Episode 026 - CLASP and Community Garden - A Conversation with Dr. Erica Brown-Meredith

We are thrilled to share in this episode a conversation Pastor Adam had with friend of Farmville Baptist Dr. Erica Brown-Meredith. Dr. Brown-Meredith is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Longwood University and the advisor for Collaborating with Lancers for Academic Success (CLASP), an on-campus program to help first-gen, racial/ethnic minority, transfer, and low-income students succeed in their academic career and, more generally, in life. Farmville Baptist has supported CLASP during exam time and partners alongside CLASP students in the Farmville Community Garden.

In this episode, Pastor Adam and Dr. Brown-Meredith discuss the work of CLASP, look forward to the next growing season in the garden, and learn about a new opportunity for CLASP students in Ghana, a place Pastor Adam and Dr. Brown-Meredith both have visited and love.

If you would like to learn more about the work of CLASP, you connect with them at CLASP - Longwood University. The work of the community garden can be explored on the garden's Facebook page (Farmville Community Garden | Facebook). To support the CLASP study-abroad program for the upcoming summer, you can contact CLASP directly or make a donation at Farmville Baptist Church (note that it is for CLASP Summer Program).

If you are interested in more of what Farmville Baptist Church is doing in the heart of Virginia and beyond, visit our website (farmvillebaptist.org) or check us out on Facebook (facebook.com/farmvillebaptist.org).

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