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

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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

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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

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SČAY’ƏWSTƏNA’MƏT – “Always busy volunteering”Center For Service Learning – Our Way of Life