by Steve Chisnell | 3 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Culture Criticism, Global Issues, Politics and Ethics
Cuba: July 3, 2011 As I write tonight, the hotel satellite station plays an A&E special on “The Kennedys,” translated into Spanish. It is fitting, as I had planned on writing about our visit to the former Presidential Palace of Cuba, now the Museum of the... 
by Steve Chisnell | 3 July 2011 | ChizBlog, Travel
Today, I attempted an Afro-Cuban rumba dance on the streets of the Salvador art project in Havana, Cuba. I was not successful, as I am certain future photos will reveal. U.S. teachers seldom find the opportunity to learn Afro-Cuban dance while lesson planning, grading... 
by Steve Chisnell | 27 June 2011 | ChizBlog, Service, Travel
The following is a republishing of my blog post on The Royal Oak Patch, June 27, 2011 Somewhere through the middle of a week like Joplin I begin to ask myself what I can possibly say to help my students process their experience, to learn from it whatever lessons they... 
by Steve Chisnell | 18 June 2011 | ChizBlog, Service, Travel
The following is a republishing of my blog post from The Royal Oak Patch on June 18, 2011. Local Voices Interact’s trip to Joplin, Missouri, will be a unique and powerful experience for us! On Sunday we leave for our fifth disaster relief trip with National... 
by Steve Chisnell | 20 April 2011 | ChizBlog, Travel
From: 900 thousand children die every month because of poverty: not one of them is Cuban. 200 million children in the world sleep on the streets today. None of them is Cuban. 250 million children under 13 have to work in order to survive. None of them is Cuban.... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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