Author Archives: Connie Mick

What Cartoons Can Do – The New Yorker

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Connie Mick

What Cartoons Can Do – The New Yorker.

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29 Uncomfortable Myths About Soaring Poverty In America

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Connie Mick

A slightly snarky but important rebuttal of claims made about poverty. We have to get the language right. 29 Uncomfortable Myths About Soaring Poverty In America.

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As Volunteerism Explodes In Popularity, Who’s It Helping Most? : Goats and Soda : NPR

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Connie Mick

Interesting article about volunteering from the perspective of the hospitality and tourism industry. As Volunteerism Explodes In Popularity, Who’s It Helping Most? : Goats and Soda : NPR.

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This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps – The Washington Post

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Connie Mick

This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps – The Washington Post.

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Boston institutions try to grab attention with provocative marketing efforts @insidehighered

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Connie Mick

Boston institutions try to grab attention with provocative marketing efforts @insidehighered.

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“Home Returns Me” by Michael McDonald

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Connie Mick

Read this wonderful article by my student, Michael McDonald expressing the challenge of returning home, especially when home is the U.S.: “Home Returns Me” in the ND Magazine.

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“I Am Musa”–L’Arche, Kenya

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Connie Mick

Here is a must-see video made by my student, Michael McDonald, of his friend Musa from the L’Arche community in Kenya. I Am Musa–L’Arche, Kenya

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Home returns me // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Connie Mick

Fabulous article by a student in my Rhetorics of Gender and Poverty course about the challenge of transitioning back to the U.S. after global travel.  Home returns me // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame.

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Poverty: The History of a Measure – U.S. Census Bureau

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Connie Mick

Love this Census Bureau infographic on the history of the poverty measure.  Poverty: The History of a Measure – U.S. Census Bureau.

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How Census Measure Poverty – U.S. Census Bureau

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Connie Mick

Love the Census Bureau’s infographics on measuring poverty.  How Census Measure Poverty – U.S. Census Bureau.

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