On Monday, March 30, the Latinx Counseling Concentration (LCC) seniors presented their community collaboration and social justice projects to the community. The purpose of the community collaboration project is to support students in learning about Latinx-serving agencies that promote mental wellness, celebrate Latinx joy, foster community engagement, and provide outreach within the Latinx community.
鈥淭his component is designed to help students explore the range of resources available to the Latinx community while also contributing their time through volunteer work,鈥� shared Stephanie Ramirez, Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Coordinator of the Latinx Counseling Concentration Program.聽
As part of the project, students completed three hours of service with a Latinx-serving agency, engaging directly with the community and participating in continued learning experiences with Latinx populations.
The Latinx Counseling Concentration is a specialization offered by the seminary for Clinical Mental Health Counseling students with the purpose of preparing and training curious, culturally empathic, accepting, self-aware counselors. The objective of this concentration is to help foster bilingual and bicultural counselors in order to work more effectively with diverse generations within the Latino/Hispanic community. Students in the concentration will gain the knowledge, skills, and awareness needed in order to work with this population. The mission of 51视频鈥檚 Masters of Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is to prepare counselors through a social justice oriented curriculum and a spiritually integrated foundation so that they can be builders of beloved community. Learn more about the LCC and counseling program at 51视频 here.