Students Impacted By Community Tour of Bridgeport

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A tour of Bridgeport's South End neighborhood last month made an impact on social work students from Sacred Heart University.

Sacred Heart University students and their professor assemble for a walking tour of Bridgeport's South End neighborhood.
Photo Credit: *SHU Magainze Online at www.sacredheart.ed*

Donna Christopher

01/15/2017 4:00 a.m.

The walking tour was led by social work professor Andrew Martinez as part of a “Community as a Campus” activity—an effort to move learning outside the classroom and into the community, according to a press release on the school's website.

Students learned about affordable housing and met with Fairfield stakeholders, including a Connecticut legal services attorney, real estate agent, tenant, councilwoman and more. The goal was to provide students with a wide range of perspectives.

Oppression also came into the discussion, as the youth sat in the living room of South End councilwoman Denese Taylor-Moye and discussed how that culture contributed to public policy.

Click here for the Sacred Heart University Online story.

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