Courses, Scholarly Programs & Initiatives

ETHS 250: Leadership, Culture, and Citizenship: In partnership with the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Office of Student Transitions & Experiences, 3CE is proud to offer this 2-credit hour course. This reading-intensive course examines the relationship(s) among leadership theory, cultural competence, and citizenship in modern society. Students will engage with historical debates concerning the modes and methods of leadership, the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and the role of cultural competence in this paradigm.

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Community Research Initiative: The Community Research Initiative (CRI) partners Lewis & Clark students with 1 community organization and 1 member of the faculty for the purpose of completing a community-based research project. The purpose of CRI is to:

(1) Advance the research needs/agendas of community organizations;

(2) Advance students’ knowledge of the research process through its practical application in a “real-world” and controlled environment;

(3) Advance students’ knowledge of critical issues impacting the greater-Portland community; and,

(4) to advance faculty connectedness with the greater-Portland community and their individual research agendas 

Students will receive a small stipend for their work.

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Hunger Banquet: The Hunger Banquet is a dramatization of the inequality that perpetuates poverty in the world. Guests are assigned roles as they enter the banquet, these roles represent different income levels around the world.What each person receives for dinner depends on the role they are playing, so while some have more than they can eat, others don’t have enough to eat or any food at all.

The Hunger Banquet is an interactive opportunity for people to see and feel first hand the effects of poverty. It also offers the unique opportunity for people to take a problem and work together to generate solutions.

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