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ESL Classes: New opportunities with LUPE

Our partnership with LUPE (Latinos Unidos Promoviendo Esperanza) is evolving in exciting ways.  Last semester, the 2016’s forged connections with this organization, which seeks to sustain human dignity, community growth, and equity in Alamance County, with a focus on Latino families.  Our primary role with LUPE took shape through our assistance with Spanish classes provided for Latino children each Saturday morning. … Continue Reading

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Throwback Thursday: What were the 2016’s up to on 4/15/2014?

4/15/14: Week 10 In our final class before Easter Break, our class engaged in reflection, knowledge-building, and plans for the future.  We started off our discussion with the final two KGB presentations, delivered by the groups who watched Reportero and Aqui y Alla.  Reportero, a documentary set in Baja California, Mexico delved into systemic issues in Latin America such as … Continue Reading

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Hogares Sanos and the Class of 2016: Forging New Connections

Last Friday, members of the Class of 2016 had the opportunity to meet the Latina women of the Burlington community for an afternoon of Mexican cuisine, storytelling, and laying the groundwork for profound, cross-cultural relationships.   As anticipation builds for the 2016’s to implement their plans to sustain the legacy project of the Class of 2013, Hogares Sanos, this lunch served … Continue Reading

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Bienvenidos New Members of the Class of 2016!

On Monday September 23rd we had a lot of introductions and new people to meet. Shannon Tennant, our personal librarian went over our class’s Periclean Scholars page on the library website. She also introduced us to different databases that could help us with our research  and provide us with more background information about issues in Honduras. Shannon has also linked … Continue Reading

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