HECUA - Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs

HECUA is an organization of 18 liberal arts colleges, universities and associations dedicated to education for social justice. Together we shape academically rigorous, study-abroad and off-campus study programs that address the most pressing issues in our neighborhoods, nations and world. This unique educational collaboration engages students, faculty and practitioners in learning that generates knowledge and tools for social transformation and community building.

At HECUA we learn by seeing, reflecting and acting with others. HECUA specializes in integrating theory and practice, bringing together key disciplines that equip students to be active citizens and leaders – locally and globally.

Recent program participants talk about what attracted them to a HECUA program and what they enjoyed most about the experience.

Name: Anna Grant
Major: Swarthmore College
Major/Minor: Political Science / Latin American Studies
HECUA Program: Community Internships in Latin America (CILA), fall 2008

Who is Anna Grant?
I was born and grew up in Chapel Hill, NC, and went to school both in Durham and Chapel Hill at different times. I should own up to the fact that I had a very safe suburban life, almost until...
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