Saint Joseph’s University Reads is a program designed to engage the entire campus community in a common reading experience with the theme of the Ignatian value of social justice. Additionally, it includes a wide variety of interdisciplinary programming to explore and illuminate topics addressed in the common reading. Faculty and staff are offered copies of the book and asked to consider its incorporation into classes or programs. Free copies of the book are made available to classes that study the book, and multiple copies are available in the library. Related programming includes: sessions on teaching the book; book discussions; keynote speakers; issue panels and debates; dramatic readings, films series and displays. Saint Joseph’s University Reads is a collaborative effort of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Faith Justice Institute, Drexel Library, the Ignatian Identity Committee and the Department of Training and Development.   SJU Teaching Institute - Mountains Beyond Mountains A Reader's Guide to Background Information on the Book   Schedule of Events Film Series   Schedule of Events Thursday, September 29 INEQUITY IN GLOBAL HEALTH: The Greatest Problem Facing Healthcare in the 21 st Century. Jennifer Furin, M.D., Ph.D. Partners in Health volunteer, Anthropologist and Infectious Disease Specialist, and Research Associate, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Steven Larson, M.D. Assistant Dean, Global Health Programs & Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Haub Executive Center, 5 th floor McShain Hall (There is a second presentation and dinner on that same day for targeted classes and alums in the medical and related professions. The meal is at 5:00 PM and the presentation at 7:00 PM. The content will be more specific to those interested in medicine) Thursday, October 6 Caribbean Dinner – hosted by the Caribbean Student Association. 4:00 – 6:00 PM , North Lounge, Campion Hall Thursday, October 27 MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS Tracy Kidder. Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder will tell the inspiring story of Dr. Paul Farmer and his Partners in Health. From his undergraduate years, Paul Farmer was committed to solving the global health problem through understanding the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems and curable disease. His story and Kidder’s compelling insights, will restore your faith in the ability of one person to make a difference. 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM , Wolfington Teletorium, Mandeville Hall. Lunch will be provided following the program. Monday, November 7 HAITI: FINDING CONNECTIONS, REMEMBERING HOME, Patrick Samway, S.J., and Carold Boyer-Yancey. Fr. Samway teaches in the English Department and Ms. Boyer-Yancey is the Director of the Student Services Center, 3:00 PM, Drexel Library Film Series HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN RIGHTS All screenings at 7:00 pm in the Forum Theatre, Campion Center, with pre-show introductions by faculty members Wednesday, September 14 Once There Was a Country: Revisiting Haiti Activist/filmmaker Kimberly Green personally introduces her new documentary about poverty and health care in rural Haiti.  The film focuses on several tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS patients to illustrate the social and economic forces behind Haiti's struggling health-care system.  NOTE: There will be TWO screenings of this film, at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm, each one followed by a panel discussion featuring Kimberly Green, Ellen Powers of Project Medishare, and SJU's own Patrick Samway, S.J., and Carold Boyer-Yancy. Wednesday, September 28 Bethune: The Making of a Hero Donald Sutherland stars as Norman Bethune, a crusading Canadian doctor who fought for better health care and social change in the Soviet Union, Spain, and China during the 1920s and 1930s.   Introduction: Ian Petrie (History) Wednesday, October 12 Tuberculosis in America: The People's Plague An award-winning documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Lawrence R. Hott and Diane Garey traces the history of TB's rise and fall and rise (again) in the United States, highlighting the medical and social causes of this disturbingly tenacious disease.  Introduction: Christina Rennhoff (Economics) Wednesday, October 26 Miss Evers' Boys Starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, this Emmy-winning film tells the true story of the U.S. government's notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which African-American subjects were denied treatment for syphilis, even after a cure had been found.  Introduction: Peter Clark, S.J. (Theology) Wednesday, November 9 And the Band Played On Based on Randy Shilts' Pulitzer-winning book, this all-star, Emmy-winning HBO movie portrays the early years of the AIDS crisis and the scientific, political, and cultural conflicts that shaped America's response to the epidemic.  