Santé at Centenary
a learning project beginning in Spring 2012

Aren't able to participate in the project but want to live in the community? Request a room near us on the second floor of James Annex.

We aren't accepting new members now, but it you'd like to be a friend of Santé, drop us a line. We'll keep you informed and invite you to our events. Also, we have a Facebook page (Santé@Centenary) and a blog.

Our Project

Next year, we will continue our projects with Martin Luther King Health Center and lay the groundwork for a network of NGOs and governmental agencies to coordinate care in Shreveport similar to ProjectAccess in Dallas. Students will form a living community on the second floor of James Annex to work together to form an effective, poverty-fighting team.

Mission

Santé will partner with the community to improve the health of some of the least advantaged people and graduate students who are committed to improving global health and prepared for careers of service, both nationally or internationally.

See our four part approach for more about how the program is designed to produce the effective, committed graduates sought after by employers.

Spring 2012

In our community, within blocks from Centenary, people suffer from easily preventable diseases. Why does this happen? What can be done about it? More importantly, what are we going to do about it?

Members of Santé are dedicated to answering these question. Students work in partnership with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center, the oldest free clinic and pharmacy in Louisiana, to determine who in our community needs care, why they aren’t getting it, and how we can persuade more medical professionals to help the least advantaged. In the following years, we work in partnership with those in need to remove the barriers to care in the Shreveport community.

Schedule

Dates Activity
March Register for Phil/Psy 290
April Social Gathering and Hear This Year's Report
August-December Work on Project
December Deliver Results and Plan for Next Year

The Future

You never know what the future holds. Nonetheless, here's what is in the works:

  • We plan to continue our project with MLK Health Center every year. After we identify the barriers to care this year, we will begin projects to remove them.

  • We're creating a set of interdisciplinary courses on global health issues such as:

    • Agriculture and Pharmaceuticals (food and drugs!) with Brownholland and Ciocchetti

    • Environmental Pollution and Cognitive Development (your furniture is killing you!) with Hammond and Lawrence

    • We also plan to integrate courses on poverty and disease into the curriculum.

  • We're working on creating an international project. Students and faculty would travel abroad for a module or perhaps longer to partner with a health organization outside of the U.S..

    • In conjunction with Le Quartier Français, we're taking a module traveling to Les Cayes, Haiti. We will work at two children's homes, learn about Haitian history and culture, spend a day practicing Haitian routines, and think about the effect aid has had on Haiti.

Contact Information

Chris Ciocchetti Associate Professor of Philosophy email
Amy Hammond Assistant Professor of Psychology email
Joshua Lawrence Associate Professor of Chemistry email
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