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- Homeless youth; Food insecurity; Social change; Service learning (6)
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Project Focus, Anankan Thangaratnam
Project Focus, Anankan Thangaratnam
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
FOCUS addresses the social issue of trying to Mimic the same college and life experience for Autistic students as for non-Autistic students. Currently the issue is improving, but needs more Marketing to ensure every eligible student is Aware of it. The ideal state is for every Autistic Student achieve confidence and independence, And the world around them to be more Inclusive. I agree with FOCUS that this is A great way to do it, and with more funding and Marketing it can be achieved.
Three Square, Emily Teliska
Three Square, Emily Teliska
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The social issue that Three Square addresses is food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs when people aren't able to secure enough food for a healthy diet and active lifestyle, at some point during the year.
Service Learning, Ken Wu
Service Learning, Ken Wu
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
We are facing many kinds of pollution as human progress with technology. For example, after the world is industrialized, we are facing the risk of global warming and air pollution. Also, The invention of the irrigation system cause desertification. While we are trying to find a replacement for fossil fuels, we created contamination along the way, we started affecting the wild lives around us and it is beginning to affect us.
Arbor View High School Marching Band, Mateo Rodriguez-Maldonado
Arbor View High School Marching Band, Mateo Rodriguez-Maldonado
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The social issue that the AVHS Band and the Band Boosters face is the lack of funding for the program. The Clark County School District has been reducing the budget of many schools in the past decade. This year, over $17.6 million has been cut from all high schools in the county and Arbor View has loss $579 thousand dollars in budget cuts (Forest 2018).
Community Service Trifecta, Vitoria Queiroz
Community Service Trifecta, Vitoria Queiroz
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The first Rebel Homecoming Festival was started to celebrate homecoming week. It was on Thursday right before the big game. The purposeof the festival was to bring all colleges together to celebrate UNLV as a whole. Girls on the Run is an non-profit program that strives to teach young women self-love and how to live a healthy life. They do this by running an afterschool program that focus on education and self-esteem building. At the end of the year the girls run a celebratory 5K run. The Boys and Girls Clubs is organization that offers a variety of afterschool programs …
Spread The Word, Janet Wu
Spread The Word, Janet Wu
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The goal for the organization is to make the children have their own library at home, especially for the elementary school kids. They can read and share their book to their friend and family. The organization hopes that third grade children can read because it is hard for them to catch out with other kid if they do not know how to read.
The Breakdown, Jada Campbell
The Breakdown, Jada Campbell
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The Breakdown team strives to be positive role models for our youth by educating them to overcome tobacco usage, peer pressure, societal norms, and environmental.
Project 150, Kyla Borja
Project 150, Kyla Borja
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Project 150 addresses the issue of youth homelessness in the Clark County School District. Project 150 currently serves more than 6,000 disadvantaged high school students at 58 schools in Southern Nevada.
Tcmi Church, Rosa Gonzalez
Tcmi Church, Rosa Gonzalez
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
TCMI has been working to stop hunger here in the Las Vegas community.
Spread The Word Nevada, Leonardo Gonzalez
Spread The Word Nevada, Leonardo Gonzalez
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Spread the Word addresses the issue of literacy among children, in particular those who come from low income households.
The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Shyla Ann Mariano
The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Shyla Ann Mariano
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The Las Vegas Rescue Mission invests in many relationships and expresses enough concern with root causes of poverty and hunger (Morton 21). LVRM provides many supportive services and strengthens their bonds with the people. In particular, the coordinators and workers would serve enjoyable food for anyone to eat and communicate with the people.
Spread The Word Nevada, Langyue Zhong
Spread The Word Nevada, Langyue Zhong
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Spread the Word Nevada makes sure every child in elementary school has books at home, so they could read and share books with their families and friends.
Feeding The Homeless, Doralee Nunez-Escamilla
Feeding The Homeless, Doralee Nunez-Escamilla
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada begun its concept in 1941 by Bishop Thomas K. Gorman. Decades later, it has formed into one of the largest, private, nonprofit, social service in the sate. They offer tons of services, helping those from infants to seniors.
Light The Hope Of Reading, Yingying Meng
Light The Hope Of Reading, Yingying Meng
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Spread the Word Nevada’s mission is dedicated to advancing childhood literacy within low-income communities by changing lives one book at a time.
