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Filmmakers Christina Hicks-Goldston and Jason Goldston use Service Learning in their courses at the higher education level, with a combined community partner list that includes the Humane Society, Girls on the Run Nashville, the NephCure Foundation, Project Lead the Way, Southern Starrs, the Tennessee Emergency Communication Association, Court Appointed Special Advocates, the Fisher House, Plant the Seed, the Kleeman Community Center of Clarksville, Soldiers and Families Embraced, Walden's Puddle, the National Search Dog Alliance, Read2Me, Folks@Home, the Clarksville Association for Down Syndrome, RedRover, VetSuccess, ArtLink Clarksville, the Safety Network of Abused Animals and People, the Family Literacy Center in Nashville, Lawyers in Defense of Animals, the Dickson Railway Museum, Oz Arts Nashville, Rock the Street - Wall Street, the Adventure Science Center (in Nashville), the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, Pencil Foundation, Volunteers of America, Citizen Kitchens, and Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee.
In addition to her service work in the classroom, Christina is a certified Service Learning trainer for the state of Tennessee, and serves on the Service Learning Advisory Board at her university. Her belief in the viability and need for Service Learning in education inspired her to collaborate with her husband to produce Making the Connection. According to Hicks-Goldston, “I see the documentary as a celebration of what happens when we all work together – which is why I chose to call it Making the Connection. It’s about connecting with each other, connecting learning to something real, and connecting communities in order to change things for the better.”
In addition to her service work in the classroom, Christina is a certified Service Learning trainer for the state of Tennessee, and serves on the Service Learning Advisory Board at her university. Her belief in the viability and need for Service Learning in education inspired her to collaborate with her husband to produce Making the Connection. According to Hicks-Goldston, “I see the documentary as a celebration of what happens when we all work together – which is why I chose to call it Making the Connection. It’s about connecting with each other, connecting learning to something real, and connecting communities in order to change things for the better.”