Whether participating in humanitarian mapathons, helping a nonprofit organization better allocate limited resources spatially, providing a voice for vulnerable populations in city planning efforts, or engaging middle-school students in mapping community assets, students build spatial skills while participating in Community Service Learning (CSL) projects. CSL projects can be very local (mapping trees on the University of Redlands campus), regional (analyzing spatial characteristics of environmental justice in the Coachella Valley), or even international (contributing to the spatial knowledge base of conservation projects in Panama). The goal is to give students the opportunity to expand and apply spatial skills while helping to solve real-world problems.
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