CBSL promotes the implementation of education programs and practices that are egalitarian, equitable, and effective for a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and communities. CBSL addresses issues of personal and community empowerment, critical knowledge, ethical values, and the realization of participatory democracy. CBSL will develop with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community a reciprocal, mutual, and trusting process to understand community needs, cultures, and resources within the broader social context that addresses power relations. Primary Goals and Strategies to Accomplish Mission CBSL supports students, faculty, staff, and communities to achieve its mission. Students can learn from and with faculty, staff, and community as they come to acquire critical knowledge to assist in changing the life chances of people they serve and learn from.
Staff is needed as crucial liaisons between students, community, alumni, and faculty.
It is through staff that CBSL maintains and sustains its mission of preferential option for the poor where students, community, and faculty listen to the community about its needs and learn from the community what types of services are essential for achieving its needs. Community education and service will focus on reciprocal learning and problem solving with a primary focus on community involvement and partnership. CBSL will specifically involve community participants in the definition of need and service.