The author's thoughts on service work during a summer 2010 travel course to Haiti with a group from Saint Mary's College of California and reflections on the complexity of service learning and disaster relief work. A dilemma concerning the installation of a rainwater capture system on a house brought to light the issue of what the family thought they needed versus what the group thought they needed. The decision making process is discussed.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Semiannual serial, A journal devoted to the scholarly exploration and study of cultural impact among the literary pursuits of Spanish, Portuguese, French, African and American peoples.