Worcester’s Albanian American community is a vibrant community, yet it lacks a community center featuring cultural events and social programs. The goal of the project was to envision a digital community center. To accomplish this goal, we conducted key informant interviews and analyzed the literature on physical and virtual community centers and program design. The team completed the Social Blueprint Business Design Framework for an online community center and beta-tested an Ask Your Grandparents program to support an online community center’s formation.

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Creator

• Ialongo, Luca D.
• Doyle, Jillian A.
• Parker, Savannah R.
• Rotman, Matthew D.

Subject

• Innovation
• Learning
• Community
• Inclusion
• Well-Being
• Project-Based Learning
• Food
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121020-171707
• 4871

Keyword

• Community Center
• Community
• Albania
• Online Community
• Worcester
• Digital

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Dodson, Leslie Lynn

Year

• 2020

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Tomi Stefani, Edlira Stefani, The Albanian Cultural Heritage Center

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Date created

• 2020-12-10

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved

Last modified

• 2021-03-09