Introduction: Jack Newhouse (Health Services)       Wednesday, November 30 A Closer Walk In this compelling documentary, narrated by Glenn Close and Will Smith, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Bilheimer examines the worldwide battle against AIDS and demonstrates the need for greater action and responsibility among individuals, institutions, and governments.   Introduction: George Dowdall (Sociology)   A Reader's Guide to Background Information on the Book   Paul Farmer Haiti Humanitarian Organizations Society of Jesus Maps Read More About It Video       Paul Farmer Biography About Paul Farmer - A short biography from the Department of Social Medicine and Inequality at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Paul Farmer - Biographical information from the faculty page at the Harvard Medical School Department of Social Medicine. Interviews and Articles (See also Read More about It.) Hatian Refugees Sovereignty and Globalization - Article written by Paul Farmer for America: The National Catholic Weekly. 189.7 (9/15/2003). Interview with Paul Farmer -Candid interview about infectious disease and HIV in Haiti from Inequality.org. Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases - An article (Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2.4 (1996)) by Paul Farmer addressing the issues faced by poor countries in fighting infectious diseases. Short and Bitter Lives - By Paul Farmer, Le Monde diplomatique, July 2003. Testimony of Dr. Paul Farmer relating to Haiti before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 15, 2003. The Uses and Abuses of Haiti - Helen Scott interview with Paul Farmer in the International Socialist Review from April 2003. The link is from the Third World Traveler. Who Removed Aristide - Online article by Paul Farmer from the London Review of Books. Mountains Beyond Mountains Mountains Beyond Mountains - Information pages on the book from Partners in Health. Tracy Kidder - Brief biography about the author from the Department of Social Medicine and Inequality at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The Quest for Dr. Paul Farmer - Program from National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Organizations Centers for Disease Control - United States agency charged with researching and fighting infectious diseases throughout the world. Department of Social Medicine and Inequality at Brigham and Women's Hospital - Division created in 2001 to address the issue of disparity in the treatment of disease both at home and abroad. Partners in Health - Non-profit organization founded by Paul Farmer to assist poor countries fight disease. Zanmi Lasante - Creole for the PIH partnership program in the Haitian village of Cange.   Haiti Alternative Resources on Haiti - From the International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Associations Social Responsibilities Round Table. Background Note: Haiti - United States Department of State. Country Profile: Haiti - BBC News background on Haiti. Compare Haiti to its island neighbor the Dominican Republic. A Country Study Haiti - Federal Research Division Library of Congress. Embassy of the United States Port au Prince, Haiti Embassy the Republic of Haiti in Washington, D.C. Haiti - CIA World Factbook 2005 Haiti - A comprehensive listing of resource links from the Latin American Network Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Haiti - Information from the World Bank. Haiti - Health care background from the World Health Organization. Haiti compared to some of its neighbors - From Cuba Education Tours Haiti Watch - Z (Z/Net) is an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty. Haiti - Worldpress.org news and views from around the world. Haiti - Portals to the World: Resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts. Operation Restore (Uphold) Democracy -- Haiti (September 19, 1994 - March 31, 1995) - A bibliography of materials compiled by Janet Seymour at the Air University Library. Haiti -The Global Policy Forum monitors policy making at the United Nations Haiti -WomenWarPeace.Org provides a women's perspective on the situation in Haiti Haiti Resources - Political Database of the Americas at Georgetown University   Humanitarian Organizations American Red Cross - Volunteer humanitarian organization that assists people in time of national and international disasters. Amnesty International (AI) - Worldwide human rights movement working to implement the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Haiti - AI country report. Haiti Democracy Project Haitichildren.com - The Sharing and Mercy Foundation Healing Hands for Haiti - A non-profit international foundation dedicated to bringing rehabilitation medicine to Haiti. Human Rights Watch - Information on human rights human rights in Haiti. Maryknoll Sisters - An order of Catholic Sisters dedicated to helping people through their missionary work around the world. National Coalition for Hatian Rights (NCHR) Mission Aviation Fellowship - A team of aviation and communications specialists that works closely with other humanitarian groups to provide assistance in remote areas of the world. Peace Corps - This program created by President Kennedy in the 1960s has volunteers in over 70 less developed countries working to improve the quality of every day life. Refugees International - A Washington D.C. non-governmental organization serving refugees and displaced people around the world. Refugees International report on Haiti. ReliefWeb - A project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Haiti -Country information from ReliefWeb. