About Us
The Elders Class
The Elders Class
The elders class takes place at the English Language Center in Boise. The elders class curriculum was developed in collaboration with the elder students themselves, and includes task-based units on Shopping, Home & Neighbors, Transportation, Health Care, and Financial Literacy. The class also includes a focus on Citizenship. Elders have opportunities to practice the naturalization interview and civics exam questions with Boise State student volunteers.
The elders class takes place at the English Language Center in Boise. The elders class curriculum was developed in collaboration with the elder students themselves, and includes task-based units on Shopping, Home & Neighbors, Transportation, Health Care, and Financial Literacy. The class also includes a focus on Citizenship. Elders have opportunities to practice the naturalization interview and civics exam questions with Boise State student volunteers.
Our Partners
Our Partners
Building Community through Language
Building Community through Language
The ELC is committed to a safe, welcoming environment and strengths-based approach, where teachers and students work together to build a solid learning foundation designed to help students thrive in the community.
Creating Welcoming Communities that Thrive
Creating Welcoming Communities that Thrive
The Idaho Office for Refugees supports our nation’s founding belief of offering refuge and safety to people forced to leave their homes due to persecution of their religious beliefs, political opinions, or ethnic heritage. We create opportunities for refugees and the larger community to come together over their shared values of hard work, family, faith, and freedom.
History
History
A national service-learning initiative
A national service-learning initiative
- Project SHINE began as a national immigrant integration initiative at The Intergenerational Center at Temple University in 1985.
- Founder Gail Weinstein brought Project SHINE to San Francisco State University, where it grew to recruit 70-100 volunteers each semester, serving elders in ESL programs across the Bay Area.
- Today there are 18 Project SHINE sites across the country. Boise State Project SHINE is one of them.
Our Team
Our Team
Ashley Hislop
Ashley Hislop
Services to Older Refugees Coordinator
Services to Older Refugees Coordinator
ahislop@jannus.org
Casey Iezzi
Casey Iezzi
BSU SHINE Coordinator
BSU SHINE Coordinator
caseyiezzi@boisestate.edu