{"id":297,"date":"2022-07-19T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T17:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framework.local\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:38:57","slug":"social-urban-issues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/inspired\/areas-of-focus\/academic\/social-urban-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Social and Urban Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Academic Area of Focus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social and Urban Issues<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\"Worcester
Two Clark alums made Worcester history when they were sworn in as city councilors: Thu Nguyen \u201914, right, is the first nonbinary and Southeast Asian American elected to the Council, and Etel Haxjiah \u201904, M.A. \u201908, is the first Albanian American and Muslim elected in the city.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We will expand research and teaching around the complex social issues facing urban communities, drawing upon Clark\u2019s existing strengths and longstanding connections with the Worcester community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an urban-based research university with a liberal arts core, Clark is well positioned to deepen understanding and find solutions to enduring social and urban issues such as poverty, health disparities, and crime, to name only a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClark\u2019s motto is \u2018challenge convention, change our world.\u2019 You can\u2019t change the world unless you\u2019re engaged with it.\u201d<\/p>Eric DeMeulenaere
Professor of Education<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We seek to become a destination institution for social-justice-oriented and community-engaged research and teaching around a range of social issues that take full advantage of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n