One course that I teach that's very
impactful both for me and the students
is a class called "Seeking Asylum".  So this is a course that looks at the historical roots of the
Central American refugee crisis, that looks  the history of  U.S. empire in Central America in the 20th century
to try and understand why there is violence happening in
Central America today that is propelling
large numbers of people to flee their homes. 
The course looks at the history and politics of asylum.
What is asylum? Where did that idea come from?  And as part of that class students spend a week in an
ICE Detention Facility in south Texas and there they serve as translators and legal assistants
for a legal advocacy project. I think it's going to 
 be a profoundly impactful experience for you know
20- year-old young people to go and see with their own eyes what's going on.
