Explore Social Issues

The Office of Community Service Learning strives to connect outreach activities with social justice issues that face our community. Some co-curricular Community Outreach Programs deal directly with these issues and provide awareness-type events. Other programs, including the Service-Learning Program, allow students to explore these social issues in light of academic course content and participation in the community. Knowing how to identify social injustices is the first step toward eliminating them. Explore the following social issues and contact us with any you would like to see added to this list!

AIDS

Online resources:

Local resources:

Lifeline AIDS Project (www.open.org/lifeline)

Disabilities

Online resources:

Local resources:

Garten Services
Children's Guild Easter Seals
Oregon School for the Blind

Domestic Violence

Online resources:

www.ncadv.org

Local resources:

Women's Crisis Shelter
Liberty House
Family Building Blocks (www.familybuildingblocks.org)

Environment

Online resource:

Local resources:

Salem Parks
Pringle Creek Watershed Council
Oregon Peace Works

Homelessness

Online resources:

Local resources:

Salem Outreach Shelter
HOST Youth Shelter
Union Gospel Mission (www.ugmsalem.org)
Habitat for Humanity (www.open.org/~sahfh)

Hunger

Online resources:

Local resources:

Illiteracy

Online resources:

Local resources:

Reading Buddies at local elementary schools
Teach ESL (English as a Second Language) through Chemeketa

Mental Illness

Online resources:

www.nami.org/illness/whatis.html

Local resources:

Oregon State Hospital

Migrant Workers

Online resources:

Local resources:

Mano a Mano
Causa
PCUN

State resource:

Oregon Farm Worker Ministry
PO Box 1059
Woodburn, OR 97071
Telephone: (503) 990-0611