Information sessions regarding the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA) programs are being held this week on Tuesday, March 5 and Friday, March 8. Attend an info session to learn more about HECUA's dynamic, off campus study programs focused on race, inequality, poverty, and other social justice topics.The info sessions will feature alumni of each HECUA program.
Come to an info session to learn more about HECUA's dynamic, off campus study programs focused on race, inequality, poverty, and other social justice topics (see program descriptions below)! Coffee, tea, and treats will be served!
Tuesday, March 5
2:00-3:30pm
Peters Hall room 70 (St. Paul campus)
OR
Friday, March 8
1:00-2:30pm
Bordertown Coffee House (315 16th Ave SE)
ID 3574 -- Race in America Then and Now: "Post-Racial" Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
-Summer Term (June 3-24, 2013)
-6 credits
-fulfills these LEs: Historical Perspectives core and Diversity and Social Justice theme
Many people in the U.S. and around the world have seen the election (and subsequent re-election) of President Barack Obama as a sign that racism in America is a thing of the past. America, it is said, is now a "post-racial" society, and has moved beyond a racially divided time. Yet that past was not very long ago. Obama's election came within the lifetimes of people whose parents were born into slavery in America, and he was elected President less than fifty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Even after these landmark pieces of legislation became law, in the 1960s many communities of color struggled to find justice and equality in the United States. This program explores that era's struggles as well as current movements for equality, and dares to ask questions about racial justice in America today. During the three-week program, students meet with civil rights activists who were active in the 1960s and those who are active now, and with lawyers, politicians, educators, and youth to learn about how America's present is inextricably linked to its past. Field experiences open up connections among issues related to education, incarceration, distribution of wealth, health care, housing, employment, and the environment. Students also delve into racial identity development theory, the philosophy of nonviolence, and how social movements function. By the end of the month, students have a profound understanding of the Civil Rights Movement--its motivations, strategies, successes and failures--and they have also developed ways to make meaningful contributions to their own communities. Jackson, Mississippi is the home-base of this program (Airfare is provided), but students will do field trips throughout the South. Visit https://hecua.org/civilrights for more information on the program, or email Eleanor, the student adviser for the program, at race.hecua@gmail.com. The application deadline for this summer program is April 15th.
ID 3571, 3572, & 3573 -- Inequality in America: Policy, Community, and the Politics of Empowerment
-Fall Semester (also offered every spring semester)
-16 credits (full-time, off-campus, semester program including an INTERNSHIP)
-fulfills these LEs: Social Sciences core, Diversity and Social Justice theme, & Civic Life and Ethics theme
In the Inequality in America: Policy, Community, and the Politics of Empowerment program students actively delve into major challenges of our time: poverty, inequality and social change. The program pursues three major framing questions utilizing a number of relevant and contested theories to frame the discussion throughout the semester. The questions are: What are some of the root causes of increasing levels of economic, political, social inequality and insecurity and how does this impact all social classes and groups in the United States? How are economic, political, and social inequality reproduced? How do we create more opportunity for all Americans squeezed by economic, political, and social inequality and what are some concrete social change tools for making these changes? To understand these questions the program looks at the economy, housing systems, education, welfare, government policies, urban sprawl, regional race and class segregation, and institutional discrimination. This program is based off-campus in the Twin Cities community and includes a 20-hour per week internship placement. Visit https://hecua.org/inequalityinamerica for more information on the program, or email Alyssa, the student adviser for the program, at inequality.hecua@gmail.com. The application deadline for this Fall Semester program is April 15th, 2013.
Please see attached flyers.
spring 2013 INFO SESSION FLYER new.ppt
RaceinAmerica_flyer_small.pdf
These programs are offered by HECUA, the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, a non-profit organization based in St. Paul, MN that offers unique experiential education programs both domestically and abroad. These programs focus on issues affecting our local and global communities. At the U of M, they are offered in partnership with the Community Service-Learning Center. Visit www.offcampusstudy.umn.edu for information on all of HECUA's programs.
