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CHANGE
The Collaborative Humanities and Arts Network for Growth and Education
Goals: CHANGE is a collaborative grassroots education program, housed in The University of Iowa’s Women’s Resource and Action Center, that is committed to providing high quality educational arts and humanities experiences to people in community settings within the state of Iowa. Our trained providers work collaboratively to provide meaningful instruction in the arts and humanities to diverse groups of people and gain experience as teachers and facilitators.
Objectives:
CHANGE provides an opportunity for creative scholarship, collaboration, support, training, and service through education and outreach to students, staff, and faculty at the University of Iowa and for community members in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area through an ongoing program at the Women’s Resource and Action Center.
CHANGE supports educational programs in the arts and humanities in partnership with programs in Iowa that provide social services, health care, elder care, shelter, foster care, rehabilitation, and correctional rehabilitation to diverse groups of people. These include hospitals, alternative sites of public education, correctional institutions, shelters, counseling centers, drug treatment centers, and facilities dedicated to juvenile justice, Children in Need of Assistance, and people who are differently-abled.
CHANGE trains volunteers to write student centered curricula, seek funding, advocate for special populations and the disenfranchised, create, teach, and facilitate productive, enjoyable, educational experiences for people in community settings.
CHANGE seeks venues where the work of participants can be shared with the larger community through exhibitions, installations, readings, performances, and publications.
