Interview with Sister Nancy

1. How did you choose to become a Sister of Notre Dame and how has that affected your view of political and communal participation?
2. What do you believe to be the most important form of engagement in your community?
3. What messages do you try to send to your students about being knowledgeable about current events in the local and global community?
4. What is the most important part of teaching AP COGO?
5. What is the most important part of the mentoring sessions you create each year?
6. What activities are you involved in outside of work and home?
7. What do you think being a good citizen means?
8. How do you divide private and public life?
9. Relevant commitments, attitudes, and beliefs…

Outline

Background of how I met Sister Nancy

-AP COGO at Notre Dame

How she chose to be a nun

-Ideologies of the Sisters of Notre Dame

How teaching AP COGO encourages civic engagement

-World citizens

—“I want them to understand their responsibility to confront unjust structures that isolate people, doom people to poverty, benefit only an elite group.”

-Introduce students to different cultures

—“I hope my students learn that the dignity and rights citizens yearn for is similar no matter the government system.  I want my students to see the courage of people who resist that which is unjust, so that we all understand courage better.  I want my students to question themselves and our government as a result of thinking my analytically.”

Mentoring

-Explain the concept

-Civic engagement on a local level in 9^th grade, becomes global in 12^th grade

How personal struggles shaped who she is

-Breast cancer

-Murder of her niece, Aimee Willard

—Uses this experience to teach others, not to put people down

Analysis of whether Sister Nancy is civically engaged