Immigrants and refugees new to the United States often face difficulty understanding their rights and potential as active community members. The University of Massachusetts in Lowell has sought to remedy this knowledge deficit by offering the Circle Refugee and Immigrant Leadership Project. The program brings together community members from immigrant communities to meet once a week over a three- to four-month period. In this time, they work on several economic development projects to strengthen the community while receiving education on their rights and responsibilities in a new nation.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Contact: Community Service Director Dr. Mark Levine at Mark_Levine {at} uml(.)edu
