Law students lead classes for adolescents on civil rights and constitutional law. Students from the women's studies program developed classes on building self-esteem in young girls. The activities of the NCFC are coordinated with community based organizations to ensure the needs of the community are being met and to ensure that we are not duplicating services that are already being provided by community-based agencies. To insure the responsiveness of the NCFC to community needs, meaningful partnerships with community organizations is very important. Board members include faculty, administrators, students and community representatives.
CASE is a national model for service learning in the undergraduate curriculum.
Service Learning is a participatory approach to learning which supports students' academic studies and helps to develop the skills, citizenship and values of individual students. Its primary goal is to encourage students to learn and benefit as citizens in a diverse and interconnected world by becoming contributing members of their community. CASE courses combine academic studies, in a wide variety of fields, with community service. In return for the 1 credit, students perform 40 hours of community service and develop a link between service and learning, and between the classroom and the real world. Students can perform their community service at the NCFC, or at a variety of community based organizations throughout the City.