CCSI Registers 20 Agencies as Community Partners Students Provide 13,600 Hours of Service through Work-Study Faculty Member Publishes Book Chapter on University Event CCSI Staff Members Volunteer at Community Agency Staff and Faculty Again Urged to Render Service this Summer Semimonthly Issues of Newsletter for Summer
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CCSI Registers 20 Agencies as Community Partners
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) registered 20 agencies as community partners in academic year 2014–2015.
Among the new community partners are Breakthrough Miami, Church World Service (CWS), Eradicating the School-to-Prison Pipeline Foundation, Urban GreenWorks, and Urban League of Broward County.
Other newly registered community partners are America's Red Kangaroo (Children’s Home Society of Florida), City of Miami Beach, College Summit, EcoTech Visions, Everglades Wildlife Alliance, First Church of North Miami; Gang Alternative, Gold Coast Home Health and Hospice, March of Dimes, MCCJ (formerly Miami Coalition of Christians and Jews), MIAMade, North Miami Beach Youth Athletic Club, South Florida Digital Alliance, Special Olympics Healthy Community, and the Student/Farmworker Alliance.
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Students Provide 13,600 Hours of Service through Work-Study
The 63 students who participated in Barry’s Federal Work-Study (FWS) Community Service Program this academic year provided more than 13,600 hours of service.
The program grew to include seven additional community partners. The new partners are Chapman Partnership; Easter Seals of South Florida, Inc.; E-SToPP (Eradicating the School-to-Prison Pipeline Foundation, Inc.);
FWS Community Service partners in their second or third year include Breakthrough Miami, the Haitian American Community Development Corporation, Little Haiti Optimist Club, and the Miami-Dade County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association.
Some students took part in the America Reads and America Counts (ARAC) component of the program while others worked directly with community partners in off-campus locations throughout
Through America Reads, Barry students serve as reading tutors and mentors in elementary schools. Seventeen students were assigned to
Katya Barrett, the reading coach at W. J. Bryan Elementary, said the America Reads tutors provided individual attention to “struggling students” and “positively impacted” their learning. One of the tutors worked directly with 15 students who needed remedial support.
Gratigny and W. J. Bryan Elementary also hosted America Counts tutors. The goal of America Counts is to build a strong mathematical foundation and enthusiasm about math in the schools. Six Barry students participated in America Counts this year. Twenty-seven other students were placed in off-campus FWS positions. They provided record-keeping, public relations, technology, marketing, and program support, with some serving as project managers, program coordinators, research assistants, and mentors.
A student working with Easter Seals assisted with therapeutic activities in the adult daycare center and also converted medical records from 1990 to 2008 to an electronic format. Angela Aracena, the Easter Seals FWS supervisor, said the student completed the project in record time.
Fourteen FWS students were assigned as Barry Service Corps leaders to the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI), where their work supported projects with the First Church of North Miami, PACT (People Acting for Community Together), the Student/Farmworker Alliance, Urban GreenWorks, and Urban Promise.
FWS is a federally funded financial-aid program established to provide part-time employment to college students who demonstrate financial need.
The CCSI manages FWS Community Service in partnership with the Office of Financial Aid. Stephanie Auguste Shaw, a CCSI graduate assistant and doctoral student in the
The CCSI is grateful to Financial Aid Director Dart Humeston, Assistant Director Norma Robinson, and Federal Work-Study Coordinator Luisa Jahaira Metellus for their cooperation and support.
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Faculty Member Publishes Book Chapter on University Event
Dr. Laura Finley, associate professor of sociology and criminology, recently coauthored a book chapter titled “Social Justice Education through Activism and Advocacy: A Case Study of the College Brides Walk.”
The College Brides Walk is an annual, Barry-hosted community engagement event supported by several institutions of higher education in
Finley is a coeditor of the book, Peace Studies between Tradition and Innovation.
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CCSI Staff Members Volunteer at Community Agency
CCSI staff members Courtney Berrien, Glenn Bowen, Liz James, Andres Quevedo, and Alicia Santos volunteered at Pass It On Ministries of South Florida on June 15. They selected and packed food items for pickup that afternoon.
A Barry community partner for several years, Pass It On Ministries is a nonprofit, interdenominational organization dedicated to giving emergency assistance to anyone in need. The organization’s food and clothing distribution center is located in
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Staff and Faculty Again Urged to Render Service this Summer The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is again urging Barry staff and faculty members to render service in the local community this summer. Collaborative service is one of the university’s core commitments.
Among the many opportunities to volunteer and to learn about ways to assist in the community are the four outlined below. For additional information on how to get involved this summer, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
July Lunch Tour at Chapman Partnership Monday, July 6¦11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ¦1550
Chapman Partnership invites the public to “take a tour of our downtown center and enjoy lunch on us!” This is an opportunity to see first-hand what Chapman does daily to help homeless people get back on their feet. The tour starts promptly at 11:30 a.m. People taking the tour are asked to wear comfortable shoes for walking.
Replies to the invitation are required. The RSVP link is https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eb46l2fdb3bcd4a6&oseq=&c=&ch= (which may be copied and pasted to the web browser).
For answers to questions, contact the Chapman Development Team at tours@chapmanpartnership.org or 305-329-3081.
Feeding South Florida’s Mobile Food Distribution Friday, July 17 ¦9:00 a.m.–Noon ¦ Opa-Locka, FL 33054
Feeding
For further information and to volunteer, contact Sibyl Brown, volunteer coordinator, at sbrown@feedingsouthflorida.org or 954-518-1838.
Miramar Saturday, July 18 ¦8:00–11:00 a.m. ¦3700 Largo Drive, Miramar, FL 33023
The 3,150-square-foot
Volunteers are needed for a monthly project at
For additional information and to volunteer, contact either Elsi Rose or Crystal Hayes at contactus@handsonbroward.org or 954-602-3518 or 954-233-1300.
Christmas in July at Friday, July 24, 2015 ¦10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ¦2159 NW 1st Court, Miami, FL 33127; 2056 Scott Street, Hollywood, FL 33020; 1700 Blount Road, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
The Miami Rescue Mission and
At this Christmas in July event, clothes, shoes, and hygiene items will be distributed, and there will be free haircuts as well.
The orientation for volunteers will take place on July 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m., at
To volunteer, contact Lian Marcos, community development associate, at lmarcos@caringplace.org or 305-572-2004.
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Semimonthly Issues of Newsletter for Summer
Engagement News is being published twice a month during the summer terms. The next issue of the newsletter is scheduled to appear on July 13 and the final summer issue on July 27.
Regular weekly issues of Engagement News will resume on August 17.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : June 29, 2015
