Final Integration Reflection Paper due by June 8 at 11:59 PM
Final Peace & Social Change Integration Project
6 pages total (2 pages for each section). Throughout, please use direct citations from the weekly readings, guest speakers, and/or group presentation research at least once in each of the three sections. A few sections have specific requirements for citations. You can format your reflection with the headings below. Respond to the following prompts in your integration reflection:
1.
What is your story? (2 pages)
a. Who and what has shaped you, your understanding of our world, and social change?
b. How does your story connect with one of the Vincentian leaders? Connect a part of your story to the story of one of the Vincentian leaders from this past quarter. Be specific and cite particular moments from the readings or their life that connect to your own.
2.
Who are you today? What are your foundational values and/or beliefs? What is your approach to social change? (2-3 pages)
a. In a simple way, how do you strive to be a Vincentian leader for social change in our world? Integrate a concrete story, quote, or example from one of the Vincentian leaders we studied that resonates with you.
b. What frameworks/models of practical social change most resonate with your approach? Integrate
direct citationsfrom the text that support your ideas. *Use a minimum of 3 different sources/frameworks from class for this response.
c. How might you integrate Lederach’s ideas from
Moral Imagination: The art and soul of building peace into your social change approach? *Use a minimum of 2 direction citations from the text.
d. Choose
one Catholic Social Teaching (CST) principle that speaks to you. Integrate a direct citation about the principle as you describe how each applies to your approach to social change.
e. Central to each of the Vincentian leaders was a deeply rooted faith and conviction in their beliefs. Write a brief “This I believe” statement that names the core values that guide your life choices and actions today. For ideas, please see:
f. What tools will you use to sustain your journey towards peace and social change? Which of the spiritual practices you experimented with this quarter impacted/grounded you the most? Which might you consider integrating into your daily life?
3.
What do you want your legacy for peace and social change to be? (2 pages).
a. What is an emerging calling/purpose/vocation in your life? What is your purpose statement?
b. Who do you want to become? Who is the person you want to become beyond your career?
c. What legacy trait(s) discovered in any/all of the 5 Vincentian family members do you want to see in yourself?
d. What is a sign of the time (real societal issue/problem) that means something to you? In light of this sign of the times, how do you begin to answer the Vincentian question: What must be done? What must I do?
e. How might you apply the strategies and frameworks for social change you learned about this quarter to your response to What Must Be Done? Be specific.
The rubric for this assignment is responding to all of the above questions and integrating specific class materials throughout to support your ideas.