Dash - Delivering & Serving Hope, Sayeda Zaidi
Dash - Delivering & Serving Hope, Sayeda Zaidi
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The mission of DASH is to help poor and homeless people by serving them free food. By making, packing, and delivering meals, students get to interact with poor people and get a glimpse of the plight of disenfranchised populations.
Volunteering With Project 150, Eric Gonzalez
Volunteering With Project 150, Eric Gonzalez
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Student homelessness is a large problem, as the students’ financial hardships heavily affect their education. This ultimately ruins several opportunities that the average student usually has such as going to college or pursuing a career. Without their education, they are less likely to get out of their predicament. They also more likely to be exposed to dangerous activities, such as crimes and sex trafficking
Dash: Delivering And Serving Hope, Nicole Ross
Dash: Delivering And Serving Hope, Nicole Ross
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The main purpose of DASH is to reach out to the community with simple acts such as giving food, giving service, and helping those in need.
At-Risk Youth, Jeremy Hall
At-Risk Youth, Jeremy Hall
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
By creating more upstanding citizens through youth programs, as well as increasing the amount of youth programs, the culture of crime can be reversed in Las Vegas.
Catholic Charities Of Southern Nevada, Ye Eun Nam
Catholic Charities Of Southern Nevada, Ye Eun Nam
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The social issue addressed by CCSN is the prevalence of hunger for homeless, families, and elderly.
Reaching Out With Project 150, Kevin Gonzalez
Reaching Out With Project 150, Kevin Gonzalez
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Project 150 assist young people experiencing homelessness by supplying clothes in order to create high graduation rates
Girls On The Run, Reyna Ash
Girls On The Run, Reyna Ash
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Girls on the Run addresses many different social issues. The biggest ones would be poverty and education. They provide a safe haven and teaching program for young girls who do not have people to turn to or people that care about them.
Service Learning, Emyli Augustine
Service Learning, Emyli Augustine
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Every student should have access to the recourses they need to achieve their goals.
Tinh Do Tu Vien Temple, Brandon Lu
Tinh Do Tu Vien Temple, Brandon Lu
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The purpose of Tinh Do Tu Vien Temple is not just to help around the community but to help other communities as well.
The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Rhealyn Boquiren
The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Rhealyn Boquiren
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Currently, the LVRM, a nonprofit Christian organization, instills hope for those in need by providing shelter, food, and addiction recovery.
The Boys And Girls Club Of Southern Nevada, Jackeline Villasenor
The Boys And Girls Club Of Southern Nevada, Jackeline Villasenor
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada seeks to enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
Project 150: Youth Homelessness, Tiffany Chen
Project 150: Youth Homelessness, Tiffany Chen
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Project 150 hopes to address the problem of youth homelessness. They hope to be able to motivate and support teens to be able to continue through high school.
Project 150, Melissa Neese
Project 150, Melissa Neese
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The purpose of Project 150 is to serve homeless students with support and services to continue school throughout graduation.
Boys And Girls Club, Ines Rojas
Boys And Girls Club, Ines Rojas
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The mission of the Boys and Girls Club is to enable young adult to reach their full potential. They do this by providing them with the tools necessary to become successful citizen, classmates, and leaders. The facility recognizes that most of their members come from low-income families and that is why they support the young adults with food and a social emotional connection; as these things are vital when growing up. The Boys and Girls Club’s vision is that young adults all around America who roamed the streets with no positive guidance would get off the streets and get on …
Three Square Food Bank, Priscilla K. Soto
Three Square Food Bank, Priscilla K. Soto
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
Three Square provides food assistance to residents that suffer from food insecurity.
Boys & Girls Club Of Southern Nevada: John D. "Jackie" Gaughan Clubhouse, Alex Ahia
Boys & Girls Club Of Southern Nevada: John D. "Jackie" Gaughan Clubhouse, Alex Ahia
Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)
The community service paradigm that the Boys and Girls Club best fits is the social change paradigm. The social change paradigm “transforms” individuals by building relationships and continually works at the cause of the social issue. The organization exemplifies change for juvenile delinquency and education through positive mentorship. The program directly works with the children to “transform” them into respectable adults with resources they would otherwise not be privy to.