HI Presents: Community Collaborative Engagement
HI Presents: Community Collaborative Engagement
Podcast Description
The community scholars program at UT - HI (The Humanities Institute) collaborates with local nonprofit organizations by connecting them with university faculty and campus resources to support and strengthen their missions. Through HI, they offer an annual $2,500 grant to help organizations carry out impactful, community-based projects. Each grant cycle features a unique theme, providing an opportunity for organizations to align their work with timely social and cultural issues. This year with funding from UT, ABC was able to launch a student-run newsletter in the Del Valle district. This initiative empowered students to become the voice of their community—an important and long-standing goal for ABC. The organization was grateful for the support, which allowed them to invest in their students and bring this vision to life.
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Content Themes
Focuses on community engagement, youth empowerment, and social justice, with specific episodes examining topics like student advocacy through media and creative expression in education, such as the podcast episode featuring Austin Bat Cave's initiatives to help students reclaim their voices.
The community scholars program at UT – HI (The Humanities Institute) collaborates with local nonprofit organizations by connecting them with university faculty and campus resources to support and strengthen their missions. Through HI, they offer an annual $2,500 grant to help organizations carry out impactful, community-based projects. Each grant cycle features a unique theme, providing an opportunity for organizations to align their work with timely social and cultural issues. This year with funding from UT, ABC was able to launch a student-run newsletter in the Del Valle district. This initiative empowered students to become the voice of their community—an important and long-standing goal for ABC. The organization was grateful for the support, which allowed them to invest in their students and bring this vision to life.
Leticia Urieta and Xochitl Gonzalez discuss ABC’s mission that empowers the youth by providing platforms to reclaim their voices. The organization emphasizes the importance of validating student expression and ensuring their stories are recognized as valuable, mature, and authentic contributions. Through summer camps, mobile programs, and school programs, this helps students feel safe, seen, and capable of full […]
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