D3: Lower Division Service Learning

1. Self and Social Awareness
   Students develop an understanding of the social, cultural and civic aspects of their personal identities.

• Define and describe the concepts of individual social and cultural group identities and the concepts of social privilege and marginalization.
• Demonstrate critical self-reflection of their own assumptions, values, and stereotypes, and recognize the relative privilege and marginalization of their identities.

2.  Service and Social Responsibility
Students develop an understanding of social responsibility and the connections between short-term community service and greater long-term societal well being.

• Articulate the relationship between individual, group, community and societal well being.
• Identify individual actions that contribute to short-term well being and/or greater long-term societal well being.

3.  Community & Social Justice
Students develop an understanding of how the actions of individuals and social systems foster both equity and inequity in communities and society.

• Explore the demographics, socio-cultural dynamics and assets of a specific local community through a social justice framework.
• Examine a community issue(s) in the context of systemic inequity, discrimination and social injustice.

4.  Multicultural Community Building/Civic Engagement
Students learn from and work responsively and inclusively with diverse individuals, groups and organizations to build more just, equitable, and sustainable communities.

• Demonstrate intercultural communication skills, reciprocity and responsiveness in service work with community.
• Enter, participate in, and exit a community in ways that are sensitive to systemic injustice.
• Identify and develop personal and institutional strategies, policies and practices that work towards creating greater equity and social justice in communities.