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A Purdue Community Partner: The Hartford Hub Of Lower Lincoln, Mark D'Aloia, Nick Young

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The Hartford Hub is a community center located in downtown Lafayette. The Hub is a unique opportunity for community members and Purdue students to get involved locally. The Hartford Hub was created to support the Lafayette community members and help residents connect and build meaningful relationships. Faith Development Corporation created the Hub as well as the North End Community Center to create a space for residents to gather and use as they need. The Hartford Hub is located in the Lower Lincoln neighborhood, a high turnover neighborhood with mostly rental properties. The goal of the Hub was to unite the …

Hartford Hub: Transforming Lower Lincoln, Breeah S. Carey, Lauren Jankowski, Madison Long, Joshua Walker

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Breeah S. Carey received her degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences with minors in Spanish and psychology from Purdue University in May 2018. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in speech-language pathology at Purdue University and wants to serve pediatric clients in school and clinic settings. She has volunteered in various schools in Newark, New Jersey, as a tutor in her mother’s after-school program and as a speaker for the Diamond’s in the Rough Program at Belmont Runyon Elementary School, where she encouraged minority girls to attend college in the future.

Lauren Jankowski is a senior in interdisciplinary …