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PSU students serve as tutors/classroom aides in a bilingual Spanish/English dual immersion program. The partnership provides PSU students with a vehicle for using their language skills in a real-world setting while filling a critical need for Spanish-speaking volunteers.
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The Blazers Boys and Girls Club serves as a resource center for children ages 7 to 18. Students involved in this partnership gain a deeper awareness of what in means to live in a diverse community.
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Students participate in a Senior Capstone course designed to fulfill a request by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association to create a history of the Chinese culture in Oregon.
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El Programa Hispano provides a comprehensive array of social and mental health services to low-income Latinos who speak little or no English and live in the Portland-area. PSU students use Spanish skills to assist recent immigrants with a variety of social services.
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Students participate in a Native Literacy program, enabling them to witness firsthand the challenges faced by schools with large populations of children for whom English is not the main language spoken.
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The Harambee Centre connects the people of the Pacific Northwest with the people and cultures of Africa. The mission of the Harambee Centre is to pull people together for the good of the global community.
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The mission of IRCO is assist refugees, immigrants and multi-ethnic communities to develop self-sufficiency and cultural awareness while affirming and preserving each culture within an ever-changing global environment.
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The Institute for Judaic Studies collaborates with PSU to offer lectures and cultural events, including co-sponsorship of visiting scholars and writers and professors, to adults interesting in studying Judaic history and Judaism.
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The International SummerStays program links international students attending PSU to American culture and language experiences in the Portland Metropolitan Community.
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LISTOS serves high-risk Hispanic and other high school students who have left the public school system. Last year, LISTOS educated over 150 young people in order to improve their skills in language, math, social studies and science.
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Students in Applied Linguistics teach English as a Second Language (ESL) evening classes for adult refugees and immigrants in local public schools. PSU students get teaching practice under supervision; adult ESL students get free classes in survival English.
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The annual Russian Youth Conference is used to encourage high school students to attend Portland State University and take Russian classes for Heritage learners and preserve their language and culture. Participants in the course are able to apply their Russian skills in a community setting.
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Poder es Salud/Power for Health is a collaborative research project designed to increase the capacity of members of the African-American and Latino communities to identify health issues and address health promotion and disease and injury prevention.
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PSU students participating in the Psychology and Native American Studies programs conduct research with the Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA) that is designed to increase understanding of the mental health needs of the American Indian/Alaskan Native population.
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NAYA works to increase opportunities for healthy activities by promoting family stability, youth camps, support groups, cultural activities, tutoring classes, and special events. PSU students assist in helping the agency grow from a small recreation program staffed by volunteers to a fully sustainable youth community center.
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Spanish-speaking adults who have had little opportunity to recieve formal education come to the Adult Native Literacy Program for basic literacy classes. PSU students volunteer as tutors for the Native Literacy Project.
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Students write grant proposals to solicit funding for programmatic support as part of the Grantwriting for Non-profits course curriculum under the Institute for Non-profit Management.
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Students work with Winners on Wheels of Oregon in order to learn about the needs of people in wheelchairs and what life is like for both the children and their families. Students interact directly with children and also perform fundraising.
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The World Affairs Council facilitates information exchange with international visitors - scholars, historians, archeologists - on historic preservation, community involvement, civic pride, fundraising, operations and management.
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