Stephanie Blackman awarded 2009 Hands On Greater Portland Volunteer Award
Stephanie’s involvement with Hands On Greater Portland began in 1999 as a project leader for the Community Energy Project. Over the years she has maintained and evolved her commitment and now teaches PSU capstone classes in conjunction with Hands On. Stephanie teaches students about civic participation and researches the relationship between education and democracy.
An instructor of both undergraduate and graduate level courses in the Graduate School of Education at Portland State University, she has a background in sociology and a strong commitment to social justice in her classes. Stephanie’s interests in civic engagement, political participation, and service-learning in the classroom as ways of building democracy and creating social change have led to an inspiring experience for her students. Stephanie sees engaged learning as the key to personal and social transformation and shares that enthusiasm for service with her students semester after semester, helping to raise the next generation of volunteers and leaders in our community.
Click here to watch an inspiring video on Stephanie, or here to see all of the outstanding award winners.
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