Casa Belize Praxis Seminar

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Based on academic background, personal interests, and professional goals, students are assigned a praxis site in a local Belizean marginal community. Students learn from the people in that community two full days per week for the entire semester. This learning environment cultivates an awareness of and sensitivity to the realities of those who are struggling to end social injustices while working to promote human dignity. The Belizeans in the praxis sites are co-professors of this class. Students enter the praxis sites as learners, not as volunteers, and immerse themselves in the “classroom” of the marginalized of Belize.