PROPOSED DAILY SCHEDULE
(Note: This schedule was prepared December 15, 2002, and is as accurate as possible for that date. It is provided for general information purposes only. There is always the possibility that there will be changes, additions, and deletions, depending upon schedules of speakers, agency programs, and those leading the program.)Friday January 3
4:00 a.m. Arrive at the Minneapolis
to meet the group in ticketing area across from Delta ticket counter;
Your tickets will be at the airport
5:40 a.m. Leave Minneapolis
Airport, Delta #751, from Atlanta Delta #519
12:51 p.m. Arrive in Mexico City International
Airport
Exit customs, turn left, meet under Alamo sign, group will take
airport taxis to:
Hotel Bamer, Ave. Juárez 52, Centro (tel. [011 52] 55 5521-9060)
2:30 p.m. Comida together,
Hotel Bamer
3:00 p.m. Orientation meeting,
Hotel Bamer
4:00 p.m. Visit downtown
area including Mercado Balderas
Students draw names, buy small present for dinner exchange
7:00 p.m. Dinner together,
exchange gifts
Saturday January 4
8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Hotel Bamer
Rooftop Restaurant
9:00 a.m. A Brief History of Mexico,
David Brye - Read Introduction in "There's a word for it...."
10:00 a.m. Leave for the Museum of Anthropology
10:30 a.m. Tour of Museum of Anthropology
with Guide Paco Grajales and
Lunch at Museum of Anthropology Cafeteria
2:00 p.m. Tour Chapultepec Park,
Castillo etc.
4:00 p.m. Return to Hotel Bamer
6:00 p.m. First Impressions: Discussion
and Feedback
7:00 p.m. Dinner
8:30 p.m. Musical or play (optional);
not included in program expenses
Sunday January 5
7:30 a.m. Breakfast, Hotel Bamer,
all luggage packed
8:00 a.m. Presentation and discussion
about Mexican Social Services led by Naurine Lennox
9:00 a.m. Leave Hotel Bamer for
Basilica of Guadalupe
12:00 p.m. Arrive Teotihuacan Archeological
Site; REMEMBER SUN SCREEN & Hat
lunch will be sandwiches, fruit, etc. on the bus
3:30 p.m. Leave Teotihuacan for
Puebla
7:00 p.m. Arrive in Puebla,
David Brye Residence, 4 Oriente 204
Puebla Centro ( tel. [011 52] 222 232-6710)
Meet homestay families, Partir la Rosca
small gifts for members of the family are appropriate and remember to bring
your photo
book that includes your family, roommate at St. Olaf, house, pets, town
square (zocalo), etc.
Monday January 6
9:00 a.m. Arrive D. Brye residence;
families and program assistants will help you find the way.
Orientation meeting: Social Work Placements
10:30 a.m. Visit Museo Amparo and leave from
there to explore Pueblo Centro with Puebla students.
1:30 p.m. Return to David Brye
Residence and leave from there to families for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
Note: on this first day several of the group will help prepare for the
party at Juconi on
Tuesday; some of these will continue as volunteers at Juconi; others will
go to
volunteer placements which will be available on Wednesday.
Tuesday January 7
9:00
a.m. Mexican Politics and Society – D Brye Lecture:
10:30 a.m. Visit
Instituto de la Mujer Poblana
12:30 p.m.
Visit PREVIO, A Program for Women and Domestic Violence/
Programa de Deteccion de Menores Violados
Director: Carolina O'Farrill
1:30 p.m. Return to families each day for comida
4:00 to 6:00
p.m. Social work placements each afternoon
6:30 p.m.
Casa Juconi, Join market and street kids in celebrating Three Kings Day
Wednesday January 8
10:00 a.m. Visit Casa de Angeles, DIF Center
for Handicapped
12:00 p.m. Visit La Granja, Centro Tutelar para
Infractores Menores
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
Thursday January 9
9:00 a.m. Visit Secretaria de Salud
del Estado de Puebla (pending)
11:00 a.m. Visit Caritas Third Age Center
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
7:00 p.m. Feedback on program
and practicums at D. Brye Residence
Friday January 10
9:00 a.m. Prostitution and Transgender
Issues, Alexandra Fonseca
12:00 a.m. Test
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
Saturday January 11
Spend the day with families and
Personal time (sleep, wash clothes, write journals, etc.)
7:00 p.m. Ballet
Folklorico, Patio del Palacio Municipal, Zocalo
The group will attend and then go to the house afterwards for an alcohol-free
party and learning some latino dances - salsa, cumbia etc.
