I'm taking a 2-hour class every Wednesday for 10 weeks here at work. It's all about Global Development, and how Google.org can have a positive impact. This is the second week of the course, covering Poverty at the Personal Level. I always feel I don't understand the details of these issues enough, and this course is absolutely fascinating. Upcoming are topics like Education and Health, Equity and Gender, Productive Agriculture for the 21st Century, Globalization, and Think Globally, Act Googley. (And that's not even all of the topics.) Each course has required reading, and recommended reading, and then presentations from the course. It's a commitment above my regular work commitments, but it's so fascinating that I'm so glad I signed up for it.
Actually, the class filled up immediately - I think they were expecting 100 or so people, and 650+ signed up. That's amazing! It makes me so happy to know that I work with so many people with a thirst for learning about issues like these.
I'm so lucky to work somewhere that makes this kind of learning freely available to it's employees.
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