Intercambio!

¿Está Usted buscando una oportunidad para practicar inglés en un ambiente cómodo? ¿Quiere Usted mejorar su inglés, gratis? ¿Quiere Usted compartir su idioma y cultura con la comunidad de San Luís? ¿Quiere Usted conocer mejor un miembro de la comunidad de San Luís?

Podremos poner Usted en contacto con alguien con que Usted puede practicar inglés, solo Usted tiene que estar dispuesto a compartir su idioma con la otra persona. El acuerdo es que media de la conversación será practicando en inglés y la otra en español. Danos su información de contacto y podremos ofrecer tres lugares:

1. Parróquia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
   1115 S Florissant Rd
   Saint Louis, MO 63121
   314-522-9264
   Los domingos, 1-2pm
   
   
2. Kabat House Catholic Worker
   1450 Monroe
   St. Louis, MO 63106
   314-588-8351
   314-621-7099
   Los domingos, 3-4pm
   
   
3. CAMP
   3022A Cherokee St.
   St. Louis, MO 63118
   314-776-1721
   Los lunes, 7:30-8:30pm
   Empezando el 3 de noviembre

Llama a Elizabeth 314-721-2977 si tenga interes

Overview of the program

Intercambio is a program through IFCLA (the Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America) that places English and Spanish speakers in contact with one another. There is no fee; participants simply have to be willing to share their language and/or culture with the other person.

The general format: Half of the conversation time will be practicing English and the other half will be in Spanish, discussing cultural differences, similarities and other experiences such as immigration. IFCLA offers three locations:

1. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
   1115 S Florissant Rd
   Saint Louis, MO 63121
   314-522-9264
   Sundays from 1-2pm, after Mass
   
   
2. Kabat House Catholic Worker
   1450 Monroe
   St. Louis, MO 63106
   314-588-8351
   314-621-7099
   Sundays from 3-4pm
   
   
3. CAMP
   3022A Cherokee
   St. St. Louis, MO 63118
   314-776-1721
   Mondays 7:30-8:30pm
   Starting November 3rd

Overall Goals of the Intercambio Program:

• To improve language skills of the participants, which opens many opportunities.
• To engage English and Spanish speakers in a relationship that is not founded on charity, but in a more equitable relationship.
• To provide an opportunity for English and Spanish speakers to get to know one another, particularly for English speakers to learn about the current situation of Latino immigrants in the U.S.
• To break down barriers of racism and misunderstanding which might exist between the Anglo and Latino communities.

Kabat House Catholic Worker, located in North St. Louis (1450 Monroe Street, 63106), is a small Catholic Worker house offering hospitality and support to immigrants and Spanish speaking homeless. The community offers temporary housing to two families or 6 individuals in the home. They welcome volunteers and donations. Call 588-8351 or 621-7099 for more information.

The Community Arts and Media Project (CAMP) is a local independent effort to bring free and sustainable resources to its neighborhood and to the city of St. Louis. Through the means of art, media, open forums, open doors, event space and collaborative projects, CAMP will provide a new center for creative interaction, welcoming people of all ways of life. Thriving inside of the historic Randall Building at the corner of Cherokee Street and Minnesota Avenue, CAMP considers its location in crucial juxtaposition with its mission. The crossroads of CAMP span out into an extremely diverse range of incomes, races, cultures and ideas. We want to be agents to foster cultural fusion and positive ideas. We believe that art and open spaces provide that agency

Elizabeth Driscoll
Coordinator of the Intercambio Program
driscoec@slu.edu     
630-650-3173     
314-721-2977

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