Our Community Partners for Spring 2008 Semester
Duke University Medical Center
Durham Public Schools
El Centro Hispano
Planned Parenthood of Central NC
Duke University Medical Center
Duke University
Durham , NC 27708
Duke University Health System is a world-class health care network dedicated to providing outstanding patient care, educating tomorrow's health care leaders, and discovering new and better ways to treat disease through biomedical research. It offers patients brilliant medicine, thoughtful care through a complete continuum of health services, from primary care to hospice. Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program will shadow social workers and interpreters in various departments within the hospital. Some students will work with Duke's HCEP (Health Careers Exploration Program) and volunteer in the hospital as patient advocates. HCEP volunteers must apply and be accepted through the HCEP program. For more information on HCEP, visit their Web site at http://career.studentaffairs.duke.edu/undergrad/internship/signature_programs/hcep.html.
More information: www.dukehealth.org
Durham Crisis Response Center
206 Dillard Street
Durham , NC 27701
For more than twenty years, the Durham Crisis Response Center has been the sole provider of comprehensive shelter and support services in the Durham area, providing counseling, legal advocacy, support groups, and shelter to survivors and their families in the aftermath of domestic or sexual violence. DCRC also offers youth prevention workshops and training to schools, the general public and professionals throughout the Triangle. Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program are assisting with Latino/a outreach and domestic violence prevention education programs.
More information: www.durhamcrisisresponse.org
Durham Public Schools
511 Cleveland Street
Durham , NC 27702
Durham Public Schools serves over 31,000 students in Durham County in 46 schools. Approximately 14% of DPS students are Hispanic. Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program will work with tutoring and literacy programs for Latino/a youth.
More information: www.dpsnc.net
El Centro Hispano
201 West Main Street
Durham , NC 27701
Phone: (919) 687-4635
El Centro Hispano is a grassroots community based organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community and improving the quality of life of Latino residents in Durham , North Carolina , and the surrounding area. El Centro Hispano accomplishes its mission through education, community support, leadership development, community organizing and by establishing alliances with other communities and organizations. Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program are working with various health related programs.
More information: www.elcentro.org
4 N. Blount Street, 2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
El Pueblo is a North Carolina non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino Community. This mission is accomplished through leadership development, proactive and direct advocacy, education, and promotion of cross-cultural understanding in partnerships at the local, state, and national levels. Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program will assist with El Pueblo's Nuestra Seguridad Campaign which provides information on DWI prevention. Students will survey community members about the Campaign and their personal decisions regarding DWI.
More information: www.elpueblo.org/english/programs/safety.html#DWI
LATCH-Local Access to Coordinated Healthcare (Division of Community Health, Duke University)
4321 Medical Park Drive Suite 102
Durham, NC 27704
LATCH is a program within the Duke Division of Community Health which promotes wellness and strengthens the capacity of the local community to understand and access healthcare and community resources. It is available to all uninsured Durham County residents. A student in the Service-Learning Program will assist in developing health information packets and a health education portfolio for clients.
More information: http://communityhealth.mc.duke.edu/clinical/?/latch
Planned Parenthood of Central NC
105 Newsom Street, Suite 101
Durham, NC 27704
Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina provides education programs, health care, and advocacy to help reduce unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, especially among teens, people with limited incomes, and the uninsured. A student in the Spanish Service-Learning Program will assist with a youth development and pregnancy prevention program for native-Spanish speaking youth, Joven a Joven: Promotores de La Salud Adolescente.
More information: www.plannedparenthood.org/centralnc/
721 Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
Welcome Baby provides education and support to families of Durham County with young children (ages newborn to 5 years old). Students in the Spanish Service-Learning Program will introduce Welcome Baby services to families with newborns and to provide them with other important newborn information.
More information: www.welcomebaby.org