Navigating a Community-Based Research Composition Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“While certainly not the intent, these projects became accidental histories of how groups underwent dramatic changes. If the aim of many CBR assignments is to capture the stories of a community and its activities and missions, my students’ work illuminated how groups scrambled to adapt and to remain supportive and cohesive. Given more time, I wish that I could have better circulated these projects among my students so that they could have seen what organizations were still thriving.”