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UN department charged with coordinating the body's refugee programs. Haiti - UNHCR State of the World's Refugees - Current report on the world's refugee situation United Nation's Development Program - Organization responsible for coordinating issues dealing with development in variety of areas from politics to security to public health, from crime to the environment and many others. Country Fact Sheet: Haiti - Human Development Report 2004 Get Data - Statistical information on different aspects of human development. Build your own tables of data for various countries. United Nations Human Rights - UN pages dealing with worldwide human rights activities. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Haiti country information from UNICEF United States Agency for International Development - An independent U.S. Government agency responsible for extending humanitarian and economic assistance to nations. Haiti Famine Early Warning Systems Network - USAID funded program to monitor the famine situation around the world. United States Committee for Refugees - Refugee advocacy group that has been working around the world since 1958. World Refugee Survey for Haiti World Refugee Survey 2004 - Report on the status of world refugees. World Food Program - UN program for fighting world hunger. Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) Jesuits in Europe - Information on the work of the Society of Jesus in Europe. Jesuits of Upper Canada - The Jesuits of English speaking Canada. Jesuit Global Navigator - This site provides web links to Jesuit Provinces from around the world. Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)- An international Catholic organization founded by the Society of Jesus serving the needs of refugees in more than 40 countries. JesuitsUSA - Web site of the Society of Jesus in the United States. Jesuit Resources on the World Wide Web - A comprehensive series of web links providing background information on the Society of Jesus. SJWeb - Headquarters of the Society of Jesus in Rome. Maps Most of the maps in this section are in the PDF format. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) maps of Haiti and Central America and the Caribbean from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas. Lonely Planet - Haiti Merriam-Webster's Atlas - Haiti ReliefWeb - Search for a variety of maps on Haiti from international sources. United Nations (UN) maps are from the United Nations Cartographic Center. Haiti Map United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees maps identifying refugee operations in Haiti (UNHCR). World Maps World Map - Political (CIA) Read More About It (Suggested by Saint Joseph's University faculty) Books     Articles Books Abbott, Elizabeth . Haiti: The Duvaliers and Their Legacy . Rev. and updated, 1st Touchstone ed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. F1928.A583 1991 America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq . Santa Monica: Rand, 2003. E840.A6215 2003 Arthur, Charles. Haiti : A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture. New York : Interlink Books, 2004. F1915.5 .A78 2004 Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick. Haiti: The Breached Citadel . Boulder : Westview, 1990. F1924.B42 1990 Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power . New York: Basic Books, 2002. E181.B728 2002 Chomsky, Noam, Paul Farmer and Amy Goodman. Getting Haiti Right This Time : The U.S. and the Coup. Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, 2004. E183.8.H2 C47 2004 Farmer, Paul. Infections and Inequalities : The Modern Plagues. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999. RA418.5.P6 F37 1999 Farmer, Paul. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor . Berkeley : University of California Press , 2003. HM821.F37 2003 Farmer, Paul. The Uses of Haiti. 2nd ed. Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, 2003. F1928.2.F37 2003 The Costs of Conflict: Prevention and Cure in the Global Arena . Landham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999. JZ6368.C67 1999 Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Viking, 2005. HN13.D5 2005 Chapter 11 contains an historical case study on how the countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti developed on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. This provides a good background on the problems that exist in both nations today and what the future holds for them. Langley, Lester D. The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 . New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1996. E18.82.L36 1996 Marcella, Gabriel . Haiti Strategy: Control, Legitimacy, Sovereignty, Rule of Law, Handoffs, and Exit . Carlisle Barracks, Pa : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College , 1994 . JK1108.M37 H34 1994 Money Doctors, Foreign Debts, and Economic Reforms in Latin America from the 1890s to the Present. Wilmington, Del: SR Books, 1994. HC125.M584 1994 Schulz, Donald E. Reconciling the Irreconcilable: The Troubled Outlook for U.S. Policy toward Haiti . Carlisle Barracks : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College , 1994. KF1088.S38 R4 1994 Schmidt, Hans . The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 . New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1995 . F1927.S35 1995 Trouillot, Michel-Rolph . Haiti, State Against Nation: The Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism . New York: Monthly Press Review, 1990. F1927.T76 1990 Articles *Please note that the articles hyperlinked below are only available to currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff at Saint Joseph's University. Use the following link to login for Off-Campus Access.   Healthcare "15 minutes: Paul Farmer." Stanford Social Innovation Review. Stanford: . 3 2 (Summer 2005): 17. Castro, Arachu and Paul Farmer. "Understanding and Addressing Aids-Related Stigma: From Anthropological Theory to Clinical Practice in Haiti." American Journal of Public Health 95.1 (2005): 53. Farmer, Paul. "Political Violence and Public Health in Haiti." New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 350. Issue 15 (4/8/2004): 1483. Fitzgerald, Daniel W., and Toby B. Simon. "Telling the Stories of People with Aids in Rural Haiti." AIDS Patient Care & STDs 15.6 (2001): 301. Guly, Christopher. "Haiti Emerging from Chaos to Face Health Care Crisis." Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol. 170.Issue 9 (4/27/2004): 1379. Napolitano, Valentina. "Medicine and Morality in Haiti: The Contest for Healing Power." Journal of Latin American Studies 33 (2001): 657. History and Politics Aristide, Jean-Bertrand. "Passing Milestones: Political and Economic Renewal in Haiti." Harvard International Review 18.2 (1996): 42. Constable, Pamela. "A Fresh Start for Haiti?" Current History 95.598 (1996): 65 Constable, Pamela. "Haiti: A Nation in Despair, a Policy Adrift." Current History 93.581 (1994): 108. Douglas, Carol Anne. "Haitian Women Overcoming Political Sexual Violence." Off Our Backs 28.3 (1998): 1. Erikson, Daniel P. "Haiti After Aristide: Still on the Brink." Current History 104.679 (2005): 83 Fatton, Robert, Jr. "The Impairments of Democratization: Haiti in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 31.2 (1999): 209-29. Gros, Jean-Germain. "Haiti: The Political Economy and Sociology of Decay and Renewal." Latin American Research Review 35.3 (2000): 211. Katel, Peter . " Haiti's Dilemma ." The CQ Researcher Online 15 .7 (2005). Loescher, Gilburt and Scanlan John. "Human Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy, and the Haitian Refugees." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 26.3 (1984): 313-56. Mitchell, Christopher. "U.S. Policy toward Haitian Boat People, 1972-93." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.534 (1994): 69-80. Mobekk, Eirin. "International Involvement in Restructuring and Creating Security Forces: The Case of Haiti." Small Wars and Insurgencies 12.3 (2001): 97-114. Morrell, James R., Rachel Neild, and Hugh Byrne. "Haiti and the Limits to Nation-Building." Current History 98.626 (1999): 127. Morley, Morris, and Chris McGillion. ""Disobedient" Generals and the Politics of Redemocratization: The Clinton Administration and Haiti." Political Science Quarterly 112.3 (1997): 363. Munro, Dana G. " The American Withdrawal from Haiti, 1929-1934 ." The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 49 . No. 1. ( Feb., 1969 ): pp. 1-26. Scanlan, Gilburt Loescher; John . " Human Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Haitian Refugees ." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs Vol. 26 . No. 3. (Aug., 1984): pp. 313-56 . Wucker, Michele. "Haiti: So Many Missteps." World Policy Journal 21.1 (2004): 41-49. Video WGBH Forum Network - Free public lectures presented by Boston public television station WGBH and its cultural and educational partners. * It is recommended that the videos be viewed on a broadband network. Global Health Equity and the Future of Public Health - Dr. Farmer discusses global health equity issues. Combating Global Poverty - Dr. Farmer and other distinguished panelists address the problems of poverty, hunger and infectious disease. Combating AIDS: The Human Rights Perspective - Dr. Farmer and others examine the HIV/AIDS crisis around the world.

Christopher O. Dixon Government Information Services / Reference Librarian Saint Joseph's University Last revision / review:  December 15, 2008