Complex sentence: Volunteers utilize their skills towards the common goal of supporting refugees; and receive an experiential education on pressing global and local issues, because ECAR is a place-based educational experience for its volunteers Newson, John.
Split into simpler sentences: Volunteers utilize their skills towards the common goal of supporting refugees and receive an experiential education on pressing global and local issues. Thus ECAR provides a place-based educational experience for its volunteers Newson, John.