Stepanka Korytova was
interviewed about her I300 class's upcoming presentation on their research and
projects on fair labor.
How are you
envisioning this panel to go?
I think it will be somewhat of a reaction to earlier
projects that my earlier I300 classes have done, before interacted with the
managers with the Bloomington Human Rights Commission but they have taken a new
direction. So the students are doing group projects, some are talking to
employees of the restaurants, so that the project is credible. One group is
setting up a Facebook page to raise awareness for the Fair Labor Initiative.
Some students did independent projects, one is a journalism major who wrote an
op-ed piece on the project. Global problem, local solution is sort of the theme
of the class so that … There are students who are showing a documentary to
different student groups and then giving them a survey on how much was known
before and how much was learned. There was a lot of fieldwork done by the
students. There will also be an explanation in the beginning of what human
trafficking and labor rights are.
How many people do
you have in your class?
We have 30 people. People have been taking notice there has
been three articles in Bloom Magazine on fair labor since my students have
started these projects.
Jessica Rodriguez, a
sophomore International Studies student in I300 was asked about her role in the
project.
I interviewed restaurant workers it was pretty interesting.
Half of them had no issues but the other half had experienced a variety of
things, almost all of them under the radar. They were asked what their idea of
fair labor was and then how they were treated specifically. The worst instance
was that one of the interviewees was told to stay and scrub the floor and then
never paid for it. There was nothing specific that has not been publicized
before.
Alexa Blanton, an
I300 student was also asked about her role.
My group created community outreach flyers with information
about fair labor standards initiative they include coupons with three member
restaurants the Bloomington Sandwich Company, Baked and the Runcible Spoon.
"A Global Problem, a Local Solution," a student
panel discussion on fair trade
Join students from Dr. Stepanka Korytova's International
Studies course, INTL-I 300 Global Human Trafficking, in a discussion on fair
labor in Bloomington, IN .
Start: Monday November 09, 2015 04:00 PM
End: Monday November 09, 2015 05:30 PM
Location: Wylie 015
By: Allison Larmann, 2015 Themester Intern
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