b'P U LT E I N S T I T U T E forG L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T 2021 - 2022A N N U A L R E V I E WCelebrating the Peace Corps at Notre DamePamoja: Together AcrossIn March 1961, R. Sargent Shriver contacted Rev. TheodoreCorps volunteers, and have used those experiences to inform M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. to ask for his help in establishing onethe work they do today in global development. of the first programs for the Peace Corps. Father HesburghIn November 2021, the Pulte Institute hosted a special showing organized for 45 young volunteers to come to Notre Dames of the documentary A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps Africa and at Notre Dame campus for a 10-week training before traveling to Chile toat the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The event featured a serve in rural communities. The Peace Corps Act was passed byvideo interview between Tom and Jaclyn Biedronski, a Pulte Congress in September 1961; shortly after, the young cohortInstitute program coordinator and a graduate of the Keough arrived in Chile, making them among the first 100 volunteersSchools Master of Global Affairs program. Jaclyn served in The Pamoja ND-Africa Initiative is a vibrant cross-disciplinaryInitiative with their expertise in administrative coordination andto serve in the Peace Corps. Since then, more than 240,000the Peace Corps as an education specialist in Mozambique space for Notre Dame to deepen its engagement with the Africanprogram management. Americans have followed in their footsteps. Thomas (Tom) from 2016-2018. Together, Jaclyn and Tom shared their continent through collaborative research, teaching, innovation,Scanlon 60 was among the 45 volunteers who traveled toexperiences of the Peace Corps and Notre Dame, enriching the and policy outreach. Translated as Together in Kiswahili,This past year, Pamoja co-hosted a variety of events on campus,Chile on that first mission.public and the campus community with their knowledge and Pamoja draws together diverse expertise, experiences, voices,including the Africa Graduate Conference (AGC) and theThe mission of the Peace Corps is close to the hearts of facultyinternational perspective. Read more about the Peace Corps and strengths across and between the Notre Dame communityMali Roundtable. Both events provided African scholars acrossand staff at the Pulte Institute and the Keough School ofand Notre Dame at nd.edu/stories/origin-story.and the African continent. Launched at the beginning of 2022disciplines and trades the opportunity to exchange ideas andGlobal Affairs. Many of our colleagues here are returned Peace and funded by the Office of the Provosts Moment to See,promote capacity building and sharing amongst stakeholders. Courage to Act Initiative, Pamoja is co-sponsored by NotreThese events have allowed Pamoja to connect with existing Dame International, the Kellogg Institute for Internationalgroups on campus, building onto its foundation for a long-lasting Studies, and the Pulte Institute. The Pulte Institutes Czesia Eid,presence on campus in the years to come. There are several more Aimee Lyons, and Danice Brown Guzmn, directly support thisPamoja-related events planned for the 2022-2023 academic year.Bringing Humanitarian Issues to the Classroom with Oxfam America Pictured: Tom Scanlon 60 and Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., talk in Chile in 1962 (above) and outside the Morris Inn in 2011 (right).My Peace Corps experience not only brought me to Notre Dame, but it Prior to joining the Pulte Institute, Ray Offenheiser spent 20a series of case studies focusing on examples of Oxfams creativeopenedmyeyestolargerproblemsindevelopingcountries.Thaton-years as the President and CEO of Oxfam America. During thatefforts at achieving significant social change at scale through boththe-ground experience is invaluable to my work with the Pulte Institute time he was no stranger to the legal and political scandals thatpolicy and practice. Co-funded by the Pulte Institute and Oxfam often permeate the underbelly of humanitarian response. Now asAmerica, the series was developed from published sources, Oxfamandhelpsmetoseethingswithacriticaleyeintermsofcultural the Director of the Pulte Institute, Ray wanted to bring some ofinternal documents, and interviews with key players. Two studiesappropriatenesshow we engage with individuals, and to be respectful. those learnings to the classroom to help prepare students to thinkhave already been published, with two more in the pipeline, critically in times of crisis. The Keough School is now producingand will be used across Notre Dame and other higher education- Jaclyn Biedronski, Evidence and Learning Program Coordinator30 institutions nationally.31'