Join us this Spring for a course to discover community, family, and cultural histories.
Spring 2021: EDAC 698-805-36494
Cultural Identities & Community Engagement
Blended: Online, asynchronous & five Saturdays, 9:00-4:00 pm, 1/30, 2/20, 3/20, 4/3, 4/24. Open to all graduate students & undergraduate students with 90 credits hours & 3.0 GPA.
Students will work with community organizations/members to compile and publish community family histories via ancestral research, oral storytelling, multimedia, etc.
This interactive course will foster student discussion on intersectionality of cultural identities. history of structural racism, discovering family histories, and promoting community involvement. The course is constructed from It is Well With My Soul community program curriculum.
View this excerpt for the 2019 course: Cultural Identities and Community Engagement - YouTube
For information, please contact Dr. Ruby Cain: rcain@bsu.edu or 765-285-9126.
Dr. Ruby Cain
Associate Professor of Practice, Adult & Community Education
Director, M.A. Degree/Certificate Programs in Adult & Community Education Program, Executive Development for Public Service Program, and Adult and Community Education
Vice-President (Faculty), Black Faculty & Staff Association (BFSA)
Director, It Is Well With My Soul
Department of Educational Studies
Ball State University - TC 845 Muncie, IN 47306
(765) 285-9126 (Office) (765) 285-5489 (FAX)
Email: rcain@bsu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/618533724963630/
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