Field Experience/Alternative Break Class offered through Delta State Uni

Grassroots Community Development:
> A Field Experience in Appalachia
> 
> Beans and Rice, Inc.
> Radford, Virginia
> 
> COD 695 (CRN 22051)
> Sunday, May 11 through Saturday, May 17, 2003
> 
> Join assistant professor John Green and Community
> Development graduate students from Delta State
> University in an exploration of grassroots community development 
> efforts in the Appalachian Region.
> 
> Beans and Rice, Inc. is a nonprofit organization
> that
> combines daily workshops on community development
> with
> hands-on practice in the community through several
> programs. These workshops combine didactic
> presentation of material with learning circles to
> develop an understanding of what community is, how
> it
> can be developed, and the role of individuals and
> groups working to develop community. (see
> www.beansandrice.org)
> 
> This intensive course is worth three graduate credit
> hours through the Division of Continuing Education,
> Delta State University.
> 
> Participants will travel to Virginia and spend the
> week on-site with Beans and Rice, Inc. staff,
> volunteers and community partners. Full engagement
> in
> all activities is expected, and students will be
> required to read supplementary texts, keep a
> personal
> journal and submit a ten page reflective paper on
> their experience.


> Space is limited, so contact John Green ASAP to
> register.
> 
> John J. Green, Ph.D.
> Graduate Coordinator, Community Development
> 201B Kethley Hall
> Division of Social Sciences
> Phone: (662) 846-4069
> E-Mail: jgreen@deltastate.edu

....forwarded by Anna Long, Program Associate for Service-Learning
                 The Delta Center for Culture & Learning
                                Office of Student & Community Engagement
                 Delta State University
                 662-846-4323
> 

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