The South End Neighborhood Mapping Project

The goal of this exercise is to continue developing a strengths-based perspective on the neighborhoods surrounding the classes service learning tutoring sites. To develop this understanding of what communities, families, and students bring to our classrooms and schools, students observed the communities during their commutes, researched the surrounding neighborhoods, and asked questions of people connected…

EDUC 1111: Asset Mapping at Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester

As stated by another project creator, “A community asset is anything that improves the quality of community life. Asset mapping is a process whereby a community’s assets are specifically identified, described, and often visualized geographically on a map. These maps provide information about the strengths and resources of the community and promotes community involvement, ownership,…

EDUC 1111: SquashBusters Community Asset Map

As stated by another project creator, “A community asset is anything that improves the quality of community life. Asset mapping is a process whereby a community’s assets are specifically identified, described, and often visualized geographically on a map. These maps provide information about the strengths and resources of the community and promotes community involvement, ownership,…

EDUC 1111: Asset Mapping at Squashbusters

As best stated by the project’s creator, Natalie Matthews, “A community asset is anything that improves the quality of community life. Asset mapping is a process whereby a community’s assets are specifically identified, described, and often visualized geographically on a map. These maps provide information about the strengths and resources of [the SquashBusters] community and…