{"id":47011,"date":"2026-05-15T14:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=47011"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:48:43","slug":"voces-del-cano-transforms-journalism-education-into-a-service-led-learning-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/voces-del-cano-transforms-journalism-education-into-a-service-led-learning-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cVoces del Ca\u00f1o\u201d Transforms Journalism Education into a Service-Led Learning Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The initiative was created in collaboration with Sagrado\u2019s Community Engagement program.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students from the Narrative Journalism course with members of the Barrio Obrero community. (Photo by Sof\u00eda D\u00edaz Rivera, Community Outreach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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By Institutional Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stories of community leaders, merchants, musicians, teachers, and young residents of Barrio Obrero shaped the third edition of Voces del Ca\u00f1o<\/em>, a community journalism initiative that connects students from Universidad del Sagrado Coraz\u00f3n with the communities of Ca\u00f1o Mart\u00edn Pe\u00f1a through narrative journalism and service-learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held at the TV-1 studio of the Ferr\u00e9 Rangel School of Communication, the event featured 17 narrative profiles written by students enrolled in PER 223: Narrative Journalism, taught by Professor Mariliana Torres Pag\u00e1n. In addition, 30 profile excerpts were displayed in the school lobby as part of an exhibition open to the university community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voces del Ca\u00f1o<\/em> is the result of a collaboration between the narrative journalism course and Sagrado\u2019s Community Engagement Program<\/a>, which facilitates service-learning experiences through the courses offered at the university. This year, the journalism project partnered with the Barrio Obrero Oeste se Reinventa Foundation and the Ca\u00f1o Mart\u00edn Pe\u00f1a Enlace Project<\/a> to highlight stories, contributions, and community leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the live presentation, students shared excerpts from their profiles alongside the individuals they interviewed, who joined them before an audience of family members, faculty, students, and community residents. The event became a space for dialogue and recognition of the voices working daily for the well-being of Barrio Obrero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nadiel Morales Colom\u00e9 interviewed journalist Felipe G\u00f3mez Mart\u00ednez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Karina L. Soto Caballero interviewed Adri\u00e1n Nelson Ram\u00edrez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photos by Sof\u00eda D\u00edaz Rivera (Community Outreach) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Torres Pag\u00e1n highlighted the students\u2019 commitment throughout the reporting process and their engagement with the community. As part of the project, students visited the neighborhood to learn about the community\u2019s concerns, strengths, and ongoing transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalism academic leader Mar\u00eda de los Milagros Col\u00f3n emphasized the educational and human value of the initiative, particularly the field experience it provides students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative Voces del Ca\u00f1o<\/em> takes its name from the communities surrounding Ca\u00f1o Mart\u00edn Pe\u00f1a and seeks to amplify the stories of those building community in different ways. Through interviews and narrative profiles, students document lived experiences and preserve the collective memory of historically marginalized sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Laura Narv\u00e1ez Pr\u00edncipe, coordinator of Community Engagement, the project also serves as a tool for preserving community legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese profiles are part of the legacy the community leaves for future generations. Voces del Ca\u00f1o<\/em> is a small sample of all the people who are part of the community and who work from their own areas of expertise to build a better community for themselves and for those who come after them,\u201d Narv\u00e1ez expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narv\u00e1ez added that the profiles feature community leaders, librarians, merchants, journalists, religious leaders, musicians, and young people who contribute daily to the development of Barrio Obrero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond an academic presentation, Voces del Ca\u00f1o<\/em> represents Sagrado’s commitment to the surrounding communities and demonstrates the power of journalism as a tool to listen, document, and preserve the stories that shape Puerto Rico\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The initiative was created in collaboration with Sagrado\u2019s Community Engagement program. By Institutional Communications Stories of community leaders, merchants, musicians, teachers, and young residents of Barrio Obrero shaped the third edition of Voces del Ca\u00f1o, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":47004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3672,5435,3696,3695],"tags":[5366,5434,5311,3731,5310,5452,5110],"class_list":["post-47011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communications","category-community-outreach","category-english-en","category-featured","tag-barrio-obrero","tag-community-journalism","tag-ferre-rangel-school-of-communication","tag-sagrado-en","tag-santurce","tag-service-learning","tag-universidad-del-sagrado-corazon-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47057,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47011\/revisions\/47057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}