A recent article in Tech Center News explores the CLP affiliated program at Macomb Community College (MCC), focusing on the program’s mission to prepare graduates to identify and address challenges in their communities.
Sean Patrick, manager of Media Relations at…
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On June 30, 2018, advocates will be gathering outside the White House to protest the Trump administration’s abhorrent policy of separating kids from their parents at the U.S./Mexico border. The largest of these protests is being planned for D.C., but…
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The New York Times recently ran
an article on the increase in middle-class families turning to community colleges for affordable, quality education. According to the piece, Pasadena City College has seem a 320% increase in students whose parents make more…
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The unlikely name change of Minneapolis's largest lake has been part of a years-long organizing effort by the Dakota people, including CLP's former Field Director, Syd Beane, and his twin daughters, Dakota historian Kate Beane and Carly Bad Heart Bull.
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CLP pledges to fight alongside DACA youth, community groups, educational institutions, businesses and other advocates to ensure Congress passes legislation that affords the sense of security that undocumented immigrants and their families deserve.
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Unlike many students who enroll in coursework associated with Community Learning Partnership programs, Nina Tinikashvili already had quite a bit of experience as a community organizer while a college student at CUNY’s City College in New York.
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You're organizing when you attend a Parent-Teacher Association, or a Neighborhood Association. That was really eye-opening about CDP. I’ve been doing these things all my life.
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A total of 146 students enrolled in CLP coursework at 6 separate colleges completed our Fall 2016 survey. Below is a sampling of some of our main findings:
CLP Students are Low-Income, of Color, and Hope to Transfer to 4-Year…
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