2004 Supervised Field Studies

Here are some pictures of current students' placements.

Amy (Earlham) helps at Poder de la Mujer, a group to empower women to advocate and educate to stop and to prevent violence against women and children. She works also on the VAWA project. VAWA, the Violence Against Women Act, can help undocumented women escape situations of domestic violence.

Becca McMurdie (Kalamazoo) works on the political asylum project. Her recent clients have been from Honduras and from Mexico.

Deborah is working at CETLAC, (Centro de Estudios y Taller Laboral, Asociación Civil).

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"Be aware of your background, your privilege and your status as an outsider, but don’t let it keep you from entering into the community and culture. You don’t have to try to pass as Mexican or Mexican American, if you’re not, but there’s also no rule that you have to dress, talk, act, etc.. the exact same way you do at home or school." -2003 program participant