EDU 689 - Foundations of Community and Equity

3 Hour(s)

This course considers: what is community and why we need it? It explores changing demographics, connectedness, equity, diversity, and support systems for caring and mutual development to improve or overcome risks. It also promotes awareness of managing biases for building strengths in children, families and communities constructive communication, conflict resolution, and lifelong learning for meaningful participation to decrease civic ignorance while examining the question, “how should we live together”. Students consider different facets of creating community to build strengths for individual growth and resiliency that inspire potentials for fair-mindedness toward justice to facilitate authentic sustainable communities in a fragmented society.

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