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CLCS 380 - Refugee Crisis and Social Action

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)


Because of past advocacy work of Vassar College students, beginning in January 2017 about 20 refugee families will arrive in the greater Poughkeepsie area. This course offers a theoretical framework as well as hands-on-workshops with professionals from a variety of refugee resettlement organizations, advocacy groups, and local leaders. We hold workshops and/or strategy sessions to explore readings dealing with advocacy work, best practices in transcultural interactions, and hands-on strategies to facilitate the resettlement of refugees who are arriving in Poughkeepsie beginning in January 2017. Willingness to work with the local community and curiosity to explore and develop new models of student engagement are key to the success of this class. Students are able to develop their own research angles, and every student keeps a journal, blog or a website (either text, video or photographic) to contribute to the class project of developing a “best practices manual” for the collaboration between liberal arts colleges, NGOs, faith based communities, and local social services agencies in the refugee resettlement process. Students may also choose to collect data or develop a research project for the Mid Hudson Refugee Solidarity Alliance website (under construction). Ms. Hoehn

 

Class is by special permission only. If you are interested in taking this class, please submit a two-page proposal to explain your interest in the refugee crisis and what kind of contribution you hope make to the VC Refugee Solidarity Initiative (refugeesolidarity.vassar.edu). 

One 3-hour meeting.



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