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Northwest Indian College
Center For Service Learning
“Our Way of Life”
Fire in the Heart
“It is imperative that we maintain hope even when the harshness of reality may suggest the opposite”. -Paulo Freire
NWIC Center for Service Learning Mission:Northwest Indian College’s Center for Service Learning - Our Way of Life, promotes, empowerment, cultural awareness, and social justice responsibility, through the integration of academic study with service. We collaborate with community-based partnerships for service placements.
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Goals of Service Learning
•Enhance classroom learning
•Meet community identified needs
•Foster social responsibility/civic engagement
Education
Volunteerism
Social Justice &Civic Responsibility
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The combination of community service and classroom instruction, with a focus on critical, reflective thinking as well as personal and civic responsibility.AACC’s Definition of Service Learning
What is service learning?
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Service and the Charity / Social Justice
Continuum
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
Examples of social justice: Legislative advocacy Changing policies and practices Political action Education about an issue
Examples of charity: Homeless shelters Food pantries Clothing drives Emergency services
Public, collective actionsPrivate, individual acts
Directed at root causes or underlying structures of social problems
Tries to ensure the problems don’t exist in the first place
Directed at the effects of injustice and its symptoms
Addresses problems that already exist
Responds to long-term needsResponds to immediate needs
Justice = social changePromotes social change in institutions
or political structures
Charity = social serviceProvides direct services like food,
clothing, shelter
SOCIAL JUSTICECHARITY
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Center for Service Learning projects focus on wellness and social issues, salmon habitat restoration, reintroducing native plants, science night, elders garden and project murals.
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SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
Projects: Storm Drain Stenciling
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
Projects: Book Drive
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
Projects: Chief Seattle Club
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
Community Garden ProjectElders, students, faculty working together
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life
SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life