Community As Classroom January 16

How can students better understand social justice and long-term partnerships while engaging in short-term community-based learning? This answer to this question and more will be discussed at the next Community As Classroom, sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement.

“Community-based Learning as Justice-oriented Education” will take place January 16, from 10-11:30 a.m., in the University Club of the DeVos Center on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.

A panel of current Grand Valley students and faculty, and community partners, will briefly share in a panel format; the remaining time will be used for open discussion and Q-and-A. Participants will gain an increased understanding of “justice learning,” an approach to community-based learning from a social justice perspective, and the potential tensions that exist in community-based learning and how to address these tensions.
 
Panelists include:
Brittany Dernberger, assistant director of the Women’s Center at Grand Valley
Rachel Hood, executive director of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council
Susan F. Carson, professor of education at Grand Valley
Kanyn Doan, a Grand Valley student studying women and gender studies with a minor in philosophy

For more information, visit www.gvsu.edu/communityclassroom.