8:00 p.m. Reception:
St. Olaf College Students and San Miguel Tzinacapan
students in Puebla, David Brye residence
Sunday January 12
11:00 a.m. Tour Puebla Centro, observe Sunday activities
3:00 p.m. Picnic lunch, D. Brye residence
Monday January 13
9:00 a.m. Mexican Barrios (local communities)
and Urban Renewal, Nancy
Churchill Tour of San Francisco area, Analco Barrio
11:30 a.m. Optional visit to CISIDA - Puebla AIDS
assistance; other organizations
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
Tuesday January 14
9:00 a.m. Mexican Prison
System, Heriberto Galindo
11:00 a.m. Visit the Women's Section of the
Puebla CERESO
( Centro de Rehabilitacion Social) - volleyball game
1:30 p.m. Return to families
each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social
work placements each afternoon
Wednesday January 15
9:00
a.m. Mexican Education, Programs for Migrant Children, Maria Luisa
Flores
11:00 a.m.
Visit Casa de Sal, AIDS Organization with Sara Breidenbach
1:30 p.m. Return to families each day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work placements each afternoon
Thursday January 16
9:00 a.m. Role of Women in
Mexico, Elena Maria Valerde
10:30 a.m. Centro Escolar Niños Heroes
de Chapultepec
Interchange with preparatory (high school) students
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
7:00 p.m. Slides on San Miguel
Tzinacapan, D. Brye Home
Friday January 17
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free choice on
visit or service activity;
let Naurine know your choice anytime during the week
1:30 p.m. Return to families each
day for comida
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Social work
placements each afternoon
8:00 p.m. Alcohol Free Reception
for Students and Homestay Families, D. Brye Residence
Saturday January 18
AM Departure for Cuetzalan - Time to be announced
Arrive Cuetzalan, Hotel Taselotzin [011 52] 233 331-4080
After arrival walk to La Gloria Cascada and get acquainted with Cuetzalan
6:00 p.m. Dinner and presentation
on Bilingual, Bicultural Education for Rural,
Indigenous Communities by Miguel Felix, Gudelia Martinez and Porfirio Ortigoza
8:30 p.m. Peña Folklorico (Voladores)
Sunday January 19
11:00 a.m. Nahuatl Mass, San Francisco Church,
Cuetzalan (Required as a cultural experience)
Enjoy Cuetzalan Sunday Mercado
1:30 p.m. Leave for San Miguel Tzinacapan
2:00 p.m. Comida: casa de Luis and Celina
Felix, Getting to know the village
Monday to Friday, January 20 to 24
Monday morning at Telesecundaria for opening exercises; donations of school
supplies welcome
Tuesday morning at Casa de Salud, Primaria and Pre-Escolar; donations are
also welcome
Monday to Friday, everyone paired up with local young people
to investigate local topics and institutions, other group meetings
Social service projects, home visits in San Miguel each afternoon
Saturday January 25 to Monday January 27
Acapulco Visit, chartered bus from Cuetzalan to Acapulco,
Acapulco to Mexico City
(leave Friday night, return Monday afternoon)
Tuesday January 28
10:00 a.m. Leave for U. S. Embassy on Avenida
Reforma
11:00 a.m. Visit US Embassy, Presentation
from USAID staff
2:00 p.m. Visit Frida Kahlo and
Leon Trotsky Museums in Coyoacan
7:00 p.m. Farewell Dinner
Wednesday January 29
10:00 a.m. Visit Diego Rivera Mural (Alameda)
11:00 a.m. Visit Bellas Artes Museum (Mexican
muralists, etc.)
12:30 p.m. Visit Rivera Murals in the National
Palace
1:00 p.m. Comida, Zocalo area
2:30 p.m. Visit Templo Mayor
4:00 p.m. Visit Cathedral
5:00 p.m. Return to Hotel Bamer
8:30 p.m. Ballet Folklorico, Bellas
Artes (optional)
Thursday, January 30
9:00 a.m. Breakfast in the Hotel
Bamer Cafe at your leisure; you may sleep in, finish papers,
do a little last minute shopping, etc.
Note: There will not likely be any food served on the airplane.
Lunch and dinner both come during our travels. There are fast food places
in the
Atlanta airport, but It is recommended that you consider your needs and
perhaps
pack some food for the trip.
11:00 a.m. Leave Hotel Bamer for the Mexico
City Airport
2:20 p.m. Departure
for Minneapolis via Atlanta, Delta 522/756
9:44 p.m. Arrive Minneapolis
Airport