Just a few students take part in SF Urban Immersion Project
Rochelle Lozano
Issue date: 11/17/05 Section: News
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November's San Francisco Urban Immersion turned out to be an exclusive affair as only two students, freshman Jamie Zunini, and senior Madhur Deui, and a group senior leader, Miquette Subia-Belton, showed up for this intercultural program Nov. 5 and 6.
Subia-Belton, the group leader, is the coordinator of the community involvement and supports the FYE faculty to implement community based learning.
Event coordinator Kathryn Racine-Jones is director of Campus Ministry and Community-Based Learning.
She said she had hoped this experience, sponsored by the Center for Spirituality and Social Change, would immerse its participants in learning about diversity and social justice and embrace civil rights.
Most of the scheduled itinerary happened as planned, but some did not go according to schedule. The students left on Saturday to travel to San Francisco and stayed at the YMCA in the Tenderloin.
They toured the Tenderloin, reflecting afterwards on what they saw and experienced. Next, they went to the Mission District to go to a small progressive theatre called Marsh, where they attended a monologue play by Brian Copeland entitled "Not a Genuine Black Man."
The play is linked with the civil rights theme and the diversity of the Bay Area. The Mission District also offered a variety of ethnic foods, including Indian cuisine as the students ate lunch there Saturday afternoon.
Sunday morning was breakfast at a coffee shop in the Tenderloin, according to Racine-Jones and they then attended church afterwards to experience a convergence of social classes and ethnicities. The small group also took a tour of murals throughout the Mission District to look at the social issues depicted through the art.
Lunch was served at the Mission Cultural Center, and they finally returned to the NDNU campus to end the weekend.
Although only a couple of students immersed themselves in San Francisco, "the trip was a success and a good experience," said Racine-Jones.
She said there will be more opportunities like this in the future and she said she hopes to plan more meaningful activities such as this one.
Subia-Belton, the group leader, is the coordinator of the community involvement and supports the FYE faculty to implement community based learning.
Event coordinator Kathryn Racine-Jones is director of Campus Ministry and Community-Based Learning.
She said she had hoped this experience, sponsored by the Center for Spirituality and Social Change, would immerse its participants in learning about diversity and social justice and embrace civil rights.
Most of the scheduled itinerary happened as planned, but some did not go according to schedule. The students left on Saturday to travel to San Francisco and stayed at the YMCA in the Tenderloin.
They toured the Tenderloin, reflecting afterwards on what they saw and experienced. Next, they went to the Mission District to go to a small progressive theatre called Marsh, where they attended a monologue play by Brian Copeland entitled "Not a Genuine Black Man."
The play is linked with the civil rights theme and the diversity of the Bay Area. The Mission District also offered a variety of ethnic foods, including Indian cuisine as the students ate lunch there Saturday afternoon.
Sunday morning was breakfast at a coffee shop in the Tenderloin, according to Racine-Jones and they then attended church afterwards to experience a convergence of social classes and ethnicities. The small group also took a tour of murals throughout the Mission District to look at the social issues depicted through the art.
Lunch was served at the Mission Cultural Center, and they finally returned to the NDNU campus to end the weekend.
Although only a couple of students immersed themselves in San Francisco, "the trip was a success and a good experience," said Racine-Jones.
She said there will be more opportunities like this in the future and she said she hopes to plan more meaningful activities such as this one.