African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Community Service, Service-Learning, and Community-Based Research

African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Community Service, Service-Learning, and Community-Based Research
ISBN-10
1438428758
ISBN-13
9781438428758
Category
Education
Pages
289
Language
English
Published
2009-09-17
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Authors
Stephanie Y. Evans, Michelle R. Dunlap, DeMond S. Miller

Description

This book discusses race and its roles in university-community partnerships. The contributors take a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multiregional approach that allows students, agency staff, community constituents, faculty, and campus administrators an opportunity to reflect on and redefine what impact African American identity—in the academy and in the community—has on various forms of community engagement. From historic concepts of "race uplift" to contemporary debates about racialized perceptions of need, they argue that African American identity plays a significant role. In representing best practices, recommendations, personal insight, and informed warnings about building sustainable and mutually beneficial relationships, the contributors provide a cogent platform from which to encourage the difficult and much-needed inclusion of race in dialogues of national service and community engagement.

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