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Project SHINE is a national service-learning
initiative that builds partnerships among community colleges,
universities and community-based organizations to benefit
older immigrants, refugees and college students.
Project SHINE links college students with older immigrants
and refugees seeking to learn English and navigate the complex
path to U.S. citizenship. In community centers, temples, churches,
senior housing, and classrooms, students tutor elders in English,
helping them become more actively engaged in their communities
and teaching the U.S. history and civics needed to pass the
citizenship exam.
Project SHINE was launched in 1997 by the Center
for Intergenerational Learning at Temple University and
is now working with 18 institutions of higher
education in 9 cities across the United States, including
Emory and Georgia Perimeter College in the greater Atlanta
area. Since 1997, over 3000 college students have provided
more than 60,000 hours of service to 9000 older immigrants
and refugees across the country.
At Emory, Project SHINE Atlanta is a collaborative
effort being facilitated by the Office of University-Community
Partnerships, the Emory College Language Center, and the International
Community Connections program of the Institute for Comparative
and International Studies.
For more information on Project SHINE Atlanta, contact:
At Emory University:
Lauren Henricksen
Office of University-Community Partnerships (OUCP)
Phone: 404-712-8139
Email: ltenhar@learnlink.emory.edu
At Georgia Perimeter College (GPC):
Angela Maria Bonet
Program Manager
Office of Student Services (Clarkston)
Georgia Perimeter College
Phone: 678.891.3449
Fax: 404.294.3511
Mobile: 770.310.9221
Email: gpcshine@gpc.edu
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