PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Elizabeth Tangney, a resident of Dayton, and a member of the Class of 2014 at Providence College, recently spent a week working in the Mexico, as part of the college’s Feinstein Academic Institute’s Alternative Spring Break 2014 program.
Tangney was among 21 students who volunteered to spend their spring break to work in two different locations, the Dominican Republic and Mexico. The trips are part of a global studies course called Community Development in the Americas.
In Tijuana, Tangney, along with nine other students, worked with the organization Esperanza, which helps build communities ”“ both physically and relationally ”“ along the U.S. and Mexican border. They built homes and addressed social issues including immigration and education.
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