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What is DUSC?
DU Service & Change (DUSC) is a student organization engaging the DU community through diverse opportunities that facilitate positive change for the greater public good. DUSC has four separate committees leading different projects:

  • Project Connect – Project Connect organizes donation drives and fundraisers throughout each quarter that promote awareness and support a specific cause.
  • Project Action – Standing weekly/bi-weekly volunteer opportunities in the community.
  • Project Depth – Long term and committed service projects where DU students learn about and discuss public issues while exploring their root causes and examining solutions.
  • Project Volunteer – One day service events each quarter where University of Denver students, faculty, and staff can engage in a variety of volunteer activities throughout the Denver community.

 

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Calendar of DUSC Volunteer Opportunities

Project Connect - Project Connect is hosting a school supply drive, Monday October 15th-Friday October 21st, 10am-4pm. We will have donation boxes in all the residence halls and the CCESL office (located in Driscoll South) where you can drop your new or gently used school supplies off. All donations will be going to the Bridge Project, which is a tutoring and mentoring program that help children who come from low-income families. They are really in need of this help, so clean out your desks and donate some new/gently used school supplies!

If you're interested in learning more about Project Connect or getting involved, please email Ashley Keeler

Project Action - This month, Project Action is hosting another Habitat for Humanity Day! It is on Friday, October 19 from 9:00am-4:30pm. We still need volunteers, so please email Laura Mandler at for more information or how to get involved.

We would also like to welcome our new Co-Chair for Project Action, Neda Kikhia! Be on the look out for upcoming projects Neda is organizing!

Project Depth - Project Depth committee members have been beginning the process of tutoring children involved in the Bridge Project. The Bridge Project is a mentoring and tutoring program dedicated to helping students ages pre-K-high school who come from low-income families. If you are interested in volunteering with the Bridge Project, please email Mallie for more information and to get started!"

Project Depth will also be holding their committee meeting on October 23 at 6pm in CCESL Suite 18.

Project Volunteer - Project Volunteer members are meeting to start planning the major campus-wide volunteer day, being held in the Winter/Spring. Members will review the committee's goals for the year, discuss a plan of action, and begin compiling a list for potential volunteer sites. For more information on how to get involved, please contact Dahisy Cano.

If you have any service opportunities or volunteer projects that you would like DUSC to know about, please email us!

 

DUSC Leadership and Contact Information

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Co-Presidents: Alicia Carter & Maria Ory

Project Connect Co-Chair: Ashley Keeler

Project Action Co-Chair: Laura Mandler

Project Depth Co-Chair: Mallie Miles

Project Volunteer Co-Chair: Dahisy Cano

Advisor: Ryan J Hanschen, CCESL Program Coordinator

Anita Spotlight

Anita Spotlight

Reflects on Public Achivement (PA) on Blog

The goal [of PA] is to create a space for students to discover their power to create tangible change in their community. That includes open discussions about social justice issues like privilege and oppression, as well as certain key activities like one-to-ones, "world as it is/world as it should be", "world cafes" and others from the PA handbook

Manuel Del Real

Manuel Del Real

DU Student, Class of 2009 and 2011

Every time I look at the murals, it gives me great pride as an alumnus to be able to see students make a change...Being a coach has also helped me realize I am the mentor that I used to look up to.

Hava Gordon

Hava Gordon

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology

Last year, I taught a Service Learning FSEM: Youth Cultures: Inequality, Resistance, and Empowerment. This was the first time teaching my FSEM as a service learning class, and it was an amazing experience. With the help of my wonderful Service Learning Associate, Cameron Lewis, our class partnered with The Spot youth center and Rainbow Alley. Both organizations work to empower teens by providing a safe and creative space for low-income, homeless, and LGBTQ youth. FSEM students joined outreach workers at The Spot on night walks around the city, distributing needed items to homeless youth. Students also participated in consciousness-raising workshops at Rainbow Alley, connecting with Rainbow Alley youth through these workshops.