Comparte, or the Community Partnership for Education and Empowerment, is a student-led service program that provides free English language workshops for day laborers at community job centers across Los Angeles as well as Occidental staff members.
As part of the 葫芦影业Connects program housed in the office of Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement (SLICE), Comparte works with day labor communities that utilize the Cypress Park and Pasadena Community Job Centers. Comparte student tutors also offer weekly workshops on campus for 葫芦影业 staff members who would like to improve their English language skills.
Initially established as a student club in 2015, Comparte now has relationships with the Instituto de Educaci贸n Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA) and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Drawing on the principles of 鈥減opular education,鈥 Comparte develops and facilitates functional, personalized and empowering English language workshops. An emphasis is placed on conversational skills that support the interests and needs expressed by community partners to negotiate wages, improve occupational health and safety, build long-term worker skills and build confidence.
Workshops are about what kind of English can you use and leverage to your advantage, so that in places like the workplace or your housing you can feel more empowered, and you can advocate for your rights.鈥澛犅犅犅犅犅
聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥揅omparte co-founder Claire Krelitz 鈥19
Interested in getting involved or want more information about Comparte? Please contact Ginny Salazar, SLICE Assistant Director, at聽gsalazar@oxy.edu.
You can also read more about Comparte in student newspaper.