The first-year trip at Allegheny College has been an amazing experience to not only travel to a different community but a neighboring one that students can always visit during the program with a different perspective. The trip includes a session on the history of Erie, an explanation of the demographic similarities and differences to Meadville as well as other areas, and an examination of existing organizations and non-profits tackling similar issues. To successfully lead the first-year trip, there needs to be conversations happening before, throughout, and during the trip. The document below includes information about the schedule, timeline, and various planning materials to help the trip go as smoothly as possible from a logistical side.

1. 2022 Bonner First Year Trip: Erie PA: Travel Schedule and Service Work:
Monday, February 14th:
12:30pm - 5pm Dinner/ Orientation - Collab
Tuesday, February 15th:
8am - 9am Lite breakfast/Lunch Prep - Collab
9am Leave Campus for Erie
10am - 11:30am Bayfront East Side Taskforce (Jeremy Bloeser & Haleigh Coar)
109 German St. Church of the Nativity Community Center 2nd Floor
1pm - 2:30pm All About Erie (Charmaine Wilson)
Gannon University's Nash Library, Erie, PA 16501
2:30pm - 4pm Seneca Iroquois National Museum
Virtual Tour
4pm - 5pm Unload/Unpack/Pick Up Groceries
5pm - 6pm Cook Meal
6pm - 7pm Dinner/Day Reflection
Group Exercise/ Group Reflections
Wednesday, January 16th:
7:00am Breakfast (depart by 7:45am - students should pack lunch/snacks)
8:00am Bethany Outreach Center (Mabel Howard)
254 East Tenth Street, Erie, PA 16503
8am - 12pm Distribution of food and/or clothing to families
12pm - 1pm Reflection
1pm - 2pm Transition/Break
2pm Erie Center for Arts & Technology (Jude Shingle)
650 East Ave, Erie, PA 16503
2pm-6pm Service Project - Art Class Prep for adult class and teen class wear
clothes that are okay to get dirty
6pm - 7pm Cook Meal
7:00pm-8:00pm Dinner/Reflection

2. Thursday, January 17th:
7:30am Breakfast (depart 8:40am)
9am Erie Arts & Culture (Patrick Fischer)
160 E Front St, Erie, PA 16507, USA
9am - 11am Workshop - Grant writing workshop on self identity projects
11am - 12pm Transition/Break
12pm-1pm Escape Room (arrive 10min early)
Escape the Niagara & Federal Treasure
West-side at 4838 W Ridge Rd, Erie, PA, 16506
1pm - 2pm Transition/Break
2pm Mercy Center for Women (Jennie Hagerty)
1039 East 27th Street, Erie, PA 16504
2pm - 6pm Vision Boards with residents from 2pm - 4pm
Children Activities from 3:30pm - 5pm
6:30pm-7:30pm Dinner & Reflection w/ Alumni
Friday, January 18th:
8:00am - 9am Breakfast (Depart 9:30am)
10am-11:30am The U.S. Committee For Refugee International Institute (Gretchen Fairley)
517 East 26th Street, Erie, PA 15604
Presentation = Refugees 101, USCRI-Erie building tour
11:30am-12:30pm Self-guided refugee-owned grocery tour
Map and list of markets are on a separate document in the binder
12:30pm-1:30pm Local Lunch
Flagship Food Hall or Tandoori hut (Indian)/Shish Kabob Restaurant (Iraqi)
1:30pm-3:00pm Service project—might help reorganize their warehouse, could also be
furnishing their refugee apartments either way, in the
warehouse, so dress warmly!
3pm-4pm Final Reflection
4pm - 5pm Return to Campus

3. Bonner First Year Trip Reflection Activities: Bonner Card a Day
Tuesday, January 7th-
Wednesday, January 8th-
Thursday, January 9th-
Friday, January 10th-

