南 Receives Renewal for 三角洲研究员 Program

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2020年11月17日发布

市场推广及传播

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A team at the 十大彩票网投平台 led by the 荣誉学院, with collaborators from the Office of 社区参与, African American studies program, department of 历史, and the Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, received a 续期 三角洲研究员 program from the Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Program at the David Mathews Center 市民生活.

The David Mathews Center works to strengthen civic life in all 67 Alabama counties by increasing active citizenship, community collaboration and effective decision making. The award to USA funds four students to engage in immersive civic learning projects.

“We're using 历史 and the humanities as a way to connect with the community, and to understand our past and present in a way that's particularly important in the context of contemporary events like this summer’s protests and conversations around Confederate 纪念碑。. 凯西·库克 历史 荣誉学院的教授和院长.  

During 2019-20, the 三角洲研究员 focused on the Blakeley Bluff region of south Alabama, building on community relationships established during an oral 历史 project funded 由阿拉巴马人文基金会资助. 学生们策划、组织并主持了一场 virtual community meeting in summer 2020, in which they learned about community perspectives on ecology, conservation, and diversity and inclusion. 2020-21年，工作 in the Blakeley area is continuing, and new interns will engage in additional projects. One intern is supporting the work of the Mobile County Remembrance Project, which is working on a plan for bringing Mobile County’s lynching marker to the area from its temporary home at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery. 另一个 intern is supporting an ongoing community-based archive project documenting the experience of Mobile’s Jewish community, a project that is also supported by the Alabama Humanities 基金会.

The students have had to adapt to doing community engagement during a pandemic. 而 their summer was originally going to be devoted to team projects, they shifted to individual papers and presentations prior to planning their virtual community meeting. Most of their work, including conducting interviews with community members will continue 在实际情况发生变化之前进行. 然而，库克指出，“我们可以最大化 the unique and innovative requirements of this time to produce products, like recordings, 它们具有真正的持久力. 需要进行真正的研究. 还有 与社区的真正联系. 这也是我很高兴能 we have this grant is because we're able to do that with support, with visibility, 学生，教师和工作人员的参与. 这些都是非常重要的方面 of a thoughtful educational and university environment.”

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