Due by October 17
Submit a two-page narrative report to include a reflection on your experience and your plans for what you will do post-Forum. Please send the report to Simon Gray (gray@glca.org) by October 27.
Part I: Reflection
Now that I have some emotional distance from my week in Athens, what insights and impressions do I have? What are my takeaways from my week in Athens (from the reception Sunday evening through to the excursion to Schinias beach)?
What did I learn? What did I particularly value and why?
How does this experience relate to other contexts, and how can I apply this learning in other settings?
What advice would I give to next year’s students as they prepare for the Forum?
Note: As we discussed when we were in Athens, we want you to go beyond the superficial in your reflections as well as beyond the emotional into the analytical.
Part II: Action Plan (We will contact you in January to ask where you are with your action plan and then ask you in April what you were able to accomplish.)
While we were in Athens together, we asked you to identify two concrete actions you could take within three weeks of your return that would bring your experience at the Forum back to campus. What action(s) did you take? How did that work out?
What are one or two other actions inspired by your Forum experience you can undertake in the remainder of this academic year? These should be actions that you can reasonably expect to be able to carry out.
Which group(s) of people on your campus or in your community would you like to engage and why? What would you hope to achieve?