{"id":88713,"date":"2018-07-06T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=88713"},"modified":"2018-07-23T14:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T18:25:40","slug":"ucf-community-challenge-initiative-backs-2-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-community-challenge-initiative-backs-2-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Community Challenge Initiative Backs 2 Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two UCF projects of local concern were recently chosen to receive the university\u2019s support after they were selected as part of the UCF Collective Impact Community Challenge Initiative<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n

The recipients are:<\/p>\n

  • Florida Prison Education Project, directed by a team led by Keri Watson, an assistant professor in the School of Visual Arts and Design<\/li>\n
  • Collectively Confronting and Resolving the Injustice of Human Trafficking, developed by John Bersia, special assistant to the president for global perspectives and director of the Global Perspectives Office, and Martin Dupuis, interim dean of Burnett Honors College.<\/li>\n

    The two projects were chosen to help address significant community challenges that have national or global implications. They were chosen from five finalists of community-based projects.<\/p>\n

    The Florida Prison Education Project<\/a> provides educational classes to the 30,000 people incarcerated in Central Florida.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBy 2020, an estimated 65 percent of all jobs will require post-secondary education,\u201d Watson said. \u201cBut most prisoners in Florida have limited access to higher education despite the fact that statistical evidence overwhelmingly confirms that a college education reduces recidivism, increases employment opportunities, and strengthens communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Each year, 33,000 people are released from Florida prisons, and many settle in Central Florida.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAs the largest university in the state, UCF is well-positioned to bring transformative education to those behind bars,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n

    Collectively Confronting and Resolving the Injustice of Human Trafficking<\/a> is the product of 15 years of progress by campus and community partners to raise awareness of the problem. The situation has received some recent national and international attention, but the organizers of this project say the effort to combat trafficking is more important than ever.<\/p>\n

    \u201cMany people think that this happened years ago and don\u2019t know or won\u2019t accept that it\u2019s going on today in our backyard,\u201d said Bersia, also co-director of the Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. \u201cUnfortunately, Florida has the awful distinction of being a hotbed of slavery and trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The two project were selected because the initiative was \u201clooking for comprehensive, multifaceted, interdisciplinary strategies that will create solutions for acute, complex community issues,\u201d said Lisa Guion Jones, associate provost for strategy and special assistant to the president. Nearly 800 faculty and staff members helped in the selection process.<\/p>\n

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