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Exploring Nashville's Communities: Student Insights on Social and Environmental Inequality

Students ventured beyond their comfort zones to analyze Nashville's diverse communities, exploring the complexities of social and environmental inequalities. Engaging with various neighborhoods such as Antioch, East Nashville, and Germantown, they conducted interviews and reflected on their learnings. The experience fostered critical thinking about justice and community, inspiring optimism and activism among students. Through teamwork and challenges, including technical difficulties and coordination issues, they gained valuable insights into real-world complexities while considering careers in community development.

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Exploring Nashville's Communities: Student Insights on Social and Environmental Inequality

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  1. Nashville Communities • Antioch • Belle Meade • Bell’s Bend • Bordeaux • Chestnut Hill • Donelson Hills • East Nashville • Germantown • Madison • Old Hickory • Richland/West End

  2. Student Reflections • Learned to see and analyze environmental and social inequalities together • Critically thinking about community, environment, justice • Explore, learn Nashville, leave Vanderbubble • Learned about communities different from their own – i.e., poor, minority… • Real world complexities • Learned from/inspired by interviewees • Optimism of activism • Projects will be used to help Nashville • Student-Student Friendships • Considering careers in community development • Students receiving wealthy communities as their assignment were disappointed • Difficult finding an interviewee • Time constraints • Technical issues with cameras (audio quality, video loss) • Group project challenges of differences in work style and effort, poor communication and coordination

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