UW Seattle, Bringing it Home

Service Learning Issues
As it is foundational for this course, students are required to participate in service learning in a project at a pre-selected site. The service experience will cover eight weeks (from week 2 to week 9 of the quarter), with an expected commitment of 3-4 hours per week. For the most part, students will be working individually and at the end of the quarter they will present to the class on the experience. Students who think that the service commitment may be difficult to manage should seriously consider if this course is feasible. The organization will be depending upon your commitments and less than a professional behavior will be unacceptable.

Each service project has been carefully developed in consultation with the respective site coordinator and the overall course structure in mind, however we will entertain suggestions for self-placements. In order for a student to do a self-placement, they MUST be already working with the organization. Please talk to us immediately if you have an interest in your own project Discussion about project and site placements will occur on Wednesday, March 28th in class.

Students: Please DO NOT contact these organizations directly with your questions about service learning placements. On the first day of class we will go over each of the organizations and the specific volunteer opportunities that have been crafted in conjunction with this course.

Inter*im Community Development Association

In 1979, Inter*Im established Inter*Im Community Development Association , a 501(c) (3), non-profit community development corporation, to continue working to promote the revitalization of the International District community for the benefit of its low income and minority residents, and small businesses. Inter*Im has worked to promote revitalization, but without gentrification and displacement, and has been actively involved in issues affecting the broader Asian/Pacific community. The organizations are in the process of merging as one organization to continue the work of revitalizing the International District.

The purpose of Inter*Im (Community Development Association) is to directly facilitate community development objectives in the International District and the larger Pacific/Asian community through the following activities:

Community development planning and advocacy in the areas of growth management, low income housing, land use, social services, and minority and community issues.
Housing development assistance to public, non-profit and private owners and developers for housing projects addressing community needs, particularly in the development of low income housing.
Community economic development efforts for low income and minority individuals and businesses
Promoting affordable housing policies and programs with local and state officials.
Establishing and providing support to social services programs and agencies and organizations providing needed services to the community.
Land use analysis and monitoring of projects and plans that will impact the International District.
Management of the Danny Woo International District Community Garden for low income elderly residents.

Inter*Im's approach to community development has been to work with the entire community to encourage community-based revitalization by those who have a commitment to the District.

Huchoosedah Indian Education

Huchoosedah Indian Education is a federally funded program that assists Native American, Alaska Natives and American Indian Students in Seattle Public Schools K-12. We believe that the academic success of Native students is grounded in a strong sense of cultural identity and belonging. The after-school program housed at Wilson Pacific is one of two programs that are partly funded through a grant from the City of Seattle. Huchoosedah at Wilson Pacific runs Monday-Thursday 3:30 -5:30 pm and they have a Family Culture night every other Tuesday evening from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. The parents /guardians have a key role in supporting their children in the program. The program focuses on homework assistance, tutoring, cultural reading & writing activities. On Thursdays, the program uses different native artists from the local community to work on cultural activities and projects with the students.

Refugee Women's Alliance

Mission: The Refugee Woman's Alliance (ReWA) is a non-profit, multi-ethnic organization that promotes inclusion, independence, personal leadership and strong communities by providing refugee and immigrant women and families with culturally and linguistically appropriate services. ReWA advocates for social justice, public policy changes, and equal access to services while respecting cultural values and the right to self-determination.

Vision: ReWA is dedicated to promoting empowered, self-sufficient refugee and immigrant women and their families.

El Centro de la Raza

El Centro de la Raza seeks to raise the awareness level of the general public, politicians, business and civic leaders toward the needs of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States and to help the Chicano/Latino community in the Seattle/King County area empower itself.

El Centro de la Raza is a Chicano/Latino Civil Rights organization, rich in a history of service to the community. The organization's philosophy centers around empowering community members to empower themselves and advocate for positive social change. Central to this effort for change is an unwavering commitment to struggle for Civil Rights for all persons. El Centro de la Raza recognizes that the majority of it's Civil Rights participants, friends and supporters are involved in a daily struggle for economic independence, political empowerment, freedom, justice and creating community. This strong commitment to avidly work to nurture communities continuously in struggle must guide all employees of El Centro de la Raza.

Asian Counseling and Referral Service

Asian Counseling and Referral Service, a non-profit organization, promotes social justice and the well being and empowerment of Asian Pacific American individuals, families and communities; including immigrants, refugees, and native born; by developing, providing and advocating for innovative community-based multilingual and multicultural services.

Students working with the Talk Time program will learn valuable cross-cultural communications skills. Students working in the Naturalization program will understand US immigration policy and the stories of immigrants and refugees that want to become US citizens.

Planned Parenthood of Western Washington

The mission of Planned Parenthood of Western Washington is to ensure that people in our communities can make informed choices about reproductive and sexual health. We will: advocate to preserve the fundamental right to reproductive self-determination; offer high quality, cost effective clinical services; and provide educational services to foster understanding of human sexuality and promote responsible behavior.

