Change doesn’t only impact one person, it impacts a community.
Be a voice and create the change.
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MCaSP was founded
April 2020, was the beginning of this student organization to build community for student parents and caregivers.
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Student Parent Survey
Winter 2020, we conducted a survey to gather data on the experiences of student parents on the University of Michigan campus.
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Student Caregiver Events
Summer 2021, we hosted the first event at U of M for student parents and caregivers.
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Student Caregivers Card
Summer 2021, CEW+ created the first student-caregivers brochure for resources.
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Preschool Pilot
Summer 2021, the preschool pilot program began.
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Student Caregiver Study Room
Winter 2022, was the grand opening for the student caregivers study room in the Shapiro Library.
Hidden Population: Undergraduate student parents advocate for more resources
Last winter, LSA student Alexandra Ellard had to miss 10 days of class. Due to extreme weather, many Metro Detroit area public schools and facilities were closed. This meant Ellard couldn’t take her almost 2-year-old son, Oliver, to day care, and the road conditions were too dangerous to bring him along on the 40-minute drive to campus. She had no choice but to stay home.