Puerto Rico Project Center Wins Community-Based Participatory Research Grant from Sociological Initiatives Foundation

The Puerto Rico Project Center won a $24,900 Community-Based Participatory Research grant from the Sociological Initiatives Foundation. The project will map and connect "rescued schools" across Puerto Rico, clarify government processes and advocacy strategies for school ownership transfer, and increase the political influence of communities working to repurpose abandoned schools into community centers. The project is a collaboration with three rescued schools in Puerto Rico that serve as IQP sponsors and much of the grant will be facilitated through student IQPs. 

The Puerto Rico Project Center is co-directed by Assistant Professor of Teaching John-Michael Davis and Instructor Scott Juisto in the Department of Integrative and Global Studies. 

The grant has been published on the Sociological Initiatives Foundation website: https://www.sifoundation.org/past-grants/