Seniors in the Communication Department have created an interactive website designed to inform elementary school teachers about domestic violence and provide ways to help students living with domestic violence. The website shows teachers warning signs in student behavior, ways to approach children about the topic, steps teachers can take in the classroom to help their students, and services available to children. It also discusses ways that school districts can develop a safety plan for students involved in domestic violence situations. Students who worked on the site over the course of the academic year are: Chris Blake, Molly Kearney, Shannon Keough, Nick Pitts, Eric Povish, Diana Trasatti, Jake Verterano, Jennifer Wozniak, Gillian Davis, Megan Bernatavitz, and Noelle Westfall.
 Students and faculty members, along with President Marie A. George, traveled to Guatemala in February 2009 to observe and document these extraordinary partnerships, laying the groundwork for future international study trips for students in the Justice Matters curriculum.
Students, faculty, and staff were able to witness the "Power of Partnerships" and explore the ways in which the college's two international partners worked with Guatemalan communities to promote "integral human development." The students documented what they learned.  Each year, seniors in the Communication Department's year-long multimedia convergence project select a theme and collect video, audio, creative writing, photography, and more into a website.
The 2009 convergence project, Breaking the Chains: Linking to End Poverty, focuses on partnerships working together to fight global poverty in its many forms, as well as fair trade, microfinancing, health care, education, immigration, and more.
 The 2008 convergence project website, "Faces of Change," focuses on student activism. The site was created by eight seniors and tells the stories of young people who are motivated by causes that matter.
The 2007 Convergence Project, WAR, is a website with stories about surviving war, public reactions to war, and the effects of war told through personal accounts. Students collected video interviews, archived photography and footage, and created the interactive website.  In response to the debate raging over immigration reform, 12 Cabrini College students launched "Philly Fusion," a convergence website that focuses on immigration and global awareness that is the first of its kind among area colleges of a similar size. The website uses video, audio, digital photography, creative writing, and print media.
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