Chinese Information and Service Center

CISC's mission is to assist and empower the Asians in the Seattle and King County community, focusing on the Chinese and Vietnamese, by providing information, referral, and direct social and support services. CISC's goal is to mentor and empower Asian Immigrant youth so that in the future they can become leaders in the community. The youth development programs include after school activities, mentoring, homework guidance, development of bilingual and bicultural identity, social and leadership skills.

Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry

The CIHRI was formed in 1974 by a group of social workers in response to human rights violations occurring in Chile after the 1973 military coup. The organization's mandate is to oppose human rights violations wherever they occur and to help insure that such violations cease as soon as possible. CIHRI concentrates on violations of human rights of social service workers, other workers performing social service functions, and those they serve. Even though CIHRI has given priority to this group, they have also defended the human rights of human rights monitors as well as the rights of groups such as Guatemalan street children and women's rights as articulated in the UN Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

CIHRI opposes the imprisonment and restriction of anyone for their political or religious beliefs. They oppose torture and maltreatment of prisoners. CIHRI makes every effort to secure the release of prisoners who are detained because of their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language, or religion.

CIHRI advocates on behalf of a number of persecuted or imprisoned social service workers from a variety of countries. Members write directly to the prisoner, or the individual being persecuted, in order to convey concern and support. They write to foreign governments and to the envoys in the USA and UN. They contact the US State Department and elected representatives in Congress to urge them to take action. Information is gathered in conjunction with other human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

International Rescue Committee

Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee is the leading nonsectarian, nonprofit, voluntary organization providing ongoing relief, protection, and resettlement services for refugees worldwide who are victims of violence or persecution based on their religion, ethnicity, or political beliefs. IRC provides emergency relief, ongoing assistance, training, education, and income generating programs that enable refugees to achieve self-sufficiency.

The IRC Seattle office was established in 1976 and has assisted over 16,000 refugees from over 27 different countries. The office currently assists refugees with initial resettlement, placement in housing, job readiness training, employment counseling and job development, immigration processing, ESL instruction, and general case management. Aside from resettlement, the IRC Seattle Regional Office also provides employment, immigration, and referral and access assistance to a range of social services. The IRC employment project uses a combination of individual counseling and classroom job readiness training to place hundreds of refugee job seekers each year with local employers. The IRC immigration program assists several hundred refugees and immigrants each year in completing the forms necessary to bring their relatives to the United States, become permanent residents and apply for naturalization.

Bringing it Home: Integrating International Experiences Comparative History of Ideas 498A/Nursing 445C

