Service  |  Academic Work  |  Education & Training  |  Capacity Building  |  Deliberative Democracy 

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

•  MC Literacy Corps ESL program at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
• Blount County Justive Center tutoring (Federal holding facility for "illegal"  immigrants
• Bridges Immigrations and Refugee Services (Catholic charities)
• Document Translation Services 
• Tijuana Christian Mission home for Children
• Oasis Catolico Santa Rafaela

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

•   Freshman Research Seminar Courses focused on immigration issues (Dr. Bruce)
• Spanish language and literature courses. 

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

•   This year the first year class each took an aspect of the larger immigration issue and presented what they learned every Thursday at lunch.

         Topics:

           Stereotypes of immigrants

           Immigration and elementary education

           History of United States Border and Immigration Policy

           DREAM Act

           Economic impact of immigration on TN agriculture

           How to become a citizen 101

           Immigrant working conditions 

• MC Center for International Education training on diversity and culture.

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

•   Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition action page.  Follow local and state wide legislation. 
• After their service trip experience to Oasis, the rising Sophomore class will work with TIRRC to find legislation and lobby on behalf of TIRRC next year in Nashville.  

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)