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At Rotary Club Ann Arbor North meeting on January 3, 2013 we had Dr. Richard Stahler-Sholk and Dr. Judith Culburg talking about "Poverty, Human Rights and Health" in El Salvador and Cuba. Richard Stahler-Sholk and Judith Kulburg are professors at Eastern Michigan Univeristy where they teach Study Abroad Courses. 

Drs Judy Culberg and Richard Stanier-Sholk, professors at Eastern Michigan University, who spoke to us about global poverty.Drs. Culberg and Stainer-Sholk told us that poverty is the central problem connected to all of the world’s major problems.

Their classes at Eastern Michigan University expose students to both the theory and the personal experience of poverty. Each year they take students on trips to El Salvador and Cuba, where the group interacts with local people who are struggling with poverty.In El Salvador, the students are introduced to Salvadorans who have suffered because of the civil war of 1980-1992. Many Salvadorans are the sole surviving members of their families, all victims of war.

The classes visit schools, community centers and hospitals, to see the effects of poverty on the population. They also stay in local people’s homes, where they are welcomed very warmly. As a result of their travels and studies, the EMU students become citizens of the world.