Syllabus Assignments Readings Community Partners Portfolio Go Post ShareSpace Links Home	Community Partners Service Learning Issues As it is foundational for this course, students are required to participate in service learning in a project at a pre-selected site. The service experience will cover eight weeks (from week 2 to week 9 of the quarter), with an expected commitment of 3-4 hours per week. For the most part, students will be working individually and at the end of the quarter they will present to the class on the experience. Students who think that the service commitment may be difficult to manage should seriously consider if this course is feasible. The organization will be depending upon your commitments and less than a professional behavior will be unacceptable. Each service project has been carefully developed in consultation with the respective site coordinator and the overall course structure in mind, however we will entertain suggestions for self-placements. In order for a student to do a self-placement, they MUST be already working with the organization. Please talk to us immediately if you have an interest in your own project Discussion about project and site placements will occur on Wednesday, March 28th in class. Students: Please DO NOT contact these organizations directly with your questions about service learning placements. On the first day of class we will go over each of the organizations and the specific volunteer opportunities that have been crafted in conjunction with this course. Interim Community Development Association In 1979, InterIm established InterIm Community Development Association , a 501(c) (3), non-profit community development corporation, to continue working to promote the revitalization of the International District community for the benefit of its low income and minority residents, and small businesses. InterIm has worked to promote revitalization, but without gentrification and displacement, and has been actively involved in issues affecting the broader Asian/Pacific community. The organizations are in the process of merging as one organization to continue the work of revitalizing the International District. The purpose of InterIm (Community Development Association) is to directly facilitate community development objectives in the International District and the larger Pacific/Asian community through the following activities: Community development planning and advocacy in the areas of growth management, low income housing, land use, social services, and minority and community issues. Housing development assistance to public, non-profit and private owners and developers for housing projects addressing community needs, particularly in the development of low income housing. Community economic development efforts for low income and minority individuals and businesses Promoting affordable housing policies and programs with local and state officials. Establishing and providing support to social services programs and agencies and organizations providing needed services to the community. Land use analysis and monitoring of projects and plans that will impact the International District. Management of the Danny Woo International District Community Garden for low income elderly residents. InterIm's approach to community development has been to work with the entire community to encourage community-based revitalization by those who have a commitment to the District. Huchoosedah Indian Education Huchoosedah Indian Education is a federally funded program that assists Native American, Alaska Natives and American Indian Students in Seattle Public Schools K-12. We believe that the academic success of Native students is grounded in a strong sense of cultural identity and belonging. The after-school program housed at Wilson Pacific is one of two programs that are partly funded through a grant from the City of Seattle. Huchoosedah at Wilson Pacific runs Monday-Thursday 3:30 -5:30 pm and they have a Family Culture night every other Tuesday evening from 6:00 - 8:30 pm. The parents /guardians have a key role in supporting their children in the program. The program focuses on homework assistance, tutoring, cultural reading & writing activities. On Thursdays, the program uses different native artists from the local community to work on cultural activities and projects with the students. Refugee Women's Alliance Mission: The Refugee Woman's Alliance (ReWA) is a non-profit, multi-ethnic organization that promotes inclusion, independence, personal leadership and strong communities by providing refugee and immigrant women and families with culturally and linguistically appropriate services. ReWA advocates for social justice, public policy changes, and equal access to services while respecting cultural values and the right to self-determination. Vision: ReWA is dedicated to promoting empowered, self-sufficient refugee and immigrant women and their families. El Centro de la Raza El Centro de la Raza seeks to raise the awareness level of the general public, politicians, business and civic leaders toward the needs of the Chicano/Latino community in the United States and to help the Chicano/Latino community in the Seattle/King County area empower itself. El Centro de la Raza is a Chicano/Latino Civil Rights organization, rich in a history of service to the community. The organization's philosophy centers around empowering community members to empower themselves and advocate for positive social change. Central to this effort for change is an unwavering commitment to struggle for Civil Rights for all persons. El Centro de la Raza recognizes that the majority of it's Civil Rights participants, friends and supporters are involved in a daily struggle for economic independence, political empowerment, freedom, justice and creating community. This strong commitment to avidly work to nurture communities continuously in struggle must guide all employees of El Centro de la Raza. Asian Counseling and Referral Service Asian Counseling and Referral Service, a non-profit organization, promotes social justice and the well being and empowerment of Asian Pacific American individuals, families and communities; including immigrants, refugees, and native born; by developing, providing and advocating for innovative community-based multilingual and multicultural services. Students working with the Talk Time program will learn valuable cross-cultural communications skills. Students working in the Naturalization program will understand US immigration policy and the stories of immigrants and refugees that want to become US citizens. Planned Parenthood of Western Washington The mission of Planned Parenthood of Western Washington is to ensure that people in our communities can make informed choices about reproductive and sexual health. We will: advocate to preserve the fundamental right to reproductive self-determination; offer high quality, cost effective clinical services; and provide educational services to foster understanding of human sexuality and promote responsible behavior. Chinese Information and Service Center CISC's mission is to assist and empower the Asians in the Seattle and King County community, focusing on the Chinese and Vietnamese, by providing information, referral, and direct social and support services. CISC's goal is to mentor and empower Asian Immigrant youth so that in the future they can become leaders in the community. The youth development programs include after school activities, mentoring, homework guidance, development of bilingual and bicultural identity, social and leadership skills. Committee for International Human Rights Inquiry The CIHRI was formed in 1974 by a group of social workers in response to human rights violations occurring in Chile after the 1973 military coup. The organization's mandate is to oppose human rights violations wherever they occur and to help insure that such violations cease as soon as possible. CIHRI concentrates on violations of human rights of social service workers, other workers performing social service functions, and those they serve. Even though CIHRI has given priority to this group, they have also defended the human rights of human rights monitors as well as the rights of groups such as Guatemalan street children and women's rights as articulated in the UN Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. CIHRI opposes the imprisonment and restriction of anyone for their political or religious beliefs. They oppose torture and maltreatment of prisoners. CIHRI makes every effort to secure the release of prisoners who are detained because of their beliefs, color, sex, ethnic origin, language, or religion. CIHRI advocates on behalf of a number of persecuted or imprisoned social service workers from a variety of countries. Members write directly to the prisoner, or the individual being persecuted, in order to convey concern and support. They write to foreign governments and to the envoys in the USA and UN. They contact the US State Department and elected representatives in Congress to urge them to take action. Information is gathered in conjunction with other human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. International Rescue Committee Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee is the leading nonsectarian, nonprofit, voluntary organization providing ongoing relief, protection, and resettlement services for refugees worldwide who are victims of violence or persecution based on their religion, ethnicity, or political beliefs. IRC provides emergency relief, ongoing assistance, training, education, and income generating programs that enable refugees to achieve self-sufficiency. The IRC Seattle office was established in 1976 and has assisted over 16,000 refugees from over 27 different countries. The office currently assists refugees with initial resettlement, placement in housing, job readiness training, employment counseling and job development, immigration processing, ESL instruction, and general case management. Aside from resettlement, the IRC Seattle Regional Office also provides employment, immigration, and referral and access assistance to a range of social services. The IRC employment project uses a combination of individual counseling and classroom job readiness training to place hundreds of refugee job seekers each year with local employers. The IRC immigration program assists several hundred refugees and immigrants each year in completing the forms necessary to bring their relatives to the United States, become permanent residents and apply for naturalization.
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