty in a nation where 45% of the population lives on less than $1 per day. The CDCA is working toward freedom from poverty by helping communities become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities. The CDCA focuses its work in the areas of sustainable economic development, organic agriculture, appropriate technology, and health care. The sale of crafts goes back to Nicaragua to fund the project. To learn more about their work: http://www.jhc-cdca.org/.
For more information email Tyler Kidder (tkidder@usm.maine.edu) or David Brown (dabrown@usm.maine.edu)
David A. Brown
Community Service and Multicultural Outreach Coordinator
Office of Community Engagement
University of Southern Maine
207 780 4537
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