“What Am I Doing Here?”: Making Meaning in Culturally Engaged Asian American Community-Based Service-Learning

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Author(s): Wei Ming Dariotis (San Francisco State University, USA), Arlene Daus-Magbual (San Francisco State University, USA)and Grace J. Yoo (San Francisco State University, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 18
Source title: Culturally Engaging Service-Learning With Diverse Communities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Omobolade O. Delano-Oriaran (St. Norbert College, USA), Marguerite W. Penick-Parks (University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, USA)and Suzanne Fondrie (University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2900-2.ch006

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Gender & Diversity / Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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Creating and maintaining meaningful, educational, and culturally engaging service learning partnerships between Asian American studies programs and Asian American community-based organizations (CBOs) is both challenging and rewarding. The Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University was founded in partnership with both student organizations and community-based organizations, and has sought to maintain the promise to bring university resources and knowledge into the community, while bringing community resources and wisdom into the university through a variety of campus-community partnerships. This study reviews that history in order to contextualize current relationships and practices within institutionally structured community service-learning (CSL) designated courses. A survey of students, community organization partners, and faculty engaged with Asian American service-learning in the San Francisco Bay Area reveals the benefits and challenges of culturally engaged service-learning, suggestions for best practices, and future directions.

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