4. Organizations/ Locations: Jen’s Comments
Catholic Charities: Refugee
Simulation
St. Stan's School
516 E 13th Street
Erie, PA
Parking lot on Wallace St. between 12th
and
13th
Street
https://www.eriercd.org/socialjusticeli
fe/refugees.html
* Very well structured organization.
* They also have other advocacy focus
teaching such as: Human trafficking,
death penalty, Down syndrome
protection, Keep families together.
* St. Stan’s School was just the location
that the workshop was hosted
* Could be a great discussion about
religion and social justice and how it could
help social justice work for could also do
harm.
* Could not find anything regarding the
refugee simulation on the website, will try
to reach out to the vista listed.
Rev. E.F. Smith Quality of Life
Learning Center
2046 East 19th Street
Erie, PA 16510
https://uecdc.org/
* merged with Urban Erie Community
Development Corporation (UECDC) in
2002
* mission: increasing the capacity for
economic self-sufficiency through
cutting-edge educational services and
training; by empowering youth to build
their skills and grow to their potential; and
by inspiring the community to take steps
towards creating a better future for its
people and organizations.
* Dr. Ernest Franklin Smith,prominent
African-American activist
* local community oriented but also
adapting to the need for refugee and
immigrant help.
* Pushes for young and old education,
nutrition help, and housing.
* We could spend two days at this site
understanding the many areas they help
with, the youth program, the adult
learners programs, workforce
development, Eastside Grassroots
Coalition (EGC).
* the walking in Black History happens
during the summer so we could get an
overview of this as a sustainable way for

5. them to continue helping regardless of the
time of year.
Erie City Mission
1023 French Street
Erie, PA 16512
https://www.eriecitymission.org/
* To Volunteer you have to register each
person individually
* Serve women, Men, Youth and Offer
public meals
Mercy Center for Women
1039 East 27th Street
Erie, PA 16504
* Helps 18 years or older women in need
of a home and have the desire to change
their lives
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
301 Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA 16505
Phone: 814-833-7424
* Conservation site in Erie for the presque
Isle
Bethany Outreach Center
254 East Tenth Street, Erie, PA 16503
(814) 456-6254
http://bethanyoutreachcenter.org/
Bethany is the Hub Center for social service
connections. We reach out to our neighborhood
with open arms and are a family to those who
are lonely, unloved and misunderstood. We do
our best to empower our low-income families
through various enrichment classes so that they
may find jobs and fulfillment.
* The first is Bethany Storytime for children
ages 3 – 9. This program provides an
environment where children can regularly be
exposed to age-appropriate wholesome
stories that will encourage them to want to
read and learn by those who want to share
their love of reading – especially for those
families in our area where parents are not
proficient with reading English aloud and
would like the help. Besides reading, this
program also includes working with crafts and
other learning activities in a community
setting that enables children and families to
interact with each other. During each
session, outside programs/agencies in the
area that support early childhood
education/reading are promoted with

6. brochures and registration forms and help
given to parents to sign up.
* The second is the IMPACT Teen program
for teens ages 13-18. This program provides
a safe place for doing homework and use of
our computers, as well as motivational
speakers, educational and vocation-related
speakers and classes. On certain nights, the
teens’ families come together for special
presentations and social interaction. A hot
meal is served at all of the sessions.
GECAC
Greater Erie Community Action
Committee
18 West 9th Street
Erie, Pennsylvania 16501
Contact person: kim
Kimberly McCaslin, CFRE
Associate Vice President of Operations
Community action committee
https://www.gecac.org/
Erie County United https://paunited.org/
People in Erie
Erie County United link
History of Erie
Did you know that there used to be an Erie Native American Tribe that spoke Iroquoian?!

7. Other cool places to visit
Seneca Iroquois National Museum
82 W Hetzel St
Salamanca, NY 14779
Phone: (716) 945-1760
But it’s 1hr 7min from erie :/
https://www.escaperoomerie.com/index.htm
Abducted 6pm 8 participants
Davinci’s Secret 6:10pm 8 participants
$25 per person
about $400 for 16 students
If we want to do one the closest one is at 7pm
Trip Orientation
● Quick opening: Relating back to the topic of Place
● Erie Video Marketed
● General Statistics
○ Population
○ Economic Status
○ Resources
○ Race demographic
● Race Controversy
○ Erie ranked worst city reaction
○ Erie wall st. article ranked worst

8. ○ Report on conference meeting after reaction article
● Short term Solutions
○ A year later Erie no longer on the list
○ What exactly has happened since
● What to keep in mind
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