0:00:00 Pre-Class
0:07:36 Topic Introduction
0:11:23 Introducing Ernso, Haiti, and Volunteers
0:17:48 Income Inequality
0:25:24 You Are In the 1% of the World
0:30:17 Ernso’s Story of Wealth in Haiti
0:36:00 Seeing Poverty
0:38:25 Making Sense of the Randomness
0:48:31 When Do You Help? When Can You Help?
0:55:45 Wresting with Modern Day Slavery
1:08:57 Story of Melissa and the Clinic
1:13:08 Ernso Gets Last Word
1:15:45 Credits
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