Center for Family, Work and Community
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Welcome to the UMass Lowell Center for Family, Work and Community (CFWC)!
The Center, through grant writing, program development and participatory research activities, focuses on sustainable economic and social development, leadership development, family enrichment, capacity building, and empowerment in areas such as environmental quality, community-based economic development, education and college access and the connections between work and family life. The Center places particular emphasis on expanding the capacity of organizations and community groups to address cultural diversity, changing community leadership and family roles, and urban youth participation.
All of the Center’s activities are based on a multicultural approach to human problems. In all of its efforts, the Center for Family, Work and Community strives to:
- Demonstrate innovative ways that faculty can carry out collaborative projects with the community.
- Demonstrate ways that social science research can contribute to regional economic development.
- Establish links among and between faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students and the community.
We deeply value community partnerships and work to bring faculty, staff, students and community partners together whenever possible. We help enhance community and organizational capacity by bringing university skills, strategic planning and expertise to community partners. At the same time we learn from our community partners about what the community needs and how the community thinks we can participate in addressing these needs. For example, most recently we’ve worked closely with urban youth to increase their civic engagement, academic interest in science, and access to college education.
We encourage you to get to know more about CFWC by exploring our website or paying us a visit. We also welcome you to contact us by e-mail or by phone: 978-934-4677.
Robert Forrant and Robin Toof
Co-Directors
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The Savouen Chea Scholarship
In memory of Savouen Chea, a young Lowell resident who contributed greatly to improving the Lowell community through volunteerism, the Savouen Chea Scholarship is awarded each year to a UMass Lowell student from an immigrant family who demonstrates a commitment to his or her community through service. To be eligible, students must be enrolled as fulltime undergraduate students at UMass Lowell in 2010-2011 academic year. The application deadline is January 31, 2011. For more information, please contact Elaine Donnelly at Elaine_Donnelly@uml.edu or 978-934-4642.
Savouen Chea Scholarship Application 2010-2011 (doc)
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Service-Learning Mini-Grants: **NEW deadline Dec. 9 at 5 p.m.**
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