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Talk to your neighbors:Engaging the Local Hispanic Community

Windy Roberts,University of Minnesota, Morris

Background InformationAbOUT Morris Population 5,000, with growing Hispanic communityMain employers: Superior, Hospital, Public schools, Riverview Dairy, and the University of MinnesotaThe role of the universityThe role of the Morris communityCenter for small towns: Grants to assess the impact of the increasing Hispanic population in Morris.

Other cities in MN. Many of the employs are vet and zootecnitian3Talk to your neighborsWays to integrate the growing Hispanic community in Morris involving Spanish students:ESL programJane Addams ProjectSoccer leagueSpanish conversation tableLazos community group

Always keeping in mind also the benefits for our studentsSeveral offices from the University of Minnesota, Morris, a group of Spanish students, and a range of community members have united to offer a variety of opportunities to integrate Morris growing Hispanic population into the wider community. Recently created interactions include an ESL Program, a Jane Addams project, a soccer league, a Lazos community project, and a Spanish conversation table. I will discuss successes and challenges of these new endeavors and the benefits to students.

4ESLESL program at UMM MorrisVolunteers get 10 hours of training from the Minnesota Literacy Council to become English Language Tutors. Followed up by 6 hours of observations in the classroom.The volunteer instructors: 10 out of the 20 volunteers are majors or minors in SpanishThese volunteers meet once a week to plan their classes and three hours a week to teach. Sixty Hispanics from the community attend ESL classes.

5An ESL Class

HARD AT WOrK

Child Care Is An Important Issue

A STuDent With His Own Materials

Jane Addams Democracy ProjectWhat is it?

Jane Addams School for Democracy brings immigrant families, college students and other community members together to do public work and learning. It is a community-based initiative inspired by the vision of democracy, productive citizenship, and popular education held by settlement house pioneers like Jane Addams, who created Hull House in Chicago in 1889.Jane ADDAMS Project

Jane Addams Project at UMM

Jane Addams circles

One on One interActions

Substitute Smores

Our Name Board

Jane Addams ProjectThrough the Jane Addams Projects the students have the opportunity to:

Exchange opinionsSupport and share cultural valuesPresent individual perspectives on contemporary and historical issuesDevelop leaderships role as community enablers

Comunidad!

A Typical Jane AdDams Topic

BiLINGual Communication

Community Standard Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home & Around the World

Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

Cultures standardGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

ACTFL Standards 22La mesa de conversacinPlace where three communities get together to:

Meet once a weekInformally talk in Spanish about anything

El plan amistad

Mesa

Social and sports activities Soccer:

Once a week in the winterStudents from UMM and the Morris community gatherMaking new friends while playing a sportFtbol!

SOCCER!

SOCCER!

Lazos: WHO ARE WE?A group of local community members working towards creating opportunities for the growing Morris Community.

The goal of this group is to help Latino immigrants build relationships within Morris in order to maintain a healthy, dynamic and prosperous community.Lazos Biggest event: Cinco de mayo community dinner

Community dinner: Breaking bread

Listening to information

La piata!

Cake walks, bingo, etc. The highlight of the party. Silent auction, etc.34The Hispanic community thanking the efforts of all

How could you get more interaction between students and the Hispanic community in your area?