HDC Volunteers: Changing the World, One Classroom at a Time
When met with the question, “How can we change the world?”, these young people see it happening in the classroom, one student at a time. “Application of values must be properly executed in school and the community and that is also where our advocacy in World Youth Alliance comes in – we put emphasis on […]
Human Dignity Curriculum: An experience in Mexico
On 2014, the Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC) made it down to Mexico for the testing of a pilot. This was the first HDC pilot to be conducted in Spanish and it was administered by the staff of World Youth Alliance Latin America. HDC was administered to a bilingual school, located in the south of Mexico […]
Meet our New HDC Partner: Holy Family Healthcare!
“One of our jobs is to love those we encounter.” This statement perfectly encapsulates the kind of work Holy Family Healthcare does for the communities they serve. As a Catholic organization whose medical practice is based on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, the organization actively reaches out to serve the most vulnerable populations […]
On Imagining & Working on the Human Dignity Curriculum (HDC)
As an undergraduate student at New York University (NYU), I had the opportunity to take a class on the philosophy of the human person. The syllabus for that course provided a series of consecutive readings to answer one specific question: Who is the human person?—this course changed my life. Nobody before had asked me the […]
What do Beirut, New York, and five other global locations have in common? The HDC, of course.
July 31, 2017 – My first trip to Lebanon took place weeks after a school bus full of children was bombed. When I arrived in Beirut following this tragedy I learned how much my visit meant to our collaborators, members, and friends. I was brave, they said. Their willingness to serve as witnesses to human […]
Philosophical Applications on the Road to True Freedom
The concept of human freedom, at least in today’s society, is often an abstract, theoretical concept whose definition is variant and may change depending upon different situations. This complicates any attempt for governments to create national laws and, furthermore, for any kind of international treaties or resolutions to be made. For laws, treaties, and policies […]
I Choose Joy
I woke up at 6 am – hardly slept a wink the night before due to the lack of air conditioning in my apartment. My commute from Jersey took two and a half hours as trains and subways suffered from construction delays. I trudged through the streets of New York, my stomach angry at me […]
Seeing Without Sight
Often, there is the misconception that to be disabled means one must be in a wheelchair. This may be attributed due to the universal symbol of accessibility that we so often see today, is of a man in a wheelchair, hence, the assumption. But what does it really mean to be disabled?
The Power of Fairy Tales
I love stories. I like to read them and write stories of my own. Growing up, I have always enjoyed listening to fairy tales. What is the essence of a fairy tale? Goodness always defeats evil, the end is beautiful, and the author uses characters to try to convey a moral lesson to young listeners. […]
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the European Migrant Crisis
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the European Migrant Crisis have been the principal victims not only of abuse back in their countries and during their dangerous displacements but also, and sadly, of neglect and violence in Europe by our bureaucratic systems and law enforcers, as well as common citizens. WYA Europe interns had the opportunity to […]