Check out this exciting opportunity from Disability Studies instructors Stephen Meyers & Christine Lew!
Info Session (Thurs. 01/11 @ 2:00 p.m.): Study Abroad in Jamaica - Disability, Aging & Development
Learn about LSJ/JSIS/DIS ST Study Abroad to Jamaica focused on disability, aging, and international development this Thursday, January 11 at 2:00 p.m. in Smith Hall, Rm. M261.
If you would like to participate virtually, please use this Zoom link.
This Early Fall Start program, which is led by Prof. Stephen Meyers and Christine Lew, focuses on the lived experience of persons with disabilities, older persons, and others in Jamaica by interviewing, volunteering, and participating in the activities of grassroots associations, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. On a daily basis, we will meet with human rights advocates, educators, policymakers, and others to try to understand what it means to live with a disability or as an older person within the context of a developing country and the ways in which disabled persons and older persons themselves are agents of social change. As a group, we will spend one week in Jamaica's capital Kingston, one week on its northern coast in Discovery Bay, and one week in the mountains outside Mandeville living in the Jamaica Deaf Village.
To learn more, learn more, come to the Info Sessions or go to this application page on the Study Abroad website.
Please direct any questions to Stephen Meyers (sjmeyers@uw.edu)
Director, Center for Global Studies
Associate Professor in Law, Societies, and Justice & International Studies
Core faculty, Disability Studies Program
University of Washington, Seattle