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What is Cultivating Community

By registering for AR290 Cultivating Community in spring 2008, you're signing on to spend a semester learning about the economic, political, historical, and religious complexities of an urban neighborhood in Cleveland. The class explores issues of poverty in urban communities. Earn academic credit and learn to make a difference in people's lives. The class culmintates in a service day when students work with Hough neighborhood residents build a community garden and work with St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School to prepare for spring.

This is a three-credit hour interdisciplinary course offered on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 4:45 pm. The class meets on and off campus (transportation provided). Register early-seats are limited to 20 students. For more information, contact the course coordinator, Dr. Peggy Finucane at mfinucane@jcu.edu.

JCU Members associated with Cultivating Community:

Dr. Lauren Bowen, Dr. Richard Clark, Dr. Margaret Finucane, Dr. Thea Ford, Dr. Peter Kvidera, Dr. Marian Morton, Dr. Mariana Ortega, Dr. Nick Santilli, Coach Regis Scafe, Dr. Walter Simmons, Dr. Elizabeth Stiles

Community Members associated with Cultivating Community:

Mr. Willie Brown, Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman, East 95th Street Association; Ms. Amy Eiben, Famicos Foundation; Mayor Frank Jackson, Sr. Michelle Kelly, SND, St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School; Fr. Robert Marva, St. Agnes/Our Lady of Fatima Parish; Ms. LaJean Ray, Fatima Family Center; Sr. Karen Somerville, SND, St. Francis Elementary School; Ms. Virginia Thomas