by Abdallah Omari, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.
This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.
My friends and I from Jordan decided to create a program in order to help educate and entertain the unprivileged children in 'Za'atari Refugee Camp' by creating our program called 'Youth Leadership Program (YLP). Symposium Theme: Resilience.
This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.
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This is an amazing amount of work you put into this project and for such a good cause! I really love how projects like these can impact you as much as it impacts the people you're working with. Congratulations on your Exemplar Award, as well! Very thoughtful presentation.
Wow! What an incredible project to work on. I always love hearing stories of connection and growth, especially during this year. It sounds like you learned as much from them as they learned from you. I'm so glad you took this opportunity and left it better than you found it.
Really great work. That perspective taking and awareness building is so important right now and gives different communities a chance to truly see one another. These projects are challenging especially in terms of sustainability and funding. I hope you are able to find other opportunities to keep this project going through social innovation grants and reach out to the Center if you need help in finding some!
Really amazing project love what you did to give back despite the challenges along the way. Helped people during COVID times is amazing and you should be proud of yourself!