Intensives: The Refugee Experience
Students in the interdisciplinary Intensive “The Refugee Experience” are learning why people become refugees, who refugees are, and how Cleveland is redefining refugee resettlement in the U.S.
As part of their studies, the class spent three days with refugees who are now students at Newcomers Academy, visited The Refugee Response operation at Ohio City Farm, and ventured on public transportation to the Catholic Charities-Migration and Refugee Services on Cleveland’s west side. Students were divided up into four groups for four days of mini-internships with these organizations along with the International Services Center.
During the intensive, which is based at the Hawken’s Gries Center in University Circle, students not only build their knowledge of the refugee experience, they hone skills of critical reading and analytical writing, and effective volunteering.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees notes, "The practice of granting asylum to people fleeing persecution in foreign lands is one of the earliest hallmarks of civilization." Today, there are about 12 million refugees around the world, 80% of whom are women and children.
During the intensive, which is based at the Hawken’s Gries Center in University Circle, students not only build their knowledge of the refugee experience, they hone skills of critical reading and analytical writing, and effective volunteering.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees notes, "The practice of granting asylum to people fleeing persecution in foreign lands is one of the earliest hallmarks of civilization." Today, there are about 12 million refugees around the world, 80% of whom are women and children.
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Two refugees from Burma/Myanmar led students through the Karen Wrist Tie Ceremony, which connects a person’s soul to them.
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Visiting Refugee Response at Ohio City Farm.
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At Thomas Jefferson School – Newcomers Academy, where Hawken students spent the day with refugees who are now high school students.
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Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Early Childhood, Lower, and Middle Schools, 5000 Clubside Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124
Birchwood School of Hawken, 4400 West 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 44135
Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
Mastery School of Hawken, 11025 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
Gries Center, 10823 Magnolia Dr, Cleveland, OH 44106
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