Miami, Florida
This service-learning partnership between Miami Dade Community College (MDCC), Barry University (BU) and the BAME Development Corporation (BAME) focuses on computer literacy and bridging the digital divide in Miami's Overtown neighborhood.
The partnership will not only provide access to the internet and other technology for many of Miami's poorest families but it will also provide education for faculty at MDCC and BU who are preparing future educators in the teacher preparation program. By educating these faculty, the project hopes to sustain a community focus that provides equal access to technology for the poor and works to find models that will help eliminate the inequality present in our educational system.
Honolulu, HI
The University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH), Windward Community College (WCC) and James B. Castle High School (CHS) partnered in a local community where the highest concentration of Hawai'ian school-age children live. The project was developed to identify and implement programs that aim to improve the standard of living for native Hawai'ians in that area, many of whom fall within the socio-economic poverty level.
The partnership's four-point plan focuses on developing youth. It includes pre-service teacher education, youth literacy and reading, Polynesian cultural education and career/college education. The project's goal is to improve the standard of living for all native Hawai'ians through the development of youth - creating a well-educated, motivated, culturally inspired citizenry that will seek the continual improvement of their culture's socio-economic status.
Crownpoint, NM
Focused on providing local youth with necessary life skills, as well as access to further education, Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT), University of New Mexico - Gallup (UNM) and Wingate High School (WHS) have committed to work together on this vision: to bridge the cultural and institutional barriers that often limit access to education, exchange and community renewal.
The project will include 1) vocational education, through agricultural studies and veterinary sciences; 2) academic development with adult basic education and tutoring; and 3) Navajo cultural education through an oral history project with Navajo elders. Through these projects, youth at all three institutions will engage their community through meaningful service-learning.
