After a late night exploring Chicago, our Bear Breaks gang met for breakfast and to pack lunch at 7am. After so much time spent on our own concerns, it was time to remember why we came. Our first service event was at New Life's Dream Center. New Life is a church that helps with mostly victims of sex trafficking, but also men seeking a new start and children seeking their … [Read more...] about Sex Trafficking: New Life Dream Center in Chicago
This year we will be returning to New Orleans, Louisiana for the fourth year. The week will be filled with opportunities for learning, serving and understanding new perspectives involving ongoing issues. These issues, surrounding community revitalization and culture in this population, have been neglected over the years. We are returning in hopes to advocate for the affected … [Read more...] about Building for Change: New Perspectives in New Orleans
Multicultural education is vital because it supports the development of children as well as facilitates cooperation among members of our society. Dallas is a culturally diverse city with a vastly growing Hispanic population (approximately 42% and rising). Despite this diversity, children from these varying cultures face many problems due to increasing poverty rates and … [Read more...] about Crossing Cultural BEARiers: Impacting Dallas Youth through Education
Children’s hospitals are safe places where children can overcome obstacles and recover. And many hospitals are using therapeutic play to connect with the pediatric patients they serve. Play can help children feel a sense of normalcy in an environment that is frankly not normal. Through play, children are able to express themselves and cope with the difficulties they face in the … [Read more...] about Engaging Colorado: Communicating with At-Risk Youth and Hospitalized Children Using Therapeutic Play