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Student Perspectives: Rights vs. Needs by C. Coffey

As a student of development sometimes the ’industry’, viewed through the lens of academic journals, endless lists of statistic and shiny NGO websites can seem to be an almost self-perpetuating entity. Much of its work seeming to focus on providing for basic and immediate human needs but failing to engage on a broader level with the economic and social power structures that perpetuate the cycles of disempowerment and marginalization that permeate many poor communities both North and South of the equator. More...

Perspectives: Closing the KONY 2012 Chapter

The debate was heated, labels were used, people were categorized on both sides. Lots of voices chimed in - some with good relevant thoughts, others with loud noise. Some saw the whole dialogue as encouraging and furthering the practice of better advocacy, others saw it as deconstructive and wondered why the filmmakers were being criticized for raising awareness. More....