Office of Diversity and Inclusion Events
Cultural Learning Tours
From left to right: Copal AA,Guatemala, Cherokee Territory, TN, Pucara, Ecuador, Caimito, PR
The Cultural Learning Tour is an annual trip that allows students to engage in direct and indirect community service while being immersed in a new culture. Students will explore social, cultural, political and/or environmental issues through various service and educational experiences. You will develop a foundation of knowledge about the importance of civic and community engagement.
Laying the foundation for clean showers in Pucara, Ecuador
Cultural Learning Tours are eye-opening immersive service trips that are run each year by joint efforts of the Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Community Service/Service Learning Office. The purpose of these trips is to expose students to service learning which explores social, cultural, political and/or environmental issues through various service and educational experiences. We stress the importance of civic and community engagement.
Mayan Ceremony in Copal AA, Guatemala
The 2009 Cultural Learning Tour to the Christian Community Center in Caimito, Puerto Rico brought new skills, new experiences and new friends as 19 Juniata students and staff worked to turn on overgrown junk yard into a sustainable community garden complete with 2 beautiful murals.
Getting down and dirty in Caimito, Puerto Rico
Click on the images below for a slide show of our 2009 trip:
Cultural Learning Tour 2010: Northern Ireland
This year we are planning a trip to Northern Ireland, which was, for many years, the site of a violent and bitter ethno-political conflict .The war torn region has been recovering since its ceasefire agreement but still feels the aftershocks of the violence.
For more information contact:
Abbey Baird Rosalie Rodriguez
(814) 641-3365 (814) 641-3125
Bairda@juniata.edu rodrigr@juniata.edu
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