This summer, in partnership with DukeEngage, the Kenan Institute has placed twelve undergraduates in eight different organizations working with the migrant and refugee communities in Dublin, Ireland.

Students are participating in a range of projects. As in previous years, students spend four days per week working closely with different communities on a variety of issues including changes to immigration law, access to education, legislative change around female genital mutilation, educational provision for unaccompanied minor refugees, and models of racial integration in Ireland.

This year students are spending one day each week working at the Discover University Program–a new collaboration between the National College of Ireland and the Institute where Duke and Irish college students work alongside one another. This seven week program is designed to

• provide a taste of the college experience to 50 disadvantaged Irish and migrant youth from across Dublin
• instill in the disadvantaged youth the realization that college is both a  worthy and in fact attainable goal
• engage them in an active notion of citizenship so they might understand how they can lead ethically in their own communities
• help them understand and appreciate the rapid racial and ethic integration recent migration to Ireland has necessitated (and instill the same understanding in DukeEngage participants).

For more information or to apply, visit the DukeEngage website. For information specific to the Dublin program, contact Suzanne Shanahan at suzanne.shanahan@duke.edu.