“Cultural Identity and Community Engagement” is topic of talk May 1 at Berea College
|
4/25/08 |
|
| Author and teacher Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans will share her observations and personal reflections from more than 10 years of working with community service and service-learning in a talk at Berea College, Thursday, May 1.
In the 3 p.m. program in Phelps Stokes Chapel, Evans will speak on “Cultural Identity and Community Engagement: Service, Partnership, or Community-Building?” Evans teaches Women’s and African American Studies at the University of Florida and recently published a book on the history of African American women in academe “Black Women in the Ivory Tower.” She also is co-editing a book titled “African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education.” She’s taught service-learning courses at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and was the Assistant Director for Youth Education Programs in the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University. The event is the annual Service Convocation co-sponsored by Berea College’s Campus Christian Center and Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service. CELTS). Admission is free. For more information contact Berea College Public Relations at (859) 985-3005 or visitBCnow. |
 |
| CONTACT:
Ashley Cochrane, associate director for Service-Learning |
