Is There Civic Community in America?
Luisa Connal Rodriguez
South Mountain Community College
Abstract
Few of my students knew people from either the New Orleans area or those who had moved to Michigan following Hurricane Katrina. I learned of housing problems that arose from slow payment by government departments responsible for the beleaguered New Orleans residents. So like many teachers around the country, I thought that current events would lend themselves to "teaching moments." However, I noted that in order to raise my students' level of civic awareness, it would be important for them to look at their own state and city. Many times by studying the needs of our neighborhoods we can connect to the plight of people who live far from us.
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- Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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- 2008-04-01
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- 10.59236/rjv7i1-2pp198-200
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