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Chase Selected as Periclean Faculty Leader, Receives Grant for New Course
Associate Professor of History Michelle Chase, PhD, has been selected as a Periclean Faculty Leader by Project Pericles and has received a $4,500 grant from the organization to create a new humanities course that incorporates a community-initiated project.
is an organization that focuses on voter education and is a longtime partner of 男女操逼视频软件男女操逼视频软件檚 Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) and the Pace Votes program. The course supported by the grant also must incorporate voter education through discussion of relevant civic issues.
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With the grant, Chase launched HIS 134: Modern Latin America this spring, a course that satisfies Pace男女操逼视频软件檚 civic engagement requirement. Through the course, Chase and her students are partnering with a local nonprofit, the an organization dedicated to advocating for social justice throughout the Americas, focusing specifically on Latin American migration to the United States, and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America.
男女操逼视频软件淚 am thrilled about this grant because it gives my students an opportunity to explore in a hands-on way what it means to be an active historian and to contemplate ways that scholarship can intersect with community engagement,男女操逼视频软件 said Chase.
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Students in the course combine the academic portion男女操逼视频软件攕tudying recent history of Latin America男女操逼视频软件攚ith civic engagement, exploring significant events in Latin America through NACLA男女操逼视频软件檚 archives. The archives, located in Washington Square, include photos of Fidel Castro speaking at a rally in Cuba, protests in Puerto Rico, agricultural projects in Mexico, and more.
男女操逼视频软件淭he entire class has been able to fully submerge ourselves into the NACLA男女操逼视频软件檚 work and try to live through what they were capturing,男女操逼视频软件 said Ana Cristina Armstrong Matta 男女操逼视频软件26, History. 男女操逼视频软件淚男女操逼视频软件檓 from Puerto Rico so when I found a few archives that focused solely on my home, it was so special.男女操逼视频软件
The goal of the course is to curate an online exhibit for NACLA, with students carefully selecting photos to highlight significant events and photographic works.
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Chase and Armstrong Matta also presented on the course at an event hosted by CCAR entitled Leading with Civic Engagement: Faculty Info Session on Community-Engaged Work in Civic Engagement Courses on Friday, April 12.
男女操逼视频软件淚t is a very eye-opening course when looking at the actions of the U.S. towards Latin American,男女操逼视频软件 said Armstrong Matta. 男女操逼视频软件淚t男女操逼视频软件檚 a really great experience to not just have in class discussions, but to get to see the work and even contribute to NACLA男女操逼视频软件檚 mission.男女操逼视频软件