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Columbia College tackles hard social questions via Critical Encounters Initiative
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 18th, 2006
"Most people view civic engagement as simply voting or volunteering," said Dr. Amy Hawkins, Columbia English professor and the Critical Encounters Faculty Fellow. "It is and can be so much more than that and the Critical Encounters initiative will give students the opportunity to understand social problems at a very deep level and provide them with some of the skills they need to take action and work towards constructive social change to help relieve those problems."
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-09-18)
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