BONNER CENTER COMMUNITY SITE
Mission
Volunteer to help African immigrants and refugees. Tutor the children, help adults with their English proficiency through general conversation and assist adults with basic socialization skills.In partnership with Center for New North Carolinians.
Location
Ashton Woods is a large apartment complex on Hahns Lane off Franklin Blvd. Students carpool from Guilford to provide after school tutoring and mentoring to immigrant and refugee youth.
Description
Ashton Woods is refugee resettlement housing site, where residents are offered a range of support and services.
Activities
World's Best Kids fest
2015-2016 Goals
Schedule
CAMPUS SUPPORTER
BUSINESS SUPPORTER
Support from a business owner
• Welcoming Greensboro Initiative
Slideshow from American Friends Service Committee, Uniting NC, Bonner Center et al
• Welcoming Greensboro Initiative, Full Report to the City
• Social Equity in the Triad
from Piedmont Together
Bonner Center Facebook
Look at links we’ve posted on poverty, social injustice, food insecurity, etc and see where they lead
High Impact 101
Understand what High Impact Practices mean
Visual Images
Icebreaker
Name
(Facilitator) I’m from --- (and gives personal details about his/her life).
Where are you from?
(Facilitator) Here are my origins --- (and gives family history. Try to go back 2-3 generations and link origins to place. Have a map for everyone to use? Use a map to show one’s origins.)
Where are your people from?
(Facilitator) Please show us on the map... (express interest)
(Facilitator) Tell me more about... (express interest and engagement with teller’s ID, place of origin.)
Anything else that they would like to share
(Facilitator) This is why this work is important to me... (Facilitator sets the stakes high, shares not just random personal info but inner conviction, belief, etc.)
METHOD
What do you know/assumptions about Ashton Woods and the population that live there?
History of Ashton Woods and Refugee population
• Questions time
Why are you interested in volunteering at Ashton Woods?
http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2328
What is the difference between helping and serving? Similarities if any?
This is a good way to get at people’s thinking.
We want to push everyone — volunteers included — to consider themselves as collaborators working with community members.
But to be a “partner” or “collaborator” participants need to know the history of Ashton, MUST know some details about the countries from which people come, some familiarity with the CONFLICTS that brought them to the US, and something about what refugee and immigrant life is like in the US and Greensboro.
Be ready to hold a small class and dispense a lot of info. Alternatively, create background info and links that volunteers can read up on before showing up on site.
Thoughts?
SIKKUM
Maybe talk about or experiences and how they may affect the work that we do
Mission
Volunteer to help African immigrants and refugees. Tutor the children, help adults with their English proficiency through general conversation and assist adults with basic socialization skills.In partnership with Center for New North Carolinians.
Location
Ashton Woods is a large apartment complex on Hahns Lane off Franklin Blvd. Students carpool from Guilford to provide after school tutoring and mentoring to immigrant and refugee youth.
Description
Ashton Woods is refugee resettlement housing site, where residents are offered a range of support and services.
Activities
World's Best Kids fest
2015-2016 Goals
- After-school tutoring immigrant and refugee youth
- Building mentoring relationships with newcomer youth and young adults
- Provide social enrichment programs for youth through boys and girls groups, sports teams and special interest groups
- Beautification projects at the center including painting, cleaning organizing supplies, etc
- The opportunities are endless!
Schedule
Carpool Monday- Friday: Leaving the Bonner House at 3:15pm- returning to Guilford at 6:30pm
(Meet at the Bonner House)
(Meet at the Bonner House)
Project Coordinator
Emmanuel Williams williamsej@guilford.edu
Rebecca Reyna reynarm@guilford.edu
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CAMPUS SUPPORTER
Club, team, etc
ACADEMIC SUPPORTER
Faculty member
COMMUNITY SUPPORTER
Neighborhood, grassroots organization
Neighborhood, grassroots organization
ADVOCACY CHAMPION
Issues-based nonprofit
Issues-based nonprofit
Support from a business owner
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2014-2015 Important Texts and Resources
Content guidelines, style and format page • Welcoming Greensboro Initiative
Slideshow from American Friends Service Committee, Uniting NC, Bonner Center et al
• Welcoming Greensboro Initiative, Full Report to the City
• Social Equity in the Triad
from Piedmont Together
Bonner Center Facebook
Look at links we’ve posted on poverty, social injustice, food insecurity, etc and see where they lead
High Impact 101
Understand what High Impact Practices mean
Visual Images
____________________________________
SPARKIcebreaker
Name
(Facilitator) I’m from --- (and gives personal details about his/her life).
Where are you from?
(Facilitator) Here are my origins --- (and gives family history. Try to go back 2-3 generations and link origins to place. Have a map for everyone to use? Use a map to show one’s origins.)
Where are your people from?
(Facilitator) Please show us on the map... (express interest)
(Facilitator) Tell me more about... (express interest and engagement with teller’s ID, place of origin.)
Anything else that they would like to share
(Facilitator) This is why this work is important to me... (Facilitator sets the stakes high, shares not just random personal info but inner conviction, belief, etc.)
METHOD
What do you know/assumptions about Ashton Woods and the population that live there?
History of Ashton Woods and Refugee population
• Questions time
Why are you interested in volunteering at Ashton Woods?
http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2328
What is the difference between helping and serving? Similarities if any?
This is a good way to get at people’s thinking.
We want to push everyone — volunteers included — to consider themselves as collaborators working with community members.
But to be a “partner” or “collaborator” participants need to know the history of Ashton, MUST know some details about the countries from which people come, some familiarity with the CONFLICTS that brought them to the US, and something about what refugee and immigrant life is like in the US and Greensboro.
Be ready to hold a small class and dispense a lot of info. Alternatively, create background info and links that volunteers can read up on before showing up on site.
Thoughts?
SIKKUM
Maybe talk about or experiences and how they may affect the work that we do
