Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 63495, 80913
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture. Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming...
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Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science
Instructor Name: Deborah Rutt
CRN: 63531, 80910
Drawing on personal narratives, political theory, sociological texts, and film, this course will offer an introduction to the experience of incarceration for women, and engage students in collaborative work in support of PSU’s Higher Education in Prison Program and Project Rebound
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Criminal & Juvenile Justice
Instructor Name: Jenna Padbury
CRN: 43658, 63516
We will practice and grow in our understanding of mindful meditation and awareness as a foundation for personal and global healing. Meditation is a practice that encompasses a philosophy of living with a quiet mind, open heart, and in service to others. Learners will cultivate their own mindful meditation practice 6 days a week for 15-20 minutes a day. Together we will explore the connections between ancient Eastern philosophy, personal healing, and social responsibility. Service-learning...
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meditation mindfulness Community Health trauma-informed social justice contemplative practices interpersonal neurobiology
Instructor Name: Amie Riley, Mercedes Elizalde
CRN: 63496
Is our region’s homelessness crisis getting worse or getting better? In this Capstone you will dive into the complex challenges of affordable housing and homelessness, confronting our country, city, and campus community. Students will engage directly with community activists and experts to problem solve and advocate for holistic solutions within our political, economic, and health systems. Course assignments and Capstone student projects will work to change narratives, implement creative...
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Hunger Homelessness Food security; Food insecurity; University students; College campus;
Instructor Name: Deborah Burke
CRN: 43654, 63517
For this in-person capstone students will engage in communal art practice with members of a brain injury community associated with Brain Injury Connections Northwest (BIC-NW) (https://braininjuryconnectionsnw.org/) to expand their understanding of the lived experiences of brain injury survivors and the impacts of ableism as it intersects with other oppressions on brain injury communities. Additionally, students will investigate how art practiced in solidarity with brain injury communities can ...
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Instructor Name: Brianna Bragg, Nariyo Kono
CRN: 64542
Students are invited to respond to the critical need of developing a culturally responsive fundraising strategy for the Barbie’s Village tiny home project with a local nonprofit, The Future Generations Collaborative. Students will learn more about the county's ninth largest urban Native population, and the impact colonization has had on the community, specifically access to housing. Students will have opportunities to support the FGC throughout the quarter, and engage in reflective practices...
Fall 2023Spring 2024
Activism Being Healing-and-Trauma-Informed Community Health Child and Family Culturally Congruent Programming community engagement indigenous Hybrid or Fully online social work